# US 11,442,204 B2 · Optical film

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- Number: US 11,442,204 B2
- Document ID: US11442204B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/094,332
- Filed: 2020-11-10
- Published: 2022-02-24
- Granted: 2022-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 2020-08-21
- Assignees: Lms Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: LMS Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Jinhwan Kim; Taejun Lee; Hyeryong Kim; Jihoon Lee; Seongyong Yoon; Jitae Kim
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11442204B2

## CPC

- G02B 5/0221: {the surface having an irregular structure (G02B5/0226 takes precedence)}
- G02F 1/133607: {the light controlling member including light directing or refracting elements, e.g. prisms or lenses}
- F21V 5/004: {using microlenses}
- G02B 1/041: {Lenses}
- G02B 5/0231: {the surface having microprismatic or micropyramidal shape (macroscopic prism arrays G02B5/045)}
- G02B 5/206: {comprising particles embedded in a solid matrix}
- G02F 1/133603: {with LEDs}
- G02F 1/133606: {including a specially adapted diffusing, scattering or light controlling members}
- G02F 1/133614: {using photoluminescence, e.g. phosphors illuminated by UV or blue light}
- G02B 2003/0093: {characterised by the shape}
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

An optical film is disclosed. The optical film may include a first base film, and a diffusion lens layer disposed on one surface of the first base film and including a plurality of square pyramid-shaped lenses. Edges meeting at vertices of the plurality of square pyramid-shaped lenses may be curved lines. Among the plurality of square pyramid-shaped lenses, one surface of a first square pyramid-shaped lens may meet one surface of a second square pyramid-shaped lens to form a boundary line, and the one surface of the first square pyramid-shaped lens and the one surface of the second square pyramid-shaped lens may be symmetrical with respect to the boundary line as an axis.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An optical film comprising:
a first base film; and
a diffusion lens layer disposed on one surface of the first base film and including a plurality of square pyramid-shaped lenses,
wherein each square pyramid-shaped lens of the plurality of square pyramid-shaped lenses comprises:
an apex;
a square-shaped base surface having four corners; and
four edges joining the apex to the four corners of the square-shaped base surface,
wherein each of the four edges of the each square pyramid-shaped lens is curved,
wherein among the plurality of square pyramid-shaped lenses, a first and a second quadrangular pyramid-shaped lenses are adjacent to each other such that an edge of a square-shaped base surface of the first quadrangular pyramid-shaped lens contacts an edge of a square-shaped base surface of the second quadrangular pyramid-shaped lens and forms a boundary line between the first and second quadrangular pyramid-shaped lenses, and
wherein one lateral surface of the first quadrangular pyramid and one lateral surface of the second quadrangular pyramid facing each other are symmetrical with respect to the boundary line.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The optical film of claim 1, wherein the difference between maximum and minimum ones of heights, from the one surface of the first base film, of apexes of the plurality of square pyramid-shaped lenses is 2.5 μm or less.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The optical film of claim 1, wherein the difference between the maximum and minimum ones of heights, from the one surface of the first base film, of boundary lines each being defined between a plurality of two adjacent square pyramid-shaped lenses among the plurality of square pyramid-shaped lenses is 2.5 μm or less.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The optical film of claim 3, wherein the difference between the minimum one of the heights of boundary lines each being defined between two adjacent square pyramid-shaped lenses among the plurality of square pyramid-shaped lenses and the maximum one of the heights of the apexes of the plurality of square pyramid-shaped lenses is 25% or less of the length of a pitch of the plurality of square pyramid-shaped lenses.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The optical film of claim 1, further comprising:
a second base film disposed in parallel to the first base film; and
a color conversion layer disposed between the other surface of the first base film and one surface of the second base film,
wherein the color conversion layer includes red phosphor, green phosphor, and inorganic particles inducing uniform scattering of the light at a predefined weight ratio.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The optical film of claim 5, wherein the predefined weight ratio is a ratio of the weight of the red phosphor, the weight of the green phosphor, and the weight of the inorganic particles, which are determined based on color coordinate values of white light.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The optical film of claim 6, wherein the weight ratio of the red phosphor is larger than the weight ratio of the green phosphor, and the weight ratio of the green phosphor is larger than the weight ratio of the inorganic particles.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The optical film of claim 7, wherein the weight ratio of the red phosphor is defined within 10% to 80%, the weight ratio of the green phosphor is defined within 10% to 80%, and the weight ratio of the inorganic particles is defined as 1% to 10%.

### Claim 9 (depends on 5)

The optical film of claim 5, further comprising an inorganic particle layer including inorganic particles.

### Claim 10 (depends on 5)

The optical film of claim 5, wherein a plurality of reflection patterns are arranged on the other surface of the second base film.

### Claim 11

A backlight unit comprising:
a light emitting diode (LED) source; and
an optical film having a first base film and a diffusion lens layer disposed on one surface of the first base film and including a plurality of square pyramid-shaped lenses,
wherein each square pyramid-shaped lens of the plurality of square pyramid-shaped lenses comprises:
an apex;
a square-shaped base surface having four corners; and
four edges joining the apex to the four corners of the square-shaped base surface,
wherein each of the four edges of the each square pyramid-shaped lens is curved,
wherein among the plurality of square pyramid-shaped lenses, a first and a second quadrangular pyramid-shaped lenses are adjacent to each other such that an edge of a square-shaped base surface of the first quadrangular pyramid-shaped lens contacts an edge of a square-shaped base surface of the second quadrangular pyramid-shaped lens and forms a boundary line between the first and second quadrangular pyramid-shaped lenses,
wherein one lateral surface of the first quadrangular pyramid and one lateral surface of the second quadrangular pyramid facing each other are symmetrical with respect to the boundary line,
wherein the light emitting diode light source is disposed under the diffusion lens layer, and
wherein the light emitting diode light source includes a mini LED or a micro lens, and wherein the the chip size of the mini LED light source is larger than 100 μm and equal to or less than 200 μM, and the chip size of the micro LED light source is less than 100 μm.

### Claim 12

A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising:
an LCD panel; and
a backlight unit disposed under the LCD panel,
wherein the backlight unit comprises
an optical film having a first base film and a diffusion lens layer disposed on one surface of the first base film and including a plurality of square pyramid-shaped lenses,
wherein each square pyramid-shaped lens of the plurality of square pyramid-shaped lenses comprises:
an apex;
a square-shaped base surface having four corners; and
four edges joining the apex to the four corners of the square-shaped base surface,
wherein each of the four edges of the each square pyramid-shaped lens is curved,
wherein among the plurality of square pyramid-shaped lenses, a first and a second quadrangular pyramid-shaped lenses are adjacent to each other such that an edge of a square-shaped base surface of the first quadrangular pyramid-shaped lens contacts an edge of a square-shaped base surface of the second quadrangular pyramid-shaped lens and forms a boundary line between the first and second quadrangular pyramid-shaped lenses, and
wherein one lateral surface of the first quadrangular pyramid and one lateral surface of the second quadrangular pyramid facing each other are symmetrical with respect to the boundary line.