IP Library Granted Patent US 11,306,183
Granted Patent B2
US 11,306,183 · App. 16/480,822 · Granted Apr 19, 2022

Polyimide film and method for producing same

Inventors: Sunhwan Kim (Incheon, KR); Jin Woo Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Dae Seong Oh (Seoul, KR); Dawoo Jeong (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Kyu-Hun Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SKC CO., LTD.
C08G73/14C08J5/18C08L77/00C08J2379/00C08L2203/16
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Patent No.
US 11,306,183
App. No.
16/480,822
Granted
Apr 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment may provide a method for producing a polyimide film, the method comprising the steps of: polishing the surface of a casting body; producing a gel sheet by casting a precursor on the polished surface of the casting body, and drying same; and producing a polyimide film by heat-treating the gel sheet, wherein the roughness of the polished surface of the casting body is 0.1 nm to 160 nm, and when the area of the casting body onto which the precursor is casted is partitioned by 1 cm×1 cm, the area corresponding to a defect reduction region is at least 90%, and the polyimide film has a yellowness of at most 3, a haze of at most 1%, a permeability of at least 88%, a modulus of at least 5.0 GPa and a surface hardness of at least HB.

Claims (8)

1. A polyimide film, which has a yellow index of 3 or less, a haze of 1% or less, a transmittance of 88% or more, a modulus of 5.0 GPa or more, and a surface hardness of HB or higher, and which comprises a first surface having a surface roughness of 0.1 nm to 150 nm and a second surface opposite to the first surface and having a surface roughness of 0.1 nm to 40 nm,

wherein when the first surface is divided into 1 cm×1 cm, the area falling under a defect free region is 90% or more, the defect free region referring to a region that satisfies the conditions that the numbers of a first protrusion, a second protrusion, a third protrusion, and a fourth protrusion, which have a width of 0.3 μm to 3 μm, a height of 0.5 μm to 5 μm, and a length of 2 μm to less than 3 μm, 3 μm to less than 5 μm, 5 μm to less than 10 μm, and 10 μm or more, respectively, are 10 or less, 5 or less, 3 or less, and 0, respectively, in the divided area of 1 cm×1 cm, and

wherein the polyimide film is prepared from a polyamide-imide polymer formed by polymerizing an aromatic diamine compound, an aromatic dianhydride compound, and a dicarbonyl compound, wherein the aromatic diamine compound comprises 2,2′-bis(trifluoromethyl)-4,4′-diaminobiphenyl (TFDB), the aromatic dianhydride compound comprises 2,2′-bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenyl) hexafluoropropane dianhydride (6-FDA), and the dicarbonyl compound comprises terephthaloyl chloride (TPC), 1,1′-biphenyl-4,4′-dicarbonyl dichloride (BPDC), or a combination thereof.

2. A cover window, which comprises the polyimide film of claim 1 .

3. The cover window of claim 2 , which further comprises a hard coating layer formed on the first surface.

4. A display device comprising:

a display panel; and

the cover window of claim 2 disposed on the display panel.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 15, 2026
From: SK MICROWORKS SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: MICROWORKS SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074078/0923 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2025
From: SK MICROWORKS CO., LTD.
To: SK MICROWORKS SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070929/0875 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE ASSIGNMENT DOCUMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 063240 FRAME: 0192. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 8, 2023
From: SKC CO., LTD.
To: SK MICROWORKS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065841/0822 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2023
From: SKC CO., LTD.
To: SK MICROWORKS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063240/0192 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2019
From: KIM, SUNHWAN; LEE, JIN WOO; OH, DAE SEONG; JEONG, DAWOO; KIM, KYU-HUN
To: SKC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049861/0102 →