Optical device and light source module including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9890924-B2
Application number	US-201615147307-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 5, 2016
Priority date	Sep 10, 2015
Publication date	Feb 13, 2018
Grant date	Feb 13, 2018

Abstract

An optical device and a light source module including the same are provided. The optical device includes a first surface including an incident portion through which light that is emitted from a light source is incident, and a second surface through which the light incident through the incident portion is emitted. The incident portion may include a curved surface that is recessed toward the second surface, and a pointed vertex to which the curved surface is recessed, the pointed vertex being in a central portion of the optical device, and the central portion being through which an optical axis of the optical device passes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical device comprising:
a first surface comprising an incident portion through which light that is emitted from a light source is incident; and
a second surface through which the light incident through the incident portion is emitted,
wherein the incident portion comprises:
a curved surface that is recessed toward the second surface; and
a pointed vertex to which the curved surface is recessed, the pointed vertex being in a central portion of the optical device, and the central portion being through which an optical axis of the optical device passes.

2. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein the curved surface comprises portions symmetrical based on the optical axis, the portions having variations in slopes that are discontinuous in the vertex.

3. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein a shape of the incident portion satisfies a condition,
t=H ×tan(2°), where θ>10°,

an intersection point of the light source and the optical axis is a reference point ‘O,’
a straight line perpendicular to the optical axis from the vertex is a reference line ‘R,’
a straight line connecting a point of the incident portion and a point of the reference line ‘R’ from the reference point ‘O’ is a straight line ‘r 1 ,’
‘H’ is a height from the reference point ‘O’ to the vertex,
‘2° ’ is an angle between the straight line ‘r 1 ’ and the optical axis,
‘t’ is a distance from the vertex to the point of the reference line ‘R,’ and
‘θ’ is an angle between a straight line ‘r 2 ’ connecting the vertex and the point of the incident portion, and the reference line ‘R.’

4. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein the incident portion further comprises a free-form surface and is rotationally symmetric with respect to the optical axis.

5. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein the second surface is convex in a direction in which the light proceeds through the second surface, and
a central portion of the second surface has a maximum height, the central portion of the second surface being through which the optical axis passes.

6. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein the second surface comprises:
a planar portion comprising a substantially flat surface in a central portion of the second surface, the central portion of the second surface being through which the optical axis passes; and
a convex portion comprising a convex curve surface extending from an edge of the planar portion to an edge of the first surface.

7. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein the first surface further comprises a recess toward the second surface, in a central portion of the second surface, the central portion of the second surface being through which the optical axis passes.

8. The optical device of claim 7 , wherein the incident portion is a surface of the recess.

9. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein the first surface further comprises a support portion protruding from the first surface.

10. The optical device of claim 9 , wherein the support portion comprises support portions disposed along a circumferential portion of the optical axis.

11. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein the optical device comprises glass or a resin that is light-transmissive.

12. A light source module comprising:
a light source emitting light; and
an optical device disposed on the light source, the optical device comprising:
a first surface comprising an incident portion through which the light is incident; and
a second surface disposed opposite to the first surface, the second surface being through which the light incident through the incident portion is emitted,
wherein the incident portion comprises a curved surface that is recessed toward the second surface, and a pointed vertex to which the curved surface is recessed, the pointed vertex being in a central portion of the optical device, and the central portion being through which an optical axis of the optical device passes.

13. The light source module of claim 12 , wherein the light source further comprises an encapsulating part covering a light-emitting diode chip.

14. The light source module of claim 13 , wherein the encapsulating part comprises one or more phosphors.

15. The light source module of claim 12 , further comprising a substrate,
wherein the light source comprises light sources disposed on the substrate, and
the optical device comprises optical devices disposed on the substrate.

16. The light source module of claim 15 , wherein the substrate comprises a mark for guiding the optical device and the light source to a position on the substrate, the position being on which the optical device and the light source are disposed.

17. An optical device comprising:
a first surface through which light that is emitted from a light source passes; and
a second surface through which the passed light is emitted,
wherein the first surface comprises a recess toward the second surface to a vertex, the recess comprising a curved surface, and the recess being through which an optical axis of the optical device passes.

18. The optical device of claim 17 , wherein the curved surface comprises portions symmetrical about the optical axis,
the portions are recessed to the vertex, and
the optical axis passes through the vertex.

19. The optical device of claim 17 , wherein the second surface is substantially flat in a central portion.

20. The optical device of claim 17 , wherein the second surface is convex.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ha Sang Woo
• Won Jong Pil
• Ji Won Soo

Classifications

• F21Y2103/10

  comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements · CPC title

• G02B17/00

  Systems with reflecting surfaces, with or without refracting elements · CPC title

• F21V17/005

  with keying means, i.e. for enabling the assembling of component parts in distinctive positions, e.g. for preventing wrong mounting · CPC title

• F21Y2115/10

  Light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• F21V5/048 Primary

  the lens being a simple lens adapted to cooperate with a point-like source for emitting mainly in one direction and having an axis coincident with the main light transmission direction, e.g. convergent or divergent lenses, plano-concave or plano-convex lenses · CPC title