PLANAR LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND OPTICAL FILM

• US 20110141765A1
• Filed: 12/02/2010
• Published: 06/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Ting, Chia-Jen, Chang, Yem-Yeu
• Application Number:
  US12/958,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20110141765A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/606
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/045 Prism arrays

Abstract

A planar light source module including a light guide plate (LGP), a light source, an optical film, and a reflector is provided. The light source for emitting a light beam is disposed adjacent to the side light-incident surface, wherein the light beam enters the LGP from a side light-incident surface and leaves the LGP from a light-emergence surface in an emergence angle θ1, θ1≧70 degrees. The optical film is disposed above the LGP to collimate the light beam from the LGP. The optical film includes a prism layer module and a bonding layer module stacked alternately. The prism layer module comprises prism layers and each prism layer includes micro-prisms. The bonding layer module comprises at least one bonding layer bonded with two prism layers adjacent thereto. The refraction index of the prism layers is greater than that of the bonding layer. The reflector is disposed under the bottom surface.

Claims

1. A planar light source module, comprising:

a light guide plate (LGP) having a side light-incident surface, a bottom surface, and a light-emergence surface opposite to the bottom surface;

a light source disposed adjacent to the side light-incident surface and suitable for providing a light beam, wherein the light beam enters the LGP from the side light-incident surface and leaves the LGP from the light-emergence surface in an emergence angle θ

1, wherein the emergence angle θ

1≧

70 degrees;

an optical film disposed above the light-emergence surface of the LGP to collimate the light beam from the LGP, and the optical film comprising;

a prism layer module comprising a plurality of prism layers, and each of the prism layers comprising a plurality of micro-prisms protruding towards a direction apart from the LGP, wherein extending directions of the micro-prisms are substantially perpendicular to a chief propagation direction of the light beam in the LGP;

a bonding layer module comprising at least one bonding layer, wherein the prism layers are alternately stacked with the at least one bonding layer, and the at least one bonding layer is bonded with two of the prism layers adjacent thereto, and a refractive index of the prism layers is greater than a refractive index of the at least one bonding layer; and

a reflector disposed under the bottom surface of the LGP.

2. The planar light source module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the optical film has a light-incident surface, and the light-incident surface is substantially parallel to the light-emergence surface of the LGP.

3. The planar light source module as claimed in claim 1, wherein both of or one of the light-emergence surface and the bottom surface of the LGP is a surface having microstructures.

4. The planar light source module as claimed in claim 1, wherein a difference between the refractive indexes of the prism layers and the at least one bonding layer is greater than or equal to 0.05.

5. The planar light source module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the extending directions of the micro-prisms in the prism layers are substantially parallel.

6. The planar light source module as claimed in claim 1, wherein a difference of the extending directions of the micro-prisms in the prism layers is less than or equal to 4 degrees.

7. The planar light source module as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the micro-prisms has an effective light refraction surface, and an angle between a normal line of each of the effective light refraction surfaces and a normal line of the light-emergence surface is θ

2, wherein 55 degrees≦

θ

2≦

θ

2≦

85 degrees.

8. The planar light source module as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the micro-prisms comprises a micro-prism having a ridgeline, a micro prism having a flat top, a micro-prism having an arc top, or a micro-prism having an irregular shape.

9. The planar light source module as claimed in claim 1, wherein a vertex angle of each of the micro-prisms is between 30 degrees and 70 degrees, and each of the micro-prisms is an asymmetric structure.

10. The planar light source module as claimed in claim 1, wherein a height of each of the micro-prisms is between 10 μ

m and 100 μ

m.

11. The planar light source module as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the prism layers further comprises a prism protection protrusion, wherein the prism protection protrusion is located at periphery of the micro-prisms, and a height of the prism protection protrusion is greater than a height of the micro-prisms.

12. The planar light source module as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a polarizer disposed between the optical film and the LGP.

13. The planar light source module as claimed in claim 12, wherein the polarizer comprises a dual brightness enhancement film (DBEF) or a grating polarizer.

14. The planar light source module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the optical film further comprises a polarizer, wherein the prism layers and the at least one bonding layers are alternately stacked on the polarizer.

15. The planar light source module as claimed in claim 14, wherein the polarizer comprises a dual brightness enhancement film (DBEF) or a grating polarizer.

16. An optical film for collimating a light beam with an incident angle greater than 70 degrees, comprising:

a prism layer module comprising a plurality of prism layers, and each of the prism layers comprising a plurality of micro-prisms; and

a bonding layer module comprising at least one bonding layer, wherein the prism layers are alternately stacked with the at least one bonding layer, the at least one bonding layer is bonded with two of the prism layers adjacent thereto, and a refractive index of the prism layers is greater than a refractive index of the at least one bonding layer.

17. The optical film as claimed in claim 16, wherein a difference between the refractive indexes of the prism layers and the at least one bonding layer is greater than or equal to 0.05.

18. The optical film as claimed in claim 16, wherein extending directions of the micro-prisms in the prism layers are substantially parallel.

19. The optical film as claimed in claim 16, wherein a difference of extending directions of the micro-prisms in the prism layers is less than or equal to 4 degrees.

20. The optical film as claimed in claim 16, wherein each of the micro-prisms comprises a micro-prism having a ridgeline, a micro prism having a flat top, a micro-prism having an arc top, or a micro-prism having an irregular shape.

21. The optical film as claimed in claim 16, wherein a vertex angle of each of the micro-prisms is between 30 degrees and 70 degrees, and each of the micro-prisms is an asymmetric structure.

22. The optical film as claimed in claim 16, wherein a height of each of the micro-prisms is between 10 μ

m and 100 μ

m.

23. The optical film as claimed in claim 16, wherein each of the prism layers further comprises a prism protection protrusion, wherein the prism protection protrusion is located at periphery of the micro-prisms, and a height of the prism protection protrusion is greater than a height of the micro-prisms.

24. The optical film as claimed in claim 16, further comprising a polarizer, wherein the prism layers and the at least one bonding layers are alternately stacked on the polarizer.

25. The optical film as claimed in claim 24, wherein the polarizer comprises a dual brightness enhancement film (DBEF) or a grating polarizer.