IP Library Granted Patent US 8,982,304
Granted Patent B2
US 8,982,304 · App. 13/481,371 · Granted Mar 17, 2015

Display panel and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,982,304
App. No.
13/481,371
Granted
Mar 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Air is sprayed on the first polymer film along a first negative direction in the sub pixel areas of an n-th row of a unit pixel area, and air is sprayed on the first polymer film along a first positive direction in the sub pixel areas of an (n+1)-th row of the unit pixel area to form a first alignment layer. Air is sprayed on the second polymer film along a second negative direction crossing the first negative direction in the sub pixel areas of an n-th column of the unit pixel area, and air is sprayed on the second polymer film along a second positive direction crossing the first positive direction in the sub pixel areas of an (n+1)-th column of the unit pixel area to form a second alignment layer.

Claims (37)

1. A method of manufacturing a display panel, the method comprising:

forming a first polymeric film on a first base substrate, the first base substrate comprising a plurality of unit pixel areas, each of the unit pixel areas comprising a plurality of sub pixel areas arranged in a matrix shape;

spraying air on the first polymeric film along a first negative direction in the sub pixel areas of an n-th row of a unit pixel area, and spraying air on the first polymeric film along a first positive direction opposite to the first negative direction in the sub pixel areas of an (n+1)-th row of the unit pixel area to form a first alignment layer, wherein n is a natural number; forming a second polymeric film on a second base substrate, the second base substrate comprising the unit pixel areas, each of the unit pixel areas comprising the sub pixel areas arranged in a matrix shape;

spraying air on the second polymeric film along a second negative direction crossing the first negative direction in the sub pixel areas of an n-th column of the unit pixel area, and spraying air on the second polymeric film along a second positive direction crossing the first positive direction in the sub pixel areas of an (n+1)-th column of the unit pixel area to form a second alignment layer;

wherein material “C” forms a vertically expressed ingredient of said first and second alignment layers and is inclined to said direction by said sprayed air;

wherein material “C” comprises a moiety selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, and imide; and,

injecting a liquid crystal material between the first and second base substrates and sealing the liquid crystal material.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein sub pixel areas adjacent to each other are symmetrically aligned with respect to a boundary between the adjacent sub pixel areas.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a polymer material is sprayed on each of the first and second base substrates using an inkjet method to form each of the first and second polymeric films.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first polymeric film is formed by: spraying the polymer material on the first base substrate on the sub pixel areas of the nth row along the first negative direction; and spraying the polymer material on the first base substrate on the sub pixel areas of the (n+1)-th row along the first positive direction.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the second polymeric film is formed by: spraying the polymer material on the second base substrate on the sub pixel areas of the n-th column along the second negative direction; and spraying the polymer material on the second base substrate on the sub pixel areas of the (n+1)-th column along the second positive direction.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: forming a signal line capable of transmitting a driving signal of the display panel on the first base substrate; and forming a light blocking layer disposed at boundaries between unit pixel areas adjacent to each other on the second base substrate.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising: forming a first boundary line disposed at a boundary between sub pixel areas adjacent to each other along the first positive or negative direction on the first base substrate.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first boundary line includes a material substantially the same as a material of the signal line.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising: forming a second boundary line disposed at a boundary between sub pixel areas adjacent to each other along the second positive or negative direction on the second base substrate.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the second boundary line includes a material substantially the same as a material of the light blocking layer.

11. A method of manufacturing a display panel, the method comprising:

forming a polymeric film on a first base substrate, the first base substrate comprising a plurality of unit pixel areas, each of the unit pixel areas comprising a plurality of sub pixel areas arranged in a matrix shape;

spraying air on the first polymeric film along a first negative direction in the sub pixel areas of an n-th row of a unit pixel area, and spraying air on the first polymeric film along a first positive direction opposite to the first negative direction in the sub pixel areas of an (n+1)-th row of the unit pixel, wherein n is a natural number;

spraying air on the second polymeric film along a second negative direction crossing the first negative direction in the sub pixel areas of an n-th column of the unit pixel area, and spraying air on the polymeric film along a second positive direction crossing the first positive direction in the sub pixel areas of an (n+1)-th column of the unit pixel area to form a first alignment layer;

forming a second alignment layer on a second base substrate,

wherein material “C” forms a vertically expressed ingredient of said first and second alignment layers and is inclined to said direction by said sprayed air;

wherein material “C” comprises a moiety selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, and imide; and,

injecting a liquid crystal material between the first and second base substrates and sealing the liquid crystal material.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising: forming a signal line capable of transmitting a driving signal of the display panel, on the first base substrate; forming a first boundary line disposed at a boundary between sub pixel areas adjacent to each other along the first positive or negative direction, on the first base substrate; and forming a second boundary line disposed at a boundary between sub pixel areas adjacent to each other along the second positive or negative direction, on the first base substrate.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein each of the first and second boundary lines includes a material substantially the same as a material of the signal line.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising: forming a light blocking layer disposed at boundaries between unit pixel areas adjacent to each other, on the first base substrate; forming a first boundary line disposed at a boundary between sub pixel areas adjacent to each other along the first positive or negative direction, on the first base substrate; and forming a second boundary line disposed at a boundary between sub pixel areas adjacent to each other along the second positive or negative direction, on the first base substrate.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein each of the first and second boundary lines includes a material substantially the same as a material of the light blocking layer.

16. A method of manufacturing a display panel, the method comprising:

forming a first polymeric film on a first base substrate, the first base substrate comprising a plurality of unit pixel areas, each of the unit pixel areas comprising a plurality of sub pixel areas;

spraying air on the first polymeric film along a first direction in the sub pixel areas of a first row of a unit pixel area, and

spraying air on the first polymeric film along a second direction opposite to the first direction in the sub pixel areas of a second row of the unit pixel area to form a first alignment layer,

forming a second polymeric film on a second base substrate, the second base substrate comprising the unit pixel areas, each of the unit pixel areas comprising the sub pixel areas; and

spraying air on the second polymeric film along a third direction orthogonal to the first direction in the sub pixel areas of a first column of the unit pixel area, and

spraying air on the second polymeric film along a fourth direction opposite to the third direction and orthogonal to the second direction in the sub pixel areas of a second column of the unit pixel area to form a second alignment layer,

wherein material “C” forms a vertically expressed ingredient of said first and second alignment layers and is inclined to said direction by said sprayed air;

wherein material “C” comprises a moiety selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, and imide.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029045/0860 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2012
From: JUNG, JIN-SOO; LEE, JUN-WOO; JEON, BAEK-KYUN; YEOM, JOO-SEOK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 028272/0989 →