Display substrate, manufacturing method thereof and display device

• US 9,964,801 B2
• Filed: 04/12/2016
• Issued: 05/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectric Technology Co. Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectric Technology Co. Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yin, Bingkun, Han, Junhao, Wang, Wenlong, Cao, Binbin
• Primary Examiner(s): Chien, Lucy
• Application Number:
  US15/096,371
• Publication Number:
  US 20160313604A1
• Time in Patent Office: 756 Days
• Field of Search: 349 43
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133371 Cells with varying thickness of the liquid crystal layer
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133555 Transflectors
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/136227 Through-hole connection of the pixel electrode to the active element through an insulation layer
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 2201/50 Protective arrangements

Abstract

The present invention provides a display substrate comprising a plurality of pixel regions and a thin film transistor provided in each of the pixel regions. Each of the pixel regions comprises a transmissive region and a reflective region, and a protection layer is provided on the thin film transistor. A portion of the protection layer corresponding to the reflective region is a protrusion portion, and a portion of the protection layer corresponding to the thin film transistor is provided with a via therein.

Claims

1. A display substrate, comprising a plurality of pixel regions and a thin film transistor provided in each of the pixel regions, wherein, each of the pixel regions comprises a transmissive region and a reflective region, a protection layer is provided on the thin film transistor, a portion of the protection layer corresponding to the reflective region is a protrusion portion, and a portion of the protection layer corresponding to the thin film transistor is provided with a via therein;

wherein the protrusion portion is configured to ensure that an optical path of light passing through the reflective region is equal to an optical path of light passing through the transmissive region;

wherein a color resist layer is provided above the protrusion portion and extends to the transmissive region, and a thickness of a portion of the color resist layer corresponding to the transmissive region is twice as large as that of a portion of the color resist layer corresponding to the reflective region; and

wherein a pixel-electrode layer is provided on the color resist layer, and is electrically connected to a drain of the thin film transistor through the via provided in the protection layer.

2. The display substrate according to claim 1, wherein, a reflecting layer is provided between the protrusion portion and a portion of the color resist layer corresponding to the protrusion portion.

3. The display substrate according to claim 1, wherein, the protection layer is made of silicon nitride or silicon oxide.

4. The display substrate according to claim 2, wherein, the protection layer is made of silicon nitride or silicon oxide.

5. The display substrate according to claim 1, wherein, every four pixel regions of the display substrate form a pixel unit, the pixel unit comprises a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a white sub-pixel, the color resist layer in the red sub-pixel is red, the color resist layer in the green sub-pixel is green, and the color resist layer in the blue sub-pixel is blue.

6. The display substrate according to claim 2, wherein, every four pixel regions of the display substrate form a pixel unit, the pixel unit comprises a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a white sub-pixel, the color resist layer in the red sub-pixel is red, the color resist layer in the green sub-pixel is green, and the color resist layer in the blue sub-pixel is blue.

9. A display device, comprising the display substrate according to claim 1 and a common electrode layer provided opposite to the display substrate.

10. The display device according to claim 9, wherein, a distance between a surface of a portion of the color resist layer corresponding to the reflective region and a surface of the common electrode layer opposite thereto is one half of a distance between a surface of a portion of the color resist layer corresponding to the transmissive region and a surface of the common electrode layer opposite thereto.

7. A manufacturing method of a display substrate, wherein the display substrate comprises a plurality of pixel regions and a thin film transistor provided in each of the pixel regions, each of the pixel regions comprises a transmissive region and a reflective region, and the manufacturing method comprises a step of:

forming a protection layer on the thin film transistor by a single patterning process, such that a portion of the protection layer corresponding to the reflective region is a protrusion portion, and a portion of the protection layer corresponding to the thin film transistor is provided with a via therein;

wherein the protrusion portion is configured to ensure that an optical path of light passing through the reflective region is equal to an optical path of light passing through the transmissive region;

the manufacturing method further comprises steps of;

providing a color resist layer above the protrusion portion, such that the color resist layer extends to the transmissive region, and a thickness of a portion of the color resist layer corresponding to the transmissive region is twice as large as that of a portion of the color resist layer corresponding to the reflective region; and

providing a pixel-electrode layer on the color resist layer, such that the pixel-electrode layer is electrically connected to a drain of the thin film transistor through the via provided in the protection layer.

8. The manufacturing method according to claim 7, wherein, the protection layer is formed by a multi-tone exposure process, such that in each of the pixel regions, a region corresponding to the protrusion portion is a light blocking region, a region corresponding to the via is a completely transmissive region, and the remaining region is a semi-transparent region.