Liquid crystal display panel and method for manufacturing the same
A liquid crystal display panel and a method for manufacturing the same. The liquid crystal display panel includes lower substrate having a first substrate; an upper substrate having a second substrate that is opposite to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer is disposed between the lower and upper substrates such that liquid crystals are arranged in a first region between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a dam pattern arranged in a second region which surrounds a circumference of the first region as a region between the first substrate and the second substrate, the dam pattern having both a physical barrier function and a chemical barrier function.
1. A liquid crystal display panel comprising:
a first substrate;
a second substrate that is opposite to the first substrate;
a liquid crystal layer having liquid crystals between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystals being arranged in a first region of the first and second substrates;
a color filter layer disposed in the first region between the liquid crystal layer and the first substrate;
a silicon nitride (SiNx) planarization layer disposed in the first region between the liquid crystal layer and the color filter; and
a dam pattern arranged in a second region of the first and second substrates which surrounds a circumference of the first region as a region between the first substrate and the second substrate, the dam pattern being composed of a photoresist composite for manufacturing the color filter layer, an uppermost surface of the dam pattern having a contact angle that is equal to or larger than 17° and equal to or smaller than 85° with respect to distilled water, the uppermost surface of the dam pattern having no affinity for a polyimide-based layer, wherein the silicon nitride (SiNx) planarization layer does not exist on the uppermost surface of the dam pattern.
2. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 1 , further comprising a stacked structure of a thin film transistor (TFT) layer formed between the liquid crystal layer and the first substrate, the color filter layer formed between the liquid crystal layer and the thin film transistor (TFT) layer, the silicon nitride (SiNx) planarization layer formed between the liquid crystal layer and the color filter layer, a pixel electrode formed between the liquid crystal layer and the planarization layer, and a polyimide-based alignment layer formed between the liquid crystal layer and the pixel electrode.
3. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 2 , the planarization layer and the polyimide-based alignment layer forming an overlayer.
4. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 1 , wherein the uppermost surface has a contact angle that is equal to or larger than 5° and equal to or smaller than 18° with respect to polyimide.
5. A liquid crystal display panel comprising:
a first substrate;
a second substrate that is opposite to the first substrate;
a liquid crystal layer having liquid crystals between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystals being arranged in a first region of the first and second substrates;
a stacked structure of a thin film transistor (TFT) layer formed between the liquid crystal layer and the first substrate, a color filter layer formed in the first region between the liquid crystal layer and the thin film transistor (TFT) layer, a silicon nitride (SiNx) planarization layer formed in the first region between the liquid crystal layer and the color filter layer, a pixel electrode formed between the liquid crystal layer and the planarization layer, and a polyimide-based alignment layer formed between the liquid crystal layer and the pixel electrode; and
a dam pattern arranged in a second region which surrounds a circumference of the first region as a region between the first substrate and the second substrate, the dam pattern being composed of a photoresist composite for manufacturing the color filter layer, wherein the silicon nitride (SiNx) planarization layer and the polyimide-based alignment layer do not exist on an uppermost surface of the dam pattern.
6. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 5 , wherein the uppermost surface has a contact angle that is equal to or larger than 17° and equal to or smaller than 85° with respect to distilled water.
7. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 5 , wherein the uppermost surface has a contact angle that is equal to or larger than 5° and equal to or smaller than 18° with respect to polyimide.
8. The liquid crystal display panel of claim 1 , comprised of a polyimide-based alignment layer, the dam pattern having no affinity for the polyimide-based alignment layer solution such that the polyimide-based alignment layer does not exist on a surface of the dam pattern.