Display panel and display device
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorEiji Satoh
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Abstract
Cohesion of shape anisotropy members is prevented A display panel (2) in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes: substrates (10) and (20) which are provided so as to face each other; and an optical modulation layer (30) including a plurality of shape anisotropy members (32) each of which includes (i) a core that is an electric conductor and (ii) a covering layer that is a dielectric and that covers an entire periphery of the core. The display panel (2) changes an area of each image of the plurality of shape anisotropy members (32) which image is projected on the substrates (10) and (20), by changing a voltage to be applied to the optical modulation layer (30).
Claims20
A display panel comprising:
- a first substrate facing a second substrate, wherein each of the first substrate and the second substrate includes at least one electrode;
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- an optical modulation layer configured to control a transmittance with respect to light that enters the optical modulation layer, wherein the optical modulation layer is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate;
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- a plurality of shape anisotropy members, wherein
- at least a portion of the plurality of shape anisotropy members is provided in the optical modulation layer;
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- each of the plurality of shape anisotropy members includes (i) an electrically conductive core and (ii) a dielectric layer that covers an entire periphery of the core, and
- wherein an area of each image of the plurality of shape anisotropy members is configured to change which image is projected on the first substrate and the second substrate based on a level or a frequency of a voltage to be applied to the optical modulation layer.
A display panel comprising:
- a first substrate facing a second substrate;
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- an optical modulation layer configured to control a transmittance with respect to light that enters the optical modulation layer, wherein the optical modulation layer is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein:
- the optical modulation layer contains a polar solvent and a non-polar solvent;
- the first substrate has a hydrophilic property and is in contact with the polar solvent;
- the second substrate has a hydrophobic property and is in contact with the non-polar solvent;
- a plurality of shape anisotropy members, wherein
- at least a portion of the plurality of shape anisotropy members is provided in the optical modulation layer;
- each of the plurality of shape anisotropy members includes (i) an electrically conductive core and (ii) a dielectric layer that covers an entire periphery of the core, and
- each of the plurality of shape anisotropy members has a hydrophilic property or a hydrophobic property;
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- wherein an area of the each image of the plurality of shape anisotropy members is configured to change which image is projected on the first substrate and the second substrate based on a level or a frequency of a voltage to be applied to the optical modulation layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.