This application claims priority to Taiwan Application Serial Number 112139232, filed Oct. 13, 2023, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a multi-channel visible light communication system.
Visible light communication is one of currently common communication methods, which can avoid the interference of general wireless local area networks (WLAN) or electromagnetic waves transmitted in a high-frequency wireless mode on human bodies and peripheral electronic equipment, and has a high security. Common visible light communication systems may transmit signals by using light-emitting devices (such as light-emitting diodes, microlight-emitting diodes, etc.) as light sources. How to improve the transmission rate and capacity of visible light communication systems is one of research focuses in the art.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure include a multi-channel visible light communication system including a carrier board and a plurality of light-emitting device stacks. The light-emitting device stacks are arranged over the carrier board, where each of the light-emitting device stacks includes a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device and a first adhesive layer. The second light-emitting device is disposed over the first light-emitting device. The first adhesive layer is disposed between the first light-emitting device and the second light-emitting device, where the first adhesive layer includes a first metasurface configured to pass a first color light emitted from the first light-emitting device and reflect a second color light emitted from the second light-emitting device.
In some embodiments, each of the light-emitting device stacks further includes a third light-emitting device and a second adhesive layer. The third light-emitting device is disposed over the second light-emitting device. The second adhesive layer is disposed between the second light-emitting device and the third light-emitting device, where the second adhesive layer includes a second metasurface configured to pass the first color light emitted from the first light-emitting device and the second color light emitted from the second light-emitting device and reflect a third color light emitted from the third light-emitting device.
In some embodiments, the first light-emitting device, the second light-emitting device and the third first light-emitting device of each of the plurality of light-emitting device stacks may be independently controlled.
In some embodiments, the second adhesive layer of each of the plurality of light-emitting device stacks further includes a refractive index matching layer covering the second metasurface.
In some embodiments, the second adhesive layer of each of the plurality of light-emitting device stacks further includes a distributed Bragg reflector below the second metasurface.
In some embodiments, a wavelength of the first color light emitted from the first light-emitting device is greater than that of the second color light emitted from the second light-emitting device, and the wavelength of the second color light emitted from the second light-emitting device is greater than that of the third color light emitted from the third light-emitting device.
In some embodiments, the first light-emitting device is a red light-emitting device, the second light-emitting device is a green light-emitting device, and the third light-emitting device is a blue light-emitting device.
In some embodiments, the first adhesive layer of each of the plurality of light-emitting device stacks further includes a refractive index matching layer covering the first metasurface.
In some embodiments, the refractive index matching layer is made of organic glue.
In some embodiments, the first adhesive layer of each of the plurality of light-emitting device stacks further includes a distributed Bragg reflector below the first metasurface.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multi-channel visible light communication system including a carrier board and a plurality of light-emitting device stacks. The light-emitting device stacks are arranged over the carrier board, in which each of the plurality of light-emitting device stacks includes a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device and a first adhesive layer. The first light-emitting device includes a plurality of first conductive pads. The second light-emitting device is disposed over the first light-emitting device and includes a plurality of second conductive pads, in which the plurality of first conductive pads are electrically isolated from the plurality of second conductive pads. The first adhesive layer is disposed between the first light-emitting device and the second light-emitting device, in which the first adhesive layer includes a first metasurface.
In some embodiments, each of the plurality of light-emitting device stacks further includes a third light-emitting device and a second adhesive layer. The third light-emitting device is disposed over the second light-emitting device and includes a plurality of third conductive pads, in which the plurality of third conductive pads are electrically isolated from the plurality of first conductive pads and the plurality of second conductive pads. The second adhesive layer is disposed between the second light-emitting device and the third light-emitting device, in which the second adhesive layer includes a second metasurface.
In some embodiments, a wavelength of first color light emitted from the first light-emitting device is greater than that of second color light emitted from the second light-emitting device, and the wavelength of the second color light emitted from the second light-emitting device is greater than that of third color light emitted from the third light-emitting device.
In some embodiments, the first light-emitting device is a red light-emitting device, the second light-emitting device is a green light-emitting device, and the third light-emitting device is a blue light-emitting device.
In some embodiments, the first metasurface is configured to pass the first color light emitted from the first light-emitting device and reflect the second color light emitted from the second light-emitting device, and the second metasurface is configured to pass the first color light emitted from the first light-emitting device and the second color light emitted from the second light-emitting device and reflect the third color light emitted from the third light-emitting device.
In some embodiments, the first metasurface of the first adhesive layer includes a first substrate and a plurality of first antennas protruding upward from the first substrate. The second metasurface of the second adhesive layer includes a second substrate and a plurality of second antennas protruding upward from the second substrate.
In some embodiments, the plurality of first antennas differ from the plurality of second antennas in width.
In some embodiments, the plurality of first antennas differ from the plurality of second antennas in arrangement period.
In some embodiments, the first adhesive layer of each of the plurality of light-emitting device stacks further comprises a refractive index matching layer covering upper surfaces and all side faces of the plurality of first antennas of the first metasurface.
In some embodiments, the second adhesive layer of each of the plurality of light-emitting device stacks further comprises a refractive index matching layer covering upper surfaces and all side faces of the plurality of second antennas of the second metasurface.
In summary, some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multi-channel visible light communication system. The number of channels of the multi-channel visible light communication system can encompass a visible light range to increase the transmission capacity and the transmission speed.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multi-channel visible light communication system. The number of channels of the multi-channel visible light communication system can encompass a visible light range to increase the transmission capacity and the transmission speed. In particular, light-emitting devices in the multi-channel visible light communication system can be stacked vertically, so that more light-emitting devices can be accommodated in the multi-channel visible light communication system; and the light-emitting devices in each light-emitting device stack can be independently controlled to obtain desired color light by mixing, so that color light can encompass a complete visible light range.
The carrier board 200 is a carrier board including a drive circuit which can be configured to drive the light-emitting device stacks 300 arranged over the carrier board 200. In some embodiments, the carrier board 200 may be made of a common semiconductor circuit board (silicon (Si), glass, etc.).
The light-emitting device stacks 300 are arranged over the carrier board 200. The light-emitting device stacks 300 can be arranged into an array. For example, the light-emitting device stacks 300 can be arranged in a first direction X and a second direction Y. Each of the light-emitting device stacks 300 includes a first light-emitting device 310, a first adhesive layer 320, a second light-emitting device 330, a second adhesive layer 340 and a third light-emitting device 350 that are stacked vertically. That is, the first light-emitting device 310, the first adhesive layer 320, the second light-emitting device 330, the second adhesive layer 340 and the third light-emitting device 350 of each of the light-emitting device stacks 300 are arranged in a Z direction. Since the first light-emitting device 310, the second light-emitting device 330 and the third light-emitting device 350 in the present disclosure are stacked vertically, the multi-channel visible light communication system 100 can accommodate more light-emitting devices per unit area. It should be noted that while there are only four light-emitting device stacks 300 shown in
The first light-emitting device 310 includes a chip 312 and conductive pads 314. The chip 312 of the first light-emitting device 310 may be any suitable light-emitting chip, such as a light-emitting diode (LED) chip, a micro-LED chip, an organic LED chip, a semiconductor laser chip, or the like. The chip 312 of the first light-emitting device 310 is configured to emit a first color light. The conductive pads 314 of the first light-emitting device 310 may be located on both sides of the chip 312, and may be configured to electrically connect the first light-emitting device 310 to the carrier board 200 via a wiring (not shown). In particular, one of the conductive pads 314 is connected to the drive circuit in the carrier board 200, and the other of the conductive pads 314 is connected to a ground electrode in the carrier board 200.
The second light-emitting device 330 includes a chip 332 and conductive pads 334. The chip 332 of the second light-emitting device 330 may be any suitable light-emitting chip, such as a light-emitting diode (LED) chip, a micro-LED chip, an organic LED chip, a semiconductor laser chip, or the like. The chip 332 of the second light-emitting device 330 is configured to emit a second color light. The conductive pads 334 of the second light-emitting device 330 may be located on both sides of the chip 332, and may be configured to electrically connect the second light-emitting device 330 to the carrier board 200 via a wiring (not shown). In particular, one of the conductive pads 334 is connected to the drive circuit in the carrier board 200, and the other of the conductive pads 334 is connected to the ground electrode in the carrier board 200.
The third light-emitting device 350 includes a chip 352 and conductive pads 354. The chip 352 of the third light-emitting device 350 may be any suitable light-emitting chip, such as a light-emitting diode (LED) chip, a micro-LED chip, an organic LED chip, a semiconductor laser chip, or the like. The chip 352 of the third light-emitting device 350 is configured to emit a third color light. The conductive pads 354 of the third light-emitting device 350 may be located on both sides of the chip 352, and may be configured to electrically connect the third light-emitting device 350 to the carrier board 200 via a wiring (not shown). In particular, one of the conductive pads 354 is connected to the drive circuit in the carrier board 200, and the other of the conductive pads 354 is connected to the ground electrode in the carrier board 200.
The first light-emitting device 310, the second light-emitting device 330 and the third light-emitting device 350 emit the first color light, the second color light and the third color light respectively. A wavelength of the first color light emitted from the first light-emitting device 310 is greater than that of the second color light emitted from the second light-emitting device 330, and the wavelength of the second color light emitted from the second light-emitting device 330 is greater than that of the third color light emitted from the third light-emitting device 350. That is, the wavelengths of the color lights emitted from the first light-emitting device 310, the second light-emitting device 330 and the third light-emitting device 350 decrease from bottom to top. In some embodiments, the first light-emitting device 310 is a red light-emitting device, the second light-emitting device 330 is a green light-emitting device, and the third light-emitting device 350 is a blue light-emitting device. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first light-emitting device 310 directly emits the first color light, the second light-emitting device 330 directly emits the second color light, and the third light-emitting device 350 directly emits the third color light, and the first color light, the second color light and the third color light are respectively different wavebands of color lights. Therefore, the light-emitting device stack 300 does not require an additional wavelength conversion layer to convert the wavelength of the color lights, in such a way, the energy loss of the color lights passing through the wavelength conversion layer can be reduced.
The conductive pads 314 of the first light-emitting device 310, the conductive pads 334 of the second light-emitting device 330 and the conductive pads 354 of the third light-emitting device 350 are independently arranged. That is, there is no electrical connection among the conductive pads 314 of the first light-emitting device 310, the conductive pads 334 of the second light-emitting device 330 and the conductive pads 354 of the third light-emitting device 350. Therefore, the conductive pads 314 of the first light-emitting device 310, the conductive pads 334 of the second light-emitting device 330 and the conductive pads 354 of the third light-emitting device 350 can be independently connected to different drive circuits respectively. In such a way, the first light-emitting device 310, the second light-emitting device 330 and the third light-emitting device 350 can be independently controlled to achieve an “addressable” multi-channel visible light communication system 100. The term “addressable” here refers to that a specific light-emitting device can be specified in the first direction X, the second direction Y and the third direction Z to control the brightness and darkness of the light-emitting device without affecting the control of the other light-emitting devices. Since the first light-emitting device 310, the second light-emitting device 330 and the third light-emitting device 350 of each of the light-emitting device stacks 300 can be independently controlled, a high-degree-of-freedom wavelength adjustment can be achieved, so that the lights emitted from the light-emitting device stacks 300 can be prepared into any color lights by mixing. In particular, the turning on/turning off or intensities of the first color light, the second color light and the third color light can be controlled to cause the composition ratio of the first color light, the second color light and the third color light to be different. When the intensities of the first color light, the second color light and the third color light are different, a function similar to amplitude modulation can be achieved to prepare any color lights by mixing. Different color lights can represent different channels, so the number of channels encompassing all visible light ranges can be designed. Compared with the original number of channels (three channels represented by the first color light, the second color light and the third color light), the transmission capacity and speed of the multi-channel visible light communication system 100 can be greatly increased.
The first adhesive layer 320 includes a first metasurface 322 and a refractive index matching layer 324.
The second adhesive layer 340 includes a second metasurface 342 and a refractive index matching layer 344. The second metasurface 342 passes the first color light emitted from the first light-emitting device 310 and the second color light emitted from the second light-emitting device 330 and reflects the third color light emitted from the third light-emitting device 350. The widths and arrangement period of the antennas of the second metasurface 342 can be designed to be different from that of the first metasurface 322 to achieve the above purpose. The other relevant details of the second metasurface 342 and the refractive index matching layer 344 are the same as relevant details of the first metasurface 322 and the refractive index matching layer 324 in
The first metasurface 322 of the first adhesive layer 320 and the second metasurface 342 of the second adhesive layer 340 can also be configured to adjust the direction of light deflection, so that lights are more directional, and thus can be applied to indoor localization. The first metasurface 322 of the first adhesive layer 320 and the second metasurface 342 of the second adhesive layer 340 may also provide a focusing effect to increase the light intensity. In addition, the first metasurface 322 of the first adhesive layer 320 and the second metasurface 342 of the second adhesive layer 340 can also change the polarization direction of light to expand the application level of visible light communication.
In such a way, the first color light L1, the second color light L2 and the third color light L3 can be emitted upward and can be mixed to obtain any color lights by independently controlling the first light-emitting device 310, the second light-emitting device 330 and the third light-emitting device 350. In particular, the turning on/turning off or intensities of the first color light, the second color light and the third color light can be controlled to cause the composition ratio of the first color light, the second color light and the third color light to be different. When the intensities of the first color light, the second color light and the third color light are different, a function similar to amplitude modulation can be achieved to prepare any color lights by mixing. Different color lights can represent different channels, so the number of channels encompassing all visible light ranges can be designed. Compared with the original number of channels (three channels represented by the first color light, the second color light and the third color light), the transmission capacity and speed of the multi-channel visible light communication system 100 can be greatly increased.
In some embodiments, the multi-channel visible light communication system 100 can also be used as a display device, so that each of the light-emitting device stacks 300 can be used as a pixel unit. The multi-channel visible light communication system 100 can display images by controlling individual light-emitting device stacks 300 in the multi-channel visible light communication system 100. Since the light-emitting devices in each of the pixel units are stacked vertically, a higher-resolution display device can be achieved.
In summary, some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multi-channel visible light communication system. The multi-channel visible light communication system includes light-emitting device stacks, so that the multi-channel visible light communication system may accommodate more light-emitting devices. The light-emitting devices in each of the light-emitting device stacks can be independently controlled to prepare any color light by mixing, so that any color light encompasses the number of channels in the visible light range and increases the transmission capacity and the transmission speed. In addition, the light-emitting device stack includes adhesive layers with metasurfaces. The adhesive layers can recover lights emitted from the back sides of the light-emitting devices to increase the light intensity of the multi-channel visible light communication system.
The forgoing embodiments are merely a part rather than all of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and any equivalent variations to the technical solution of the present disclosure made by persons of ordinary skill in the art by reading the specification of the present disclosure shall fall within the claims of the present invention.
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112139232 | Oct 2023 | TW | national |