Display devices with grooved luminance enhancement film

• US 8,714,780 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2010
• Issued: 05/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: E Ink Corporation (E Ink Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: SiPix Imaging, Inc. (E Ink Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Ho, Andrew, Chan, Bryan, Lin, Craig, Sprague, Robert A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Negron, Ismael
• Application Number:
  US12/763,947
• Publication Number:
  US 20100271407A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,477 Days
• Field of Search: 362/606, 362/620, 362/223, 362/217.03, 362/290, 362/292, 362/311.01, 362/330, 362/339, 362/354, 349/57, 349/63, 349/66
• US Class Current: 362/292
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/023 Display panel composed of stacked panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/344 based on particles moving in a fluid or in a gas, e.g. electrophoretic devices electrophoretic devices per se G02F1/167

Abstract

Display devices with a grooved luminance enhancement film on its viewing side and at least an auxiliary layer and/or edge sealing. The luminance enhancement film comprises columns and grooves in alternating order and each of the grooves has a cross-section comprising an apex angle and two edge lines.

Claims

1. A display assembly comprising:

(a) a display panel which comprises an array of display cells filled with a display fluid;

(b) a luminance enhancement structure on the viewing side of the display device, wherein said luminance structure comprises columns and grooves in alternating order and each of said grooves has a cross-section comprising an apex angle and two edge lines; and

at least one of (c) and (d);

(c) at least an auxiliary layer; and

(d) edging sealing,

wherein said luminance enhancement structure has a one dimensional configuration and the two edge lines comprise two or more segments of straight line and the different segments of the straight line have different edge line angles.

2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said display assembly includes said auxiliary layer selected from the group consisting of an anti-scratch layer, an anti-glare layer, a moisture protection barrier layer, a touch panel, a UV filter adhesive layer, an optical clear adhesive layer and a hard coat layer.

3. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the apex angles of the grooves are substantially equal throughout the structure.

4. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the apex angles of the grooves vary.

5. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the two edge lines of a single groove have different numbers of segments of the straight line.

6. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the surface of the grooves is not coated.

7. The assembly of claim 1, further comprising a common electrode layer and a backplane.

8. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the two or more segments are arranged non-linearly.

9. The assembly of claim 8, wherein the edge lines are curved edge lines having more than one curvature.

10. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said apex angle is in the range of about 5°

to about 50°

.

11. The assembly of claim 10, wherein said apex angle is in the range of about 20°

to about 40°

.