IP Library Granted Patent US 8,556,672
Granted Patent B2
US 8,556,672 · App. 13/576,130 · Granted Oct 15, 2013

Method of producing light-emitting device and light-emitting device

Inventor: Kenji Imazu (Fujiyoshida, JP)
Assignees: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.; Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,556,672
App. No.
13/576,130
Granted
Oct 15, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is an object to produce a thin light-emitting device in an extremely simple method that does not include a substrate on which a light-emitting element is to be mounted. A method of producing a light-emitting device, including: preparing a plurality of light-emitting elements each including element electrodes in a pair; arranging the plurality of light-emitting elements in a sealing member to expose at least one surface of each of the element electrodes in a pair provided to each of the light-emitting elements; forming external connection electrodes in a plurality of pairs on the sealing member, the external connection electrodes in each pair being electrically connected to the element electrodes in a pair provided to each of the light-emitting elements; and obtaining a plurality of light-emitting devices by dividing the sealing member with the plurality of light-emitting elements, the light-emitting devices each including a light-emitting element having element electrodes in a pair, a sealing member sealing the light-emitting element while at least one surface of each of the element electrodes in a pair is exposed, and external connection electrodes in a pair provided on the sealing member and electrically connected to the element electrodes in a pair.

Claims (26)

1. A method of producing a light-emitting device, comprising:

preparing a detachable adhesive sheet;

preparing a plurality of light-emitting elements each including element electrodes in a pair;

arranging the plurality of light-emitting elements with the element electrodes in a pair of each of the light-emitting elements in contact with the adhesive sheet and buried in an adhesive layer of the adhesive sheet;

providing a sealing member on the adhesive sheet at a side on which the plurality of light-emitting elements are arranged and sealing the plurality of light-emitting elements with the sealing member; and

stripping the adhesive sheet from the element electrodes in contact with the adhesive sheet to expose the element electrodes of the plurality of light-emitting elements.

2. The method of producing a light-emitting device according to claim 1 , comprising:

providing a reflection member on the sealing member at a side on which the element electrodes of the plurality of light-emitting elements are exposed.

3. The method of producing a light-emitting device according to claim 2 , comprising exposing at least one surface of each of the element electrodes in a pair of each of the plurality of light-emitting elements from the reflection member by grinding the reflection member.

4. The method of producing a light-emitting device according to claim 3 , comprising forming external connection electrodes in a pair that are in contact with at least portions of the element electrodes in a pair of each light-emitting element and exposed from the reflection member and configured to be electrically connected to the element electrodes in a pair of each of the light-emitting elements.

5. The method of producing a light-emitting device according to claim 1 , comprising forming external connection electrodes in a pair that are in contact with at least portions of the element electrodes in a pair of each light-emitting element and configured to be electrically connected to the element electrodes of each of the light-emitting elements.

6. The method of producing a light-emitting device according to claim 1 , comprising:

when the sealing member is provided and the plurality of light-emitting elements are sealed with the sealing member, providing a reflection frame including a plurality of rectangular grids each of that surrounds each of the light-emitting elements, and sealing each of the light-emitting elements in one rectangular grid of the reflection frame including the plurality of rectangular grids; and

dividing the sealing member by cutting along the reflection frame.

7. The method of producing a light-emitting device according to claim 1 , comprising:

when the sealing member is provided and the plurality of light-emitting elements are sealed with the sealing member, half-dicing the sealing member vertically and horizontally to form a slot having a shape of a rectangular grid around each of the light-emitting elements, and forming a reflection frame in the slot, and

dividing the sealing member by cutting along the reflection frame.

8. A method of producing a light-emitting device, comprising:

Preparing a plurality of light emitting elements each including element electrodes in a pair;

arranging the plurality of light-emitting elements with the element electrodes in a pair of each of the plurality of light-emitting elements exposed from a sealing member;

before a base electrode film is formed on the element electrodes of each of the plurality of light-emitting elements that are sealed with the sealing member, forming a protection film at a position corresponding to a position where the base electrode film is to be formed on the sealing member and on portions of the element electrodes except surfaces of the element electrodes exposed from the sealing member;

forming the base electrode film on the element electrodes of each of the plurality of light-emitting elements;

forming a resist mask on the base electrode film at a position where the base electrode film is divided into portions corresponding to a P electrode and an N electrode that are the element electrodes in a pair;

forming metal plating for external connection electrode on the base electrode film at a position where the resist mask is not formed;

removing the resist mask; and

forming external connection electrodes in a plurality of pairs by etching the base electrode film at a position where the resist mark has been removed by using the metal plating for external connection electrode as a mask, the external connection electrodes in each pair being electrically divided into a P electrode and an N electrode and formed at positions where the external connection electrodes are electrically connected to the element electrodes in a pair of each of the plurality of light-emitting elements.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 22, 2017
From: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO. LTD.
To: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042527/0306 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CITY INFORMATION FOR THE TWO ASSIGNEES ON THE COVER SHEET PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 029552 FRAME 0352. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CITIES ARE FUJIYOSHIDA-SHI, YAMANASHI-KEN AND NISHI-TOKYO-SHI, TOKYO, RESPECTIVELY. Recorded Apr 1, 2013
From: IMAZU, KENJI
To: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030128/0054 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2013
From: IMAZU, KENJI
To: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029552/0352 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2010-019073 · Jan 29, 2010 · national
JP 2010-214487 · Sep 24, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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