IP Library Granted Patent US 12,345,978
Granted Patent B2
US 12,345,978 · App. 18/004,976 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Anti-glare film, polarizing plate and display apparatus

Inventors: Hanna Lee (Daejeon, KR); Seung Hun Lee (Daejeon, KR); Jung Hyun Seo (Daejeon, KR); Jinseok Byun (Daejeon, KR); Yeongrae Chang (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
G02F1/133502G02B1/111G02B1/18
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Patent No.
US 12,345,978
App. No.
18/004,976
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an anti-glare film including an acrylic substrate and a coating layer located on at least one side of the acrylic substrate, which has a specific rate of change of band area ratio in a graph derived from the result of Raman spectroscopy performed for the coating layer in the thickness direction. It also relates to a polarizing plate, and a display apparatus including the same.

Claims (47)

1. An anti-glare film comprising an acrylic substrate and a coating layer located on at least one side of the acrylic substrate,

wherein in a graph derived from the result of Raman spectroscopy performed for the coating layer in the thickness direction from one side of the coating layer opposite to the acrylic substrate, the graph having the Y axis being a ratio of a band area at the Raman peak of 1755 cm −1 to a band area at the Raman peak of 1722 cm −1 and the X axis being a distance in the thickness direction from the one side of the coating layer opposite to the acrylic substrate,

a rate of change of a band area ratio according to the following Equation 1 is 0.001 to 0.033/μm:

Rate of change of band area ratio=| A 2 −A 1 |/3  [Equation 1]

In the Equation 1,

A 1 is a Y value when an X value is 4 μm, and

A 2 is a Y value when an X value is 7 μm.

2. The anti-glare film of claim 1 ,

wherein the coating layer comprises a monomer having a hydrophilic functional group and one photocurable functional group, a polyfunctional acrylate-based oligomer, organic particles, and inorganic particles.

3. The anti-glare film of claim 2 ,

wherein the coating layer comprises an intermediate layer containing 70 wt % or more of a total amount of the monomer having a hydrophilic functional group and one photocurable functional group; and

an anti-glare layer containing less than 30 wt % of a total amount of the monomer having a hydrophilic functional group and one photocurable functional group, the polyfunctional acrylate-based oligomer, the organic particles, and the inorganic particles.

4. The anti-glare film of claim 3 ,

wherein the intermediate layer is physically bonded to the acrylic substrate.

5. The anti-glare film of claim 3 ,

wherein the monomer having a hydrophilic functional group and one photocurable functional group included in the intermediate layer is physically bonded to the acrylic substrate.

6. The anti-glare film of claim 3 ,

wherein the intermediate layer comprises a portion of the acrylic substrate physically bonded to the monomer having a hydrophilic functional group and one photocurable functional group.

7. The anti-glare film of claim 3 ,

wherein a thickness ratio of the intermediate layer and the anti-glare layer is 7:3 to 3:7.

8. The anti-glare film of claim 3 ,

wherein the coating layer has a thickness of 1 to 10 μm.

9. The anti-glare film of claim 3 ,

wherein the anti-glare layer has irregularities formed on one side.

10. The anti-glare film of claim 2 ,

wherein a content of the monomer having a hydrophilic functional group and one photocurable functional group is 20 to 70 wt % based on a total amount of the coating layer.

11. The anti-glare film of claim 2 ,

wherein a weight ratio of the monomer having a hydrophilic functional group and one photocurable functional group, and the polyfunctional acrylate-based oligomer included in the coating layer is 3:7 to 5:5.

12. The anti-glare film of claim 2 ,

wherein the monomer having a hydrophilic functional group and one photocurable functional group is at least one selected from the group consisting of 2-hydroxyethyl (meth) acrylate, 4-hydroxybutyl (meth) acrylate, 2-(2-ethoxyethoxy) ethyl (meth) acrylate, tetrahydrofurfuryl (meth) acrylate and N-vinyl pyrrolidone.

13. The anti-glare film of claim 2 ,

wherein the polyfunctional acrylate-based oligomer has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 30,000.

14. The anti-glare film of claim 1 ,

wherein the anti-glare film has a total haze of 0.5 to 10%, and an internal haze of 0.3 to 7%.

15. A polarizing plate comprising the anti-glare film of claim 1 .

16. A display apparatus comprising the anti-glare film of claim 1 .

17. An anti-glare film comprising an acrylic substrate and a coating layer located on at least one side of the acrylic substrate,

wherein in a graph derived from the result of Raman spectroscopy performed for the coating layer in the thickness direction from one side of the coating layer opposite to the acrylic substrate, the graph having the Y axis being a ratio of a band area at the Raman peak of 1632 cm −1 to a band area at the Raman peak of 1722 cm −1 and the X axis being a distance in the thickness direction from the one side of the coating layer opposite to the acrylic substrate,

a rate of change of a band area ratio according to the following Equation 2 is 0.001 to 0.050/μm:

Rate of change of band area ratio=| A 4 −A 3 |/3  [Equation 3]

In the Equation 2,

A 3 is a Y value when an X value is 4 μm, and

A 4 is a Y value when an X value is 7 μm.

18. The anti-glare film of claim 17 ,

wherein the anti-glare film has a total haze of 0.5 to 10%, and an internal haze of 0.3 to 7%.

19. A polarizing plate comprising the anti-glare film of claim 17 .

20. A display apparatus comprising the anti-glare film of claim 17 .

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 Jan 10, 2023
From: LEE, HANNA; LEE, SEUNG HUN; SEO, JUNG HYUN; BYUN, JINSEOK; CHANG, YEONGRAE
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062329/0619 →
Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2020-0089832 · Jul 20, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0089833 · Jul 20, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0091827 · Jul 23, 2020 · national
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