Light Emitting Device Lens Shape Insulating Filler Reflection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing light emitting devices face challenges in achieving high light extraction efficiency due to light absorption by base members and conductive members, with previous solutions either failing to effectively reflect light or compromising moldability and resin spreadability.

Innovation Solution

A light emitting device featuring a translucent member with a lens shape and an insulating filler coating the conductive members to reflect and extract light efficiently, eliminating the need for high reflective materials and improving light extraction efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of energy

If a high reflective film is molded and adhered to the base member to increase light extraction efficiency, then light reflection is improved, but it is difficult to coat the vicinity of the light emitting device without mismatching and the area where light reflection is to be maximized

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelight absorption lossVSAvoidcoating difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the reflective function from a separate adhered film and integrates it into the base member itself by forming a reflective layer within the resin material. This eliminates the need for separate film adhesion processes and allows the reflective property to be uniformly distributed throughout the base member, solving the coating mismatching problem while maintaining high light extraction efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges the base member structure with the reflective layer by incorporating light reflective filler into the resin material that forms the base member. This combination creates a unified structure where the base member inherently possesses reflective properties, eliminating the need for separate reflective films and simplifying the manufacturing process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Loss of energy

If an additive amount of high reflective powder material to be contained in resin is increased to improve light reflection, then light extraction efficiency is improved, but a moldability of the resin decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelight absorption lossVSAvoidmoldability
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent optimizes the particle size, shape, and distribution parameters of the light reflective filler to achieve high reflectivity while maintaining resin moldability. By carefully controlling these parameters, the resin can be properly molded and spread while still containing sufficient reflective material to effectively reduce light absorption loss and improve light extraction efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of manufacture

If a reflection layer is formed by filling resin containing light reflective filler with sufficient amount to allow coating and spread, then resin can be coated and spread, but the resin can not reflect the light and an absorption amount of the light by the base member is not small, resulting in insufficient light extraction efficiency

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresin spreadabilityVSAvoidlight absorption loss
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a composite resin material that combines the resin matrix with light reflective filler in optimized proportions and distributions. This composite structure allows the resin to maintain its coating and spreading properties while the embedded reflective filler particles provide effective light reflection, simultaneously achieving good manufacturability and high light extraction efficiency without the trade-offs of previous approaches.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The solution enhances light extraction efficiency by reflecting and extracting absorbed light, preventing degradation and corrosion effects on conductive members, and maintaining stability and reliability.

Implementation Method 1

a light emitting device featuring a translucent member with a lens shape and an insulating filler coating the conductive members to reflect and extract light efficiently

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight reflection: Reflection

Implementation Method 2

an insulating filler coating the conductive members to reflect and extract light efficiently

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight reflection: Reflection

Implementation Method 3

a translucent member with a lens shape

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLens focusing: Lens

Data Source

PatentEP2482346B1Light emitting device
Publication Date: 2017.09.27 NICHIA CORP
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AI summary

A light emitting device which includes: a base body; a conductive member disposed on the base body; a light emitting element placed on the conductive member; and a translucent member disposed above the light emitting element. A surface of the translucent member is formed in a lens shape, and when a portion formed in the lens shape of the translucent member on a surface of the conductive member is perspectively seen from above, an area other than a portion where the light emitting element is placed is coated with an insulating filler to form a light reflection layer.