Nano-scale light-emitting diode (LED) electrode assembly emitting polarized light, method of manufacturing the same, and polarized LED lamp having the same
The present invention relates to a nano-scale light emitting diode (LED) electrode assembly emitting polarized light, a method of manufacturing the same, and a polarized LED lamp having the same, and more particularly, to a nano-scale LED electrode assembly in which partially polarized light close to light that is linearly polarized having one direction is emitted as an emitted light when applying a driving voltage to the nano-scale LED electrode assembly and also nano-scale LED devices are connected to a nano-scale electrode without defects such as an electrical short circuit while maximizing a light extraction efficiency, a method of manufacturing the same, and a polarized LED lamp having the same.
1. A nano-scale LED electrode assembly emitting polarized light comprising an electrode line including a first installation electrode and a second installation electrode which are spaced apart from each other on the same plane, and a plurality of nano-scale light emitting diode (LED) devices in which one end in a longitudinal direction of a device is in contact with the first installation electrode and the other end is in contact with the second installation electrode,
wherein the number of nano-scale LED devices having an installation angle which is within an angle change range of ±30° from an average installation angle of all of the nano-scale LED devices emitting light in the nano-scale LED electrode assembly is equal to or more than 80% of the total number of nano-scale LED devices emitting light, and
the installation angle is an acute angle among angles formed by the nano-scale LED device and the first installation electrode or the second installation electrode measured when the installation angle of a case in which the nano-scale LED device is installed to be perpendicular to the first installation electrode or the second installation electrode is defined as 0°.
2. The nano-scale LED electrode assembly emitting the polarized light of claim 1 , wherein the nano-scale LED device comprises a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer formed on the first conductive semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer formed on the active layer, and
comprises an insulating film covering an entire outer surface of at least the active layer in order to prevent an electrical short circuit generated by contact between the active layer of the nano-scale LED device and the electrode line.
3. The nano-scale LED electrode assembly emitting the polarized light of claim 1 , wherein an aspect ratio of the nano-scale LED device is 1.2 to 100.
4. The nano-scale LED electrode assembly emitting the polarized light of claim 1 , wherein the number of nano-scale LED devices having an installation angle which is within the angle change range of ±30° based on the average installation angle as the installation angle is equal to or more than 90% of the total number of nano-scale LED devices emitting light.
5. The nano-scale LED electrode assembly emitting the polarized light of claim 1 , wherein the number of nano-scale LED devices having an installation angle which is within the angle change range of ±10° of the average installation angle of all of the nano-scale LED devices emitting light in the nano-scale LED electrode assembly is equal to or more than 70% of the total number of nano-scale LED devices emitting light.
6. A nano-scale LED electrode assembly emitting polarized light comprising an electrode line including a first installation electrode and a second installation electrode which are spaced apart from each other on the same plane, and a plurality of nano-scale LED devices of which one end of the device in a longitudinal direction is in contact with the first installation electrode and the other end is in contact with the second installation electrode,
wherein the nano-scale LED electrode assembly emits polarized light in which a polarization ratio according to the following Equation 1 is equal to or more than 0.25,
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I
max
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I
min
I
max
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I
min
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in Equation 1, I max , and I min are a maximum intensity and a minimum intensity of the light measured while rotating a polarization axis of a polarizer from −90° to +90° after placing the polarizer on a light emitting surface of the nano-scale LED electrode assembly.
7. The nano-scale LED electrode assembly emitting the polarized light of claim 6 , wherein a polarization ratio according to the Equation 1 is equal to or more than 0.40.
8. A nano-scale LED electrode assembly emitting polarized light including an electrode line including a first installation electrode and a second installation electrode which are spaced apart from each other on the same plane, and a plurality of nano-scale LED devices of which one end of the device in a longitudinal direction is in contact with the first installation electrode and the other end is in contact with the second installation electrode,
wherein an average installation angle of all of nano-scale LED devices emitting in the nano-scale LED electrode assembly is equal to or less than 30°, and
the installation angle is an acute angle among angles formed by the nano-scale LED device and the first installation electrode or the second installation electrode measured when the installation angle of a case in which the nano-scale LED device is installed to be perpendicular to the first installation electrode or the second installation electrode is defined as 0°.
9. The nano-scale LED electrode assembly emitting the polarized light of claim 8 , wherein the average installation angle is equal to or less than 20°.
10. A polarized light emitting diode (LED) lamp, comprising:
a supporter; and
a nano-scale LED electrode assembly according to claim 1 included inside the supporter.
11. The polarized LED lamp of claim 10 , wherein the nano-scale LED electrode assembly includes one among a nano-scale UV LED device, a nano-scale blue LED device, a nano-scale green LED device, a nano-scale yellow LED device, a nano-scale amber LED device, and a nano-scale red LED device.
12. The polarized LED lamp of claim 10 , wherein the supporter has a cup shape, and further comprises a fluorescent substance included in a cup and excited by light emitted from a nano-scale LED electrode assembly.
13. The polarized LED lamp of claim 10 , wherein the lamp includes a plurality of nano-scale LED electrode assemblies, and
each of the plurality of nano-scale LED electrode assemblies independently includes one among the nano-scale UV LED device, the nano-scale blue LED device, the nano-scale green LED device, the nano-scale yellow LED device, the nano-scale amber LED device, and the nano-scale red LED device.
14. The polarized LED lamp of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of nano-scale LED electrode assemblies are arranged to have a line arrangement or a plane arrangement.
15. The polarized LED lamp of claim 12 , wherein, when the nano-scale LED electrode assembly includes the nano-scale UV LED device, the fluorescent substance is one among blue, yellow, green, amber, and red, and
when the nano-scale LED electrode assembly includes the nano-scale blue LED device, the fluorescent substance is one among yellow, green, amber, and red.
16. The polarized LED lamp of claim 13 , wherein the polarized LED lamp emits white light.