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US 11,732,884 · App. 17/358,866 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

Light-emitting device, optical device, and information processing device comprising plural wiring members and circuit elements on side surfaces of a light emitting element array

Inventors: Kazuhiro Sakai (Ebina, JP); Daisuke Iguchi (Ebina, JP); Takeshi Minamiru (Ebina, JP); Yoshinori Shirakawa (Ebina, JP); Tomoaki Sakita (Ebina, JP); Tsutomu Otsuka (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
F21V33/0052G01J1/08G06F1/1686G06F1/189G06F21/32G06V40/161H01S5/0239F21Y2105/16G01S7/00G01S17/00
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Patent No.
US 11,732,884
App. No.
17/358,866
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes a wiring substrate, a base member provided on the wiring substrate, a light-emitting element array that has a first side surface and a second side surface facing each other, that has a third side surface and a fourth side surface facing each other and connecting the first side surface and the second side surface, and that is provided on the base member, a drive unit that is provided on the wiring substrate at a side of the first side surface and drives the light-emitting element array, a first circuit element that is provided on the base member at the side of the first side surface, a second circuit element that is provided on the base member at a side of the second side surface and has a larger occupation area on the base member than the first circuit element, and wiring members that are provided at a side of the third side surface and at a side of the fourth side surface and extend from an upper surface electrode of the light-emitting element array toward an outer side of the light-emitting element array.

Claims (50)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a wiring substrate;

a base member provided on the wiring substrate;

a light-emitting element array that has a first side surface and a second side surface facing each other, that has a third side surface and a fourth side surface facing each other and connecting the first side surface and the second side surface, and that is provided on the base member;

a drive unit that is provided on the wiring substrate at a side of the first side surface and drives the light-emitting element array;

a first circuit element that is provided on the base member at the side of the first side surface;

a second circuit element that is provided on the base member at a side of the second side surface and has a larger occupation area on the base member than the first circuit element; and

wiring members that are provided at a side of the third side surface and at a side of the fourth side surface and extend from an upper surface electrode of the light-emitting element array toward an outer side of the light-emitting element array.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the first circuit element and the second circuit element is a light receiving element that receives light emitted from the light-emitting element array.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the first circuit element and the second circuit element is a temperature detecting element that detects a temperature of the base member.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein one of the first circuit element and the second circuit element is a temperature detecting element that detects a temperature of the base member, and other of the first circuit element and the second circuit element is a light receiving element that receives light emitted from the light-emitting element array.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wiring members that extend from the upper surface electrode of the light-emitting element array toward the outer side of the light-emitting element array are not provided between the first side surface and the first circuit element and between the second side surface and the second circuit element.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the wiring members that extend from the upper surface electrode of the light-emitting element array toward the outer side of the light-emitting element array are not provided between the first side surface and the first circuit element and between the second side surface and the second circuit element.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the wiring members that extend from the upper surface electrode of the light-emitting element array toward the outer side of the light-emitting element array are not provided between the first side surface and the first circuit element and between the second side surface and the second circuit element.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the wiring members that extend from the upper surface electrode of the light-emitting element array toward the outer side of the light-emitting element array are not provided between the first side surface and the first circuit element and between the second side surface and the second circuit element.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a light diffusing member that diffuses light emitted from the light-emitting element array toward an outer side is provided on an emission path of the light-emitting element array.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 ,

wherein a light diffusing member that diffuses light emitted from the light-emitting element array toward an outer side is provided on an emission path of the light-emitting element array.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 3 ,

wherein a light diffusing member that diffuses light emitted from the light-emitting element array toward an outer side is provided on an emission path of the light-emitting element array.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 4 ,

wherein a light diffusing member that diffuses light emitted from the light-emitting element array toward an outer side is provided on an emission path of the light-emitting element array.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 5 ,

wherein a light diffusing member that diffuses light emitted from the light-emitting element array toward an outer side is provided on an emission path of the light-emitting element array.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 6 ,

wherein a light diffusing member that diffuses light emitted from the light-emitting element array toward an outer side is provided on an emission path of the light-emitting element array.

15. The light-emitting device according to claim 9 ,

wherein at least one of the first circuit element and the second circuit element is a light receiving element that receives light emitted from the light-emitting element array, and

wherein the light diffusing member is provided at a position overlapping the light-emitting element array and the light receiving element in a plan view.

16. The light-emitting device according to claim 9 ,

wherein one of the first circuit element and the second circuit element is a light receiving element that receives light emitted from the light-emitting element array, other of the first circuit element and the second circuit element is a circuit element other than a light receiving element, and the light diffusing member is provided at a position that does not overlap the circuit element other than a light receiving element and overlaps the light-emitting element array and the light receiving element in a plan view.

17. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the light-emitting element array includes a plurality of light-emitting elements connected in parallel to one another.

18. 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 array provided in the light-emitting device and reflected by an object to be measured,

wherein the light receiving unit outputs a signal corresponding to a time from when the light is emitted from the light-emitting element array to when the light is received by the light receiving unit.

19. An information processing device comprising:

the optical device according to claim 18 ; and

a shape specifying unit that specifies a three-dimensional shape of the object to be measured based on light emitted from the light-emitting element array provided in the optical device, reflected by the object to be measured, and received by the light receiving unit provided in the optical device.

20. The information processing device according to claim 19 , further comprising:

an authentication processing unit that performs an authentication processing related to use of the information processing device based on a specifying result of the shape specifying unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2021
From: SAKAI, KAZUHIRO; IGUCHI, DAISUKE; MINAMIRU, TAKESHI; SHIRAKAWA, YOSHINORI; SAKITA, TOMOAKI
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP
Reel/Frame 056674/0132 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-053387 · Mar 20, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019024550 · Jun 20, 2019
Related Publication 20210325034A1 · Oct 21, 2021
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