Color filter substrate and manufacturing methods of active device array substrate and color filter substrate

Abstract

A color filter substrate includes a substrate, a color filter array, a partition configuration and an alignment material layer. The substrate has an alignment region and a predetermined sealing region. The predetermined sealing region surrounds the alignment region. The color filter array is disposed on the substrate within the alignment region. The partition configuration is disposed on the substrate between the predetermined sealing region and the alignment region. The alignment material layer is disposed inside the alignment region to cover the color filter array.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A color filter substrate, comprising:
 a substrate having an alignment region and a predetermined sealing region, wherein the predetermined sealing region surrounds the alignment region;   a color filter array disposed on the substrate within the alignment region;   a partition configuration disposed on the substrate, wherein the partition configuration is located between the predetermined sealing region and the alignment region; and   an alignment material layer disposed inside the alignment region to cover the color filter array.   
     
     
         2 . The color filter substrate of  claim 1 , wherein the partition configuration is a convex structure having a width between about 10 μm and 3000 μm and a height between about 1.5 μm and 4.5 μm. 
     
     
         3 . The color filter substrate of  claim 1 , wherein the partition configuration is a concave structure. 
     
     
         4 . The color filter substrate of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one common paste disposed on the substrate outside the predetermined sealing region. 
     
     
         5 . The color filter substrate of  claim 4 , wherein the shortest distance between the common paste and the predetermined sealing region is greater than or equal to 3000 μm. 
     
     
         6 . The color filter substrate of  claim 4 , wherein the color filter array further comprises:
 a black matrix layer;   a plurality of color filter patterns disposed between patterns of the black matrix layer; and   a common electrode layer covering the black matrix layer and the color filter patterns, wherein the common paste is electrically connected to the common electrode layer.   
     
     
         7 . The color filter substrate of  claim 6 , wherein the materials constituting the partition configuration and the black matrix layer are identical. 
     
     
         8 . The color filter substrate of  claim 4 , wherein the common paste conducts with a pixel array of an active device array substrate via a silver paste, and the active device array substrate and the color filter substrate are assembled together to formed a display panel. 
     
     
         9 . A method of fabricating an active device array substrate, comprising:
 providing a substrate, wherein the substrate has an alignment region and a predetermined sealing region, and the predetermined sealing region surrounds the alignment region;   forming a pixel array on the substrate within the alignment region;   forming a partition configuration between the alignment region and the predetermined sealing region; and   performing an ink-jet printing process to form an alignment material layer over the substrate within the alignment region so as to cover the pixel array.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the step of forming the pixel array and the partition configuration comprises:
 forming a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of active devices on the substrate within the alignment region;   forming an insulation layer on the substrate to cover the scan lines, the data lines and the active devices;   forming a plurality of contact openings and the partition configuration in the insulation layer; and   forming a plurality of pixel electrodes on the insulation layer, wherein each of the pixel electrodes is electrically connected to one of the active devices through one of the contact openings.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the contact openings and the partition configuration in the insulation layer are formed simultaneously. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising forming at least one common paste on the substrate outside the predetermined sealing region, so that the partition configuration is formed between the common paste and the alignment region. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , further conducting the common paste with a common electrode of a color filter substrate via a silver paste and the active device array substrate and the color filter substrate are assembled together to formed a display panel. 
     
     
         14 . A method of fabricating a color filter substrate, comprising:
 providing a substrate, wherein the substrate has an alignment region and a predetermined sealing region, and the predetermined sealing region surrounds the alignment region;   forming a color filter array on the substrate within the alignment region and forming a partition configuration between the alignment region and the predetermined sealing region; and   performing an ink-jet printing process to form an alignment material layer over the substrate within the alignment region so as to cover the color filter array.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the step of forming the color filter array and the partition configuration comprises:
 forming a black matrix layer on the substrate within the alignment region and forming the partition configuration between the alignment region and the predetermined sealing region;   forming a plurality of color filter patterns between patterns of the black matrix layer; and   forming a common electrode layer over the substrate to cover the black matrix layer and the color filter patterns.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the black matrix layer and the partition configuration are formed simultaneously. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the step of forming the color filter array and the partition configuration comprises:
 forming a black matrix layer on the substrate within the alignment region;   forming a plurality of color filter patterns between the patterns of the black matrix layer and forming the partition configuration between the alignment region and the predetermined sealing region; and   forming a common electrode layer over the substrate to cover the black matrix layer and the color filter patterns.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising forming at least one common paste on the substrate outside the predetermined sealing region, so that the partition configuration is formed between the common paste and the alignment region. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , further conducting the common paste with a pixel array of an active device array substrate via a silver paste, and the active device array substrate and the color filter substrate are assembled together to formed a display panel.