IP Library Granted Patent US 7,490,959
Granted Patent B2
US 7,490,959 · App. 11/639,806 · Granted Feb 17, 2009

Light emitting apparatus, backlight apparatus, and electronic apparatus

Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 7,490,959
App. No.
11/639,806
Granted
Feb 17, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting apparatus according to the present invention includes: a placement surface that includes an electrode; a light emitter that is placed on the placement surface; and a transparent sealing resin that seals the light emitter, and forms a concave surface that is a light-outgoing surface via which light outgoes. The concave surface faces a surface of the light emitter, from which surface light is emitted. The light emitter and the electrode are connected via a wire that is curved in such a way that a top section of the curved wire substantially coincides with a deepest section of the concave surface.

Claims (64)

1. A light emitting apparatus, comprising:

a placement surface that includes an electrode;

a light emitter that is placed on the placement surface; and

a transparent sealing resin that seals the light emitter, and forms a concave surface that is a light-outgoing surface via which light outgoes,

the concave surface facing a surface of the light emitter, from which surface light is emitted, and

the light emitter and the electrode being connected via a wire that is curved in such a way that a top section of the curved wire substantially coincides with a deepest section of the concave surface.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the concave surface has a depth that is equal to or greater than a half of a width of the light-outgoing surface in a short-axis direction.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising:

a package member that includes a recess section whose bottom surface constitutes the placement surface,

the recess section including the placement surface and a tilted surface that extends from and along a periphery of the placement surface,

the light emitter being sealed with the sealing resin, and

the sealing resin sloping upward along the tilted surface.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the package member is made of a polyphenylenamide-based resin in which a titanium oxide is dispersed.

5. A light emitting apparatus, comprising:

a placement surface that includes an electrode;

a light emitter that is placed on the placement surface; and

a transparent sealing resin that seals the light emitter, and forms a concave surface that is a light-outgoing surface via which light outgoes,

the concave surface facing a surface of the light emitter, from which surface light is emitted, and

the concave surface has a depth that is equal to or greater than a half of a width of the light-outgoing surface in a short-axis direction.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 , comprising:

a package member that includes a recess section whose bottom surface constitutes the placement surface,

the recess section including the placement surface and a tilted surface that extends from and along a periphery of the placement surface,

the light emitter being sealed with the sealing resin, and

the sealing resin sloping upward along the tilted surface.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein a periphery of the light-outgoing surface substantially coincides with a periphery of the recess section.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the package member is made of a polyphenylenamide-based resin.

9. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the package member is made of a polyphenylenamide-based resin in which a titanium oxide is dispersed.

10. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the sealing resin (i) is a modified organic silicon resin that is thermally curable and (ii) has a glass transition temperature of 25° C. or higher.

11. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the electrode is made of an alloy of copper.

12. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a surface of the electrode is plated with silver.

13. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein:

the sealing resin contains a fluorescent material; and

the fluorescent material emits, when excited by the light emitted from the light emitter, a light beam having a wavelength different from that of the light emitted from the light emitter.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein:

the light emitter is a light emitting diode that emits blue light; and

the fluorescent material emits yellow light when excited by the blue light.

15. A backlight apparatus comprising:

a light emitting apparatus that includes:

a placement surface that includes an electrode;

a light emitter that is placed on the placement surface; and

a transparent sealing resin that seals the light emitter, and forms a concave surface that is a light-outgoing surface via which light outgoes,

the concave surface facing a surface of the light emitter, from which surface light is emitted, and

the light emitter and the electrode in the light emitting apparatus being connected via a wire that is curved in such a way that a top section of the curved wire substantially coincides with a deepest section of the concave surface.

16. A backlight apparatus comprising:

a light emitting apparatus that includes:

a placement surface that includes an electrode;

a light emitter that is placed on the placement surface; and

a transparent sealing resin that seals the light emitter, and forms a concave surface that is a light-outgoing surface via which light outgoes,

the concave surface facing a surface of the light emitter, from which surface light is emitted, and

the concave surface of the light emitting apparatus has a depth that is equal to or greater than a half of a width of the light-outgoing surface in a short-axis direction.

17. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a backlight apparatus including a light emitting apparatus that includes:

a placement surface that includes an electrode;

a light emitter that is placed on the placement surface; and

a transparent sealing resin that seals the light emitter, and forms a concave surface that is a light-outgoing surface via which light outgoes,

the concave surface facing a surface of the light emitter, from which surface light is emitted, and

the light emitter and the electrode in the light emitting apparatus being connected via a wire that is curved in such a way that a top section of the curved wire substantially coincides with a deepest section of the concave surface.

18. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a backlight apparatus including a light emitting apparatus that includes:

a placement surface that includes an electrode;

a light emitter that is placed on the placement surface; and

a transparent sealing resin that seals the light emitter, and forms a concave surface that is a light-outgoing surface via which light outgoes,

the concave surface facing a surface of the light emitter, from which surface light is emitted, and

the concave surface of the light emitting apparatus has a depth that is equal to or greater than a half of a width of the light-outgoing surface in a short-axis direction.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2020
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: LEDCOMM LLC
Reel/Frame 051639/0812 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2006
From: TSUDA, YOICHI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 018726/0162 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-363886 · Dec 16, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
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