[liquid crystal display panel and method of fabrication thereof]

Abstract

A liquid crystal display panel comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a sealant, a liquid crystal layer, and a light-shielding layer, wherein the sealant is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; the liquid crystal layer is disposed among the first substrate, the second substrate and the sealant; and the light shielding layer is disposed on a surface of the first substrate but notin contact with the liquid crystal layer.

1 . A liquid crystal display panel, comprising: 
 a first substrate, having a first surface and a second surface;    a second substrate, having a third surface;    a sealant, disposed between the second surface and the third surface;    a liquid crystal layer, disposed among the second surface, the third surface and the sealant; and    a light-shielding layer, disposed over the first surface and not overlapping a display area.    
   
   
       2 . The liquid crystal display panel of  claim 1 , wherein a material of the light-shielding layer is an ink.  
   
   
       3 . The liquid crystal display panel of  claim 2 , wherein the ink is a black ink.  
   
   
       4 . The liquid crystal display panel of  claim 1 , wherein an optical density of the light-shielding layer is 2.0 or more than 2.0.  
   
   
       5 . The liquid crystal display panel of  claim 1 , wherein the light-shielding layer surrounds the display area and is in a shape of a frame.  
   
   
       6 . The liquid crystal display panel of  claim 1 , further comprises a black matrix layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.  
   
   
       7 . The liquid crystal display panel of  claim 6 , wherein a width of the light-shielding layerpartially projectively overlaps the black matrix layer.  
   
   
       8 . The liquid crystal display panel of  claim 7 , wherein the width of the light-shielding layer exposes a portion of the sealant.  
   
   
       9 . A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display panel, comprising: 
 providing a first substrate having a first inner surface and a first outer surface;    providing a second substrate having a second inner surface and a second outer surface;    forming a sealant between the first inner surface of the first substrate and the second inner surface of the second substrate;    forming a liquid crystal layer in a space between the sealant, the first inner surface and the second inner surface; and    forming a light-shielding layer over the first outer surface of either the first substrate or the second outer surface of the second substrate.    
   
   
       10 . The method of fabricating a liquid crystal display panel of  claim 9 , wherein a material of the light-shielding layer is an ink.  
   
   
       11 . The method of fabricating a liquid crystal display panel of  claim 9 , wherein the light-shielding layer is formed via an ink jet printing method, a screen printing method or a gravure printing method.  
   
   
       12 . The method of fabricating a liquid crystal display panel of  claim 10 , wherein the ink is a black ink.  
   
   
       13 . The method of fabricating a liquid crystal display panel of  claim 9 , wherein an optical density of the light-shielding layer is 2.0 or more than 2.0.  
   
   
       14 . The method of fabricating a liquid crystal display panel of  claim 9 , wherein the liquid crystal display panel comprises a display area, and the light-shielding layer is disposed on a peripheral area outside the display area.  
   
   
       15 . The method of fabricating a liquid crystal display panel of  claim 14 , wherein the light-shielding layer surrounds the display area and is in a shape of a frame.  
   
   
       16 . The method of fabricating a liquid crystal display panel of  claim 9 , wherein the first substrate is a thin film transistor array substrate or a color filter substrate; when the first substrate is the thin film transistor array substrate, the second substrate is the color filter substrate; and when the first substrate is the color filter substrate, the second substrate is the thin film transistor array substrate.  
   
   
       17 . The method of fabricating a liquid crystal display panel of  claim 9 , further comprising a step of forming a black matrix layer over a surface of the first substrate or the second substrate.