Optical mask

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9360748-B2
Application number	US-201514716667-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 19, 2015
Priority date	Sep 3, 2014
Publication date	Jun 7, 2016
Grant date	Jun 7, 2016

Abstract

An optical mask including a transmissive base substrate, a reflective pattern layer, and a photothermal conversion pattern layer. The reflective pattern layer is disposed on the transmissive base substrate. The reflective pattern layer includes reflectors. The photothermal conversion pattern layer is disposed on the transmissive base substrate among the reflectors. The photothermal conversion pattern layer includes first regions with a first light absorptivity and second regions with a second light absorptivity. The second light absorptivity is greater than the first light absorptivity. The first regions are disposed among the second regions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical mask, comprising:
a transmissive base substrate;
a reflective pattern layer disposed on the transmissive base substrate, the reflection pattern layer comprising reflectors; and
a photothermal conversion pattern layer disposed on the transmissive base substrate among the reflectors, the photothermal conversion pattern layer comprising first regions with a first light absorptivity and second regions with a second light absorptivity,
wherein the second light absorptivity is greater than the first light absorptivity, and
wherein the first regions are disposed among the second regions.

2. The optical mask of claim 1 , further comprising:
an adiabatic layer disposed between the transmissive base substrate and the photothermal conversion pattern layer.

3. The optical mask of claim 2 , wherein the adiabatic layer is disposed on at least some of the reflectors.

4. The optical mask of claim 3 , wherein at least some of the second regions are disposed on the adiabatic layer.

5. The optical mask of claim 4 , further comprising:
a buffer pattern layer disposed on at least some of the second regions, the buffer pattern layer comprising a barrier overlapping at least some of the reflectors.

6. The optical mask of claim 2 , further comprising:
a photothermal conversion layer configured between the adiabatic layer and the photothermal conversion pattern layer; and
a metal oxide layer between the photothermal conversion layer and the photothermal conversion pattern layer.

7. The optical mask of claim 6 , wherein:
the photothermal conversion layer comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of molybdenum (Mo), chromium (Cr), titanium (Ti), tin (Sn), tungsten (W), and an alloy comprising at least one of Mo, Cr, Ti, Sn, and W; and
the metal oxide layer comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of indium tin oxide (ITO), indium zinc oxide (IZO), and indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO).

8. The optical mask of claim 2 , wherein a thermal conductance of the adiabatic layer is greater than zero and less than or equal to 1.5 W/mK.

9. The optical mask of claim 1 , wherein light absorptivity of the first regions and the second regions is at least 50% in the infrared-visible light range.

10. The optical mask of claim 9 , wherein the first regions and the second regions are comprise at least one material selected from the group consisting of molybdenum (Mo), chromium (Cr), titanium (Ti), tin (Sn), tungsten (W), and an alloy comprising at least one of Mo, Cr, Ti, Sn, and W.

11. The optical mask of claim 1 , wherein a difference between the light absorptivity of the first regions and the light absorptivity of the second regions ranges from about 10% to about 40%.

12. An optical mask, comprising:
a transmissive base substrate;
an adiabatic pattern layer disposed on the transmissive base substrate, the adiabatic pattern layer comprising adiabatic structures; and
a photothermal conversion pattern layer disposed on the transmissive base substrate among the adiabatic structures, the photothermal conversion pattern layer comprising first regions with a first light absorptivity and second regions with a second light absorptivity,
wherein the second light absorptivity is greater than the first light absorptivity, and
wherein the first regions are disposed among the second regions.

13. The optical mask of claim 12 , wherein light absorptivity of the first regions and the second regions is at least 50% in the infrared-visible light range.

14. The optical mask of claim 13 , wherein the first regions and the second regions comprise at least one material selected from the group consisting of molybdenum (Mo), chromium (Cr), titanium (Ti), tin (Sn), and tungsten (W), and an alloy comprising at least one of Mo, Cr, Ti, Sn, and W.

15. The optical mask of claim 12 , wherein a difference between the light absorptivity of the first regions and the light absorptivity of the second regions ranges from about 10% to about 40%.

16. The optical mask of claim 12 , further comprising:
a buffer pattern layer disposed on at least some of the adiabatic structures, the buffer pattern layer comprising a barrier.

17. The optical mask of claim 12 , further comprising:
a photothermal conversion layer disposed between the adiabatic pattern layer and the photothermal conversion pattern layer; and
a metal oxide layer disposed between the photothermal conversion layer and the photothermal conversion pattern layer.

18. The optical mask of claim 17 , wherein:
the photothermal conversion layer comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of molybdenum (Mo), chromium (Cr), titanium (Ti), tin (Sn), tungsten (W), and an alloy comprising at least one of Mo, Cr, Ti, Sn, and W; and
the metal oxide layer comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of indium tin oxide (ITO), indium zinc oxide (IZO), and indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO).

19. The optical mask of claim 12 , wherein a thermal conductance of the adiabatic pattern layer is greater than zero and less than or equal to 1.5 W/mK.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Yeon Hwa
• Lee Joon Gu
• Choi Jin Baek

Classifications

• G03F1/54 Primary

  Absorbers, e.g. of opaque materials · CPC title

• B41M5/46

  characterised by the light-to-heat converting means; characterised by the heat or radiation filtering or absorbing means or layers · CPC title

• B41M5/48

  combined with other image registration layers or compositions; Special originals for reproduction by thermography · CPC title

• H01L51/0013

  Electricity · mapped topic

• B41M5/465

  Infrared radiation-absorbing materials, e.g. dyes, metals, silicates, C black · CPC title