Light emitting device

• US 8,878,423 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2010
• Issued: 11/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Chang, Pei-Ying, Huang, Shi-Ing, Huang, Tien-Fu, Shiao, Chen-Dao
• Primary Examiner(s): Hollweg, Thomas A
• Application Number:
  US12/982,604
• Publication Number:
  US 20120153798A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,405 Days
• Field of Search: 313/498, 313/116, 362/558, 362/246, 362/355
• US Class Current: 313/116
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/0242 by means of dispersed particles
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/0278 used in transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2933/0091 Scattering means in or on the semiconductor body or semiconductor body package H01L33/22 takes precedence

Abstract

Disclosed is a light-emitting device, including an LED light source and a light diffusion element. The light diffusion element, covering at least a part of the LED light source, is composed of a first polymer, a second polymer, or a blend of them. The first polymer has a larger crystal diameter than that of the second polymer. The first polymer is made of polypropylene or ethylene-propylene copolymer. The second polymer is made of polyethylene, polypropylene, or ethylene-propylene copolymer. A blend of certain ratios of the first and second polymer gives rise of an excellent material that has improved light diffusion. This material can be widely adopted to current light fixtures for its evenly distributed lighting and great brightness.

Claims

1. A light-emitting device, comprising:

an LED light source; and

a light diffusion element covering at least a part of the LED light source,

wherein the light diffusion element comprises a single layer formed by blending a first polymer having a first crystal diameter and a second polymer having a second crystal diameter smaller than the first crystal diameter, and then molding the blend, such that the first polymer and the second polymer are evenly blended in the single layer, and the first polymer directly physically contacts the second polymer,

wherein the first polymer comprises polypropylene or ethylene-propylene copolymer, and

wherein the second polymer comprises polyethylene, polypropylene, or ethylene-propylene copolymer.

2. The light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first polymer has a crystal diameter of 1 μ

m to 120 μ

m.

3. The light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second polymer has a crystal diameter of 0.05 μ

m to 10 μ

m.

4. The light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first polymer and/or the second polymer has a crystal degree of 40% to 70% at room temperature.

5. The light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first polymer and/or the second polymer has a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000 to 1,000,000.

6. The light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the blend has a transmission between that of the first polymer and that of the second polymer.

7. The light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the blend has a higher light diffusion rate than that of the first polymer and the second polymer.

8. The light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first polymer and the second polymer of the blend have a weight ratio of 50:

50 to 95;

5.

9. The light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first polymer and/or the second polymer is ethylene-propylene copolymer, and wherein an ethylene monomer and a propylene monomer thereof have a weight ratio of less than or equal to 20:

100.

10. The light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first polymer and/or the second polymer has a melting index of 0.1 g/10min to 200 g/10 min.

11. The light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light diffusion element is formed by blending the first and the second polymers and then injection molding the blend.

12. A light-emitting device, comprising:

an LED light source; and

a light diffusion element covering at least a part of the LED light source,

wherein the light diffusion element comprises a single layer formed by blending a first polymer having a first crystal diameter and a second polymer having a second crystal diameter smaller than the first crystal diameter, and then molding the blend without a carrier, such that the first polymer and the second polymer are evenly blended in the single layer,

wherein the first polymer comprises polypropylene or ethylene-propylene copolymer, and

wherein the second polymer comprises polyethylene, polypropylene, or ethylene-propylene copolymer.

13. The light-emitting device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first polymer has a crystal diameter of 1 μ

m to 120 μ

m.

14. The light-emitting device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the second polymer has a crystal diameter of 0.05 μ

m to 10 μ

m.

15. The light-emitting device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first polymer and/or the second polymer has a crystal degree of 40% to 70% at room temperature.

16. The light-emitting device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first polymer and/or the second polymer has a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000 to 1,000,000.

17. The light-emitting device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the blend has a transmission between that of the first polymer and that of the second polymer.

18. The light-emitting device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first polymer and the second polymer of the blend have a weight ratio of 50:

50 to 95;

5.

19. The light-emitting device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first polymer and/or the second polymer is ethylene-propylene copolymer, and wherein an ethylene monomer and a propylene monomer thereof have a weight ratio of less than or equal to 20:

100.

20. The light-emitting device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first polymer and/or the second polymer has a melting index of 0.1 g/10 min to 200 g/10 min.