IP Library Granted Patent US 11,486,560
Granted Patent B2
US 11,486,560 · App. 17/284,164 · Granted Nov 1, 2022

Display unit and illumination unit

Inventor: Goshi Biwa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
F21V9/32H01L25/0753F21Y2113/13F21Y2115/10H01L33/32
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Patent No.
US 11,486,560
App. No.
17/284,164
Granted
Nov 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display unit including: a plurality of first light emitting regions from which a first color light is to be extracted; a plurality of second light emitting regions from which a color light different from the first color light is to be extracted; a first light emitting device provided in each of the plurality of first light emitting regions and emitting the first color light; a second light emitting device provided in each of the plurality of second light emitting regions and emitting the first color light having a wavelength variation greater than a wavelength variation of the first color light to be emitted from the first light emitting device; and a wavelength converter provided in the second light emitting regions and converting a wavelength of the first color light emitted from the second light emitting device.

Claims (34)

1. A display unit, comprising:

a plurality of first light emitting regions from which a first color light is extracted;

a plurality of second light emitting regions from which a color light different from the first color light is extracted;

a first light emitting device provided in each of the plurality of first light emitting regions and emitting the first color light;

a second light emitting device provided in each of the plurality of second light emitting regions and emitting a variation of the first color light,

wherein the variation of the first color light has a wavelength variation greater than a wavelength variation of the first color light emitted from the first light emitting device; and

a wavelength converter provided in the second light emitting regions and converting a wavelength of the variation of the first color light emitted from the second light emitting device, and

wherein the variation of the first color light having a wavelength variation greater than the wavelength variation of the first color light emitted from the first light emitting device is measured before the variation of the first color light enters the wavelength converter.

2. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first color light is a blue light.

3. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of second light emitting regions include a plurality of short-wavelength light emitting regions from which a second color light is extracted, and a plurality of long-wavelength light emitting regions from which a third color light having a wavelength longer than a wavelength of the second color light is extracted.

4. The display unit according to claim 3 , wherein the second color light is a green light, and the third color light is a red light.

5. The display unit according to claim 3 , wherein an average wavelength of the variation of the first color light emitted from the second light emitting device provided in each of the plurality of short-wavelength light emitting regions is shorter than an average wavelength of the variation of the first color light emitted from the second light emitting device provided in each of the plurality of long-wavelength light emitting regions.

6. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first color light is a green light.

7. The display unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a color filter that is provided in at least the plurality of second light emitting regions and transmits a light in a selective wavelength range.

8. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the wavelength converter includes a phosphor material, a nanophosphor material, a quantum dot, a quantum disk, or a quantum rod.

9. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first light emitting device and the second light emitting device are configured by a light emitting diode.

10. The display unit according to claim 9 , wherein the light emitting diode includes a gallium nitride-based semiconductor material.

11. An illumination unit, comprising:

a plurality of first light emitting regions from which a first color light is extracted;

a plurality of second light emitting regions from which a color light different from the first color light is extracted;

a first light emitting device provided in each of the plurality of first light emitting regions and emitting the first color light;

a second light emitting device provided in each of the plurality of second light emitting regions and emitting a variation of the first color light,

wherein the variation of the first color light has a wavelength variation greater than a wavelength variation of the first color light emitted from the first light emitting device; and

a wavelength converter provided in the second light emitting regions and converting a wavelength of the variation of the first color light emitted from the second light emitting device, and

wherein the variation of the first color light having a wavelength variation greater than the wavelength variation of the first color light emitted from the first light emitting device is measured before the variation of the first color light enters the wavelength converter.

12. The illumination unit according to claim 11 , wherein the first color light is a blue light.

13. The illumination unit according to claim 11 , wherein the plurality of second light emitting regions include a plurality of short-wavelength light emitting regions from which a second color light is extracted, and a plurality of long-wavelength light emitting regions from which a third color light having a wavelength longer than a wavelength of the second color light is extracted.

14. The illumination unit according to claim 13 , wherein the second color light is a green light, and the third color light is a red light.

15. The illumination unit according to claim 13 , wherein an average wavelength of the variation of the first color light emitted from the second light emitting device provided in each of the plurality of short-wavelength light emitting regions is shorter than an average wavelength of the variation of the first color light emitted from the second light emitting device provided in each of the plurality of long-wavelength light emitting regions.

16. The illumination unit according to claim 11 , wherein the first color light is a green light.

17. The illumination unit according to claim 11 , further comprising a color filter that is provided in at least the plurality of second light emitting regions and transmits a light in a selective wavelength range.

18. The illumination unit according to claim 11 , wherein the wavelength converter includes a phosphor material, a nanophosphor material, a quantum dot, a quantum disk, or a quantum rod.

19. The illumination unit according to claim 11 , wherein the first light emitting device and the second light emitting device are configured by a light emitting diode.

20. The illumination unit according to claim 19 , wherein the light emitting diode includes a gallium nitride-based semiconductor material.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 17, 2021
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057538/0224 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2021
From: BIWA, GOSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057230/0321 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-199873 · Oct 24, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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