Light emitting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12224387-B2
Application number	US-202117556530-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2021
Priority date	Dec 24, 2020
Publication date	Feb 11, 2025
Grant date	Feb 11, 2025

Abstract

A light emitting device includes: a first light-emitting element; a second light-emitting element; a photodetector having a light-receiving surface at an upper face thereof, the light-receiving surface including: a first light-receiving region configured to receive a portion of light emitted from the first light-emitting element, and a second light-receiving region configured to receive a portion of light emitted from the second light-emitting element; and at least one lens member having: at least one incident surface on which a portion of the light emitted from the first light-emitting element and/or a portion of the light emitted from the second light-emitting element are incident, and at least one exiting surface through which the portion of the light incident on the incident surface is emitted. In a top view, the lens member is disposed so as to overlap the upper face of the photodetector in part or in whole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light emitting device comprising:
a first light-emitting element;
a second light-emitting element;
a photodetector having a light-receiving surface at an upper face thereof, the light-receiving surface comprising:
a first light-receiving region configured to receive a portion of light emitted from the first light-emitting element, and
a second light-receiving region configured to receive a portion of light emitted from the second light-emitting element; and

at least one lens member having:
at least one lower face,
at least one incident surface on which a portion of the light emitted from the first light-emitting element and/or a portion of the light emitted from the second light-emitting element are incident, and
at least one lateral face extending upward from the at least one lower face, the at least one lateral face including at least one exiting surface through which the portion of the light incident on the at least one incident surface is emitted;

wherein, in a top view, the at least one lens member overlaps the upper face of the photodetector in part or in whole.

2. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein, in the top view, the first light-receiving region and the second light-receiving region are encompassed within the at least one lens member.

3. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one lens member is bonded to the upper face of the photodetector.

4. The light emitting device of claim 3 , wherein the at least one lens member is bonded to the upper face of the photodetector via a metal layer or a resin layer.

5. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one lens member comprises a first lens member configured to receive light emitted at least from the first light-emitting element, wherein the first lens member has at least one incidence-avoiding surface, the at least one incidence-avoiding surface being formed on an exiting surface side relative to the incident surface and being formed above the lower face; and
a portion of light emitted from the first light-emitting element passes through an incidence-avoiding space and reaches the first light-receiving region without being incident on the incident surface of the first lens member and without being incident on the at least one incidence-avoiding surface, wherein the incidence-avoiding space is a space surrounded by a first plane that includes and is parallel to the incident surface, a second plane that includes and is parallel to the lower face, and the at least one incidence-avoiding surface.

6. The light emitting device of claim 5 , wherein:
the at least one incidence-avoiding surface comprises one incidence-avoiding surface formed so as to meet the incident surface, continue from the incident surface, and be oblique with respect to the incident surface;
the incidence-avoiding space is a space surrounded by the first plane, the second plane, and a third plane that includes and is parallel to the incidence-avoiding surface; and
a portion of light emitted from the first light-emitting element that travels obliquely downward passes through the incidence-avoiding space and reaches the first light-receiving region without being incident on the first lens member.

7. The light emitting device of claim 6 , wherein light reflected by the incidence-avoiding surface reaches the first light-receiving region.

8. The light emitting device of claim 5 , wherein:
the lower face of the first lens member is bonded to the upper face of the photodetector; and
in the top view, the lower face partially overlaps the first light-receiving region and the second light-receiving region.

9. The light emitting device of claim 5 , wherein:
the lower face of the first lens member is bonded to the upper face of the photodetector; and
in the top view, the lower face overlaps neither the first light-receiving region nor the second light-receiving region.

10. The light emitting device of claim 5 , wherein:
the first light-emitting element is a semiconductor laser element;
a portion of the light emitted from the first light-emitting element having a peak optical intensity of 1/e2 or more is incident on the incident surface of the first lens member; and
a portion of the light emitted from the first light-emitting element having a peak optical intensity less than 1/e2 passes through the incidence-avoiding space and is incident on the first light-receiving region.

11. The light emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a package having a light extraction face that includes a light-transmissive region, wherein:
a closed space is formed inside the package;
the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element are disposed inside the package; and
the at least one lens member and the photodetector are disposed outside the package.

12. The light emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a third light-emitting element, wherein:
the light-receiving surface of the photodetector further comprises a third light-receiving region configured to receive a portion of light emitted from the third light-emitting element;
a portion of light emitted from the third light-emitting element is incident on the at least one incident surface of the at least one lens member, and the portion of the light incident on the at least one incident surface exits from the at least one exiting surface; and
the first light-emitting element is configured to emit red light, the second light-emitting element is configured to emit green light, and the third light-emitting element is configured to emit blue light.

13. The light emitting device of claim 12 , wherein the at least one lens member is configured to collimate light emitted from the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, and the third light-emitting element.

14. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one lens member comprises a second lens member configured to receive light emitted at least from the second light-emitting element, wherein the second lens member has at least one incidence-avoiding surface, the at least one incidence-avoiding surface being formed on an exiting surface side relative to the incident surface and being formed above the lower face; and
a portion of light emitted from the second light-emitting element passes through an incidence-avoiding space and reaches the second light-receiving region without being incident on the incident surface of the second lens member and without being incident on the at least one incidence-avoiding surface, wherein the incidence-avoiding space is a space surrounded by a first plane that includes and is parallel to the incident surface, a second plane that includes and is parallel to the lower face, and the at least one incidence-avoiding surface.

15. A light emitting device comprising:
a first light-emitting element;
a second light-emitting element;
a photodetector having a light-receiving surface at an upper face thereof, the light-receiving surface comprising:
a first light-receiving region configured to receive a portion of light emitted from the first light-emitting element, and
a second light-receiving region configured to receive a portion of light emitted from the second light-emitting element; and

at least one lens member having:
at least one incident surface on which a portion of the light emitted from the first light-emitting element and/or a portion of the light emitted from the second light-emitting element are incident, and
at least one exiting surface through which the portion of the light incident on the at

Assignees

• Nichia Corp

Inventors

• Hashimoto Takuya
• Miura Soichiro

Classifications

• H10W90/00 Primary

  Package configurations · CPC title

• H10H29/142

  Two-dimensional arrangements, e.g. asymmetric LED layout · CPC title

• H10H20/857

  Interconnections, e.g. lead-frames, bond wires or solder balls · CPC title

• H10H20/855 Primary

  Optical field-shaping means, e.g. lenses · CPC title

• H01L33/62

  Electricity · mapped topic