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US 12,422,596 · App. 18/014,877 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Light-emitting element and display device

Inventors: Koji Matsusaki (Kumamoto, JP); Kiyoshi Kaneuchi (Kumamoto, JP); Koji Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP); Yosuke Motoyama (Kanagawa, JP); Kouhei Sugiyama (Aichi, JP); Chugen Hamachi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
G02B3/0068H10K59/12H10K59/879
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Patent No.
US 12,422,596
App. No.
18/014,877
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting element ( 10 ) includes: a light-emitting part ( 30 ) including a light-emitting region; a first optical path control unit ( 71 ) which has positive optical power and to which light emitted from the light-emitting region enters; a second optical path control unit ( 72 ) which has positive optical power and to which light exited from the first optical path control unit ( 71 ) enters; and a bonding member ( 35 ) interposed between the first optical path control unit ( 71 ) and the second optical path control unit ( 72 ), in which an optical axis (LN 1 ) of the first optical path control unit ( 71 ) is displaced from an optical axis (LN 2 ) of the second optical path control unit ( 72 ).

Claims (29)

1. A light-emitting element, comprising:

a light-emitting part including a light-emitting region;

a first optical path control unit on which light emitted from the light-emitting region is incident, the first optical path control unit having positive optical power;

a second optical path control unit to which light exited from the first optical path control unit enters, the second optical path control unit having positive optical power; and

a bonding member interposed between the first optical path control unit and the second optical path control unit, wherein

an optical axis of the first optical path control unit is displaced from an optical axis of the second optical path control unit.

2. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the optical axis of the first optical path control unit passes through a center of the light-emitting region.

3. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the bonding member is present between a top of the first optical path control unit and a top of the second optical path control unit.

4. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a top of the first optical path control unit and a top of the second optical path control unit are in contact with each other.

5. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein

when a refractive index of a material included in the first optical path control unit is denoted by n 1 , a refractive index of a material included in the second optical path control unit is denoted by n 2 , and a refractive index of a material included in the bonding member is denoted by n 0 ,

n 1 >n 0

and

n 2 >n 0

are satisfied.

6. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , comprising a wavelength selector between the light-emitting part and the first optical path control unit.

7. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein

the first optical path control unit includes a plano-convex lens having a convex shape protruding in a direction away from the light-emitting part, and

the second optical path control unit includes a plano-convex lens having a convex shape protruding in a direction toward the light-emitting part.

8. A display device, comprising:

a first substrate and a second substrate; and

a plurality of light-emitting element units each including a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, and a third light-emitting element, provided on the first substrate, wherein

each light-emitting element includes:

a light-emitting part provided above the first substrate, the light-emitting part including a light-emitting region;

a first optical path control unit to which light emitted from the light-emitting region enters, the first optical path control unit having positive optical power;

a second optical path control unit to which light exited from the first optical path control unit enters, the second optical path control unit having positive optical power; and

a bonding member interposed between the first optical path control unit and the second optical path control unit, and

an optical axis of the first optical path control unit is displaced from an optical axis of the second optical path control unit.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein, an amount of displacement between the optical axis of the first optical path control unit and the optical axis of the second optical path control unit is the same among the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, and the third light-emitting element in each light-emitting element unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2023
From: MATSUSAKI, KOJI; KANEUCHI, KIYOSHI; TANAKA, KOJI; MOTOYAMA, YOSUKE; SUGIYAMA, KOUHEI; HAMACHI, CHUGEN
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062296/0672 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-144319 · Aug 28, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230221469A1 · Jul 13, 2023
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