# US 9,435,512 B2 · Lighting apparatus

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- Number: US 9,435,512 B2
- Document ID: US9435512B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/508,140
- Filed: 2014-10-07
- Published: 2015-04-09
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2013-10-09
- Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Masumi Abe; Toshifumi Ogata; Atsuyoshi Ishimori; Kenji Sugiura; Yasufumi Wada
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9435512B2

## CPC

- F21V 9/08: for producing coloured light, e.g. monochromatic; for reducing intensity of light (with provision for controlling the colour F21V9/40)
- F21K 9/60: Optical arrangements integrated in the light source, e.g. for improving the colour rendering index or the light extraction
- H10H 20/853: characterised by their shape
- F21Y 2105/10: comprising a two-dimensional [2D] array of point-like light-generating elements
- F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED]
- H05K 3/284: {for encapsulating mounted components (H05K1/185 takes precedence)}
- H05K 3/287: {Photosensitive compositions}
- H05K 2201/10106: Light emitting diode [LED]
- H10W 72/01515: {Forming coatings}
- H10W 72/075: {of bond wires}
- H10W 74/00: Encapsulations, e.g. protective coatings
- H10W 90/756: {between a chip and a stacked lead frame, conducting package substrate or heat sink}
- F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F21K: NON-ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES USING LUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING CHARGES OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL; LIGHT SOURCES USING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AS LIGHT-GENERATING ELEMENTS; LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10H: INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS
- F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10

## Abstract

A lighting apparatus includes a substrate, a light-emitting element, and a sealing member. The light-emitting element emits light in a first wavelength range. The sealing member contains a material that converts the light in the first wavelength range to light in a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range. The sealing member has a curved convex contour in at least one cross section that passes through the center of the light-emitting element and is perpendicular to a principal surface of the substrate. A curved line indicating a change in output angle that occurs upon a change in observation angle is approximated by a quadratic or trigonometric function that passes through the origin.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A lighting apparatus comprising:
a substrate having a principal surface;
a light-emitting element disposed on the principal surface of the substrate; and
a sealing member disposed on the principal surface of the substrate and covering the light-emitting element, the sealing member containing a material that converts a wavelength of light emitted from the light-emitting element,
wherein the sealing member has a contour in a shape of a curved convex in at least one cross section that passes through a center of the light-emitting element and is perpendicular to the principal surface of the substrate, and
when a line that passes through the center of the light-emitting element and is perpendicular to the principal surface of the substrate is set as a reference line,
a point of intersection of the reference line and the principal surface of the substrate is set as a reference point,
a straight line that passes through the reference point and an arbitrary point on the contour of the sealing member is set as an arbitrary straight line,
a normal to the contour of the sealing member at the arbitrary point on the contour is set as an arbitrary normal,
an angle formed by the reference line and the arbitrary straight line is set as an observation angle, and
an angle formed by the arbitrary normal and the arbitrary straight line is set as an output angle,
the output angle is represented by an approximate expression of a quadratic or trigonometric function of the observation angle, the quadratic or trigonometric function passing through an origin.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The lighting apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein, when θout and θobs in the approximate expression denote the output angle and the observation angle, respectively, and θout(90°) denotes the output angle that is obtained when the observation angle is 90 degrees,
a relationship between the observation angle and the output angle is
θout/θout(90°)=−cos θobs+1.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The lighting apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein a lower limit of a 95% confidence interval in the relationship between the observation angle and the output angle is
θout/θout(90°)=−1.03 cos θobs+0.97,
and an upper limit of the 95% confidence interval in the relationship between the observation angle and the output angle is
θout/θout(90°)=−0.97 cos θobs+1.03.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The lighting apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein, further when the reference line is set as a y-axis, and a line that passes through the reference point and extends along the principal surface of the substrate is set as an x-axis,
a curved line obtained by projecting the contour of the sealing member onto an xy-plane defined by the x-axis and the y-axis is approximated by a function including a trigonometric function.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The lighting apparatus according to claim 4,
wherein, when normalization is applied under a condition that a point on the contour at zero on the x-axis falls on 1 on the y-axis,
a lower limit of a 95% confidence interval of the function including the trigonometric function that approximates the curved line obtained by projecting the contour of the sealing member onto the xy-plane is
y=1.20 cos x−0.28,
and an upper limit of the 95% confidence interval of the function including the trigonometric function is
y=1.31 cos x−0.20.

### Claim 6

A lighting apparatus comprising:
a substrate having a principal surface;
a light-emitting element disposed on the principal surface of the substrate; and
a sealing member disposed on the principal surface of the substrate and covering the light-emitting element, the sealing member containing a material that converts a wavelength of light emitted from the light-emitting element,
wherein the sealing member has a contour in a shape of a curved convex in at least one cross section that passes through a center of the light-emitting element and is perpendicular to the principal surface of the substrate, and
when a line that passes through the center of the light-emitting element and is perpendicular to the principal surface of the substrate is set as a y-axis,
a point of intersection of the y-axis and the principal surface of the substrate is set as a reference point, and
a line that passes through the reference point and extends along the principal surface of the substrate is set as an x-axis,
a curved line obtained by projecting the contour of the sealing member onto an xy-plane defined by the x-axis and the y-axis is approximated by a function including a trigonometric function.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The lighting apparatus according to claim 6,
wherein, when normalization is applied under a condition that a point on the contour at zero on the x-axis falls on 1 on the y-axis,
a lower limit of a 95% confidence interval of the function including the trigonometric function that approximates the curved line obtained by projecting the contour of the sealing member onto the xy-plane is
y=1.20 cos x−0.28,
and an upper limit of the 95% confidence interval of the function including the trigonometric function is
y=1.31 cos x−0.20.