Lighting device

1. A lighting device comprising:

a substrate;

a planar light source portion which faces an illumination space by a predetermined opening area and includes a plurality of LED chips arrayed on the substrate such that a mounting density of the LED chips with respect to the opening area is not less than 3/cm 2 , the plurality of LED chips belonging to a plurality of groups connected in series to each other, the plurality of LED chips belonging to each group being connected in parallel to each other; and

a constant current power supply which supplies a current to the plurality of LED chips,

wherein the plurality of groups are connected in series to the constant current power supply, and

wherein the constant current power supply is configured and a number of the LED chips in each group is selected such that a drive current per one LED chip is not more than 40% of a rated current of the LED chip.

2. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the constant current power supply is configured and the number of the LED chips in each group is selected such that a drive current per one LED chip is not more than 20% of a rated current of the LED chip.

3. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the constant current power supply is configured and the number of the LED chips in each group is selected such that a drive current per one LED chip is within a range of 20±3% of a rated current of the LED chip.

4. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the constant current power supply is configured and the number of the LED chips in each group is selected such that a drive current per one LED chip is not more than 8 mA.

5. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the constant current power supply is configured and the number of the LED chips in each group is selected such that the drive current per one LED chip is not more than 4 mA.

6. The lighting device according to claim 1 , comprising a plurality of LED modules each of which includes one or more of the LED chips and a pair of mounting terminals spaced from each other.

7. The lighting device according to claim 6 , wherein an occupied area ratio of the plurality of LED modules to the opening area is not less than 20%.

8. The lighting device according to claim 6 , wherein each of the plurality of LED modules is disposed in a posture in which the pair of mounting terminals are spaced from each other in a first direction, and the plurality of LED modules are arrayed so as to form a plurality of rows disposed parallel to each other along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

9. The lighting device according to claim 8 , wherein the plurality of LED modules are arrayed zigzag.

10. The lighting device according to claim 6 , wherein

the substrate is a band-shaped substrate,

the lighting device has a shape and a size corresponding to a 40W straight tube fluorescent lamp, and

a number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 600.

11. The lighting device according to claim 10 , wherein each of the LED modules has a size not more than 1.0 mm×0.6 mm in a plan view.

12. The lighting device according to claim 10 , wherein each of the LED modules has a size not more than 1.6 mm×0.8 mm in a plan view.

13. The lighting device according to claim 10 , wherein each of the LED modules has a height not more than 0.2 mm.

14. The lighting device according to claim 10 , wherein the number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 1000.

15. The lighting device according to claim 10 , wherein the number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 4000.

16. The lighting device according to claim 10 , wherein the number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 8000.

17. The lighting device according to claim 10 , wherein the number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 12000.

18. The lighting device according to claim 6 , wherein

the substrate is a band-shaped substrate,

the lighting device has a shape and a size corresponding to a 20W straight tube fluorescent lamp, and

a number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 290.

19. The lighting device according to claim 18 , wherein the number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 480.

20. The lighting device according to claim 18 , wherein the number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 1900.

21. The lighting device according to claim 18 , wherein the number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 3900.

22. The lighting device according to claim 18 , wherein the number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 5800.

23. The lighting device according to claim 6 , wherein

the substrate is a band-shaped substrate,

the lighting device has a shape and a size corresponding to a 15W straight tube fluorescent lamp, and

a number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 200.

24. The lighting device according to claim 23 , wherein the number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 330.

25. The lighting device according to claim 23 , wherein the number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 1300.

26. The lighting device according to claim 23 , wherein the number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 2700.

27. The lighting device according to claim 23 , wherein the number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 4000.

28. The lighting device according to claim 6 , wherein

the substrate is a band-shaped substrate,

the lighting device has a shape and a size corresponding to a 10W straight tube fluorescent lamp, and

a number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 150.

29. The lighting device according to claim 28 , wherein the number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 250.

30. The lighting device according to claim 28 , wherein the number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 1000.

31. The lighting device according to claim 28 , wherein the number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 2000.

32. The lighting device according to claim 28 , wherein the number of the plurality of LED modules is not less than 3000.

33. The lighting device according to claim 18 , wherein each of the LED modules has a size not more than 1.0 mm×0.6 mm in a plan view.

34. The lighting device according to claim 18 , wherein each of the LED modules has a size not more than 1.6 mm×0.8 mm in a plan view.

35. The lighting device according to claim 18 , wherein each of the LED modules has a height not more than 0.2 mm.

36. The lighting device according to claim 6 , wherein

the substrate is a band-shaped substrate, and

a mounting density of the plurality of LED modules with respect to an area of the substrate is not less than 3.0/cm 2 .

37. The lighting device according to claim 36 , wherein the mounting density of the plurality of LED modules with respect to the area of the substrate is not less than 5.0/cm 2 .

38. The lighting device according to claim 36 , wherein the mounting density of the plurality of LED modules with respect to the area of the substrate is not less than 20/cm 2 .

39. The lighting device according to claim 36 , wherein the mounting density of the plurality of LED modules with respect to the area of the substrate is not less than 40/cm 2 .

40. The lighting device according to claim 36 , wherein the mounting density of the plurality of LED modules with respect to the area of the substrate is not less than 60/cm 2 .

41. The lighting device according to claim 36 , wherein the number of the plurality of LED modules mounted in a width direction of the substrate is not less than 3.

42. The lighting device according to claim 36 , wherein a mounting density of the plurality of LED modules in a longitudinal direction of the substrate is larger than a mounting density of the plurality of LED modules in a width direction of the substrate.

43. The lighting device according to claim 36 , wherein each of the LED modules has a size not more than 1.0 mm×0.6 mm in a plan view.

44. The lighting device according to claim 36 , wherein each of the LED modules has a size not more than 1.6 mm×0.8 mm in a plan view.

45. The lighting device according to claim 36 , wherein each of the LED modules has a height not more than 0.2 mm.

46. The lighting device according to claim 6 , wherein

the substrate is a band-shaped substrate,

an occupied area ratio of the plurality of LED modules to an area of the substrate is not less than 20%, and

each of the LED modules has a size not more than 4.0 mm×2.0 mm in a plan view.

47. The lighting device according to claim 6 , wherein

the substrate is a band-shaped substrate, and

an occupied area ratio of the plurality of LED modules to an area of the substrate is not less than 30%.

48. The lighting device according to claim 47 , wherein the occupied area ratio of the plurality of LED modules with respect to the area of the substrate is not less than 35%.

49. The lighting device according to claim 47 , wherein the occupied area ratio of the plurality of LED modules with respect to the area of the substrate is not less than 45%.

50. The lighting device according to claim 47 , wherein the occupied area ratio of the plurality of LED modules with respect to the area of the substrate is not less than 70%.

51. The lighting device according to claim 47 , wherein each of the LED modules has a size not more than 1.0 mm×0.6 mm in a plan view.

52. The lighting device according to claim 47 , wherein each of the LED modules has a size not more than 1.6 mm×0.8 mm in a plan view.

53. The lighting device according to claim 47 , wherein each of the LED modules has a height not more than 0.2 mm.

54. The lighting device according to claim 46 , wherein an occupation ratio of the plurality of LED modules in a longitudinal direction of the substrate is larger than an occupation ratio of the plurality of LED modules in a width direction of the substrate.

55. The lighting device according to claim 10 , wherein the plurality of LED modules include LED modules which emit light different in wavelength from each other.

56. The lighting device according to claim 55 , wherein the plurality of LED modules include a plurality of LED modules which emit white light and a plurality of LED modules which are disposed discretely and emit red light, and whose proportion to total is smaller than that of the plurality of LED modules that emit white light.

57. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a band-shaped substrate.

58. The lighting device according to claim 57 , further comprising a case having a circular tubular sectional shape for housing the substrate.

59. The lighting device according to claim 10 , comprising a plurality of LED modules each including the LED chips not less than 1 and a pair of mounting terminals spaced from each other, wherein

each of the plurality of LED modules is disposed in a posture in which the pair of mounting terminals are spaced from each other in a width direction of the substrate, and the plurality of LED modules are arrayed so as to form a plurality of rows disposed parallel to each other along a longitudinal direction of the substrate.

60. The lighting device according to claim 59 , wherein the plurality of LED modules are arrayed zigzag.

61. The lighting device according to claim 10 , wherein the substrate is a flexible wiring substrate with flexibility including a resin layer and a metal wiring layer laminated together, and has a circular or arc sectional shape.

62. The lighting device according to claim 58 , wherein

the case has a straight tube shape, a pair of projecting pieces projecting inward within a plane parallel to a central axis of the case are formed integrally with the case, and

the substrate is restricted from moving radially with respect to the case by the projecting pieces.

63. A lighting device comprising:

a substrate;

a planer light source portion which faces an illumination space by a predetermined opening area and includes a plurality of LED chips arrayed on the substrate; and

a plurality of LED modules each of which includes one or more of the LED chips and a pair of mounting terminals spaced from each other,

wherein each of the plurality of LED modules is disposed in a posture in which the pair of mounting terminals are spaced from each other in a first direction, and the plurality of LED modules are arrayed so as to form a plurality of rows disposed parallel to each other along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and

wherein a wiring pattern is formed on the substrate, the wiring pattern including a plurality of pad portions each of which extends in the second direction and includes an anode linear portion and a cathode linear portion disposed parallel and spaced from each other in the first direction, and an oblique joint portion which joins the anode linear portion of one of a pair of the pad portions and the cathode linear portion of the other of the pair of the pad portions, the pair of the pad portions being adjacent to each other in the second direction, the anode linear portions and the cathode linear portions of the pair of the pad portions being disposed on same sides in the first direction, and the plurality of LED modules are mounted across the anode linear portions and the cathode linear portions.

64. The lighting device according to claim 63 , wherein the wiring pattern includes an anode folding portion which joins the anode linear portions adjacent to each other in the first direction, and a cathode folding portion which joins the cathode linear portions adjacent to each other in the first direction.

65. The lighting device according to claim 63 , wherein the wiring pattern further includes a straight joint portion which joins the anode linear portion of one of a pair of the pad portions and the cathode linear portion of the other of the pair of the pad portions, the pair of the pad portions being adjacent to each other in the second direction, the anode linear portions and the cathode linear portions of the pair of the pad portions being disposed on sides opposite to each other in the first direction.

66. The lighting device according to claim 65 , further comprising an anode electrode and a cathode electrode disposed close to one side in the second direction with respect to the plurality of pad portions.

67. The lighting device according to claim 63 , wherein the cathode linear portions or the anode linear portions have widths overlapping the LED chips of the LED modules in a plan view.

68. The lighting device according to claim 63 , wherein the wiring pattern includes at least one of an anode widened portion and a cathode widened portion disposed close to an end portion of the substrate and having an external shape along an end edge of the substrate.

69. The lighting device according to claim 63 , wherein the wiring pattern includes a nonconductive radiation portion which is electrically nonconductive to the anode linear portions and the cathode linear portions, and positioned close to an end portion of the substrate with respect to the anode linear portions and the cathode linear portions.

70. The lighting device according to claim 63 , wherein

the substrate is circular, and

the lighting device further comprising a reflector which is formed to widen toward an end in a normal direction of a surface of the substrate on which the plurality of LED chips are mounted, and surrounds the planar light source portion, and

a substrate-side opening diameter D 1 on a substrate side of the reflector and an exit-side opening diameter D 2 on a side opposite to the substrate of the reflector are set to satisfy 0.5≦D 1 /D 2 ≦0.69, and a distance H between the substrate-side opening and the exit-side opening and the exit-side opening diameter D 2 are set to satisfy 0.3≦H/D 2 ≦0.55.

71. The lighting device according to claim 70 , wherein a mounting density of the plurality of LED chips with respect to a substrate side-opening area of the reflector is not less than 3.0/cm 2 .

72. The lighting device according to claim 70 , wherein the mounting density of the plurality of LED chips with respect to a substrate-side opening area of the reflector is not less than 25/cm 2 .

73. The lighting device according to claim 70 , wherein a mounting density of the plurality of LED chips with respect to a substrate-side opening area of the reflector is not less than 60/cm 2 .

74. The lighting device according to claim 70 , comprising a plurality of LED modules each including the LED chips not less than 1 and a pair of mounting terminals spaced from each other, wherein

an occupied area ratio of the plurality of LED chips to a substrate-side opening area of the reflector is not less than 30%.

75. The lighting device according to claim 70 , comprising a plurality of LED modules each including the LED chips not less than 1 and a pair of mounting terminals spaced from each other, wherein

an occupied area ratio of the plurality of LED modules to a substrate-side opening area of the reflector is not less than 70%.

76. The lighting device according to claim 70 , further comprising:

a housing made of metal which is disposed on a side opposite to the reflector with respect to the substrate and includes a bottom portion in contact with the substrate and a cylindrical portion connected integrally to the bottom portion.

77. The lighting device according to claim 70 , wherein a surface of the reflector is an uneven metal surface.