IP Library Granted Patent US 7,358,173
Granted Patent B2
US 7,358,173 · App. 10/711,280 · Granted Apr 15, 2008

Bumping process of light emitting diode

Assignee: South Epitaxy Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,358,173
App. No.
10/711,280
Granted
Apr 15, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bumping process for a light emitting diode (LED) chip is provided. Firstly, a LED chip with a plurality of electrodes is provided, then a pattern plate having a plurality of openings is disposed on the LED chip, and the electrodes are correspondingly exposed by the openings. Then, a plurality of posts can be formed over the exposed electrodes by printing. After the printing process, the pattern plate is lifted and a reflow process is performed to the posts. The posts are formed by a printing process, the bumping process is less time-consuming and with lower costs and the height and the composition of the bumps con be precisely controlled, thus improving the reliability of LED die package structures.

Claims (14)

1. A bumping process of a LED device, comprises:

providing a wafer having a plurality of LED chips thereon, wherein each of the LED chips comprises a plurality of electrodes;

forming an UBM (under bump metallurgy) layer on each of the electrodes;

forming a plurality of posts on the under bump metallurgy layers by a printing process; and

reflowing the posts.

2. The bumping process of claim 1 , further comprises disposing a pattern plate having a plurality of openings on the wafer before the printing process, wherein the UBM layers located on the electrodes are exposed by the openings of the pattern plate.

3. The bumping process of claim 2 , wherein the printing process comprises:

applying a solder material onto the pattern plate; and

filing the solder material into the openings of the pattern plate by a scraper.

4. The bumping process of claim 3 , wherein after filling the solder material into the openings of the pattern plate, the printing process further comprises removing the pattern plate to form the posts and the solder material in the openings turns into the plurality of the posts.

5. The bumping process of claim 1 , wherein a material of the solder posts comprises Sn/Pb alloy.

6. The bumping process of claim 1 , wherein a material of the solder posts is selected from the coup consisting of tin (Sn), silver (Ag), copper (Cu) and alloys thereof.

7. The bumping process of claim 1 , wherein the step of forming the UDM layers comprises performing electroless plating.

8. The bumping process of claim 1 , wherein a material of the UBM layer is selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti), tungsten (W), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), gold (Au) and alloys thereof.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Oct 25, 2011
From: SOUTH EPITAXY CORPORATION
To: EPITECH TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027118/0680 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 25, 2011
From: EPITECH TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027118/0696 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2004
From: SHEI, SHIH-CHANG; SHEU, JINN-KONG
To: SOUTH EPITAXY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015086/0961 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 93102733 A · Feb 6, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050176231A1 · Aug 11, 2005