Display Device

• US 20160041429A1
• Filed: 12/16/2014
• Published: 02/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2014
• 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: SHIN, Mookeun, TU, Zhizhong, YOON, Yongjun, WANG, Huan
• Granted Patent: US 9,740,048 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133553 Reflecting elements associated to illuminating devices G02F1/133605
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133555 Transflectors
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133617 Illumination with ultraviolet light; Luminescent elements or materials associated to the cell

Abstract

The present invention relates to a display device. The display device comprises a color filter substrate comprising a color filter layer, an array substrate and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the color filter substrate and the array substrate, characterized in that the display device further comprises a reflective layer and a light excitation layer; the reflective layer is disposed on the side away from the liquid crystal layer of the array substrate, the light excitation layer and the color filter substrate are disposed on the same side of the liquid crystal layer; the light excitation layer emits stimulated light upon being excited by external light and the reflective layer is capable of reflecting the stimulated light to the color filter layer. The display device enhances the utilization to the external light and achieves a higher brightness and an improved color gamut.

Claims

1. A display device comprising a color filter substrate comprising a color filter layer, an array substrate and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the color filter substrate and the array substrate, characterized in that:

the display device further comprises a reflective layer and a light excitation layer;

the reflective layer is disposed on the side away from the liquid crystal layer of the array substrate, the light excitation layer and the color filter substrate are disposed on the same side of the liquid crystal layer;

the light excitation layer emits stimulated light upon being excited by external light and the reflective layer is capable of reflecting the stimulated light to the color filter layer.

2. The display device according to claim 1, characterized in that:

the light excitation layer is disposed on the side close to the liquid crystal layer or the side away from the liquid crystal layer of the color filter substrate;

or

a polaroid is disposed on the side away from the liquid crystal layer of the color filter substrate and the light excitation layer is disposed between the polaroid and the color filter substrate or on the side away from the color filter substrate of the polaroid.

3. The display device according to claim 1, characterized in that:

the color filter layer comprises a red filter layer, a green filter layer and a blue filter layer, and the light excitation layer is disposed in an area corresponding to at least one of the red filter layer, the green filter layer and the blue filter layer;

the light excitation layer corresponding to the red filter layer is red light excitation sublayer which absorbs the light in a wavelength shorter than red band in the external light and emits red light, whereas does not absorb red light in the external light;

the light excitation layer corresponding to the green filter layer is green light excitation sublayer which absorbs the light in a wavelength shorter than green band in the external light and emit green light, whereas does not absorb green light in the external light;

the light excitation layer corresponding to the blue filter layer is blue light excitation sublayer which absorbs light in a wavelength shorter than blue band in the external light and emit blue light, whereas does not absorb blue light in the external light.

4. The display device according to claim 3, characterized in that the red light excitation sublayer absorbs the light in a wavelength shorter than 622 nm and emits red light having a wavelength in the range of 622 nm to 760 nm;

the green light excitation sublayer absorbs the light in a wavelength shorter than 492 nm and emits green light having a wavelength in the range of 492 nm to 577 nm;

the blue light excitation sublayer absorbs the light in the wavelength shorter than 435 nm and emits blue light having a wavelength in the range of 435 nm to 450 nm.

5. The display device according to claim 3, characterized in that:

each of the red light excitation sublayer, the green light excitation sublayer and the blue light excitation sublayer comprises an quantum dot fluorescent powder, respectively; and

the particle size of the quantum dot fluorescent powder in the red light excitation sublayer is in the range where the quantum dot fluorescent powder emits red light;

the particle size of the quantum dot fluorescent powder in the green light excitation sublayer is in the range where the quantum dot fluorescent powder emits green light; and

the particle size of the quantum dot fluorescent powder in the blue light excitation sublayer is in the range where the quantum dot fluorescent powder emits blue light.

6. The display device according to claim 5, characterized in that the particle size of the quantum dot fluorescent powder in the red light excitation sublayer is in the range of 2.3 nm to 5.5 nm;

the particle size of the quantum dot fluorescent powder in the green light excitation sublayer is in the range of 2.7 nm to 3.5 nm; and

the particle size of the quantum dot fluorescent powder in the blue light excitation sublayer is in the range of 2.0 nm to 2.5 nm.

7. The display device according to claim 3, characterized in that:

the red light excitation sublayer comprises a non-quantum dot red light fluorescent powder including blue light excited red fluorescent powder of alkaline earth metal sulfides, molybdate red fluorescent powder and tungstate-based red fluorescent powder;

ultraviolet/near ultraviolet excited molybdate red fluorescent powder, tungstate-based red fluorescent powder, silicate-based red fluorescent powder, zinc oxide-based red fluorescent powder and vanadium phosphate-based red fluorescent powder;

the green light excitation sublayer comprises a non-quantum dot green light fluorescent powder including blue light excited silicate-based green fluorescent powder;

ultraviolet/near ultraviolet excited silicate-based green fluorescent powder and phosphate-based green fluorescent powder; and

the blue light excitation sublayer comprises a non-quantum dot blue light fluorescent powder including ultraviolet/near ultraviolet excited aluminate-based blue fluorescent powder, borate-based blue fluorescent powder, chloroborate-based blue fluorescent powder, phosphate-based blue fluorescent powder and chlorosilicate-based blue fluorescent powder.

8. The display device according to claim 3, characterized in that the color filter layer further comprises a yellow filter layer;

the light excitation layer is further disposed in an area corresponding to the yellow filter layer and the light excitation layer corresponding to the yellow filter layer is yellow light excitation sublayer which absorbs the light in a wavelength shorter than yellow band in the external light and emits yellow light, whereas does not absorb yellow light in the external light.

9. The display device according to claim 8, characterized in that:

the yellow light excitation sublayer comprises a quantum dot fluorescent powder having a particle size in the range where the quantum dot fluorescent powder emits yellow light;

or

the yellow light excitation sublayer comprises a non-quantum dot yellow light fluorescent powder including blue light excited aluminate-based yellow fluorescent powder, borate-based yellow fluorescent powder and vanadate-based yellow fluorescent powder;

ultraviolet/near ultraviolet excited silicate-based yellow fluorescent powder and yellow fluorescent powder of nitrogen oxides.

10. The display device according to claim 9, characterized in that the particle size of the quantum dot fluorescent powder in the yellow light excitation sublayer is in the range of 3.6 nm to 4.3 nm.

11. The display device according to claim 1, characterized in that the light excitation layer is formed by pigment dispersion method, printing method or electro deposition method.

12. The display device according to claim 3, characterized in that:

the display device further comprises a backlight disposed on the side away from the liquid crystal layer of the array substrate;

the reflective layer is disposed in an area corresponding to part of the color filter layer and the area without providing the reflective layer forms a transmissive area; and

the light emitted by the backlight emits out of the display device through the transmissive area.

13. The display device according to claim 12, characterized in that:

the backlight emits white light;

the red light excitation sublayer corresponding to the transmissive area is transparent and the white light passes through the red filter layer corresponding to the transmissive area and turns into red light;

the green light excitation sublayer corresponding to the transmissive area is transparent and the white light passes through the green filter layer corresponding to the transmissive area and turns into green light;

the blue light excitation sublayer corresponding to the transmissive area is transparent and the white light passes through the blue filter layer corresponding to the transmissive area and turns into blue light;

or

the backlight emits blue light;

the red filter layer corresponding to the transmissive area is transparent and the red light excitation sublayer corresponding to the transmissive area absorbs blue light and emits red light;

the green filter layer corresponding to the transmissive area is transparent and the green light excitation sublayer corresponding to the transmissive area absorbs blue light and emits green light;

the blue filter layer corresponding to the transmissive area is transparent;

or

the backlight emits ultraviolet/near ultraviolet;

the red filter layer corresponding to the transmissive area is transparent and the red light excitation sublayer corresponding to the transmissive area absorbs ultraviolet/near ultraviolet and emits red light;

the green filter layer corresponding to the transmissive area is transparent and the green light excitation sublayer corresponding to the transmissive area absorbs ultraviolet/near ultraviolet and emits green light;

the blue filter layer corresponding to the transmissive area is transparent and the blue light excitation sublayer corresponding to the transmissive area absorbs ultraviolet/near ultraviolet and emits blue light.

14. The display device according to claim 13, characterized in that:

the reflective layer is disposed in an area corresponding to part of the yellow filter layer and the area without providing the reflective layer forms a transmissive area;

the backlight emits white light;

the yellow light excitation sublayer corresponding to the transmissive area is transparent and the white light passes through the yellow filter layer corresponding to the transmissive area and turns into yellow light;

or

the backlight emits blue light;

the yellow filter layer corresponding to the transmissive area is transparent and the yellow light excitation sublayer corresponding to the transmissive area absorbs blue light and emits yellow light;

or

the backlight emits ultraviolet/near ultraviolet;

the yellow filter layer corresponding to the transmissive area is transparent and the yellow light excitation sublayer corresponding to the transmissive area absorbs ultraviolet/near ultraviolet and emits yellow light.