IP Library Granted Patent US 7,990,490
Granted Patent B2
US 7,990,490 · App. 12/315,808 · Granted Aug 2, 2011

Optical sheet and display device having the same

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Patent No.
US 7,990,490
App. No.
12/315,808
Granted
Aug 2, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical sheet includes a base layer, a light-condensing layer and a plurality of light-reflecting portions. The base layer includes a first surface and a second surface. The light-condensing layer includes a plurality of light-condensing portions with a first pitch. The light-condensing portions are formed along a first direction of the second surface. The light-reflecting portions are formed in the first surface to be spaced apart from each other along the -first direction in correspondence with a plurality of grooves, each groove formed between two light-condensing portions. An interval distance between a center of the light-condensing portion and an edge of the light-reflecting portion increases when moving toward the edge of the first surface from a center of the first surface along the first direction. Therefore, the number of the optical sheets used for the display device may be reduced.

Claims (55)

1. An optical sheet, comprising:

a base layer including a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface;

a light-condensing layer including a plurality of light-condensing portions with a first pitch, the light-condensing portions formed along a first direction of the second surface; and

a plurality of light-reflecting portions formed on the first surface and spaced apart from each other along the first direction in correspondence with a plurality of grooves, each groove formed between two light-condensing portions, an interval distance between a center of the light-condensing portion and an edge of the light-reflecting portion increasing when moving toward an edge of the first surface from a center of the first surface along the first direction,

wherein the light-condensing portions are extended along a second direction crossing the first direction with a positive acute angle to form a light-condensing stripe pattern,

wherein the light-reflecting portions are extended along a third direction crossing the second direction with a negative acute angle to form a light-reflecting stripe pattern, and

wherein each center of the light-reflecting portions substantially corresponds to each of the grooves which are formed by adjacent light-condensing portions at an edge.

2. The optical sheet of claim 1 , wherein the light-reflecting portions have a uniform first line width formed in a second pitch that is greater than the first pitch along the first direction from the center of the base layer.

3. The optical sheet of claim 2 , wherein the light-condensing portions are extended along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to form a light-condensing stripe pattern, and a cross-section of the light-condensing portions, which is cut in parallel with the first direction, is protruded toward a normal line of the second surface.

4. The optical sheet of claim 3 , wherein the light-reflecting portions are extended along the grooves that are formed in parallel with the second direction to form a light-reflecting stripe pattern.

5. The optical sheet of claim 3 , wherein each of the light-reflecting portions comprises:

a first partition part having the first line width, the first partition part being formed along the first direction from the center with the second pitch; and

a second partition part having a second line width, the second partition part being formed along the second direction from the center with a third pitch, wherein the first and second partition parts define a matrix shape.

6. The optical sheet of claim 1 , wherein each of the light-condensing portions has a convex lens shape that is protruded from the second surface and is arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction with the first pitch.

7. The optical sheet of claim 6 , wherein the light-reflecting portions form a lattice pattern of a matrix shape in correspondence with the grooves formed between the light-condensing portions, and

the light incident area, surrounded by the lattice pattern of the matrix shape and formed by an opening exposing the first surface, is arranged with a second pitch that is greater than the first pitch along the first direction, and is formed with a third pitch that is greater than the first pitch along the second direction.

8. The optical sheet of claim 1 , wherein the light-condensing portions are extended along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to form a light-condensing stripe pattern,

a center of the light-reflecting portion is disposed in the groove parallel with the second direction to form a reflecting stripe pattern, and

a line width of the light-reflecting portion is decreasing when moving toward the edge of the optical sheet from the center of the optical sheet along the first direction.

9. The optical sheet of claim 8 , wherein an aperture ratio is defined by a ratio of width of the light incident area to a first pitch defined by a distance between adjacent grooves and satisfies the equation of (0.5×DR+0.3)<AR<(0.5×DR+0.70), wherein ‘DR’ represents a ratio of a distance between a center of a length of the optical sheet and a center of the corresponsive light incident area, and ‘AR’ represents an aperture ratio.

10. The optical sheet of claim 1 , further comprising a convex-concave pattern layer disposed between the first surface and the light-reflecting portion to have a protruding portion pattern having the light-reflecting portions formed thereon.

11. The optical sheet of claim 10 , wherein at least one of the light-condensing layer and the convex-concave pattern layer comprises a light dispersant.

12. An optical sheet, comprising:

a base layer including a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface;

a light-condensing layer including a plurality of light-condensing portions with a first pitch, the light-condensing portions formed along a first direction of the second surface; and

a plurality of light-reflecting portions formed on the first surface and spaced apart from each other along the first direction in correspondence with a plurality of grooves, each groove formed between two light-condensing portions,

each center of the plurality of light-reflecting portions substantially corresponding to one of the plurality of grooves, and each distance between a groove and a corresponding center of the light-reflecting portion increasing when moving toward an edge of the first surface along the first direction,

wherein the light-condensing portions are extended along a second direction crossing the first direction with a positive acute angle to form a light-condensing stripe pattern,

wherein the light-reflecting portions are extended along a third direction crossing the second direction with a negative acute angle to form a light-reflecting stripe pattern, and

wherein each center of the light-reflecting portions substantially corresponds to each of the grooves which are formed by adjacent light-condensing portions at an edge.

13. An optical sheet, comprising:

a base layer including a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface;

a light-condensing layer including a plurality of light-condensing portions with a first pitch, the light-condensing portions formed along a first direction of the second surface; and

a plurality of light-reflecting portions formed on the first surface and spaced apart from each other along the first direction in correspondence with a plurality of grooves, each groove formed between two light-condensing portions,

each center of the plurality of light-reflecting portions substantially corresponding to one of the plurality of grooves, and each line width of the light-reflecting portions decreasing when moving toward an edge of the first surface along the first direction,

wherein the light-condensing portions are extended along a second direction crossing the first direction with a positive acute angle to form a light-condensing stripe pattern,

wherein the light-reflecting portions are extended along a third direction crossing the second direction with a negative acute angle to form a light-reflecting stripe pattern, and

wherein each center of the light-reflecting portions substantially corresponds to each of the grooves which are formed by adjacent light-condensing portions at an edge.

14. A display device, comprising:

a light-guide plate (LGP) comprising a light-exiting surface, a light-reflecting surface opposite to the light-exiting surface, and a plurality of side surfaces connected to the light-exiting surface and the light-reflecting surface;

a light source adjacent at least one of the side surfaces to provide the side surface with light;

an optical sheet comprising:

a base layer including a first surface facing the light-exiting surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a light-condensing layer including a plurality of light-condensing portions formed on the second surface with a first pitch, the light-condensing portions formed along a first direction of the second surface; and

a plurality of light-reflecting portions formed on the first surface and spaced apart from each other along the first direction in correspondence with a plurality of grooves, each groove formed between two light-condensing portions, wherein an interval distance between a center of the light condensing portion and an edge of the light-reflecting portion increases when moving toward one of the side surfaces; and

a display panel disposed on the optical sheet to display an image based on the light exiting through the light-condensing layer,

wherein the light-condensing portions are extended along a second direction crossing the first direction with a positive acute angle to form a light-condensing stripe pattern,

wherein the light-reflecting portions are extended along a third direction crossing the second direction with a negative acute angle to form a light-reflecting stripe pattern, and

wherein each center of the light-reflecting portions substantially corresponds to each of the grooves which are formed by adjacent light-condensing portions at an edge.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the light-reflecting portions have a uniform first line width formed in a second pitch that is greater than the first pitch along the first direction from the center of the base layer.

16. The display device of claim 14 , wherein each center of the light-reflecting portions substantially corresponds to each of the grooves, and each line width of the light-reflecting portions decreases when moving toward the side surface along the first direction.

17. The display device of claim 14 , wherein

the light-condensing stripe pattern and the light-reflecting stripe pattern are crossed with an arrangement pattern of pixels of the display panel to prevent a moiré phenomenon from occurring on the display panel.

18. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the optical sheet is disposed between the LGP and the display panel to enhance luminance uniformity and a front luminance of light exiting through the light-exiting surface.

19. The display device of claim 18 , further comprising a plurality of light-diffusion patterns formed on the light-reflecting surface, the light-diffusion patterns reflecting and diffusing a portion of light incident through the side surface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2008
From: LEE, SANG-HOON; SONG, MIN-YOUNG; CHUNG, SEUNG-HWAN; JOO, BYUNG-YUN; CHOI, JIN-SUNG; KIM, DONG-KWAN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022019/0423 →