LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE HAVING LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENTS
First Claim
1. A light emitting device, comprising:
- a single insulating substrate;
a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the insulating substrate;
an array of GaN-based light emitting elements connected between the first electrode and the second electrode and disposed on the insulating substrate, all light emitting elements of the array to emit light in response to a voltage of a first polarity and to not emit light in response to a voltage of a second polarity,wherein the voltage of the first polarity and the voltage of the second polarity are supplied to the insulating substrate, but only the voltage of the first polarity is supplied across the first electrode and the second electrode.
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Abstract
A light-emitting device operating on a high drive voltage and a small drive current. LEDs (1) are two-dimensionally formed on an insulating substrate (10) of e.g., sapphire monolithically and connected in series to form an LED array. Two such LED arrays are connected to electrodes (32) in inverse parallel. Air-bridge wiring (28) is formed between the LEDs (1) and between the LEDs (1) and electrodes (32). The LED arrays are arranged zigzag to form a plurality of LEDs (1) to produce a high drive voltage and a small drive current. Two LED arrays are connected in inverse parallel, and therefore an AC power supply can be used as the power supply.
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9 Claims
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1. A light emitting device, comprising:
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a single insulating substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the insulating substrate; an array of GaN-based light emitting elements connected between the first electrode and the second electrode and disposed on the insulating substrate, all light emitting elements of the array to emit light in response to a voltage of a first polarity and to not emit light in response to a voltage of a second polarity, wherein the voltage of the first polarity and the voltage of the second polarity are supplied to the insulating substrate, but only the voltage of the first polarity is supplied across the first electrode and the second electrode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9)
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- 7. A light emitting device comprising a plurality of light emitting elements connected between two electrodes, wherein a portion of the light emitting elements are disposed to operate with a forward biased voltage with respect to a remainder of the light emitting elements, and the remainder of the light emitting elements are disposed to operate with a reverse biased voltage with respect to the portion of the light emitting elements and wherein the light emitting elements disposed to operate with the forward biased voltage are arranged in a pattern.
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