Compact Wiring Patterns for Light Emitting Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing light emitting devices with multiple color-emitting elements face challenges in reducing size and avoiding wire interference due to the need for separate electrical systems and increased wiring areas.
Innovation Solution
A light emitting device with a substrate featuring compact wiring patterns that allow adjacent elements to be properly wired without interference, using conductive patterns with specific geometries and connections to facilitate both series and separate current systems for elements emitting different colors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple electrode plates are arranged at a position spaced apart from the array of light emitting elements to provide separate electrical systems for different colors, then the light emitting elements can be electrically connected properly, but the area required for wiring patterns increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the electrical connection functions by having the first and second conductive patterns of adjacent wiring patterns share common connection points on the substrate. This allows multiple light emitting elements to be electrically connected through shared electrodes rather than requiring separate electrode plates for each element, thereby reducing the overall wiring area while maintaining proper electrical connections.
Solution Approach 2:
The substrate serves multiple functions: it acts as both the mounting surface for light emitting elements and as the common electrode structure for electrical connections. The first and second conductive patterns on the substrate provide universal connection points that serve multiple wiring patterns simultaneously, eliminating the need for separate electrode plates and reducing wiring area.
2Reliability
If multiple electrode plates are arranged spaced apart from the light emitting elements, then separate electrical systems can be established for different colors, but the size of the light emitting device increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the functions of separate electrical systems with compact substrate integration. The first and second conductive patterns on the substrate provide separate electrical pathways for different colored light emitting elements while maintaining close proximity to the elements themselves, thus achieving system separation without increasing device volume.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a three-dimensional arrangement with spaced electrode plates to a two-dimensional planar integration on the substrate surface. The conductive patterns are arranged in the plane of the substrate, allowing separate electrical systems to be established without vertical spacing, thereby reducing device volume.
3Reliability
If wiring patterns are arranged to connect adjacent light emitting elements, then electrical connections can be established, but wires may interfere with each other
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the wire connection function entirely by establishing direct electrical contact between the light emitting elements and the conductive patterns on the substrate. This eliminates the need for separate wires that could interfere with each other, as the electrical connections are made through integrated conductive structures rather than discrete wire interconnections.
Solution Approach 2:
The substrate with its conductive patterns serves as an intermediary structure that mediates electrical connections between light emitting elements. Instead of wires directly connecting elements to each other or to external circuits, the conductive patterns on the substrate provide an intermediate connection layer that prevents wire interference while establishing reliable electrical contacts.
Data Source
AI summary
A substrate for a light emitting device includes: a plurality of wiring patterns, each including: a first conductive pattern including: a light emitting element mounting region defined by a first, second, third, and fourth sides in a plan view, and a contact region; and a second conductive pattern surrounding a portion of the first side where the contact region is not present, an entirety of the second side, and a portion of or an entirety of the third side, wherein a first end portion of the second conductive pattern at the third side is positioned nearer to the fourth side than a second end portion of the second conductive pattern at the first side is to the fourth side. The third side of a second wiring pattern faces the first side of a first wiring pattern.


