IP Library Granted Patent US 9,645,293
Granted Patent B2
US 9,645,293 · App. 14/385,935 · Granted May 9, 2017

Method of manufacturing thin film polarizer, and thin film polarizer and polarizing plate manufactured using the same

Inventors: Sung Hyun Nam (Daejeon, KR); Jong-Hyun Jung (Daejeon, KR); Kyun-Il Rah (Daejeon, KR); Hye-Min Yu (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
G02B5/3033B32B37/12G02B1/08B32B37/1284B32B37/203B32B38/10B32B2038/0068B32B2307/42B32B2307/54B32B2309/105B32B2457/20
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Patent No.
US 9,645,293
App. No.
14/385,935
Granted
May 9, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a thin film polarizer includes forming a film laminate by allowing a non-oriented polyvinyl alcohol-based film to be bonded to and sandwiched between two or more non-oriented polymer films using attractive force or an adhesive layer, orienting the film laminate so that the polyvinyl alcohol-based film has a thickness of 10 μm or less, and separating the polymer films and the polyvinyl alcohol-based film of the oriented film laminate from each other.

Claims (13)

1. A method of manufacturing a thin film polarizer, comprising:

forming a film laminate by allowing a non-oriented polyvinyl alcohol-based film to be bonded to and sandwiched between two or more non-oriented polymer films using attractive force or an adhesive layer;

orienting the film laminate so that the polyvinyl alcohol-based film has a thickness of 10 μm or less; and

separating the polymer films and the polyvinyl alcohol-based film of the oriented film laminate from each other,

wherein adhesion between the polyvinyl alcohol-based film and the polymer film after the orienting of the film laminate is 2N/2 cm or less,

wherein the non-oriented polymer film comprises one or more selected from a group including a high-density polyethylene film, a polyurethane film, a polypropylene film, a polyolefin film, an ester-based film, a low-density polyethylene film, high-density polyethylene and low-density polyethylene coextrusion films, a copolymer resin film containing ethylene vinyl acetate in high-density polyethylene, an acrylic film, a polyethylene terephthalate film, and a polyvinyl alcohol-based film,

wherein the orienting of the film laminate is performed through wet orientation at a temperature of 20° C. to 85° C. at an orientation magnification of 5 to 15 times, and

wherein one or more sheets of thin film polarizer are obtained by separating two or more polymer films and one or more polyvinyl alcohol-based film of the oriented film laminate from each other.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the film laminate comprises a first non-oriented polymer film, a first non-oriented polyvinyl alcohol-based film bonded to the first non-oriented polymer film, and a second non-oriented polymer film bonded to the first non-oriented polyvinyl alcohol-based film.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the film laminate comprises a first non-oriented polymer film, a first non-oriented polyvinyl alcohol-based film bonded to the first non-oriented polymer film, a second non-oriented polymer film bonded to the first non-oriented polyvinyl alcohol-based film, a second non-oriented polyvinyl alcohol-based film bonded to the second non-oriented polymer film, and a third non-oriented polymer film bonded to the second non-oriented polyvinyl alcohol-based film.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the orienting of the film laminate is performed in a boron aqueous solution having a boron concentration ranging from 1 to 5 wt %.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising dyeing the non-oriented polyvinyl alcohol-based film with at least one of iodine and a dichroic dye before the orienting of the film laminate.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the separating of the polymer film from the polyvinyl alcohol-based film in the oriented film laminate is performed by applying 2N/2 cm or less of peel strength.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2023
From: SHANJIN OPTOELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
To: SHANJIN OPTOELECTRONICS (NANJING) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065393/0902 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2021
From: LG CHEM LTD.
To: SHANJIN OPTOELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056316/0076 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2014
From: NAM, SUNG-HYUN; JUNG, JONG-HYUN; RAH, KYUN-IL; YU, HYE-MIN
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033764/0449 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2013-0069633 · Jun 18, 2013 · national
KR 10-2014-0067603 · Jun 3, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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