EP3513119A1 - Module lumineux a source electroluminescente monolithique - Google Patents
Module lumineux a source electroluminescente monolithiqueInfo
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- EP3513119A1 EP3513119A1 EP17742269.8A EP17742269A EP3513119A1 EP 3513119 A1 EP3513119 A1 EP 3513119A1 EP 17742269 A EP17742269 A EP 17742269A EP 3513119 A1 EP3513119 A1 EP 3513119A1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F21—LIGHTING
- F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- F21K—NON-ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES USING LUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING CHARGES OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL; LIGHT SOURCES USING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AS LIGHT-GENERATING ELEMENTS; LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F21K9/00—Light sources using semiconductor devices as light-generating elements, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] or lasers
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- F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
- F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
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Definitions
- the invention relates to the field of terrestrial vehicle light modules, that is to say modules that can be integrated into a light device of the vehicle and, during use of the vehicle, to project light illuminating the vehicle. road or the cockpit and / or allowing the vehicle to make itself more visible.
- Examples of such luminous devices are the sidelights or the dipped beam and / or road (commonly called "headlights").
- a land vehicle is equipped with light devices, including lighting and / or signaling, such as headlights or taillights, intended to illuminate the road in front of the vehicle, at night or in case of reduced brightness. They can also be used to illuminate the cabin of the vehicle.
- These light devices may comprise one or more light modules. Each lighting function can be provided by one or more modules.
- electroluminescent light sources are more and more frequently used. These light sources can consist of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), or polymeric light-emitting diodes (PLEDs). (acronyms for "polymer light-emitting diodes").
- Solid state monolithic light sources (also known as the "monolithic array of LEDs") have recently become known.
- a monolithic light source comprises tens, hundreds or even thousands of LEDs that are located on the same substrate, the LEDs being separated from the others by lines (or “lanes” in English) or streets (or “ streets “in English).
- LEDs are also called pixels. These light sources are called high-density LEDs because the number of pixels is large, by several hundreds of LEDs per cm 2 .
- Each of the LEDs is electrically independent of the others and therefore illuminates the other LEDs of the matrix independently.
- each LED of the matrix is individually controlled by the electronic circuit which manages its power supply (circuit called "driver" in English).
- Solid state monolithic light sources have many advantages. Firstly, they offer a high luminous intensity, which makes it possible to improve the lighting of the scene and thus to secure, for example, the driving of a motor vehicle. In addition, they create a highly pixelated light beam that allows for the implementation and enhancement of existing driver assistance features, including adaptive lighting features. For example, an anti-glare function can be configured so that only the windshield of a vehicle arriving from the front is no longer illuminated.
- Solid state monolithic light sources have disadvantages.
- these light sources heat up and involve specific management of the heat generated by the electroluminescent elements.
- the heat generated causes a rise in the temperature at the component level which can degrade the components and / or prevent their optimal use.
- these light sources suffer from cross-talk, that is to say that the light emitted by a light emitting element interferes with at least the light emitted by the electroluminescent elements of its vicinity. The pixellisation of the light beam emitted by the source is therefore affected.
- some of the emitted light is lost because all the light emitted can not be collected because of the emission angle of the electroluminescent elements which is important.
- the lines or streets present on the source show intervals between the different light beams composing the beam of the source.
- the light beam obtained output is not a homogeneous light beam.
- these lines or streets form non-emissive zones that cause the average luminance of the source to fall below the value of the luminance of the transmitter.
- the loss can be very important; for example, if we have a pitch of 50 ⁇ and transmitters of 40 ⁇ , the non emissive surface about 36% of the total surface of the source
- a light module is proposed, in particular for a motor vehicle, which comprises a monolithic electroluminescent source comprising electroluminescent elements, a primary optical system provided with a plurality of convergent optics, at least one convergent optics associated with each electroluminescent element and forming an image of the electroluminescent element with which it is associated.
- the light module may comprise one or more of the following characteristics combined with one another:
- the electroluminescent elements of the monolithic source form a matrix of electroluminescent elements, and the convergent optics form a matrix of convergent microlenses;
- the optical axis of the said at least one convergent optics is aligned with the center of the electroluminescent element with which the said at least one convergent optics is associated;
- the distance between said at least one converging optics and the electroluminescent element with which said at least one convergent optics is associated is less than or equal to the object focal distance of said at least one convergent optics;
- the angle of collection of the convergent optics is between 30 ° and 70 °, limits included;
- the plurality of convergent optics of the primary optical system covers the monolithic electroluminescent source; the plurality of convergent optics is in contact with the monolithic electroluminescent source;
- an intermediate element is arranged between the plurality of convergent optics and the monolithic electroluminescent source
- the distance between the center of a first pixel and the center of a second pixel neighboring the first pixel is between 20 and 500 micrometers ( ⁇ );
- an electroluminescent element is between 10 and 500 micrometers ( ⁇ );
- the primary optical system is arranged such that the images it forms are substantially adjacent to form a continuous homogeneous light distribution
- each convergent optic comprises at least one convex portion
- the plurality of convergent optics is integral
- the electroluminescent elements of the monolithic electroluminescent source are light-emitting diodes
- a luminous device in particular lighting and / or signaling preferably land vehicle, which comprises the light module above, a projection optical system forming an image of the images produced by the primary optical system.
- Figures 1 and 2 show schematically an example of a monolithic electroluminescent source with high pixel density
- FIG. 3 schematically shows an example of a light module according to the invention
- Figure 4 shows schematically an example of a microlens front view
- Figure 5 shows schematically an example of fitting a microlens with a light source
- FIG. 6 schematically illustrates a perspective view of an example of a projection module according to the invention
- Figure 7 schematically illustrates a perspective view of an example of a projection module according to the invention.
- the light module according to the invention comprises a light emitting light source solid state (acronym for "solid-state lighting").
- the electroluminescent source comprises electroluminescent elements which are submillimetric in size.
- the source further comprises a substrate on which the electroluminescent elements are epitaxially grown.
- Electroluminescent elements use electroluminescence to emit light. Electroluminescence is an optical and electrical phenomenon in which a material emits light in response to an electrical current flowing through it, or to a strong electric field. This is to be distinguished from light emission due to temperature (incandescence) or the action of chemicals (chemiluminescence).
- the electroluminescent source is a monolithic electroluminescent source, that is to say that the electroluminescent elements are located and epitaxied on the same substrate, and preferably on the same face of the substrate which can be for example its phir.
- the electroluminescent elements are deposited on or extending from at least one face of the substrate.
- the electroluminescent elements of the monolithic matrix are separated from each other by lines (called “lanes” in English) or streets (called “streets” in English).
- lines and streets are synonymous. These lines or streets are spaces separating the electroluminescent elements. These spaces can be empty, or even contain elements introduced for example for the management of crosstalk phenomena.
- the electroluminescent source monolithic forms a grid of electroluminescent elements or a matrix of electroluminescent elements.
- An electroluminescent element may be, but is not limited to, a light emitting diode (LED), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a polymeric light emitting diode (PLED).
- the electroluminescent source is therefore a semiconductor light source and it comprises a substrate from which the electroluminescent elements are placed.
- An electroluminescent element is more generally called a pixel. Therefore, the light source comprises a plurality of pixels deposited on or extending from the first face of the substrate. Pixels (i.e., light-emitting elements) emit light when the semiconductor material is supplied with electricity. We can therefore speak of pixel lit when an electroluminescent element emits light.
- the monolithic electroluminescent source may be a monolithic electroluminescent source with a high density of light elements, that is to say that it comprises a very large number of electroluminescent elements.
- very high number it is meant that the substrate of the light source comprises at least 400 electroluminescent elements on the same substrate.
- the pitch is 200 ⁇
- the pixel density is 2500 electroluminescent elements per square centimeter (cm 2 ).
- the dimensions of the pixels may vary, depending on the density of pixels per cm 2 sought.
- FIG. 1 shows a top view of an example of a high-density electroluminescent electroluminescent light source 1 of electroluminescent elements.
- FIG. 2 shows part of the side view of the example of FIG. 1.
- the electroluminescent elements 8 have been deposited on a substrate 110, for example sapphire.
- the electroluminescent elements 8 are in these examples LEDs.
- the LEDs have been placed so that they form an LED grid, also called LED matrix.
- the LEDs are separated by straight lines or streets arranged vertically 104a and horizontally 104b. The regular pattern thus formed is perfectly integrated in the current manufacturing processes of light sources.
- the LEDs have a (substantially) square shape and have a dimension of 40 ⁇ . This dimension refers to one of the sides of the square 106. The dimension is the width of the LED.
- the lines or streets 104a, 104b have a width of 10 ⁇ .
- the pitch 108 between the LEDs is therefore 50 ⁇ .
- the pitch is the distance between the center of a first pixel and the center of a second pixel neighboring the first; this distance is also called "pixel pitch" in English.
- the pitch depends on the size of the pixels and the width of the lines or streets.
- the electroluminescent elements 8 also have a height 109 which depends on the technology used for their manufacture. The height of an electroluminescent element is measured from the surface of the substrate on which the electroluminescent element is deposited or extends. For example, the LEDs may have a height of 100 ⁇ .
- all the LEDs and all the lines or streets of a monolithic electroluminescent source have dimensions that are equal or substantially equal.
- the source forms a regular grid pattern of electroluminescent elements.
- the LEDs can have other forms, depending on the technology used for their manufacture.
- the definition of the term dimension can vary. For example, if the LEDs have a rectangular shape, it can be agreed that the size of an LED is the distance from the shortest side of the rectangle. As another example, if the LEDs have a circular shape, it can be conventionally decided that the size of an LED is its diameter.
- the electroluminescent elements are each semiconductor, that is to say that they each comprise at least one semiconductor material.
- the electroluminescent elements may be predominantly of semiconductor material. This semiconductor material may be the same as or different from the semiconductor material of the substrate.
- Electroluminescent elements can generally be all made in the same material or materials.
- the electroluminescent elements may be of the same nature, for example substantially identical or similar. All the electroluminescent elements can be positioned to form a regular pattern, for example a grid.
- Each of the electroluminescent elements of the monolithic electroluminescent source is electrically independent of the others and emits light independently of other elements of the matrix.
- Each element of the matrix is individually controlled by an electronic circuit called "driver" in English.
- the driver manages the power supply of the monolithic matrix, which is to say that it individually manages the power supply of each electroluminescent element.
- electroluminescent elements can be electrically grouped, for example by feeding them electrically using a parallel or series connection, in order to reduce the number of elements to be managed.
- the groups may comprise between two and four electroluminescent elements, this number making it possible to maintain a sufficiently pixelated light beam.
- the driver is therefore an electronic device that is able to control the elements of a monolithic matrix of electroluminescent elements.
- Several drivers can be used to drive the electroluminescent elements of the source.
- the light module may include one or more monolithic electroluminescent sources.
- Several light modules comprising such a monolithic electroluminescent source can be integrated into the light device according to the invention.
- the term "light module” therefore designates at least one monolithic electroluminescent source.
- the light module further comprises a layer covering the semiconductor material.
- This layer modifies the spectrum of the light emitted by the semiconductor material.
- the spectrum is defined by a continuum of wavelengths, and the layer therefore modifies the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation forming the spectrum of the emitted light.
- To cover means that the layer is arranged with respect to the semiconductor material so that the light it emits passes through the layer. The latter may be in contact with at least the surface of the semiconductor material through which the light produced by the semiconductor material escapes.
- a third material may serve as an interface between the layer and the surface of the semiconductor material whereby the light produced by the semiconductor material escapes; this third material may be silicone which is a polymer.
- FIG. 2 shows an example in which each electroluminescent element is individually covered by the layer 120.
- the layer 120 is in contact with the surface of the electroluminescent element through which the photons emitted by the semiconductor material escape.
- the path of light is represented by the dashed arrows.
- the layer 120 is a light or phosphor converter, and it comprises at least one phosphor material adapted to absorb at least a portion of at least one excitation light emitted from a light source and to convert at least a portion of said light of excitation absorbed into an emission light having a light spectrum different from that of the excitation light.
- the light module according to the invention therefore comprises a monolithic electroluminescent source which can be of high density of electroluminescent elements.
- the light module further comprises a primary optical system which is provided with a plurality of convergent optics. Each convergent optics of the primary optical system forms an image of an electroluminescent source.
- One or more convergent optics is associated with each electroluminescent element. The association is exclusive, that is to say that the optics are responsible for converging the light of a single electroluminescent element.
- an optic is associated with an electroluminescent element.
- Convergent optics form an image of the electroluminescent element with which it is associated. The image formed is preferably a virtual image. Creating a real image can also be considered.
- the electroluminescent elements of the monolithic source preferably form a matrix of electroluminescent elements. As explained with reference to FIG. 1, the electroluminescent elements are placed on the substrate of the source in a regular pattern, for example that of a grid.
- Convergent optics also preferably form a matrix of convergent lenses. The convergent lenses of the convergent lens array are arranged such that there is a match between a light-emitting element and the lens associated therewith, for example the lens covers the light-emitting element.
- the matrix of convergent lenses is not necessarily strictly the same as the monolithic source; for example, a slightly different pitch may be used to redirect the rays emitted by the electroluminescent elements at the edge of the monolithic electroluminescent source.
- This correspondence can be ensured by aligning the optical axis of the convergent optics on the center of the electroluminescent element with which said at least one convergent optics is associated.
- the electroluminescent elements are preferably of submillimetric dimensions so that the monolithic source is at high luminous pixel density.
- the convergent optics are convergent microlenses of millimetric or submillimetric dimensions.
- FIG. 4 shows an example of a grid of convergent microlenses of optical center "0" through which the optical axis passes.
- FIG. 5 schematically shows an example of a set of convergent microlenses, for example the microlens grid shown in FIG. 4, whose optical axes (represented by dashed lines passing through their optical center "0") are aligned with the center "0 '" of the electroluminescent elements 8.
- microlenses means diopters converging light whose external dimensions are less than or equal to five times the dimensions of the electroluminescent elements the light source.
- the microlenses have a size which is between one and five times, inclusive limits, those of the electroluminescent elements.
- an electroluminescent element has a dimension L and a width I, noted (Lx1)
- the microlens will have a dimension (L'xl ') with L ⁇ L' ⁇ 5xL and I ⁇ ⁇ 5x1. This dimensioning makes it possible to maintain a good luminance.
- the dimensions of the associated diopter will be inscribed in a square of 250 ⁇ maximum side.
- Microlenses are usually in a submillimetric order of magnitude.
- the electroluminescent elements are of the same size, it can be expected that all the microlenses have the same size.
- the microlenses associated with the sources at the edge of the matrix, in particular at the lateral ends are of larger dimensions than the others in order to form an elongated image laterally and vertically which will give a larger projected light pattern. size than others, especially to produce an illumination of the sides of the road.
- the convergent optics may preferably be placed, relative to the electroluminescent element with which it is associated, at a distance which is less than or equal to the focal length of the convergent optics to ensure the creation of an image of the electroluminescent element.
- the virtual image thus created can serve as a new source of light, for example for a projection lens.
- the virtual image obtained is enlarged relative to the electroluminescent element.
- the primary optical system for example a matrix of microlenses, thus makes it possible to form virtual images of the electroluminescent elements of the monolithic electroluminescent source.
- the convergent optics can be placed, relative to the electroluminescent element with which it is associated, at a distance that is greater than the objective focal length of the convergent optics in order to ensure the creation of a real image of the electroluminescent element.
- the microlens must have a much shorter focal length and must therefore be more curved, which complicates its realization.
- Convergent optics may further be located at a distance from the light emitting element that is selected for the convergent optics to collect the largest amount of light emitted by the light emitting element.
- the electroluminescent element sends light on a half space - in practice a 180 ° emission cone -, and it is therefore very difficult to collect all the light it emits.
- the distance chosen is as short as possible so that the convergent optics is as close as possible to the electroluminescent element in order to capture a maximum of light emitted by the electroluminescent element: thus, the loss of the emitted light is minimized. Virtually all of the light emitted can be recovered, which provides the maximum light energy used.
- the convergent optics are in contact with the electroluminescent elements, that is to say that there is no intermediate element such as for example air between the electroluminescent elements and the optical elements. converging. There is no loss of light by passing light into the air or any other material.
- an intermediate element makes the junction between the convergent optics and the electroluminescent elements. The intermediate element material is selected to prevent losses.
- the plurality of convergent optics of the system primary optics can cover the monolithic electroluminescent source.
- the electroluminescent elements and the streets / lines separating them are covered by the primary optical system.
- the dimensions of the two convergent optical associated - or that of said at least one convergent optic with which the first electroluminescent element is associated and that of said at least one convergent optics with which the second electroluminescent element is associated will be chosen so that the two lenses cover the two electroluminescent elements along the entire length of the electroluminescent element. given pitch.
- the convergent lenses can be disjoint, and thus do not form a single element. This may be for example the case of electroluminescent elements individually covered with a lens.
- the pitch 108 between the LEDs comprises the edge-to-edge distance of an LED 8 as well as the width of a street 104a, 104b - all the LEDs and streets of the source have an equal size, and each micro lens has dimensions (L'x ') which are equal to the pitch so that each microlens covers the LED in its entirety and all or part of the streets.
- the overlap of the electroluminescent elements by the convergent optics of the primary optical system makes it possible to ensure that all of the light emitted by the electroluminescent elements is used in the light beam generated, for example at the output of the primary optical system.
- a 70% increase in the luminous intensity of the light beam generated by the light module according to the invention has been measured to be compared with a light module of the state of the art: indeed, the light module according to the invention recovers all the light emitted by the electroluminescent elements. Thanks to this increase, the light module according to the invention allows a reducing the size of the emitting surfaces of the electroluminescent elements while having a light intensity at least equal to that obtained with the light modules known from the prior art.
- Reducing the size of the emitting surfaces can be achieved by increasing the width of the streets / lines separating the electroluminescent elements. Alternatively, the dimensions of the electroluminescent elements can be reduced. In all cases, a reduction in the emissive (light) surfaces of the light emitting source associated with the primary optical system provides greater luminance as well as an increase in luminous flux. By reducing the size of the emitting surfaces, the light source consumes less energy, which reduces the amount of heat to be removed from the light module. Thus, the junctions of the semiconductor materials of the electroluminescent elements work at lower temperatures, which provides greater efficiency, longer life of the electroluminescent elements. It is also possible to feed them with a higher current density to increase the luminance. In addition, the manufacture of the light source is facilitated, which can be an economic advantage.
- a greater spacing of the electroluminescent elements also makes it possible to reduce the phenomenon of crosstalk ("cross-talk" in English), the greater spacing between the elements being compensated by the primary optical system which recovers all the light itself emitted with an angle significant issue.
- the pitch of the monolithic electroluminescent source may be less than or equal to 1 mm, and is preferably between 500 and 20 micrometers ( ⁇ ), limits included.
- the dimensions (Lxl) of an electroluminescent element are preferably between 10 and 500 micrometers ( ⁇ ), inclusive.
- FIG. 6 shows an example of an optical module 1 for projecting a light beam, in particular for a motor vehicle.
- the module 1 comprises from upstream to downstream in the direction of propagation of the light rays along the optical axis 15, a monolithic electroluminescent source 2 comprising electroluminescent elements 8 capable of emitting light rays, a primary optical system 4 which transmits the rays. light, and projection means configured to project a light beam from the incident light rays transmitted by the optical primary optical system 4.
- the projection means take the form of a single projection lens 3.
- the projection means could nevertheless be formed by the combination of several lenses, several reflectors, or a combination of one or more lenses and / or one or more reflectors.
- the electroluminescent elements 8 are for example light emitting diodes (LEDs) forming an array on the matrix 2 of electroluminescent elements, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
- LEDs light emitting diodes
- the primary optical system 4 has the function of transmitting light rays of the electroluminescent elements so that, combined with the projection means, here in the form of a projection lens 3, the beam projected outside the module, for example on the road, be homogeneous.
- the primary optical system 4 is provided with a plurality of convergent optics, which are preferably convergent microlenses.
- the input diopters 5 have a convex surface, that is to say they are bulged outwards, towards the sources 8. The surface could however be flat, plano-convex or concave-convex .
- An input diopter 5 is advantageously disposed downstream of each light source 8, that is to say of each electroluminescent element.
- the input diopters 5 preferably form virtual images 6 of the electroluminescent elements 8.
- the virtual images 6 are formed upstream of the electroluminescent elements 8, and thus serve as new light sources for the projection lens 3.
- the virtual images 6 obtained are enlarged and preferably substantially adjacent. In other words, they are not separated by significant space.
- the virtual virtual images may have a slight overlap between them, which will result in an overlap of their respective projections by the projection means measured on a screen placed at 25 m from the device which will preferably be less than 1 °.
- the edges of each virtual image will be fuzzy, so as to obtain this slight overlap which will ensure a good homogeneity of the generated light beam.
- the primary optical system 4 thus makes it possible to form virtual images 6 of the primary sources 8 of light in order to obtain a homogeneous distribution of the beam, that is to say that the components of the light beam are correctly adjusted relative to each other. other, with no dark and / or bright (overcurrent) bands between them that would interfere with driving comfort.
- the streets or lines present on the monolithic source are not visible in the light beam generated at the output of the primary system 4 and the projection lens 3, and even if the streets / lines have increased dimensions in a decreasing effort emitting surfaces of the source.
- the pixelation of the source 2 is preserved, that is to say that the light beam generated consists of as many pixels of light as there are electroluminescent elements on the source. If the source is a highly pixelated monolithic source, then the light beam maintains this high pixelation.
- the generated light beam can be used in driver assistance functions that require adaptive lighting, for example an anti-glare function.
- the virtual images 6 are further away from the projection lens 3 with respect to the actual matrix of the light sources, which makes it possible to keep a compact optical module.
- the primary optical system 4 can be advantageously configured to form virtual images 6 on a curved surface, the dimensions of the virtual images 6 being larger than the dimensions of the primary sources 8 of light. This case is illustrated in FIG. 7.
- the curved surface makes it possible to compensate for the curvature of the field of the projection system 3.
- the primary optical system 4 can be configured to form virtual images 6 on a plane, the dimensions of the virtual images 6 being larger than the dimensions of the primary sources 8 of light. This case is illustrated in Figure 6.
- the enlargement of the size of the virtual images 6 allows a juxtaposition of the virtual images 6 so as to be adjacent to each other to form a continuous homogeneous light distribution.
- the convex curvature and the material constituting the matrix of convergent optics are adapted to the dimensions of the source 2 of electroluminescent elements 8, as well as the positioning of the optical primary optical system 4 with respect to the source 2, so that the virtual images 6 are correctly juxtaposed to form a continuous homogeneous light distribution.
- the distance between the monolithic electroluminescent source and the primary optical system 4 will be for example, from 0 mm to twice the pitch of the electroluminescent elements, inclusive. These distances make it possible to collect enough light.
- the primary optical system 4 provided with the input diopters 5 furthermore comprises a single output diopter 9 for all the input diopters 5.
- the output diopter 9 provides an optical correction of the beam transmitted to the lens of FIG. projection 3.
- the correction serves in particular to improve the optical efficiency of the device and to correct the optical aberrations of the projection optical system 3.
- the output diopter 9 has a substantially spherical dome shape. This shape deviates little the direction of the light rays of the beam coming from an electroluminescent element disposed on the optical axis 15, and which pass through the exit diopter 9.
- the exit diopter may have an elongated shape, of cylindrical type, with a bifocal definition. In front view, the exit diopter 9 is wider than it is high.
- the output diopter 9 has in horizontal section - so in the direction of its width - a large radius of curvature.
- the primary optical system 4 is made of a single material, that is to say, come from material.
- the input diopters 5 and the output diopter 9 form the input and output faces of the same element, the primary optical system 4, which is similar to a complex lens.
- FIG. 7 shows the same elements as that of FIG. 6, except that the primary optical system 4 comprises an output micro-diopter 9 for each input micro-diopter 5.
- the primary optical system 4 then forms a set of bi convex microlenses, each microlens being disposed in front of a primary source of light.
- the primary optical system 4 is a matrix of microlenses, for example that shown in FIG. 4.
- the microlens do not make it possible to correct the transmitted overall beam, such as a primary optical system 4 provided with a single output diopter 9. However, the correction of the overall beam can be performed by the projection means 3.
- the microlenses are, however, suitable for electroluminescent sources with high pixel density for which the electroluminescent elements are of submillimeter size.
- the microlenses have the advantage of bringing a better homogeneity of the virtual images and less deformation of the images.
- the microlenses have a collection angle of the emitted light which must be maximum so that they recover all the light even emitted with a large emission angle.
- the collection angle may preferably be between 30 ° and 70 ° inclusive.
- FIG 3 shows schematically an example of a light module for a motor vehicle.
- the light module 1 comprises a high-density monolithic electroluminescent source 2 on which a phosphor layer is deposited, a PCB 14 which supports the source 12 and a device 19 which controls the electroluminescent elements of the luminous monolithic source 2. Any other medium that a PCB can be considered.
- the light module further comprises a matrix of microlenses 4.
- the light module may further comprise at least one heat sink 18 which may be arranged directly or indirectly on the source 12. In this example, the heat sink 18 is arranged indirectly on the source since the PCB 14 and a thermal interface 16 are located between the heat sink 18 and the source 12.
- the heat sink allows the transfer of heat from the light emitting source that it transmits to the PCB when using a light module.
- the heat sink allows heat dissipation through cooperation with the support 14 of the monolithic electroluminescent source, i.e. the heat sink receives the heat produced by the light emitting source.
- the heat sink 18 is thus in heat communication with the PCB 14 which is itself in heat communication source 12.
- the transmission can be ensured by the fact that the heat sink is in an example arranged directly against the PCB 14. This means that the heat sink is in physical contact (ie material) with the PCB.
- the heat sink 18 may however alternatively be arranged on the PCB via an intermediate element which improves the heat transfer. This intermediate element is also called the thermal interface 16.
- the intermediate element 16 may comprise, for example, thermal paste or a phase-change material.
- the intermediate element may comprise copper, for example the thermal interface 16 is a copper plate.
- the invention also relates to an optical module comprising such a projection device and projection means, such as a projection lens or a reflector, arranged downstream of the primary optical system in the direction of projection of the light beam, the means for projection being capable of projecting a light beam from the virtual images serving as light sources to the projection means which are focused on said virtual images.
- projection means such as a projection lens or a reflector
- This last characteristic of the invention is particularly interesting and advantageous. Indeed, the focusing of the projection means on the virtual images, in particular on the plane containing said virtual images, makes the projection optical module insensitive to the defects of the primary optical system: if the projection means are focused on the surface of the diopters, it is this surface which is imaged and therefore all its defects of realization which are made visible, which can generate defects of homogeneity or chromaticism in the projected light beam.
- this makes it possible to use a matrix of electroluminescent elements with streets / lines of large size in association with the primary optics, each electroluminescent element being individually imaged and the generated beam not showing intervals between the different beams. bright component the beam of the source.
- the invention also relates to a motor vehicle headlight provided with such an optical module.
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