IP Library Granted Patent US 8,699,120
Granted Patent B2
US 8,699,120 · App. 13/309,913 · Granted Apr 15, 2014

Display apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,699,120
App. No.
13/309,913
Granted
Apr 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus capable of implementing high luminance and high contrast ratio (C/R) may include a first substrate, a second substrate disposed on the first substrate so as to face the first substrate and having a plurality of pixel regions defined therein, and a plurality of color filters formed on the plurality of pixel regions of the second substrate, each color filter having one or more holes formed therein.

Claims (58)

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate disposed on the first substrate so as to face the first substrate and having a plurality of pixel regions defined therein; and

a plurality of color filters formed on the plurality of pixel regions of the second substrate, each color filter having at least one hole formed therein;

wherein the plurality of pixel regions include a first pixel region, a second pixel region, and a third pixel region, and the plurality of color filters includes first to third color filters formed on the first to third pixel regions, respectively, and said at least one hole is formed in at least one of the first to third color filters;

said apparatus further comprising partition walls disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, each of the first to third pixel regions includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region, the first to third color filters are formed on the first regions of the first to third pixel regions, respectively, and the partition walls contact the second substrate at the second region of each of the first to third pixel regions.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first pixel region displays a first color, the second pixel region displays a second color, and the third pixel region displays a third color.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first to third pixel regions include a plurality of first to third unit pixel regions, respectively, the first to third color filters include a plurality of first to third unit color filters, respectively, formed on the plurality of first to third unit pixel regions, respectively, and said at least one hole is formed on at least one of the plurality of first to third unit color filters.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first electrode formed on the first substrate;

a second electrode formed on the second substrate; and

an electrophoretic layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate,

the electrophoretic layer including colored charged particles dispersed in the electrophoretic layer.

5. The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the colored charged particles include white charged particles and black charged particles, and the white charged particles and the black charged particles have different polarities.

6. The display apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising a third electrode formed on the first substrate.

7. The display apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising a black matrix formed on the first substrate, wherein the colored charged particles are white charged particles.

8. The display apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising a reflection layer disposed on the first substrate.

9. A display apparatus, comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate disposed on the first substrate so as to face the first substrate and having a plurality of pixel regions defined therein; and

a plurality of color filters formed on the plurality of pixel regions of the second substrate, each color filter having at least one hole formed therein;

wherein an area of the color filters is approximately 80% of an area of the plurality of pixel regions.

10. A display apparatus of claim 1 , comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate disposed on the first substrate so as to face the first substrate and having a plurality of pixel regions defined therein; and

a plurality of color filters formed on the plurality of pixel regions of the second substrate, each color filter having at least one hole formed therein;

wherein each of the pixel regions includes a first region and a second region, and an area of the first regions is approximately 80% of an area of the plurality of pixel regions.

11. A display apparatus, comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate disposed on the first substrate so as to face the first substrate and having a plurality of pixel regions defined therein; and

a plurality of color filters formed on the plurality of pixel regions of the second substrate;

wherein the plurality of pixel regions include a first pixel region, a second pixel region, and a third pixel region, the plurality of color filters include a plurality of sub color filters formed on the pixel regions and spaced apart from each other, respectively, and at least one hole is formed in at least one of the first to third color filters;

said apparatus further comprising partition walls disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, each of the first to third pixel regions includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region, the first to third color filters are formed on the first regions of the first to third pixel regions, respectively, and the partition walls contact the second substrate at the second region of each of the first to third pixel regions.

12. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein an area of the first regions is approximately 80% of an area of the plurality of pixel regions.

13. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of sub color filters includes at least one hole.

14. The display apparatus of claim 11 , further comprising:

a first electrode formed on the first substrate;

a second electrode formed on the second substrate; and

an electrophoretic layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the electrophoretic layer colored charged particles dispersed in the electrophoretic layer.

15. A display apparatus comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate disposed on the first substrate so as to face the first substrate and having a plurality of pixel regions defined therein; and

a plurality of color filters formed on the plurality of pixel regions of the second substrate, the color filters including a plurality of sub color filters spaced apart from each other;

wherein a total area of the plurality of sub color filters is approximately 80% of an area of the plurality of pixel regions.

16. A display apparatus, comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate disposed on the first substrate so as to face the first substrate and having a plurality of pixel regions defined therein; and

a color filter formed on the plurality of pixel regions of the second substrate;

wherein, assuming L is a circumference of the color filter on one surface of the second substrate having the color filter and A is an area of the color filter, L2/A is greater than 16.

17. The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein an area of the color filters is approximately 80% of an area of plurality of pixel regions.

18. The display apparatus of claim 17 , wherein each of the plurality of pixel regions includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region, and the color filters are formed on the first region.

19. The display apparatus of claim 18 , further comprising partition walls disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the partition walls contact the second substrate at the second region of the second substrate.

20. The display apparatus of claim 18 , wherein an area of the first regions is approximately 80% of an area of the plurality of pixel regions.

21. The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein each of the plurality of sub color filters includes at least one hole.

22. The display apparatus of claim 16 , further comprising:

a first electrode formed on the first substrate;

a second electrode formed on the second substrate; and

an electrophoretic layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the electrophoretic layer including colored charged particles dispersed in the electrophoretic layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2020
From: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: HYDIS TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052598/0856 →
MERGER Recorded Sep 21, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029564/0873 →