IP Library Granted Patent US 10,310,147
Granted Patent B2
US 10,310,147 · App. 15/803,826 · Granted Jun 4, 2019

Optical assembly and the method to make the same

Inventors: Hui-Yong Chen (Taoyuan, TW); Yi-Long Tyan (Taoyuan, TW)
Assignee: UBRIGHT OPTRONICS CORPORATION
G02B5/0231C08L33/06C08L33/08C09J133/06C09J133/08G02B5/02G02B5/021G02B5/0205G02B5/0268C08L2312/00C08L2312/06
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Patent No.
US 10,310,147
App. No.
15/803,826
Granted
Jun 4, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses an optical assembly. The optical assembly comprises: a first optical film comprising a first surface; an adhesive disposed on the first surface of the first optical film; and a second optical film comprising a second surface, wherein the second surface of the second optical film comprises a plurality of microstructures, wherein the plurality of microstructures are bonded to the adhesive; wherein the adhesive is made of a first material and the plurality of microstructures are made of a second material, wherein the hydrophilic/hydrophobic characteristic of the first material is configured with respect to the hydrophilic/hydrophobic characteristic of the second material such that the adhesive force between the adhesive and the plurality of microstructures of the second optical film is greater than 100 g/25 mm and the optical gain of the optical assembly is greater than 1.5.

Claims (19)

1. A method of forming an optical assembly, comprising:

providing a first optical film comprising a first surface;

forming an adhesive layer on the first surface of the first optical film, wherein the adhesive layer is made of a first material;

providing a second optical film comprising a second surface, wherein the second surface of the second optical film comprises a plurality of prisms, wherein the plurality of prisms are made of a second material; and

bonding the plurality of prisms to the adhesive layer by controlling a difference between the surface tension of the first material and the surface tension of the second material, wherein the difference is greater than 3 dyne/cm such that the adhesive force between the adhesive layer and the plurality of prisms is greater than 100 g/25 mm and the optical gain of the optical assembly is greater than 1.5 when the first material and the second material are fully cured.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of prisms penetrate into the adhesive layer.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of prisms has a light directing portion and a bonding portion bonded to the adhesive layer, wherein the light directing portion has two intersecting extending-planes defining a first dihedral angle and the bonding portion has two intersecting planes defining a second dihedral angle, wherein the second dihedral angle is substantially equal to the first dihedral angle.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first material is a hydrophilic material and the second material is a hydrophobic material.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first material is a hydrophobic material and the second material is a hydrophilic material.

6. An optical assembly, comprising:

a first optical film comprising a first surface;

an adhesive layer formed on the first surface of the first optical film; and

a second optical film comprising a second surface, wherein the second surface of the second optical film comprises a plurality of microstructures, wherein the plurality of microstructures are bonded to the adhesive layer;

wherein the adhesive layer is made of a first material and the plurality of microstructures are made of a second material, wherein the surface tension of the first material and the surface tension of the second material have a difference for bonding the plurality of microstructures to the adhesive layer, wherein the difference is greater than 3 dyne/cm such that the adhesive force between the adhesive layer and the plurality of microstructures of the second optical film is greater than 100 g/25 mm and the optical gain of the optical assembly is greater than 1.5 when the first material and the second material are fully cured.

7. The optical assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the plurality of microstructures penetrate into the adhesive layer.

8. The optical assembly according to claim 6 , wherein each of the plurality of microstructures has a light directing portion and a bonding portion bonded to the adhesive layer, wherein the light directing portion has two intersecting extending-facets defining a first dihedral angle and the bonding portion has two intersecting facets defining a second dihedral angle, wherein the first dihedral angle is substantially equal to the second dihedral angle.

9. The optical assembly according to claim 6 , wherein each of the plurality of microstructures has a light directing portion and a bonding portion bonded to the adhesive layer, wherein the light directing portion has two intersecting extending-planes defining a first dihedral angle and the bonding portion has two intersecting planes defining a second dihedral angle, wherein the second dihedral angle is substantially equal to the first dihedral angle.

10. The optical assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the first material is a hydrophilic material and the second material is a hydrophobic material.

11. The optical assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the first material is a hydrophobic material and the second material is a hydrophilic material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 25, 2017
From: CHEN, HUI-YONG; TYAN, YI-LONG
To: UBRIGHT OPTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044475/0507 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15093752 · Apr 8, 2016
Provisional Application 62301640 · Mar 1, 2016
Related Publication 20180059292A1 · Mar 1, 2018