IP Library Granted Patent US 12,600,828
Granted Patent B2
US 12,600,828 · App. 17/850,508 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Polyamide-imide-based film, preparation method thereof, and cover window and display device comprising the same

Inventors: Han Jun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jin Woo Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Sang Hun Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jin Yong Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Heung Sik Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Microworks Solutions Co., Ltd.
C08J5/18B29C39/003B29C39/38B32B27/06B32B27/20B32B27/281B32B27/34G02B1/04B29K2079/085B29K2105/0061B29L2007/008B32B2255/10B32B2307/30B32B2457/20C08J2379/08
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Patent No.
US 12,600,828
App. No.
17/850,508
Granted
Apr 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The embodiments provide a polyamide-imide-based film, which comprises a polyamide-imide-based polymer, wherein when the coefficients of thermal expansion in the MD direction and TD direction of the film are measured at an interval of 5° C. in a temperature range of 300° C. to 365° C., respectively, the temperature at which the coefficient of thermal expansion in the MD direction or the coefficient of thermal expansion in the TD direction changes from a positive value to a negative value is 330° C. to 345° C., a process for preparing the same, and a cover window and a display device comprising the same.

Claims (22)

1 . A polyamide-imide-based film, which comprises a polyamide-imide-based polymer,

wherein when the coefficients of thermal expansion in the MD direction and TD direction of the film are measured at an interval of 5° C. in a temperature range of 300° C. to 365° C., respectively, the temperature at which the coefficient of thermal expansion in the MD direction or the coefficient of thermal expansion in the TD direction changes from a positive value to a negative value is 330° C. to 345° C., and

wherein when the haze is measured at six points in total, in which two arbitrary points are selected in each of region N, region C, and region S partitioned in the TD direction of the film, the average value of haze is 1% or less, and the deviation rate of haze is 10% or less.

2 . The polyamide-imide-based film of claim 1 , wherein the temperature at which the coefficient of thermal expansion in the MD direction changes from a positive value to a negative value is 335° C. to 345° C., and the temperature at which the coefficient of thermal expansion in the TD direction changes from a positive value to a negative value is 330° C. to 345° C.

3 . The polyamide-imide-based film of claim 1 , wherein when the yellow index is measured at six points in total, in which two arbitrary points are selected in each of region N, region C, and region S partitioned in the TD direction of the film, the average value of yellow index is 5 or less, and the deviation rate of yellow index is 10% or less.

4 . The polyamide-imide-based film of claim 1 , wherein when the modulus is measured at six points in total, in which two arbitrary points are selected in each of region N, region C, and region S partitioned in the TD direction of the film, the average value of modulus is 5 GPa or more, and the deviation rate of modulus is 10% or less.

5 . The polyamide-imide-based film of claim 1 , wherein when an average value (ppm/° C.) (CTEMD) of the coefficients of thermal expansion in the MD direction in a temperature range of 50° C. to 300° C. and an average value (ppm/° C.) (CTETD) of the coefficients of thermal expansion in the TD direction in a temperature range of 50° C. to 300° C. are measured at six points in total, in which two arbitrary points are selected in each of region N, region C, and region S partitioned in the TD direction of the film, the CTEMD/CTETD value is 0.96 to 1.03.

6 . The polyamide-imide-based film of claim 1 , wherein the polyamide-imide-based polymer comprises an imide-based repeat unit and an amide-based repeat unit at a molar ratio of 2:98 to 70:30.

7 . The polyamide-imide-based film of claim 1 , which further comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a filler, a blue pigment, and a UVA absorber.

8 . A cover window for a display device, which comprises a polyamide-imide-based film and a functional layer,

wherein the polyamide-imide-based film comprises a polyamide-imide-based polymer, and when the coefficients of thermal expansion in the MD direction and TD direction of the polyamide-imide-based film are measured at an interval of 5° C. in a temperature range of 300° C. to 365° C., respectively, the temperature at which the coefficient of thermal expansion in the MD direction or the coefficient of thermal expansion in the TD direction changes from a positive value to a negative value is 330° C. to 345° C., and

wherein when the haze is measured at six points in total, in which two arbitrary points are selected in each of region N, region C, and region S partitioned in the TD direction of the film, the average value of haze is 1% or less, and the deviation rate of haze is 10% or less.

9 . A display device, which comprises a display unit; and a cover window disposed on the display unit,

wherein the cover window comprises a polyamide-imide-based film and a functional layer, the polyamide-imide-based film comprises a polyamide-imide-based polymer,

wherein when the coefficients of thermal expansion in the MD direction and TD direction of the polyamide-imide-based film are measured at an interval of 5° C. in a temperature range of 300° C. to 365° C., respectively, the temperature at which the coefficient of thermal expansion in the MD direction or the coefficient of thermal expansion in the TD direction changes from a positive value to a negative value is 330° C. to 345° C., and

wherein when the haze is measured at six points in total, in which two arbitrary points are selected in each of region N, region C, and region S partitioned in the TD direction of the film, the average value of haze is 1% or less, and the deviation rate of haze is 10% or less.

10 . A process for preparing the polyamide-imide-based film of claim 1 , which comprises:

polymerizing a diamine compound, a dianhydride compound, and a dicarbonyl compound in an organic solvent to prepare a polyamide-imide-based polymer solution;

casting the solution and then drying it to prepare a gel sheet; and

thermally treating the gel sheet,

wherein the step of thermally treating the gel sheet comprises thermally treating it through a first heater, a second heater, and a third heater spaced apart in the TD direction of the gel sheet, and

when the temperature of the first heater corresponding to the center of the gel sheet is THC, and when the temperatures of the second heater and the third heater corresponding to both ends of the gel sheet are THN and THS, respectively, THN and THS are higher than THC.

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 Jun 27, 2022
From: KIM, HAN JUN; LEE, JIN WOO; CHOI, SANG HUN; LEE, JIN YONG; KIM, HEUNG SIK
To: SKC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060324/0289 →