Electronic assembly
View Patent ↗An electronic assembly includes a first substrate and a second substrate, a hole through the first substrate, the second substrate having a trace with an indentation, an electronic device mounted over the indentation in the trace, and the first substrate is attached to the second substrate such that the electronic device is positioned within the hole through the first substrate.
1. An electronic assembly, comprising:
a first substrate having a hole;
a second substrate, the first substrate attached to the second substrate;
a first trace on an upper surface of the second substrate, the first trace having an indentation defining an opening that does not penetrate into the upper surface of the second substrate and is completely enclosed by the first trace;
a light emitting device attached to the first trace at the indentation in the first trace; and,
the light emitting device positioned within the hole in the first substrate.
2. The electronic assembly of claim 1 , the indentation comprising an opening through the first trace, the light emitting device attached to the second substrate through the opening in the first trace.
3. The electronic assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a second trace on the second substrate, the light emitting device electrically connected to the second trace.
4. The electronic assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a second trace on the first substrate, the light emitting device electrically connected to the second trace on the first substrate.
5. The electronic assembly of claim 1 , the light emitting device comprising a Light Emitting Diode.
6. The electronic assembly of claim 1 , further comprising an encapsulate, the encapsulate directly bonded to at least a portion of the second substrate.
7. The electronic assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:
the first substrate having a reflective coating; and,
an encapsulate, the encapsulate bonded to the reflective coating.
8. The electronic assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:
a bonding film between the first and second substrates, the bonding film having an opening that is larger than the hole in the first substrate, the bonding film positioned so that a gap is formed between the first and second substrates within the opening in the bonding film; and, an encapsulate, the encapsulate at least partially within the gap.
9. An electronic assembly, comprising:
a first substrate, a hole through the first substrate;
a second substrate;
a first trace on the second substrate, the first trace having an indentation completely enclosed by the first trace;
a bonding film between the first and second substrates, the bonding film having an opening, the bonding film positioned so a gap is formed between the first and second substrates within the opening in the bonding film;
an electronic device mounted on the second substrate within the hole though the first substrate and attached to the indentation with an adhesive; and,
an encapsulate, encapsulating the electronic device, the encapsulate at least partially extending into the gap between the first and second substrates.
10. The electronic assembly of claim 9 , further comprising a second trace on the second substrate, the light emitting device electrically connected to the second trace.
11. The electronic assembly of claim 9 , further comprising a second trace on the first substrate, the light emitting device electrically connected to the second trace on the first substrate.
12. The electronic assembly of claim 9 , the light emitting device comprising a Light Emitting Diode.
13. The electronic assembly of claim 9 , further comprising an encapsulate, the encapsulate directly bonded to at least a portion of the second substrate.
14. The electronic assembly of claim 9 , further comprising:
the second substrate having a reflective coating; and,
an encapsulate, the encapsulate bonded to the reflective coating.
15. The electronic assembly of claim 9 , further comprising:
a bonding film between the first and second substrates, the bonding film having an opening that is larger than the hole in the first substrate, the bonding film positioned so that a gap is formed between the first and second substrates around the opening in the bonding film; and,
an encapsulate, the encapsulate at least partially within the gap.
16. A method of making an electronic assembly, comprising:
fabricating a hole through two sides of a first substrate, a first opening of the hole in one side is smaller than a second opening of the hole in the other side;
fabricating a first trace on an upper surface of a second substrate, the first trace having an indentation defining an opening that does not penetrate into upper surface of the second substrate an is completely enclosed by the first trace;
attaching the first and second substrates so that the indentation in the first trace is within the smaller opening on the first substrate; and,
attaching an electronic device to the indentation in the first trace.
17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
fabricating a bonding film with a third opening that is larger than the first opening of the first substrate; and,
attaching the first and second substrates using the bonding film between the two substrates, with the electronic device within the third opening in the bonding film, and with the third opening in the bonding film forming a gap between the first and second substrates within the third opening in the bonding film.
18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising encapsulating the electronic assembly so that at least some of the encapsulate is within the gap.
19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising: encapsulating the electronic assembly so that the encapsulate directly bonds with at least a portion of the second substrate.
20. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
coating at least a portion of the first substrate with a reflective coating; and,
encapsulating the electronic assembly so that the encapsulate bonds with the reflective coating on the first substrate.