Light-emitting device, optical device, and information processing apparatus
A light-emitting device includes an insulating base member having thermal conductivity of 10 W/m·K or more; a light-emitting element that has a cathode electrode and an anode electrode and is provided on a front surface side of the base member; a capacitive element that is provided on the base member and supplies an electric current to the light-emitting element; and a reference potential wire that is provided on a rear surface side of the base member and is connected to an external reference potential. The reference potential wire is connected to the capacitive element and is insulated from the cathode electrode and the anode electrode.
1. A light-emitting device comprising:
an insulating base member having thermal conductivity of 10 W/m·K or more;
a light-emitting element that has a cathode electrode and an anode electrode and is provided on a front surface side of the base member;
a capacitive element that is provided on the base member and supplies an electric current to the light-emitting element; and
a reference potential wire that is provided on a rear surface side of the base member and is connected to an external reference potential,
wherein the reference potential wire is connected to the capacitive element and is insulated from the cathode electrode and the anode electrode.
2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first front surface wire that is provided on the front surface side of the base member and is connected to one of the cathode electrode and the anode electrode,
wherein
the light-emitting element is provided on the first front surface wire, and
the reference potential wire overlaps at least part of the first front surface wire in top view.
3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first front surface wire that is provided on the front surface side of the base member and is connected to one of the cathode electrode and the anode electrode; and
a second front surface wire that is provided on the front surface side of the base member and is connected to the other one of the cathode electrode and the anode electrode,
wherein the reference potential wire overlaps at least part of the first front surface wire or the second front surface wire in top view.
4. The light-emitting device according to claim 3 , wherein
the reference potential wire overlaps at least part of the first front surface wire and at least part of the second front surface wire in top view.
5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein
the reference potential wire overlaps at least part of the light-emitting element in top view.
6. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 , wherein
the reference potential wire overlaps at least part of the light-emitting element in top view.
7. The light-emitting device according to claim 3 , wherein
the reference potential wire overlaps at least part of the light-emitting element in top view.
8. The light-emitting device according to claim 4 , wherein
the reference potential wire overlaps at least part of the light-emitting element in top view.
9. The light-emitting device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a first rear surface wire that is provided on the rear surface side of the base member and is connected to the first front surface wire; and
a second rear surface wire that is provided on the rear surface side of the base member and is connected to the second front surface wire,
wherein an area of the reference potential wire is larger than at least one of an area of the first rear surface wire and an area of the second rear surface wire.
10. The light-emitting device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a first rear surface wire that is provided on the rear surface side of the base member and is connected to the first front surface wire; and
a second rear surface wire that is provided on the rear surface side of the base member and is connected to the second front surface wire,
wherein an area of the reference potential wire is larger than an area of the first rear surface wire and an area of the second rear surface wire.
11. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein
the capacitive element is provided on the front surface side of the base member; and
the reference potential wire has an area encompassing the capacitive element in top view.
12. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein
the base member is entirely made of a ceramic material.
13. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein
the light-emitting element is a vertical cavity surface emitting laser element.
14. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein
the light-emitting element is a light-emitting element array having a plurality of light-emitting elements.
15. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a diffusion member that diffuses light emitted from the light-emitting element and radiates the diffused light to an outside.
16. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a driving unit that is connected to the light-emitting element and low-side-drives the light-emitting element.
17. An optical device comprising:
the light-emitting device according to claim 1 ; and
a light receiving unit that receives light emitted from the light-emitting element of the light-emitting device and then reflected by an object to be measured,
wherein the light receiving unit outputs a signal corresponding to a period from the emission of the light from the light-emitting element to the reception of the light by the light receiving unit.
18. An information processing apparatus comprising:
the optical device according to claim 17 ; and
a shape specifying unit that specifies a three-dimensional shape of an object to be measured on a basis of light emitted from a light source of the optical device, reflected by the object to be measured, and then received by the light receiving unit of the optical device.
19. The information processing apparatus according to claim 18 , further comprising an authentication processing unit that performs authentication processing concerning use of the information processing apparatus on a basis of the three-dimensional shape of the object to be measured specified by the shape specifying unit.
20. A light-emitting device comprising:
an insulating first base member;
a light-emitting element that has a cathode electrode and an anode electrode and is provided on a front surface side of the first base member;
a capacitive element that is provided on the first base member and supplies an electric current to the light-emitting element;
a rear surface wire that is provided on a rear surface side of the first base member, is connected to the capacitive element, and is insulated from the cathode electrode and the anode electrode; and
a wiring substrate that is constituted by an insulating second base member having thermal conductivity smaller than thermal conductivity of the first base member and on which the first base member is mounted,
wherein the rear surface wire is connected to a wire having a largest area among a plurality of wires that are included in the wiring substrate and are insulated from one another.