IP Library Granted Patent US 9,857,059
Granted Patent B2
US 9,857,059 · App. 14/353,741 · Granted Jan 2, 2018

Light emitting device, illuminating device and method of manufacturing light emitting device

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Patent No.
US 9,857,059
App. No.
14/353,741
Granted
Jan 2, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting device includes a light emitting element, a ceramic substrate including a mounting surface on which the light emitting element is mounted, and a non-mounting surface opposite to the mounting surface and on which the light emitting element is not mounted, and a metal reflection film formed on the non-mounting surface. The metal reflection film reflects light from light emitting element that has passed through the ceramic substrate.

Claims (20)

1. A light emitting device, comprising:

a light emitting element;

a white ceramic substrate having a mounting surface on which said light emitting element is mounted and a non-mounting surface opposite to said mounting surface and on which said light emitting element is not mounted; and

a metal reflection film, formed on said non-mounting surface, for reflecting light from said light emitting element transmitted through said white ceramic substrate,

wherein the white ceramic substrate is an alumina sintered body that reflects light by diffused reflection, and

surface roughness in maximum height (Rz) of the non-mounting surface of the white ceramic substrate is not larger than wavelength of the light emitted from the light emitting element, the non-mounting surface being made of the alumina sintered body.

2. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein arithmetic mean surface roughness (Ra) of said non-mounting surface of said white ceramic substrate is at most 0.04 μm.

3. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein thickness of said white ceramic substrate is at least 0.2 mm and at most 2.0 mm.

4. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein said metal reflection film includes any of a reflection film of Ag, a reflection film of Ag alloy, a reflection film of Al, and a reflection film of Al alloy.

5. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein a region for forming said metal reflection film includes a region immediately below said light emitting element.

6. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a sealing body formed on said mounting surface of said white ceramic substrate and containing a fluorescent substance excited by light from said light emitting element, for sealing said light emitting element.

7. An illuminating device mounting the light emitting device according to claim 1 .

8. A light emitting device, comprising:

a light emitting element;

a white ceramic substrate having a mounting surface on which said light emitting element is mounted and a non-mounting surface opposite to said mounting surface and on which said light emitting element is not mounted; and

a metal reflection film, formed on said non-mounting surface, for reflecting light from said light emitting element transmitted through said white ceramic substrate;

wherein the white ceramic substrate is an alumina sintered body that reflects light by diffused reflection, and

surface roughness of said mounting surface of said white ceramic substrate is larger than surface roughness of said non-mounting surface, the mounting surface and the non-mounting surface being made of the alumina sintered body.

9. The light emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein arithmetic mean surface roughness (Ra) of said mounting surface of said white ceramic substrate is larger than 0.04 μm.

10. The light emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein arithmetic mean surface roughness (Ra) of said non-mounting surface of said white ceramic substrate is not larger than 0.04 μm.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2025
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SHARP FUKUYAMA LASER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 071863/0485 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2014
From: KAMIKAWA, TAKESHI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 032752/0311 →