Light source module
View Patent ↗A light source module including a substrate, a plurality of first light emitting diode (LED) chips, and at least one second LED chip is provided. The substrate has an upper surface. The plurality of first LED chips are disposed on the upper surface and electrically connected to the substrate. The second LED chip is disposed on the upper surface and electrically connected to the substrate. A first distance is between a top surface of each of the first LED chips away from the upper surface of the substrate and the upper surface, a second distance is between a top surface of the second LED chip away from the upper surface of the substrate and the upper surface, and the second distance is greater than each of the first distances.
1. A light source module, comprising:
a substrate having an upper surface, the substrate comprising a plurality of first pads and a plurality of second pads, each first pad having a first surface and each second pad having a second surface, the first surfaces being lower than the second surfaces; and
a plurality of first light-emitting diode (LED) chips disposed on the upper surface and electrically connected to the first pads of the substrate; and
at least one second LED chip disposed on the upper surface and electrically connected to the second pads of the substrate, wherein a first distance between a top surface of each first LED chip and the upper surface is less than a second distance between a top surface of the second LED chip and the upper surface.
2. The light source module as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first pads are embedded in the substrate, the first surfaces of the first pads are aligned with the upper surface of the substrate, and the second pads protrude from the upper surface of the substrate.
3. The light source module as recited in claim 2 , wherein the at least one second LED chip is located between any two adjacent first LED chips.
4. The light source module as recited in claim 2 , wherein the first LED chips surround the at least one second LED chip.
5. The light source module as recited in claim 2 , further comprising a high reflectance material, wherein the high reflectance material is disposed on a side surface of the second LED chip.
6. The light source module as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first LED chips are flipped on the substrate and electrically connected to the first pads.
7. The light source module as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one second LED chip is flipped on the substrate and electrically connected to the second pads.
8. The light source module as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first distance is D 1 , the second distance is D 2 , where D 1 and D 2 satisfy the following formula:
D 1< D 2< D 1·[1+Scot(θ/2)/ d];
wherein S is a spacing of each of the first LED chips and the second LED chip, d is a thickness of a first chip substrate of each first LED chip, and θ is a beam angle of each of the first LED chips.
9. A light source module, comprising:
a substrate having an upper surface;
a plurality of first light-emitting diode (LED) chips disposed on the upper surface and electrically connected to the substrate; and
at least one second LED chip disposed on the upper surface and electrically connected to the substrate, wherein a first distance is between a top surface of each of the first LED chips away from the upper surface of the substrate and the upper surface, a second distance is between a top surface of the second LED chip away from the upper surface of the substrate and the upper surface, and the second distance is greater than each of the first distances, each of the first LED chips comprises a first chip substrate, a first semiconductor layer, and a plurality of first electrodes, the second LED chip comprises a second chip substrate, a second semiconductor layer, and a plurality of second electrodes, a thickness of the second chip substrate is greater than a thickness of the first chip substrate, and the first electrodes and the second electrodes are all disposed on the upper surface of the substrate.
10. The light source module as recited in claim 9 , wherein the thickness of the second chip substrate is between a magnitude of 1 and 1+Scot(θ/2)/d″ of the thickness of each of the first chip substrates, wherein S is a spacing of each of the first LED chips and the second LED chip, d″ is a thickness of the first chip substrate, and θ is a beam angle of each of the first LED chips.
11. A light source module, comprising:
a substrate having an upper surface, the substrate comprising a plurality of first pads and a plurality of second pads, each first pad having a first surface and each second pad having a second surface, the first surfaces being lower than the second surfaces; and
a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) chips flipped on the upper surface and electrically connected to the first and second pads of the substrate, the LED chips being identical in thickness, wherein a first distance between the upper surface and a top surface of each LED chip electrically connected to the first pads is less than a second distance between the upper surface and a top surface of each LED chip electrically connected to the second pads.
12. The light source module as recited in claim 11 , wherein the first pads are embedded in the substrate, the first surfaces of the first pads are aligned with the upper surface of the substrate, and the second pads protrude from the upper surface of the substrate.
13. The light source module as recited in claim 11 , wherein the LED chips comprises a plurality of first LED chips electrically connected to the first pads and at least one second LED chip electrically connected to the second pads, and the at least one second LED chip is located between any two adjacent first LED chips.
14. The light source module as recited in claim 13 , wherein the first LED chips surround the at least one second LED chip.
15. The light source module as recited in claim 13 , wherein the first distance is D 1 , the second distance is D 2 , where D 1 and D 2 satisfy the following formula:
D 1< D 2< D 1·[1+Scot(θ/2)/ d];
wherein S is a spacing of each of the first LED chips and the second LED chip, d is a thickness of a first chip substrate of each first LED chip, and θ is a beam angle of each of the first LED chips.
16. The light source module as recited in claim 11 , further comprising:
a high reflectance material, wherein the high reflectance material is disposed on a side surface of the LED chip electrically connected to the second pads.
17. The light source module as recited in claim 16 , wherein the first pads are embedded in the substrate, the first surfaces of the first pads are aligned with the upper surface of the substrate, and the second pads protrude from the upper surface of the substrate.
18. The light source module as recited in claim 16 , wherein the LED chips comprises a plurality of first LED chips electrically connected to the first pads and at least one second LED chip electrically connected to the second pads, and the at least one second LED chip is located between any two adjacent first LED chips.
19. The light source module as recited in claim 18 , wherein the first LED chips surround the at least one second LED chip.
20. The light source module as recited in claim 18 , wherein the first distance is D 1 , the second distance is D 2 , where D 1 and D 2 satisfy the following formula:
D 1< D 2< D 1·[1+Scot(θ/2)/ d];
wherein S is a spacing of each of the first LED chips and the second LED chip, d is a thickness of a first chip substrate of each first LED chip, and θ is a beam angle of each of the first LED chips.