EP3132304A1 - Backlighting device, especially for head-up display, and head-up display for motor vehicle - Google Patents
Backlighting device, especially for head-up display, and head-up display for motor vehicleInfo
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- EP3132304A1 EP3132304A1 EP15725749.4A EP15725749A EP3132304A1 EP 3132304 A1 EP3132304 A1 EP 3132304A1 EP 15725749 A EP15725749 A EP 15725749A EP 3132304 A1 EP3132304 A1 EP 3132304A1
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- Prior art keywords
- light
- display
- heat sink
- head
- emitting diode
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
- G02B27/01—Head-up displays
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
- G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
- G02F1/13—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
- G02F1/133—Constructional arrangements; Operation of liquid crystal cells; Circuit arrangements
- G02F1/1333—Constructional arrangements; Manufacturing methods
- G02F1/1335—Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
- G02F1/1336—Illuminating devices
- G02F1/133602—Direct backlight
- G02F1/133603—Direct backlight with LEDs
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
- G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
- G02F1/13—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
- G02F1/133—Constructional arrangements; Operation of liquid crystal cells; Circuit arrangements
- G02F1/1333—Constructional arrangements; Manufacturing methods
- G02F1/1335—Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
- G02F1/1336—Illuminating devices
- G02F1/133628—Illuminating devices with cooling means
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
- H01L2924/00—Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00
- H01L2924/0001—Technical content checked by a classifier
- H01L2924/0002—Not covered by any one of groups H01L24/00, H01L24/00 and H01L2224/00
Definitions
- the invention relates to a backlight device especially for head-up displays for a motor vehicle.
- the invention will find applications, for example, in motor vehicles to inform users of the vehicle, especially its driver.
- HUD head-up display
- Such a display is placed in the field of vision of the driver and displays information relating to the state of the vehicle, traffic or other.
- This type of head-up display for a motor vehicle requires obtaining an image with sufficient brightness so that the user, and in particular the driver of the vehicle, can sufficiently see the image, and this in any situation, day and night and weather conditions (sunny or cloudy).
- TFT-LCD liquid crystal screen technology
- LCD for Thin-Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display
- LED electroluminescent
- imager image generation device
- these TFT-LCD screens have the disadvantage of significantly reducing the light power from the backlight: with the use of a conventional TFT-LCD screen, it is estimated that the transmission rate of the screen is about 5% of the light power of the backlight. This low value is due in particular to the first polarizer present in the screen which allows only the light corresponding to a certain polarization, whereas the LEDs produce light with several polarizations: all the polarizations do not correspond to that which passes through the polarizer are then lost.
- the light-emitting diodes are mounted to date via a refusion welding process by first depositing a solder cream.
- solder cream is quite liquid when applied at room temperature so that the light emitting diode, once installed, floats on it. This results in inaccuracy in the positioning of the light emitting diode at +/- 0.3mm, and thus inaccurate positioning with respect to the shaping optics. This results in a loss of transmitted light in the direction of the diffuser.
- the invention aims to overcome at least some of the above disadvantages.
- the invention aims to provide a backlight device with improved optical efficiency.
- the invention also aims to provide a backlight device having a smaller footprint.
- the invention also aims to provide a backlight device with improved thermal efficiency.
- the subject of the invention is a backlighting device, in particular for a head-up display comprising
- At least one electroluminescent diode emitting light beams At least one electroluminescent diode emitting light beams
- a light diffuser receiving the shaped light beams characterized in that it further comprises firstly a heat sink on which said at least one diode is fixed by means of an adhesive and secondly a supply circuit of said at least one light-emitting diode, also disposed on the heat sink. Thanks to the fixing of the light-emitting diode by an adhesive, the light-emitting diodes can be positioned more precisely with respect to the shaping optics, in particular the optical axis, thus optimizing the optical efficiency, that is to say tell the amount of light sent to the diffuser. While in the state of the art with a reflow process, the positioning accuracy was about +/- 0.3mm, using glue, one achieves an accuracy of +/- 0.05mm in the positioning of the diodes .
- the light-emitting diodes are glued to a heat sink, the heat produced by the diodes is more efficiently removed so that the shaping optics can be placed closer to the diodes, especially at about 0.5mm.
- the optical efficiency of the device can be increased by placing the shaping optics closer, as side losses of the cone of light are reduced.
- the backlighting device may further comprise one or more of the following features taken alone or in combination:
- the glue can be a thermosetting glue.
- thermosetting glue glues based on silicone or epoxy.
- the glue is a heat-conducting glue.
- the heat can be easily transferred to the heat sink.
- the glue comprises, for example metal particles, in particular non-oxidizable and preferably a noble metal such as silver.
- each light emitting diode comprises a ceramic substrate whose lower face is bonded to the heat sink.
- the ceramic substrate has, for example, metallic reception areas for the electrical connection of the light-emitting diodes.
- Each light-emitting diode is for example connected to the supply circuit by jumper wires.
- the heat sink comprises for example a base plate and cooling fins disposed on the face opposite to that carrying the light-emitting diodes and oriented perpendicularly with respect to the base plate. This allows to evacuate the heat from below.
- the heat sink is made in one piece, in particular cast aluminum.
- the heat sink is made in two parts, a base plate and a multi-ply sheet forming cooling fins and fixed to the base plate.
- the base plate of the heat sink has on its face opposite to that carrying the light-emitting diodes grooves housing the fins.
- the grooves have, for example, a curved cross section and the cooling fins are in the form of a folded strip, the fold returns being fixed by being fixed in grooves of curved cross-section.
- the thermal conductivity of unmolded aluminum is almost double.
- the heat dissipation of equivalent size is significantly improved.
- this makes it possible to reduce the size of the heat sink and therefore of the backlighting device as a whole.
- This better heat dissipation makes it possible to have a lower temperature at the level of the light-emitting diodes and also increases the lifetime of these.
- the curved groove portion increases the contact area with the folds of the strip and therefore also better heat dissipation.
- the face of the heat sink bearing the light-emitting diodes is polished.
- the heat sink By being polished, the heat sink also plays the role of a reflector to reflect the light rays reflected by the elements placed above the light emitting diodes back to the screen.
- the heatsink will have a triple function to dissipate the heat generated by the diodes, to support them and as a reflector.
- the shaping optics comprises a lens array, each lens being placed in front of a light-emitting diode and forming a collimator.
- the invention also relates to an image generation device, in particular for a head-up display, comprising a liquid crystal screen and a backlight device of this liquid crystal screen as defined above.
- the invention also relates to a head-up display comprising an image generating device as defined above.
- the head-up display comprises for example at least one reflecting mirror.
- the image generation device is held in a head-up display housing and the heat sink protrudes outside the head-up display housing.
- FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic perspective view in cross-section of an embodiment of a device according to the invention
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a detail of the device according to the invention
- FIG. 3 is a schematic view from above of a heat sink equipped with light-emitting diodes and a supply circuit
- FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of an embodiment of the heat sink
- FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of the underside of a base plate of a heat sink
- Figure 6 is a schematic view of an image generating device and a head-up display according to the invention.
- FIG. 1 represents a schematic view of a section of an image generation device 10 according to one embodiment of the invention.
- the image generation device 10 comprises a liquid crystal screen, here a liquid crystal screen 12 (LCD screen) for example with thin film transistors, and a backlighting device 14.
- the LCD screen 12 can be active or passive matrix.
- Thin-film transistor LCD 12 is commonly referred to as a TFT-LCD (for Thin-Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display), and allows the image to be formed by the image generation device 10.
- the screen 12 is for example connected by a sheet of conductors or a flexible circuit 13 to a control electronics.
- the function of the backlighting device 14 is to provide the screen 12 with the light necessary for forming the image. To do this, the backlighting device 14 comprises
- a plurality of light-emitting diodes 16 also called LEDs or LEDs for "Light Emitting Diodes” in English, and used in the rest of the description emitting light beams,
- the device 14 further comprises a heat sink 18 on which said diodes are fixed by means of an adhesive 19 (see FIG. 2) and on the other hand a supply circuit 21 of the light-emitting diodes 16, also disposed on the heat sink 18 here next to the diodes electroluminescent 16.
- side means in particular that the supply circuit 21 is disposed in the vicinity, that is to say between and / or around the light-emitting diodes 16.
- FIG. 3 which is a view from above of the heat sink 18, this latter carries, for example, two rows of light-emitting diodes 16 and the supply circuit 21 is arranged between these two rows, each diode 16 being connected to the supply circuit 21 by jumper son 23.
- this arrangement of LEDs 16 is conceivable such as a circle, star or a single row of LEDs.
- the supply circuit 21 may be a flexible electrical circuit, or a printed circuit also called PCB (Printed Circuit Board in English).
- the printed circuit used may for example be of the FR4 type (for Flame Resistant 4 in English) or IMS (for Insulated Metal Substrate in English).
- the LEDs 16 are, for example, power LEDs, in particular with a power greater than or equal to 3W and placed so as to emit light towards the screen 12.
- the screen 12 is inclined by a predefined angle, preferably between 0 ° and 40 ° so as to obtain a vertical virtual image in the context of using the image generating device in a head-up display.
- the shaping optics 20 comprises, for example, a lens array 25, allowing the collimation of the light coming from the LEDs 16 to limit the losses of light power if a portion of light is not directed towards the screen 12.
- the lens array comprises an LED lens 16, each lens being disposed above each LED 16.
- the diffuser 22 allows the homogenization of the light, so as to illuminate the screen 12 in a homogeneous manner to allow the formation of an image good quality, that is to say substantially uniform brightness.
- the diffuser 22 can hide the inside of the backlight device.
- optical elements can still be arranged between the diffuser 22 and the screen 12 as crossed prismatic filters or polarization films.
- each pin 25 has a collimator function, i.e., it makes the light beam diverging (see the arrows in FIG. 2) parallel.
- the light-emitting diodes 16 are fixed by means of an adhesive 19 to the heat sink 18.
- the diode 16 optionally comprises a ceramic substrate 27 whose lower face is bonded to the heat sink 18.
- Such a ceramic substrate 27 is optional and comprises, for example, metallic reception areas for connecting the diode 16 to the supply circuit 21.
- the light-emitting diodes 16 can be positioned more precisely with respect to the optics 20 of shaping, thus optimizing the optical efficiency, that is to say the quantity of light sent towards the Diffuser 22. While in the state of the art with refusion, the positioning accuracy was about +/- 0.3mm, using glue 19 according to the invention, an accuracy of +/- 0.05mm in the positioning of the diodes 16.
- the distance d between the lens and the LED 16 can be reduced to a value of between 0.3 and 07 mm, typically about 0.5 mm (see FIG. 2).
- the optical efficiency of the device can be increased by placing the optical shaping optics closer, since the lateral losses of the light beam cone emitted by the LEDs 16 are reduced.
- the glue 19 is for example a thermosetting glue so that during the laying, for example automatically, the glue is viscous and allows precise positioning of the diode 16 on the heat sink 18. Then, the assembly goes under a heat treatment (Eg an oven at 150 °) which will result in hardening of the glue and freezing the diode 16 to its position.
- thermosetting glue mention may be made of glues based on silicone or epoxy.
- the glue 19 is furthermore for example a thermoconductive adhesive allowing a more efficient transfer of the heat towards the heat sink 18.
- the heat-conducting glue comprises, for example, metal particles, in particular non-oxidizable particles and preferably a noble metal such as silver.
- the metal particles, especially silver are very good thermal conductors, and thus we can strengthen the heat transfer to the sink.
- the space contained therein, between the printed circuit 18 and the screen 12 is surrounded by a housing 28, generally called light box especially in the automotive field.
- a housing 28 is made of a polycarbonate-based reflective material (abbreviated PC).
- PC polycarbonate-based reflective material
- the housing 28 must have a very flat polished surface.
- the heat sink 18 plays at the same time the role of a reflector for reflecting the rays of light reflected by the elements placed above the light emitting diodes back to the screen 12.
- the heat sink 18 will therefore have a Triple function to dissipate the heat generated by the diodes, to support them and as a reflector.
- this reflective film may be a film made of polycarbonate (PC) having a reflection coefficient greater than 90%, preferably greater than or equal to 98%.
- PC polycarbonate
- Other materials can be envisaged for the reflective film, provided that they are adapted to the other constraints of the device 10.
- the heat sink 18 comprises a base plate 50 having a radiator function and cooling fins 52 disposed on the opposite face 54 to that carrying the light-emitting diodes 16 and oriented perpendicularly. relative to the base plate 50.
- the heat sink is made in one piece, in particular metal such as cast aluminum.
- the base plate 50 of the heat sink 18 comprises for example on its face 54 grooves 56 of curved cross-section, in the form of a channel and the cooling fins 52 are made in the form of a folded strip, the returns Folding 58 being housed in the grooves 56.
- the thermal conductivity of unmolded aluminum is almost double.
- the heat dissipation of equivalent size is significantly improved.
- this makes it possible to reduce the size of the heat sink and therefore of the backlighting device as a whole.
- This better heat dissipation makes it possible to have a lower temperature at the level of light-emitting diodes and also increases the lifetime of these.
- the curved groove portion increases the contact area with the folds of the strip and therefore also better heat dissipation.
- the base plate is flat on its lower face 54 and the strip is folded into "crenel", flat portions being fixed directly against the base plate 50, for example by gluing or welding.
- the invention also relates to a head-up display 200 comprising an image generation device 10 according to the invention.
- the image generation device 10 described with reference to FIG. 1 forms an image using the liquid crystal screen 12.
- said display 200 Downstream of the screen 12 in the direction of movement of the light beam, said display 200 comprises at least one semi-reflecting plate 126 and a reflection device 125 interposed on the path of the image between the screen 12 and the blade semi-reflecting 126, the reflection device 125 comprising one or more planar or concave mirrors, as shown in FIG. Figure, the path of the image is symbolized by three dotted arrows 30 which are reflected on the reflection device 125 before appearing through the semi-reflecting blade 126.
- the latter allows a magnification and / or, by transparency a display of the image beyond the semi-reflecting plate, in particular beyond the windshield of the equipped vehicle, at a virtual screen 130, obtained using the semi-reflecting blade 126 .
- This blade 126 has a reflectivity at least equal to 20%, which allows the user to see through the blade the road taken by the vehicle, while enjoying a high contrast to see the image displayed.
- the display of the image can take place at the windshield of the vehicle equipped with said display 200.
- the image generation device 10 is held in a head-up display unit 210 and the heat sink 18 of the backlight device 10 projects outside the head-up display unit 210. which further improves the heat dissipation produced by the light-emitting diodes 16.
- a transparent hatch 132 of concave shape is formed in the housing 210 to allow the light beam reflected by the reflection device 125 to exit the housing 210.
- Attaching the light-emitting diodes 16 to a heat sink 18 allows better heat dissipation so that the lenses 25 can be placed closer to the LEDs 16.
- the overall size of the image generator is then reduced.
- a gain of a few millimeters on the distance d1 separating the screen 12 and the heat sink 18 may result in a gain of place a few centimeters on the distance d2 between the image generator 10 at the bottom of the housing 210 of the head-up display 200 (HUD) through the amplification or magnification effects of the various mirrors placed in the housing 210 of the head-up display 200.
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FR1400930A FR3020178B1 (en) | 2014-04-17 | 2014-04-17 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR HIGH HEAD DISPLAY AND HIGH HEAD DISPLAY FOR MOTOR VEHICLE |
PCT/FR2015/051033 WO2015159031A1 (en) | 2014-04-17 | 2015-04-16 | Backlighting device, especially for head-up display, and head-up display for motor vehicle |
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