Substrate for optics and light emitting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9541684-B2
Application number	US-201214369126-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 25, 2012
Priority date	Dec 27, 2011
Publication date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017

Abstract

To provide a substrate for optics for enabling the color shift caused by diffraction of light to be reduced, a substrate for optics ( 12 ) is provided with a fine-structure layer including dots ( 31 ) comprised of a plurality of convex portions or concave portions extending in the direction of from a main surface of a substrate to outside the surface, the fine-structure layer has a plurality of dot lines in which a plurality of dots is arranged with a pitch (Py) in the first direction inside the main surface of the substrate, while having a plurality of dot lines in which a plurality of dots is arranged with a pitch (Px) in the second direction orthogonal to the first direction inside the main surface of the substrate, and both of the pitch Py and the pitch Px are inconstant intervals and are of nano-order.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A substrate for optics applied to an organic EL light emitting device comprised of at least an anode, a cathode and a light emitting layer in which the light emitting layer has one or more organic layers, comprising:
a base substrate; and
a fine-structure layer formed on a main surface of the base substrate facing the light emitting layer, the fine-structure layer including a plurality of dots comprised of a plurality of convex portions or concave portions extending in a direction of from the main surface of the base substrate to outside the surface,
wherein the fine-structure layer forms a plurality of dot lines in which the plurality of dots is arranged with a pitch Py in a first direction inside the main surface of the substrate, while the plurality of dot lines forms a plurality of dot lines arranged with a pitch Px in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction inside the main surface of the substrate, and
one of the pitch Py and the pitch Px is a constant interval of nano-order, while the other one is an inconstant interval of nano-order, or both are inconstant intervals of nano-order,
wherein the pitch Py with the inconstant interval is equal to a distance between centers of respective dots, the pitch Px with the inconstant interval is equal to a distance among centers of adjacent dot lines that the plurality of dots are arranged with the pitch Py, the pitch Py and the pitch Px are larger than a diameter of each dot,
pitches Pyn among at least four or more and m or less of adjacent dots (3≦n≦2a or 3≦n≦2a+1, in addition, m and a are positive integers, m>4, and n=m−1) meet a relationship of following equation (1) while dot groups formed with the pitches Py1 to Pyn are repeatedly arranged in the first direction when the pitch Py is the inconstant interval, and
when the pitch Px is the inconstant interval, pitches Pxn among at least four or more and m or less of adjacent dots (3≦n≦2a or 3≦n≦2a+1, in addition, m and a are positive integers, m>4, and n=m−1) meet a relationship of following equation (2) while dot line groups formed with the pitches Px1 to Pxn are repeatedly arranged in the second direction,
Py 1< Py 2< Py 3< . . . < Pya> . . . >Pyn   (1), and

Px 1< Px 2< Px 3< . . . < Pxa> . . . >Pxn   (2).

2. The substrate for optics according to claim 1 , wherein the diameter of each of the dots increases or decreases corresponding to the one or both pitch Py and the pitch Px,
dot diameters Dyn of at least four or more and m or less of adjacent dots (3≦n≦2a or 3≦n≦2a+1, in addition, m and a are positive integers, m>4 and n=m−1) forming the pitch meet a relationship of following equation (3) while dot groups formed with the dot diameters Dy1 to Dyn are repeatedly arranged in the first direction when the pitch Py is the inconstant interval,
and when the pitch Px is the inconstant interval, dot diameters Dxn of at least four or more and m or less of adjacent dots (3≦n≦2a or 3≦n≦2a+1, in addition, m and a are positive integers, m>4, and n=m−1) forming the pitch meet a relationship of following equation (4) while dot groups formed with the dot diameters Dx1 to Dxn are repeatedly arranged in the second direction,
Dy 1< Dy 2< Dy 3< . . . < Dya> . . . >Dyn   (3), and

Dx 1< Dx 2< Dx 3< . . . < Dxa> . . . >Dxn   (4).

3. The substrate for optics according to claim 2 , wherein a height of each of the dots increases or decreases corresponding to one or both the pitch Py and the pitch Px,
dot heights Hyn of at least four or more and m or less of adjacent dots (3≦n≦2a or 3≦n≦2a+1, in addition, m and a are positive integers, m>4, and n=m−1) forming the pitch meet a relationship of following equation (5) while dot groups formed with the dot heights Hy1 to Hyn are repeatedly arranged in the first direction when the pitch Py is the inconstant interval,
and when the pitch Px is the inconstant interval, dot heights Hxn of at least four or more and m or less of adjacent dots (3≦n≦2a or 3≦n≦2a+1, in addition, m and a are positive integers, m>4 and n=m−1) forming the pitch meet a relationship of following equation (6) while dot groups formed with the dot heights Hx1 to Hxn are repeatedly arranged in the second direction,
Hy 1< Hy 2< Hy 3< . . . < Hya> . . . >Hyn   (5), and

Hx 1< Hx 2< Hx 3< . . . < Hxa> . . . >Hxn   (6).

4. The substrate for optics according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate for optics is comprised of a resin.

5. The substrate for optics according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate for optics is comprised of at least the base substrate and a material constituting the fine-structure layer, and a difference between a refractive index of the material constituting the fine-structure layer and a refractive index of the substrate is 0.15 or less.

6. The substrate for optics according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the substrate for optics is coated with a metal film.

7. The substrate for optics according to claim 1 , wherein the base substrate is comprised of a metal.

8. The substrate for optics according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a transparent dielectric layer, provided on the dots or the lines of the fine-structure layer of the substrate for optics, having a fine concavo-convex structure of a shape associated with the dots comprised of the plurality of convex portions or concave portions or the lines comprised of the plurality of convex portions of the fine-structure layer,

wherein a surface on the side opposite to a surface having the fine concavo-convex structure of the transparent dielectric layer is flattened.

9. A light emitting device having at least one substrate for optics according to claim 1 ,
wherein the light emitting layer is disposed opposite the main surface on the fine-structure layer side of the substrate for optics.

Assignees

• Asahi Kasei E Materials Corp

Inventors

• Yamaguchi Fujito
• Koike Jun
• Inoue Naoki

Classifications

• G02B5/1861 Primary

  Reflection gratings characterised by their structure, e.g. step profile, contours of substrate or grooves, pitch variations, materials (G02B5/1809, G02B5/1828, G02B5/1833, G02B5/1838 and G02B5/1847 take precedence) · CPC title

• H10K50/854

  comprising scattering means · CPC title

• H10K50/852

  comprising a resonant cavity structure, e.g. Bragg reflector pair · CPC title

• H05B33/02 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• H01L51/0096

  Electricity · mapped topic