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US 10,337,689 · App. 15/892,010 · Granted Jul 2, 2019

Light emitting apparatus and lighting module

Inventors: Yi-Hui Liao (New Taipei, TW); Chung-Wei Wang (New Taipei, TW); Shun-Chang Li (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: EVERLIGHT ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,337,689
App. No.
15/892,010
Granted
Jul 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a light emitting apparatus and a lighting module, comprising: a circuit substrate, a plurality of optical sources and an optical element; the optical element comprises a translucent element and an interference element; the plurality of light sources are arranged on the circuit substrate for lighting the optical element; the optical element is arranged above the plurality of light sources; and the interference element is arranged on the translucent element, which is used to make light emitted from each of the light sources offset interference in a first polarization direction, enhance interference in a second polarization direction, and emit through the translucent element. The light emitting apparatus and the lighting module of the present invention are employed to provide a more diversified optical pattern to the user and improve the user experience.

Claims (38)

1. A light emitting apparatus, comprising: a circuit substrate, a plurality of optical sources and an optical element; wherein the optical element comprises a translucent element and an interference element;

the plurality of light sources are arranged on the circuit substrate for lighting the optical element;

the optical element is arranged above the plurality of light sources; and the interference element is arranged on the translucent element, and the interference element is used to make light emitted from each of the light sources offset interference in a first polarization direction, enhance interference in a second polarization direction, and emit through the translucent element.

2. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the optical element facing the light sources is curved along the direction away from the light sources.

3. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the interference element is made of micro units with a same direction.

4. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of light sources are arranged in series with each other and linearly arranged on the circuit substrate along a direction same as the direction of the micro units.

5. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of light sources are divided into at least two sets, half power angles of the light sources in a same set are the same, and half power angles of the light sources in different sets are different; and half power angle of a light source is different from half power angle of an adjacent light source arranged on two adjacent sides of the light source.

6. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of light sources are divided into at least two sets and half power angle of each of the light sources is the same; and a height of a surface of the circuit substrate where a light source is located is different from a height of a surface of the circuit substrate where an adjacent light source arranged on two adjacent sides of the light source are located.

7. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of light sources are arranged in series with each other and linearly arranged on the circuit substrate along a direction different from the direction of the micro units.

8. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of light sources are divided into at least two sets; and the light sources in each set are connected in series with each other, and linearly arranged on the circuit substrate along a direction different from the direction of the micro units.

9. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein different sets of the light sources are arranged parallel to each other on the circuit substrate.

10. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the plurality of light sources are divided into three sets, and a surface of the circuit substrate where the set of light sources arranged in the middle is located is lower than a surface of the circuit substrate where the two sets of light sources on two adjacent sides are located.

11. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein different sets of light sources are arranged in different directions on the circuit board.

12. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the plurality of light sources are divided into two sets, and the two sets of the light sources are arranged in a herringbone on the circuit substrate.

13. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the plurality of light sources are divided into three sets, and the three sets of light sources are arranged in a herringbone on the circuit substrate.

14. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the arrangement directions of the each set of the light sources on the circuit substrate are partially same.

15. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the plurality of light sources are divided into four sets, and the four sets of light sources are arranged in a parallelogram on the circuit substrate.

16. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the interference element comprises at least two types of micro units, and there are a plurality of the micro units in each type; and the directions of the micro units of the same type are the same, and the directions of the micro units of different types are different.

17. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the different micro units are alternately arranged to form an N-gon, and N is greater than or equal to 3; and the direction of the micro units in the micro units is different from directions of micro units in adjacent micro units;

the plurality of light sources are divided into N sets; the circuit substrate is a stereoscopic shape and has N stepped planes respectively corresponding to the N sets of light sources; and the each set of light sources are arranged in an N-gon on each of the stepped planes.

18. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the each set of the light sources are symmetrically distributed with respect to a central axis of the circuit substrate.

19. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein a blocking portion is arranged below the translucent element on which the different micro units are arranged.

20. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a tenon structure is arranged on the translucent element, and the microstructure is arranged on the tenon structure.

21. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of light sources are arranged at equal intervals from each other.

22. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the plurality of light sources in the each set are arranged at equal intervals from each other.

23. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit substrate has an outer surface, a plurality of slots and a plurality of bending structures corresponding to the plurality of light sources, respectively;

the slots are formed on the outer surface to form the bending structure connecting with the outer surface;

the bending structure protrudes from the outer surface and forms an included angle with the outer surface; and

the light sources are arranged on the bending structure.

24. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the light sources are light emitting diodes, and the light emitting diodes are made of colloid, and humidity and oxygen permeability of the colloid is lower than a preset value.

25. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the light sources are light emitting diodes, the light emitting diodes are coated with fluorescent layers which comprise base materials and fluorescent materials, and the base materials are made of ceramic materials or resin materials.

26. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the micro units are arranged to form a concave-convex surface, and distance between a lowest point and a highest point of the concave-convex surface is no more than 500 microns.

27. A lighting module, comprising: the light emitting apparatus according to claim 1 and a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to control the on and off of the plurality of light sources in the light emitting apparatus.

28. The lighting module according to claim 27 , wherein the control circuit comprises a power supply unit and a driving unit; and the driving unit comprises a microcontroller and a light source driver;

the power supply unit is electrically connected with the microcontroller and the light source driver, and powers the microcontroller and the light source driver, respectively;

the microcontroller is electrically connected to the light source driver for modulating pulse width of the light source driver; and

the light source driver is electrically connected to the plurality of light sources for driving the plurality of light sources.

29. The lighting module according to claim 27 , wherein the control circuit is configured to light the plurality of light sources according to a preset time sequence.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2018
From: LIAO, YI-HUI; WANG, CHUNG-WEI; LI, SHUN-CHANG
To: EVERLIGHT ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045117/0341 →
Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 62556866 · Sep 11, 2017
Provisional Application 62535246 · Jul 21, 2017
Provisional Application 62479345 · Mar 31, 2017
Related Publication 20180283642A1 · Oct 4, 2018