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US 7,580,095 · App. 11/248,571 · Granted Aug 25, 2009

Substrate for display device

Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 7,580,095
App. No.
11/248,571
Granted
Aug 25, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a substrate for display device, in which display quality can be improved by suppressing generation of a region not filled with liquid material for functional film (ink) in formation of a functional film, such as a colored layer in a color filter substrate of a liquid crystal display device and an organic layers such as a luminous layer and a positive hole transporting layer in an organic electroluminescent display device, by an application method such as an ink jet method, and a liquid crystal display panel, a liquid crystal display device and an organic electroluminescent device each comprising the substrate for display device. The substrate for display device according to the present invention comprises a bank on the substrate, the bank having a structure with a chamfered corner.

Claims (54)

1. A substrate that is used to support a color filter for a display device comprising

a bank on the color filter substrate,

the bank having a structure with a chamfered corner,

wherein each corner of the bank has an outline composed of part of an ellipse with a minor axis of 10 μm or more and a ratio of minor axis to major axis of 0.7 or more and less than 1.0, and wherein the bank is formed directly on the color filter substrate.

2. The substrate for display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a functional film provided inside the bank.

3. The substrate for display device according to claim 2 , wherein the functional film has a cross section of substantially semielliptic shape.

4. The substrate for display device according to claim 2 , wherein a contour pattern of the functional film has a shape similar to an outline of the bank surrounding the functional film.

5. A substrate for a display device comprising

a bank on the substrate,

the bank having a structure with a chamfered corner,

wherein each corner of the bank has an outline composed of part of an ellipse with a minor axis of 10 μm or more and a ratio of minor axis to major axis of 0.7 or more and less than 1.0, and wherein a whole of the bank is composed of a light-shielding material.

6. The substrate for display device according to claim 5 , wherein the bank is formed in a stripe shape and has a comb tooth-like overhanging part, and the overhanging part has a structure with a chamfered corner.

7. A substrate for a display device comprising

a bank on the substrate,

the bank having a structure with a chamfered corner,

wherein each corner of the bank has an outline composed of part of an ellipse with a minor axis of 10 μm or more and a ratio of minor axis to major axis of 0.7 or more and less than 1.0, and wherein each corner of the bank has an interior angle of more than 90°and less than 270° .

8. The substrate for display device according to claim 1 , wherein each corner of the bank has an outline composed of part of a circle with a radius of 10 μm or more.

9. A substrate for a display device comprising

a bank on the substrate,

the bank having a structure with a chamfered corner,

wherein each corner of the bank has an outline composed of part of an ellipse with a minor axis of 10 μm or more and a ratio of minor axis to major axis of 0.7 or more and less than 1.0, and wherein an area ratio of a chamfered part is 5% or more to a total area of the chamfered part and inside the bank.

10. The substrate for display device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a color filter substrate.

11. A liquid crystal display panel comprising the substrate for display device according to claim 1 .

12. A liquid crystal display device comprising the substrate for display device according to claim 1 .

13. An electroluminescent display device comprising the substrate for display device according to claim 1 .

14. A substrate for display device comprising

a bank on the substrate,

the bank having a structure with a chamfered corner,

wherein the substrate has part with ink repellency and part with ink affinity, a contact angle of the part with ink repellency to an ink material is 50° or more and a contact angle of the part with ink affinity to the ink material is 35° or less.

15. A substrate that is used to support a color filter for a display device according to claim 1 , comprising a functional film provided inside the bank, wherein the functional film is composed of a solidified ink.

16. A substrate for a display device according to claim 5 , comprising

a functional film provided inside the bank,

wherein the functional film is composed of a solidified ink.

17. A substrate for a display device according to claim 7 , comprising

a functional film provided inside the bank,

wherein the functional film is composed of a solidified ink.

18. A substrate for a display device according to claim 9 , comprising

a functional film provided inside the bank,

wherein the functional film is composed of a solidified ink.

19. A substrate that is used to support a color filter for a display device comprising

a bank on the color filter substrate,

the bank having a structure with a chamfered corner,

wherein each corner of the bank has an outline composed of part of an ellipse with a minor axis of 10 μm or more and a ratio of minor axis to major axis of 0.7 or more and less than 1.0 and wherein the bank forms a black matrix.

20. The substrate for display device according to claim 19 , further comprising a functional film provided inside the bank.

21. The substrate for display device according to claim 20 , wherein the functional film has a cross section of substantially semielliptic shape.

22. The substrate for display device according to claim 20 , wherein a contour pattern of the functional film has a shape similar to an outline of the bank surrounding the functional film.

23. The substrate for display device according to claim 19 , wherein each corner of the bank has an outline composed of part of a circle with a radius of 10 μm or more.

24. The substrate for display device according to claim 19 , wherein the substrate is a color filter substrate.

25. A liquid crystal display panel comprising the substrate for display device according to claim 19 .

26. A liquid crystal display device comprising the substrate for display device according to claim 19 .

27. An electroluminescent display device comprising the substrate for display device according to claim 19 .

28. A substrate that is used to support a color filter for a display device according to claim 19 , comprising

a functional film provided inside the bank,

wherein the functional film is composed of a solidified ink.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2005
From: OKUMOTO, YOSHITAKA; TANAKA, KEIICHI; MURAI, ATSUHITO; MURAKAMI, YASUTOSHI; KISHIMOTO, SATORU; YOSHIOKA, HIROKAZU
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-305618 · Oct 20, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060082721A1 · Apr 20, 2006