IP Library Granted Patent US 11,668,863
Granted Patent B2
US 11,668,863 · App. 16/614,258 · Granted Jun 6, 2023

Optical polyester film, and prism sheet or polarized reflection sheet comprising same

Inventors: Young Min Heo (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Sechul Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Seungwon Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Dawoo Jeong (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jung Kyu Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: SK MICROWORKS CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,668,863
App. No.
16/614,258
Granted
Jun 6, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An embodiment relates to an optical polyester film. The optical polyester film according to one embodiment can minimize the difference between the orientation angle at the center and the orientation angle at the end of the film while producing a difference between the tensile strengths in the lengthwise/widthwise directions of the film, thereby increasing mechanical strength and brightness and suppressing the occurrence of polarization Mura defects. Further, the optical polyester film employs a single layer film, and thus is more easily processed and has a slimmer thickness. Therefore, the optical polyester film can be usefully applied to small-sized thin film display devices and, specifically, can be favorably used as a substrate material of a prism sheet or a polarized reflection sheet.

Claims (15)

1. An optical polyester film, which is a uniaxially or biaxially stretched polyester film and has an in-plane retardation of 7,000 nm to 30,000 nm, a tensile strength in the transverse direction (TD) of 25 to 35 kgf/mm 2 , a tensile strength in the longitudinal direction (MD) of 8.0 to 19 kgf/mm 2 , a ratio of the tensile strength in the longitudinal direction to the tensile strength in the transverse direction of 0.25 to 0.7, an elastic modulus in the transverse direction of 450 to 560 kgf/mm 2 , and an elastic modulus in the longitudinal direction of 220 to 380 kgf/mm 2 ,

wherein a stretching ratio of the polyester film is 1.2 times to 1.7 times in the longitudinal direction,

wherein a stretching ratio of the polyester film is 4.1 times to 6.0 times in the transverse direction, and

wherein the optical polyester film has a deviation in the retardation of 500 nm/m or less along a single axis, a shrinkage in the longitudinal direction of 0.05 to 0.6% and a shrinkage in the transverse direction of 0.05 to 0.6%, when measured under the conditions of 24 hours at 85° C., an elongation at breakage of 7% to 20% in the longitudinal direction, and an elongation at breakage of 75% to 100% in the transverse direction.

2. The optical polyester film of claim 1 , which has an orientation angle which deviates from a transverse direction of the film by ±2.8 degrees or less in its entire width.

3. A prism sheet, which comprises a polyester base film and a prism pattern layer disposed on the polyester base film, wherein the polyester base film is a uniaxially or biaxially stretched polyester film and has an in-plane retardation of 7,000 nm to 30,000 nm, a tensile strength in the transverse direction (TD) of 25 to 35 kgf/mm 2 , a tensile strength in the longitudinal direction (MD) of 8.0 to 19 kgf/mm 2 , a ratio of the tensile strength in the longitudinal direction to the tensile strength in the transverse direction of 0.25 to 0.7, an elastic modulus in the transverse direction of 450 to 560 kgf/mm 2 , and an elastic modulus in the longitudinal direction of 220 to 380 kgf/mm 2 ,

wherein a stretching ratio of the polyester base film is 1.2 times to 1.7 times in the longitudinal direction,

wherein a stretching ratio of the polyester film is 4.1 times to 6.0 times in the transverse direction, and

wherein the polyester base film has a deviation in the retardation of 500 nm/m or less along a single axis, a shrinkage in the longitudinal direction of 0.05 to 0.6% and a shrinkage in the transverse direction of 0.05 to 0.6%, when measured under the conditions of 24 hours at 85° C., an elongation at breakage of 7% to 20% in the longitudinal direction, and an elongation at breakage of 75% to 100% in the transverse direction.

4. The prism sheet of claim 3 , wherein the prism pattern layer extends in one direction, and the stretching direction of the polyester base film corresponds to the extending direction of the prism pattern layer.

5. A polarizing reflective sheet, which comprises a polyester base film and a polarizing reflective layer disposed on the polyester base film, wherein an isotropic resin layer and a birefringent resin layer are alternately laminated in the polarizing reflective layer, and the polyester base film is a uniaxially or biaxially stretched polyester film and has an in-plane retardation of 7,000 nm to 30,000 nm, a tensile strength in the transverse direction (TD) of 25 to 35 kgf/mm 2 , a tensile strength in the longitudinal direction (MD) of 8.0 to 19 kgf/mm 2 , a ratio of the tensile strength in the longitudinal direction to the tensile strength in the transverse direction of 0.25 to 0.7, an elastic modulus in the transverse direction of 450 to 560 kgf/mm 2 , and an elastic modulus in the longitudinal direction of 220 to 380 kgf/mm 2 ,

wherein a stretching ratio of the polyester base film is 1.2 times to 1.7 times in the longitudinal direction,

wherein a stretching ratio of the polyester film is 4.1 times to 6.0 times in the transverse direction, and

wherein the polyester base film has a deviation in the retardation of 500 nm/m or less along a single axis, a shrinkage in the longitudinal direction of 0.05 to 0.6% and a shrinkage in the transverse direction of 0.05 to 0.6%, when measured under the conditions of 24 hours at 85° C., an elongation at breakage of 7% to 20% in the longitudinal direction, and an elongation at breakage of 75% to 100% in the transverse direction.

6. The polarizing reflective sheet of claim 5 , wherein the difference in the refractive index between the isotropic resin layer and the birefringent resin layer is 0.1 or more in a first direction and 0.1 or less in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and the first direction is the transverse direction of the polyester base film.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2026
From: SK MICROWORKS CO. LTD.
To: MICROWORKS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 074306/0727 →
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 Nov 15, 2019
From: HEO, YOUNG MIN; LEE, SECHUL; LEE, SEUNGWON; JEONG, DAWOO; LEE, JUNG KYU
To: SKC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051024/0674 →