Patent ID: 8674370
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A light-emitting panel device comprising: a plurality of panels each having a rectangular light-emitting section in which a plurality of light-emitting elements are arranged on a surface of a base, each of the plurality of light-emitting elements (i) having a first electrode and a second electrode, and (ii) emitting light by being supplied with a current or a voltage, the base being curved or bent at one of two edge parts of the surface of the base so as to provide an adjacent surface which (I) projects on a back surface side opposite to the surface and (II) is adjacent to the one of two edge parts of the surface, the two edge parts extending along a pair of long sides constituting the rectangular light-emitting section, respectively, the adjacent surface being provided with a group of terminals thereon, which extend from the first electrode of each of the plurality of light-emitting elements of the rectangular light-emitting section, adjacent ones of the plurality of panels being combined with each other in such a manner that (1) a rectangular light-emitting section of one of the plurality of panels and a rectangular light-emitting section of an adjacent one of the plurality of panels are arranged to face in an identical direction, and (2) one of edge parts of a surface of a base of the one of the plurality of panels and one of edge parts of a surface of a base of the adjacent one of the plurality of panels are coupled together so that the rectangular light-emitting section of the one of the plurality of panels and the rectangular light-emitting section of the adjacent one of the plurality of panels are arranged with respect to each other.