Quantum Dot Color Filter Substrate With Segmented Filling Cavities

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current liquid crystal displays with white light emitting sources have limited luminous efficiency, brightness, and color gamut due to non-uniform distribution of quantum dots in color resistance blocks, leading to impure colors and low color gamut.

Innovation Solution

A color filter substrate with filling cavities in each sub-pixel region filled with quantum dots of different diameters, allowing for uniform distribution and emission of distinct colors, eliminating the need for color resistance blocks and simplifying the fabrication process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Illumination intensity

If quantum dots are doped in a color resistance block, then color gamut is improved, but non-uniform distribution occurs and exposure and development are influenced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor gamutVSAvoiduniform distribution
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The invention divides the sub-pixel region into multiple filling cavities, each containing quantum dots of a specific size. This segmentation ensures uniform distribution of quantum dots while maintaining improved color gamut, resolving the contradiction between color enhancement and manufacturing precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different regions (filling cavities) within the sub-pixel are given different local qualities by using quantum dots of different sizes in different cavities. This local differentiation achieves uniform distribution while maintaining the overall color gamut improvement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Illumination intensity

If quantum dots are doped in a color resistance block, then color gamut is improved, but exposure and development of color resistance block material are influenced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor gamutVSAvoidexposure and development
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The invention extracts the quantum dots from the color resistance block material and places them in separate filling cavities. This separation eliminates the interference of quantum dots with the exposure and development processes of the color resistance block material, while still achieving improved color gamut.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Illumination intensity

If color resistance blocks are used, then color display is realized, but luminous efficiency and brightness are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor displayVSAvoidluminous efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The invention changes the physical parameters of the light-emitting structure by using quantum dots with size-dependent emission properties instead of traditional color resistance blocks. This parameter change enables higher luminous efficiency and brightness while maintaining color display capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The invention uses composite structures combining quantum dots of different sizes within filling cavities to achieve both high luminous efficiency and color display performance, overcoming the limitations of traditional color resistance blocks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

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

The solution enhances color gamut and saturation by ensuring uniform quantum dot distribution, improving light conversion efficiency and purity, and simplifying the manufacturing process.

Implementation Method 1

the quantum dots in all the filling cavities are made of the same material, the particle diameters of the quantum dots in the same filling cavity are the same, the particle diameters of the quantum dots in the filling cavities of different sub-pixel regions of any pixel unit are different, and accordingly, the quantum dots in the filling cavities of different sub-pixel regions can emit light with different colors after being excited

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPhotoluminescence: Photoluminescence

Data Source

PatentUS9971075B2Color filter substrate, method for fabricating the same, display panel and display device
Publication Date: 2018.05.15 BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD
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AI summary

The present invention provides a color filter substrate, comprising a plurality of pixel units, each pixel unit comprises a plurality of sub-pixel regions, wherein a filling cavity is formed in each sub-pixel region, at least the top wall of the filling cavity is transparent, each filling cavity is filled with quantum dots, the quantum dots in all the filling cavities are made of the same material, the particle diameters of the quantum dots in the same filling cavity are the same, the particle diameters of the quantum dots in the filling cavities of different sub-pixel regions of any pixel unit are different, and accordingly, the quantum dots in the filling cavities of different sub-pixel regions in any pixel unit can emit light of different colors after being excited. Accordingly, the present invention further provides a fabricating method of the color filter substrate, a display panel and a display device.