IP Library Granted Patent US 8,841,684
Granted Patent B2
US 8,841,684 · App. 13/540,583 · Granted Sep 23, 2014

Light-emitting device

Inventors: Kazuya Ishihara (Tsuru, JP); Jo Kinoshita (Fujiyoshida-ken, JP)
Assignees: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.; Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd.
H01L33/56H01L2224/48091H01L33/58H01L33/505H01L25/0753H01L2933/0091
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Patent No.
US 8,841,684
App. No.
13/540,583
Granted
Sep 23, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes a circuit substrate including at least a pair of electrodes, an LED element electrically mounted on the circuit substrate, a phosphor plate disposed on an upper surface of the LED element, a diffuser plate disposed on an upper surface of the phosphor plate, and a white resin disposed on an upper surface of the circuit substrate and covering a peripheral side surface of the LED element, a peripheral side surface of the phosphor plate, and a peripheral side surface of the diffuser plate. The present invention makes it possible to obtain a planar light-emitting surface even with a plurality of LEDs, and also, a problem of color-ring occurrence caused by a phosphor may be less represented.

Claims (54)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a circuit substrate including at least a pair of electrodes;

a light-emitting diode element electrically mounted on the circuit substrate;

a phosphor plate disposed on an upper surface of the light-emitting diode element;

a diffuser plate disposed on an upper surface of the phosphor plate; and

a white resin disposed on an upper surface of the circuit substrate and contiguously covering a peripheral side surface of the light-emitting diode element, a peripheral side surface of the phosphor plate, and a peripheral side surface of the diffuser plate.

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

wherein the upper surface of the light-emitting diode element, the upper surface of the phosphor plate, and the upper surface of the diffuser plate are same in size in plan view.

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

wherein the upper surface of the phosphor plate and the upper surface of the diffuser plate are same in size in plan view.

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

wherein the upper surface of the diffuser plate is larger than the upper surface of the phosphor plate in plan view.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 3 :

wherein the phosphor plate includes a pair of cut portions and the diffuser plate includes a pair of cut portions that overlap the pair of cut portions of the phosphor plate in plan view; and

wherein a pair of electrodes of the light-emitting diode element are positioned on the upper surface of the light-emitting diode element at the pair of cut portions of the diffuser plate and the pair of cut portions of the phosphor plate in plan view.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 5 :

wherein the pair of electrodes of the light-emitting diode element are electrically connected by a pair of wires to the at least the pair of electrodes included in the circuit substrate.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 :

wherein a pair of electrodes of the light-emitting diode element are positioned on a lower surface of the light-emitting diode element and electrically connected by bumps to the at least the pair of electrodes included in the circuit substrate.

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

wherein the light-emitting diode element is a first light-emitting diode element, the phosphor plate disposed on the upper surface of the light-emitting diode element is the first phosphor plate, and the diffuser plate being the first diffuser plate, further comprising:

a second light-emitting diode element electrically mounted on the circuit substrate;

a second phosphor plate disposed on an upper surface of the second light-emitting diode element;

a second diffuser plate disposed on the upper surface of the second phosphor plate; and

the white resin disposed on the upper surface of the circuit substrate and contiguously covering peripheral side surfaces of the first light-emitting diode element and the second light-emitting diode element, peripheral side surfaces of the first phosphor plate and the second phosphor plate, and peripheral side surfaces of the first diffuser plate and the second diffuser plate.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting diode element is a first light-emitting diode element and the phosphor plate disposed on the upper surface of the light-emitting diode element is the first phosphor plate, further comprising:

a second light-emitting diode element electrically mounted on the circuit substrate;

a second phosphor plate disposed on an upper surface of the second light-emitting diode element;

the diffuser plate disposed on the upper surfaces of the first phosphor plate and the second phosphor plate; and

the white resin disposed on the upper surface of the circuit substrate and contiguously covering peripheral side surfaces of the first light-emitting diode element and the second light-emitting diode element, peripheral side surfaces of the first phosphor plate and the second phosphor plate, and a peripheral side surface of the diffuser plate.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 8 further comprising:

a third, a fourth and more light-emitting diode elements electrically mounted on the circuit substrate;

a third, a fourth and more phosphor plates disposed on respective upper surfaces of the third, the fourth and more light-emitting diode elements;

a third, a fourth and more diffuser plates disposed on respective upper surfaces of the third, the fourth and more phosphor plates; and

the white resin disposed on the upper surface of the circuit substrate and contiguously covering peripheral side surfaces of the first, the second, the third, the fourth and more light-emitting diode elements, peripheral side surfaces of the first, the second, the third, the fourth and more phosphor plates, and peripheral side surfaces of the first, the second, the third, the fourth, and more diffuser plates.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 9 further comprising:

a third, a fourth and more light-emitting diode elements electrically mounted on the circuit substrate;

a third, a fourth and more phosphor plates disposed on respective upper surfaces of the third, the fourth and more light-emitting diode elements;

the diffuser plate disposed on and extended to cover the upper surfaces of the first, the second, the third, the fourth and more phosphor plates; and

the white resin disposed on the upper surface of the circuit substrate and contiguously covering peripheral side surfaces of the first, the second, the third, the fourth and more light-emitting diode elements, peripheral side surfaces of the first, the second, the third, the fourth and more phosphor plates, and the peripheral side surface of the diffuser plate.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 further comprising:

a cover including a peripheral portion and an upper surface portion that is positioned at one end of the peripheral portion, and wherein the peripheral portion of the cover is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate outside the white resin, and the upper surface portion including a lens that faces the diffuser plate.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 further comprising:

a cover including a peripheral portion and an upper surface portion that is positioned at one end side of the peripheral portion, and wherein the peripheral portion of the cover is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate outside the white resin, and the upper surface portion including a lens that faces the first, the second, the third, the fourth and more diffuser plates.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 11 further comprising:

a cover including a peripheral portion and an upper surface portion that is positioned at one end side of the peripheral portion, and wherein the peripheral portion of the cover is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate outside the white resin, and the upper surface portion including a lens that faces the diffuser plate.

15. The light-emitting device according to claim 12 :

wherein the lens included in the upper surface portion of the cover is a Fresnel lens.

16. The light-emitting device according to claim 13 :

wherein the lens included in the upper surface portion of the cover is a Fresnel lens.

17. The light-emitting device according to claim 14 :

wherein the lens included in the upper surface portion of the cover is a Fresnel lens.

18. The light-emitting device according to claim 17 :

wherein the Fresnel lens is larger than the diffuser plate extended to cover the upper surfaces of the first, the second, the third, the fourth and more phosphor plates.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 22, 2017
From: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO. LTD.
To: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042527/0306 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2014
From: ISHIHARA, KAZUYA; KINOSHITA, JO
To: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033045/0632 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP P2011-147469 · Jul 1, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130001605A1 · Jan 3, 2013