IP Library Granted Patent US 11,396,996
Granted Patent B2
US 11,396,996 · App. 16/881,498 · Granted Jul 26, 2022

Light source device and display unit

Inventors: Koichi Yamamoto (Kanagawa, JP); Kenji Kobayashi (Kanagawa, JP); Yasuhiro Nishida (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
F21V13/08F21V9/08F21V9/30F21V13/02F21V13/14G02F1/133603G02F1/133605G02F1/133606G02F1/133609G02F1/133614H01L2224/48091H01L2224/49107H01L2224/73265H01L2924/181
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Patent No.
US 11,396,996
App. No.
16/881,498
Granted
Jul 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light source device includes: a substrate; a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate; a wavelength conversion member disposed to face the plurality of light sources; and a diffusion member disposed between the wavelength conversion member and the plurality of light sources, and configured to uniformize distribution of traveling direction angle of incident light.

Claims (41)

1. A light source device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate;

a wavelength conversion member comprising wavelength conversion material and disposed to face the plurality of light sources, a portion of light from the plurality of light sources passes through the wavelength conversion member without colliding with the wavelength conversion material and is emitted as it is from the wavelength conversion member;

a diffusion member disposed between the wavelength conversion member and the plurality of light sources, and configured to uniformize distribution of a traveling direction angle of incident light; and

a reflective sheet disposed in a region on the substrate, the region being different from a region provided with the plurality of light sources, wherein the reflective sheet has filter characteristics allowing a reflectance to light that is wavelength-converted by the wavelength conversion member, to be lower than a reflectance to light emitted from each of the light sources,

wherein the wavelength conversion material contains quantum dot particles having a diameter of about 1 nm to about 100 nm, and at least one of the light sources includes a light emitting element and a sealing lens comprising a sealant that seals the light emitting element to the light source device.

2. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein the diffusion member is a diffuser with a shaped surface.

3. The light source device according to claim 2 , wherein the diffuser with the shaped surface has optical elements two-dimensionally arranged on a surface, each of the optical elements having a predetermined shape.

4. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the light sources has a light emitting element chip and a sealant that seals the light emitting element chip on the substrate.

5. The light source device according to claim 4 , wherein the sealant is formed into a dome lens and a following condition is satisfied,

0.65≤h/r≤1

where h is a height of the dome lens and r is a radius of the dome lens.

6. The light source device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a first prism sheet disposed between the wavelength conversion member and the diffusion member and having a plurality of first prisms on a surface, each of the plurality of first prisms extending in a first direction.

7. The light source device according to claim 6 , further comprising

a second prism sheet disposed between the wavelength conversion member and the diffusion member, and having a plurality of second prisms on a surface, each of the plurality of second prisms extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

8. The light source device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a reflective member disposed in a region on the substrate, the region being different from a region provided with the plurality of light sources; and

a cut filter disposed to cover the reflective member and having filter characteristics, the filter characteristics allowing a transmittance to light that is wavelength-converted by the wavelength conversion member, to be lower than a transmittance to light emitted from each of the light sources.

9. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of light sources are two-dimensionally arranged on the substrate.

10. The light source device according to claim 9 , wherein the plurality of light sources are placed under individual light emission control for every one light source or every two or more light sources.

11. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of light sources includes a light emitting element configured of an LED.

12. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light sources each configured to emit blue light, and

the wavelength conversion member converts part of blue light emitted from the light sources into red light and green light.

13. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light sources each configured to emit blue light, and

the wavelength conversion member converts part of blue light emitted from the light sources into yellow light.

14. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein a second portion of the light from the plurality of light sources collides with the wavelength conversion material and is wavelength converted, and a third portion of the light from the plurality of light sources collides with the wavelength conversion material and is not wavelength converted.

15. A display unit provided with a light source device configured to emit illumination light and a display section configured to display an image based on the illumination light from the light source device, the light source device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate;

a wavelength conversion member comprising wavelength conversion material and disposed to face the plurality of light sources, some light from the plurality of light sources passes through the wavelength conversion member without colliding with the wavelength conversion material and is emitted as it is from the wavelength conversion member, the wavelength conversion material including quantum dot particles having a diameter of about 1 nm to about 100 nm;

a diffusion member disposed between the wavelength conversion member and the plurality of light sources, and configured to uniformize distribution of traveling direction angle of incident light; and

a reflective sheet disposed in a region on the substrate, the region being different from a region provided with the plurality of light sources, wherein the reflective sheet has filter characteristics allowing a reflectance to light that is wavelength-converted by the wavelength conversion member, to be lower than a reflectance to light emitted from each of the light sources,

wherein at least one of the light sources includes a light emitting element and a sealing lens comprising a sealant that seals the light emitting element to the light source device.

16. The light source device according to claim 6 , wherein a first prism sheet is located between the wavelength conversion member and the light source, wherein the first prism sheet comprises a plurality of first prisms on a first surface of the first prism sheet, and each first prism of the plurality of first prisms extends away from the first surface.

17. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein each light source of the light sources further comprises a sealing member being formed substantially flat by sealant.

18. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein each light source of the light sources further comprises a sealing member being formed in a dome lens shape by sealant.

19. The light source device of claim 18 , wherein a height h and a radius r of the dome lens shape of the sealing member satisfies the condition of 0.65<=h/r<=1.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2020
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 053712/0226 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2020
From: YAMAMOTO, KOICHI; KOBAYASHI, KENJI; NISHIDA, YASUHIRO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053445/0122 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-159328 · Jul 31, 2013 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16449705 · Jun 24, 2019
Continuation 14333007 · Jul 16, 2014
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