IP Library Granted Patent US 8,014,068
Granted Patent B2
US 8,014,068 · App. 11/760,812 · Granted Sep 6, 2011

Wire grid polarizer and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,014,068
App. No.
11/760,812
Granted
Sep 6, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wire grid polarizer and a method of manufacturing the wire grid polarizer are provided. The wire grid polarizer includes: a substrate; and a plurality of core-shell nano wires arranged on the substrate and including wire cores and polymer shells enclosing the wire cores to a predetermined thickness.

Claims (17)

1. A method of manufacturing a wire grid polarizer, comprising:

manufacturing a plurality of core-shell nano wires comprising wire cores and polymer shells enclosing the wire cores to a predetermined thickness; and

arranging the core-shell nano wires on a substrate so that the core-shell nano wires are parallel to each other,

wherein the arranging of the core-shell nano-wires comprises:

supplying charges to surfaces of the core-shell nano wire to electrify the surfaces of the core-shell nano wires; and

disposing plates besides opposite ends of the substrate, wherein the plates are electrified with charges opposite to charges electrifying the core-shell nano wires.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting amounts of charges electrifying the core-shell nano wires and the wires to maintain an appropriate distance between the adjacent core-shell nano wires.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the core-shell nano wires are arranged on the substrate using a Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) method.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the core-shell nano wires are manufactured using an electrospinning method.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein plates electrified with opposite charges to charges electrifying the core-shell nano wires are disposed besides opposite ends of the substrate to arrange the core-shell nano wires on the substrate using an electrostatic force.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein to manufacture the core-shell nano wires, polymer is melted into an organic solvent to manufacture a polymer solution, and the wire cores pass the polymer solution to coat surfaces of the wire cores with the polymer.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein to manufacture the core-shell nano wires, polymer is melted into an organic solvent to manufacture a polymer solution, and the wire cores are passed through the polymer solution to coat surfaces of the wire cores with the polymer.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the polymer is polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), and the organic solvent is toluene.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein polymer is heated at a temperature greater than or equal to a melting point to melt the polymer into a solution, and then the wire cores are passed through the solution to coat the wire cores, so as to manufacture the core-shell nano wires.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein polymer is heated at a temperature greater than or equal to a melting point to melt the polymer into a solution, and then the wire cores are passed through the solution to coat the wire cores, so as to manufacture the core-shell nano wires.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer shells are formed of one of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and polyester (PET).

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein cross-sections of the wire cores are one of circular, elliptical, and square-shaped.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029019/0139 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2007
From: CHEONG, BYOUNG-HO; CHOI, JAE-YOUNG; KOO, JUNE-MO; LEE, MOON-GYU
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019405/0782 →