IP Library Granted Patent US 9,117,982
Granted Patent B2
US 9,117,982 · App. 14/326,641 · Granted Aug 25, 2015

Light-emitting device including transparent resin with curved surface arranged at side facing light-emitting diode element

Inventors: Kazuya Ishihara (Yamanashi-ken, JP); Yuki Suto (Yamanashi-ken, JP); Yusuke Watanabe (Yamanashi-ken, JP)
Assignees: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
H01L33/505H01L33/52H01L33/56H01L33/54
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Patent No.
US 9,117,982
App. No.
14/326,641
Granted
Aug 25, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes a substrate that includes at least a pair of electrodes, an LED element electrically mounted on the substrate, a phosphor plate adhered to an upper surface of the LED element and including an upper surface and a lower surface each having an area larger than that of the upper surface of the LED element, a white resin provided on an upper surface of the substrate and seamlessly covering a peripheral side surface of the LED element and a peripheral side surface of the phosphor plate. A lower surface of the phosphor plate is adhered to the upper surface of the LED element through a transparent adhesive.

Claims (22)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a light-emitting diode element electrically mounted on the substrate;

a phosphor plate including an upper surface and a lower surface larger than an upper surface of the light-emitting diode element and the lower surface of the phosphor plate adhered to the upper surface of the light-emitting diode element; and

a white resin provided on an upper surface of the substrate, provided to a position of an upper peripheral edge of the phosphor plate, and covering the light-emitting diode element and the phosphor plate except the upper surface of the phosphor plate, and the white resin seamlessly covering a peripheral side surface of the light-emitting diode element and a peripheral side surface of the phosphor plate;

wherein the white resin includes an upper inner edge that is in contact with the upper peripheral edge of the phosphor plate, an upper outer edge is positioned outside the upper inner edge as seen in a plan view, and the upper outer edge is positioned at a higher position than the upper inner edge as seen in a side view, and

a surface between the upper inner edge and the upper outer edge of the white resin includes a concave shape centering around the upper surface of the phosphor plate as seen in a plan view, and

a transparent resin covers the upper surface of the phosphor plate and the surface between the upper inner edge and the upper outer edge of the white resin,

wherein the transparent resin includes a convex shape that fits into the concave shape of an upper surface of the white resin, and the concave shape of the upper surface of the white resin is arranged to be around the upper surface of the phosphor plate.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the substrate includes a pair of electrodes and the light-emitting diode element is mounted on the pair of electrodes of the substrate through conductive members.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the white resin seals a space between a lower surface of the light-emitting diode element and the upper surface of the substrate.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the transparent resin has a shape of lens effect, upward light-gathering property of emitted light.

5. A light-emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a light-emitting diode element electrically mounted on the substrate; a phosphor plate adhered to an upper surface of the light-emitting diode element;

a white resin covering a peripheral side surface of the light-emitting diode element and a peripheral side surface of the phosphor plate, the white resin comprising a curved surface; and

a transparent resin covering an upper surface of the phosphor plate and comprising a curved surface that fits in the curved surface of the white resin, and the transparent resin further comprising an upper surface that is flat.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the transparent resin has a shape of lens effect, upward light-gathering property of emitted light.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 22, 2017
From: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO. LTD.
To: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042527/0306 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2014
From: ISHIHARA, KAZUYA; SUTO, YUKI; WATANABE, YUSUKE
To: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033270/0309 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-135526 · Jun 17, 2011 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 13525934 · Jun 18, 2012
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