Display apparatus and manufacturing method thereof
First Claim
1. A display apparatus including a pixel, comprising:
- a base layer;
an electrode part configured to generate an electric field;
a first insulating layer disposed on the base layer and including a contact portion contacted with the base layer and a cavity portion entirely spaced apart from the base layer in a first direction to provide a cavity extending in the first direction, the contact portion and the cavity portion integrally formed in an inseparable single body, the first insulating layer terminating at a first edge of the cavity portion and a second edge of the cavity portion facing each other in the first direction, the first edge of the cavity portion and the second edge of the cavity portion spaced apart from the base layer;
an image display part provided in the cavity; and
a protective layer covering the first insulating layer and configured to seal the cavity at the first and second edges of the cavity in the first direction.
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Abstract
A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixel units and each pixel unit includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, an image display part and a protective layer. The first electrode is formed on the substrate. The second electrode is formed over the first electrode while interposing a first insulating layer therebetween to define a TSC (tunnel-shaped cavity) extending in a first direction between the first and second electrodes. The image display part is provided in the TSC to display an image according to an electric field generated by the first and second electrodes. The protective layer covers the second electrode and seals the TSC. The display apparatus having the above structure is manufactured by forming the first electrode, a sacrificial layer and the second electrode and forming the image display part by removing the sacrificial layer.
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63 Claims
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1. A display apparatus including a pixel, comprising:
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a base layer; an electrode part configured to generate an electric field; a first insulating layer disposed on the base layer and including a contact portion contacted with the base layer and a cavity portion entirely spaced apart from the base layer in a first direction to provide a cavity extending in the first direction, the contact portion and the cavity portion integrally formed in an inseparable single body, the first insulating layer terminating at a first edge of the cavity portion and a second edge of the cavity portion facing each other in the first direction, the first edge of the cavity portion and the second edge of the cavity portion spaced apart from the base layer; an image display part provided in the cavity; and a protective layer covering the first insulating layer and configured to seal the cavity at the first and second edges of the cavity in the first direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A display apparatus comprising first and second pixels adjacent to each other, comprising:
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a base layer; electrode parts corresponding to the first and second pixels, respectively; a first insulating layer disposed on the base layer and including a contact portion contacted with the base layer and a cavity portion entirely spaced apart from the base layer in a first direction to provide a cavity extending in the first direction, the first insulating layer terminating at a first edge of the cavity portion and a second edge of the cavity portion facing each other in the first direction;
the first edge of the cavity portion and the second edge of the cavity portion spaced apart from the base layer;an image display part provided in the cavity; and a protective layer covering the first insulating layer and configured to seal the cavity at the first and second edges of the cavity in the first direction, wherein the contact portion and the cavity portion are integrally formed in an inseparable single body in an area corresponding to the first and second pixels. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A display apparatus including a pixel comprising:
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a base layer; an electrode part configured to generate an electric field; a first insulating layer disposed on the base layer and including a contact portion contacted with the base layer and a cavity portion entirely spaced apart from the base layer in a first direction to provide a cavity extending in the first direction, the contact portion and the cavity portion integrally formed in an inseparable single body, the first insulating layer terminating at a first edge of the cavity portion and a second edge of the cavity portion facing each other in the first direction;
the first edge of the cavity portion and the second edge of the cavity portion spaced apart from the base layer;an image display part provided in the cavity; a color filter on the first insulating layer; and a protective layer covering the first insulating layer and configured to seal the cavity at both ends of the cavity in the first direction. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A display apparatus comprising:
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a substrate extending in a plane defined by crossing first and second directions; a first electrode disposed on the substrate; a second electrode disposed over the first electrode, the second electrode being insulated from the first electrode; a spacing between the first and second electrodes, the spacing defining a TSC (tunnel-shaped cavity) extending in the first direction, the TSC having a floor parallel to the plane, a ceiling overlapping the floor, opposed first side boundaries extending from the floor to the ceiling and facing each other along the second direction, the TSC having opposed second side boundaries facing each other along the first direction, the second electrode not draping down over the opposed second side boundaries to seal off the TSC at the opposite second side boundaries; an image display part provided in the TSC to define part of a to-be-displayed image according to an electric field formed by the first and second electrodes; and a protective layer overlapping the ceiling of the TSC and the second electrode and extending down along the opposed second side boundaries so as to seal the TSC closed at the opposed second side boundaries of the TSC. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A display apparatus comprising:
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a substrate extending in a plane defined by crossing first and second directions; an electrode part including a first electrode formed on the substrate and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode, the first and second electrodes being insulated from each other such that the first and second electrodes generate an electric field extending between them; a first insulating layer disposed over the electrode part; a spacing between the electrode part and the first insulating layer, the spacing defining a TSC (tunnel-shaped cavity) extending in the first direction, the TSC having a floor parallel to the substrate plane, a ceiling overlapping the floor, opposed first side boundaries extending from floor to ceiling and facing each other along the second direction, the TSC having opposed second side boundaries facing each other along the first direction, the first insulating layer being absent at the opposed second side boundaries of the TSC for sealing off the opposed second side boundaries; an image display part provided in the TSC between the opposed second side boundaries, the image display part being configured to define a corresponding part of a to-be-displayed image according to an electric field formed by the first and second electrodes; and a protective layer overlapping the ceiling of the TSC and the first insulating layer and extending down along the opposed second side boundaries so as to seal the TSC closed at the opposed second side boundaries of the TSC. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A display apparatus comprising:
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a base layer; a first insulating layer disposed on the base layer and including a first cavity portion entirely spaced apart from the base layer in a first direction to provide a first cavity extending in the first direction, a second cavity portion entirely spaced apart from the base layer in the first direction to provide a second cavity extending in the first direction, and a contact portion contacted with the base layer and connecting the first cavity portion and the second cavity portion in a second direction crossing the first direction, the first cavity portion, the second cavity portion, and the contact portion being integrally formed in an inseparable single body; first and second image display parts provided in the first and second cavities, respectively; and a protective layer covering the first insulating layer and configured to seal the first and second cavities, wherein the first insulating layer terminates at a first edge of the first and second cavity portions and a second edge of the first and second cavity portions facing each other in the first direction, and the first edge of the first and second cavity portions and the second edge of the first and second cavity portions are spaced apart from the base layer.
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63. A display apparatus including a pixel, comprising:
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a base layer; a first cavity define insulating layer disposed on the base layer and including a first contact portion contacted with the base layer and a first cavity portion entirely spaced apart from the base layer in a first direction to provide the first cavity extending in a first direction, the first contact portion and the first cavity portion integrally formed in an inseparable single body, the first cavity define insulating layer terminating at a first edge of the first cavity portion and a second edge of the first cavity portion facing each other in the first direction, the first edge of the first cavity portion and the second edge of the first cavity portion spaced apart from the base layer; a second cavity define insulating layer spaced apart from the first cavity define insulating layer and disposed on the base layer and including a second contact portion contacted with the base layer and a second cavity portion entirely spaced apart from the base layer in the first direction to provide a second cavity extending in the first direction, the second contact portion and the second cavity portion integrally formed in an inseparable single body, the second cavity define insulating layer terminating at a first edge of the second cavity portion and a second edge of the second cavity portion facing each other in the first direction, the first edge of the second cavity portion and the second edge of the second cavity portion spaced apart from the base layer; first and second image display parts provided in the first and second cavities, respectively; and a protective layer covering the first cavity define insulating layer and the second cavity define insulating layer and configured to seal the first and second cavities.
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Specification