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Granted Patent B2
US 12,310,216 · App. 17/738,809 · Granted May 20, 2025

Method of manufacturing display device and display device manufactured according to the same

Inventors: Soodong Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Youngsoo Kwon (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jinwon Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/38H10K59/12H10K71/00H10K59/1201
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Patent No.
US 12,310,216
App. No.
17/738,809
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a display device includes forming a color filter layer (CFL), and forming a light control layer (LCL) on the CFL. Forming the LCL includes: forming, on the CFL, preliminary partition parts (PPPs) spaced apart from each other; forming a preliminary light control part (PLCP) by providing a quantum dot (QD) solution between the PPPs, the QD solution including a QD and a base resin; forming a light control part (LCP) by volatilizing the base resin from the PLCP; and forming partition parts by reducing a thickness of the PPPs. A ratio between a first weight ratio (WR) of the QD in the PLCP and a second WR of the QD in the LCP is about 1:1.1 to about 1:3.0. The first WR is a WR of the QD in the entire PLCP, and the second WR is a WR of the QD in the entire LCP.

Claims (46)

1. A method for manufacturing a display device, the method comprising:

forming a color filter layer; and

forming a light control layer on the color filter layer,

wherein forming the light control layer comprises:

forming, on the color filter layer, preliminary partition parts spaced apart from each other;

forming a preliminary light control part by providing a quantum dot solution between the preliminary partition parts, the quantum dot solution comprising a quantum dot and a base resin;

forming a light control part by volatilizing the base resin from the preliminary light control part; and

forming partition parts by reducing a thickness of each of the preliminary partition parts,

wherein a ratio between a first weight ratio of the quantum dot in the preliminary light control part and a second weight ratio of the quantum dot in the light control part is about 1:1.1 to about 1:3.0, and

wherein the first weight ratio is a weight ratio of the quantum dot in the entire preliminary light control part, and the second weight ratio is a weight ratio of the quantum dot in the entire light control part.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

forming the light control part comprises providing heat to the preliminary light control part; and

providing the heat to the preliminary light control part comprises:

providing heat in a range from about 20° C. to about 100° C. through a single process; or

providing first heat in a range from about 20° C. to about 150° C. and providing second heat in a range from about 100° C. to about 200° C.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein forming the light control part further comprises a vacuum drying process after provision of the heat.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the partition parts comprises reducing a thickness of each of the preliminary partition parts to a thickness of about 10% to about 90% of an initial thickness of each of the preliminary partition parts.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the partition parts comprises removing, by an etching process or a polishing process, one surface of the preliminary partition parts that is spaced apart from the color filter layer.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

each of the preliminary partition parts comprises:

a first partition part disposed on the color filter layer; and

a second partition part disposed on the first partition part; and

forming the partition parts comprises removing the second partition part of each of the preliminary partition parts by an etching process or a polishing process.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

forming the light control layer further comprises forming a first capping layer by a deposition process before forming the preliminary light control part; and

the first capping layer is disposed between the color filter layer and the preliminary light control part.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the preliminary partition parts comprises:

forming first partition parts on the color filter layer;

forming a first capping layer on the first partition parts; and

forming second partition parts on the first partition parts, respectively, with the first capping layer disposed therebetween.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming, after forming the light control part, a second capping layer by a deposition process,

wherein the second capping layer covers one surface of the light control part that is spaced apart from the color filter layer.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming, after forming the light control part, a sub-capping layer by providing a polymer solution,

wherein the sub-capping layer covers one surface of the light control part that is spaced apart from the color filter layer.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein:

the polymer solution comprises a first dispersant comprising at least one of an acidic substituent and a basic substituent;

the quantum dot solution comprises a second dispersant comprising at least one of an acidic substituent and a basic substituent; and

the first dispersant has a same chemical property as the second dispersant.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the polymer solution further comprises a scatterer.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the base resin comprises at least one of hexamethylene diacrylate, tetraethylene glycol diacrylate, dipropylene glycol diacrylate, and tripropylene glycol diacrylate.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the base resin further comprises at least one of propylene glycol methyl ether acetate (PGMEA), dimethyl acetamide (DMA), gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), cyclohexyl acetate (CHA), and dipropylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate (DPMA).

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the preliminary partition parts has a thickness in a range from about 2 μm to about 20 μm.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the quantum dot solution has viscosity in a range from about 2 cP to about 40 cP at room temperature and surface energy in a range from about 1 dyne/cm to about 40 dyne/cm.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the quantum dot solution has a vapor pressure in a range from about 10 −6 mmHg to about 1 mmHg and a boiling point in a range from about 25° C. to about 250° C.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2022
From: KIM, SOODONG; KWON, YOUNGSOO; KIM, JINWON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059908/0637 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0097624 · Jul 26, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230028409A1 · Jan 26, 2023
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