Integrated OLED Touch Display with Glass Cover Antiglare Layer

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current OLED touch control display devices face challenges in manufacturing due to the use of flexible polymer antiglare layers, leading to increased thickness and reduced productivity, as well as potential damage to the organic material layer during the assembly of separate OLED and touch control panels.

Innovation Solution

The integration of a touch control panel between a transparent substrate and a glass cover plate, with a thin film package layer protecting the OLED thin film element and locating the antiglare layer on the cover plate to facilitate easier manufacturing, involves a glass substrate, a glass cover plate, reflective anode and transparent cathode metal layers, and inorganic passivation layers to construct a sealed OLED touch control display device.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the OLED display device and touch control panel are separately manufactured and then assembled, then the touch control function can be provided, but the device thickness increases and manufacturing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetouch control functionVSAvoiddevice thickness
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLength of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the OLED display device and touch control panel into a single integrated structure. The touch control panel is positioned between the substrate and package cover plate of the OLED display device, eliminating the need for separate assembly and reducing overall device thickness while maintaining both display and touch control functions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the touch control panel is assembled separately with the OLED display device, then the touch control function can be provided, but the manufacturing process becomes more complex and productivity decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetouch control functionVSAvoidmanufacturing efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The touch control panel is integrated into the OLED display device structure during the manufacturing process itself, rather than being assembled separately afterward. This allows both components to be produced in a single manufacturing cycle, improving productivity and reducing manufacturing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Adaptability or versatility

If the touch control panel is assembled separately with the OLED display device, then the touch control function can be provided, but the risk of damaging the organic material layer increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetouch control functionVSAvoidorganic material layer integrity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The touch control panel is positioned and secured between the substrate and package cover plate before the OLED display device is fully assembled. This preliminary positioning prevents subsequent handling and assembly operations from damaging the delicate organic material layer of the OLED display device.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Illumination intensity

If the antiglare layer is made of flexible polymer material, then the display quality can be improved, but the manufacturing difficulty increases and productivity decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay qualityVSAvoidmanufacturing difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the flexible polymer antiglare layer with a rigid glass cover plate that has antiglare properties. This substitution simplifies the manufacturing process and increases productivity while maintaining the necessary display quality, as the glass cover plate is more stable and easier to manufacture than flexible polymer materials.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This approach reduces the thickness of the OLED touch control display device, prevents damage to the organic material layer, and simplifies the manufacturing process, thereby enhancing productivity by integrating the touch control panel directly between the substrate and cover plate and loading the antiglare layer on the cover plate.

Implementation Method 1

As the OLED display device works, the Hole and the Electron are injected to the emitting layer, these electrons and the holes are combined to generate excited electron-hole pairs, and the excited electron-hole pairs are converted from the excited state to the ground state for achieving illumination.

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectroluminescence: Electroluminescence

Implementation Method 2

a thin film package layer located on the OLED thin film element and completely covering the OLED thin film element

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPhysical protection through thin film coating: Thin Films

Data Source

PatentUS9698372B2OLED touch control display device and manufacture method thereof
Publication Date: 2017.07.04 TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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AI summary

The present invention provides an OLED touch control display device and a manufacture method thereof. The OLED touch control display device comprises: a transparent substrate (10), a transparent package cover plate (20), an OLED thin film element (11) located at one side of the transparent substrate (10) facing the transparent package cover plate (20), a thin film package layer (12) being located on the OLED thin film element (11) and completely covering the OLED thin film element (11), a transparent conductive outer layer (31) located on the thin film package layer (12), an antiglare layer (34) located at one side of the transparent package cover plate (20) facing the transparent substrate (10), a transparent conductive inner layer (33) located under the antiglare layer (34) and a transparent isolation dot layer (32) located under the transparent conductive inner layer (33); the transparent conductive outer layer (31), the transparent isolation dot layer (32) and the transparent conductive inner layer (33) construct a touch control panel (30); the OLED touch control display device reduces the difficulty of the manufacture process and contributes to raise the productivity.