IP Library Granted Patent US 10,158,055
Granted Patent B2
US 10,158,055 · App. 15/217,202 · Granted Dec 18, 2018

Light emitting device including light emitting unit arranged in a tube

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Patent No.
US 10,158,055
App. No.
15/217,202
Granted
Dec 18, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes a carrier with a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a light-emitting unit disposed on the first surface and configured to emit a light toward but not passing through the first surface. When emitting the light, the light-emitting device has a first light intensity above the first surface, and a second light intensity under the second surface, a ratio of the first light intensity to the second light intensity is in a range of 2˜9.

Claims (24)

1. A light-emitting device, comprising:

an opaque carrier having a uniform width and thickness, and comprising a first end, a second end opposite to the first end, a first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a plurality of light-emitting units disposed on the first surface, each light-emitting unit having a first connecting pad and the second connecting pad which are oriented in a same direction;

a conductive circuit trace disposed on the first surface, the first connecting pad and the second connecting pad directly contact the conductive circuit trace;

a reflective layer disposed on the conductive circuit trace;

an electrode pad directly connected to the first surface and the second surface; and

an optic structure comprising a wavelength converting material, and directly contacting the first surface, the second surface, and the plurality of light-emitting units in a configuration of exposing the first end and the second end,

wherein the optic structure does not have identical shapes on two opposite sides of the opaque carrier in a cross sectional view.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the optic structure has an upper thickness on the first surface, and a lower thickness which is located on the second surface and thinner than the upper thickness.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein opaque carrier comprises a lateral surface directly connected to the optic structure.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the optic structure comprises a side surface having a curved portion with a radian of π/36 to π/9.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the optic structure comprises a top surface having a curved portion with a radian of 2π/9 to π/3.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein each light-emitting unit is physically and electrically mounted on the opaque carrier by an anode and a cathode.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 3 , wherein the optic structure comprises a side surface which is substantially parallel to a lateral surface of the light-emitting unit.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein each light-emitting unit comprises a light-emitting body, a first transparent element, and a second transparent element, wherein the first transparent element is sandwiched by the light-emitting body and the second transparent element.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein the light-emitting unit comprises a reflective structure between the first transparent element and the second transparent element.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting device has a first light intensity above the first surface, and a second light intensity under the second surface, a ratio of the first light intensity to the second light intensity is in a range of 2 to 9.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the optic structure has a curved top surface and a flat bottom surface.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second reflective layer disposed on the second surface.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the optic structure has a top surface separated from the first surface by a distance of 0.13 mm to 0.8 mm.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a cover and an electrical connector, wherein the opaque carrier is arranged between the cover and the electrical connector.

15. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the optic structure comprises a first curved portion and a second curved portion which have different radians.

16. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the optic structure comprises a flat portion, each of the plurality of the light-emitting unit comprises a side surface parallel to the flat portion.

17. A lamp, comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 1 , a first metal wire connected to the first surface, and a second metal wire connected to the second surface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2024
From: EPISTAR CORPORATION
To: EDISONLED LLC
Reel/Frame 069604/0414 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2016
From: YAO, CHIU-LIN; KAN, SHUO-CHIEH; LIN, CHUN-WEI; LIAW, BEEN-YU
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039229/0960 →