IP Library Granted Patent US 8,686,464
Granted Patent B2
US 8,686,464 · App. 13/053,525 · Granted Apr 1, 2014

LED module

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Patent No.
US 8,686,464
App. No.
13/053,525
Granted
Apr 1, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an LED module includes a substrate, an interconnect layer, a light emitting diode (LED) package, and a reflection member. The interconnect layer is provided on the substrate. The LED package is mounted on the interconnect layer. The reflection member is provided on a region in the substrate where the LED package is not mounted and has a property of reflecting light emitted from the LED package. The LED package includes a first lead frame, a second lead frame, an LED chip, and a resin body. The first lead frame and the second lead frame are arranged apart from each other on the same plane. The LED chip is provided above the first lead frame and the second lead frame, with one terminal connected to the first lead frame and one other terminal connected to the second lead frame. The resin body covers the LED chip, covers an upper surface, a part of a lower surface, and a part of an end surface of each of the first lead frame and the second lead frame, and exposes a remaining part of the lower surface and a remaining part of the end surface.

Claims (42)

1. An LED module comprising:

a substrate;

an interconnect layer provided on the substrate;

a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) packages mounted on the interconnect layer; and

a reflection member provided on a region of the substrate where the LED packages are not mounted and having a property of reflecting light emitted from the LED packages each of the LED packages including:

a first lead frame and a second lead frame arranged apart from each other on the same plane;

an LED chip provided above the first lead frame and the second lead frame, with one terminal connected to the first lead frame and one other terminal connected to the second lead frame; and

a resin body covering the LED chip, covering an upper surface, a part of a lower surface, and a part of an end surface of each of the first lead frame and the second lead frame, and exposing a remaining part of the lower surface and a remaining part of the end surface, wherein

the substrate is formed in a rectangular plate shape,

the plurality of LED packages are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the substrate, and

the reflection member extends in the longitudinal direction of the substrate.

2. The module according to claim 1 , wherein

one of the first lead frame and the second lead frame includes:

a base unit, an end surface of the base unit being covered with the resin body; and

two plate portions extending in different directions from the base unit, lower surfaces of the plate portions being covered with the resin body and end surfaces of the plate portions being exposed at a side surface of the resin body,

a projection is formed in a region of one of a lower surface of the first lead frame and a lower surface of the second lead frame, wherein a lower surface of the projection is exposed at a lower surface of the resin body, and a side surface of the projection is covered with the resin body.

3. The module according to claim 2 , wherein the lower surface of the projection is bonded to the interconnect layer.

4. The module according to claim 2 , wherein the plate portions extend in three different directions.

5. The module according to claim 1 , wherein the reflection member protrudes above the substrate at a height not lower than a height of the LED packages.

6. The module according to claim 1 , wherein the reflection member exists in a portion opposed to a side surface of the resin body.

7. The module according to claim 1 , wherein the reflection members comprises a pair of the reflection members extending in the longitudinal direction of the substrate and are located across the LED packages in a width direction of the substrate.

8. The module according to claim 1 , wherein

the interconnect layer includes a first interconnect layer formed in a continuous shape extending in the longitudinal direction of the substrate and a second interconnect layer divided into a plurality of pieces in the longitudinal direction of the substrate, said each of the LED packages are mounted across a portion between the divided second interconnects, and

the divided second interconnects are electrically connected via the LED packages.

9. The module according to claim 1 , wherein

the substrate is a metal plate and

the interconnect layer is provided above the metal plate via an insulating layer.

10. The module according to claim 9 , wherein

the one terminal and the one other terminal are both provided at an upper surface of the LED chip,

said each of the LED packages further includes:

a first wire connecting the one terminal to the first lead frame;

a second wire connecting the one other terminal to the second lead frame; and

a third lead frame placed between the first lead frame and the second lead frame, a part of a lower surface and a part of an end surface of the third lead frame being exposed from the resin body,

the LED chip is mounted on the third lead frame, and

the third lead frame is provided above the metal plate via a metal layer.

11. The module according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a ceramic substrate.

12. The module according to claim 11 , wherein the ceramic substrate is an alumina substrate.

13. The module according to claim 1 , wherein the reflection member has an insulating property.

14. The module according to claim 1 , wherein the reflection member is made of a resin material.

15. The module according to claim 1 , wherein a light scattering material is provided at a surface or an inside of the reflection member.

16. The module according to claim 1 , wherein the resin body is transparent to light emitted from the LED chip.

17. The module according to claim 1 , wherein fluorescent bodies are dispersed in the resin body.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Mar 17, 2026
From: ALPAD CORPORATION
To: NICHIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074093/0155 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: ALPAD CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044591/0755 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2011
From: INOUE, KAZUHIRO; IWASHITA, KAZUHISA; TAKEUCHI, TERUO; WATARI, GEN; KOMATSU, TETSURO; TONEDACHI, TATSUO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 025996/0346 →