IP Library Granted Patent US 10,185,070
Granted Patent B2
US 10,185,070 · App. 15/283,789 · Granted Jan 22, 2019

Display device and light source device

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Patent No.
US 10,185,070
App. No.
15/283,789
Granted
Jan 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a light source device includes a light source element including a first light emitting element which emits light of a first wavelength and a second light emitting element which emits light of a second wavelength, a first wavelength conversion material which is excited by the light from the first light emitting element to emit light of a third wavelength, and a second wavelength conversion material which is excited by the light from the second light emitting element to emit light of a fourth wavelength, wherein cyan light produced by the light emission of the first light emitting element and magenta light produced by the light emission of the second light emitting element are emitted from the same light emitting surface.

Claims (34)

1. A light source device comprising:

a light source element including a first light emitting element which emits light of a first wavelength and a second light emitting element which emits light of a second wavelength;

the light source element including a first wavelength conversion material which is excited by the light from the first light emitting element to emit light of a third wavelength and a second wavelength conversion material which is excited by the light from the second light emitting element to emit light of a fourth wavelength, wherein

cyan light produced by the light emission of the first light emitting element and magenta light produced by the light emission of the second light emitting element are emitted from the same light emitting surface,

the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element are sealed in a single space in the light source element,

the first wavelength conversion material and the second wavelength conversion material are mixed and sealed in the single space in the light source element,

the light from the first light emitting element and the light from the second light emitting element are emitted from the light emitting surface through the single space in which the first wavelength conversion material and the second wavelength conversion material are mixed.

2. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein the first wavelength conversion material and the second wavelength conversion material include a phosphor or a quantum dot.

3. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein white light produced when both the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element emit light at the same time is emitted from the light emitting surface.

4. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein the light source element includes four terminals connected to an anode and a cathode of each of the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element.

5. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein the light source element includes a common terminal which electrically connects the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element and two terminals electrically connected to anodes or cathodes of each of the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element.

6. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein the second wavelength is different from the first wavelength.

7. A display device comprising:

a display panel;

a light source element including a first light emitting element which emits light of a first wavelength and a second light emitting element which emits light of a second wavelength;

a lightguide plate including an incident surface which is opposed to the light source element and an exit surface which is opposed to the display panel;

the light source element including a first wavelength conversion material which is excited by the light from the first light emitting element to emit light of a third wavelength and a second wavelength conversion material which is excited by the light from the second light emitting element to emit light of a fourth wavelength, wherein

cyan light produced by the light emission of the first light emitting element and magenta light produced by the light emission of the second light emitting element are emitted from the same light emitting surface to illuminate the display panel,

the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element are sealed in a single space in the light source element,

the first wavelength conversion material and the second wavelength conversion material are mixed and sealed in the single space in the light source element,

the light from the first light emitting element and the light from the second light emitting element are emitted from the light emitting surface through the single space in which the first wavelength conversion material and the second wavelength conversion material are mixed.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the display panel further includes a first subpixel including a yellow color filter and a second subpixel including a blue color filter.

9. A light source device comprising:

a light source element including a first light emitting element which emits light of a first wavelength and a second light emitting element which emits light of a second wavelength;

the light source element including a first wavelength conversion material which is excited by the light from the first light emitting element to emit light of a third wavelength and a second wavelength conversion material which is excited by the light from the second light emitting element to emit light of a fourth wavelength, wherein

light of a first color including at least the light of the third wavelength which is produced by the light emission of the first light emitting element and light of a second color including at least the light of the fourth wavelength which is produced by the light emission of the second light emitting element are emitted from the same light emitting surface,

the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element are sealed in a single space in the light source element,

the first wavelength conversion material and the second wavelength conversion material are mixed and sealed in the single space in the light source element,

the light from the first light emitting element and the light from the second light emitting element are emitted from the light emitting surface through the single space in which the first wavelength conversion material and the second wavelength conversion material are mixed.

10. The light source device according to claim 9 , wherein the first wavelength conversion material and the second wavelength conversion material include a phosphor or a quantum dot.

11. The light source device according to claim 9 , wherein white light produced when both the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element emit light at the same time is emitted from the light emitting surface.

12. The light source device according to claim 9 , wherein the second wavelength is different from the first wavelength.

13. The light source device according to claim 9 , wherein the light source element includes four terminals connected to an anode and a cathode of each of the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element.

14. The light source device according to claim 9 , wherein the light source element includes a common terminal which electrically connects the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element and two terminals electrically connected to anodes or cathodes of each of the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2016
From: KIMURA, SUSUMU; HARADA, TSUTOMU; SAKAIGAWA, AKIRA
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 039922/0886 →