Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Toshifumi Ogata

Masumi Abe

Kenji Sugiura

Noriyasu Tanimoto

Atsuyoshi Ishimori

Makoto Morikawa

Ryo Minamihata

Toshiaki Kurachi

Nobuyuki Matsui

Yasuharu Ueno

Yasufumi Wada

Keiji Kiba

Hiroshi Yamaguchi

Yoshihiko Kanayama

Hideo Nagai

Keiji Nishimoto

Satoshi Shida

Kiyoshi Takahashi

Masanori Shimizu

Tadashi Yano

Katsuyuki Nagahama

Katsushi Seki

Naoki Tagami

Hiroyuki Naito

Koji Omura

Yuya Yamamoto

Hisaki Fujitani

Shinichi Kitaoka

Kosuke Takehara

Masashi Funakoshi

Kenji Ueda

Kenji Maruyama

Tomoaki Ono

Wakaba Hyodo

Shogo Yano

A light-emitting device includes: a substrate; a first light-emitting element row disposed on the substrate; a first wire disposed on the substrate and passing between two light-emitting elements adjacent in the first light-emitting element row; and a first bonding wire which has one end connected to one of the two light-emitting elements and another end connected to the other of the two light-emitting elements, and crosses over the first wire.

Light-emitting device and illuminating apparatus

A light-emitting device includes a substrate and a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed above the substrate. In the plurality of light-emitting elements, a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element different in a rate of decrease in light output along with a temperature increase are included. The plurality of light-emitting elements include: a first serial element group including some light-emitting elements connected in series among the plurality of light-emitting elements; and a second serial element group connected in parallel with the first serial element group and including some light-emitting elements connected in series among the plurality of light-emitting elements. A ratio between a total number of first light-emitting elements and a total number of second light-emitting elements is different between the first serial element group and the second serial element group.

Light-emitting device and illumination apparatus

A light-emitting device includes: a substrate; a first light emitter and a second light emitter which are disposed on the substrate; and a reflector which is disposed on the substrate and reflects light emitted by the first light emitter. The first light emitter, the reflector, and the second light emitter are aligned in stated order in a direction from a center toward a periphery of the substrate in a plan view. The first light emitter, the reflector, and the second light emitter decrease in height in stated order, the height being measured from the substrate.

A light-emitting apparatus is provided. The light-emitting apparatus includes a substrate, a light-emitting element on the substrate, a first sealing layer which seals the light-emitting element, and a second b sealing layer. The substrate includes a base, an interconnect layer disposed on the base and electrically connected to the light-emitting element, a metal layer which covers a portion of the interconnect layer, and an electrically insulating layer which covers another portion of the interconnect layer. The second sealing layer seals a boundary between the metal layer and the electrically insulating layer.

Light-emitting apparatus and illumination apparatus

A light emitting module includes a first light emitter that emits light having a first color temperature and a second light emitter that emits light having a second color temperature higher than the first color temperature. The first light emitter includes a first light emitting element and a first sealant. The first sealant seals the first light emitting element and includes a first wavelength converter that converts a wavelength of light emitted by the first light emitting element. The second light emitter includes a second light emitting element and a second sealant. The second sealant seals the second light emitting element and includes a second wavelength converter that converts a wavelength of light emitted by the second light emitting element. In a plan view, the first light emitting element has a surface area greater than a surface area of the second light emitting element.

Light emitting module and lighting apparatus

A light-emitting apparatus includes a first relay line and a second relay line. The first and second relay lines are disposed between a first region and a second region of a substrate. Further, the first and second relay lines extend at least partially parallel to each other in a second direction that crosses a first direction in which the first region and the second region are aligned. The first relay line electrically connects a first light-emitting element group disposed in the first region and a third light-emitting element group disposed in the second region. The second relay line electrically connects a second light-emitting element group disposed in the first region and a fourth light-emitting element group disposed in the second region.

A mounting substrate includes: a substrate; a first terminal, a fifth terminal, and a sixth terminal which are disposed in a first region; a second terminal disposed in a second region; a third terminal and a seventh terminal which are disposed in a third region; and a fourth terminal disposed in a fourth region. The mounting substrate includes: a first connecting line which electrically connects the fifth terminal and the second terminal; a second connecting line which electrically connects the sixth terminal and the third terminal; and a third connecting line which electrically connects the seventh terminal and the fourth terminal.

Mounting substrate, light-emitting apparatus, and illumination apparatus

Light emitting apparatus including: substrate; LED chips on substrate; sealing member sealing LED chips; buffer layer on substrate; and dam material on the top surface of buffer layer, for holding back sealing member, wherein the adhesive strength of buffer layer to substrate and the adhesive strength of dam material to buffer layer are higher than the adhesive strength of dam material to substrate.

Light emitting apparatus and lighting apparatus

A light-emitting apparatus includes a plurality of light-emitting element columns sealed with a sealing member, each including a plurality of light-emitting elements. In at least one of the plurality of light-emitting element columns, the plurality of light-emitting elements are all positioned or a virtual straight line. At least one of the plurality of light-emitting element columns includes at least one set of a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element that are positioned adjacent to each other. The first light-emitting element is disposed to form a first angle between the virtual straight line and a longitudinal direction of the first light-emitting element. The second light-emitting element is disposed to form a second angle different from the first angle between the virtual straight line and a longitudinal direction of the second light-emitting element.

Light emitting diode

A light-emitting apparatus includes: a ceramic substrate; a light-emitting element mounted on the ceramic substrate; a sealing member sealing the light-emitting element; a buffer layer formed on the ceramic substrate and surrounding the light-emitting element; and a dam member, at least a portion of which is on a top surface of the buffer layer and which is for blocking the sealing member. The dam member is formed in such a way that one end of the dam member which faces the sealing member and is closer to the light-emitting element than the opposite end of the dam member is in contact with the ceramic substrate while the opposite end is out of contact with the ceramic substrate.

Light-emitting apparatus, illumination apparatus, and method of manufacturing light-emitting apparatus

Each of a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting element has, on an upper surface thereof that has a quadrilateral shape, a pair of connecting portions having different polarities from each other. The pair of connecting portions are aligned on a diagonal of the quadrilateral shape. The diagonal intersects a row direction along which the semiconductor light-emitting elements within a row are arranged. Connecting portions having identical polarity are positioned on an imaginary line parallel to the row direction. Metal wires intersect two sides extending from a corner, on the diagonal, of the upper surface of each of the semiconductor light-emitting elements when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a mounting surface of a substrate for mounting the semiconductor light-emitting elements.

Light-emitting module

A light-emitting module includes a substrate, and elongated light-emitting units arranged in rows on the substrate. Each light-emitting unit includes an element array of light-emitting elements arranged on the substrate and a sealing member sealing the element array. The sealing member contains a wavelength converting material. When the light-emitting units are viewed from a direction that is parallel to a surface on which the plurality of light-emitting units are arranged and coincides with a row direction being a direction along which the light-emitting units are arranged in rows, two of the light-emitting units are arranged such that portions of one of the two light-emitting units nearer to the center in the row direction are visible without being obstructed by the other light-emitting unit.

Light-emitting module, and illumination light source and illumination device using same

A light emitting device includes: a substrate; a plurality of light emitting elements mounted in a light emitting area of the substrate, and an intermediate line for electrically connecting a plurality of light emitting elements in parallel or series selectively, the intermediate line being disposed in the light emitting area.

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