IP Library Granted Patent US 10,998,375
Granted Patent B2
US 10,998,375 · App. 16/512,850 · Granted May 4, 2021

Light emitting module and automotive illumination device including the same

Inventors: Junho Lee (Seoul, KR); Namhyeok Kwak (Seoul, KR); Gunduk Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Seungwoo Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Do-Hun Kim (Seoul, KR); Heedong Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H01L27/156F21S41/13F21S41/153H01L25/0753H01L33/08H01L33/50H01L33/502H01L33/58H01L2933/0041
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Patent No.
US 10,998,375
App. No.
16/512,850
Granted
May 4, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are light emitting modules and automobile illumination devices including the same. The light emitting module comprises a module substrate, a light emitting device on the module substrate, and a light guide structure apart from the module substrate and in plan view surrounding the light emitting device. The light emitting device comprises a first pixel and a second pixel each including a light emitting diode (LED) chip that emits light whose wavelength falls within a range of blue color or ultraviolet ray, and a wavelength conversion material on a top surface of at least one of the first and second pixels.

Claims (52)

1. A light emitting module, comprising:

a module substrate;

a light emitting device on the module substrate; and

a light guide structure apart from the module substrate and surrounding the light emitting device in plan view,

wherein the light emitting device comprises

a first pixel and a second pixel each including a light emitting diode (LED) chip configured to emit light whose wavelength falls within a range of blue color or ultraviolet ray; and

a wavelength conversion material on a top surface of at least one of the first and second pixels, and

wherein an interval between the light emitting device and the light guide structure is in a range from about 0.1 mm to about 5 mm.

2. The light emitting module of claim 1 , wherein the light guide structure and the light emitting device have an air layer therebetween.

3. The light emitting module of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting device further comprises a pixel isolation pattern between and defining the first pixel and the second pixel,

wherein the LED chip of the first pixel emits light whose wavelength is the same as a wavelength of light emitted from the LED chip of the second pixel.

4. The light emitting module of claim 3 , further comprising:

a plurality of fluorescent layers correspondingly provided on the first and second pixels and each including the wavelength conversion material; and

a plurality of partition wall structures on the pixel isolation pattern and surrounding the fluorescent layers in the plan view,

wherein the partition wall structures include a silicon substrate.

5. The light emitting module of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting device has a pixel array region,

wherein the pixel array region includes the first pixel, the second pixel, and a first partition between the first and second pixels,

a diameter of the light guide structure being the same as or greater than a diameter of the pixel array region.

6. The light emitting module of claim 1 , wherein the light guide structure and the light emitting device have a resin layer therebetween.

7. The light emitting module of claim 1 , wherein the wavelength conversion material includes a quantum dot fluorescent material having a nano-sized particle.

8. The light emitting module of claim 1 , wherein the light guide structure has an elongated cylindrical waveguide.

9. A light emitting module, comprising:

a module substrate;

a light emitting device on the module substrate; and

a light guide structure apart from the module substrate and guiding light emitted from the light emitting device,

wherein the light emitting device comprises

a first pixel and a second pixel each including a light emitting diode (LED) chip that emits light whose wavelength falls within a range of blue color or ultraviolet ray; and

a wavelength conversion material on a top surface of at least one of the first and second pixels, and

wherein an interval between the light emitting device and the light guide structure is in a range from about 0.1 mm to about 5 mm.

10. The light emitting module of claim 9 , wherein the light guide structure and the light emitting device have an air layer therebetween.

11. The light emitting module of claim 9 , wherein the light emitting device further comprises a pixel isolation pattern between and defining the first pixel and the second pixel,

wherein a peak wavelength of light emitted from each LED chip of the first and second pixels has a range equal to or less than about 5% of an average peak wavelength of the light emitted from the LED chip of the first and second pixels.

12. The light emitting module of claim 11 , further comprising:

a fluorescent layer on the LED chip and including the wavelength conversion material; and

a partition surrounding the fluorescent layer, when viewed in plan,

wherein the partition includes a silicon substrate.

13. The light emitting module of claim 9 , further comprising a plurality of bonding wires on an edge region of the light emitting device and coupled to the light emitting device and the module substrate.

14. An automobile illumination device, comprising:

a module substrate;

a light emitting device on the module substrate; and

a light guide structure apart from the module substrate and guiding light emitted from the light emitting device,

wherein the light emitting device comprises

a first pixel and a second pixel each including a light emitting diode (LED) chip configured to emit light whose wavelength falls within a range of blue color or ultraviolet ray; and

a wavelength conversion material on a top surface of at least one of the first and second pixels, and

wherein an interval between the light emitting device and the light guide structure is in a range from about 0.1 mm to about 5 mm.

15. The automobile illumination device of claim 14 , wherein the light guide structure and the light emitting device have an air layer therebetween.

16. The automobile illumination device of claim 14 , wherein the light emitting device further comprises a pixel isolation pattern between and defining the first pixel and the second pixel,

wherein a peak wavelength of light emitted from each LED chip of the first and second pixels has a range equal to or less than about 5% of an average peak wavelength of the light emitted from the LED chip of the first and second pixels.

17. The automobile illumination device of claim 14 , further comprising:

a fluorescent layer on the LED chip and including the wavelength conversion material; and

a partition surrounding the fluorescent layer, when viewed in plan,

wherein the partition includes a silicon substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2019
From: LEE, JUNHO; KWAK, NAMHYEOK; KIM, GUNDUK; LEE, SEUNGWOO; KIM, DO-HUN; KIM, HEEDONG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0139021 · Nov 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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