IP Library Granted Patent US 9,887,391
Granted Patent B2
US 9,887,391 · App. 14/722,056 · Granted Feb 6, 2018

Optical member and OLED display device

Inventors: Wanwan Xia (Shanghai, CN); Lijing Han (Shanghai, CN); Liyuan Luo (Shanghai, CN)
Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.; TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L51/5293G02B5/3016G02B5/3025G02B5/3033G02B5/3083H01L51/5271
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Patent No.
US 9,887,391
App. No.
14/722,056
Granted
Feb 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention discloses an optical member and an OLED display including an optical member. The optical member includes: a metal electrode, a λ/4 phase-difference plate and a linear polarization plate sequentially arranged in this order. A λ/2 phase-difference plate and a brightness enhancement film are arranged between the λ/4 phase-difference plate and the linear polarization plate; there is an angle between an absorption axis of the linear polarization plate and a polarization axis of the brightness enhancement film; and there is an angle between the polarization axis of the brightness enhancement film and a slow axis of the λ/2 phase-difference plate. This arrangement can address the problem in the related art that faces the difficulty to improve the transmittivity of light in an optical member in an OLED display.

Claims (31)

1. An optical member, comprising:

a metal electrode, a λ/4 phase-difference plate and a linear polarization plate sequentially arranged in this order;

a λ/2 phase-difference plate and a brightness enhancement film arranged between the λ/4 phase-difference plate and the linear polarization plate;

wherein:

there is an angle between an absorption axis of the linear polarization plate and a polarization axis of the brightness enhancement film;

there is an angle between the polarization axis of the brightness enhancement film and a slow axis of the λ/2 phase-difference plate;

the slow axis of the λ/2 phase-difference plate is parallel to a slow axis of the λ/4 phase-difference plate; and

an angle between the absorption axis of the linear polarization plate and the slow axis of the λ/2 phase-difference plate is in a range from 30° to 45°.

2. The optical member according to claim 1 , wherein the λ/2 phase-difference plate is arranged between the λ/4 phase-difference plate and the brightness enhancement film.

3. The optical member according to claim 1 , wherein the λ/2 phase-difference plate is arranged between the brightness enhancement film and the linear polarization plate.

4. The optical member according to claim 1 , wherein the λ/2 phase-difference plate has an optical absorptivity of 5%, and the λ/4 phase-difference plate has an optical absorptivity of 2%.

5. The optical member according to claim 1 , wherein the brightness enhancement film has an optical absorptivity of 4%, a transmittivity of 48%, and a reflectivity of 48%.

6. The optical member according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the metal electrode has a reflectivity of 40% to 50%.

7. The optical member according to claim 1 , wherein the angle between the slow axis of the λ/2 phase-difference plate and the polarization axis of the brightness enhancement film is in a range from 30° to 45°.

8. The optical member according to claim 2 , wherein the angle between the slow axis of the λ/2 phase-difference plate and the polarization axis of the brightness enhancement film is in a range from 30° to 45°.

9. The optical member according to claim 3 , wherein the angle between the slow axis of the λ/2 phase-difference plate and the polarization axis of the brightness enhancement film is in a range from 30° to 45°.

10. The optical member according to claim 1 , wherein the brightness enhancement film is a dual brightness enhancement film.

11. An OLED display device comprising an optical member, the optical member comprising:

a metal electrode, a λ/4 phase-difference plate and a linear polarization plate sequentially arranged in this order;

a λ/2 phase-difference plate and a brightness enhancement film arranged between the λ/4 phase-difference plate and the linear polarization plate;

wherein:

there is an angle between an absorption axis of the linear polarization plate and a polarization axis of the brightness enhancement film;

there is an angle between the polarization axis of the brightness enhancement film and a slow axis of the λ/2 phase-difference plate;

the slow axis of the λ/2 phase-difference plate is parallel to a slow axis of the λ/4 phase-difference plate;

the metal electrode has a first side facing the λ/4 phase-difference plate and an opposite side, an OLED light-emitting layer is arranged at the opposite side of the metal electrode; and

an angle between the absorption axis of the linear polarization plate and the slow axis of the λ/2 phase-difference plate is in a range from 30° to 45°.

12. The OLED display device according to claim 11 , wherein the λ/2 phase-difference plate is arranged between the λ/4 phase-difference plate and the brightness enhancement film.

13. The OLED display device according to claim 11 , wherein the λ/2 phase-difference plate is arranged between the brightness enhancement film and the linear polarization plate.

14. The OLED display device according to claim 11 , wherein the angle between the slow axis of the λ/2 phase-difference plate and the polarization axis of the brightness enhancement film is in a range from 30° to 45°.

15. The optical member according to claim 1 , wherein:

the metal electrode has a first side facing the λ/4 phase-difference plate and an opposite side, an OLED light-emitting layer is arranged at the opposite side of the metal electrode.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2022
From: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO.,LTD.; TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.SHANGHAI BRANCH; TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059619/0730 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2015
From: XIA, WANWAN; HAN, LIJING; LUO, LIYUAN
To: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.; TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035715/0555 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2014 1 0834468 · Dec 23, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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