Fabrication of dual brightness enhancement structures on light guide plates using UV roll-to-plate imprinting lithography

We proposed a roll-to-plate UV imprinting lithography (RPIL) process for fabricating dual brightness enhancement structures on light guide plates (LGPs). The refractive indices of the UV resin for layers imprinted on the LGP were investigated through computer-aid optical analysis and experiments. The refractive indices of the resins ranged from 1.49 to 1.69, and flat films such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films used by the media layer have better on-axis luminous intensity enhancement rate rates. Using the proposed process, several vertical prismatic structures on the LGP achieved a formability rate of 97% respectively, and the luminous intensity enhancement rate exceeded 2.1, which is almost the same as that of 3M's dual-prism film. This study demonstrates the potential of our proposed process for fabricating multi-layer of microstructures on the LGP.