Recently, the display industry has been saturated with competition among large
panel makers. In order to meet the needs of consumers, it is developing into a
technology that emphasizes high definition, large size, and differentiation design.
The most ...
Recently, the display industry has been saturated with competition among large
panel makers. In order to meet the needs of consumers, it is developing into a
technology that emphasizes high definition, large size, and differentiation design.
The most interesting area is display technology that maximizes space utilization by
folding or rolling to increase portability or reduce volume. Flexible displays
currently are being researched and developed based on organic light emitting
diodes (OLED). However, the reliability problem of the OLED material itself has
difficulty in flexible displays. In order to meet such demands, the application of
inorganic LEDs capable of high luminous efficiency and stable driving has been
studied. The application of LEDs as display pixels enables small, thin, self-emissive
devices by reducing the chip to micro units and eliminating the substrate for growth.
In particular, the micro LED has the advantages of excellent reliability,
transparency of itself, and high luminance. However, despite these various
advantages, it is necessary to solve the problem of the existing micro LED transfer
process technology and the expensive price.
In this study, to overcome the problems of micro LED, display color is realized
by using conversion characteristics of red and green quantum dot materials based
on blue LED. Blue LEDs are more efficient than red or green LEDs and are simpler
in structure and process. Color conversion technology that absorbs blue light and
excites green and red wavelengths can dramatically reduce the number of transfers,
thereby lowering manufacturing costs and improving yields. For micro-sized
patterning, quantum dots and photoresist were mixed and applied onto micro LEDs
by photolithography. It was found that the process and conversion efficiency depend
on the mixing concentration of quantum dots and photoresist. And it was confirmed
that some unconverted light leaks during the conversion process. To prevent blue
light leakage, we mixing high refractive index nanoparticles, TiO2 as scattering
enhancers into the QD-PR, the light output intensity can be improved and standard
RGB can be achieved. As a result, green and red colors using blue LEDs were
realized, and high color gamut was obtained.
In addition, in order to realize flexible micro-LED display, micro-LED array is
released from Si substrate by wet etching process and then transferred onto
ultrathin plastic substrate. Finally, encapsulation layers was formed in order to
prevent efficiency decrease due to external moisture and oxygen. It confirmed that
it had the outstanding reliability also in high temperature and high humidity
environment. We hope this research will improve the micro LED's problems and be
applied to our surrounding displays as soon as possible.