Optical structure and display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025370237-A1
Application number	US-202519075236-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 10, 2025
Priority date	Jun 3, 2024
Publication date	Dec 4, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An optical structure and a display apparatus. The optical structure includes a lens structure, a beam splitting film, a reflective polarizing film, a phase retardation film and a compensation film. The lens structure includes a first surface and a second surface, the phase retardation film and the compensation film are arranged between the beam splitting film and the reflective polarizing film, the compensation film includes at least one sub-compensation film, the sub-compensation film includes a plurality of protruding structures spaced apart, a refractive index in a thickness direction of the compensation film is nz, the maximum in-plane refractive index and the minimum in-plane refractive index of the compensation film are nx and ny, respectively, and a thickness of the compensation film is d, nz, nx, ny, and d satisfy a following relational equation: nz>nx, nz>ny, (nx−ny)*d≤20 nm.

First claim

1 . An optical structure, having a light incident side and a light-exiting side, comprising:
a lens structure, comprising a first surface and a second surface arranged opposite to each other, wherein the first surface is a surface of the lens structure on the light incident side; a beam splitting film, arranged on a side, away from the second surface, of the first surface; a reflective polarizing film, arranged on a side, away from the first surface, of the second surface; a phase retardation film, arranged between the beam splitting film and the reflective polarizing film; and a compensation film, arranged between the beam splitting film and the reflective polarizing film, wherein the compensation film comprises at least one sub-compensation film, and each of the at least one sub-compensation film comprises a plurality of protruding structures spaced apart, a refractive index of the compensation film in a thickness direction is nz, the compensation film has a maximum in-plane refractive index and a minimum in-plane refractive index in a plane parallel to a surface of the compensation film, the maximum in-plane refractive index and the minimum in-plane refractive index are nx and ny, respectively, and a thickness of the compensation film is d, and nz, nx, ny, and d satisfy a following relational equation:

nz
>
nx

,

nz
>
ny

;

(

nx
-
ny

)

*
d

≤

20
⁢

nm
.

2 . The optical structure according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sub-compensation film comprises one sub-compensation film,
within a section, parallel to a setting surface, of the one sub-compensation film, a total length of protruding structures of the plurality of protruding structures of the one sub-compensation film through which one same reference line passes is L1, and a length of the same reference line between two points where the same reference line intersects an outer contour of the one sub-compensation film is L2, and a ratio of L1 to L2 is a filling rate of the protruding structures of the plurality of protruding structures through which the reference line passes, the setting surface is a surface of the lens structure or a surface of a film material on which the one sub-compensation film is located, and an orthographic projection of the reference line on a plane vertical to an optical axis of the lens structure is a straight line, and within the section, an absolute value of a difference of the filling rates of the protruding structures through which different reference lines pass is not greater than 30%.

3 . The optical structure according to claim 2 , wherein an average value of included angles between the plurality of protruding structures and the setting surface is in a range of 80 degrees to 90 degrees.

4 . The optical structure according to claim 2 , wherein, within the section, a length of a line segment passing through a sectional centre of the protruding structure of the plurality of protruding structures and intersecting with a sectional contour of the protruding structure of the plurality of protruding structures is a sectional dimension, the protruding structure of the plurality of protruding structures has a maximum sectional dimension and a minimum sectional dimension, and a ratio of the maximum sectional dimension to the minimum sectional dimension is not greater than 5.

5 . The optical structure according to claim 2 , wherein a ratio of refractive indices of the one sub-compensation film in directions of the different reference lines is in a range of 0.7 to 1.3.

6 . The optical structure according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sub-compensation film comprises a plurality of sub-compensation films arranged in a stacking manner, each of the plurality of sub-compensation films has a maximum in-plane refractive index and a minimum in-plane refractive index in a plane parallel to a surface thereof, the maximum in-plane refractive indices of the plurality of sub-compensation films are all equal, the minimum in-plane refractive indices of the plurality of sub-compensation films are all equal, and a direction where the maximum in-plane refractive index of each of the plurality of sub-compensation films lies is a maximum in-plane refractive index direction, and
the plurality of sub-compensation films comprise N sub-compensation films whose maximum in-plane refractive index directions are all different, and an included angle between the maximum in-plane refractive index directions of different sub-compensation films in the N sub-compensation films is substantially an integer multiple of 360 degrees/2N, and the included angle is not greater than 90 degrees.

7 . The optical structure according to claim 6 , wherein, within a section, parallel to a setting surface, of each sub-compensation film of the N sub-compensation films, a total length of protruding structures of the plurality of protruding structures of the sub-compensation film of the N sub-compensation films through which one same reference line passes is L1, and a length of the same reference line between two points where the same reference line intersects an outer contour of the sub-compensation film of the N sub-compensation films is L2, and a ratio of LI to L2 is a filling rate of the protruding structures of the plurality of protruding structures through which the reference line passes, the setting surface is a surface of the lens structure or a surface of a film material on which the sub-compensation film of the N sub-compensation films is located, and an orthographic projection of the reference line on a plane vertical to an optical axis of the lens structure is a straight line, and
within the section, the filling rate of the protruding structures of the plurality of protruding structures through which the reference line extending along the maximum in-plane refractive index direction passes is greater than the filling rate of the protruding structures of the plurality of protruding structures through which the reference line extending in other directions passes.

8 . The optical structure according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of protruding structures of each of the N sub-compensation films is arranged on the setting surface in an inclined manner.

9 . The optical structure according to claim 1 , wherein, in the thickness direction of the sub-compensation film, dimensions of the plurality of protruding structures are in a range of 100 nm to 5 μm, and a ratio of the dimensions of different protruding structures of the plurality of protruding structures in the thickness direction is in a range of 0.8 to 1.2; and
within a section, parallel to the setting surface, of the sub-compensation film of the at least one sub-compensation film, a length of a line segment passing through a sectional centre of the protruding structure of the plurality of protruding structures and intersecting with an sectional contour of the protruding structure of the plurality of protruding structures

Assignees

• Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co Ltd
• Lemon Inc

Inventors

• Zhu Shaopeng
• Zhang Ziyang
• Zhong Xuan
• Yang Hanning
• Fu Ling
• Chen Jian

Classifications

• G02B17/0856 Primary

  comprising a refractive element with a reflective surface, the reflection taking place inside the element, e.g. Mangin mirrors · CPC title

• G02F1/133638

  Waveplates, i.e. plates with a retardation value of lambda/n · CPC title

• G02F1/133548

  Wire-grid polarisers · CPC title

• G02F1/13355

  Polarising beam splitters [PBS] · CPC title

• G02F1/133528

  Polarisers · CPC title