Colorant Filter Absorption Spectrum for LCD Luminance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current liquid crystal display devices with white LED backlights face challenges in achieving high luminance and wide color reproducibility due to the absorption of both necessary and unnecessary light wavelengths by colorants, leading to reduced luminance and limited color reproduction capabilities compared to OLEDs.

Innovation Solution

A colorant filter with specific absorption characteristics, including an absorption maximum in the 585 nm to 620 nm wavelength range, and a binder resin with a solubility parameter ratio that optimizes light transmission, is integrated into the backlight unit to enhance color reproducibility and luminance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If a colorant layer is used to block unnecessary wavelength light, then color reproducibility is improved, but luminance decreases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor reproducibilityVSAvoidluminance
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the light filtering function into multiple independent colorant layers, each targeting specific wavelength regions. Instead of using a single broad-spectrum colorant that absorbs both necessary and unnecessary wavelengths, multiple narrow-band colorant layers are stacked to selectively block only the unwanted wavelengths while preserving the useful light spectrum, thereby maintaining high luminance while achieving accurate color reproduction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by assigning different absorption characteristics to different regions of the optical path. Each colorant layer is positioned and configured to absorb light in its specific target wavelength range, creating a spatially distributed filtering system. This allows the backlight to maintain high intensity in the useful wavelength regions while selectively removing unwanted wavelengths, resolving the contradiction between color accuracy and luminance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Adaptability or versatility

If conventional colorants are used to achieve wide color gamut, then color reproduction range is improved, but luminance is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor reproduction rangeVSAvoidluminance
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the color filtering task into multiple specialized colorant layers, each responsible for a specific portion of the spectrum. This segmentation allows the system to achieve a wide color gamut by selectively blocking specific wavelength regions while preserving others, rather than using a single colorant that broadly absorbs light and reduces overall luminance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs composite material structures by combining multiple colorant layers with distinct absorption characteristics. This composite approach creates a multi-functional filtering system that simultaneously achieves wide color reproduction range by blocking unnecessary wavelengths while maintaining high luminance through the selective preservation of useful light spectrum.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

3Device complexity

If a single colorant layer blocks unnecessary wavelengths, then the filtering function is simplified, but the width of luminance decrease becomes large

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefiltering structureVSAvoidluminance width
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the filtering function into multiple thin colorant layers, each with a narrow absorption bandwidth targeting specific wavelength regions. This segmentation transforms a single complex broad-band filter into multiple simple narrow-band filters, reducing the luminance penalty for each layer while collectively achieving the desired spectral filtering effect.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies partial action by using multiple colorant layers that each handle only a portion of the filtering task. Rather than one layer attempting to block all unnecessary wavelengths (which would cause excessive luminance loss), each layer performs a partial filtering function, and the cumulative effect of all layers achieves complete filtering with minimal total luminance decrease.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The solution effectively improves color reproducibility and luminance in liquid crystal display devices by selectively absorbing unnecessary light while allowing desired wavelengths to pass through, thereby overcoming the limitations of existing technologies.

Implementation Method 1

the colorant filter has an absorption spectrum having an absorption maximum in a wavelength region of 585 nm to 620 nm

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAbsorption (EM radiation): Absorption (EM radiation)

Data Source

PatentUS11789307B2Colorant filter, backlight unit, and liquid crystal display device
Publication Date: 2023.10.17 FUJIFILM CORP
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AI summary

Provided is a colorant filter including at least one colorant; and at least one binder, in which the colorant filter has an absorption spectrum having an absorption maximum in a wavelength region of 560 nm to 620 nm, and in the absorption spectrum, a difference D1 between two wavelengths which give 10% absorbance with respect to an absorbance at the absorption maximum and a difference D2 between two wavelengths which give 50% absorbance with respect to the absorbance at the absorption maximum satisfy Expressions (a) D1≤90 nm and (b) D1/D2≤4.0.