IP Library Granted Patent US 11,531,235
Granted Patent B2
US 11,531,235 · App. 16/493,467 · Granted Dec 20, 2022

Flexible display panel, manufacturing method thereof and display device

Inventor: Xiangxiang Zou (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,531,235
App. No.
16/493,467
Granted
Dec 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are disclosed. The flexible display panel includes a first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate which are cell-assembled with each other; and a liquid crystal display layer, a black matrix grid and a plurality of polymer walls which are located between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate; the liquid crystal display layer is located in gaps of the plurality of polymer walls, and includes a plurality of liquid crystal pixel units arranged in an array; the plurality of liquid crystal pixel units are delimited by a projection of the black matrix grid on the liquid crystal display layer.

Claims (32)

1. A flexible display panel, comprising:

a first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate that are cell-assembled with each other; and

a liquid crystal display layer, a black matrix grid and a plurality of polymer walls that are located between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate, wherein

the liquid crystal display layer is located in gaps of the plurality of polymer walls, and comprises a plurality of liquid crystal pixel units arranged in an array, the plurality of liquid crystal pixel units are delimited by a projection of the black matrix grid on the liquid crystal display layer,

the black matrix grid is located on a side of the second flexible substrate that is in direct contact with the liquid crystal display layer,

wherein projections of the plurality of polymer walls on the liquid crystal display layer are not overlapped with the projection of the black matrix grid on the liquid crystal display layer,

wherein the flexible display panel further comprises a touch layer disposed at a side of the second flexible substrate away from the first flexible substrate, the touch layer is provided with a touch metal mesh, the projections of the plurality of polymer walls on the liquid crystal display layer are completely overlapped with a projection of the touch metal mesh on the liquid crystal display layer,

wherein the black matrix grid and the touch metal mesh are respectively at opposite sides of the second flexible substrate, and

wherein the projection of the black matrix grid on the liquid crystal display layer is not overlapped with the projection of the touch metal mesh on the liquid crystal display layer wherein

the plurality of polymer walls comprise a plurality of first polymer walls and a plurality of second polymer walls, a spaced distance between adjacent two of the first polymer walls is smaller than a side length of the liquid crystal pixel unit, and a spaced distance between adjacent two of the second polymer walls is smaller than the side length of the liquid crystal pixel unit.

2. The flexible display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of first polymer walls are disposed in parallel with each other;

the plurality of second polymer walls are disposed in parallel with each other; and

the plurality of first polymer walls are disposed to be intersected with the plurality of second polymer walls.

3. A display device, comprising the flexible display panel according to claim 1 .

4. A manufacturing method of a flexible display panel, comprising:

providing a first flexible substrate;

forming a plurality of polymer walls on a surface of the first flexible substrate;

forming a liquid crystal display layer in gaps of the plurality of polymer walls on the surface of the first flexible substrate;

forming a black matrix grid on the liquid crystal display layer; and

providing a second flexible substrate on the black matrix grid, and cell-assembling the second flexible substrate with the first flexible substrate, wherein the black matrix grid is located on a side of the second flexible substrate that is in direct contact with the liquid crystal display layer,

the manufacturing method further comprising: forming a touch layer at a side of the second flexible substrate away from the first flexible substrate,

wherein projections of the plurality of polymer walls on the liquid crystal display layer are not overlapped with a projection of the black matrix grid on the liquid crystal display layer,

wherein the touch layer is provided with a touch metal mesh, the projections of the plurality of polymer walls on the liquid crystal display layer are completely overlapped with a projection of the touch metal mesh on the liquid crystal display layer,

wherein the black matrix grid and the touch metal mesh are respectively at opposite sides of the second flexible substrate, and

wherein the projection of the black matrix grid on the liquid crystal display layer is not overlapped with the projection of the touch metal mesh on the liquid crystal display layer, wherein

the plurality of polymer walls comprise a plurality of first polymer walls and a plurality of second polymer walls, a spaced distance between adjacent two of the first polymer walls is smaller than a side length of the liquid crystal pixel unit, and a spaced distance between adjacent two of the second polymer walls is smaller than the side length of the liquid crystal pixel unit.

5. The manufacturing method of the flexible display panel according to claim 4 , wherein forming the plurality of polymer walls by using mask lithography technology.

6. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the plurality of first polymer walls are disposed in parallel with each other;

the plurality of second polymer walls are disposed in parallel with each other; and

the plurality of first polymer walls are disposed to be intersected with the plurality of second polymer walls.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2022
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061616/0234 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2019
From: ZOU, XIANGXIANG
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050357/0404 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810260368.X · Mar 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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