IP Library Granted Patent US 11,288,502
Granted Patent B2
US 11,288,502 · App. 16/488,148 · Granted Mar 29, 2022

Illumination system, electronic device comprising an illumination system and use of an illumination system

Inventors: Mikko Perälä (Tampere, FI); Désirée Queren (Neutraubling, DE); Marco Antretter (Parkstetten, DE)
Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
G06K9/00604G06K9/2027H01L23/5386H01L25/0753H01L25/167H01L33/50
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Patent No.
US 11,288,502
App. No.
16/488,148
Granted
Mar 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An illumination dystem, an electronic Device and a method for using an illumination device are disclosed. In an embodiment an illumination device includes at least one semiconductor component configured to generate radiation, an optical element and a control circuit, wherein the optical element is configured to direct the radiation into a field of view to be illuminated, wherein the semiconductor component has a plurality of pixels of a first type, each pixel configured to illuminate the field of view in regions with radiation in a visible spectral range, and at least one infrared pixel configured to illuminate the field of view at least in regions with radiation in an infrared spectral range, wherein the pixels of the first type are arranged in a first matrix arrangement and the infrared pixels are arranged in a second matrix arrangement, and wherein the pixels of the first type and the at least one infrared pixel are operable via the control circuit.

Claims (35)

1. An illumination device comprising:

at least one semiconductor component configured to generate radiation;

an optical element configured to direct the radiation into a field of view to be illuminated; and

a control circuit,

wherein the semiconductor component has a plurality of pixels of a first type, each pixel configured to illuminate the field of view in regions with radiation in a visible spectral range,

wherein the semiconductor component has a plurality of infrared pixels configured to illuminate the field of view at least in regions with radiation in an infrared spectral range,

wherein the pixels of the first type are arranged in a first matrix arrangement and the plurality of infrared pixels are arranged in a second matrix arrangement,

wherein the pixels of the first matrix arrangement are part of a first semiconductor chip and the pixels of the second matrix arrangement are part of a second semiconductor chip, and

wherein the pixels of the first type and the plurality of infrared pixels are operable via the control circuit.

2. The illumination device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first semiconductor chip has an epitaxially grown semiconductor layer sequence, and

wherein the pixels of the first type are formed from the same semiconductor layer sequence.

3. The illumination device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second semiconductor chip has an epitaxially deposited semiconductor layer sequence, and

wherein the infrared pixels are formed from the same semiconductor layer sequence.

4. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the first matrix arrangement and the second matrix arrangement are laterally spaced apart from one another.

5. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the pixels of the first type and the infrared pixels are arranged in a common matrix arrangement.

6. The illumination device according to claim 5 , wherein a surface coverage of infrared pixels in a central region of the common matrix arrangement is higher than in an edge region of the common matrix arrangement.

7. The illumination device according to claim 5 , further comprising an intermediate carrier arranged between the control circuit and the first and second semiconductor chips, wherein the semiconductor chips are electrically conductively connected to the control circuit via the intermediate carrier.

8. The illumination device according to claim 5 , wherein the pixels of the first type and the infrared pixels of the common matrix arrangement are integrated into a common semiconductor chip.

9. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor component has a plurality of pixels of a second type configured to emit radiation in the visible spectral range.

10. The illumination device according to claim 9 , wherein the pixels of the first type are configured to emit warm white light and the pixels of the second type are configured to emit cold white light.

11. The illumination device according to claim 9 , wherein the pixels of the first type, the pixels of the second type and the infrared pixels are arranged in a common matrix arrangement.

12. The illumination device according to claim 9 , wherein the pixels of the first type are arranged in the first matrix arrangement and the pixels of the second type are arranged in the second matrix arrangement, and wherein both the first matrix arrangement and the second matrix arrangement have a portion of the infrared pixels.

13. The illumination device according to claim 12 , wherein each pixel of the first matrix arrangement is associated with a pixel of the second matrix arrangement such that the radiation emitted by these pixels overlap in the field of view.

14. The illumination device according to claim 1 , further comprising a radiation conversion element associated with the pixels of the first type, wherein the radiation conversion element is configured to at least partially convert primary radiation into secondary radiation, and wherein the radiation conversion element has a thickness between 40 μm and 100 μm inclusive.

15. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein a total luminous area of all infrared pixels is not more than 80% of a total luminous area of the pixels of the first type.

16. An electronic device comprising:

the illumination device according to claim 1 ; and

at least one radiation receiver configured to detect radiation radiated into the field of view and reflected back from the field of view.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16 , further comprising an evaluation unit configured to generate a recording of the field of view based on the radiation received from the radiation receiver in a visible spectral range and in an infrared spectral range.

18. The electronic device according to claim 16 , further comprising a housing with an opening through which both the radiation of the pixels of the first type and the radiation of the infrared pixels are emittable.

19. A method comprising:

using the illumination device according to claim 1 as a light source for a biometric authentication.

20. The method according to claim 19 , wherein the authentication is performed by an iris scan using illumination by the infrared pixels.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2020
From: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
To: OSRAM OLED GMBH
Reel/Frame 051464/0504 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF INVENTOR MIKO PERÄLÄ PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 050821 FRAME 0422. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 19, 2019
From: PERÄLÄ, MIKKO; QUEREN, DÉSIRÉE; ANTRETTER, MARCO
To: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
Reel/Frame 051059/0059 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2019
From: PERALA, MIKKO; QUEREN, DÉSIRÉE; ANTRETTER, MARCO
To: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
Reel/Frame 050821/0422 →