IP Library Granted Patent US 11,201,141
Granted Patent B2
US 11,201,141 · App. 16/317,536 · Granted Dec 14, 2021

Light emitting device

Inventors: Sergey Kudaev (Regensburg, DE); Krister Bergenek (Regensburg, DE)
Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
H01L25/0753F21K9/232H01L33/46H01L33/486H01L33/504H01L33/505H01L33/56H01L33/58H01L33/62H01L33/32H01L33/36H01L2224/48091H01L2224/48137H01L2224/73265H01L2933/0091
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Patent No.
US 11,201,141
App. No.
16/317,536
Granted
Dec 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting device is disclosed. In an embodiment a light-emitting device includes a plurality of light-emitting diode chips arranged on a mounting surface of a carrier, a first translucent element and a second translucent element, wherein the first translucent element is arranged over the plurality of light-emitting diode chips as viewed from the mounting surface and the second translucent element is disposed on a side of the plurality of light-emitting diode chips opposite the first translucent element such that the light-emitting diode chips are arranged between the first and second translucent elements, wherein the first and second translucent elements are configured to emit light generated by the light-emitting diode chips during operation outwardly, and wherein the first and second translucent elements appear white or grey in daylight.

Claims (30)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

light-emitting diode chips arranged on a mounting surface of a carrier;

a first translucent element; and

a second translucent element,

wherein the first translucent element is arranged over the light-emitting diode chips as viewed from the mounting surface and the second translucent element is disposed on a side of the light-emitting diode chips opposite the first translucent element, such that the light-emitting diode chips are arranged between the first and second translucent elements,

wherein the second translucent element comprises a diffusing layer disposed beneath the carrier as viewed from the light-emitting diode chips,

wherein the first and second translucent elements are configured to emit light generated by the light-emitting diode chips during operation outwardly,

wherein the first and second translucent elements appear white or grey in daylight when the light-emitting device is in a switched-off state,

wherein the first and second translucent elements have structures configured to scatter light, and

wherein the structures comprise particles in a matrix material and/or surface structures and/or particles or crystal boundaries surrounding the particles in a sintered or a polycrystalline material so that components arranged below the first and the second translucent element are not visible for a naked eye.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting diode chips are enclosed by the first and second translucent elements.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second translucent element comprises the carrier.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first translucent element comprises a diffusing layer.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second translucent elements has a surface facing away from the light-emitting diode chips, each surface forming an interface of the light-emitting device with an environment.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a wavelength conversion element disposed between each of the light-emitting diode chips and the first translucent element.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 6 , wherein the wavelength conversion element comprises a plurality of wavelength conversion elements, wherein each of the wavelength conversion elements is disposed on a respective light-emitting diode chip, and wherein the wavelength conversion elements over the respective adjacent light-emitting diode chips are spatially separated from each other.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein, on the mounting surface, a wavelength conversion layer is disposed between the carrier and the light-emitting diode chips.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 8 , further comprising a wavelength conversion element, and wherein the wavelength conversion element and the wavelength conversion layer have compositions different from each other.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting diode chips are configured to emit light in a direction facing away from the carrier.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein the light-emitting diode chips are configured to further emit light in a direction of the carrier.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein all light-emitting diode chips are arranged on the same side of the carrier.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier is embodied elongated along a longitudinal direction and all light-emitting diode chips are arranged along the longitudinal direction on the carrier.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier has electrical contact elements at two opposite ends in a longitudinal direction.

15. The light-emitting device according to claim 14 , wherein the electrical contact elements are configured to mechanically mount the light-emitting device in a fixture.

16. The light-emitting device according to claim 14 , wherein the light-emitting diode chips form a series circuit, wherein the light-emitting diode chips are electrically contactable by the electrical contact elements.

17. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a wavelength conversion element disposed between each of the light-emitting diode chips and the first translucent element, wherein, on the mounting surface, a wavelength conversion layer is disposed between the carrier and the light-emitting diode chips.

18. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first and second translucent elements comprise scattering layers which comprise a transparent matrix material in which scattering particles are contained, and

wherein the scattering particles are selected from the group consisting of titanium oxide and aluminum oxide.

19. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second translucent elements appear white in daylight when the light-emitting device is in the switched-off state.

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 Apr 15, 2019
From: KUDAEV, SERGEY; BERGENEK, KRISTER
To: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
Reel/Frame 048886/0706 →