Light source module and lighting device having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9568156-B2
Application number	US-201314133822-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2013
Priority date	Feb 1, 2013
Publication date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017

Abstract

A light source module including a substrate, a plurality of light emitting devices installed on the substrate, and a plurality of lenses installed on the substrate to cover the plurality of light emitting devices, respectively, and each of the plurality of lenses having a pair of open end portions facing one another, the plurality of lenses arranged such that an open end portion of one lens faces an opened end portion of an adjacent lens is provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light source module comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of light emitting devices on the substrate; and
a plurality of lenses on the substrate to cover the plurality of light emitting devices, respectively, each of the plurality of lenses having a pair of open end portions facing one another, the plurality of lenses arranged such that an open end portion of one lens faces an open end portion of an adjacent lens, at least one of the lenses including,
a pair of bottom surfaces disposed parallel to one another while in contact with the substrate,
an inner surface and an outer surface protruded upwardly from the substrate and the pair of bottom surfaces, the inner surface having prism patterns, the prism patterns having peaks protruding from the inner surface, angles at peaks of the prism patterns increasing from a center of the at least one lens towards both lateral surfaces of the at least one lens, and
a light spreading structure at the outer surface and extending towards the pair of bottom surfaces.

2. The light source module of claim 1 , wherein for each of the lenses the pair of open end portions are perpendicular with respect to the pair of bottom surfaces.

3. The light source module of claim 2 , wherein,
the prism patterns are repeated patterns in a length direction of the at least one lens between the pair of open end portions.

4. The light source module of claim 1 , wherein
the substrate includes a first metal layer, an insulating layer on the first metal layer, and a second metal layer on the insulating layer, and
the substrate has a step portion at at least one end portion thereof, the step portion exposing the insulating layer.

5. The light source module of claim 1 , the light emitting device comprising:
a light emitting laminate including a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer; and
first and second electrodes connected to the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer and the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, respectively, the first electrode including at least one conductive via, the at least one conductive via passing through the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer and the active layer and connected to the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer.

6. The light source module of claim 1 , the light emitting device comprising:
a plurality of nano-light emitting structures, each of the plurality of nano-light emitting structures including a nano-core as a first conductivity-type semiconductor, an active layer, and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer enclosing the nano-core as shell layers; and
a filler material filling spaces between the plurality nano-light emitting structures,
wherein the active layer and the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer cover sidewalls and a top surface of the nano-core.

7. The light source module of claim 1 , wherein
the light emitting device is configured to emit white light through a combination of green, red, and orange phosphors in conjunction with a blue LED chip, and
the light emitting device is configured to emit the white light with a color rendering index (CRI) adjusted to range between about 40 and about 100.

8. The light source module of claim 1 , wherein
the light emitting device is configured to emit white light through a combination of yellow, green, red phosphors in conjunction with a blue LED chip, is configured to position the white light at least one of segment linking (x,y) coordinates (0.4476, 0.4074), (0.3484, 0.3516), (0.3101, 0.3162), (0.3128, 0.3292), (0.3333, 0.3333) of a CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram and in a region surrounded by a spectrum of black body radiation and the segment, and is configured to emit the white light with a color temperature ranging from about 2,000K to about 20,000K.

9. The light source module of claim 1 , further comprising:
a waterproof agent layer between the substrate and the light emitting device, the waterproof agent surrounding the ambient regions of the light emitting device.

10. A lighting device comprising:
a light source module including,
a substrate,
a plurality of light emitting devices on the substrate, and
a plurality of lenses on the substrate to cover the plurality of light emitting devices, respectively, each of the plurality of lenses having a pair of open end portions facing one another, the plurality of lenses arranged such that an open end portion of one lens faces an open end portion of an adjacent lens, at least one of the lenses including,
a pair of bottom surfaces disposed parallel to one another while in contact with the substrate,
an inner surface and an outer surface protruded upwardly from the substrate and the pair of bottom surfaces, the inner surface having prism patterns, the prism patterns having peaks protruding from the inner surface, angles at peaks of the prism patterns increasing from a center of the at least one lens towards both lateral surfaces of the at least one lens, and
a light spreading structure at the outer surface and extending towards the pair of bottom surfaces;
a body unit configured to be coupled to the light source module; and
a terminal unit at at least one of two open end portions of the body unit and configured to supply power to the light source module.

11. The lighting device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one lens has a semi-cylindrical shape with both ends opened, and a length direction of each lens being a direction defined by the pair of open end portions of each lens.

12. The lighting device of claim 11 , wherein
each of the prism patterns is symmetrical in a circumferential direction with respect to a central axis through the pair of open end portions, and the prism patterns are arranged in the length direction to be symmetric with respect to the center of the at least one lens in the length direction.

13. The lighting device of claim 10 , further comprising:
a cover unit configured to couple with the body unit to cover the light source module.

14. A lighting system comprising:
a lighting unit being the lighting device of claim 10 ;
a sensing unit configured to measure atmospheric conditions;
a control unit configured to compare the measured atmospheric conditions with an atmospheric condition, and configured to determine a color temperature of the lighting unit; and
a driving unit configured to drive the lighting unit according to the determined color temperature.

15. A light source module comprising:
a substrate;
a light emitting device on the substrate; and
a first lens on the light emitting device, the first lens covering the light emitting device in a first direction and exposing the light emitting device in a second direction, the first lens including,
a pair of bottom surfaces disposed parallel to one another while in contact with the substrate,
an inner surface and an outer surface protruded upwardly from the substrate and the pair of bottom surfaces, the inner surface having prism patterns, the prism patterns having peaks protruding from the inner surface, angles at peaks of the prism patterns increasing from a center of the first lens towards both lateral surfaces of the first lens, and

a light spreading structure at an outer surface of each of the lens extending towards the pair of bottom surfaces.

16. The light source module of claim 15 , wherein the first and second directions are perpendicular to each other.

17. The light source module of claim 15 , wherein the first lens has a first pair of open end por

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tetsuo Ariyoshi
• Park Cheon Ho
• Won Jong Pil
• Yun Ji Hoon
• Jung Jun Ho

Classifications

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• F21K9/64 Primary

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• H05K1/0256

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