IP Library Granted Patent US 9,885,816
Granted Patent B2
US 9,885,816 · App. 15/367,739 · Granted Feb 6, 2018

Antireflection film and organic light emitting display device including the same

Inventors: Hyung Jun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Sangah Gam (Seoul, KR); Hye Young Kong (Uijeongbu-si, KR); Jong Hoon Won (Yongin-si, KR); Jong Hyuk Eun (Yongin-si, KR); Myungsup Jung (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
G02B5/3083G02B5/3016H01L27/3244H01L51/5281
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Patent No.
US 9,885,816
App. No.
15/367,739
Granted
Feb 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An antireflection film includes a polarizer, a first retardation film disposed on a side of the polarizer and having a reverse wavelength dispersion phase delay, and a second retardation film disposed on at least one side of the first retardation film and including a polymer, wherein the polymer includes a structural unit derived from a monomer selected from styrene, a styrene derivative, or a combination thereof, and the polymer has a glass transition temperature of greater than about 100° C.

Claims (55)

1. An antireflection film comprising

a polarizer,

a first retardation film disposed on a side of the polarizer and having a reverse wavelength dispersion phase delay, and

a second retardation film disposed on at least one side of the first retardation film and consisting of a polymer,

wherein the polymer comprises a structural unit derived from a monomer selected from styrene, a styrene derivative, or a combination thereof, and the polymer has a glass transition temperature of greater than about 100° C.

2. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein the first retardation film having the reverse wavelength dispersion phase delay is a retardation film having a λ/4 phase difference.

3. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein an in-plane retardation for incident light at 450 nanometers, 550 nanometers, and 650 nanometer wavelengths of the first retardation film satisfies Relationship Inequation 1:

R o1 (450 nm)≦R o1 (550 nm)≦R o1 (650 nm)   Relationship Inequation 1

wherein, in Relationship Inequation 1,

R o1 (450 nm) denotes the in-plane retardation for incident light at 450 nanometers wavelength of the first retardation film,

R o1 (550 nm) denotes the in-plane retardation for incident light at 550 nanometers wavelength of the first retardation film, and

R o1 (650 nm) denotes the in-plane retardation for incident light at 650 nanometers wavelength of the first retardation film.

4. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein a wavelength dispersion of the first retardation film satisfies Relationship Inequation 2:

0.7≦ R o1 (450 nm)/ R o1 (550 nm)≦1.0   Relationship Inequation 2

wherein, in Relationship Inequation 2,

R o1 (450 nm) denotes the in-plane retardation for incident light at 450 nanometers wavelength of the first retardation film, and

R o1 (550 nm) denotes the in-plane retardation for incident light at 550 nanometers wavelength of the first retardation film.

5. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein the first retardation film further comprises refractive indices satisfying Relationship Inequation 3:

n x1 >n y1 =n z1   Relationship Inequation 3

wherein, in Relationship Inequation 3,

n x1 denotes a refractive index at a slow axis of the first retardation film,

n y1 denotes a refractive index at a fast axis of the first retardation film, and

n z1 denotes a refractive index in a direction perpendicular to n x1 and n y1 .

6. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein the first retardation film is a polymer film or a polymer film comprising a liquid crystal.

7. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein the second retardation film further comprises refractive indices satisfying Relationship Inequation 4:

n z2 >n x2 =n y2   Relationship Inequation 4

wherein, in Relationship Inequation 4,

n x2 denotes a refractive index in an in-plane x direction of the second retardation film,

n y2 denotes a refractive index in an in-plane y direction of the second retardation film, and

n z2 denotes a refractive index in a direction perpendicular to n x2 and n y2 .

8. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein an in-plane retardation and a thickness direction retardation of the second retardation film satisfies Relationship Inequations 5 and 6:

−10 nanometers<R o2 (550 nm)≦10 nanometers   Relationship Inequation 5

−200 nanometers≦R th2 (550 nm)<−10 nanometers   Relationship Inequation 6

wherein, in Relationship Inequations 5 and 6,

R o2 (550 nm) denotes the in-plane retardation at 550 nanometers wavelength of the second retardation film, and

R th2 (550 nm) denotes the thickness direction retardation at 550 nanometers wavelength of the second retardation film.

9. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein the polymer comprises a structural unit derived from styrene, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl styrene, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl styrene, halogen styrene, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy styrene, a substituted or unsubstituted nitro styrene, a substituted or unsubstituted amino styrene, a substituted or unsubstituted carboxyl styrene, or a combination thereof.

10. The antireflection film of claim 9 , wherein the polymer further comprises a structural unit derived from a monomer selected from maleimide or a derivative thereof, maleic anhydride or a derivative thereof, acrylonitrile or a derivative thereof, methacrylonitrile or a derivative thereof, and a combination thereof.

11. The antireflection film of claim 10 , wherein the polymer comprises a structural unit derived from a monomer selected from acrylate or a derivative thereof, methacrylate or a derivative thereof, and a combination thereof.

12. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein the polymer comprises

a polymer comprising:

a first structural unit derived from a monomer selected from styrene or a styrene derivative,

a second structural unit derived from a monomer selected from maleimide or a derivative thereof, maleic anhydride or a derivative thereof, acrylonitrile a derivative thereof, methacrylonitrile or a derivative thereof, and a combination thereof, and

a structural unit derived from a monomer selected from an acrylate or a derivative thereof, a methacrylate or a derivative thereof, and a combination thereof.

13. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein the polymer has a glass transition temperature of about 110° C. to about 150° C.

14. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein the second retardation film is elongated by about 1.1 times to about 5.0 times.

15. The antireflection film of claim 11 , wherein the second retardation film is biaxially elongated.

16. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein the second retardation film has a thickness of less than or equal to about 50 μm.

17. An organic light emitting display device comprising

a display panel, and

the antireflection film of claim 1 .

18. A method of manufacture for an antireflection film comprising

disposing a polarizer on a side of a first retardation film, the first retardation film having a reverse wavelength dispersion phase delay, and

disposing a second retardation film on at least one side of the first retardation film to form the antireflection film, wherein the second retardation film further comprises a polymer, and

wherein the polymer comprises a structural unit derived from a monomer selected from styrene, a styrene derivative, and a combination thereof, wherein the polymer has a glass transition temperature of greater than about 100° C.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2019
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051381/0016 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2016
From: KIM, HYUNG JUN; GAM, SANGAH; KONG, HYE YOUNG; WON, JONG HOON; EUN, JONG HYUK; JUNG, MYUNGSUP
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040510/0581 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0170770 · Dec 2, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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