Wavelength Conversion Member for Display Light Evenness

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing light emitting devices used as surface light sources face challenges in achieving evenness of color in a plane, leading to uneven illumination and display quality.

Innovation Solution

A light emitting device is designed with a wavelength conversion member that crosses a first region surrounded by the light incident surface and extends to a second region outside, ensuring that light emitted from the source is subjected to wavelength conversion, reducing light not passing through the conversion member and enhancing color evenness.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If a conventional light emitting device structure is used, then the device is simple to manufacture, but the color evenness in a plane is poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor evennessVSAvoidwavelength conversion member configuration
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The wavelength conversion member is configured to extend not only in the first region (surrounded by the light incident surface) but also in a second region outside the first region. This spatial extension in an additional dimension ensures that light emitted from the light source is more uniformly converted across the entire emission area, improving color evenness without significantly complicating the manufacturing process

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Manufacturing precision

If the wavelength conversion member is extended to the second region, then color evenness is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor uniformityVSAvoidoptical component arrangement
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The wavelength conversion member integrates multiple functions: it converts light wavelength, controls light distribution, and ensures uniform color emission across both the first and second regions. By combining these functions into a single component rather than using separate elements, the device achieves improved color uniformity while avoiding excessive complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

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

This configuration improves color evenness in a plane, resulting in higher quality illumination and display by ensuring that more light is subjected to wavelength conversion, thereby reducing color inconsistencies.

Implementation Method 1

a wavelength conversion member provided between the light source and the light incident surface, the wavelength conversion member crossing a first region and extending to a second region outside the first region

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectFluorescence: Fluorescence

Data Source

PatentEP3012686B1Light emitting device for display unit
Publication Date: 2018.12.05 SATURN LICENSING LLC
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AI summary

A light emitting device (1) includes: a light source (10); a light guide plate (20) including a light incident surface (20A), the light incident surface (20A) facing the light source (10); and a wavelength conversion member (30) provided between the light source (10) and the light incident surface (20A), the wavelength conversion member (30) crossing a first region (S1) and extending to a second region (S2) outside the first region (S1), the first region (S1) being surrounded by the light incident surface (20A) and light paths (v1, v2) of light that is emitted from the light source (10) and enters edges of the light incident surface (20A).