Flexible liquid crystal display and flexible fluid display
View Patent ↗A flexible liquid crystal display and a flexible fluid display are provided. The flexible liquid crystal display includes a first module, a second module, at least two supporting structures and a liquid crystal layer. The second module is disposed correspondingly to the first module. The supporting structures are separately disposed between the first module and the second module and used for abutting the first module and the second module, so that a space between the first module and the second module is divided into a flexible area and two non-flexible areas. The flexible area is located between the two non-flexible areas. The liquid crystal layer is disposed in the flexible area and the two non-flexible areas.
1. A flexible fluid display, comprising:
a first module comprising an electrode layer and a hydrophobic material layer stacked in order;
a second module disposed correspondingly to the first module;
at least two supporting structures separately disposed between the first module and the second module and used for abutting the first module and the second module, so that a space between the first module and the second module is divided into a flexible area and two non-flexible areas, wherein the flexible area is located between the two non-flexible areas, and the flexible area and the two non-flexible areas are three independent closed areas; and
a fluid disposed in the flexible area and the two non-flexible areas, wherein the electrode layer modifies the hydrophobic property of the hydrophobic material layer according to whether a voltage is received so as to make the fluid enter a different distribution state.
2. The flexible fluid display according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of sub-supporting structures disposed in the flexible area and used for abutting the first module and the second module.
3. The flexible fluid display according to claim 2 , wherein a height of each sub-supporting structure is substantially equal to a first gap between the first module and the second module.
4. The flexible fluid display according to claim 2 , wherein each sub-supporting structure comprises:
a first structure disposed in one of the first module and the second module and located between the first module and the second module, wherein the first structure has a notch; and
a second structure disposed in the other of the first module the second module and located between the first module and the second module, wherein the second structure is embedded in the notch.
5. The flexible fluid display according to claim 4 , wherein the second structure abuts a bottom surface of the notch.
6. The flexible fluid display according to claim 5 , wherein the second structure and the bottom surface of the notch are separated by a second gap.
7. The flexible fluid display according to claim 2 , wherein one of the first module and the second module comprises:
a plurality of data lines; and
a plurality of scan lines, interlaced with the data lines, wherein the position of each sub-supporting structure is disposed correspondingly to that of any of the data lines or scan lines.
8. The flexible fluid display according to claim 1 , wherein one of the first module and the second module comprises:
a plurality of data lines; and
a plurality of scan lines interlaced with the data lines, wherein the positions of the at least two supporting structures correspond to that of two of the data lines and extend along two of the data lines.
9. The flexible fluid display according to claim 1 being an electrowetting display or an electrofluidic display.