Color Conversion Pixel Cavities for Low-Temperature Display Assembly

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for manufacturing optoelectronic devices with color conversion modules require high-energy steps and temperatures above 200°C, which can degrade the optical conversion properties of materials like quantum dots, and involve complex alignment and positioning challenges during transfer and attachment to a support.

Innovation Solution

A method involving forming display pixel circuits with walls defining cavities, securing them to a support, and then filling the cavities with color conversion modules after transfer, using photolithography and inkjet printing to create photoluminescent blocks, which reduces exposure to high temperatures and simplifies alignment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If color conversion modules are formed before transferring display pixel circuits to the support, then alignment and positioning can be performed during manufacturing, but the modules are exposed to high temperatures above 200°C during transfer and attachment which degrades their optical conversion properties

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvealignment precisionVSAvoidoptical conversion properties
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by forming the walls defining the cavities before transferring the display pixel circuits to the support. This allows the structural framework to be prepared in advance, enabling precise alignment during the wall formation process while avoiding exposure of the color conversion modules to high temperatures. The modules are then filled into the pre-formed cavities at a later stage when temperature exposure is no longer an issue.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If color conversion modules are formed after transferring display pixel circuits to the support, then the modules are protected from high temperature exposure, but alignment and positioning become more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoptical conversion propertiesVSAvoidalignment precision
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent resolves this contradiction by performing preliminary actions of forming the wall structures and defining the cavity positions before the color conversion modules are filled. This preliminary structuring establishes precise alignment references that guide the subsequent module filling process, ensuring manufacturing precision is maintained even when modules are formed after transfer.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Strength

If high temperature steps above 200°C are used in the manufacturing process, then display pixel circuits can be securely attached to the support, but the optical conversion properties of color conversion modules degrade

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveattachment strengthVSAvoidoptical conversion properties
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by separating the manufacturing process into distinct stages: first forming the wall structures and securing display pixel circuits to the support, then later filling the cavities with color conversion modules. This segmentation allows the attachment process to occur with appropriate temperature for strong bonding, while the temperature-sensitive color conversion modules are introduced in a separate, low-temperature stage, thus preserving their optical properties.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

4Manufacturing precision

If walls are formed after transferring display pixel circuits to the support, then alignment errors from transfer are avoided, but the complexity of the manufacturing process increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewall positioning accuracyVSAvoidmanufacturing process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by forming the walls and defining cavity positions before transferring the display pixel circuits to the support. This preliminary structuring establishes precise alignment references that guide the subsequent module filling process, ensuring manufacturing precision is maintained even when modules are formed after transfer.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

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 method preserves the optical properties of color conversion modules, reduces crosstalk between subpixels, and allows for flexible material selection and alignment, enabling efficient production of optoelectronic devices with improved performance.

Implementation Method 1

The photoluminescent block comprises phosphors or particles of at least one photoluminescent material configured, when excited by the light emitted by the associated light-emitting diode, to emit light at a wavelength different from the wavelength of the light emitted by the associated light-emitting diode

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPhotoluminescence: Photoluminescence

Data Source

PatentEP4580353A1Method for manufacturing an optoelectronic device and display obtained by this method
Publication Date: 2025.07.02 ALEDIA INC
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AI summary

The present application relates to a method for manufacturing an optoelectronic device comprising the following steps, in order: a) manufacturing display pixel circuits (12) each comprising an emission face (18), and on said face (18), walls (22) delimiting at least one cavity (24); b) fixing said display pixel circuits (12) to a support (30); and c) filling the at least one cavity (24) of each display pixel circuit (12) with a first filling material to form a first color conversion module (32) in said cavity (24). The present application also relates to a display screen (40) obtained by the manufacturing method detailed above.