JP2011066692A - Transparent antenna, and method of manufacturing transparent antenna - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transparent antenna that can reduce haze and is inexpensive, and to provide a method of manufacturing the transparent antenna. <P>SOLUTION: This invention relates to: the transparent antenna including an aluminum pattern layer, having a plurality of openings and a line part surrounding and sectioning the plurality of openings, on one surface of a transparent base via a transparent adhesive layer, the ratio (R<SB>SCE</SB>/R<SB>SCI</SB>) of a diffused light beam reflectivity (R<SB>SCE</SB>) to a total light beam reflectivity (R<SB>SCI</SB>) measured based upon JIS Z 8722, of a surface of the aluminum pattern layer on the side of the transparent adhesive layer being ≤0.4; and the method of manufacturing the transparent antenna. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an antenna for receiving terrestrial and satellite broadcasts, transmitting and receiving wireless LANs, and transmitting and receiving through an external network, and more particularly to a transparent antenna with reduced antenna visibility and a method for manufacturing the transparent antenna. .

Recently, various types of broadcasting such as terrestrial digital broadcasting have been provided, and transmission / reception of wireless LANs and transmission / reception via external networks has been widespread, and the demand for small antennas tends to increase.
The antenna is attached to a casing or a display screen of a mobile phone, a window glass of a building or a car, an RFID (radio frequency identification) tag, and the like, and transmits and receives radio waves according to each purpose.

Further, the antenna is required not to impair the appearance and design of the object to be attached. Therefore, as the antenna, there is a demand for an antenna that has low visibility of the antenna itself and does not obstruct the field of view, that is, has high transparency.
Therefore, a transparent base material such as a resin film or a glass plate is used as the base material, and a metal foil such as a copper foil is laminated on the transparent base material with the adhesive removed, and the metal foil is laminated. There is known a transparent antenna (transparent conductive material) provided with light transmittance by forming a metal pattern layer formed into a mesh pattern by photoetching (for example, Patent Document 1).

WO2006 / 106982

  The metal pattern layer is formed in a mesh shape by laminating an unprocessed metal foil on a transparent substrate via a transparent adhesive layer, and then etching the metal foil by a photolithography method. In the transparent antenna thus obtained, all of the commercially available copper foils have been subjected to a surface roughening treatment for easy adhesion. Therefore, since the surface of the transparent adhesive layer to which the fine uneven shape on the surface of the metal foil is transferred is exposed in the opening from which the metal foil is removed by etching, light is emitted from the uneven surface of the transparent adhesive layer. There is a problem that the transparency of the transparent antenna is lowered and the haze (haze value) is increased (white turbidity is increased and the haze level is increased).

  In recent years, there has been a demand for cost reduction along with a reduction in haze of a transparent antenna. In order to reduce the cost, for example, copper (copper foil) has been generally used as the material of the metal foil used for the metal pattern layer of the transparent antenna. However, the use of the copper foil increases the cost. Therefore, it is conceivable to employ a material that is cheaper than the copper foil.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an inexpensive transparent antenna that can reduce haze and a method for manufacturing the transparent antenna.

The inventors of the present invention studied to manufacture a transparent antenna using aluminum (aluminum thin film) that is cheaper than copper as a material for a metal foil used for the metal pattern layer. In the production process, the aluminum thin film is formed by superposing two aluminum foils and extending the aluminum foil with a rolling roll. At that time, the surface in contact with the rolling roll is shaped as a smooth surface of the rolling roll, so this surface is called a mirror surface, while the surface in contact with the aluminum foils has minute irregularities whose surface is messy due to stochastic fluctuations. Therefore, this surface is called a rough surface. Therefore, the aluminum thin film has a mirror surface and a rough surface.
Further, as a result of the experiments by the present inventors, even if the arithmetic average roughness Ra and the ten-point average roughness Rz, which have been conventionally used as general indexes representing the uneven shape of the metal foil surface, are specified, It was found that haze cannot always be reduced.
Therefore, as a result of intensive studies, the present inventors faced the mirror surface (smooth surface with low light scattering property) of an aluminum thin film having a specific index within a specific range with the transparent substrate side. As a result, it was found that the haze of the transparent antenna obtained was reduced, and the present invention was completed.
That is, the transparent antenna according to the present invention is provided with an aluminum pattern layer having a plurality of openings and a line portion surrounding and partitioning the transparent substrate on one surface of the transparent substrate, and , the ratio of the total light reflectance was measured in conformity with JIS Z 8722 of the transparent adhesive layer side surface of the aluminum pattern layer _{(R SCI)} diffuse light reflectance for _{(R SCE) (R SCE /} R SCI) is It is 0.4 or less.

In the transparent antenna of the present invention, the surface of the aluminum pattern layer on the side of the transparent substrate is a smooth surface (mirror surface) having low light scattering properties (by selecting such a surface of the aluminum thin film). the total light reflectance of the transparent adhesive layer surface of the openings in layer diffuse light reflectance for _{(R SCI)} the ratio of _{(R SCE) (R SCE /} R SCI) can be the above specific range, transparent Since the adhesive layer surface has a shape that hardly scatters light, haze can be reduced.

The method for producing a transparent antenna according to the present invention is a method for producing a transparent antenna comprising an aluminum pattern layer having a plurality of openings and a line portion surrounding and partitioning on one surface of a transparent substrate. And
(I) An aluminum thin film having a surface having a diffused light reflectance ( _RSCE ) ratio ( _RSCE / _RSCI ) of 0.4 or less to the total light reflectance ( _RSCI ) measured according to JIS Z 8722 The process to prepare,
(Ii) A step of laminating the aluminum thin film on one surface of the transparent substrate with the surface of which R _SCE / R _SCI is 0.4 or less facing the transparent substrate via a transparent adhesive layer And (iii) a step of etching the aluminum thin film into a predetermined pattern shape.

According to the method for manufacturing a transparent antenna of the present invention, the cost of the transparent antenna can be reduced by using aluminum which is cheaper than copper as the material of the metal foil used for the metal pattern layer.
Further, on one surface of a transparent substrate, through a transparent adhesive layer, a ratio of the diffuse light reflectance to the total light reflectance of the aluminum thin film _{(R SCI) (R SCE)} (R SCE / R SCI) is the By laminating a smooth surface (mirror surface) with a low light scattering property in a specific range so as to face the transparent substrate, the surface of the transparent adhesive layer in the opening after etching of the aluminum thin film is subjected to light scattering. Therefore, a transparent antenna with reduced haze can be obtained.

According to the transparent antenna of the present invention, the surface of the aluminum pattern layer on the transparent substrate side is a smooth surface (mirror surface) having low light scattering properties, so that the total light rays on the surface of the aluminum pattern layer on the transparent adhesive layer side are obtained. The ratio (R _SCE / R _SCI ) of the diffused light reflectance (R _SCE ) to the reflectance (R _SCI ) can be set to a specific range. (RSCE / RSCI) also has a surface shape with a value corresponding thereto, and the surface of the transparent adhesive layer has a shape that hardly scatters light, so that haze can be reduced.

Moreover, according to the manufacturing method of the transparent antenna of this invention, the cost of a transparent antenna can be reduced by using aluminum cheaper than copper as a material of the metal foil used for a metal pattern layer.
Further, on one surface of a transparent substrate, through a transparent adhesive layer, a ratio of the diffuse light reflectance to the total light reflectance of the aluminum thin film _{(R SCI) (R SCE)} (R SCE / R SCI) is the By laminating a smooth surface (mirror surface) having a low light scattering (reflective) property in a specific range so as to face the transparent substrate, the transparent adhesive in the opening after etching the aluminum thin film Since the layer surface has a shape that hardly scatters light, a transparent antenna with reduced haze can be obtained. Further, a smooth surface (mirror surface) having a low light scattering property of the aluminum thin film is laminated on one surface of the transparent base material through the transparent adhesive layer so as to face the transparent base material. Intrusion of bubbles between the transparent adhesive layer is suppressed, and an increase in haze due to light scattering of residual bubbles can also be suppressed. Together, both can reduce haze of light transmitted through the aluminum pattern portion of the transparent antenna.

1A and 1B are cross-sectional views illustrating one embodiment of a transparent antenna according to the present invention. It is a circuit diagram which shows the structure of a dipole antenna. 3A to 3D are explanatory views showing an embodiment using a transparent antenna according to the present invention. It is explanatory drawing showing one Embodiment of the transparent antenna by this invention. It is an enlarged view of the transparent antenna shown in FIG. It is an enlarged view of the A-A 'cross section in FIG. It is explanatory drawing showing the usage pattern of the transparent antenna of this invention.

The present invention includes a transparent antenna and a manufacturing method thereof. Each will be described in detail below.
Incidentally, the terms “rough surface” and “mirror surface” in the present invention are definitions of the industry terms of the metal foil manufacturer. Among the outer surfaces (front and back surfaces) of the aluminum foil, the surface of the metal foil manufacturer Applying physical or chemical treatment to increase the degree of unevenness of the surface, the surface with the relatively increased degree of unevenness is referred to as “roughened surface” (others, “roughened surface” or “matte surface”). Both) On the other hand, the surface on the other side is referred to as “mirror surface” (also referred to as “smooth surface”, “glossy surface”, or “mirror surface”).
Incidentally, these “rough surface” and “mirror surface” are scales that have been formed and evaluated from the viewpoint of the adhesive force by the throwing effect, and as described later, these “rough surface” or “mirror surface” are not necessarily bonded. It does not always correlate directly with the haze value in the state of being transferred and shaped on the surface of the agent layer, nor does it correlate with the numerical range of the specific light reflectance ratio ( _RSCE / _RSCI ) defined in the present invention. I understand that.
In the present invention, an aluminum foil is used as the aluminum thin film laminated on one surface of the transparent substrate.

I. Transparent antenna The transparent antenna according to the present invention is provided with an aluminum pattern layer having a plurality of openings and a line portion surrounding and partitioning the transparent substrate on one surface of the transparent substrate, and , the ratio of the total light reflectance was measured in conformity with JIS Z 8722 of the transparent adhesive layer side surface of the aluminum pattern layer _{(R SCI)} diffuse light reflectance for _{(R SCE) (R SCE /} R SCI) is It is 0.4 or less.

The opening of the aluminum pattern layer provided on the transparent substrate, that is, the exposed surface of the transparent adhesive layer, has a fine surface (a smooth surface with low light scattering property) facing the transparent substrate side of the aluminum thin film. The uneven shape is transferred. Therefore, the ratio (R _SCE ) of the diffused light reflectance (R _SCE ) to the total light reflectance (R _SCI ) measured according to JIS Z 8722 on the surface of the transparent adhesive layer exposed from the opening of the aluminum pattern layer. / R _SCI ) and the total light ray measured in accordance with JIS Z 8722 of the line part of the aluminum pattern layer, that is, the surface of the aluminum pattern layer in contact with the transparent adhesive layer (smooth surface with low light scattering property) It is considered that the ratio (R _SCE / R _SCI ) of the diffused light reflectance (R _SCE ) to the reflectance (R _SCI ) is equivalent.
Therefore, in the present invention, the value of the light reflectance ratio ( _RSCE / _RSCI ) on the surface of the transparent adhesive layer exposed from the opening of the aluminum pattern layer is difficult to directly measure (the exposed adhesion). Because most of the light is transmitted through the agent layer), the form of a transparent antenna;
In the laminate of transparent substrate / transparent adhesive layer / aluminum pattern layer, light for measurement is incident from the transparent substrate side, passes through the interposed transparent substrate and transparent adhesive layer, and the aluminum pattern layer The value of (R _SCE / R _SCI ) is measured by light reflected from the surface, and is indirectly evaluated.

As a result of the experiments by the present inventors, the surface of the adhesive layer that is exposed to the opening where the surface of the aluminum thin film to be bonded to one surface of the transparent base material via the transparent adhesive layer is smooth is transferred. It was confirmed that haze of the obtained transparent antenna can be reduced when light transmission is mainly parallel light transmission light.
Moreover, as shown in Table 1 of the examples described later, in the electrolytic copper foil, the surface on the transparent adhesive layer side can be distinguished in appearance from a rough surface and a mirror surface, but the numerical value represented by JIS B0601 arithmetic average roughness Ra is There is no difference. Here, the arithmetic average roughness Ra of JIS B0601 is extracted from the roughness curve by the reference length L in the direction of the average line, and the absolute value of the deviation from the average line of the extracted portion to the measurement curve is totaled. The average value. Moreover, although the Ra of the rough surface of the aluminum foil is larger than the Ra of the rough surface of the electrolytic copper foil, the haze value after the etching treatment is small. Further, in the aluminum foil, the mirror surface Ra is smaller than the rough surface Ra, but the root mean square roughness Rq measured in a minute range is larger in the mirror surface than in the rough surface.
From the above results, there is no correlation between the arithmetic average roughness Ra, the appearance of the metal foil surface, and the haze value transferred to the adhesive layer surface of the opening after the etching treatment. The correlation between the ten-point average roughness (specified in JIS B0601 (1994 edition)) that has been used as an index of specularity and the haze transferred to the adhesive layer surface is the same, and the correlation is clear. is not. Moreover, the average roughness showing the uneven | corrugated shape on the surface of metal foil changes with the methods to measure. From this, in the same arithmetic mean roughness Ra, the surface shape having a high unevenness frequency and a close unevenness interval has a large haze value after the etching process, while the unevenness frequency is low and the uneven interval is low. It is considered that the haze value after the etching process is small in a surface shape with a sparse and many flat portions.
That is, conventionally, the haze after the etching process has been reduced in correlation with the ten-point average roughness Rz because the conditions such as the roughness of the rough surface of the metal foil surface, the density of the protrusions, etc. It is concluded that it is not a design standard that can be widely applied in general when the manufacturing method of metal foil, the rough surface fine uneven shape of the surface, the density of protrusions, etc. vary in various ways. The
As a result of the above studies, the present inventors have found that the surface of the aluminum foil to be bonded to the transparent adhesive layer side is a mirror surface with low light scattering property, thereby reducing haze after the etching process with good correlation. I found it. Specifically, on one surface of a transparent substrate, the surface of aluminum foil bonded via a transparent adhesive layer, diffuse light reflectance to the total light reflectance was measured in accordance with JIS Z8722 (R _SCI) If the ratio of the _{(R SCE) (R SCE /} R SCI) is in the range of 0.4 or less, regardless of the value of the arithmetical average roughness Ra of that surface, transmitted through the opening portion of the aluminum pattern layer after the etching treatment The haze of light to be reduced can be reduced.
The arithmetic average roughness Ra and the ten-point average roughness Rz, which have been used as general indices representing the uneven shape of the surface of the metal foil, are the specularity of the metal foil, and further, the opening of the opening to which the surface is transferred. It was not necessarily related to the haze of the adhesive layer.

The ratio (RSCE / RSCI) of diffused light reflectance (RSCE) to total light reflectance (RSCI) is an index indicating whether the surface shape of the metal foil (aluminum thin film) is likely to scatter light, and the metal foil (Aluminum thin film) When the shape of the surface is transferred to the transparent adhesive layer, it is a value that directly affects the haze of the transmitted light of the transparent antenna obtained.
In the present invention, the surface of the aluminum pattern layer on the transparent substrate side is a smooth surface with low light scattering properties (by selecting such a surface of the aluminum thin film). the total light reflectance of the transparent adhesive layer surface diffusion light reflectance for _{(R SCI)} a ratio _{(R SCE) (R SCE /} R SCI) can be the above specific range, is transparent adhesive layer surface Since the shape hardly scatters transmitted light, haze can be reduced.

Total light reflectance was measured in accordance with JIS Z8722-1982 of aluminum thin film surface of the present invention _{(R SCI)} is in compliance with JIS Z8722-1982, spectrophotometer (e.g., Konica Minolta Sensing Co., Ltd., CM-3600d) is set to the reflection mode, the light source is the standard light D65, the field of view is 2 °, the measurement diameter is 4 mmφ or more, and the detector is the total reflection that combines both diffuse reflection and specular reflection of the reflected light. The Y value (Y of tristimulus values XYZ) is measured by setting to an SCI (Special Component Include) mode in which the (integral) intensity of light is measured. The diffusion light reflectance was measured in accordance with JIS Z8722-1982 of aluminum thin film surface _{(R SCE)} is similarly using spectrophotometer, a light source, field of view, and measuring the diameter is the same as above, The detector is set to an SCE (Special Component Exclude) mode that measures the (integral) intensity of only diffusely reflected light in the reflected light, and the Y value (Y of tristimulus values XYZ) is measured. . Here, the tristimulus value XYZ is defined by JIS Z8722-1982, and is determined by illuminating a sample placed in an ideal environment with a standard light source and calculating the spectral analysis result of the reflected light from the sample. It is a value to be set.

〔Layer structure〕
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a basic form of a transparent antenna according to the present invention. In the cross-sectional view shown in FIG. 1, for ease of explanation, the scale in the thickness direction (vertical direction in the figure) is greatly enlarged and exaggerated than the scale in the plane direction (horizontal direction in the figure), In addition, the line width of the aluminum pattern layer is exaggerated significantly larger than the arrangement period. In the transparent antenna 10 shown in FIG. 1A, an aluminum pattern layer 3 is laminated on one surface of a transparent substrate 1 with a transparent adhesive layer 2 interposed therebetween. The aluminum pattern layer 3 has a smooth surface 3a whose surface on the transparent substrate 1 side (also a surface on the transparent adhesive layer side) has a low light scattering property, and a surface opposite to the transparent substrate 1 side is non-smooth It is the surface 3b. In the present invention, it is essential that the surface of the aluminum pattern layer 3 on the transparent adhesive layer 2 side is a smooth surface 3a. Accordingly, the side surface opposite to the transparent adhesive layer 2 side of the aluminum pattern layer 3 may be the smooth surface 3a. Further, as shown in FIG. 1B, the aluminum pattern layer 3 has a blackened layer 4 formed by blackening the surface (non-smooth surface 3b) opposite to the surface of the transparent substrate 1 side. You may have.

Further, the transparent antenna of the present invention is not particularly limited, but a half-wave dipole antenna is typically used. FIG. 2 shows a conceptual diagram of the antenna of the present invention when used as a transmitting antenna. In FIG. 2, a half-wave dipole antenna 20 includes a pair of conductive portions (transparent antenna) 21 and a power supply portion 22 connected to the conductive portion 21 via a power supply line 23 (a signal to be transmitted is an alternating current (voltage)). It corresponds to an AC power supply to be supplied and includes an oscillation circuit, a modulation circuit, an amplification circuit, and the like.
When the transparent antenna of the present invention is used as a receiving antenna, a receiving circuit (consisting of a tuning circuit, an amplifier circuit, a frequency conversion circuit, a demodulation (detection) circuit, etc.) is connected instead of the power feeding unit 22 in FIG. .
Further, in the half-wave dipole antenna 20, when the frequency is 2.45 GHz, the wavelength is about 122.4 mm. Accordingly, since the length (L1 + L2) of the conductive portion is ½ times the wavelength, it is about 61.2 mm, and the length of one conductive portion 21 is about 30.6 mm.
In addition, although the dimension of the width W of the electroconductive part 21 is not specifically limited, For example, it is about 5-50 mm.
Hereinafter, the transparent antenna of this invention is demonstrated in order from a transparent base material.

(1) Transparent base material The transparent base material used by this invention is a part layer which comprises a transparent antenna, and is a layer used as a base material for laminating | stacking an aluminum pattern layer via a transparent adhesive layer. Moreover, you may add an ultraviolet-ray absorption function as needed. Therefore, as the transparent base material, if it has an ultraviolet absorbing ability as well as mechanical strength and light transmission property, a material that appropriately considers performance such as heat resistance may be selected according to the application. Specific examples of such a transparent substrate include a sheet (or film; the same applies hereinafter) or a plate made of an organic material such as resin or an inorganic material such as glass. The higher the transparency of the transparent substrate, the better. However, the light transmittance in the visible light region of 380 to 780 nm is preferably 70% or more, more preferably 80% or more. The light transmittance can be measured using a spectrophotometer (for example, UV-3100PC manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation) and a value measured in the air at room temperature.
Further, the haze value of the transparent substrate in accordance with JIS K7105-1981 is preferably 10% or less, more preferably 2.0% or less, and particularly preferably 1.0% or less. . By setting the haze value of the transparent substrate within the above range, the haze of the transparent antenna of the present invention can be suppressed to a low level together with the effect of the present invention.

  Examples of the resin used as the material for the transparent substrate include polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate, terephthalic acid-isophthalic acid-ethylene glycol copolymer, and terephthalic acid-cyclohexanedimethanol-ethylene glycol copolymer. Polyester resins such as polyester resins, polyamide resins such as nylon 6, polyolefin resins such as polypropylene, polymethylpentene, and cycloolefin polymers, acrylic resins such as polymethyl methacrylate, styrene resins such as polystyrene and styrene-acrylonitrile copolymers, Examples thereof include cellulose resins such as triacetyl cellulose, imide resins, and polycarbonate resins.

  These resins are used alone or as a plurality of types of mixed resins (including polymer alloys), and the layer structure of the transparent substrate is used as a single layer or a laminate of two or more layers. In the case of a resin film, a uniaxially stretched or biaxially stretched film is more preferable in terms of mechanical strength. Moreover, you may add additives, such as a filler, a plasticizer, and an antistatic agent, in these resins suitably as needed. Examples of the glass include soda glass, potash glass, borosilicate glass, and quartz glass. Usually, glass is used in the form of a thick plate.

The thickness of the transparent substrate may be basically selected according to the use and is not particularly limited, but is usually 12 to 5000 μm, preferably 50 to 500 μm in the case of a film, more preferably 50 to 200 μm, plate In this case, the thickness is 500 to 3000 μm. Within such a thickness range, the mechanical strength is sufficient, warping, loosening, breakage, etc. are prevented, and it is easy to supply and process in a continuous belt shape.
In the present invention, as the transparent substrate, a material made of a flexible resin film or plate is particularly preferable in terms of good manufacturing processability and reduced weight and cost. In particular, a substrate made of these resins is referred to as a transparent resin substrate.

  As a form of the transparent resin substrate, a transparent resin film is preferable to a resin plate. Among these resin films, polyester resin films such as polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene naphthalate are preferable in terms of transparency, heat resistance, cost, and the like, and more preferably a biaxially stretched polyethylene terephthalate film.

  In addition, a transparent substrate such as a resin film has a known surface such as a corona discharge treatment, a plasma treatment, an ozone treatment, a flame treatment, a primer treatment, a pre-heat treatment, a dust removal treatment, a vapor deposition treatment, and an alkali treatment. An adhesion treatment may be performed.

(2) Aluminum pattern layer The aluminum pattern layer is a main part of the transparent antenna, and is a part that exhibits the function as an antenna. It is a pattern layer formed of an aluminum thin film, and the layer itself is opaque, but is a layer that achieves both high conductivity and light transmittance by providing a pattern in which a non-formation part of the layer such as an opening is provided. .
In the present invention, a transparent adhesive layer side surface of the aluminum pattern layer, diffuse light reflectance to the total light reflectance was measured in accordance with _{JIS Z8722 (R SCI) (R} SCE) ratio _(R SCE _/ R _SCI ) Is 0.4 or less, preferably 0.3 or less. Diffuse light reflectance to the total light reflectance _{(R SCI)} the ratio of _{(R SCE) (R SCE /} R SCI) by optimizing to have the specific reflection characteristics, the opening of the metal pattern layer Since the transparent adhesive layer surface has a shape that hardly scatters light, haze can be reduced.
In addition, the said specific reflective characteristic is acquired by raising the polish degree of the rolling roll surface which contacts the aluminum thin film which forms an aluminum pattern layer.

  The aluminum of the aluminum pattern layer is mainly composed of aluminum, and may be an aluminum alloy in addition to aluminum alone. These are collectively referred to as aluminum in the present invention. However, since the conductivity decreases when the purity of the aluminum is low, the purity is high. From the standpoint of properties, aluminum is preferable, and aluminum having a purity of 99.0% or more is preferable. Such an aluminum pattern layer using aluminum having a purity of 99.0% or more is a foil conforming to the aluminum foil defined by JIS H4160 (aluminum and aluminum alloy foil) and JIS H4170 (high purity aluminum foil). It can be formed by using

In the present invention, the degree of haze reduction on the exposed surface of the transparent adhesive layer formed by transferring and shaping the smooth surface of the aluminum thin film forming the aluminum pattern layer is, as described above, the specific light reflection of the aluminum thin film adhesive surface. It greatly depends on (correlates with) the numerical value of the rate ratio ( _RSCE / _RSCI ). He stated that the dependence (correlation) on the arithmetic average roughness Ra defined in JIS B0601 is low. However, if the value of Ra becomes too large, the surface unevenness generally increases, and therefore the haze on the exposed surface of the adhesive layer also tends to increase (weak correlation). In view of this point, it can be said that it is preferable to select a small Ra within a possible range on the assumption that a specific light reflectance ratio (R _SCE / R _SCI ) is set. Usually, Ra is set to 0.2 μm or less, more preferably 0.15 μm or less.

  The thickness of the aluminum pattern layer may be appropriately selected from the viewpoints of high conductivity, processability, mechanical strength, and the like, specifically 1 to 100 μm, preferably 5 to 20 μm, more preferably 8 to 15 μm. If the thickness is small, the conductivity, mechanical strength, and the like are lowered. If the thickness is thick, the workability is lowered.

  The pattern shape of the aluminum pattern layer in plan view is, for example, a mesh (lattice or mesh) shape, a stripe (stripe or parallel line group) shape, a spiral (spiral or spiral), and the like having both high conductivity and light transmittance. This is a known pattern. Among them, a mesh shape and a square lattice shape are typical, and in addition, examples of the lattice shape include a rectangular lattice, a rhombus lattice, a hexagonal lattice, and a triangular lattice. The mesh has a plurality of openings having these shapes, and the openings are line portions (line portions or line portions) that define the openings. The line portions are usually line-shaped with a uniform width, and usually the openings and the spaces between the openings are all the same shape and the same size.

  The line width of the line portion of the pattern is, for example, 5 to 50 μm, preferably 5 to 30 μm, and the line interval (pitch) that is a line repetition period is, for example, 100 to 500 μm.

[Blackening treatment]
The blackening treatment is for preventing light reflection on the surface of the aluminum pattern layer. The blackening treatment surface formed by the blackening treatment suppresses light reflection on the surface of the aluminum pattern layer, thereby absorbing external light. To improve contrast. The blackened surface may be provided on all surfaces of the line portion (linear portion) of the aluminum pattern layer, but when the transparent antenna of the present invention is used with its upper surface side facing the viewer side, At least the upper surface is preferably blackened.

As the blackening treatment, the surface of the aluminum pattern layer is roughened, light absorption is given over the entire visible light spectrum, or both are used in combination, by any known various blackening treatment methods. Do. In particular, when the blackening process is performed by forming a layer, such a layer is referred to as a blackened layer. As specific blackening treatment, a blackening layer is additionally provided on the aluminum pattern layer by plating or the like, and the layer constituting the surface itself is changed from the surface toward the inside by etching or the like to the blackening layer. May be.
Note that the color of the “blackening layer” to “blackening treatment” here does not have to be completely black, and if it is a low-lightness (dark) chromatic or achromatic color, that is, a so-called dark color, it is blackened. The effect equivalent to the purpose of the layer (blackening treatment) is achieved. Specific examples of such dark colors include achromatic colors such as black and dark (low lightness) gray, and low-lightness chromatic colors such as dark blue, brown, dark green, dark red, and dark purple.

  Moreover, the blackening layer should just exhibit dark colors, such as black, and should satisfy | fill basic physical properties, such as adhesiveness, and can employ | adopt a well-known blackening layer suitably. Therefore, as the blackening layer, an inorganic material such as a metal, an organic material such as a black colored resin, or the like can be used. For example, as the inorganic material, a metal compound such as a metal, an alloy, a metal oxide, or a metal sulfide is used. It is formed as a metal-based layer. As a method for forming the metal layer, various conventionally known blackening methods can be appropriately employed.

(3) Transparent adhesive layer The type of the transparent adhesive layer is not particularly limited as long as it is a layer that can bond the aluminum pattern layer and the transparent substrate and has sufficient transparency. However, in the present invention, the aluminum thin film constituting the aluminum pattern layer and the transparent base material are bonded together via the transparent adhesive layer, and then the aluminum thin film is patterned by etching. It is also preferable to have etching resistance. Specific examples include polyurethane resins such as polyurethane ester resins and two-component curable urethane resins, acrylic resins, polyester resins, and epoxy resins. The transparent adhesive layer used in the present invention may be an ultraviolet curable type or a thermosetting type. In particular, a polyurethane resin, an acrylic resin, a polyester resin, particularly a two-component curable urethane resin is preferable from the viewpoint of adhesion to a transparent substrate.

The film thickness of the transparent adhesive layer is preferably in the range of 0.5 μm to 50 μm, and more preferably in the range of 1 μm to 20 μm. Thereby, a transparent base material and an aluminum pattern layer can be adhere | attached firmly, and it prevents that a transparent base material receives the influence of etching liquid, such as iron oxide, in the case of the etching which forms an aluminum pattern layer Because it can.
Further, the refractive index of the transparent adhesive layer is preferably in the range of 1.41 to 1.59 from the viewpoint of reducing interface reflection due to the difference in refractive index with the transparent base material. It is preferable to be within the range of 52.

(4) Transparent resin layer The transparent resin layer is made more transparent by filling the surface irregularities (opening becomes convex with respect to the concave with respect to the concave portion) by the aluminum pattern layer and flattening the surface on the aluminum pattern layer side This layer is provided as necessary to enhance the properties and protect the aluminum pattern layer from external forces. In terms of protection, this transparent resin layer is also a surface protective layer. Such a transparent resin layer can be formed by applying, for example, a liquid composition containing a resin to an uneven surface formed by an aluminum pattern layer laminated on a transparent substrate. The liquid composition is not particularly limited as long as it contains a transparent resin, and a known resin may be appropriately employed. For example, a thermoplastic resin, a thermosetting resin, an ionizing radiation curable resin, or the like. For example, thermoplastic resins are acrylic resins, polyester resins, thermoplastic urethane resins, vinyl acetate resins, etc., and thermosetting resins are urethane resins, epoxy resins, curable acrylic resins, etc. Examples of the radiation curable resin include acrylate resins that are cured by ultraviolet rays or electron beams. Among these, an ionizing radiation curable resin that can be coated and formed in a solvent-free or solvent-free state is a preferable resin in that it easily fills the unevenness of the aluminum pattern layer.

  The haze value measured in accordance with JIS K 7105-1981 of the transparent antenna according to the present invention can be 10% or less, further 5% or less, and has sufficient transparency as a transparent antenna. Therefore, in the transparent antenna of this invention, it is preferable not to provide the said transparent resin layer from a viewpoint of cost reduction.

[Usage]
Applications of the transparent antenna according to the present invention include, for example, (1) antenna for mobile phone: the transparent antenna 10 is attached to a part of the casing 31 of the mobile phone 30 (see FIG. 3A), and telephone / Internet (2) Car navigation antenna: A transparent antenna 10 is attached to a windshield or rear glass of a car (receives radio waves such as transmission and reception of radio waves in a communication function, broadcasting of TV and radio, GPS (global positioning system), etc. ( 3), the transparent antenna is connected to the TV tuner of the car navigation device 42 to transmit / receive GPS satellite radio waves. (3) Antenna for security system: the transparent antenna 10 is attached to the window glass 51 of the building 50. When the window glass is broken (see FIG. 3C), the transparent antenna (4) Product management antenna: in an RFID (radio frequency identification) tag 60 including the IC chip 61 and the transparent antenna 10 (see FIG. 3D) ) When the transparent antenna receives the calling radio wave from the reader / writer, the transparent antenna transmits information stored in the memory of the IC chip to the reader / writer, thereby performing product entry / exit, inventory, sales management, etc. Etc.
Hereinafter, an example in which the transparent antenna according to the present invention is used as an antenna for a mobile phone will be described in detail.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a state in which the transparent antenna 10 of the present invention is attached to the display screen 32 of the mobile phone 30. 5 is an enlarged view of the transparent antenna shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the AA ′ cross section in FIG.
The cellular phone 30 is of a two-fold type, and includes a display screen (subwindow) 32 on the outer surface in a folded state. The transparent antenna 10 is attached to the entire display range of the display screen 32.
In addition, a feeding electrode (not shown) of the transparent antenna 10 is connected to a transmission / reception unit in the mobile phone 30 via an input / output terminal provided on the outer frame of the display screen 32.

As shown in FIG. 6, an aluminum pattern layer 34 is provided on one surface of the transparent base material 33 so that the smooth surface 3 a having low light scattering properties faces the transparent base material 33 side. A transparent resin layer 35 is formed on the surface of the aluminum pattern so as to flatten the unevenness of the aluminum pattern layer 34.
A through-hole portion 36 is provided in a part of the transparent resin layer 35, and the electrode portion 37 is exposed through the through-hole portion 36. An input / output terminal provided on the outer frame of the display screen 32 and an antenna wire are connected to the exposed electrode portion 37.
A transparent adhesive layer 38 is provided on the surface of the transparent substrate 33 opposite to the aluminum pattern layer 34, and a release sheet 39 is bonded to the surface of the transparent adhesive layer 38.
When the transparent antenna 10 is attached to the display screen 32 of the mobile phone 30 as a retrofit, the release sheet 39 is peeled off to expose the transparent adhesive layer 38, and the transparent antenna 10 is displayed through the transparent adhesive layer 38. Affix to the front of the screen 32.
The transparent adhesive layer 38 is appropriately selected from known various adhesive forms and various materials. Adhesive forms include pressure-sensitive adhesives (also one of pressure-sensitive adhesives), heat-sealable adhesives (also referred to as heat-seal type and hot-melt type), thermosetting adhesives, ionizing radiation curable adhesives, etc. Is mentioned.

In addition, the transparent antenna 10 has a desired length L, and can transmit / receive a desired radio wave even if it is bent halfway if there is no pattern accuracy defect such as disconnection in the line part outline of the aluminum pattern layer of the transparent antenna. Can do.
Therefore, when the width of the display screen 32 is shorter than the length of the transparent antenna 10, as shown in FIG. 7, the transparent antenna 10 is folded in a zigzag manner to reduce the installation area and fit within the display screen. Then, it may be attached to the display screen 32.
In FIG. 7, the length L of the transparent antenna 10 is a length measured along the zigzag fold from one end a to the other end b of the transparent antenna 10.

II. Manufacturing method of transparent antenna The manufacturing method of a transparent antenna according to the present invention is a manufacturing method of a transparent antenna including an aluminum pattern layer having a plurality of openings and a line portion surrounding and partitioning on one surface of a transparent substrate. A method,
(I) An aluminum thin film having a surface having a diffused light reflectance ( _RSCE ) ratio ( _RSCE / _RSCI ) of 0.4 or less to the total light reflectance ( _RSCI ) measured according to JIS Z 8722 The process to prepare,
(Ii) A step of laminating the aluminum thin film on one surface of the transparent substrate with the surface of which R _SCE / R _SCI is 0.4 or less facing the transparent substrate via a transparent adhesive layer And (iii) a step of etching the aluminum thin film into a predetermined pattern shape.

According to the transparent antenna manufacturing method of the present invention, on one surface of a transparent substrate, through a transparent adhesive layer, diffuse light reflectance to the total light reflectance of the aluminum thin film (R _SCI) of (R _SCE) A smooth surface having a low light scattering (reflective) property in which the ratio ( _RSCE / _RSCI ) is in the specific range is laminated facing the transparent substrate, thereby opening the aluminum thin film after the etching treatment. Since the surface of the transparent adhesive layer has a shape that hardly scatters light, the haze of the obtained transparent antenna can be reduced.

Hereinafter, each step will be described.
(I) An aluminum thin film having a surface having a diffused light reflectance ( _RSCE ) ratio ( _RSCE / _RSCI ) of 0.4 or less to the total light reflectance ( _RSCI ) measured according to JIS Z 8722 Step to be prepared In this step, an aluminum thin film is first prepared.
The aluminum thin film used in the present invention has a surface (smooth surface with low light scattering property) having the specific reflection characteristics. As will be described later, through the step of laminating the smooth surface of the aluminum thin film so as to face one surface of the transparent substrate through the transparent adhesive layer, in the opening after the etching treatment of the aluminum thin film Since the surface of the transparent adhesive layer has a shape that hardly scatters light, the haze of the obtained transparent antenna can be reduced.
As the aluminum thin film, the one described in the section “(2) Aluminum pattern layer” can be used.

(Ii) A step of laminating the aluminum thin film on one surface of the transparent substrate with the surface of which R _SCE / R _SCI is 0.4 or less facing the transparent substrate via a transparent adhesive layer In this step, first, a transparent substrate is prepared, and one surface of the transparent substrate is coated with a transparent adhesive to form a transparent adhesive layer.
As the transparent substrate, those described in the section “(1) Transparent substrate” can be used.
In addition, as a layer forming method, a known layer forming method, for example, a coating method such as roll coating, comma coating, gravure coating, or die coating, or printing such as screen printing or gravure printing that allows easy partial formation in an arbitrary shape. The law can be adopted as appropriate.
A transparent adhesive layer can be formed on the aluminum thin film side, or a transparent adhesive layer can be formed on both the transparent substrate side and the aluminum thin film side.
Next, an aluminum thin film is laminated on the surface of the transparent adhesive layer of the transparent substrate with the smooth surface side having a low light scattering property facing.

(Iii) Step of etching the aluminum thin film into a predetermined pattern shape In this step, a resist layer is provided in a predetermined pattern shape on the surface of the aluminum thin film laminated on the transparent substrate and is not covered with the resist layer. After removing a portion of the aluminum thin film by etching (corrosion), an aluminum pattern layer is formed by an etching process that removes the resist layer. Among the etching processing methods, it is preferable to adopt a so-called photolithography method from the viewpoint of fine processing accuracy.

Hereinafter, the photolithography method will be described.
First, masking is performed. For example, a photosensitive resist is applied to the outermost surface on the aluminum thin film side, dried, and then closely exposed with a photomask having a predetermined pattern, developed with warm water, subjected to a hardening process, and baked. A resist layer of the pattern is formed. Note that either a negative type or a positive type of photosensitive resist can be used. When the photosensitive resist is a negative type, a photomask pattern having a transparent line portion is used. When the photosensitive resist is a positive type, a photomask pattern having a transparent opening is used. The exposure pattern is a desired pattern as a transparent antenna. When a mesh shape is adopted as the pattern, the exposure pattern is composed of a pattern of a mesh area at a minimum.

  In the winding process, the photosensitive resist is applied by dipping (dipping), curtain coating, or hanging a resist made of casein, PVA, gelatin or the like onto the aluminum thin film surface while the belt-like laminate is conveyed continuously or intermittently. Use a sink or other method. Also, the resist may be a dry film resist instead of coating, and workability can be improved.

  Etching is performed after masking. As the etching solution used for the etching, an aqueous solution of ferric chloride or cupric chloride that can be easily circulated is preferable in the present invention in which etching is continuously performed. The etching is basically the same as the equipment and process for manufacturing a shadow mask for a color TV cathode ray tube that etches a strip-like continuous steel material, particularly a thin plate having a thickness of 20 to 80 μm. Single-wafer processing in the case of using glass as a transparent substrate has been performed for a long time. After etching, the substrate may be dried after washing with water, stripping the resist with an alkaline solution, and washing.

  The haze value measured in accordance with JIS K 7105: 1981 of the transparent antenna thus obtained can be 10% or less, and further can be 5% or less.

(Iv) Other steps The present invention may appropriately include necessary steps in addition to the steps described above. For example, you may perform a blackening process to the outer surface of the aluminum pattern layer in which the transparent base material is not laminated | stacked. As the blackening treatment, the surface of the aluminum thin film is roughened, light absorption is imparted over the entire visible light spectrum, or both are used together, or any known various blackening treatment methods are used. . The blackening treatment may be performed on the aluminum thin film before laminating the aluminum thin film and the transparent substrate with the transparent adhesive layer, but in general, the surface blackened to the extent that it contributes to the prevention of external light reflection. In the present invention, it is preferable that the surface facing the adhesive side is not subjected to blackening treatment in advance. Of course, it can be used when the surface of the blackened surface falls within the prescribed range of the light reflectance ratio (R _SCE / R _SCI ) of the present invention.

  In the present invention, since the surface irregularities (the linear portions are convex and the openings are concave) formed by the aluminum pattern layer have light scattering properties, the transparent resin is applied to the concave and convex surfaces formed by the aluminum pattern layer. Then, it is preferable to perform a flattening process for flattening the uneven surface. Applying a transparent resin with fluidity on the aluminum pattern, filling the surface irregularities of the aluminum pattern layer and flattening the surface of the aluminum pattern layer, thereby reducing light scattering by the aluminum pattern layer itself Can do. The transparent resin layer formed for this purpose is called a flattening layer, and the process for forming the flattening layer is called a flattening process. Such flattening treatment is performed by applying a transparent liquid composition containing a transparent resin to an uneven surface formed by an aluminum pattern layer laminated on a transparent substrate, filling an opening (concave portion), and applying the surface of the coating film. Is made to be a substantially flat surface. As the liquid composition, those described in the above section “(4) Transparent resin layer” can be used.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. The above-described embodiment is an exemplification, and the present invention has any configuration that has substantially the same configuration as the technical idea described in the claims of the present invention and exhibits the same function and effect. Are included in the technical scope.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to examples. These descriptions do not limit the present invention.

Hereinafter, as examples and comparative examples of the present invention;
A transparent antenna comprising a laminate of transparent substrate / transparent adhesive layer / aluminum pattern layer was prepared. In this embodiment, measurement light is incident from the transparent base material side, and the surface of the aluminum pattern layer on the transparent adhesive layer side has a specific light reflectance ratio (R _SCE / R _SCI ) (“aluminum pattern”). The layer was also called “ _RSCE / _RSCI ”), and the haze value of the transparent antenna transmitted light was measured, and the relationship between the two was evaluated.
Also, In addition, for the aluminum thin film per se separately the unpatterned directly anything without intervening light ray reflectance ratio of the adhesive surface (surface contacting the transparent adhesive layer side) between (R _SCE / R _SCI ) (also referred to as “R _SCE / R _SCI of the aluminum thin film itself. It is also a physical characteristic value specific to the surface of the aluminum thin film)” was also measured.
And the correlation between the numerical value of both ( _RSCE / _RSCI ) was evaluated.
Prior to this, as reference data, various surface roughness values (Ra, Rq, and Rz), the light reflectance ratio ( _RSCE / _RSCI ), and the obtained configuration described above were separately provided as reference data. In order to confirm the correlation with the haze value of the transparent antenna (transmitted light), the various thin metal films were measured for the metal thin film itself ( _RSCE / _RSCI ), and based on JIS standards (below), Ra, Each surface roughness value of Rq and Rz was measured.
Furthermore, in order to confirm how the haze value of the exposed surface of the transparent adhesive, to which the surface shape of the metal thin film is transferred and shaped, depends on the value of the light reflectance ratio ( _RSCE / _RSCI ), The haze of the transparent antenna having the above-described configuration using each metal thin film was measured.
Together, these are presented below as Reference Test 1 to Reference Test 4 (the obtained samples are Reference Example 1 to Reference Example 4).

[Reference test (and reference example)]
(Reference test 1)
First, as a metal foil to be a metal thin film, an electrolytic copper foil (B2X-WS: trade name, manufactured by Furukawa Circuit Foil) with a thickness of 12 μm was prepared. Electric Kaidohaku has a mirror and rough surface, measured in the rough surface of the electric Kaidohaku, the ratio _(R SCE _/ R _SCI) of total light reflectance diffuse light reflectance for _{(R SCI) (R SCE)} As a result, the ratio (R _SCE / R _SCI ) of the rough surface of the electrolytic copper foil itself was 1.0.
In addition, the surface roughness values of Ra, Rq, and Rz specified in JIS standards were measured for the rough surface of the metal thin film.
In addition, as a transparent substrate, a non-colored transparent biaxially stretched polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film (A4300: trade name, manufactured by Toyobo Co., Ltd.) having a thickness of 100 μm and having a polyester resin primer layer formed on one side is formed. Prepared.
Next, on the surface of the PET film on which the primer layer is formed, a transparent adhesive (12 parts by mass of a polyester polyurethane polyol having an average molecular weight of 30,000 as a main component and a curable agent is used to make the dry thickness 7 μm. A two-component curable urethane resin adhesive composed of 1 part by mass of a diisocyanate prepolymer was coated to form a transparent adhesive layer.

  Next, on the primer layer on one side of the PET film, dry lamination is performed with the rough surface side of the electrolytic copper foil facing the PET film side (transparent adhesive layer side) through the transparent adhesive layer. As a result, a continuous strip-shaped laminate was obtained. After dry laminating, the adhesive was cured by curing at 50 ° C. for 3 days.

Next, a copper mesh layer as a metal pattern layer including an opening portion and a line portion was formed on the above-described continuous strip-shaped laminate by etching the electrolytic copper foil using a photolithography method.
Specifically, the etching is performed by applying a photosensitive negative etching resist to the entire exposed surface (in this case, the mirror surface) of the electrolytic copper foil of the laminate, and then exposing and developing a mask having a desired mesh pattern. Then, after hardening and baking, after processing the resist layer into a pattern in which the resist layer remains on the area corresponding to the line portion of the mesh and there is no resist layer on the area corresponding to the opening, The electrolytic copper foil in the resist layer non-formation region was removed by etching with a ferric chloride aqueous solution to form a mesh-shaped opening, and then washing with water, stripping of the resist, washing and drying were sequentially performed.

  The mesh shape of the mesh-like region was such that the opening portion was square, the line width of the linear portion serving as the non-opening portion was 20 μm, the line interval was 300 μm, and the height of the line portion was 12 μm. In this way, a transparent antenna sheet having a width dimension of 605 mm was obtained.

(Reference test 2)
In Reference Test 1, a transparent antenna sheet was obtained in the same manner as in Reference Test 1, except that the surface of the electrolytic copper foil to be laminated on the transparent substrate was a mirror surface.
Incidentally, in the mirror surface of the electrolytic copper foil, the ratio was measured _(R SCE _/ R _SCI), electric Kaidohaku mirror itself ratio of diffuse light reflectance to the total light reflectance _{(R SCI) (R SCE)} ( R _SCE / R _SCI ) was 0.9.

(Reference test 3)
In Reference Test 1, a rolled aluminum foil (1N30-B1: trade name, manufactured by Sumi Light Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd.) having a thickness of 12 μm was used as a metal foil to form a metal thin film, and was not in contact with the rolling roller of the aluminum foil. A transparent antenna sheet was obtained in the same manner as in Reference Test 1 except that the surface (non-smooth surface) on the side was directed to the transparent substrate side and laminated on the transparent substrate via a transparent adhesive layer. It was.
Note that the non-smooth surface of the aluminum foil, the total light reflectance diffuse light reflectance for _{(R SCI)} was measured the ratio of _{(R SCE) (R SCE /} R SCI), of the aluminum foil non-smooth surface itself The ratio (R _SCE / R _SCI ) was 0.8.

(Reference test 4)
In Reference Test 3, a transparent antenna sheet was obtained in the same manner as in Reference Test 3, except that the surface of the aluminum foil to be laminated was made a smooth surface on the transparent substrate via a transparent adhesive layer.
Note that the smooth surface of the aluminum foil, was measured the ratio _(R SCE _/ R _SCI) of total light reflectance diffuse light reflectance for _{(R SCI) (R SCE)} , the ratio of the aluminum foil smooth surface itself ( R _SCE / R _SCI ) was 0.3.

The following points were evaluated for each of the above reference tests. The results are listed in Table 1.
(1) Ratio of metal foil surface itself ( _RSCE / _RSCI )
About the metal foil of the state before lamination | stacking on a transparent base material, this metal foil which measured the surface planned to adhere | attach on the transparent base material side based on JISZ8722-1982 without interposing any layer in between. The total light reflectance (%) of the (thin film) itself is set to a reflection mode with a spectrocolorimeter (Konica Minolta Sensing Co., Ltd., CM-3600d), the light source is standard light D65, field of view 2 °, measurement diameter The detector is set to 8 mmφ, and the detector is set to a SCI (Special Component Included) mode in which the (integrated) intensity of total reflected light combining both diffuse reflected light and specular reflected light is measured. (Y of tristimulus value XYZ) was measured. In addition, the diffused light reflectance (%) according to JIS Z8722-1982 of the surface of the metal foil on the transparent substrate side is similarly determined using the spectrocolorimeter, and the light source, field of view, and measurement diameter are the same as described above. The specular reflection light is absorbed and cut off by an optical trap, so that the detector is set to an SCE (Special Component Excluded) mode in which the (integral) intensity of only the diffuse reflection light out of the reflection light is set, and the Y value (3 Stimulus values XYZ Y) were measured.
(2) Arithmetic average roughness Ra of the metal foil surface
The center line average roughness Ra of the fine irregularities on the metal foil surface was measured with a stylus type surface roughness meter according to JIS B0601 (1982 version).
(3) root mean square roughness Rq of metal foil surface
The root mean square roughness Rq of the metal foil surface was measured with a stylus type surface roughness meter as an average value obtained by squaring the measurement curve (crest itself) of fine irregularities on the metal foil surface.
(4) Ten-point average roughness of metal foil surface RzJIS
As for the micro unevenness of the metal foil surface, when a roughness curve is adopted as the contour curve of the micro unevenness, the ten-point average roughness RzJIS of the contour curve is determined according to JIS B0601 (1994 edition). Measured with a meter.
In addition, since the measurement of Rz in the said reference test was aimed at reconfirmation of the presence or absence of correlation with Rz and the haze after an etching, it stopped only the measurement of the reference example 1 and the reference example 2. FIG.
(5) Haze value The haze value of the transparent antenna after the etching treatment and after the transparency treatment was measured according to JIS K 7105-1981 “Testing method for optical properties of plastic”.

[Examples and Comparative Examples]
Example 1
First, as an aluminum thin film, a rolled aluminum foil having a thickness of 12 μm and a continuous belt shape (1N30-B1: trade name, manufactured by Sumi Light Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd.) was prepared. The aluminum foil has a smooth surface and a non-smooth surface. The aluminum foil in the state before lamination on the transparent base material (unformed pattern) is a diffused light with respect to the total light reflectance ( _RSCI ) without any layer in between on the smooth surface to be bonded. When the ratio of reflectance (R _SCE ) (R _SCE / R _SCI ) was measured, the ratio of the aluminum thin film itself (R _SCE / R _SCI ) was 0.3.

In addition, as a transparent substrate, a non-colored transparent biaxially stretched polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film (A4300: trade name, manufactured by Toyobo Co., Ltd.) having a thickness of 100 μm and having a polyester resin primer layer formed on one side is formed. Prepared.
Next, on the surface of the PET film on which the primer layer is formed, a transparent adhesive (12 parts by mass of a polyester polyurethane polyol having an average molecular weight of 30,000 as a main component and a curable agent is used to make the dry thickness 7 μm. A two-component curable urethane resin adhesive composed of 1 part by mass of a diisocyanate prepolymer was coated to form a transparent adhesive layer.

  Next, on the primer layer on one side of the PET film, the laminate layer is laminated by dry lamination so that the smooth surface side of the aluminum foil faces the PET film side via the transparent adhesive layer. Obtained. After dry laminating, the adhesive was cured by curing at 50 ° C. for 3 days.

Next, an aluminum mesh layer as a metal pattern layer including an opening portion and a line portion was formed on the above-described continuous strip-shaped laminate by etching the aluminum foil using a photolithography method.
Specifically, the above-mentioned etching is performed by applying a photosensitive negative etching resist to the entire exposed surface of the aluminum foil of the laminate, then exposing the mask with a desired mesh pattern, developing, hardening, and baking. Then, after processing the resist layer into a pattern in which the resist layer remains on the area corresponding to the line portion of the mesh and there is no resist layer on the area corresponding to the opening, The aluminum foil in the resist layer non-formation region was removed by etching to form a mesh-shaped opening, and then water washing, resist peeling, washing, and drying were sequentially performed.

  The mesh shape of the mesh-like region was such that the opening portion was square, the line width of the linear portion serving as the non-opening portion was 20 μm, the line interval was 300 μm, and the height of the line portion was 12 μm. In this way, a transparent antenna sheet having a width dimension of 605 mm was obtained.

Next, what cut | disconnected the transparent antenna sheet | seat obtained above in the rectangular shape of length 30mm and width 40mm was used as the test piece. In the test piece, measurement light is incident from the transparent substrate side, and the total light reflectance (R) of the surface (smooth surface) of the aluminum pattern layer on the transparent substrate side through the transparent substrate and the transparent adhesive layer. diffuse light reflectance against _{SCI) (ratio} of _{R SCE) (R SCE / R} SCI) was determined. The ratio ( _RSCE / _RSCI ) of the aluminum pattern layer was 0.34.
In addition, the total light reflectance (%) measured based on JIS Z8722-1982 of the smooth surface of the aluminum pattern layer is set to a spectrocolorimeter (Konica Minolta Sensing Co., Ltd., CM-3600d) in the reflection mode. The light source is the standard light D65, the field of view is 2 °, and the measurement diameter is 8 mmφ, and the detector measures the (integrated) intensity of the total reflected light that combines both diffuse reflected light and specular reflected light. In such SCI mode, the Y value was measured. In addition, the diffused light reflectance (%) of the smooth surface according to JIS Z8722-1982 is similarly measured using a spectrocolorimeter, with the light source, field of view, and measurement diameter being the same as described above, and the specular reflected light is optically trapped. Then, the detector was set to the SCE mode in which the detector measures the (integrated) intensity of only the diffusely reflected light out of the reflected light, and the Y value was measured.

(Comparative Example 1)
In Example 1, a transparent antenna sheet was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the surface of the aluminum foil to be laminated was placed on the non-smooth surface side on the transparent substrate via the transparent adhesive layer. It was. Incidentally, in the non-smooth surface of the aluminum foil, the ratio of the pre-laminated on a transparent substrate state total light reflectance (unpatterned) _{(R SCI)} diffuse light reflectance for _{(R SCE) (R SCE /} R _SCI ) was measured without any layer in between, and the ratio of the aluminum thin film (R _SCE / R _SCI ) was 0.8.
Next, what cut | disconnected the transparent antenna sheet | seat obtained above in the rectangular shape of length 30mm and width 40mm was used as the test piece. In the test piece, measurement light is incident from the transparent substrate side, and the total light reflectance of the surface (non-smooth surface) of the aluminum pattern layer on the transparent substrate side through the transparent substrate and the transparent adhesive layer ( diffuse light reflectance for R _{SCI) (ratio} of _{R SCE) (R SCE / R} SCI) was determined. The ratio of the aluminum pattern layer (R _SCE / R _SCI ) was 0.72.

(Evaluation results)
The haze value of the transparent antenna transmitted light obtained in the above examples and comparative examples was measured according to JIS K 7105-1981 “Testing method for optical properties of plastics”. The results are listed in Table 2.

(Summary of results)
In Example 1 and Comparative Example 1, a 2.45 GHz half-wave dipole antenna having a pair of rectangular transparent antennas each having a length of 30 mm and a width of 40 mm was prepared from each of the obtained transparent antenna sheets. As a result of measuring the characteristics, the same antenna characteristics as those of the standard dipole antenna formed of an aluminum thin film having the same shape, the same dimensions, and the same film thickness as those of the transparent antenna used in Example 1 were obtained. It was.
Further, from Table 2, in the obtained transparent antenna, the total light reflectance ( _RSCI ) of the surface of the aluminum pattern layer on the transparent substrate side through the transparent substrate and the transparent adhesive layer from the transparent substrate side. as a result of measuring the ratio _(R SCE _/ R _SCI) of diffuse light reflectance _{(R SCE)} for, in the first embodiment the ratio of the aluminum pattern layer _(R SCE _/ R _SCI) is 0.4 or less, a haze value A low haze (low haze) of 6.0% or less was obtained. On the other hand, in Comparative Example 1 in which the ratio ( _RSCE / _RSCI ) of the aluminum pattern layer was more than 0.4, the haze value was 36.5%, which was high haze (high haze).
Further, from Table 2, the ratio ( _RSCE / _RSCI ) of the aluminum thin film itself before laminating on the transparent substrate on the side of the transparent substrate (the surface on the laminating side) and the aluminum pattern layer corresponding to the aluminum thin film The ratio of the surface on the transparent substrate side ( _RSCE / _RSCI ) is comparable, and a correlation is found between the ratio ( _RSCE / _RSCI ) and the haze value.
Further, in Reference Example 1 and Reference Example 2, the haze value is increased in spite of the fact that the centerline average roughness Ra is smaller than that in Reference Example 3. Further, in Reference Example 1, although the ten-point average roughness RzJIS is smaller than that in Reference Example 2, the haze value is increased. Further, in Reference Example 3, the haze value is significantly increased in spite of the smaller root mean square roughness Rq than in Reference Example 4. In Reference Examples 1 to 4, there is consistently a correlation between ( _RSCE / _RSCI ) and the haze value.
Therefore, it is difficult to reliably reduce the haze of the transparent antenna even if the ten-point average roughness RzJIS, the root mean square roughness Rq, and the centerline average roughness Ra of the surface on which the metal foil is laminated are specified. is there. In contrast, through the transparent substrate and the transparent adhesive layer from the transparent substrate side, diffuse light reflectance to the total light reflectance of the surface of the transparent substrate side of the aluminum pattern layer (R _SCI) (R _SCE ) Ratio ( _RSCE / _RSCI ) is set to 0.4 or less, the haze of the transparent antenna can be reliably reduced.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Transparent base material 2 Transparent adhesive 3 Aluminum pattern layer 3a Smooth surface 3b Non-smooth surface 4 Blackening layer 10 Transparent antenna 20 Half-wavelength dipole antenna 21 Conductive part (transparent antenna)
22 Power Supply Unit 23 Power Supply Line 30 Mobile Phone 31 Housing 32 Display Screen (Sub Window)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 33 Transparent base material 34 Aluminum pattern layer 35 Transparent resin layer 36 Through-hole part 37 Electrode part 38 Transparent adhesive layer 39 Release sheet 41 Front glass 42 Car navigation apparatus 50 Building 51 Window glass 60 RFID tag 61 IC chip 62 IC chip label L1, L2 Length of conductive part W Width of transparent antenna a One end of transparent antenna b Other end of transparent antenna

Claims (2)

An aluminum pattern layer having a plurality of openings and line portions surrounding and partitioning the openings is provided on one surface of the transparent substrate via the transparent adhesive layer, and the transparent adhesive of the aluminum pattern layer total light reflectance was measured in conformity with JIS Z 8722 of layer-side surface diffusion light reflectance for _{(R SCI)} ratio _{(R SCE) (R SCE /} R SCI) is 0.4 or less, the transparent antenna. A transparent antenna manufacturing method comprising an aluminum pattern layer having a plurality of openings and a line portion surrounding and partitioning the openings on one surface of the transparent substrate,
(I) An aluminum thin film having a surface having a diffused light reflectance ( _RSCE ) ratio ( _RSCE / _RSCI ) of 0.4 or less to the total light reflectance ( _RSCI ) measured according to JIS Z 8722 The process to prepare,
(Ii) A step of laminating the aluminum thin film on one surface of the transparent substrate with the surface of which R _SCE / R _SCI is 0.4 or less facing the transparent substrate via a transparent adhesive layer And (iii) A method for manufacturing a transparent antenna, comprising the step of etching the aluminum thin film into a predetermined pattern shape.

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