Photoluminescent display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017017124-A1
Application number	US-201615093065-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 7, 2016
Priority date	Jul 13, 2015
Publication date	Jan 19, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A photoluminescent display device includes a backlight unit, an optical sheet provided on the backlight unit, and a display panel provided on the optical sheet where the display panel includes a first substrate, a first polarizing plate provided on the first substrate, and a color conversion layer provided on the first polarizing plate and including a photoexcitation member, the optical sheet includes a plurality of first optical parts and a plurality of second optical parts, each of the first optical parts has a first refractive index, and the second optical parts are provided alternately with the first optical parts in a plan view and each of the second optical parts has a second refractive index greater than the first refractive index.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A photoluminescent display device, comprising:
a backlight unit; an optical sheet provided on the backlight unit; and a display panel provided on the optical sheet, wherein the display panel includes
a first substrate;
a first polarizing plate provided on the first substrate; and
a color conversion layer provided on the first polarizing plate and including a photoexcitation member, and
the optical sheet includes
a plurality of first optical parts each of which has a first refractive index; and
a plurality of second optical parts which are provided alternately with the plurality of first optical parts in a plan view, and each of which has a second refractive index greater than the first refractive index.

2 . The photoluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of first optical parts includes at least one of acryl-based resin, fluorine-based resin, silicon-based resin, polycarbonate-based resin, polyamide-based resin, polystyrene-based resin, polyvinylchloride-based resin, polyester-based resin, polyolefin-based resin, polyethylene-based resin, polypropylene-based resin, and polybutylene-based resin.

3 . The photoluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of second optical parts includes at least one of carbon black, iron oxide, chromium oxide, zirconium oxide, zinc or cerium oxide, manganese violet, blue ultramarine, chromium hydrate, and iron blue.

4 . The photoluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein in the plan view, each of the plurality of first optical parts has at least one shape of rectangular, square, circular, and elliptical shapes.

5 . The photoluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein in the plan view, the plurality of first optical parts extends in a first direction and is spaced apart from each other in a second direction crossing the first direction.

6 . The photoluminescent display device of claim 5 , wherein in the plan view, spacing distances between the plurality of first optical parts are constant.

7 . The photoluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein in the plan view, the plurality of first optical parts is spaced apart from each other in a first direction and in a second direction crossing the first direction.

8 . The photoluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein in a cross-section, a width of each of the plurality of first optical parts becomes greater as the plurality of first optical parts is closer to the backlight unit than to the display panel.

9 . The photoluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein in a cross-section, a width of each of the plurality of first optical parts is constant.

10 . The photoluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein in a cross section, a sum of areas of the plurality of first optical parts is greater than a sum of areas of the plurality of second optical parts.

11 . The photoluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein in a cross-section, each of the plurality of first optical parts has a trapezoidal shape, and each of the plurality of second optical parts has an inverted triangular shape.

12 . The photoluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein in a cross-section, each of the plurality of first and second optical parts has a rectangular shape.

13 . The photoluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of each of the plurality of first optical parts is the same as a thickness of each of the plurality of second optical parts.

14 . The photoluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein the optical sheet further comprises third optical parts which are provided on at least a portion of the plurality of second optical parts, and each of which has a third refractive index smaller than the second refractive index.

15 . The photoluminescent display device of claim 1 , further comprising a reverse prism sheet provided between the backlight unit and the optical sheet.

16 . The photoluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprising a plurality of pixels,
the plurality of pixels overlapping the plurality of first optical parts.

17 . The photoluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein the backlight unit emits blue light.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Donghoon
• Kim Youra
• Park Young-Min
• You Junwoo
• Chung Seunghwan

Classifications

• G02F2001/133614

  Physics · mapped topic

• G02B6/0051 Primary

  Diffusing sheet or layer · CPC title

• G02F1/133621 Primary

  providing coloured light (G02F1/133617, G02F1/133533 take precedence) · CPC title

• G02B6/0053

  Prismatic sheet or layer; Brightness enhancement element, sheet or layer · CPC title

• G02F1/133528

  Polarisers · CPC title