IP Library Granted Patent US 7,611,273
Granted Patent B2
US 7,611,273 · App. 11/564,683 · Granted Nov 3, 2009

Point light source, light-emitting module and display device having the same

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Patent No.
US 7,611,273
App. No.
11/564,683
Granted
Nov 3, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A point light source includes a body, a light-emitting unit and a fluorescent unit. The body includes a bottom portion and a protrusion portion protruded from the bottom portion. The light-emitting unit includes a light-emitting chip disposed at the protrusion to have an inclined-angle with respect to the bottom portion. The fluorescent unit covers the bottom portion, the protrusion portion and the light-emitting chip. The point light source has an emitting-angle of about 180 degrees and luminance difference between a bright-portion and a dark-portion is decreased to enhance display quality of a display device.

Claims (56)

1. A point light source comprising:

a body including a bottom portion and a protrusion portion protruded from the bottom portion;

a light-emitting unit including a light-emitting chip disposed at the protrusion portion to be inclined with respect to the bottom portion by an inclined-angle; and

a fluorescent unit covering the bottom portion, the protrusion portion and the light-emitting chip,

wherein the protrusion portion comprises:

a first inclined-surface being inclined with respect to a surface of the bottom portion by a first angle;

a second inclined-surface, the first and second inclined-surfaces being substantially symmetric with respect to a perpendicular surface to the surface of the bottom portion; and

an upper surface having a length and a width connecting a top portion of the first inclined-surface to a top portion of the second inclined-surface.

2. The point light source of claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting unit comprises:

a first light-emitting chip disposed at the first inclined-surface; and

a second light-emitting chip disposed at the second inclined-surface.

3. The point light source of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the fluorescent unit comprises:

a first surface corresponding to the first inclined-surface;

a second surface corresponding to the second inclined-surface; and

a third surface corresponding to the upper surface.

4. The point light source of claim 2 , wherein the first light-emitting chip and the second light-emitting chip emit a blue-colored light, and the fluorescent unit comprises a yellow fluorescent unit receiving the blue-colored light and emitting a white-colored light.

5. The point light source of claim 1 , wherein the first angle has a range of about 30 degrees to about 45 degrees.

6. The point light source of claim 1 , further comprising:

a light-guiding unit including a light-emitting surface and a groove, wherein said point light source is disposed at said groove; and

a power supply substrate, on which the point light source is mounted, and providing a driving current to the light-emitting unit.

7. The point light source of claim 6 , further comprising a display panel displaying an image by using a light emitted from the light-emitting surface.

8. A point light source comprising:

a body including a bottom portion and a protrusion portion protruded from the bottom portion;

a light-emitting unit including a light-emitting chip disposed at the protrusion portion to be inclined with respect to the bottom portion by an inclined-angle; and

a fluorescent unit covering the bottom portion, the protrusion portion and the light-emitting chip,

wherein a surface of the protrusion portion comprises a round curved-surface.

9. The point light source of claim 8 , wherein the surface of the light-emitting unit corresponds to the surface of the protrusion portion and comprises the round curved-surface.

10. A light-emitting module comprising:

a light-guiding unit including a groove;

a point light source disposed at the groove that includes a light-emitting chip emitting a first light, and a fluorescent unit receiving the first light and emitting a second light to the light-guiding unit; and

a power supply substrate, on which the point light source is mounted, and providing a driving current to the light-emitting chip.

11. The light-emitting module of claim 10 , wherein the point light source includes a body including a bottom portion and a protrusion portion protruded from the bottom portion toward the groove;

a light-emitting unit including said light-emitting chip disposed at the protrusion portion to be inclined with respect to the bottom portion by an inclined-angle; and

wherein said fluorescent unit covers the bottom portion, the protrusion portion and the light-emitting chip.

12. The light-emitting module of claim 10 , wherein the light-guiding unit comprises:

a light-emitting surface emitting the second light;

an opposite surface disposed opposite to the light-emitting surface; and

a side surface connecting the light-emitting surface to the opposite surface and including the groove.

13. The point light source of claim 12 , further comprising a display panel displaying an image by using a light emitted from the light-emitting surface.

14. The light-emitting module of claim 12 , wherein a plurality of grooves is formed at the side surface and a plurality of point light sources are disposed at the grooves, respectively.

15. The light-emitting module of claim 10 , wherein the protrusion portion comprises:

a first inclined-surface, on which a first light-emitting unit is mounted, and being inclined with respect to a surface of the bottom portion by a first angle; and

a second inclined-surface, on which a second light-emitting unit is mounted and having symmetry with the first inclined-surface with respect to a perpendicular surface to the surface of the bottom portion.

16. The light-emitting module of claim 15 , wherein the groove comprises:

a first inner side surface corresponding to the first inclined-surface; and

a second inner side surface corresponding to the second inclined-surface.

17. A display device comprising:

a point light source including:

a body including a bottom surface, a first inclined-surface and a second inclined surface inclined with respect to the bottom surface by a first and a second angle, respectively, the first and second inclined-surfaces being substantially symmetric with respect to a perpendicular surface to the bottom surface;

a light-emitting unit including a first light-emitting chip disposed at the first inclined-surface and a second light-emitting chip disposed at the second inclined-surface; and

a fluorescent unit covering the bottom surface, the first inclined surface, the second inclined-surface, the first light-emitting chip and the second light-emitting chip;

a power supply substrate, on which the point light source is mounted, the power supply substrate providing a driving current to the first and second light-emitting chips;

a light-guiding unit including a light-emitting surface, an opposite surface disposed opposite to the light-emitting surface and a side surface including a groove in which the point light source is disposed, wherein a shape of the groove corresponds to a shape of the fluorescent unit of the point light source; and

a display panel displaying an image by using a light emitted from the light-emitting surface.

18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein the light-emitting surface comprises an effective emitting area corresponding to an effective display area of the display panel,

a first extended-surface extended from the first inclined-surface and a second extended-surface extended from the second inclined-surface, the first and second extended-surfaces crossing with each other at an outer portion of the effective emitting area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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