LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND BACKLIGHT UNIT

• US 20130163228A1
• Filed: 12/20/2012
• Published: 06/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: SHIN, Chang Ho, SUNG, In Je, AHN, Sung Oh
• Granted Patent: US 9,318,034 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/97.1
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 9/00 Elements for modifying spectral properties, polarisation or intensity of the light emitted, e.g. filters coloured shades F21V1/00; elements characterised by cooling arrangements F21V29/502
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133603 with LEDs
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133613 characterized by the sequence of light sources
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 13/04 Signs, boards or panels, illuminated from behind the insignia

Abstract

A light source module includes: a substrate; and a plurality of light emitting devices having different ranks and arranged on the substrate in columns and rows, the plurality of light emitting devices being classified in the different ranks based on at least one of color coordinates, brightness of light emitted therefrom and a driving voltage, wherein in at least one of the columns and rows, light emitting devices having different ranks from among the plurality of light emitting devices are alternated in a basic arrangement and are alternated in an inverse arrangement opposite to the basic arrangement.

Claims

1. A light source module comprising:

a substrate; and

a plurality of light emitting devices having different ranks and arranged on the substrate in columns and rows, the plurality of light emitting devices being classified in the different ranks based on at least one of color coordinates, brightness of light emitted therefrom and a driving voltage,

wherein in at least one of the columns and the rows, light emitting devices having different ranks from among the plurality of light emitting devices are alternated in a basic arrangement and are alternated in an inverse arrangement opposite to the basic arrangement.

2. The light source module of claim 1, wherein a last light emitting device in the basic arrangement is disposed adjacent to a first light emitting device in the inverse arrangement.

3. The light source module of claim 1, wherein the plurality of light emitting devices are arranged symmetrically with respect to a center of the columns and the rows having the basic arrangement and the inverse arrangement.

4. The light source module of claim 1, wherein in the columns and the rows having the basic arrangement and the inverse arrangement, both light emitting devices disposed at the ends of each of the columns and the rows have a same rank and both light emitting devices disposed in a center of each of the columns and the rows have a same rank.

5. The light source module of claim 4, wherein in the columns and the rows having the basic arrangement and the inverse arrangement, the rank of both light emitting devices disposed in a center of each of the columns and the rows is different from the rank of both light emitting devices disposed at the ends of each of the columns and the rows.

6. The light source module of claim 4, wherein four light emitting devices disposed in a center of a region formed by the columns and the rows have a same rank.

7. The light source module of claim 1, wherein the plurality of light emitting devices have a distribution of characteristics that is a basis for the ranks indicating a normal distribution, and the ranks are classified based on an average of the normal distribution.

8. A backlight unit comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of light emitting devices having different ranks and arranged on the substrate in columns and rows, the plurality of light emitting devices being classified in the different ranks based on at least one of color coordinates, brightness of light emitted therefrom and a driving voltage; and

at least one optical disposed on the plurality of light emitting devices,

wherein in at least one of the columns and the rows, light emitting devices having different ranks from among the plurality of light emitting devices are alternated in a basic arrangement and are alternated in an inverse arrangement opposite to the basic arrangement.

9. The backlight unit of claim 8, further comprising a chassis structure accommodating the substrate and the plurality of light emitting devices.

10. The backlight unit of claim 8, wherein a last light emitting device in the basic arrangement is disposed adjacent to a first light emitting device in the inverse arrangement.

11. The backlight unit of claim 8, wherein the plurality of light emitting devices are arranged symmetrically with respect to a center of the columns and the rows having the basic arrangement and the inverse arrangement.

12. The backlight unit of claim 8, wherein in the columns and the rows having the basic arrangement and the inverse arrangement, both light emitting devices disposed at the ends of each of the columns and the rows have a same rank and both light emitting devices disposed in a center of each of the columns and the rows have a same rank.

13. The backlight unit of claim 12, wherein in the columns and the rows having the basic arrangement and the inverse arrangement, the rank of both light emitting devices disposed in a center of each of the columns and the rows is different from the rank of the both light emitting devices disposed at the ends of each of the columns and the rows.

14. The backlight unit of claim 12, wherein four light emitting devices disposed in a center of a region formed by the columns and the rows have a same rank.

15. The backlight unit of claim 8, wherein the plurality of light emitting devices have a distribution of characteristics that is a basis for the ranks indicating a normal distribution, and the ranks are classified based on an average of the normal distribution.

16. A light source module comprising:

a substrate; and

a plurality of light emitting devices that are classified in different ranks based on characteristics thereof, and are disposed on the substrate in columns and rows,

wherein in at least one of the columns and the rows, light emitting devices of the plurality of light emitting devices are arranged in a first group and a second group adjacent to the first group,

wherein in the first group, light emitting devices having different ranks are alternately arranged in a first order, and

wherein in the second, light emitting devices having different ranks are alternately arranged in a second order that is opposite to the first order.

17. The light source module of claim 16, wherein the characteristics of the light emitting devices comprise at least one of color coordinates, brightness of light emitted therefrom and a driving voltage.

18. The light source module of claim 16, wherein a last light emitting device in the first group and a first light emitting device in the second group are adjacent to each other and have a same rank.

19. The light source module of claim 18, wherein a first light emitting device in the first group and a last light emitting device in the second group are disposed at opposite ends of the at least one of the columns and the rows, and have a same rank.

20. The light source module of claim 19, wherein the rank of the last light emitting device in the first group and the first light emitting device in the second group is different from the rank of the first light emitting device in the first group and the last light emitting device in the second group.