Integrated color filter and method of its fabrication
First Claim
1. A method of fabricating an integrated color filter for a liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising:
- providing a substrate;
forming respective gate lines and signal lines on the substrate, wherein the plurality of gate lines and signal lines define respective pixel areas;
forming a plurality of switching elements electrically connected to the signal lines and gate lines for the pixel areas;
forming a protruding pattern on the gate lines, the signal lines and the switching elements to define respective color filter unit areas;
applying colored resin to form respective color filter units in the color filter unit areas defined by the protruding portion; and
forming respective pixel electrodes on the respective color filter units.
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Abstract
A protruding pattern is formed by photolithography on the gate and signal lines of an active matrix. The protruding pattern defines color filter unit areas for each pixel of the active matrix. Resins of appropriate colors are then introduced to each of the color filter unit areas by an ink-jet printer. The protruding pattern retains the printed resins within the photolithographically defined areas, thus providing a highly accurate color filter unit structures while eliminating the complexity and waste of conventional colored resin patterning techniques. The protruding pattern is preferably also formed over the transistor of each pixel area and provided with a contact hole that exposes a portion of the drain electrode of each transistor. This allows pixel electrode material formed over the color filter units to be formed directly in contact with the drain electrodes of the transistors, thus providing electrical connection of the pixel electrodes to their corresponding transistors during the electrode deposition process.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of fabricating an integrated color filter for a liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising:
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providing a substrate;
forming respective gate lines and signal lines on the substrate, wherein the plurality of gate lines and signal lines define respective pixel areas;
forming a plurality of switching elements electrically connected to the signal lines and gate lines for the pixel areas;
forming a protruding pattern on the gate lines, the signal lines and the switching elements to define respective color filter unit areas;
applying colored resin to form respective color filter units in the color filter unit areas defined by the protruding portion; and
forming respective pixel electrodes on the respective color filter units. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An integrated color filter for a liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising:
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a substrate;
a pixel matrix comprised of a plurality of gate lines and signal lines formed on the substrate, wherein the gate lines and signal lines define respective pixel areas;
respective switching elements for each of the pixel areas electrically connected to the signal lines and gate lines;
a protruding pattern formed on the gate lines, the signal lines and the switching elements and defining respective color filter unit areas;
respective color filter units formed in said respective color filter unit areas; and
respective pixel electrodes formed on the respective color filter units. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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