US 11,114,647 B2 · Pixel element, method for fabricating the same, display control method, and display panel

Abstract

Disclosed are a pixel element, a method for fabricating same, a display control method, a display panel. The pixel element includes a base substrate, display and non-display areas on the base substrate, a control electrode, an adjustment layer, a transparent electrode in the non-display area, the transparent electrode and the adjustment layer are arranged in a stack, the control electrode is at the interface between display and non-display areas, and surrounds the adjustment layer, and there is a gap area between the control electrode and the adjustment layer; and the adjustment layer includes charged particles configured to move to the control electrode and the transparent electrode under control of first and second electric fields, the first and second electric fields are created after signals are applied to the control electrode and the transparent electrode, and direction of the first electric field is opposite to direction of the second electric field.

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Dependent claims

A pixel element, comprising a base substrate, and a display area and a non-display area located on the base substrate, wherein the pixel element further comprises:

a control electrode, an adjustment layer, and a transparent electrode located in the non-display area, wherein the adjustment layer and the transparent electrode are arranged in a stack, the control electrode is located at an interface between the display area and the non-display area, and surrounds the adjustment layer, and there is a gap area between the control electrode and the adjustment layer;
and
the adjustment layer comprises charged particles configured to move to the control electrode under a control of a first electric field, and to move to the transparent electrode under a control of a second electric field, wherein the first electric field and the second electric field are electric fields created after signals are applied to the control electrode and the transparent electrode respectively, and a direction of the first electric field is opposite to a direction of the second electric field.

A method for fabricating a pixel element, comprising:

determining positions of a display area and a non-display area on a base substrate;
forming a control electrode at an interface between the display area and the non-display area using an electrically-conductive material;
forming an adjustment layer of a material doped with charged particles in the non-display area on the base substrate formed with the control electrode, wherein the control electrode surrounds the adjustment layer, and there is a gap area between the control electrode and the adjustment layer;
and
forming a transparent electrode of a transparent electrically-conductive material in the non-display area on the base substrate formed with the control electrode, wherein the adjustment layer and the transparent electrode layer are arranged in a stack;
wherein the charged particles are configured to move to the control electrode under a control of the first electric field, and to move to the transparent electrode under a control of the second electric field, wherein the first electric field and the second electric field are electric fields created after signals are applied to the control electrode and the transparent electrode respectively, and a direction of the first electric field is opposite to a direction of the second electric field.

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Pixel element, method for fabricating the same, display control method, and display panel

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Pixel element, method for fabricating the same, display control method, and display panel

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