IP Library Granted Patent US 7,939,901
Granted Patent B2
US 7,939,901 · App. 12/203,429 · Granted May 10, 2011

Optical device for reducing disturbance light and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,939,901
App. No.
12/203,429
Granted
May 10, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical element mounted on a wiring board is sealed by a sealing resin except an optical function region. Wires connecting the wiring board with the optical element are also sealed by the sealing resin. The optical function region is exposed as a bottom surface of a recess whose side surface is formed by the sealing resin. A boundary portion between the side surface of the recess and a top surface portion and a boundary portion between the side surface and bottom surface of the recess have a rounded shape.

Claims (25)

1. An optical device, comprising:

an optical element having an optical function region on one surface;

a wiring board having the optical element mounted thereon and electrically connected to the optical element;

a sealing resin for sealing at least an electrically connected portion of the optical element and the wiring board; and

a recess in which at least the optical function region serves as a bottom surface and a side surface is formed by the sealing resin, wherein

a boundary portion between the side surface and a top surface portion surrounding the recess has a convex, rounded shape, and

a boundary portion between the side surface and the bottom surface has a concave, rounded shape.

2. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the side surface of the recess is a concave surface.

3. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the recess has a tapered shape having a larger opening area at a top.

4. An optical device, comprising:

an optical element having an optical function region on one surface;

a wiring board having the optical element mounted thereon and electrically connected to the optical element;

a sealing resin for sealing at least an electrically connected portion of the optical element and the wiring board; and

a recess in which at least the optical function region serves as a bottom surface and a side surface is formed by the sealing resin, wherein

a boundary portion between the side surface and a top surface portion surrounding the recess has a convex, rounded shape,

a boundary portion between the side surface and the bottom surface has a concave, rounded shape, and

a recessed portion is provided in a center of the one surface of the optical element and a recessed-portion peripheral surface portion is provided around the recessed portion, the optical function region is provided at a bottom of the recessed portion, and a boundary portion between the side surface and the bottom surface of the recess is present on the recessed-portion peripheral surface portion.

5. An optical device, comprising:

an optical element having an optical function region on one surface;

a wiring board having the optical element mounted thereon and electrically connected to the optical element;

a sealing resin for sealing at least an electrically connected portion of the optical element and the wiring board; and

a recess in which at least the optical function region serves as a bottom surface and a side surface is formed by the sealing resin, wherein

a boundary portion between the side surface and a top surface portion surrounding the recess has a convex, rounded shape,

a boundary portion between the side surface and the bottom surface has a concave, rounded shape, and

a protruding portion is provided in a center of the one surface of the optical element and a protruding-portion peripheral surface portion is provided around the protruding portion, the optical function region is provided at a top surface of the protruding portion, and a boundary portion between the side surface and the bottom surface of the recess is present on the protruding-portion peripheral surface portion.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2015
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANNOVA SEMIC, LLC
Reel/Frame 036065/0273 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 6, 2009
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022363/0306 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2008
From: MINAMIO, MASANORI; ISHIDA, HIROYUKI; YOSHIKAWA, NORIYUKI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021732/0692 →