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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2007
Kazunori Sakurai, Chino, JP;
Kazunori Sakurai, Chino, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A light-emitting device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, an element substrate on which the plurality of light-emitting elements are disposed, a plate-shaped sealing member having a lens array in which a plurality of lenses is arranged and sealing the plurality of light-emitting elements together with the element substrate, and a spacer disposed between the element substrate and the plate-shaped sealing member for maintaining a distance between the light-emitting elements and the lenses, in which the spacer is provided with a plurality of sealing cavities, at least one lens of the plurality of lenses is disposed so as to overlap each of the sealing cavities, and the light-emitting elements are disposed in each of the sealing cavities so as to overlap the corresponding lenses.