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Granted Patent B2
US 10,042,110 · App. 14/793,100 · Granted Aug 7, 2018

Liquid crystal display and manufacturing method thereof

Inventor: Se-Ki Park (Yongin, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G02B6/0065G02B6/005G02B6/0043G02F1/133615G02F2001/133317G02F2001/133325G02F2202/28
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Patent No.
US 10,042,110
App. No.
14/793,100
Granted
Aug 7, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display includes a display panel having a lower substrate, an upper substrate disposed opposite to the lower substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the lower and upper substrates, a light source which emits light, a glass light guide plate which diffuses the light from the light source to the display panel, and a first bonding member which bonds the lower substrate to the glass light guide plate.

Claims (44)

1. A liquid crystal display comprising:

a display panel comprising:

a lower substrate which comprises glass;

an upper substrate disposed opposite to the lower substrate; and

a liquid crystal layer disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate;

a light source which emits light;

a glass light guide plate which diffuses the light from the light source to the display panel; and

a first bonding member which comprises glass frit and bonds the lower substrate to the glass light guide plate.

2. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the upper substrate comprises glass.

3. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of optical films disposed between the display panel and the light guide plate,

wherein a thickness of the first bonding member is equal to or larger than a thickness of the plurality of optical films.

4. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of light emission patterns is defined on a first surface of the glass light guide plate facing the lower substrate.

5. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , further comprising:

a transparent layer disposed on a first surface of the glass light guide plate facing the lower substrate.

6. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , further comprising:

a reflecting layer disposed on a second surface of the glass light guide plate, which is opposite to a first surface of the glass light guide plate facing the lower substrate.

7. The liquid crystal display of claim 6 , wherein the reflecting layer comprises a first reflecting film comprising silver (Ag), aluminum (Al), palladium (Pd), copper (Cu), an alloy layer of the aluminum (Al), palladium (Pd), copper (Cu) or a combination thereof.

8. The liquid crystal display of claim 7 , wherein

the reflecting layer further comprises any one of second or third reflecting films disposed between the first reflecting film and the glass light guide plate,

the second reflecting film has a first refractive index, and

the third reflecting film has a refractive index different from the first refractive index.

9. A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display comprising:

providing light emission patterns on a glass light guide plate;

providing a reflecting layer on the glass light guide plate;

attaching a printed circuit board, on which a light source is mounted, to the glass light guide plate;

providing a plurality of optical films on a lower substrate of a display panel, wherein the lower substrate comprises glass; and

bonding the lower substrate to the glass light guide plate using a bonding member which comprises glass frit.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the providing the light emission patterns on the glass light guide plate comprises forming the light emission patterns on a first surface of the glass light guide plate facing the lower substrate.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the forming the light emission patterns on the glass light guide plate comprises:

washing the glass light guide plate;

treating the glass light guide plate with plasma; and

dropping an ultraviolet ink on the glass light guide plate using an inkjet device, and curing the ultraviolet ink.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the providing the reflecting layer on the glass light guide plate comprises providing the reflecting layer on a second surface of the glass light guide plate, which is opposite to the first surface of the glass light guide plate facing the lower substrate.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the providing the reflecting layer on the glass light guide plate comprises providing a first reflecting film on the glass light guide plate, wherein the first reflecting film comprises silver (Ag), aluminum (Al), palladium (Pd), copper (Cu), an alloy layer of the aluminum (Al), the palladium (Pd) and the copper (Cu), or a combination thereof.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the providing the reflecting layer on the glass light guide plate further comprises:

providing a third reflecting film on the glass light guide plate, wherein the third reflecting film has a second refractive index;

providing a second reflecting film on the third reflecting film, wherein the second reflecting film has a first refractive index different from the second refractive index; and

depositing the silver (Ag), the aluminum (Al), the palladium (Pd), the copper (Cu), or the alloy layer of the aluminum (Al), the palladium (Pd) and the copper (Cu) on the second reflecting film, to provide the first reflecting film.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the bonding the lower substrate to the glass light guide plate using the bonding member comprises:

applying the glass frit to the lower substrate;

melting the glass frit; and

joining the glass light guide plate to the melted glass frit.

16. The method of claim 9 , wherein a thickness of the bonding member is equal to or larger than a thickness of the plurality of optical films.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2015
From: PARK, SE-KI
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2014-0091933 · Jul 21, 2014 · national
KR 10-2015-0091309 · Jun 26, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160018692A1 · Jan 21, 2016
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