Optical film for reducing color shift and organic light-emitting display device employing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10050234-B2
Application number	US-201414510483-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2014
Priority date	Oct 15, 2013
Publication date	Aug 14, 2018
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

An optical film includes a high refractive index pattern layer including a material having a refractive index greater than about 1, wherein a groove pattern defined by grooves, each of which has a curved groove surface and a depth greater than a width, is defined on a first surface of the high refractive index pattern, the grooves are two-dimensionally arranged in a first direction and a second direction, and a cross-sectional shape of each of the grooves has an anisotropic shape, in which a length in a first axial direction and a length in a second axial direction, which is perpendicular to the first axial direction, are different from each other, and a low refractive index pattern layer including a material having a refractive less than the refractive index of the high refractive index pattern layer and further including fillers corresponding to the grooves.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical film comprising:
a high refractive index pattern layer including a first surface and a second surface facing each other, wherein the first surface includes a pattern having a plurality of grooves and a flat surface between the plurality of grooves, the plurality of grooves is repeatedly arranged along a first direction and repeatedly arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a cross-sectional shape of each of the plurality of grooves, when viewed from a plan view parallel to the flat surface, has an anisotropic shape, in which a length in a first axial direction and a length in a second axial direction, which is perpendicular to the first axial direction, are different from each other, the first axial direction and the second axial direction being parallel to the flat surface; and
a low refractive index pattern layer comprising a plurality of fillers corresponding to the plurality of grooves and a flat portion which connects the plurality of fillers, the plurality of fillers and the flat portion comprising a material having a refractive index less than the refractive index of the high refractive index pattern layer, each of the plurality of fillers having an aspheric surface,
wherein light incident through the low refractive index pattern layer including the plurality of fillers corresponding to the plurality of grooves is emitted through the second surface of the high refractive index pattern layer including the pattern having the plurality of grooves, so that color shift of the light according to viewing angle is reduced.

2. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein the cross-sectional shape of each of the plurality of grooves in the first surface is an elliptical shape.

3. The optical film of claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of grooves has a semi-elliptical shape.

4. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the length of the cross-sectional shape of each of the plurality of grooves in the second axial direction to the length of the cross-sectional shape of each of the plurality of grooves in the first axial direction is greater than about 1 and less than about 3.

5. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of grooves is arranged along a plurality of straight lines, which extend in the first direction, and are spaced apart from one another in the second direction, and
grooves respectively arranged on adjacent straight lines are alternately disposed.

6. The optical film of claim 5 , wherein the first axial direction and the second axial direction respectively correspond to the first direction and the second direction.

7. The optical film of claim 5 , wherein the first axial direction tilts at a predetermined angle greater than about 0° and less than about 75° with respect to the first direction.

8. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein
the first axial direction and the second axial direction respectively correspond to the first direction and the second direction, and
the plurality of grooves is arranged in a rectangular shape in the first direction and the second direction.

9. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of grooves is arranged in a rectangular shape in the first direction and the second direction,
the first direction tilts at a predetermined angle greater than about 0° and less than about 75° with respect to the first axial direction, and the second direction tilts at a predetermined angle greater than about 0° and less than about 75° with respect to the second axial direction.

10. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein
the first axial direction and the second axial direction respectively correspond to the first direction and the second direction, and
the plurality of grooves is spaced apart from one another in the first direction, and arranged without gaps in the second direction.

11. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of an area occupied by the groove pattern to an area of a boundary surface between the high refractive index pattern layer and the low refractive index pattern layer is no less than about 35% and no greater than about 45%.

12. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein
a shorter one from between the length of the cross-sectional shape of each of the plurality of grooves in the first axial direction and the length of the cross-sectional shape of each of the plurality of grooves in the second axial direction, which is perpendicular to the first axial direction, is a short-axis length, and
a ratio of a depth of each of the plurality of grooves to the short-axis length of each of the plurality of grooves is in a range from about 2 to about 2.8.

13. The optical film of claim 1 , further comprising:
an anti-reflection film disposed on a second surface of the high refractive index pattern layer, which is opposite to the first surface; and
an adhesive layer disposed on the low refractive index pattern layer.

14. The optical film of claim 13 , further comprising:
a circular polarization film disposed between the high refractive index pattern layer and the anti-reflection film, wherein the circular polarization film comprises a phase shift layer and a linear polarization layer.

15. The optical film of claim 13 , further comprising:
a transmittance-adjusting layer disposed between the high refractive index pattern layer and the anti-reflection film.

16. An organic light-emitting display device comprising:
an organic light-emitting panel comprising a plurality of pixels comprising organic light-emitting layers, wherein each of the plurality of pixels emits light of different wavelengths and has a microcavity structure which resonates light corresponding to one of the different wavelengths; and
the optical film of claim 1 , disposed on the organic light-emitting panel.

17. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 16 , wherein the first direction and the second direction respectively correspond to a horizontal direction and a vertical direction of the organic light-emitting panel.

18. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 17 , wherein a ratio of an area occupied by the groove pattern to an area of a boundary surface between the high refractive index pattern layer and the low refractive index pattern layer is no less than about 35% and no greater than about 45%.

19. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 16 , further comprising:
an adhesive layer disposed between the organic light-emitting panel and the low refractive index pattern layer; and
an anti-reflection film disposed on the high refractive index pattern layer.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Corning Prec Mat Co
• Cheil Ind Inc
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Corning Prec Materials Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Hyunmin
• Shin Youmin
• Shim Hongshik
• Oh Young
• Jeong Chulho
• Cho Eunyoung

Classifications

• H01L51/5284

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G02B1/11 Primary

  Anti-reflection coatings · CPC title

• H01L27/3232

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5265

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5281

  Electricity · mapped topic