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US 8,455,887 · App. 12/659,915 · Granted Jun 4, 2013

LED illumination device for reducing occurrence of color heterogeneity

Inventors: Tomoki Shirakawa (Hirakata, JP); Yoko Matsubayashi (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,455,887
App. No.
12/659,915
Granted
Jun 4, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An LED illumination device includes: a substrate; one or more red LED chips arranged on the substrate; a plurality of blue LED chips arranged on the substrate; and a plurality of third-color LED chips arranged on the substrate. Respective centers of the red LED chips are arranged on a circumference of a first circle having as its center a point on the substrate, respective centers of the blue LED chips being arranged on the circumference of a second circle concentric with and greater than the first circle, respective centers of the third-color LED chips being arranged in a region between the first circle and the second circle.

Claims (9)

1. A light emitting diode (LED) illumination device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of red LED chips arranged on the substrate;

a plurality of blue LED chips arranged on the substrate; and

a plurality of third-color LED chips arranged on the substrate,

wherein respective centers of the plurality of red LED chips are arranged on a circumference of a first circle having as its center a point on the substrate, respective centers of the plurality of blue LED chips are arranged on a circumference of a second circle concentric with and greater than the first circle, and respective centers of the plurality of third-color LED chips are arranged in a region between the first circle and the second circle,

wherein the LED illumination device further comprises a bell-shaped sealing portion covering all of the plurality of red, the plurality of blue and the plurality of third-color LED chips, the bell-shaped sealing portion containing a light diffusion agent, and

wherein the total concentration of the light diffusion agent contained within the bell-shaped sealing portion is greater in the entire region directly above the plurality of blue LED chips than in the entire region directly above the plurality of red LED chips so that the light distribution of the plurality of blue LED chips is broader than that of the plurality of red LED chips.

2. The LED illumination device of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of blue LED chips has a square shape and a distance between the center of each of the plurality of red LED chips and that of a blue LED chip closest thereto is not less than twice a length of one side of the blue LED chip.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Feb 13, 2012
From: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO.,LTD.,
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027697/0525 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2010
From: SHIRAKAWA, TOMOKI; MATSUBAYASHI, YOKO
To: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024184/0035 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-076147 · Mar 26, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100244061A1 · Sep 30, 2010