EM SHIELDING FOR DISPLAY DEVICES
First Claim
1. A display device comprising:
- a substrate;
a plurality of display elements arranged on a first side of the substrate; and
a nonconductive UV shielding layer comprising substantially no organic material, the UV shielding layer disposed forward of the plurality of display elements such that visible light passes through the UV shielding layer to the plurality of display elements and such that the UV shielding layer blocks 95% or more of UV light below 350 nm in wavelength that is incident on the UV shielding layer from reaching the plurality of display elements.
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Abstract
A shielding material that can be arranged with respect to display elements to reduce potential damage or degraded performance caused by incident EM, such as UV and/or IR. The shielding material can be configured to be substantially transparent in visible light wavelengths. The shielding material can include inorganic materials, such as oxides including zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. Display elements can include a shielding material and an outer coating to reduce undesirable optical characteristics of an air/shielding material interface. The shielding material can be electrically conductive and function as a conductive layer in a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device. In some embodiments, the shielding material can be disposed forward (closer to the viewer) of the electrodes of the display elements to prevent the high energy UV light from building up electrical charge in the electrodes. In some embodiments, the shielding material can also block certain wavelengths of light in the visible spectrum to darken the dark state of the display elements to improve the contrast ratio of the display.
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43 Claims
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1. A display device comprising:
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a substrate; a plurality of display elements arranged on a first side of the substrate; and a nonconductive UV shielding layer comprising substantially no organic material, the UV shielding layer disposed forward of the plurality of display elements such that visible light passes through the UV shielding layer to the plurality of display elements and such that the UV shielding layer blocks 95% or more of UV light below 350 nm in wavelength that is incident on the UV shielding layer from reaching the plurality of display elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of manufacturing a display device, the method comprising:
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providing a substrate; arranging a plurality of display elements on a first side of the substrate; and disposing a nonconductive UV shielding layer comprising substantially no organic material forward of the plurality of display elements such that visible light passes through the UV shielding layer to the plurality of display elements and such that 95% or more of UV light below 350 nm in wavelength that is incident on the UV shielding layer is blocked from reaching the plurality of display elements.
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36. A display device, comprising:
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means for supporting; means for displaying an image arranged on a first side of the supporting means; and means for UV shielding disposed forward of the displaying means such that visible light passes through the UV shielding means to the displaying means, and such that the UV shielding means blocks 95% or more of UV light that is incident on the UV shielding means from reaching the displaying means, and wherein the UV shielding means comprises substantially only inorganic material. - View Dependent Claims (37)
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38. A display device comprising:
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at least one display element having a dark state and a light state, wherein the at least one display element emits visible light near the UV spectrum when in the dark state; and an optical shielding layer disposed forward of the at least one display element such that visible light passes through the optical shielding layer to the at least one display element and such that the optical shielding layer blocks UV light that is incident on the optical shielding layer from reaching the at least one display element, and wherein the optical shielding layer blocks visible light near the UV spectrum so as to darken the dark state of the at least one display element. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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