IP Library Granted Patent US 10,985,144
Granted Patent B2
US 10,985,144 · App. 16/531,402 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Light emitting apparatus

Inventor: Tomotsugu Jingi (Asahikawa, JP)
Assignee: Toshiba Hokuto Electronics Corporation
H01L25/0753H01L33/62
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Patent No.
US 10,985,144
App. No.
16/531,402
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a light emitting apparatus including: first and second substrates having light transmissive property and flexibility arranged to face each other; a plurality of light emitting element groups arranged along a predetermined straight line between the first and second substrates and each of the light emitting element groups includes a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element; and a conductor pattern formed on the first substrate and including respective individual line patterns individually connected to the first and second light emitting elements and a common line pattern commonly connected to the first and second light emitting elements. The individual line patterns are routed to one side and the other side of the straight line centered on at least a part of the common line pattern.

Claims (54)

1. A light emitting apparatus comprising:

first and second substrates having a light transmissive properties and flexibility arranged to face each other

a plurality of light emitting element groups arranged along a first straight line between the first and second substrates and including a first light emitting element emitting a first color and a second light emitting element emitting a second color; and

a plurality of conductor patterns arranged on the first substrate along a second straight line perpendicular to the first straight line and including respective individual light patterns individually connected to the first and second light emitting elements and a common line pattern commonly connected to the first and second light emitting elements,

wherein the individual light patterns are routed to one side and the other side of the first straight line centered on at least a part of the common line pattern, wherein

an array pitch of the plurality of light emitting groups in a direction of the first straight line is identical to an array pitch of the plurality of light emitting element groups in a direction of the second straight line, and

a distance between an outer edge of the first or second substrates, and the light emitting element group closest to the outer edge is a half of the array pitch, and wherein

a fan-shaped notch is provided in a corner portion of the first or second substrate.

2. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of light emitting element groups includes a third light emitting element;

the common line pattern is commonly connected to the first light emitting element, the second light emitting element, and the third light emitting element;

the conductor pattern includes individual line patterns respectively connected to the third light emitting elements.

3. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the first light emitting element emits red light,

the second light emitting element emits green light, and

the third light emitting element emits blue light.

4. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of individual line patterns of each of the conductor patterns has one end connected to any one of the first and second light emitting elements and the other end arranged in one side or the other side of the common line pattern.

5. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

each of the plurality of individual line patterns of each of the conductor patterns has one end connected to any one of the first, second, and third light emitting elements and the other end arranged in one side or the other side of the common line pattern.

6. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the common line pattern is provided commonly to the plurality of the light emitting element groups, and distances between adjacent light emitting element groups are equal to each other.

7. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of individual line patterns and the common line pattern are mesh patterns.

8. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the individual line pattern is adjacent to the common line pattern between the neighboring conductor patterns.

9. A light emitting apparatus comprising:

first and second substrates having a light transmissive property and flexibility arranged to face each other;

a plurality of light emitting element groups arranged along a predetermined straight line between the first and second substrates and each of the plurality of light emitting element groups includes a first light emitting element emitting a first color and a second light emitting element emitting a second color; and

a conductor pattern formed on the first substrate and including respective individual light patterns individually connected to the first and second light emitting elements and a common line pattern commonly connected to the first and second light emitting elements,

wherein the individual line patterns are routed to one side and the other side of the straight line centered on at least a part of the common line pattern,

wherein the plurality of individual line patterns and the common line pattern are mesh patterns, and wherein

the mesh pattern includes a plurality of lines inclined by an angle θ relative to the first or second straight line, and

the individual line pattern has a width W 1 expressed as follows:

“ W 1≥( P ·cos θ+ P ·sin θ)×2× M×N”,

where “P” denotes the array pitch of the line, “M” denotes the number of the light emitting element groups, and “N” denotes the number of the light emitting elements included in the light emitting element groups.

10. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein

each of the plurality of light emitting element groups includes a third light emitting element;

the common line pattern is commonly connected to the first light emitting element, the second light emitting element, and the third light emitting element;

the conductor pattern includes individual line patterns respectively connected to the third light emitting elements.

11. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein

the first light emitting element emits red light,

the second light emitting element emits green light, and

the third light emitting element emits blue light.

12. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein

each of the plurality of individual line patterns has one end connected to any one of the first and second light emitting elements and the other end arranged in one side or the other side of the common line pattern.

13. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein

each of the plurality of individual line patterns has one end connected to any one of the first, second, and third light emitting elements and the other end arranged in one side or the other side of the common line pattern.

14. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the common line pattern is provided commonly to the plurality of the light emitting element groups, and distances between adjacent light emitting element groups are equal to each other.

15. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein

the common line pattern and the individual line patterns have a pad to which any one of the electrodes of the first, second, and third light emitting elements is connected.

16. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein

a sum W 2 of the widths of the common line patterns is expressed as:

“ W 2≥( P ·cos θ+ P ·sin θ)×( M+ 1)”.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2021
From: TOSHIBA HOKUTO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: NICHIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058223/0932 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2019
From: JINGI, TOMOTSUGU
To: TOSHIBA HOKUTO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049957/0496 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-164637 · Sep 3, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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