Very thin achromatic quarter wave film laminate for transflective LCD and method for producing the same

• US 7,663,718 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2007
• Issued: 02/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Chem Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Chem Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Moon-Soo, Yoon, Hyuk, Yoo, Je-Hyuk
• Primary Examiner(s): Rojas; Omar
• Application Number:
  US11/920,354
• Publication Number:
  US 20090103030A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,086 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 349/122
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2323/02 Alignment layer characterised by chemical composition
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/3016 involving passive liquid crystal elements optical properties of liquid crystals G02F1/0063; polarising elements associated with active liquid crystal devices G02F1/133528
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133555 Transflectors
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133638 Waveplates, i.e. plates with a retardation value of lambda/n

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an very thin achromatic quarter wave film laminate for transflective LCD included in an LCD polarizer. More specifically, the very thin achromatic quarter wave film laminate for transflective LCD has a considerably reduced thickness, as compared to conventional quarter wave films in which anisotropic polymeric films are laminated.

Claims

1. An achromatic quarter wave film laminate for transflective LCD comprising:

a lower optical-orientation film;

a lower phase difference film coated on the lower optical-orientation film;

a upper optical-orientation film coated on the lower phase difference film; and

a upper phase difference film coated on the upper optical-orientation film,

wherein the lower phase difference film and the upper phase difference film are made of liquid crystal, and

wherein the lower and the upper optical-orientation films are formed by dissolving a multicyclic compound having a photo-reactive group-containing main chain, and a cross-linking agent in a solvent, and subjecting the solution to coating, drying and UV (ultraviolet) curing.

2. The achromatic quarter wave film laminate for transflective LCD according to claim 1, wherein the UV curing of the lower and the upper optical-orientation films is carried out with polarized UV.

3. The achromatic quarter wave film laminate for transflective LCD according to claim 1, wherein the lower phase difference film and the upper phase difference film are made of photo-polymerized acrylate liquid crystal.

4. The achromatic quarter wave film laminate for transflective LCD according to claim 1, wherein one selected from the lower phase difference film and the upper phase difference film is a ¼

wavelength phase difference film and the other is a ½

wavelength phase difference film.

5. The achromatic quarter wave film laminate for transflective LCD according to claim 4, wherein the ¼

wavelength phase difference film is a thickness of 1 to 1.5 μ

m.

6. The achromatic quarter wave film laminate for transflective LCD according to claim 4, wherein the ½

wavelength phase difference film is a thickness of 1.6 to 2.3 μ

m.

7. The achromatic quarter wave film laminate for transflective LCD according to claim 4, wherein the ¼

wavelength phase retardation film and the ½

wavelength phase difference film are arranged such that the ¼

wavelength phase difference film crosses the ½

wavelength phase difference film at an angle of 60 to 90 degrees.

8. A method for manufacturing an achromatic quarter wave film laminate for transflective LCD:

preparing a substrate;

coating a solution for an orientation film on the substrate, followed by drying and polarized UV radiation, to form a lower optical-orientation film;

coating a liquid crystal solution on the lower optical-orientation film;

subjecting the coating to drying and UV curing to form a lower liquid crystal layer;

coating the solution for an orientation film on the lower liquid crystal layer, followed by drying and polarized UV radiation, to form a upper optical-orientation film;

coating a liquid crystal solution on the upper optical-orientation film; and

subjecting the coating to drying and UV curing to form a upper liquid crystal layer,

wherein the solution for an orientation film is prepared by dissolving a multicyclic compound having a photo-reactive group-containing main chain, and a cross-linking agent in a solvent.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the liquid crystal solution used in the coating of the lower and the upper liquid crystal layers contains photopolymerizable acrylate.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein one selected from the lower liquid crystal layer and the upper liquid crystal layer is formed of a ¼

wavelength phase difference film, and the other is formed of a ½

wavelength phase difference film.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the liquid crystal solution is coated such that the ¼

wavelength phase difference film has a thickness of 1 to 1.5 μ

m.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the liquid crystal solution is coated such that the ½

wavelength phase difference film has a thickness of 1.6 to 2.3 μ

m.

13. The method according to claim 8, wherein the lower optical-orientation film and the upper optical-orientation film are formed such that the lower optical-orientation film crosses the upper optical-orientation film at an angle of 60 to 90 degrees.

14. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

subjecting the coating to UV curing, after the drying the coating used in formation for an orientation film.

15. The method according to claim 8, wherein the coating of the liquid crystal solution is carried out by solution casting.

16. The method according to claim 8, wherein the coating of the orientation film is carried out by solution casting.