• 한국재료학회지
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.650-657
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• 2012

For the purpose of improving the durability problem, translucent opal glass was fabricated as a substitute for the polycarbonate diffuser of LED lighting. Calcium phosphate was used as an opacifier of opal glass and melted in an electric furnace. The opaque effect was identified according to the change of the cooling procedure. As results, translucent opal glass was obtained by the melting of a batch with a composition of 3.8% calcium phosphate at $1550^{\circ}C$ for 2 hrs and then the cooling of the material in the furnace. For the cooling condition of the glass sample, HTCG (High Temperature Cooled Glass) was found to have better optical properties than LTAG (Low Temperature Annealed Glass). It had excellent optical properties for a diffuser of LED lighting, with no dazzling from direct light due to its high haze value of over 99% and low parallel transmittance value of under 1%. For the thermal properties, it had an expressed thermal expansion coefficient of $5.7{\times}10^{-6}/^{\circ}C$ and a softening point of $876^{\circ}C$; it also had good thermal properties such as good thermal shock resistance and was easy to apply to the general manufacturing process in the forming of glass tubes and bulbs. Therefore, it is concluded that this translucent opal glass can be used as a glass diffuser material for LED lighting with high heat resistance and high durability; this material is suitable as a substitute for polycarbonate diffusers.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.40-44
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• 2019

The light diffusion component spreads the light from one point evenly over a large area. Various types of light diffusion parts such as films and lenses are applied in the high-tech industries such as LCD display devices, lighting devices, and solar energy generation. Among these, a diffuser sheet (Diffuser Sheet) has a function to uniformly distribute the light, and various studies have been conducted to improve its function. The shape of the conventional light diffusion pattern is mainly made of a dot or hemispherical shape. In this study, a rectangular cone-shaped structure having a light diffusion function and an advantage of controlling the angle of refraction of light was fabricated by using a solenoid indentation process. The change in shape of the indentation structure was analyzed.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 휴대전화용 백라이트 유닛의 광학시트를 줄이면서도 휘도와 휘도균일도 및 시야각을 유지하기 위한 복합 도광판을 설계하고 가공하였다. 복합 도광판의 패턴은 가공성을 고려하여 윗면에는 마이크로 급의 프리즘 패턴을 형성하고 아랫면은 나노 및 마이크로 급의 크기가 다른 두 개의 음각 프리즘 패턴을 형성하였다. 이러한 패턴 형상은 금형 코어를 이용한 사출성형을 통해 복합 도광판의 가공성을 확인하였다. 특히 최적화된 복합 도광판은 프리즘 시트 한 장만을 채용하여 통상적인 백라이트 유닛과 유사한 휘도 4560 cd/$m^2$, 휘도균일도 83%, 수직 시야각 $60^{\circ}$, 수평 시야각 $56^{\circ}$라는 성과를 얻을 수 있었다. 결과적으로 도광판의 윗면과 아랫면에 복합 패턴들을 형성함으로써 기존의 백라이트 유닛에서 확산시트 및 프리즘시트 1장을 제거하여 BLU에 적용될 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2012

The optical diffuser for direct-lit LED backlight unit was prepared by using extrusion compounding followed by thermoforming process. Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) with superior optical characteristics and polycarbonate (PC) with good thermal property were used as base resins, and crosslinked polystyrene (PS) and PMMA beads as diffusing agents were incorporated into resin matrix to derive light scattering and diffusing action. In the compounded plate, the diffusing beads were observed to be dispersed uniformly and distinctly in the continuous phase. The inclusion of polymeric beads up to 3 wt% substantially enhanced the optical characteristics such as luminance, luminance uniformity, haze for the diffuser. Two different diffusers of PC and PMMA-based compound with various compositions were compared in terms of measured optical, thermal, and mechanical properties, which would be expected to be utilized for the industrial application of LED backlight unit.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.535-536
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• 2006

Researches about micro technology travel lively in these days. Such many researches are concentrated in the field of materials and a process field. But properties of micro materials should be known to give results of research developed into still more. In these various material properties, reliability data such as mechanical, optical, thermal property, etc is the basic property. In this paper, it is measured that is material properties of main BLU(Back Light Unit) components in LCD(Liquid Crystal Display). The pattern shape of prism sheet, diffuser film and reflective plate are measured by variable 3D scanning equipments. It is researched which is the method to measure an optimal 3D pattern shape in each components.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.486-490
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• 2013

A portable infrared laser transmitter delivering a highly uniform detectable beam was demonstrated. It incorporates a flexible beam shaper, comprising a perforated diffuser sheet in conjunction with a pinhole. The beam shaper plays the prominent role of flexibly tailoring the incoming light via both scattering and diffraction, in order to equalize the effective beam width over a long distance. The intensity profile of a generated beam was practically observed, demonstrating that a substantially uniform beam of 70-cm width was achieved for a given threshold detection level, with an average deviation of 6% over a range of 600 m.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.141-146
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• 2019

Non-emissive LCDs need a backlight, and have difficulty implementing wide viewing angles due to differences in phase retardation depending on the behavior of the liquid crystals. Although wide viewing angles are good characteristics for devices such as TVs, they are not good for mobile devices. In this paper, we propose ways to design diffusers with ELC lenses to achieve wide and narrow viewing angles depending on the circumstances. A study was conducted on optimizing the design of a liquid lens diffuser with the same light as that for an OLED, by extracting design factors that affect the performance of the diffuser and applying the Taguchi method to them.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.163-171
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• 2021

조명에 사용되는 일반적인 백색 발광 다이오드는 청색 발광 다이오드 위에 황색 형광체를 입힌 구조가 보편적이나 발광 스펙트럼상 짙은 적색 성분이 부족해서 조명의 연색성이 떨어지는 문제가 있다. 본 연구에서는 백색 발광 다이오드의 연색 특성을 개선하기 위해 적색 양자점 조명을 백색 조명의 확산판에 적용한 후 광학 시뮬레이션을 이용해 광구조를 최적화하고자 하였다. 양자점의 평균 자유 행정 및 확산판 내 TiO₂ 입자의 농도를 조절해 연색지수, 휘도 등 광특성을 조사했다. 대부분의 조건에서 연색지수는 90을 넘었고 이는 적색 양자점 필름의 적용이 일반적인 백색 발광 다이오드의 연색 특성을 개선하는 데 효과적인 방법임을 보여준다. 색좌표의 각도 의존성은 확산판과 조명 하단의 반사판 사이에 형성되는 광학적 공동 구조를 활용함으로써 제거할 수 있었는데 이는 공동 내 위치한 양자점 필름을 통한 빛의 다중 투과가 시야각에 따른 광경로의 차이를 줄였기 때문으로 해석된다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2012

Recently an optical diffusion of LED lamps has been studied actively. In this paper, the second lens applied to a cover of the LED lamp was analytically designed to having a wide angle distribution of light without diffuser characteristic by dispersing agent. In this process, We found a major factors that can help improve the performance of the lens. It is the refractive power of the lens, the Mie particle density of phosphor, and the arrangement of the LED. Through the final simulation, we can see the LED lamp is possible to get wide angle light distribution by proper source modeling and second lens designing. Also, we can see this simulated results are entirely consistent with measured data for light distribution. In this research, we present the shape of the second lens with wide angle distribution and derive the important factors for the second lens design.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제2권5호
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• pp.1-4
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• 2008

LCD-BLU (Liquid Crystal Display - Back Light Unit) is one of kernel parts of LCD unit and it consists of several optical sheets(such as prism, diffuser and protector sheets), LCP (Light Guide Plate), light source (CCFL or LED) and mold frame. The LGP of LCD-BLU is usually manufactured by forming numerous dots with $50-200{\mu}m$ in diameter on it by erosion method. But the surface of the erosion dots of LGP is very rough due to the characteristics of the erosion process during the mold fabrication, so that its light loss is high along with the dispersion of light into the surface. Accordingly, there is a limit in raising the luminance of LCD-BLU. Especially, the negative and positive micro-lens pattern fabricated by modified LiGA with thermal reflow process was applied to the optical design of LGP.