Optical assembly and the method to make the same

• US 10,310,147 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2017
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: UBright Optronics Corporation (Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation)
• Original Assignee: UBright Optronics Corporation (Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation)
• Inventors: Chen, Hui-Yong, Tyan, Yi-Long
• Primary Examiner(s): Alexander, William R
• Application Number:
  US15/803,826
• Publication Number:
  US 20180059292A1
• Time in Patent Office: 576 Days
• Field of Search: 359599
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2312/00 Crosslinking
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2312/06 by radiation
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 33/06 of esters containing only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, which oxygen atoms are present only as part of the carboxyl radical
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 33/08 Homopolymers or copolymers of acrylic acid esters
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 133/06 of esters containing only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, the oxygen atom being present only as part of the carboxyl radical
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 133/08 Homopolymers or copolymers of acrylic acid esters
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/02 Diffusing elements; Afocal elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/0205 characterised by the diffusing properties
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/021 the diffusion taking place at the element's surface, e.g. by means of surface roughening or microprismatic structures
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/0231 the surface having microprismatic or micropyramidal shape macroscopic prism arrays G02B5/045
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/0268 characterized by the fabrication or manufacturing method
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/0278 used in transmission

Abstract

The present invention discloses an optical assembly. The optical assembly comprises: a first optical film comprising a first surface; an adhesive disposed on the first surface of the first optical film; and a second optical film comprising a second surface, wherein the second surface of the second optical film comprises a plurality of microstructures, wherein the plurality of microstructures are bonded to the adhesive; wherein the adhesive is made of a first material and the plurality of microstructures are made of a second material, wherein the hydrophilic/hydrophobic characteristic of the first material is configured with respect to the hydrophilic/hydrophobic characteristic of the second material such that the adhesive force between the adhesive and the plurality of microstructures of the second optical film is greater than 100 g/25 mm and the optical gain of the optical assembly is greater than 1.5.

Claims

1. A method of forming an optical assembly, comprising:

providing a first optical film comprising a first surface;

forming an adhesive layer on the first surface of the first optical film, wherein the adhesive layer is made of a first material;

providing a second optical film comprising a second surface, wherein the second surface of the second optical film comprises a plurality of prisms, wherein the plurality of prisms are made of a second material; and

bonding the plurality of prisms to the adhesive layer by controlling a difference between the surface tension of the first material and the surface tension of the second material, wherein the difference is greater than 3 dyne/cm such that the adhesive force between the adhesive layer and the plurality of prisms is greater than 100 g/25 mm and the optical gain of the optical assembly is greater than 1.5 when the first material and the second material are fully cured.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of prisms penetrate into the adhesive layer.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of prisms has a light directing portion and a bonding portion bonded to the adhesive layer, wherein the light directing portion has two intersecting extending-planes defining a first dihedral angle and the bonding portion has two intersecting planes defining a second dihedral angle, wherein the second dihedral angle is substantially equal to the first dihedral angle.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first material is a hydrophilic material and the second material is a hydrophobic material.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first material is a hydrophobic material and the second material is a hydrophilic material.

6. An optical assembly, comprising:

a first optical film comprising a first surface;

an adhesive layer formed on the first surface of the first optical film; and

a second optical film comprising a second surface, wherein the second surface of the second optical film comprises a plurality of microstructures, wherein the plurality of microstructures are bonded to the adhesive layer;

wherein the adhesive layer is made of a first material and the plurality of microstructures are made of a second material, wherein the surface tension of the first material and the surface tension of the second material have a difference for bonding the plurality of microstructures to the adhesive layer, wherein the difference is greater than 3 dyne/cm such that the adhesive force between the adhesive layer and the plurality of microstructures of the second optical film is greater than 100 g/25 mm and the optical gain of the optical assembly is greater than 1.5 when the first material and the second material are fully cured.

7. The optical assembly according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of microstructures penetrate into the adhesive layer.

8. The optical assembly according to claim 6, wherein each of the plurality of microstructures has a light directing portion and a bonding portion bonded to the adhesive layer, wherein the light directing portion has two intersecting extending-facets defining a first dihedral angle and the bonding portion has two intersecting facets defining a second dihedral angle, wherein the first dihedral angle is substantially equal to the second dihedral angle.

9. The optical assembly according to claim 6, wherein each of the plurality of microstructures has a light directing portion and a bonding portion bonded to the adhesive layer, wherein the light directing portion has two intersecting extending-planes defining a first dihedral angle and the bonding portion has two intersecting planes defining a second dihedral angle, wherein the second dihedral angle is substantially equal to the first dihedral angle.

10. The optical assembly according to claim 6, wherein the first material is a hydrophilic material and the second material is a hydrophobic material.

11. The optical assembly according to claim 6, wherein the first material is a hydrophobic material and the second material is a hydrophilic material.