Liquid Crystal Display Panel Support Member Hardness

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional liquid crystal display panels face difficulties in determining the liquid crystal border, leading to display issues due to accumulated influences from film thickness variations and environmental changes, especially in large-sized panels.

Innovation Solution

Incorporating a support member with a hardness greater than the organic material layer between the support column and the organic material layer, which helps in preventing deformation accumulation and stabilizing the liquid crystal border.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Area of stationary object

If the size of the display panel is increased, then the display area is improved, but the liquid crystal border becomes difficult to determine due to accumulated influence factors and film thickness variations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay areaVSAvoidliquid crystal border determination
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The invention introduces a support member with specifically controlled hardness (greater than the organic material layer) to change the mechanical parameters of the support structure. This parameter change stabilizes the support column's position and prevents deformation accumulation, thereby maintaining liquid crystal border determination accuracy even in large-sized panels where film thickness variations would normally cause instability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Shape

If the thickness of the organic material layer is increased to improve flatness, then the flatness of the display panel film layer is improved, but the liquid crystal border becomes more difficult to determine due to environmental sensitivity

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveflatnessVSAvoidliquid crystal border determination
Core Design Contradiction:
ShapeVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The support member acts as an intermediary element between the support column and the organic material layer. It mediates the mechanical interactions by providing a harder, more stable support structure that isolates the organic material layer from excessive deformation forces, thereby maintaining both flatness and liquid crystal border determination accuracy despite the increased thickness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Stability of the object's composition

If the hardness of the support member is increased to prevent deformation accumulation, then the stability of the support column is improved, but the complexity of the structure is increased

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesupport column stabilityVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Rather than increasing the hardness of the entire support structure, the invention applies local quality by making only the support member harder than the organic material layer. This localized hardness increase provides the necessary stability precisely where needed (at the interface with the organic material layer) without unnecessarily complicating the overall structure or requiring changes to other components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11829038B2Liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal display device
Publication Date: 2023.11.28 TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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AI summary

The present application provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display panel, by disposing a support member between a support column and an organic material layer with a hardness of the support member being greater than that of the organic material layer, makes the support member perform a supporting function for the support column to prevent deformation accumulation of the support column and the organic material layer such that a liquid crystal border is more easily determined. In the meantime, the liquid crystal border is wider to mitigate a technical issue of the liquid crystal border of a conventional liquid crystal display panel being unable to be determined.