Display apparatus and method for manufacturing the same
View Patent ↗A display apparatus may include a first substrate having one or more unit pixel regions defined and including a driving thin film transistor, a second substrate disposed on the first substrate and facing the first substrate, and a color absorbing layer disposed on the first substrate.
1. A display apparatus, comprising:
a first substrate having at least one unit pixel region defined;
a second substrate disposed on the first substrate and facing the first substrate;
a color absorbing layer disposed on the first substrate;
a partition wall disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, on the color absorbing layer, and separating the unit pixel regions from each other;
a first electrode formed between the partition wall and the second substrate;
a second electrode formed between the first substrate and the color absorbing layer over the whole of the first substrate;
an electrophoretic layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the electrophoretic layer comprising colored charged particles dispersed therein; and
a light blocking layer formed between the first electrode and the second substrate.
2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the color absorbing layer is a black matrix, and the colored charged particles are white charged particles.
3. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the color absorbing layer is a color filter for displaying a color of red, green and blue, and the colored charged particles are one of white charged particles and black charged particles.
4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the partition wall includes a third electrode formed adjacent to the first electrode.
5. The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first electrode and the third electrode are metal electrodes, and the second electrode is a transparent electrode.
6. A display apparatus, comprising:
a first substrate having at least one unit pixel region defined and including a driving thin film transistor;
a second substrate disposed on the first substrate and facing the first substrate;
a partition wall disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;
a first electrode formed between the partition wall and the second substrate; and
a light blocking layer formed between the first electrode and the second substrate.
7. The display apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising an electrophoretic layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the electrophoretic layer includes colored charged particles dispersed therein.
8. The display apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising a second electrode disposed on the first substrate.
9. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the partition wall includes a third electrode formed adjacent to the first electrode.
10. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first electrode and the third electrode are metal electrodes, and the second electrode is a transparent electrode.
11. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein a width of the first electrode is greater than a width of the partition wall, and a width of the light blocking layer is greater than a width of the first electrode.
12. A method for manufacturing a display apparatus, comprising the steps of:
preparing a first substrate having at least one unit pixel region defined;
preparing a second substrate disposed on the first substrate and facing the first substrate;
disposing a color absorbing layer on the first substrate;
forming a partition wall between the first substrate and the second substrate, on the color absorbing layer;
forming a first electrode between the partition wall and the second substrate;
forming a second electrode between the first substrate and the color absorbing layer over the whole of the first substrate;
disposing an electrophoretic layer, including colored charged particles dispersed therein, between the first substrate and the second substrate; and
forming a light blocking layer between the first electrode and the second substrate.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the step of disposing the color absorbing layer comprises disposing the color absorbing layer on the second electrode.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the color absorbing layer is a black matrix, and the colored charged particles are white charged particles.
15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the color absorbing layer is a color filter for displaying a color of red, green and blue, and the colored charged particles are one of white charged particles and black charged particles.
16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the step of forming the partition wall comprises forming a third electrode adjacent to the first electrode.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first electrode and the third electrode are metal electrodes, and the second electrode is a transparent electrode.
18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the step of forming the first electrode comprises forming the first electrode having a width larger than a width of the partition wall, and step of forming the light blocking layer comprises forming the light blocking layer having a width larger than a width of the first electrode.