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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2017
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Daniel Aloysius Nolan, Corning, NY (US);
Vasudha Ravichandran, Painted Post, NY (US);
Ioannis Georgios Roudas, Bozeman, MT (US);
Christine Coulter Wolcott, Horseheads, NY (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A substrate with a textured surface is disclosed. The substrate may be, for example, a light emitter comprising a light guide, for example a backlight element for use in a display device, wherein a surface of the light guide, for example a glass substrate, is configured to have a textured surface with a predetermined RMS roughness and a predetermined correlation length of the texture. A plurality of light scatter suppressing features can be provided on the textured surface. Textured surfaces disclosed herein may be effective to reduce electrostatic charging of the substrate surface. Methods of producing the textured surface are also disclosed.