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Granted Patent B2
US 11,757,068 · App. 17/180,390 · Granted Sep 12, 2023

Lighting module and lighting apparatus having thereof

Inventors: Sa Rum Han (Seoul, KR); Dong Il Eom (Seoul, KR); Young Hun Ryu (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
H01L33/502G02B5/0205H01L25/0753H01L33/56H01L33/507
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Patent No.
US 11,757,068
App. No.
17/180,390
Granted
Sep 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lighting module according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a substrate; a plurality of light emitting devices disposed in N rows (N is an integer of 1 or more) on the substrate; a first resin layer covering the plurality of light emitting devices; a first diffusion layer disposed on the first resin layer and diffusing light emitted from the first resin layer; and a second diffusion layer disposed on the first diffusion layer and diffusing light emitted from the first diffusion layer, wherein the first diffusion layer includes a diffusing agent, and the second diffusion layer includes at least one of a phosphor and ink particles.

Claims (64)

1. A lighting module comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate and emitting blue light;

a first resin layer disposed on the substrate and sealing the plurality of light emitting devices;

a first diffusion layer disposed directly on the first resin layer and including a phosphor and a diffusing agent; and

a second resin layer disposed directly on the first diffusion layer and including ink particles,

wherein the first resin layer is disposed on upper surfaces and side surfaces of the plurality of light emitting devices,

wherein a content of the phosphor included in the first diffusion layer is in a range of 10 wt % to 23 wt % in resin material of the first diffusion layer, and a content of the diffusing agent is less than 3 wt % in resin material of the first diffusion layer, and

wherein a color of the ink particles corresponds to a color of wavelength-converted light outputted by the phosphor in the first diffusion layer, and the ink particles in the second resin layer block incident light.

2. The lighting module of claim 1 , wherein an interval between the plurality of light emitting devices is greater than or equal to a thickness of the first resin layer,

wherein the thickness of the first resin layer is greater than a thickness of the substrate, and

wherein the thickness of the first resin layer is a height from a lower surface of the first resin layer to an upper surface of the first resin layer.

3. The lighting module of claim 2 , wherein the thickness of the first resin layer is greater than a thickness of the first diffusion layer, and

wherein the thickness of the first diffusion layer is a height from a lower surface of the first diffusion layer to an upper surface of the first diffusion layer disposed on the upper surface of the first resin layer.

4. The lighting module of claim 3 , wherein light emitted to an outside through the first diffusion layer has a light uniformity of 90% or more.

5. The lighting module of claim 3 , wherein the first diffusion layer emits a red light.

6. The lighting module of claim 5 , wherein the first resin layer and the first diffusion layer are formed of a same resin material, and

wherein the first resin layer is formed in a layer without a diffusing agent.

7. The lighting module of claim 6 , wherein the first diffusion layer includes an upper portion covering the upper surface of the first resin layer and a side portion extending from the upper portion toward the substrate and covering side surfaces of the first resin layer, and

wherein the second resin layer includes an upper portion covering an upper surface of the first diffusion layer and a side portion extending from the upper portion of the second resin layer toward the substrate and covering side surfaces of the first diffusion layer.

8. The lighting module of claim 3 , wherein the thickness of the first resin layer is in a range of 2.7 mm or less,

wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices emits a wavelength in a range of 420 nm to 470 nm,

wherein a straight distance between a lower surface of the substrate and the upper surface of the first diffusion layer is 220% or less of the thickness of the first resin layer, and

wherein the thickness of the first diffusion layer is in a range of 40% to 80% of the thickness of the first resin layer.

9. The lighting module of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices includes:

a light transmitting substrate;

a light emitting structure having a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer and disposed under the light transmitting substrate;

a first electrode connected to the first conductivity type semiconductor layer and disposed under the light emitting structure; and

a second electrode connected to the second conductivity type semiconductor layer and disposed under the light emitting structure,

wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are connected to the substrate in a flip chip type.

10. The lighting module of claim 1 ,

wherein the diffusing agent has a refractive index ranging from 1.4 to 2.

11. The lighting module of claim 3 , wherein the thickness of the first resin layer is in a range of 2.7 mm or less, and

wherein the lighting module is provided with a thickness of 5.5 mm or less.

12. The lighting module of claim 1 , wherein the first diffusion layer includes ink particles, and

wherein the phosphor emits a red light and the ink particles has a red color.

13. The lighting module of claim 12 , wherein a side portion of the first diffusion layer contacts the substrate and includes the phosphor and the ink particles.

14. The lighting module of claim 1 , comprising a light shielding portion disposed between the first resin layer and the first diffusion layer and vertically overlapped with each of the plurality of light emitting devices, a total area of the light shielding portion being 50% to 120% of a total upper surface area of the light emitting devices.

15. The lighting module of claim 1 ,

wherein a content of the ink particles included in the second resin layer is 12 wt % or less in resin material of the second resin layer.

16. A lighting module comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate and emitting a wavelength in a range of 420 nm to 470 nm;

a first resin layer disposed on the substrate and the plurality of the light emitting devices; and

a first diffusion layer disposed directly on the first resin layer and including a phosphor and ink particles,

wherein a content of the phosphor included in the first diffusion layer is in a range of 10 wt % to 23 wt % in resin material of the first diffusion layer, and a content of the ink particles in the first diffusion layer is at least 3 wt % less than the content of the phosphor in the first diffusion layer,

wherein the lighting module is provided with a thickness of 5.5 mm or less and emits a red light,

wherein ink particles include at least one of metal ink, ultraviolet (UV) ink, or curing ink,

wherein a color of the ink particles corresponds to a color of wavelength-converted light outputted by the phosphor,

wherein the ink particles in the first diffusion layer block incident light,

wherein the first diffusion layer includes an upper portion covering an upper surface of first resin layer and a side portion extending from the upper portion toward the substrate and covering side surfaces of the first resin layer, and

wherein the upper portion and the side portion of the first diffusion layer includes the phosphor and the ink particles.

17. The lighting module of claim 16 , comprising a second resin layer disposed directly on the first diffusion layer and including ink particles,

wherein a content of the ink particles included in the second resin layer is 12 wt % or less in resin material of the second resin layer,

wherein the phosphor and the ink particles have a red color, and

wherein the second resin layer has a thickness smaller than a thickness of the first diffusion layer.

18. The lighting module of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of light emitting devices is arranged in N columns and M rows, wherein N and M are integers of 2 or more, and

wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices includes a first electrode and a second electrode electrically connected to the substrate and facing an upper surface of the substrate.

19. The lighting module of claim 18 , wherein an interval between the plurality of light emitting devices is greater than or equal to a thickness of the first resin layer,

wherein the thickness of the first resin layer is in a range of 5 times or more a thickness of the substrate,

wherein the thickness of the first resin layer than a thickness of the first diffusion layer, and

wherein the thickness of the first resin layer is in a range of 2 mm to 2.7 mm.

20. The lighting module of claim 17 , wherein the second resin layer includes an upper portion covering an upper surface of the first diffusion layer and a side portion extending from the upper portion toward the substrate and covering side surfaces of the first diffusion layer, and

wherein the upper portion and the side portion of the second resin layer includes the red ink particles having red color.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2017-0123558 · Sep 25, 2017 · national
KR 10-2018-0096012 · Aug 17, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16138734 · Sep 21, 2018
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