PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20140240645A1
• Filed: 02/24/2014
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: SHIM, SeungBo, JUNG, Yang-Ho, JU, Jinho, KONG, Hyang-Shik, PARK, Junhong, KIM, Nam-Yi, KIM, Byung uk, KIM, Jinsun, YEO, TAI HOON, YOUN, Hyoc-min, LEE, SANG HOON
• Application Number:
  US14/187,536
• Publication Number:
  US 20140240645A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 349/86
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2457/202 LCD, i.e. liquid crystal displays
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 5/06 Ethers; Acetals; Ketals; Ortho-esters
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 5/12 of cyclic polycarboxylic acids
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/1343 Electrodes reflective electrodes G02F1/133553
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/124 Insulating layers formed between TFT elements and OLED elements

Abstract

A photosensitive resin composition comprises about 10 wt % to about 50 wt % of a solute comprising about 100 parts by weight of an acryl-based copolymer and about 5 to about 100 parts by weight of a 1,2-quinonediazide compound; and a solvent comprising a glycol-based material having a boiling point of greater than about 190° C., wherein the acryl-based copolymer is a copolymer of an unsaturated carbonic acid or an anhydride thereof, an epoxy group-containing unsaturated compound, and an olefin-based unsaturated compound.

Claims

1. A photosensitive resin composition, comprising:

about 10 wt % to about 50 wt % of a solute comprising about 100 parts by weight of an acryl-based copolymer and about 5 to about 100 parts by weight of a 1,2-quinonediazide compound; and

a solvent comprising a glycol-based material having a boiling point of greater than about 190°

C.,

wherein the acryl-based copolymer is a copolymer of an unsaturated carbonic acid or an anhydride thereof, an epoxy group-containing unsaturated compound, and an olefin-based unsaturated compound.

2. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 1, wherein the acryl-based copolymer comprises:

about 5 to about 45 parts by weight of the unsaturated carbonic acid or the anhydride thereof;

about 10 to about 70 parts by weight of the epoxy group-containing unsaturated compound; and

about 10 to about 70 parts by weight of the olefin-based unsaturated compound.

3. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 1, wherein the solvent comprises at least one of diethylene glycol butyl methyl ether, diethylene glycol butyl ethyl ether, triethylene glycol dimethyl ether, triethylene glycol butyl methyl ether, diethylene glycol tert-butyl ether, tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether, dipropylene glycol diethyl ether, diethylene glycol ethyl hexyl ether, diethylene glycol methyl hexyl ether, dipropylene glycol butyl methyl ether, dipropylene glycol ethyl hexyl ether, and dipropylene glycol methyl hexyl ether.

4. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 3, wherein the solvent further comprises at least one of an alcohol, an ethylene glycol alkyl ether acetate, an ethylene glycol alkyl ether propionate, an ethylene glycol monoalkyl ether, a propylene glycol alkyl ether propionates a propylene glycol monoalkyl ether, dipropylene glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol methyl ethyl ether, methyl beta-methoxy propionate, and ethyl beta-ethoxy propionate.

5. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 4, wherein an amount of the glycol-based material is at least about 5 wt % based on 100 wt % of the photosensitive resin composition.

6. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 1, further comprising about 0.0001 to about 10 parts by weight of a plasticizer based on about 100 parts by weight of the acryl-based copolymer.

7. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 6, wherein the plasticizer comprises at least one of dioctyl phthalate, diisononyl phthalate, dioctyl adipate, tricresyl phosphate, 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol monoisobutyrate, and 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol diisobutyrate.

8. A display device, comprising:

a first base substrate comprising a transparent area, a shielding area adjacent to the transparent area, and a plurality of signal wires in the shielding area;

a planarization layer overlapping the transparent area and the shielding area and covering the plurality of signal wires, wherein the planarization layer comprises a cured product of a photosensitive resin composition; and

a pixel electrode on the planarization layer and overlapping the transparent area,

wherein the photosensitive resin composition comprises;

about 10 wt % to about 50 wt % of a solute comprising about 100 parts by weight of an acryl-based copolymer and about 5 to about 100 parts by weight of a 1,2-quinonediazide compound; and

a solvent comprising a glycol-based material having a boiling point of greater than about 190°

C.,

wherein the acryl-based copolymer is a copolymer of an unsaturated carbonic acid or an anhydride thereof, an epoxy group-containing unsaturated compound, and an olefin-based unsaturated compound.

9. The display device of claim 8, wherein the photosensitive resin composition further comprises about 0.0001 to about 10 parts by weight of a plasticizer based on about 100 parts by weight of the acryl-based copolymer.

10. The display device of claim 8, further comprising a thin film transistor disposed in the shielding area, wherein the thin film transistor is connected to a signal wire from among the plurality of signal wires and to the pixel electrode, and

wherein the planarization layer covers the thin film transistor.

11. The display device of claim 10, wherein the planarization layer comprises at least one step on a top surface, and

wherein a height of the step is less than about 5,000 Å

as measured by a difference between a distance from a top surface of the first base substrate to a top surface of the step and a distance from the top surface of the first base substrate to the planarization layer.

12. The display device of claim 11, wherein the planarization layer comprises at least one color.

13. The display device of claim 11, further comprising:

a second base substrate disposed above the first base substrate and facing the first base substrate;

at least one color pattern on the second base substrate and overlapping the transparent area of the first base substrate; and

a black matrix adjacent to the color pattern and overlapping the shielding area of the first base substrate.

14. The display device of claim 13, further comprising a liquid crystal layer encapsulated between the first base substrate and the second base substrate, and

wherein the liquid crystal layer covers the step of the planarization layer.

15. A method of manufacturing a display device, comprising

forming a first display substrate;

and

forming a second display substrate on the first display substrate,

wherein the forming of the first display substrate comprises;

forming a first base substrate comprising a plurality of signal wires, and a thin film transistor connected to a signal wire among the plurality of signal wires;

coating an organic layer comprising a photosensitive resin composition on the first base substrate to cover the plurality of signal wires and the thin film transistor;

forming a planarization layer by curing the photosensitive resin composition; and

forming a pixel electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor, on the planarization layer,

wherein the photosensitive resin composition comprises;

about 10 wt % to about 50 wt % of a solute comprising about 100 parts by weight of an acryl-based copolymer and about 5 to about 100 parts by weight of a 1,2-quinonediazide compound; and

a solvent comprising a glycol-based material having a boiling point of higher than about 190°

C.,

wherein the acryl-based copolymer is with a copolymer of an unsaturated carbonic acid or an anhydride thereof, an epoxy group-containing unsaturated compound, and an olefin-based unsaturated compound.

16. The method of manufacturing a display device of claim 15, wherein the glycol-based material comprises at least one of diethylene glycol butyl methyl ether, diethylene glycol butyl ethyl ether, triethylene glycol dimethyl ether, triethylene glycol butyl methyl ether, diethylene glycol tert-butyl ether, tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether, dipropylene glycol diethyl ether, diethylene glycol ethyl hexyl ether, diethylene glycol methyl hexyl ether, dipropylene glycol butyl methyl ether, dipropylene glycol ethyl hexyl ether, and dipropylene glycol methyl hexyl ether.

17. The method of manufacturing a display device of claim 16, wherein an amount of the glycol-based material is at least about 15 wt % based on the photosensitive resin composition.

18. The method of manufacturing a display device of claim 17, wherein the forming of the planarization layer comprises removing the solvent and curing the photosensitive resin composition.

19. The method of manufacturing a display device of claim 15, wherein the forming of the second display substrate comprises:

forming a second base substrate;

forming a black matrix on the second base substrate, and forming an opening part in the black matrix overlapping the pixel electrode; and

forming a common electrode on the black matrix.

20. The method of manufacturing a display device of claim 15, further comprising:

combining the first display substrate and the second display substrate; and

injecting liquid crystal between the first display substrate and the second display substrate.