IP Library Granted Patent US 11,555,124
Granted Patent B2
US 11,555,124 · App. 16/340,723 · Granted Jan 17, 2023

Optical film and image display device including same

Inventors: Jung Hyun Seo (Daejeon, KR); Yeong Rae Chang (Daejeon, KR); Jin Young Park (Daejeon, KR); Han Na Lee (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
C09D4/00C08J7/042C08J7/043C08J7/046C09D5/002C09D5/006C09D7/67C09D7/68C09D135/02C09D175/14C09D175/16G02B1/04G02B1/111G02B5/0226C08J2367/02C08J2435/02C08J2475/14
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Patent No.
US 11,555,124
App. No.
16/340,723
Granted
Jan 17, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an optical film including a light-transmitting substrate film such as a polyester-based substrate film and an antiglare layer, and more specifically, to an optical film capable of effectively suppressing the occurrence of interference fringes derived from the substrate film, realizing excellent antiglare properties, and having excellent scratch resistance, and excellent adhesion between the substrate film and the antiglare layer, and the like, and to an image display device including the same.

Claims (36)

1. An optical film comprising:

a polyester-based substrate film,

a primer layer formed on the polyester-based substrate film, having a thickness of 20 nm to 500 nm,

an antiglare layer formed on the primer layer, including a binder containing a (meth)acrylate-based crosslinked polymer, and organic fine particles of a micron (μm) scale dispersed in the binder and inorganic fine particles of a nanometer (nm) scale dispersed in the binder, and

a low refractive index layer formed on the antiglare layer, comprising a binder resin containing a crosslinked (co)polymer of a photopolymerizable compound and a fluorine-based compound containing a photoreactive functional group, and hollow silica particles dispersed in the binder resin,

wherein the fluorine-based compound containing the photoreactive functional group has a fluorine content of 1 to 25% by weight,

wherein the polyester-based substrate film is a polyethylene terephthalate (PET)-based film having a thickness of 100 to 200 μm,

wherein the (meth)acrylate-based crosslinked polymer is a crosslinked polymer of 0 to 20 parts by weight of a monofunctional (meth)acrylate-based compound based on 100 parts by weight of the binder, and a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate-based compound with three or more functionalities,

wherein an absolute value of the refractive index difference between the organic fine particles and the binder is 0.08 to 0.15, and an absolute value of the refractive index difference between the inorganic fine particles and the binder is less than 0.15,

wherein the surface of the antiglare layer has a 20-degree gloss value of 50% to 70% and a 60-degree gloss value of 75% to 90%, and

wherein the polyfunctional (meth)acrylate-based compound comprises:

a monomolecular (meth)acrylate-based compound with three to six functionalities, and

a polyurethane-based polymer, a poly(meth)acryl-based polymer, or a polyester-based polymer, each having a (meth)acrylate-based functional group with 40 to 80 functionalities.

2. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein the binder has a refractive index of 1.5 to 1.60.

3. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein the organic fine particles include a polystyrene-based resin, a poly(meth)acrylate-based resin or poly(meth)acrylate-co-styrene copolymer resin.

4. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein the organic fine particles are spherical particles having a particle diameter of 1 to 5 μm and have a refractive index of 1.5 to 1.57.

5. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic fine particles are metal oxide fine particles including silica, alumina, zirconia or titania.

6. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic fine particles are spherical particles having a particle diameter of 10 nm to 300 nm, and have a refractive index of 1.4 to 1.75.

7. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein the organic and inorganic fine particles are each contained in an amount of 0.1 to 10 parts by weight based on total 100 parts by weight of the antiglare layer.

8. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein the antiglare layer has a thickness of 1 to 10 μm.

9. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein the primer layer has a refractive index smaller than a refractive index of the substrate film and larger than a refractive index of the binder of the antiglare layer.

10. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein the low refractive index layer has a refractive index of 1.3 to 1.5 and a thickness of 1 to 300 nm.

11. An optical film comprising:

a light-transmitting substrate film,

a primer layer formed on the light transmitting substrate film, having a thickness of 20 nm to 500 nm,

an antiglare layer which is formed on the primer layer and includes a binder containing a (meth)acrylate-based crosslinked polymer, and organic fine particles of a micron (μm) scale and inorganic fine particles of a nano (nm) scale dispersed in the binder, and

a low refractive index layer formed on the antiglare layer, comprising a binder resin containing a crosslinked (co)polymer of a photopolymerizable compound and a fluorine-based compound containing a photoreactive functional group, and hollow silica particles dispersed in the binder resin,

wherein the fluorine-based compound containing the photoreactive functional group has a fluorine content of 1 to 25% by weight,

wherein the light-transmitting substrate film is a polyester film having a thickness of 100 to 200 μm,

wherein the (meth)acrylate-based crosslinked polymer is a crosslinked polymer of 0 to 20 parts by weight of a monofunctional (meth)acrylate-based compound based on 100 parts by weight of the binder, and a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate-based compound with three or more functionalities,

wherein an absolute value of the refractive index difference between the organic fine particles and the binder of the antiglare layer is 0.08 to 0.15 and an absolute value of the refractive index difference between the inorganic fine particles and the binder is less than 0.15,

wherein the polyfunctional (meth)acrylate-based compound includes a monomolecular (meth)acrylate-based compound with three to six functionalities and a polyurethane-based polymer, a poly(meth)acryl-based polymer, or a polyester-based polymer, each having a (meth)acrylate-based functional group with 40 to 80 functionalities, and wherein the surface of the antiglare layer has a 20-degree gloss value of 50% to 70% and a 60-degree gloss value of 75% to 90%.

12. An image display device comprising the optical film of claim 1 .

13. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein the film has a total haze value of 2.4 to 3.2%.

14. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein the film has a scratch resistance of 1200-1500 g.

15. The optical film of claim 1 , wherein the surface of the antiglare layer has a 20-degree gloss value of 58 to 68% and a 60-degree gloss value of 80 to 88%.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2025
From: LG CHEM, LTD.
To: XINMEI FONTANA HOLDING (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070608/0517 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2025
From: LG CHEM, LTD
To: XINMEI FONTANA HOLDING (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070609/0245 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2019
From: SEO, JUNG HYUN; CHANG, YEONG RAE; PARK, JIN YOUNG; LEE, HAN NA
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 048842/0069 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2016-0168858 · Dec 12, 2016 · national
KR 10-2017-0169719 · Dec 11, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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