IP Library Granted Patent US 9,036,112
Granted Patent B2
US 9,036,112 · App. 12/731,911 · Granted May 19, 2015

Optical sheet, optical sheet production method, surface-emitting apparatus, and liquid crystal display apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,036,112
App. No.
12/731,911
Granted
May 19, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical sheet includes a sheet body including a single translucent resin material layer having a first surface that light enters and a second surface that the light exits. The sheet body is orientationally crystallized in a first in-plane axis direction and a second in-plane axis direction orthogonal to each other and having a linear expansion coefficient of 1.0*10E−5/° C. or less in all in-plane directions. A structure surface portion that has a geometric configuration and is formed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface.

Claims (44)

1. An optical light collecting sheet comprising:

a sheet body including a single translucent resin material layer having a first surface that light enters and a second surface that the light exits, the sheet body being orientationally crystallized in a first in-plane axis direction and a second in-plane axis direction orthogonal to each other and having a linear expansion coefficient of 1.0*10E−5/° C. or less in all in-plane directions; and

a structure surface portion that has a geometric configuration and is formed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface,

wherein the structure surface portion is formed on the second surface, and

wherein the geometric configuration includes a prism configuration having a triangular cross section, the prism configuration having a ridge line in the first in-plane axis direction.

2. The optical sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sheet body is formed of a crystalline resin stretched in the first in-plane axis direction and the second in-plane axis direction.

3. The optical sheet according to claim 2 ,

wherein the crystalline resin is any of PET (polyethylene terephthalate), PEN (polyethylene naphthalate), and a PET-PEN copolymer.

4. The optical sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sheet body has a Young's modulus of 3.0 GPa or more in all the in-plane directions.

5. The optical sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sheet body has a total light transmittance of 80% or more.

6. The optical sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein a thickness of the sheet body including the structure surface portion is 10 μm or more and 300 μm or less.

7. The optical sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein a refractive index in the first in-plane axis direction and the second in-plane axis direction is 1.59 or more.

8. A surface-emitting apparatus comprising:

an optical sheet including a single translucent resin material layer having a first surface that light enters and a second surface that the light exits and includes a structure surface portion having a geometric configuration on at least one of the first surface and the second surface, the optical sheet being orientationally crystallized in a first in-plane axis direction and a second in-plane axis direction orthogonal to each other and having a linear expansion coefficient of 1.0*10E−5/° C. or less in all in-plane directions; and

an illumination light source that is provided on the first surface side of the optical sheet and irradiates light onto the first surface,

wherein the structure surface portion is formed on the second surface, and

wherein the geometric configuration includes a prism configuration having a triangular cross section, the prism configuration having a ridge line in the first in-plane axis direction.

9. A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising:

an optical sheet including a single translucent resin material layer having a first surface that light enters and a second surface that the light exits and includes a structure surface portion having a geometric configuration on at least one of the first surface and the second surface, the optical sheet being orientationally crystallized in a first in-plane axis direction and a second in-plane axis direction orthogonal to each other and having a linear expansion coefficient of 1.0*10E−5/° C. or less in all in-plane directions;

an illumination light source that is provided on the first surface side of the optical sheet and irradiates light onto the first surface; and

a liquid crystal display panel provided on the second surface side of the optical sheet,

wherein the structure surface portion is formed on the second surface, and

wherein the geometric configuration includes a prism configuration having a triangular cross section, the prism configuration having a ridge line in the first in-plane axis direction.

10. An optical sheet comprising:

a sheet body including a single translucent resin material layer having a first surface that light enters and a second surface that the light exits, the sheet body being orientationally crystallized in a first in-plane axis direction and a second in-plane axis direction orthogonal to each other and having a Young's modulus of 3.0 GPa or more in all in-plane directions; and

a structure surface portion that has a geometric configuration and is formed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface,

wherein the structure surface portion is formed on the second surface, and

wherein the geometric configuration includes a prism configuration having a triangular cross section, the prism configuration having a ridge line in the first in-plane axis direction.

11. A surface-emitting apparatus comprising:

an optical sheet including a single translucent resin material layer having a first surface that light enters and a second surface that the light exits and includes a structure surface portion having a geometric configuration on at least one of the first surface and the second surface, the optical sheet being orientationally crystallized in a first in-plane axis direction and a second in-plane axis direction orthogonal to each other and having a Young's modulus of 3.0 GPa or more in all in-plane directions; and

an illumination light source that is provided on the first surface side of the optical sheet and irradiates light onto the first surface,

wherein the structure surface portion is formed on the second surface, and

wherein the geometric configuration includes a prism configuration having a triangular cross section, the prism configuration having a ridge line in the first in-plane axis direction.

12. A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising:

an optical sheet including a single translucent resin material layer having a first surface that light enters and a second surface that the light exits and includes a structure surface portion having a geometric configuration on at least one of the first surface and the second surface, the optical sheet being orientationally crystallized in a first in-plane axis direction and a second in-plane axis direction orthogonal to each other and having a Young's modulus of 3.0 GPa or more in all in-plane directions;

an illumination light source that is provided on the first surface side of the optical sheet and irradiates light onto the first surface; and

a liquid crystal display panel provided on the second surface side of the optical sheet,

wherein the structure surface portion is formed on the second surface, and

wherein the geometric configuration includes a prism configuration having a triangular cross section, the prism configuration having a ridge line in the first in-plane axis direction.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 043177/0794 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2010
From: HIRAI, NORIYUKI; HORII, AKIHIRO; MIZUNO, HIROSHI; KAKIBE, AKIKO; MORIOKA, TOKUHIRO; KAJIYA, SHUNICHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024168/0981 →