BRIGHTNESS ENHANCEMENT FILM

• US 20080088934A1
• Filed: 11/15/2006
• Published: 04/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Speed Tech Corp.
• Original Assignee: Speed Tech Corp.
• Inventors: Chiang, Ju-Hsin
• Application Number:
  US11/559,906
• Publication Number:
  US 20080088934A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/613
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/045 Prism arrays

Abstract

A brightness enhancement film including a substrate and a brightness enhancement structure disposed on the substrate is provided. A surface of the brightness enhancement structure has a plurality of first grooves along a first direction and a plurality of second grooves along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, so as to define a plurality of pyramid-shaped prism units. A part of the first grooves have a first groove depth, and a part of the second grooves have a second groove depth which is not equal to the first groove depth.

Claims

1. A brightness enhancement film, comprising;

a substrate; and

a brightness enhancement structure disposed on a surface of the substrate, wherein a surface of the brightness enhancement structure has a plurality of first grooves along a first direction and a plurality of second grooves along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, so as to define a plurality of pyramid-shaped prism units, wherein a part of the first grooves have a first groove depth, and a part of the second grooves have a second groove depth which is not equal to the first groove depth.

2. The brightness enhancement film as claimed in claim 1, wherein a part of the first grooves have the second groove depth.

3. The brightness enhancement film as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first grooves having the second groove depth and the first grooves having the first groove depth are alternately arranged.

4. The brightness enhancement film as claimed in claim 1, wherein a part of the second grooves have the first groove depth.

5. The brightness enhancement film as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second grooves having the first groove depth and the second grooves having the second groove depth are alternately arranged.

6. The brightness enhancement film as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first direction is substantially perpendicular to the second direction.

7. The brightness enhancement film as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first groove depth is larger than the second groove depth and less than three times the second groove depth.

8. The brightness enhancement film as claimed in claim 1, wherein the material of the substrate comprises polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polycarbonate (PC), or polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA).

9. The brightness enhancement film as claimed in claim 1, wherein the brightness enhancement structure is composed of a high molecular polymer and a plurality of brightness enhancement particles distributed in the high molecular polymer.

10. The brightness enhancement film as claimed in claim 9, wherein the diameter of each brightness enhancement particle is less than 80 μ

m.

11. The brightness enhancement film as claimed in claim 10, wherein the brightness enhancement particles are composed of one or more metal materials, one or more nonmetal materials, or a mixture thereof.

12. The brightness enhancement film as claimed in claim 11, wherein the metal material is selected from a group consisting of Ge, Sn, Pb, Al, Si, Zn, Cu, Ag, Au, Ni, Pd, Pt, Co, Rh, Fe, Ru, Mn, Cr, Mo, Ti, Zr, Sr, Ba, and an alloy thereof or any combination thereof.

13. The brightness enhancement film as claimed in claim 11, wherein the nonmetal material is selected from a group consisting of B, C, N, O, P, S, and an oxide thereof or any combination thereof.

14. The brightness enhancement film as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first grooves and the second grooves are V-shaped grooves.