Patent ID: 11892157
Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  H | IPC F  H

Claim 0:
1. A light-emitting device comprising:
a base member;
a plurality of light sources arranged on or above an upper surface of the base member, the plurality of light sources being arranged at substantially constant intervals in a lateral direction and a longitudinal direction in plan view; and
a reflector having a plurality of openings,
each of the plurality of openings of the reflector surrounds a respective one of the plurality of light sources in a plan view,
wherein the plurality of openings have a plurality of first openings and a plurality of second openings, the plurality of second openings being disposed farther from the center of the reflector than the plurality of first openings,
wherein, in the plan view, each of the plurality of second openings is smaller in area than each of the plurality of first openings,
wherein an outer edge of each of the plurality of second openings consists of first and second portions, the first and second portions having no curvature and being parallel to one of the lateral and longitudinal directions in plan view, the first portion being closer to an outer edge of the base member than the second portion, and
wherein, in plan view, for each of the plurality of second openings, the respective light source is located closer to the first portion than the second portion of the outer edge.