LED package with encapsulant having curved and planar surfaces
First Claim
1. An emitter package, comprising:
- one or more solid state light sources on a submount, said submount comprising a plurality of edges such that said submount comprises a length and width;
an encapsulant over said solid state light sources and said submount, said encapsulant comprising a plurality of substantially planar side surfaces, one of said substantially planar side surfaces along each edge of said submount, and a convex curved surface between each pair of adjacent substantially planar side surfaces, said convex curved surface comprising a radius of curvature greater than half of said submount length and/or width.
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Abstract
LED packages are disclosed that are compact and efficiently emit light, and can comprise encapsulants with curved and planar surfaces. The packages can comprise a submount with a one or a plurality of LEDs, and in those with a plurality of LEDs each of the LEDs can emit the same or different wavelengths of light than the others. A blanket conversion material layer can be included on at least some of the LEDs and the submount. The encapsulant can be on the submount, over at least some of the LEDs, with each of the planar surfaces being vertical and aligned with one of the edges of the submount. The encapsulant can also have a upper curved surface with a relatively large radius of curvature, with the combination of curved and planar surfaces resulting in efficient emission of light with a relatively narrow emission profile.
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43 Claims
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1. An emitter package, comprising:
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one or more solid state light sources on a submount, said submount comprising a plurality of edges such that said submount comprises a length and width; an encapsulant over said solid state light sources and said submount, said encapsulant comprising a plurality of substantially planar side surfaces, one of said substantially planar side surfaces along each edge of said submount, and a convex curved surface between each pair of adjacent substantially planar side surfaces, said convex curved surface comprising a radius of curvature greater than half of said submount length and/or width. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An emitter package, comprising:
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one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) on a submount; a conversion material layer over said LEDs; and an encapsulant on said LEDs and said conversion material layer, said encapsulant comprising one or more vertical planar side surfaces and a hemispheric upper surface, a convex curved surface between each pair of adjacent vertical planar side surfaces and over said LEDs, wherein said vertical planar side surfaces at least partially truncate said convex curved surface. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An emitter package, comprising:
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one or more LEDs on a submount, said submount comprising a plurality of edges; an encapsulant on said submount, wherein said encapsulant comprises a plurality of substantially planar side surfaces, one of said substantially planar side surfaces along each edge of said submount and a convex curved surface between each pair of adjacent substantially planar side surfaces and between opposing substantially planar side surfaces and over said one or more LEDs, wherein said substantially planar side surfaces at least partially truncate said convex curved surface. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An encapsulant, comprising:
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a body shaped to fit within a rectangular footprint, said body comprising a plurality of substantially planar side surfaces and a convex curved surface between each pair of adjacent substantially planar side surfaces and between opposing substantially planar side surfaces; wherein said substantially planar side surfaces at least partially truncate said convex curved surface and wherein said convex curved surface comprises a continuous curved surface.
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