IP Library Granted Patent US 10,539,733
Granted Patent B2
US 10,539,733 · App. 16/077,315 · Granted Jan 21, 2020

Light-emitting unit, display apparatus, and lighting apparatus

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Patent No.
US 10,539,733
App. No.
16/077,315
Granted
Jan 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of side-emission type light-emitting devices disposed two-dimensionally on a mounting surface; a light guide plate that is disposed at a position opposed to each of the light-emitting devices, and has uneven layers on a bottom surface and a top surface, the uneven layers controlling entry and exit of light; and a reflective structure that is fixed to at least the bottom surface out of the mounting surface and the bottom surface, and has a reflective section, the reflective section reflecting output light from each of the light-emitting devices toward the bottom surface.

Claims (61)

1. A light-emitting unit, comprising:

a plurality of side-emission type light-emitting devices on a mounting surface;

a light guide plate at a first position opposed to each of the plurality of side-emission type light-emitting devices, wherein

the light guide plate comprises:

a bottom surface,

a top surface, and

uneven layers on the bottom surface and the top surface,

the uneven layers are configured to control an entry of light into the light guide plate and an exit of the light from the light guide plate,

an uneven layer of the uneven layers comprises a plurality of protrusions, and

the plurality of protrusions is concentric; and

a reflective structure fixed to at least one of the mounting surface or the bottom surface,

wherein the reflective structure comprises a reflective section configured to reflect output light from each of the plurality of side-emission type light-emitting devices toward the bottom surface.

2. The light-emitting unit according to claim 1 , wherein

the reflective structure has one of a triangle-based structure or a trapezoid-based structure, and

the reflective structure further comprises a portion fixed to the bottom surface of the light guide plate.

3. The light-emitting unit according to claim 2 , further comprising a wiring substrate having the mounting surface, wherein the reflective structure is in a gap between the mounting surface and the bottom surface of the light guide plate.

4. The light-emitting unit according to claim 3 , wherein

the reflective structure further comprises a plurality of openings surrounded by the reflective section, and

at least one side-emission type light-emitting device of the plurality of side-emission type light-emitting devices is in each of the plurality of openings.

5. The light-emitting unit according to claim 3 , wherein

the wiring substrate comprises:

a first reflective surface on a periphery of each of the plurality of side-emission type light-emitting devices; and

a second reflective surface on a periphery of the first reflective surface, and

the first reflective surface has a low reflectance than the second reflective surface.

6. The light-emitting unit according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of side-emission type light-emitting devices is a light-emitting diode,

the light-emitting diode has a flip-chip structure, and

the flip-chip structure includes electrodes on a surface of the flip-chip structure on a side on which the mounting surface is located.

7. The light-emitting unit according to claim 1 , wherein

the uneven layer on the bottom surface of the light guide plate includes:

a refraction-transmission section at a second position unopposed to each of the plurality of side-emission type light-emitting devices, and

a diffusion-reflection section at a third position opposed to each of the plurality of side-emission type light-emitting devices.

8. A display apparatus comprising:

a light-emitting unit configured to output illumination light; and

a display panel configured to display an image based on the illumination light, wherein

the display panel is on the light-emitting unit, and

the light-emitting unit comprises:

a plurality of side-emission type light-emitting devices on a mounting surface;

a light guide plate at a position opposed to each of the plurality of side-emission type light-emitting devices, wherein

the light guide plate comprises:

 a bottom surface,

 a top surface, and

 uneven layers on the bottom surface and the top surface,

the uneven layers are configured to control an entry of light into the light guide plate and an exit of the light from the light guide plate,

an uneven layer of the uneven layers comprises a plurality of protrusions, and

the plurality of protrusions is concentric; and

a reflective structure fixed to at least one of the mounting surface or the bottom surface,

wherein the reflective structure comprises a reflective section configured to reflect output light from each of the plurality of side-emission type light-emitting devices toward the bottom surface.

9. A lighting apparatus comprising:

a light-emitting unit configured to output illumination light, wherein the light-emitting unit comprises:

a plurality of side-emission type light-emitting devices on a mounting surface;

a light guide plate at a position opposed to each of the plurality of side-emission type light-emitting devices, wherein

the light guide plate comprises:

a bottom surface,

a top surface, and

uneven layers on the bottom surface and the top surface,

the uneven layers are configured to control an entry of light into the light guide plate and an exit of the light from the light guide plate,

an uneven layer of the uneven layers comprises a plurality of protrusions, and

the plurality of protrusions is concentric; and

a reflective structure fixed to at least one of the mounting surface or the bottom surface,

wherein the reflective structure comprises a reflective section configured to reflect output light from each of the plurality of side-emission type light-emitting devices toward the bottom surface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2020
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 053712/0226 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2018
From: YAMAMOTO, TAKESHI; ARAKI, SOYA; YOSHIMATSU, TOMOYUKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046773/0296 →