IP Library Granted Patent US 8,747,991
Granted Patent B2
US 8,747,991 · App. 12/645,628 · Granted Jun 10, 2014

Optical device, method for manufacturing the same and display device

Inventors: Eiki Ohyanagi (Miyagi, JP); Hitoshi Watanabe (Miyagi, JP); Mikihisa Mizuno (Miyagi, JP); Masanori Nishiyama (Miyagi, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,747,991
App. No.
12/645,628
Granted
Jun 10, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical device is provided and includes a substrate having a three-dimensionally random concave-convex shape on the surface thereof, and a hard coat layer formed on the substrate, wherein a projection height with the maximum frequency on the substrate surface falls within the range of 1.5 μm or more and not more than 10 μm. Projections larger than the projection height with the maximum frequency on the substrate surface have a height falling within +3 μm from a central value of the projection height with the maximum frequency. A length RSm in a lateral direction of concaves and convexes on the substrate surface is 55 μm or more and not more than 500 μm.

Claims (37)

1. An optical device comprising:

a substrate having a three-dimensionally random concave-convex shape on a surface thereof; and

a hard coat layer formed on the substrate, wherein

a projection height with a maximum frequency on the substrate surface falls within a range substantially of 1.5 μm or more and not more than 10 μm;

projections larger than the projection height with the maximum frequency on the substrate surface have a height falling within +3 μm from the projection height with the maximum frequency;

projections larger than the projection height with the maximum frequency on the hard coat layer surface have a height falling within +1 μm from the projection height with the maximum frequency, wherein the maximum projection height on the hard coat layer surface is at least 4 μm and is greater than the projection height with the maximum frequency on the hard coat layer surface; and

a length RSm of a mean spacing of concaves and convexes on the substrate surface is 55 μm or more and not more than 500 μm.

2. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein

the hard coat layer contains an inorganic oxide filler and a viscosity modifier; and

the inorganic oxide filler and the viscosity modified are hydrogen-bonded or coordinate-bonded to each other.

3. The optical device according to claim 2 , wherein

the inorganic oxide filler contains, as a main component, at least one member selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, zirconia, antimony pentoxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, indium tin oxide, indium oxide, antimony-doped tin oxide and aluminum zinc oxide; and

the viscosity modifier is a molecule containing two or more of at least one kind of substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, a urea group, an amide group and an amino group.

4. The optical device according to claim 2 , wherein

the hard coat layer contains, as a main component, at least one member selected from the group consisting of a thermosetting resin and an ultraviolet ray-curable resin.

5. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein

projections larger than the projection height with the maximum frequency on the substrate surface have a height falling within +2 μm from the projection height with the maximum frequency.

6. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein

a continuous wave front is formed on the hard coat layer surface, following the concave-convex shape on the substrate surface.

7. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein

the random concave-convex shape is formed by shape transfer of a master disc prepared by blasting.

8. The optical device according to claim 1 , further comprising an anti-reflection layer formed on the hard coat layer.

9. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum projection height is at least 0.9 μm greater than the projection height with the maximum frequency.

10. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the projection height with the maximum frequency on the substrate surface falls within a range of 2.2 μm or more and not more than 10 μm.

11. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum projection height on the substrate surface is at least 4 μm and is greater than the projection height with the maximum frequency.

12. An optical device comprising:

a substrate having a three-dimensionally random concave-convex shape on a surface thereof; and

a hard coat layer formed on the substrate, wherein

a projection height with a maximum frequency on the hard coat layer surface falls within a range substantially of 3 μm or more and not more than 5 μm;

projections larger than the projection height with the maximum frequency on the hard coat layer surface have a height falling within +1 μm from the projection height with the maximum frequency, wherein a maximum projection height is at least 4 μm and is greater than the projection height with the maximum frequency; and

a length RSm of a mean spacing of concaves and convexes on the hard coat layer surface is 55 μm or more and not more than 500 μm.

13. A display device comprising an optical device the optical device including:

a substrate having a three-dimensionally random concave-convex shape on a surface thereof; and

a hard coat layer formed on the substrate, wherein

a projection height with a maximum frequency on the hard coat layer surface falls within a range substantially of 3 μm or more and not more than 5 μm;

projections larger than the projection height with the maximum frequency on the hard coat layer surface have a height falling within +1 μm from the projection height with the maximum frequency, wherein a maximum projection height is at least 4 μm and is greater than the projection height with the maximum frequency; and

a length RSm of a mean spacing of concaves and convexes on the hard coat layer surface is 55 μm or more and not more than 500 μm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2010
From: OHYANAGI, EIKI; WATANABE, HITOSHI; MIZUNO, MIKIHISA; NISHIYAMA, MASANORI
To: SONY CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-335806 · Dec 29, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100167019A1 · Jul 1, 2010