# US 11,906,420 B2 · Light source and biochemical analyzer > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,906,420 B2 - Document ID: US11906420B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/594,895 - Filed: 2020-01-31 - Published: 2022-07-07 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2019-05-27 - Assignees: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation - Applicants: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation - Inventors: Yoshifumi Sekiguchi; Shin Imamura; Takahiro Ando; Tomoto Kawamura; Yuya Matsuoka; Sakuichiro Adachi; Yasuhiro Keta; Eiichiro Takada - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11906420B2 ## CPC - G01N 21/01: Arrangements or apparatus for facilitating the optical investigation - G01N 21/255: {Details, e.g. use of specially adapted sources, lighting or optical systems} - G01N 21/59: Transmissivity (G01N21/25 takes precedence) - G01N 21/63: optically excited - H10H 20/856: Reflecting means - H10W 90/00: Package configurations - G01N 2021/0106: {General arrangement of respective parts} - G01N 2201/061: Sources - G01N 2201/0627: Use of several LED's for spectral resolution - G01N 2201/064: Stray light conditioning - G01N 2201/0806: Light rod - H10H 20/8506: {Containers} - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - H10H: INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS - H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10 ## Abstract This invention is capable of improving performance of a biochemical analyzer and facilitating the maintenance. A light source includes: a first LED that emits ultraviolet light and a second LED that has a light emission spectrum different from that of the first LED, the first LED and the second LED being disposed in parallel; a reflection surface that is opposite to the first LED and reflects light of the first LED; and a dichroic surface that is opposite to the second LED, reflects light of the first LED, and allows light of the second LED to penetrate. When an optical member including the dichroic surface is made to be the dichroic prism, the reflection surface reflects light of the first LED to the second LED side, and by using light source of a configuration having a light shielding unit between a light emission surface of the second LED and a dichroic prism, entering of a light emitted from the plural LEDs as a one light beam (beam) to an optical system of latter stage of the biochemical analyzer is enabled. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A light source, comprising: a first LED and a second LED that are disposed in parallel, one of the first LED and the second LED emitting ultraviolet light, the second LED having a light emission spectrum different from that of the first LED; a reflection surface that is opposite to the first LED, and reflects light of the first LED; a dichroic surface that is opposite to the second LED, reflects light of the first LED, and allows light of the second LED to penetrate; and a light shielding unit that is disposed on a side of the first LED or the second LED of the reflection surface and the dichroic surface and shields the ultraviolet light, wherein the light shielding unit is opposite to a light emission surface of the first LED or the second LED. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The light source according to claim 1, further comprising: a light shielding frame that fixes a member including the reflection surface and the dichroic surface, wherein the light shielding frame includes a through hole that allows light from the first LED or the second LED to pass through and to reach the reflection surface and the dichroic surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The light source according to claim 2, wherein width of the through hole is larger than width of the first LED when the through hole corresponds to the first LED or is larger than width of the second LED when the through hole corresponds to the second LED. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The light source according to claim 2, wherein width of the reflection surface is larger than width of the through hole when the through hole corresponds to the reflection surface, and width of the dichroic surface is larger than width of the through hole when the through hole corresponds to the dichroic surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The light source according to claim 2, wherein the first LED and the second LED are furnished on an LED substrate, and wherein the light shielding frame includes a screw hole or a fixing through hole, the screw hole or the fixing through hole being for fixing the LED substrate and the light shielding frame to each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The light source according to claim 2, wherein a hole size of the through hole is different according to a position in the depth direction of the through hole. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The light source according to claim 1, wherein a diffusion plate that diffuses light is disposed so as to be opposite to the first LED or the second LED. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The light source according to claim 1, wherein the first LED and the second LED are furnished in one package, and a wall surface is provided between the first LED and the second LED. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The light source according to claim 1, wherein the first LED emits ultraviolet light. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The light source according to claim 9, wherein the second LED emits light having longer wavelength compared to emission light of the first LED. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A biochemical analyzer, comprising a light source according to claim 1. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The biochemical analyzer according to claim 11, further comprising: a sample cell; and a lens that irradiates a light beam (beam) emitted from the dichroic surface to the sample cell. ### Claim 13 A light source, comprising: a first LED and a second LED that is disposed in parallel, one of the first LED and the second LED emitting ultraviolet light, the second LED having a light emission spectrum different from that of the first LED; a dichroic prism that includes a reflection surface and a dichroic surface, the reflection surface being opposite to the first LED and reflecting light of the first LED to a side of the second LED, the dichroic surface being opposite to the second LED, reflecting light of the first LED, and allowing light of the second LED to penetrate; and a light shielding unit that is disposed between a light emission surface of the first LED or the second LED and the dichroic prism. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The light source according to claim 13, further comprising: a light shielding frame that fixes the dichroic prism, wherein the light shielding frame includes a first through hole, a second through hole, and a fixing surface, the first through hole and the second through hole allowing light from the first LED and the second LED to pass through and to reach the reflection surface and the dichroic surface, the first through hole corresponding to the first LED, the second through hole corresponding to the second LED, the fixing surface being located between the first through hole and the second through hole and being opposite to the dichroic prism. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The light source according to claim 14, wherein the fixing surface and the dichroic prism are adhered to each other. ### Claim 16 A light source, comprising: a first LED and a second LED that are disposed in parallel, one of the first LED and the second LED emitting ultraviolet light, the second LED having a light emission spectrum different from that of the first LED; a reflection surface that is opposite to the first LED and reflects light of the first LED; and a dichroic surface that is opposite to the second LED, reflects light of the first LED, and allows light of the second LED to penetrate, wherein the other of the first LED and the second LED is a white color LED whose main emission light is not ultraviolet light, and wherein a filter member is disposed so as to be opposite to a light emission surface of the white color LED, penetration efficiency with respect to ultraviolet light of the filter member being lower than penetration efficiency with respect to light having longer wavelength compared to the ultraviolet light. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The light source according to claim 16, wherein the white color LED is covered by a coating member that does not allow ultraviolet light to pass through.