Display device with display screen and optical film on the display screen

• US 5,153,481 A
• Filed: 03/05/1991
• Issued: 10/06/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Shimizu, Kazuhiko, Matsuda, Hidemi, Itou, Takeo
• Primary Examiner(s): Yusko, Donald J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hamadi, Diab
• Application Number:
  US07/664,666
• Time in Patent Office: 581 Days
• Field of Search: 313/478, 313/479, 358/252, 358/253, 359/601, 359/885, 359/893
• US Class Current: 313/479
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 1/111 using layers comprising organic materials
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 29/896 Anti-reflection means, e.g. eliminating glare due to ambient light

Abstract

A display device comprising a display screen, and an optical film formed on the display screen and having a porous lower layer mainly consisting of TiO₂ and having a porosity of 30% to 75% and an average pore size of 10 nm or less and an upper layer stacked on the lower layer and essentially consisting of a silicon compound having a fluorine-containing group and a siloxane bond. In this display device, the optical film can be easily formed and has a satisfactory anti-reflection effect and satisfactory strength.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

a display screen; and

an optical film formed on said display screen, said optical film having a porous lower layer and an upper layer formed thereon, said porous lower layer including TiO₂ and having a porosity of 30% to 75% and an average pore size of not more than 10 nm, said upper layer including a silicon compound having a fluorine-containing group and a siloxane bond.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the porosity of said porous lower layer is 45% to 65%.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the average pore size of said porous lower layer is 5 to 10 nm.

4. A device according to claim 1, wherein a refractive index of said optical film is 1.5 to 2.0.

5. A device according to claim 1, wherein said upper layer is obtained by performing hydrolysis and dehydrating condensation for alkoxysilane having a fluorine-containing group.

6. A device according to claim 1, wherein said porous lower layer is obtained by hydrolyzing at least one titanium alkoxide selected from the group consisting of titanium propoxide, titanium isopropoxide, titanium butoxide, titanium isobutoxide, titanium ethoxide and titanium compound having alkoxy group.

7. A device according to claim 1, wherein said lower layer contains a hygroscopic metal salt.

8. A device according to claim 1, wherein said upper layer contains a hygroscopic metal salt.

9. A device according to claim 1, wherein within a wavelength range of 400 to 650 nm, light absorbing characteristics of said porous lower layer have a peak in a wavelength range of 575±

20 nm and satisfy the following relations;

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T.sub.550 <

T.sub.530

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T.sub.450 /T.sub.530 ≦

2

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T.sub.630 /T.sub.530 ≦

2

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T.sub.450 /T.sub.630 ≦

1.43

where transmittances with respect to light having wavelengths of 450, 530, 550, 630 nm and a peak are T₄₅₀, T₅₃₀, T₅₅₀, T₆₃₀, and T_min, respectively.

10. A device according to claim 9, wherein said porous lower layer includes contains at least one coloring material selected from the group consisting of a dye, an organic pigment, and an inorganic pigment.

11. A device according to claim 1, wherein within a wavelength range of 400 to 650 nm, light absorbing characteristics of said upper layer have a peak in a wavelength range of 575±

20 nm and satisfy the following relations;

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T.sub.550 <

T.sub.530

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T.sub.450 /T.sub.530 ≦

2

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">1≦

T.sub.630 /T.sub.530 ≦

2

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T.sub.450 /T.sub.630 ≦

1.43

where transmittances with respect to light having wavelengths of 450, 530, 550, 630 nm and a peak are T₄₅₀, T₅₃₀, T550, T₆₃₀, and T_min, respectively.

12. A device according to claim 11, wherein said upper layer includes at least one coloring material selected from the group consisting of a dye, an organic pigment, and an inorganic pigment.

13. A device according to claim 1, wherein within a wavelength range of 400 to 650 nm, light absorbing characteristics of whole of said porous lower layer and said upper layer have a peak in a wavelength range of 575±

20 nm and satisfy the following relations;

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">T.sub.min ≦

T.sub.550 <

T.sub.530

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">1≦

T.sub.450 /T.sub.530 ≦

2

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">1≦

T.sub.630 /T.sub.530 ≦

2

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">0.7<

T.sub.450 /T.sub.630 ≦

1.43

where transmittances with respect to light having wavelengths of 450, 530, 550 630 nm and a peak are T₄₅₀, T₅₃₀, T₅₅₀, T₆₃₀, and T_min, respectively.

14. A device according to claim 1, wherein said display device is a cathode-ray tube.

15. A device according to claim 1, wherein said display device is a liquid crystal display device.

16. A device according to claim 13, wherein said porous lower layer and said upper layer each include at least one coloring material selected from the group consisting of a dye, an organic pigment, and an inorganic pigment.