IP Library Granted Patent US 11,181,245
Granted Patent B2
US 11,181,245 · App. 16/790,594 · Granted Nov 23, 2021

Light source device and light projecting device

Inventors: Ryota Yuge (Toyama, JP); Shigeo Hayashi (Kyoto, JP); Tooru Aoyagi (Toyama, JP); Tetsuya Kamada (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION JAPAN
F21S41/153F21S41/125F21S41/143F21S41/25F21S41/285F21S41/365F21S41/675F21Y2105/12F21Y2115/10
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Patent No.
US 11,181,245
App. No.
16/790,594
Granted
Nov 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light source device includes: a substrate; a light-emitting unit matrix including a plurality of light-emitting units disposed in a matrix on the substrate; and a reflective resin disposed in a region, on the substrate, including a region where the light-emitting unit matrix is disposed. The plurality of light-emitting units include a first light-emitting unit and a second light-emitting unit adjacent to each other in a column direction of the light-emitting unit matrix. The reflective resin includes a first reflective portion disposed between the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit and extending in a direction intersecting the column direction. At least a portion of an upper surface of the first reflective portion protrudes beyond an upper surface of the first light-emitting unit and an upper surface of the second light-emitting unit.

Claims (39)

1. A light source device, comprising:

a substrate;

a light-emitting unit matrix including a plurality of light-emitting units disposed in a matrix on the substrate; and

a reflective resin disposed in a region on the substrate, the region including a region where the light-emitting unit matrix is disposed,

wherein the plurality of light-emitting units include a first light-emitting unit and a second light-emitting unit adjacent to each other in a column direction of the light-emitting unit matrix,

the reflective resin includes a first reflective portion disposed between the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit, and extending in a direction intersecting the column direction,

at least a portion of an upper surface of the first reflective portion protrudes beyond an upper surface of the first light-emitting unit and an upper surface of the second light-emitting unit,

the plurality of light-emitting units include a third light-emitting unit and a fourth light-emitting unit adjacent to each other in the column direction,

the first light-emitting unit, the second light-emitting unit, the third light-emitting unit, and the fourth light-emitting unit are arranged in a matrix of two rows and two columns,

the third light-emitting unit is adjacent to the first light-emitting unit,

the fourth light-emitting unit is adjacent to the second light-emitting unit,

the reflective resin includes a second reflective portion disposed between the first light-emitting unit and the third light-emitting unit and extending in the column direction, and

an upper surface of a first intersection where the first reflective portion intersects the second reflective portion protrudes beyond an upper surface of a portion of the first reflective portion between the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit and an upper surface of a portion of the second reflective portion between the first light-emitting unit and the third light-emitting unit.

2. The light source device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a plan view of the substrate, the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit are arranged adjacent to one of outer edges of the light-emitting unit matrix extending in the column direction of the light-emitting unit matrix, and

an upper surface of the first reflective portion approaches the substrate as the first reflective portion approaches the one of the outer edges from the first intersection.

3. The light source device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of light-emitting units include a fifth light-emitting unit and a sixth light-emitting unit adjacent to each other in the column direction,

the first light-emitting unit, the second light-emitting unit, the third light-emitting unit, the fourth light-emitting unit, the fifth light-emitting unit, and the sixth light-emitting unit are arranged in a matrix of two rows and three columns,

the fifth light-emitting unit is adjacent to the third light-emitting unit,

the sixth light-emitting unit is adjacent to the fourth light-emitting unit,

the reflective resin includes a third reflective portion disposed between the third light-emitting unit and the fifth light-emitting unit and extending in the column direction, and

the upper surface of the first intersection and an upper surface of a second intersection where the first reflective portion intersects the third reflective portion protrude beyond an upper surface of a portion of the first reflective portion between the first intersection and the second intersection.

4. The light source device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a plan view of the substrate, in an outer edge portion where the first reflective portion intersects an outer edge of the light-emitting unit matrix, the upper surface of the reflective resin is recessed relative to the upper surface of the first light-emitting unit and the upper surface of the second light-emitting unit.

5. The light source device according to claim 1 ,

wherein an upper surface of the reflective resin outside the light-emitting unit matrix is recessed relative to the upper surface of the first light-emitting unit and the upper surface of the second light-emitting unit.

6. The light source device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a plan view of the substrate, a gap between the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit is less than or equal to 200 μm.

7. The light source device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit includes a light-emitting element bonded to the substrate, and a light transmissive member disposed on a first surface of the light-emitting element opposite a second surface of the light-emitting element, the second surface being adjacent to the substrate.

8. A light projecting device, comprising:

the light source device according to claim 1 ; and

a lens group including lenses corresponding to the plurality of light-emitting units.

9. A light projecting device, comprising:

the light source device according to claim 1 ;

a mirror array corresponding to the light-emitting unit matrix;

a lens which condenses, on the mirror array, light emitted from the light source device; and

a light projecting lens which projects a radiation pattern formed by the mirror array.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2021
From: PANASONIC SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION JAPAN
Reel/Frame 056245/0395 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2020
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052755/0870 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2020
From: YUGE, RYOTA; HAYASHI, SHIGEO; AOYAGI, TOORU; KAMADA, TETSUYA
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052374/0357 →