Staggered LED Array Wiring for Uniform Light Emission Timing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing light emitting apparatuses face limitations in arranging light emitting units with uniform wirings, leading to reduced freedom in design and potential interference issues.

Innovation Solution

A light emitting apparatus with a staggered arrangement of first and second light emitting units, where each unit is connected by distinct first and second wirings with an insulating layer in between, allowing for increased design flexibility and reduced interference.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If uniform wiring configurations are used for all light emitting units, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the arrangement flexibility of light emitting units is restricted and variations in light quantity and emission timing occur

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewiring configuration simplicityVSAvoidarrangement flexibility of light emitting units
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The light emitting units are divided into two groups (first light emitting units and second light emitting units) with different wiring configurations. The first wiring connects first light emitting units directly through semiconductor layers, while the second wiring connects second light emitting units through insulating layers. This segmentation allows each group to have optimized wiring paths, improving arrangement flexibility while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through standardized connection methods for each group.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different wiring configurations are applied to different locations in the light emitting array. First light emitting units use a wiring structure optimized for their position, while second light emitting units use a different wiring structure suited to their location. This local differentiation resolves the contradiction by allowing manufacturing simplicity through standardized local patterns while achieving overall arrangement flexibility through the combination of different local configurations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Productivity

If staggered arrangement of light emitting units is implemented, then arrangement flexibility and light emission efficiency are improved, but wiring configuration complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelight emission efficiencyVSAvoidwiring configuration complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The staggered arrangement is managed by segmenting the wiring into two distinct types: first wiring for first light emitting units and second wiring for second light emitting units. Each wiring type follows a standardized pattern appropriate for its associated light emitting units, which reduces the overall complexity compared to creating unique wiring paths for each individual unit in the staggered arrangement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Multiple first light emitting units are connected through common first wiring paths, and multiple second light emitting units are connected through common second wiring paths. This merging approach reduces the total number of independent wiring configurations needed, thereby reducing complexity while still supporting the staggered arrangement that improves light emission efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Manufacturing precision

If different wiring configurations are used for first and second light emitting units, then arrangement flexibility and control precision are improved, but manufacturing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol precision of light emissionVSAvoidmanufacturing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The different wiring configurations are implemented as localized patterns that can be manufactured using standardized processes. The first wiring configuration is optimized for first light emitting units and the second wiring configuration is optimized for second light emitting units, but both follow repeatable manufacturing patterns. This allows manufacturing precision to be improved through optimized local configurations while keeping manufacturing complexity manageable through standardization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The wiring design uses universal connection methods for each group type. The first wiring structure serves all first light emitting units, and the second wiring structure serves all second light emitting units. This universality within each group reduces manufacturing complexity by allowing the use of standardized manufacturing processes for each wiring type, even though the two wiring types differ from each other to achieve the desired control precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS12601987B2Light emitting apparatus and image forming apparatus
Publication Date: 2026.04.14 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP
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AI summary

A light emitting apparatus includes: plural first light emitting units arranged at intervals along a predetermined first direction; plural second emitting units arranged at intervals along the first direction, maned at positions deviating tram the first light emitting units in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and arranged at positions deviating from the first light emitting units in the first direction, first wirings electrically connected to each of the first light emitting units by a semiconductor layer; and second wirings electrically connected to each of the second light emitting units, and disposed with an insulating layer interposed between the second light emitting units and the second wirings in a third direction that intersects the first direction and the second direction.