IP Library Granted Patent US 11,177,415
Granted Patent B2
US 11,177,415 · App. 16/083,771 · Granted Nov 16, 2021

Projection optical unit, optoelectronic semiconductor chip, optoelectronic illumination system, camera, terminal

Inventor: Ulrich Streppel (Regensburg, DE)
Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
H01L33/504F21V5/04G02B3/04G02B9/06G02B13/003G02B19/0061H01L33/58H01L27/156
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Patent No.
US 11,177,415
App. No.
16/083,771
Granted
Nov 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projection optical unit that images electromagnetic radiation emitted by an optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a first lens element, a second lens element, wherein the two lens elements each include a first light-refracting surface and a second light-refracting surface located opposite the first light-refracting surface, the second light-refracting surface of the first lens element faces the first light-refracting surface of the second lens element, and the four light-refracting surfaces each include an asphere-shaped surface section such that the respective surface section forms an aspherical lens.

Claims (483)

1. A projection optical unit that images electromagnetic radiation emitted by an optoelectronic semiconductor chip comprising:

a first lens element,

a second lens element,

wherein the two lens elements each comprise a first light-refracting surface and a second light-refracting surface located opposite the first light-refracting surface,

the second light-refracting surface of the first lens element faces the first light-refracting surface of the second lens element,

the four light-refracting surfaces each comprise an asphere-shaped surface section such that the respective surface section forms an aspherical lens, and

the asphere-shaped surface section of each light-refracting surface is defined by formula:

z

(

r

)

=

cr

2

1

+

1

-

(

1

+

k

)

c

2

r

2

+

α

1

r

2

+

α

2

r

4

+

α

3

r

6

+

a

4

r

8

+

α

5

r

10

+

α

6

r

12

+

α

7

r

14

+

α

8

r

16

,

wherein c denotes a vertex curvature, where c=1/R, R is a vertex radius, k denotes a conic constant, α 1 , α 2 , α 3 , α 4 , α 5 , α 6 , α 7 and α 8 are asphere coefficients, z is a sagitta and r is a radial distance from an optical axis of an aspherical lens.

2. The projection optical unit according to claim 1 , wherein one or a plurality of the aspherical lenses each comprise a shape of a plane asphere.

3. The projection optical unit according to claim 1 , wherein the aspherical lens of the first surface of the first lens element is defined by formula:

z

(

r

)

=

cr

2

1

+

1

-

(

1

+

k

)

c

2

r

2

+

α

1

r

2

+

α

2

r

4

+

α

3

r

6

+

a

4

r

8

+

α

5

r

10

+

α

6

r

12

+

α

7

r

14

+

α

8

r

16

,

wherein z is the sagitta in mm, r is the radial distance from the optical axis of the first lens element, c is the vertex curvature where c=1/R, R is the vertex radius where R=−5.187 mm+/−10%, k is the conic constant where k=8.381+/−10%, α1=0.000+/−0.001, α2=−0.005+/−10%, α3=−0.011+/−10%, α4=−0.001+/−10%, α5=0.0001+/−10%, α6=0.0002+/−10%, α7 =0.0003+/−10%, α8=−2.092e-005+/−10%.

4. The projection optical unit according to claim 1 , wherein the aspherical lens of the second surface of the first lens element is defined by formula:

z

(

r

)

=

cr

2

1

+

1

-

(

1

+

k

)

c

2

r

2

+

α

1

r

2

+

α

2

r

4

+

α

3

r

6

+

a

4

r

8

+

α

5

r

10

+

α

6

r

12

+

α

7

r

14

+

α

8

r

16

,

wherein z is the sagitta in mm, r is the radial distance from the optical axis of the first lens element, c is the vertex curvature where c=1/R, R is the vertex radius where R=3.426 mm+/−10%, k is the conic constant where k=−8.413+/−10%, α1=0.000+/−0.001, α2=−0.124+/−10%, α3=0.013+/−10%, α4=0.010+/−10%, α5=−5.688e-005+/−10%, α6=−0.0002+/−10%, α7=−0.0001+/−10%, α8=1.605e-005+/−10%.

5. The projection optical unit according to claim 1 , wherein the aspherical lens of the first surface of the second lens element is defined by formula:

z

(

r

)

=

cr

2

1

+

1

-

(

1

+

k

)

c

2

r

2

+

α

1

r

2

+

α

2

r

4

+

α

3

r

6

+

a

4

r

8

+

α

5

r

10

+

α

6

r

12

+

α

7

r

14

+

α

8

r

16

,

wherein z is the sagitta in mm, r is the radial distance from the optical axis of the first lens element, c is the vertex curvature where c=1/R, R is the vertex radius where R=−1.316 mm+/−10%, k is the conic constant, where k=−0.595+/−10%, α1=0.000+/−0.001, α2=0.028+/−10%, α3=−0.003+/−10%, α4=0.001+/−10%, α5=0.0006+/−10%, α6=9.062e-006+/−10%, α7=2.451e-006+/−10%, α8=−1.130e-005+/−10%.

6. The projection optical unit according to claim 1 , wherein the aspherical lens of the second surface of the second lens element is defined by formula:

z

(

r

)

=

cr

2

1

+

1

-

(

1

+

k

)

c

2

r

2

+

α

1

r

2

+

α

2

r

4

+

α

3

r

6

+

a

4

r

8

+

α

5

r

10

+

α

6

r

12

+

α

7

r

14

+

α

8

r

16

,

wherein z is the sagitta in mm, r is the radial distance from the optical axis of the first lens element, c is the vertex curvature where c=1/R, R is the vertex radius where R=2.923 mm+/−10%, k is the conic constant where k=1.617+/−10%, α1=0.000+/−0.001, α2=0.044+/−10%, α3=−0.077+/−10%, α4=−0.009+/−10%, α5=0.006+/−10%, α6=0.003+/−10%, α7=0.0009 +/−10%, α8=−0.001+/−10%.

7. The projection optical unit according to claim 1 , wherein one or a plurality of the aspherical lenses each comprise a shape corresponding to a respective stretching of a rotationally symmetrical configuration of the corresponding aspherical lens around the lens centroid of the corresponding aspherical lens by a first stretching factor of 1.1+/−10% in a radial first stretching direction and a second stretching factor of 0.89+/−10% in a radial second stretching direction extending perpendicularly to the first stretching direction.

8. The projection optical unit according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the two lens elements or both lens elements is and/or respectively are each an injection-molded component, in particular an injection-molded component comprising polycarbonate.

9. An optoelectronic illumination system comprising the optoelectronic projection optical unit according to claim 1 and an optoelectronic semiconductor chip comprising:

a plurality of individually drivable light-emitting pixels that each comprise a semiconductor layer sequence comprising an active zone that generates electromagnetic radiation,

wherein the light-emitting pixels are respectively assigned a phosphor for a wavelength conversion of the electromagnetic radiation generated in the respective active zone, and

the assigned phosphors in part each comprise a different conversion property.

10. The optoelectronic illumination system according to claim 9 , wherein the assigned phosphors are applied on a respective top surface of the semiconductor layer sequences.

11. The optoelectronic illumination system according to claim 9 , wherein two phosphors each comprises a different conversion property are provided, and the two phosphors are assigned to the light-emitting pixels in a manner corresponding to a checkered pattern.

12. The optoelectronic illumination system according to claim 9 , wherein the phosphors are assigned to the light-emitting pixels in a manner corresponding to a pattern defined on the basis of the respective conversion properties.

13. The optoelectronic illumination system according to claim 9 , wherein the light-emitting pixels are arranged in a matrix comprising columns and rows, and 16 light-emitting pixels are provided per column and per row.

14. The optoelectronic illumination system according to claim 9 , wherein the semiconductor chip comprises a square shape comprising an edge length of 2.0 mm+/−10%.

15. The optoelectronic illumination system according to claim 9 , wherein one of the conversion properties comprises a wavelength conversion of the electromagnetic radiation generated in the respective active zone into electromagnetic radiation comprising a color temperature of 6000 K+/−800 K such that the correspondingly converted electromagnetic radiation comprises a hue of Cx=0.30 to Cx=0.37 and of Cy=0.29 to Cy=0.37 of the CIE standard colorimetric system, and another of the conversion properties comprises a wavelength conversion of the electromagnetic radiation generated in the respective active zone into electromagnetic radiation comprising a color temperature of 2250 K+/−500 K such that the correspondingly converted electromagnetic radiation comprises a hue of Cx=0.45 to Cx=0.55 and of Cy=0.40 to Cy=0.48 of the CIE standard colorimetric system.

16. A camera for recording an image, comprising an illumination system according to claim 9 .

17. A terminal comprising a camera according to claim 16 .

18. The terminal according to claim 17 , wherein the terminal is a mobile terminal.

19. The projection optical unit according to claim 1 , wherein α6, α7 and α8 are nonzero.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2020
From: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
To: OSRAM OLED GMBH
Reel/Frame 051464/0504 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2018
From: STREPPEL, ULRICH
To: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
Reel/Frame 047032/0741 →