IP Library Granted Patent US 11,094,859
Granted Patent B2
US 11,094,859 · App. 16/546,695 · Granted Aug 17, 2021

Light emitting apparatus

Inventors: Naoki Takojima (Asahikawa, JP); Yojiro Yarimizu (Asahikawa, JP); Tsuyoshi Abe (Asahikawa, JP)
Assignee: Toshiba Hokuto Electronics Corporation
H01L33/56B32B27/36H01L33/44H01L33/52H01L51/0097H01L51/5203H01L51/5246H01L51/5256B32B2038/0076F21Y2115/10H01L2251/30
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Patent No.
US 11,094,859
App. No.
16/546,695
Granted
Aug 17, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a light emitting apparatus including: a first substrate having light transmissive property and flexibility with a conductive layer; a second substrate having light transmissive property and flexibility and arranged to face the first substrate; a plurality of light emitting elements including an electrode connected to the conductive layer and arranged between the first and second substrates; and a resin layer having light transmissive property and flexibility and arranged between the first and second substrates to hold the plurality of light emitting elements. A temperature for a maximum mechanical loss tangent tan δ in dynamic viscoelasticity of the resin layer is 117° C. or higher.

Claims (38)

1. A light emitting apparatus comprising:

a first substrate having light transmissive property and flexibility with a conductive layer;

a second substrate having light transmissive property and flexibility and arranged to face the first substrate;

a plurality of light emitting elements including an electrode connected to the conductive layer and arranged between the first and second substrates; and

a resin layer having light transmissive property and flexibility and arranged between the first and second substrates to hold the plurality of light emitting elements,

wherein, in the resin layer, a storage elastic modulus at 100° C. is −26% or more with respect to the storage elastic modulus at −50° C., and a loss elastic modulus peaks at 130° C. or higher, and

as a general condition for providing no failure in a reliability test, a relationship between a peak temperature tan δ max at which a mechanical loss tangent tan δ is maximized in dynamic viscoelasticity of the resin layer and a difference (ΔTj) between a junction temperature (Tj) of the light emitting element and an environmental temperature (TM) satisfies the following formulas (1) and (2):

tan δ max≥1.65Δ Tj+α×D   (1), and

α× D= 1.65× TM− 47.5  (2),

where “TM” denotes the environmental temperature, “Tj” denotes the junction temperature, “D” denotes an integer, and “a” denotes a manufacturing variation factor in a thickness of the resin layer.

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

a temperature for a maximum mechanical loss tangent tan δ in dynamic viscoelasticity of the resin layer is 135° C. or higher.

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

the temperature for the maximum mechanical loss tangent tan δ is 180° C. or lower.

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

the mechanical loss tangent tan δ has a peak intensity of 1.01 or larger.

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

a decrease rate of the resin of the resin layer from an average value of a storage elastic modulus at 25° C. to an average value of a storage elastic modulus at 85° C. is 30.6% or lower within a humidity range of 25% to 85%.

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

a change amount of a mechanical loss tangent tan δ in dynamic viscoelasticity of the resin layer is “1.35E−02” or smaller within a humidity range of 20% or higher and 85% or lower.

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

the change amount of the mechanical loss tangent tan δ in the dynamic viscoelasticity of the resin layer is “9.05E−03” or smaller within a humidity range of 50% or higher and 85% or lower.

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

the resin layer has an expansion coefficient of smaller than 21.3% at a temperature of 85° C. and a humidity of 40% or higher and 0.45% or lower.

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

the resin layer has a bending stress of 65.71 MPa or more at a temperature of 85° C. and a distortion factor is 5.0%.

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

in the resin layer, the rate of change in bending stress from bending stress at a temperature of 25° C. to bending stress at a temperature of 85° C. is greater than −30.8% when a distortion factor is 5.0%.

11. A light emitting apparatus comprising:

a first substrate having light transmissive property and flexibility with a conductive layer;

a second substrate having light transmissive property and flexibility and arranged to face the first substrate;

a plurality of light emitting elements including an electrode connected to the conductive layer and arranged between the first and second substrates; and

a resin layer having light transmissive property and flexibility and arranged between the first and second substrates to hold the plurality of light emitting elements,

wherein, in the resin layer, a storage elastic modulus at 100° C. is −26% or more with respect to the storage elastic modulus at −50° C., and a loss elastic modulus peaks at 130° C. or higher, and

a relationship between a peak temperature tan δ max at which a mechanical loss tangent tan δ is maximized in dynamic viscoelasticity and a difference (ΔTj) between a junction temperature (Tj) of the light emitting element and an environmental temperature (TM) in the resin of the resin layer satisfies the following formulas (1) and (2):

tan δ max≥1.65Δ Tj+α×D   (1), and

α× D= 1.65× TM− 47.5  (2),

where “TM” denotes the environmental temperature, “Tj” denotes the junction temperature, “D” denotes an integer, and “α” denotes a manufacturing variation factor in a thickness of the resin layer.

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 21, 2019
From: TAKOJIMA, NAOKI; YARIMIZU, YOJIRO; ABE, TSUYOSHI
To: TOSHIBA HOKUTO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050117/0078 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-164946 · Sep 3, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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