The present invention relates to a light-emitting device, more specifically, to a light-emitting device using semiconductor light-emitting elements which are driven by the voltage that is rectified from an alternating-current (AC) voltage.
In recent years, light-emitting diode elements (referred to as LED elements) have widely been used for a backlight of a color display, illumination or the like, because the LED elements are semi-conductor light-emitting elements and have a long service life and excellent driving characteristic, and further have a high light-emitting efficiency and bright light-emitting color.
In particular, recently, there are widely adopted light-emitting devices including LED elements that are electrically connected in series and driven by the voltage rectified from the AC voltage. The number of LED elements connected in series are switched, depending on a voltage level or current level of the voltage that is rectified from the AC voltage of an AC power source.
As a method for utilization of an illumination device, if a plurality of LED elements is connected in series, because a combination of LED elements has flexibility and a degree of freedom in shape, it is proposed to use the combination for an advertisement or decoration by deforming the combination (for reference, see PTL 1).
A conventional light-emitting device as disclosed in PTL 1 is described hereinafter with reference to
The conventional light-emitting device includes a plurality of light-emitting blocks C1 to C7. Each of the light-emitting blocks includes two to four LED elements which are connected in series. The light-emitting blocks C1 to C7 are arranged in any shape to display a character and so on.
However, an object of the conventional light-emitting device is to display a character and so on by properly arranging a plurality of light-emitting blocks, a drive condition, light-emitting intensity and so on of the light-emitting blocks are not at all disclosed.
[PTL 1] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2005-183721
As the conventional light-emitting device does not disclose a light-emitting device including a plurality of light-emitting areas that can emit uniform light from each respective light-emitting areas of the light-emitting device, even if light-emitting elements included in the light-emitting device are driven by the voltage rectified from an AC voltage that continuously changes from low value to high value and from high value to low value like a continuous wave.
Accordingly, the invention provides a light-emitting device including a plurality of light-emitting areas each with a first light-emitting block and a second light-emitting block. The first light-emitting block of each respective light-emitting areas include first light-emitting elements to be lit at a first voltage value, and the second light-emitting blocks of the light-emitting areas include the second light-emitting elements to be lit at a second voltage value that is set higher than the first voltage, while the first light-emitting elements are kept lit at voltages on and above the first voltage value. For, example, a light-emitting device includes a plurality of light-emitting areas each including a first light-emitting block and a second light-emitting block, and the plurality of first light-emitting blocks each include a plurality of first light-emitting elements, and the plurality of second light-emitting blocks each include a plurality of second light-emitting elements.
The light-emitting device further includes a control circuit that includes at least one switch switching a voltage supply to the first light-emitting elements in the plurality of light-emitting areas or to the second light-emitting elements in the plurality of light-emitting areas as well as the first light-emitting elements in the plurality of light-emitting areas. If the control circuit includes two switches, a first switch is configured to switch a voltage supply to the first light-emitting elements in the first light-emitting blocks of the plurality of light-emitting areas and a second switch is configured to switch the voltage supply to the second light-emitting elements in the second light-emitting blocks of the plurality of light-emitting areas as well as the first light-emitting elements in the first light-emitting blocks of the plurality of light-emitting areas.
The control circuit is configured to detect value of voltage rectified from an AC voltage of the AC power source and to switch the first switch to apply the voltage to the first light-emitting elements in the first light-emitting blocks when the voltage being supplied from the AC power source reaches a first voltage value, and the control circuit is configured to switch the second switch to apply the voltage to the second light-emitting elements of the second light-emitting blocks as well as the first light-emitting elements in the first light-emitting blocks when the voltage being supplied from the AC power source reaches a second voltage value that is set higher than the first voltage value.
In the plurality of light-emitting areas, as the number of the first light-emitting elements in each of the first light-emitting blocks is the same with one another of the first light-emitting blocks and the number of the second light-emitting elements in each of the second light-emitting blocks is the same with one another of the second light-emitting blocks, the light-emitting device that emits uniform light from each respective light-emitting areas in accordance with changes of voltage can be achieved.
Though the first light-emitting elements and the second light-emitting elements are driven by the voltage rectified from an AC voltage that continuously changes from low value to high value and from high value to low value like a continuous wave, as each respective light-emitting areas include the first light-emitting block and the second light-emitting block, the light-emitting areas can emit uniform light in accordance with the value of voltage that changes continuously. Also, the light-emitting device with simple electrical connection can be proposed.
Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be explained hereinafter in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here, we call a semiconductor light-emitting element including a light-emitting diode element as light-emitting element.
The light-emitting device 10 includes a first light-emitting area 10a that includes a first light-emitting block 3 and a second light-emitting block 4. The first light-emitting block 3 includes first light-emitting elements A1 that are electrically connected to one another of the first light-emitting elements A1 in the first light-emitting block 3 in series. The second light-emitting elements B1 in the second light-emitting block 4 are electrically connected to one another of the second light-emitting elements B1 in the second light-emitting block 4 in series.
The light-emitting device 10 also includes a control circuit 60 including a first switch 16a that switches a voltage supply rectified from an alternative current (AC) power source 12 to the first light-emitting elements A1, and the control circuit 60 includes a second switch 16b that switches the voltage supply rectified from the AC power source to the second light-emitting elements B1 as well as the first light-emitting elements A1.
Accordingly, the control circuit 60 includes a voltage level detecting circuit 15 that can be connected to the power source terminals 13a and 13b of a rectifier 13 and a switching circuit 16, and the control circuit 60 is configured to detect voltage value rectified from an AC voltage of the AC power source and to switch the first switch 16a to apply the voltage to the first light-emitting elements A1, A2, and A3 when the voltage being supplied from the AC power source 11 reaches a first voltage value LV1 and configured to switch the second switch 16b to apply the voltage to the second light-emitting elements B1 as well as the first light-emitting elements A1 when the voltage being supplied from the AC power source 12 reaches a second voltage value HV1 that is set higher than the first voltage value LV1. As AC power voltage changes its AC voltage value like a repeated wave, a rectifier 13 is used to rectify the AC voltage and to apply the voltage that is rectified by the rectifier 13 to light-emitting elements. With the first voltage value LV1 and the second voltage value HV1 set, a plurality of light-emitting areas can emit light equally with one another of the light-emitting areas.
For more details, as AC power voltage and current rating differ by country, the first voltage value LV1 and the second voltage value HV1 should be set in consideration of the AC power voltage of a targeted country where the light-emitting device 10 will be used, a necessary number of light-emitting areas 10a, 10b, 10c, and more, the number of the first light-emitting elements A1, and the number of the second light-emitting elements B1. For example, in many of European countries, AC power voltage is around 220V. Also, a light-emitting element generally requires around 3V to emit light. In this case, if a light-emitting device 10 includes five light-emitting areas, the total number of the first light-emitting elements could be 30 and the total number of the second light-emitting elements could be 20 that are divided into the five light-emitting areas each with six first-light-emitting elements and four second-light-emitting elements. In this case, the first voltage value LV1 is set to be 90V (3V*6*5), and the second voltage value HV1 is set to be 150V (3V*6*5+3V*4*5).
In other words, when the voltage being supplied from the AC power source reaches the first voltage value LV1 (in this case, the first voltage value is 90V), the first light-emitting elements A1 in the first light-emitting blocks of the five light-emitting areas start to emit light, and when the voltage value being supplied from the AC power source reaches the second voltage value HV1 (in this case, the second voltage value is 150V), the second light-emitting elements in the second light-emitting blocks of the five light-emitting areas start to emit light. The first light-emitting elements are lit while the voltage being supplied from the AC power source is at and above 90V, and the second light-emitting elements B1 are lit while the voltage being supplied from the AC power source is at and above 150V. As mentioned above, though the first voltage value LV1 and the second voltage value HV1 change in accordance with a targeted country's AC power voltage, the number of light-emitting areas, and the total number of the first light-emitting elements and the total number of the second light-emitting elements, they can be set in consideration of above mentioned conditions.
Getting back to the explanation of first embodiment as shown in
The number of the first light-emitting elements and the number of the second light-emitting elements are different from one another of the first light-emitting elements and the second light-emitting elements of each respective first, second, third light-emitting areas. Also, the number of the first light-emitting elements in each of the first light-emitting area, the second light-emitting area, and the third light-emitting area is the same with one another of the first light-emitting area, the second light-emitting area, and the third light-emitting area, and the number of the second light-emitting elements in each of the first light-emitting area, the second light-emitting area, and the third light-emitting area is the same with one another of the first light-emitting area, the second light-emitting area, and the third light-emitting area.
The first light-emitting block 3 in each respective first light-emitting area 10a, second light-emitting area 10b and third light-emitting area 10c includes first light-emitting elements A1, A2, and A3, and the second light-emitting block 4 in each respective first light-emitting area 10a, second light-emitting area 10b and third light-emitting area 10c includes second light-emitting elements B1, B2, and B3.
As shown in
In this electrical connection, only the first light-emitting elements can be lit while the voltage is low, and the second light-emitting elements as well as the first light-emitting elements can be lit through the control circuit including the switch that switches the voltage to the second light-emitting elements as well as the first light-emitting elements when the voltage being supplied from the AC power source reaches the second voltage value with a simple connection.
The light-emitting device 10 may further include a rectifier 13 that can be electrically connected to the AC power source 12 to rectify an AC voltage of the AC power source 12 and supply the voltage that is rectified to the first light-emitting elements and the second light-emitting elements through the control circuit.
In the first embodiment as shown in
In the first embodiment (see
A first surface and the second surface of the casing 102 may be disposed with a first angle between the first surface and the second surface, and the second surface and the third surface of the casing 102 may be disposed with a second angle between the second surface and the third surface. The first angle and the second angle may be the same with each other or may be different from each other in accordance with the shape of the casing 102. Of course as the casing 102 has a polyhedral shape, a fourth surface or more surfaces may be provided for additional light-emitting areas 10a, 10b, and 10c.
As shown in
Meanwhile, the first light-emitting area 10a may include the first light-emitting block 3 and the second emitting block 4 arranged side by side, the second light-emitting area 10b may include the first light-emitting block 3 and the second emitting block 4 arranged side by side, and the third light-emitting area 10c may include the first light-emitting block 3 and the second emitting block 4 arranged side by side.
The first circuit substrate 30a may be provided on a first metal plate, the second circuit substrate 30b may be provided on a second metal plate and the third circuit substrate 30c may be provided on a third metal plate, separately. The first light-emitting elements A1 and the second light-emitting elements B1 of the first light-emitting area are mounted at the first circuit substrate 30a and thermally connected to the first metal plate, the first light-emitting elements A2 and the second light-emitting elements B2 of the second light-emitting area are mounted at the second circuit substrate 30b and thermally connected to the second metal plate, and the first light-emitting elements A3 and the second light-emitting elements B3 of the third light-emitting area are mounted at the third circuit substrate 30c and thermally connected to the third metal plate.
The first light-emitting block 3 and the second light-emitting block 4 are electrically connected to a first electrode 2a and a third electrode 2c which are provided on the circuit substrate 30a and a second electrode 2b which is provided on the circuit substrate 30c. The constitution is mentioned below.
Next, a control circuit and a drive method of a voltage level-switching system of the light-emitting device 10 are described with respect to
The first light-emitting elements A1, A2, A3 of the first light-emitting blocks 3 are electrically connected in series to the first electrode 2a and the second electrode 2b. The second light-emitting elements B1, B2, B3 of the second light-emitting blocks 4 are electrically connected in series to the second electrode 2b and the third electrode 2c.
The control circuit 60 includes the first switch 16a that switches the voltage supply from the AC power source to the first light-emitting elements A1, A2, A3 and the second switch 16b, and the second switch 16b that switches the voltage supply from the AC power source 12 to the second light-emitting elements B1, B2, B3 as well as the first light-emitting elements A1, A2, A3. The control circuit 60 is configured to detect value of voltage rectified from an AC voltage of the AC power source 12 and to switch the first switch 16a to apply the voltage to the first light-emitting elements A1, A2, A3 when the voltage being supplied from the AC power source 12 reaches the first voltage value LV1, and the control circuit 60 is configured to switch the second switch 16b to apply the voltage to the second light-emitting elements B1, B2, B3 as well as the first light-emitting elements A1, A2, A3 when the voltage being supplied from the AC power source 12 reaches the second voltage value HV1 that is set higher than the first voltage value LV1.
The voltage is flowed from the first electrode 2a, through the first light-emitting elements A1, A2, A3 in the first light-emitting blocks 3 to the second electrode 2b during the voltage supply from the AC power source 12 remaining below the second voltage value HV1, and the control circuit 60 that controls to apply the voltage is flowed from the first electrode 2a, through the first light-emitting elements A1, A2, A3 in the first light-emitting blocks 3 to the second electrode 2b, and further through the second light-emitting elements B1, B2, B3 in the second light-emitting blocks 4 to the third electrode 2c.
Though an AC (alternating-current) power source 12 is shown in the system blocks of
In addition, the light-emitting device 10 includes a control circuit 60 that includes a voltage level detecting circuit or voltage level detector circuit 15 connected to the power source terminals 13a and 13b of the rectifier 13 and detects a value of AC voltage level (high voltage HV, low voltage LV). The control circuit 60 also includes a switching circuit 16 that includes a first switch 16a and a second switch 16b. The first switch 16a switches a voltage supply to the first light-emitting elements and the second switch 16b switches the voltage supply to the second light-emitting elements as well as the first light-emitting elements. The first switch 16a and the second switch 16b are configured to be switched by a detection signal of the voltage level detecting circuit 15 and is configured to switchably connect the second electrode 2b and the third electrode 2c to the power source terminal 13b of the rectifier 13. The power source terminal 13a of the rectifier 13 is connected through a current-limiting element 17 (for example, a resistive element) to the first electrode 2a.
Consequently, when the power source terminal 13b of the rectifier 13 is connected to the second electrode 2b, the first light-emitting block 3 is lighted, and in this state, when the power source terminal 13b of the rectifier 13 is connected to the third electrode 2b, the second light-emitting block 4 is lighted.
In the structure, while the voltage level detecting circuit 15 detects a low voltage level LV, the switching circuit 16 is maintained in a state where the first switch 16a is ON and the second switch 16b is OFF. On the other hand, while the voltage level detecting circuit 15 detects a high voltage level HV including a peak of the AC voltage supply, the switching circuit 16 is switched to a state where the first switch 16a is OFF and the second switch 16b is ON.
Consequently, while the voltage level detecting circuit 15 detects the low voltage level LV, a connection from the power source terminal 13a of the rectifier 13 through the current-limiting element 17 to the first electrode 2a of the light-emitting device 10 is established. A current flowing in the first light-emitting block 3 flows from the second electrode 2b to the power source terminal 13b of the rectifier 13 through the first switch 16a of the switching circuit 16, which is in a state of ON. That is to say, while the voltage level detecting circuit 15 detects the low voltage level LV, the first light-emitting block 3 is connected between the power source terminals 13a and 13b of the rectifier 13, thereby the first light-emitting elements A1, A2 and A3 constituting the first light-emitting block 3 are lighted. At this time, each of the three light-emitting areas 10a, 10b and 10c has the same light-emitting intensity, that is, brightness, because each of the first light-emitting elements A1, A2 and A3 has the same number of light-emitting elements, as mentioned above.
At a time that the AC voltage from the AC power source 12 is increased and the high voltage level HV including a peak of AC voltage supply is detected by the voltage level detecting circuit 15, when the switching circuit 16 is switched to a state where the first switch 16a is OFF and the second switch 16b is ON, the power source terminal 13a of the rectifier 13 is connected through the current-limiting element 17 to the first electrode 2a of the light-emitting device 10 and a current flowing in first light-emitting elements in the first light-emitting blocks 3 flows from the second electrode 2b into the second light-emitting elements in the second light-emitting blocks 4, and then flows from the third electrode 2c into the power source terminal 13b of the rectifier 13 through the second switch 16b that is in a state of ON.
That is to say, while the voltage level detecting circuit 15 detects a high voltage level HV, the first light-emitting block 3 and the second light-emitting block 4 are connected in series between the power source terminals 13a and 13b of the rectifier 13. Consequently, the first light-emitting elements A1, A2, and A3 in the first light-emitting blocks 3 and the second light-emitting elements B1, B2, and B3 in the second light-emitting blocks 4 are lighted. In this way, while the voltage level detecting circuit 15 detects the first voltage value that is the low voltage level LV1, the first light-emitting elements A1, A2 and A3 constituting the first light-emitting blocks 3 are lighted, and while the voltage level detecting circuit 15 detects the second voltage value that is high voltage level HV1 including a peak of the AC voltage supply, the second light-emitting elements B1, B2 and B3 constituting the second light-emitting blocks 4 are lighted, in addition to the first light-emitting elements A1, A2, and A3 in the first light-emitting blocks 3.
Here, because the number of the light-emitting elements constituting the first light-emitting elements A1, A2 and A3 and the number of the light-emitting elements constituting the second light-emitting elements B1, B2 and B3 are the same, light emitted from the first light-emitting elements A1, A2 and A3 and light emitted from the second light-emitting elements B1, B2 and B3 have the same brightness.
Next, a drive method of the light-emitting device 10 is explained in detail further with reference to wave shape views as shown in
A light-emitting time of the first light-emitting block 3 depends on the number of the light-emitting elements 1 serially arranged in the first light-emitting block 3, and a light-emitting time of the second light-emitting block 4 depends on the number of the light-emitting elements serially arranged in the second light-emitting block 4. In the light-emitting device 10 in the first embodiment, the number of each of the first light-emitting elements A1, A2 and A3 in the first light-emitting block 3 is thirty (30), and the number of each of the second light-emitting elements B1, B2 and B3 in the second light-emitting block 4 is twenty (20).
An operation of the light-emitting device is described based on the aforementioned structure with reference to
When the detection level is switched from LV1 to HV1, a current flows in the series connection between the first light-emitting block 3 and the second light-emitting block 4, thereby the first light-emitting block 3 and the second light-emitting block 4 are lighted. Here, a period in which the first light-emitting block 3 and the second light-emitting block 4 are lighted by a current flowing therein is the light-emitting period T. Because a current does not flow in the first light-emitting block 3 while the voltage is lower than a threshold voltage of the first light-emitting block 3, this period is a non-light-emitting period T0 in which the light emission is not performed.
As mentioned above, in the switching drive system in case of the plurality of light-emitting elements connected in series, the light-emitting condition with respect to the plurality of light-emitting areas represents the constantly same light-emitting state and the same drive current flowing in each light-emitting element, regardless of the switching conditions due to the AC voltage of the AC power supply. Therefore, it is possible to provide a light-emitting device including a plurality of light-emitting areas with a simple electrical connection. Accordingly, the light-emitting device can have the light-emitting areas with uniform intensity of light and operating life maintained, even if the light-emitting elements in the light-emitting device will be driven by the voltage rectified from an AC voltage.
A light-emitting device according to a second embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to
As shown in
That is to say, the light-emitting device 20 in the second embodiment differs from the light-emitting device 10 in the first embodiment in that the light-emitting device 20 includes four light-emitting areas 20a, 20b, 20c and 20d, as shown in
Here, it is important that each of the first light-emitting elements A1, A2, A3 and A4 constituting the first light-emitting block 23 has the same number of light-emitting elements 1, and each of the second light-emitting elements B1, B2, B3 and B4 constituting the second light-emitting block 24 has the same number of light-emitting elements 1.
Accordingly, each of the first and second light-emitting elements A1 and B1 arranged in the first light-emitting area 20a, the first and second light-emitting elements A2 and B2 arranged in the second light-emitting area 20b, the first and second light-emitting elements A3 and B3 arranged in the third light-emitting area 20c, and the first and second light-emitting elements A4 and B4 arranged in the fourth first light-emitting area 20d is formed by the same number of light-emitting elements 1.
In other words, each of the first light-emitting elements A1, A2, A3, A4 and the second light-emitting elements B1, B2, B3 and B4 in the light-emitting areas 20a, 20b, 20c and 20d is configured by the same number and the same arrangement of the light-emitting elements 1.
Consequently, if the light-emitting device 20 according to the second embodiment is driven by the same drive circuit as that in the first embodiment, as shown in
Accordingly, similarly to the light-emitting areas 10a, 10b and 10c in the first embodiment, in the switching drive system by the AC power supply in case of the plurality of light-emitting elements connected in series, the light-emitting condition with respect to the plurality of light-emitting areas indicates the constantly same light-emitting state and the same drive current flowing in each light-emitting element, regardless of the switching conditions of the AC power supply. Therefore, it is possible to provide a light-emitting device in which there is no difference in the drive condition, thereby the same illumination effect and the same operating life are maintained.
Next, a light-emitting device according to a third embodiment of the present invention is explained with reference to
The light-emitting device in the third embodiment has a structure adapted to drive the aforementioned light-emitting device 10 by a voltage level-switching system.
The control circuit as shown in
Furthermore, the light-emitting device 10 with more light-emitting areas can be provided with a simple electrical connection. As shown in
The light-emitting device further includes a control circuit 80 that including a switch 16c that switches a voltage to the first light-emitting elements A1-A6 and to the second light-emitting elements B1-B6. The voltage rectified from the AC power source 12 by a rectifier 13 is applied to the first light-emitting elements A1-A6 that are configured to start light at a first voltage value LV1, and the control circuit 80 is configured to switch the switch 16c to apply the voltage to the second light-emitting elements B1-B6 as well as the first light-emitting elements A1-A6 when the voltage reaches a second voltage value HV1 that is set higher than the first voltage value LV1.
Accordingly, the control circuit 80 includes a voltage level detecting circuit 15 that can be connected to the power source terminals 13a and 13b of the rectifier 13 and a switching circuit 16 including the single switch 16c. The first light-emitting elements in the first light-emitting block of each respective first light-emitting areas are electrically connected to one another of the first light-emitting elements in the first light-emitting block 3 in series, and the second light-emitting elements in the second light-emitting block 4 of each respective first light-emitting areas electrically connected to one another of the second light-emitting elements in the second light-emitting block 4 in series.
Even if the number of the light-emitting areas increases, the simple electrical connection can be applied to the light-emitting device with more light-emitting areas. In other words, the first light-emitting elements (A1 or A4) of the first light-emitting area (10a or 10d) are electrically connected in series to the first light-emitting elements (A2 or A5) of the second light-emitting area (10b or 10e), the first light-emitting elements (A2 or A5) of the second light emitting area (10b or 10e) are electrically connected in series to the first light-emitting elements (A3 or A6) of the third light-emitting area (10c or 10f), the first light-emitting elements (A3 or A6) of the third light-emitting area (10c or 10f) are electrically connected in series to the second light-emitting elements (B3 or B6) of the third light-emitting area (10c or 10f), the second light-emitting elements (B3 or B6) of the third light-emitting (10c or 10f) area (10c or 10f) are electrically connected in series to the second light-emitting elements (B2 or B5) of the second light-emitting area (10b or 10e), and the second light-emitting elements (B2 or B5) of the second light-emitting area (10b or 10e) are electrically connected in series to the second light-emitting elements (B1 or B4) of the first light-emitting area (10a or 10d).
Same reference numbers shown in
In the plurality of light-emitting areas 10a-10f the number of the first light-emitting elements A1-A6 in each of the first light-emitting blocks 3 is the same with one another of the first light-emitting blocks 3 and the number of the second light-emitting elements B1-B6 in each of the second light-emitting blocks 4 is the same with one another of the second light-emitting blocks 4. Accordingly, the light-emitting areas 10a-10f can emit a same or similar intensity of light with one another even when the voltage from the AC power source changes from a low voltage to a high voltage or from a high voltage to a low voltage.
As mentioned above, according to the present invention, even when only the first light-emitting elements of the first light-emitting block are lighted by the AC drive, and even when the first light-emitting elements of the first light-emitting block and the second light-emitting elements of the second light-emitting block are together lighted by the AC drive, illumination light of each light-emitting area has constantly the same brightness, and each light-emitting element in each light-emitting area has the same service life.
Although the some embodiments of the present invention have been described, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, various modifications and changes can be made to the embodiments.
In the embodiments as mentioned above, although the present invention is applied to the light-emitting device using the light-emitting diode elements as the light-emitting elements, the present invention may be applied to a light-emitting device using light-emitting elements other than the light-emitting diode elements.
This application is based on and claims the priority benefit of Japanese Patent Application No. 2010-294507, filed on Dec. 29, 2010, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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2010-294507 | Dec 2010 | JP | national |
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PCT/JP2011/007369 | 12/29/2011 | WO | 00 | 3/21/2013 |