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Composite film and manufacturing method thereof, and encapsulation structure including the composite film

a composite film and manufacturing method technology, applied in the field of display technology, can solve the problems of poor water tightness of film with good bendability, poor bendability of dense film, and inability to meet the requirements of packaging flexible oleds, etc., and achieve the effects of short process time, less process steps, and simple process

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-02-04
BOE TECH GRP CO LTD
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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a composite film and manufacturing method that reduces production costs and improves production efficiency. This composite film includes a matrix membrane and at least one waterproof film located inside the membrane. The composite film can be directly used on OLED encapsulation, making the process simpler, faster, and requiring less equipment, reducing production costs and improving efficiency.

Problems solved by technology

However, the hard encapsulation substrate belongs to a rigid device, which has poor flexibility, and therefore, it is not suitable for packaging flexible OLEDs.
The waterproof film may be a dense film, such as SiOx, but the dense film has poor bendability; or, the waterproof film may be a film with good bendability, such as a polymer film, but the film with good bendability has poor water-tightness.
However, as there are many film layers in such encapsulation layer and a structure of each layer needs to be manufactured by using a corresponding film manufacturing process according to the material thereof, many types of film manufacturing processes and many steps are required in the process of manufacturing the encapsulation layer, and the manufacturing time is long; moreover, the manufacturing process needs to be performed under an inert protecting environment (for example, a vacuum or nitrogen environment), and many complicated equipment need to be used in the manufacturing process.

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embodiment 1

[0049]FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary structure of a composite film provided by Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, there may be a plurality of matrix membranes, that is, the composite film may include a plurality of matrix membranes which are stacked up. Preferably, the number of the matrix membranes is two to four. In this embodiment, the description is given by taking a case that the number of the matrix membranes is three as an example. The three matrix membranes are a matrix membrane 11, a matrix membrane 12 and a matrix membrane 13, respectively. The matrix membrane 11, the matrix membrane 12 and the matrix membrane 13 are stacked up, here, the matrix membrane 11 is located on the matrix membrane 12, and the matrix membrane 12 is located on the matrix membrane 13.

[0050]Preferably, the thickness of each of the matrix membranes is 1 μm-1000 μm. In this embodiment, as the thickness of each of the matrix membranes is 1μm-1000 μm, both the probl...

embodiment 2

[0055]FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary structure of a composite film provided by Embodiment 2 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the composite film includes one matrix membrane 31, and the matrix membrane 31 includes at least one waterproof film 311-319.

[0056]In this embodiment, there is one matrix membrane 31. Preferably, the thickness of the matrix membrane is 1 μm-1000 μm. In this embodiment, as the thickness of the matrix membrane is 1 μm-1000 μm, both the problem of poor mechanical performance and poor watertightness due to too small thickness of the matrix membrane and the problem of poor bendability and poor light transmission due to too large thickness of the matrix membrane may be effectively avoided, thus, not only good mechanical performance and watertightness of the matrix membrane but also good bendability and light transmission of the matrix membrane are ensured.

[0057]Preferably, the matrix membrane is a flexible film. The material of the matrix...

embodiment 4

[0067]FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a manufacturing method of a composite film of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the method includes steps as follows.

[0068]At step 101, a matrix membrane precursor layer is formed.

[0069]FIG. 6a is a schematic diagram of forming a matrix membrane precursor layer in the manufacturing method of a composite film according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6a, a matrix membrane precursor layer 61 is formed by spin-coating, blade-coating or spray-coating. The matrix membrane precursor layer 61 may be formed from flexible material.

[0070]At Step 102, at least one waterproof film is formed on the matrix membrane precursor layer.

[0071]FIG. 6b is a schematic diagram of forming waterproof films in the manufacturing method of a composite film according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6b, waterproof films 62 are formed on the matrix membrane precursor layer 61 by placing, physical deposition or chemical d...

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Abstract

The present invention discloses a composite film, a manufacturing method thereof and an encapsulation structure comprising the composite film. The composite film comprises at least one matrix membrane, each of which comprises at least one waterproof film. In the technical solutions provided by the present invention, the composite film comprises a matrix membrane comprising at least one waterproof film, and therefore, the composite film can be directly disposed on an OLED when the OLED is encapsulated by using the composite film. Accordingly, during an encapsulation process, the used process is simple, the process steps become less, the process time is short, and the required equipment is simpler, so that the production cost is reduced, and the production efficiency is improved.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to the field of display technology, and particularly relates to a composite film and a manufacturing method thereof, and an encapsulation structure including the composite film.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) have the characteristic of self-illumination, and OLEDs emit light when current passes therethrough. OLED display devices which perform display by using OLEDs have a large visual angle, and can significantly save electric energy, and therefore, OLED display devices are more and more widely used in the field of display technology due to many unparalleled advantages compared with Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs).[0003]Organic film layers in the OLEDs are likely to fail due to the erosion of water and oxygen, and therefore, it is required to form an encapsulation layer capable of blocking water and oxygen above the OLEDs so as to protect the OLEDs. Generally, the encapsulation layer is a...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H01L51/52B32B7/03B32B27/08B32B37/24
CPCH01L51/5256B32B27/08B32B37/24B32B2255/20H01L2251/56B32B2457/206B32B2255/205B32B2037/243B32B2398/10B32B2307/7265B32B9/007B32B9/045B32B7/03H10K50/841B32B33/00B32B27/06B32B2439/00B32B27/281B32B27/286B32B27/302B32B27/304B32B27/32B32B27/36B32B27/365B32B2255/10B32B2307/7244B32B37/02B32B2310/0831H10K50/8445H10K71/00
Inventor SUN, LI
Owner BOE TECH GRP CO LTD