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Granted Patent B2
US 11,648,759 · App. 17/685,028 · Granted May 16, 2023

Electroconductive film, touch panel, and image display device

Inventors: Shoichiro Ogumi (Tokyo, JP); Yoshimasa Ogawa (Tokyo, JP); Eiji Ooishi (Tokyo, JP); Yukimitsu Iwata (Tokyo, JP); Yuji Shimizu (Tokyo, JP); Ryota Kitayama (Tokyo, JP); Hiroaki Mutou (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
B32B27/18B32B7/02G06F3/044G06F3/0412G06F3/0446H01L27/323H01L51/442G06F2203/04111G06F2203/04112
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Patent No.
US 11,648,759
App. No.
17/685,028
Granted
May 16, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

One aspect of the present invention provides a light-transmitting electroconductive film 10 comprising a light-transmitting base material 11 and an electroconductive part 13 provided on one surface of the light-transmitting base material 11 , wherein the electroconductive part 13 includes a light-transmitting resin 15 and plural electroconductive fibers 16 incorporated in the light-transmitting resin 15 , and the electroconductive part 13 can conduct electricity from the surface 13 A of the electroconductive part 13 , and the electroconductive fibers 16 as a whole are unevenly distributed on the light-transmitting base material side than the position HL, which is located at half the film thickness of the electroconductive part 13 in the electroconductive part 13 , and the electroconductive part 13 has a surface resistance value of 200 Ω/□ or less, and the electroconductive film 10 has a haze value of 5% or less.

Claims (36)

1. A light-transmitting electroconductive film comprising a light-transmitting base material and an electroconductive part provided on at least one surface of the light-transmitting base material,

wherein the electroconductive part comprises a light-transmitting resin and plural electroconductive fibers incorporated in the light-transmitting resin;

the electroconductive part can conduct electricity from the surface of the electroconductive part;

the electroconductive fibers as a whole are unevenly distributed on the light-transmitting base material side than the position located at half the film thickness of the electroconductive part in the electroconductive part;

the electroconductive part has a surface resistance value of 200Ω/□ or less; and

the electroconductive film has a haze value of 5% or less.

2. The electroconductive film according to claim 1 , wherein the electroconductive part is a single layer structure.

3. The electroconductive film according to claim 1 , wherein the light-transmitting resin has a thickness of less than 300 nm.

4. The electroconductive film according to claim 1 , wherein the electroconductive film has a total light transmittance of 80% or more.

5. A touch panel comprising the electroconductive film according to claim 1 .

6. An image display device comprising the touch panel according to claim 5 .

7. A light-transmitting electroconductive film comprising a light-transmitting resin base material and an electroconductive part provided on one surface of the light-transmitting resin base material,

wherein the electroconductive part comprises a light-transmitting resin and plural electroconductive fibers incorporated in the light-transmitting resin;

the electroconductive part can conduct electricity from the surface of the electroconductive part;

the electroconductive part is provided directly on the one surface of the light-transmitting resin base material;

the electroconductive part has a surface resistance value of 70Ω/□ or less;

the electroconductive film has a haze value of 5% or less;

the light-transmitting electroconductive film further comprises an underlayer provided directly on the other surface of the light-transmitting resin base material opposite to the one surface;

the underlayer has a thickness of 10 nm or more and 1 μm or less; and

the electroconductive part has a Martens hardness of 970 N/mm 2 or more and 1050 N/mm 2 or less at an indentation amount of 10 nm from the surface of the electroconductive part.

8. The electroconductive film according to claim 7 , wherein the electroconductive fibers as a whole are unevenly distributed on the light-transmitting base material side than the position located at half the film thickness of the electroconductive part in the electroconductive part.

9. The electroconductive film according to claim 7 , wherein the electroconductive film has a total light transmittance of 80% or more.

10. A touch panel comprising the electroconductive film according to claim 7 .

11. An image display device comprising the touch panel according to claim 10 .

12. A light-transmitting electroconductive film comprising an underlayer and an electroconductive part in this order on at least one surface of a light-transmitting resin base material,

wherein the electroconductive part comprises a light-transmitting resin and plural electroconductive fibers incorporated in the light-transmitting resin;

the underlayer is provided directly on at least one surface of the light-transmitting resin base material;

the electroconductive part is provided directly on the underlayer;

the electroconductive part has a surface resistance value of 70Ω/□ or less;

the electroconductive film has a haze value of 5% or less;

the underlayer has a thickness of 10 nm or more and 1 μm or less; and

the electroconductive part has a Martens hardness of 970 N/mm 2 or more and 1050 N/mm 2 or less at an indentation amount of 10 nm from the surface of the electroconductive part.

13. The electroconductive film according to claim 12 , wherein the electroconductive fibers as a whole are unevenly distributed on the light-transmitting base material side than the position located at half the film thickness of the electroconductive part in the electroconductive part.

14. The electroconductive film according to claim 12 , wherein the electroconductive film has a total light transmittance of 80% or more.

15. A touch panel comprising the electroconductive film according to claim 12 .

16. An image display device comprising the touch panel according to claim 15 .

Priority Claims (5)
JP 2016-195230 · Sep 30, 2016 · national
JP 2016-195231 · Sep 30, 2016 · national
JP 2016-195233 · Sep 30, 2016 · national
JP 2016-195234 · Sep 30, 2016 · national
JP 2017-074413 · Apr 4, 2017 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16922239 · Jul 7, 2020
Continuation 16337242
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