IP Library Granted Patent US 11,069,831
Granted Patent B2
US 11,069,831 · App. 16/585,419 · Granted Jul 20, 2021

Light emitting device

Inventors: Shimpei Sasaoka (Tokushima, JP); Toshiyuki Hashimoto (Anan, JP); Yoshihiro Sho (Anan, JP); Toshinobu Katsumata (Anan, JP)
Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
H01L33/08H01L33/10H01L33/502
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Patent No.
US 11,069,831
App. No.
16/585,419
Granted
Jul 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting device includes a substrate, a plurality of light sources, a partitioning member and a diffuser panel. The light sources are arranged on the substrate. Each of the light sources has a light emitting diode. The partitioning member includes a plurality of wall portions defining a plurality of sections respectively surrounding at least one of the light sources. The wall portions include top portions. The diffuser panel is arranged above the light sources. The diffuser panel defines a plurality of grooves respectively accommodating the top portions of the partitioning member.

Claims (41)

1. A light emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of light sources arranged on the substrate, each of the light sources having a light emitting diode;

a partitioning member including a plurality of wall portions defining a plurality of sections respectively surrounding at least one of the light sources, the wall portions including top portions; and

a diffuser panel arranged above the light sources, the diffuser panel defining a plurality of grooves each having a V-shape cross sectional shape and respectively accommodating the top portions of the partitioning member, wherein

an inclination angle of the V-shape cross sectional shape of each of the grooves is greater than an apex angle of each of the top portions of the partitioning member in a cross-sectional view.

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

a depth of each of the grooves is at least one-half of a thickness of the diffuser panel.

3. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a plurality of first reflecting portions arranged on an upper surface or a lower surface of the diffuser panel at positions respectively overlapping the light sources in a plan view.

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

at least one sheet selected from a group consisting of a wavelength conversion sheet, a prism sheet and a polarizing sheet is arranged, directly or indirectly, on an upper surface of the diffuser panel.

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

each of the light sources has

a light emitting element including the light emitting diode, and

a light reflecting film arranged on an upper surface of the light emitting element.

6. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the light sources has a batwing light distribution characteristic.

7. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the diffuser panel is disposed such that a distance between the diffuser panel and the substrate is 0.25 P or less, where P is a pitch between the top portions of the partitioning member.

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

the apex angle of each of the top portions of the partitioning member is an acute angle.

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

the partitioning member includes a plurality of bottom surfaces extending parallel to the substrate.

10. The light emitting device according to claim 9 , wherein

each of the bottom surfaces of the partitioning member includes a through-hole in which the at least one of the light sources is arranged.

11. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the partitioning member is light reflective.

12. The light emitting device according to claim 3 , further comprising

a plurality of second reflecting portions arranged on an upper surface or a lower surface of the diffuser panel at positions respectively overlapping or surrounding the top portions of the partitioning member in the plan view.

13. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the top portions of the partitioning member are arranged in a grid shape in a plan view, and

the grooves of the diffuser panel are arranged in a grid shape in the plan view.

14. The light emitting device according to claim 3 , further comprising

a plurality of second reflecting portions disposed on the lower surface of the diffuser panel, each of the second reflecting portions being disposed around a corresponding one of the grooves.

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

the wall portions of the partitioning members including the top portions and the bottom surfaces of the partitioning members are made of the same material.

16. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the inclination angle of the V-shape cross sectional shape of each of the grooves is about 0.5° to 5° greater than the apex angle of each of the top portions of the partitioning member.

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

the top portions of the partitioning member are respectively fixed in the grooves of the diffuser panel via an adhesive.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2019
From: SASAOKA, SHIMPEI; HASHIMOTO, TOSHIYUKI; SHO, YOSHIHIRO; KATSUMATA, TOSHINOBU
To: NICHIA CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2018-184769 · Sep 28, 2018 · national
JP JP2019-142995 · Aug 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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