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US 12,117,689 · App. 18/263,208 · Granted Oct 15, 2024

Polarizers and liquid crystal display devices

Inventors: Ji Li (Guangdong, CN); Hanming Li (Guangdong, CN); Guang Zeng (Guangdong, CN); Fang Tan (Guangdong, CN); Hongshan Yin (Guangdong, CN); Kai Chen (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
G02F1/133531G02B5/3008G02F2202/022
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Patent No.
US 12,117,689
App. No.
18/263,208
Granted
Oct 15, 2024
Kind
B1
Abstract

The present application provides a polarizer and a liquid crystal display device. The polarizer includes a resin layer, the resin layer includes a whisker, an acute angle is formed by a long-axis direction of each of the whiskers and a bottom surface of the resin layer, and the acute angle is greater than 0° and less than or equal to 40°.

Claims (31)

1. A polarizer comprising a resin layer, wherein the resin layer comprises whiskers, an acute angle is formed by a long-axis direction of each of the whiskers and a bottom surface of the resin layer, and the acute angle is greater than 0° and less than or equal to 40°;

the whiskers comprise first particles and second particles, each of the first particles has a diameter constant in a length direction of the first particle;

the second particles comprise first-type particles and second-type particles, each of the first-type particles and the second-type particles comprises a first end portion and a second end portion arranged in a length direction thereof;

a diameter of each of the first-type particles decreases in a direction from the second end portion of the first-type particle toward the first end portion of the first-type particle;

a diameter of each of the second-type particles increases and then decreases in a direction from the second end portion of the second-type particle toward the first end portion of the second-type particle; and

a ratio of mass of all the first particles, mass of all the first-type particles, and mass of all the second-type particles is (1 to 10):(40 to 70):(20 to 60).

2. The polarizer of claim 1 , wherein the acute angle is less than or equal to 20°.

3. The polarizer of claim 2 , wherein the resin layer further comprises a first polymer, the whiskers are dispersed in the first polymer, and a second polymer is attached to a surface of each of the whiskers, and wherein the first polymer is a lipophilic polymer and the second polymer is a lipophilic polymer.

4. The liquid crystal display device of claim 3 , wherein the second polymer comprises a group same as one of a group of the first polymer and a group of a homologue of the first polymer; or

the second polymer comprises at least one of polyacrylate group, acrylate-acrylic acid copolymer group, polycarboxylic acid-type water-soluble comb copolymer group, or polydimethylsiloxane group.

5. The polarizer of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a sum of mass of the first particles and mass of the second particles to mass of the resin layer is 10%.

6. The polarizer of claim 5 , wherein the resin layer further comprises a first polymer, the whiskers are dispersed in the first polymer, and a second polymer is attached to a surface of each of the whiskers, and wherein the first polymer is a lipophilic polymer and the second polymer is a lipophilic polymer.

7. The liquid crystal display device of claim 6 , wherein the second polymer comprises a group same as one of a group of the first polymer and a group of a homologue of the first polymer; or

the second polymer comprises at least one of polyacrylate group, acrylate-acrylic acid copolymer group, polycarboxylic acid-type water-soluble comb copolymer group, or polydimethylsiloxane group.

8. The polarizer of claim 1 , wherein the resin layer further comprises a first polymer, the whiskers are dispersed in the first polymer, and a second polymer is attached to a surface of each of the whiskers, and wherein the first polymer is a lipophilic polymer and the second polymer is a lipophilic polymer.

9. The polarizer of claim 8 , wherein the second polymer comprises a group same as one of a group of the first polymer and a group of a homologue of the first polymer; and

the second polymer further comprises at least one of polyacrylate group, acrylate-acrylic acid copolymer group, polycarboxylic acid-type water-soluble comb copolymer group, or polydimethylsiloxane group.

10. The polarizer of claim 8 , wherein the second polymer comprises a group same as one of a group of the first polymer and a group of a homologue of the first polymer, or the second polymer comprises at least one of polyacrylate group, acrylate-acrylic acid copolymer group, polycarboxylic acid-type water-soluble comb copolymer group, polydimethylsiloxane group.

11. A liquid crystal display device comprising the polarizer of claim 1 .

12. The liquid crystal display device of claim 11 , wherein the acute angle is less than or equal to 20°.

13. The liquid crystal display device of claim 12 , wherein the resin layer further comprises a first polymer, the whiskers are dispersed in the first polymer, and a second polymer is attached to a surface of each of the whiskers, and wherein the first polymer is a lipophilic polymer and the second polymer is a lipophilic polymer.

14. The liquid crystal display device of claim 13 , wherein the second polymer comprises a group same as one of a group of the first polymer and a group of a homologue of the first polymer; or

the second polymer comprises at least one of polyacrylate group, acrylate-acrylic acid copolymer group, polycarboxylic acid-type water-soluble comb copolymer group, or polydimethylsiloxane group.

15. The liquid crystal display device of claim 11 , wherein a ratio of a sum of mass of the first particles and mass of the second particles to mass of the resin layer is 10%.

16. The liquid crystal display device of claim 15 , wherein the resin layer further comprises a first polymer, the whiskers are dispersed in the first polymer, and a second polymer is attached to a surface of each of the whiskers, and wherein the first polymer is a lipophilic polymer and the second polymer is a lipophilic polymer.

17. The liquid crystal display device of claim 16 , wherein the second polymer comprises a group same as one of a group of the first polymer and a group of a homologue of the first polymer; or

the second polymer comprises at least one of polyacrylate group, acrylate-acrylic acid copolymer group, polycarboxylic acid-type water-soluble comb copolymer group, or polydimethylsiloxane group.

18. The liquid crystal display device of claim 11 , wherein the resin layer further comprises a first polymer, the whiskers are dispersed in the first polymer, and a second polymer is attached to a surface of each of the whiskers, and wherein the first polymer is a lipophilic polymer and the second polymer is a lipophilic polymer.

19. The liquid crystal display device of claim 18 , wherein the second polymer comprises a group same as one of a group of the first polymer and a group of a homologue of the first polymer; and

the second polymer further comprises at least one of polyacrylate group, acrylate-acrylic acid copolymer group, polycarboxylic acid-type water-soluble comb copolymer group, or polydimethylsiloxane group.

20. The liquid crystal display device of claim 18 , wherein the second polymer comprises a group same as one of a group of the first polymer and a group of a homologue of the first polymer, or the second polymer comprises at least one of polyacrylate group, acrylate-acrylic acid copolymer group, polycarboxylic acid-type water-soluble comb copolymer group, polydimethylsiloxane group.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: LI, JI; LI, HANMING; ZENG, GUANG; TAN, FANG; YIN, HONGSHAN; CHEN, KAI
To: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202310394580.6 · Apr 13, 2023 · national
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