IP Library Granted Patent US 9,748,209
Granted Patent B2
US 9,748,209 · App. 14/886,110 · Granted Aug 29, 2017

Light source device having multiple LED chips of different thickness

Inventors: Cheng-Yen Chen (Tainan, TW); Yun-Li Li (Taipei, TW); Po-Jen Su (Tainan, TW)
Assignee: Genesis Photonics Inc.
H01L25/0753H01L24/14H01L33/62H01L27/156H01L2924/12041
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Patent No.
US 9,748,209
App. No.
14/886,110
Granted
Aug 29, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light source device 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. Each of the first LED chips includes a first chip substrate, a first semiconductor layer, and a plurality of first electrodes, and the first electrodes are disposed on the upper surface of the substrate. The second LED chip is disposed on the upper surface and electrically connected to the substrate. The second LED chip includes a second chip substrate, a second semiconductor layer, and a plurality of second electrodes. A thickness of the second chip substrate is different from than a thickness of the first chip substrate, and the second electrodes are disposed on the upper surface of the substrate.

Claims (20)

1. A light source device, 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, wherein each of the first LED chips comprises a first chip substrate, a first semiconductor layer, and a plurality of first electrodes and is flipped on the substrate; and

at least one second LED chip disposed on the upper surface and electrically connected to the substrate, the second LED chip comprises a second chip substrate, a second semiconductor layer, and a plurality of second electrodes and is flipped on the substrate, wherein a thickness of the second chip substrate is different from a thickness of the first chip substrate.

2. The light source device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the second chip substrate is greater than the thickness of the first chip substrate.

3. The light source device as recited in claim 2 , wherein the thickness of the second chip substrate is between a magnitude of 1 and 1+S cot(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.

4. The light source device as recited in claim 1 , 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 different from each of the first distances.

5. The light source device as recited in claim 4 , 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+ S cot(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 distance, and θ is a beam angle of each of the first LED chips.

6. A light source device, 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, wherein the first LED chips are flipped on the substrate; and

at least one second LED chip disposed on the upper surface and electrically connected to the substrate, wherein a thickness of the at least one second LED chip is different from a thickness of each of the first LED chips, wherein 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, and a thickness of the second chip substrate is different from a thickness of the first chip substrate, and the at least one second LED chip is flipped on the substrate.

7. The light source device as recited in claim 6 , wherein the thickness of the second chip substrate is greater than the thickness of the first chip substrate.

8. The light source device as recited in claim 7 , wherein the thickness of the second chip substrate is between a magnitude of 1 and 1+S cot(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.

9. The light source device as recited in claim 6 , 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 different from each of the first distances.

10. The light source device as recited in claim 9 , 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+ S cot(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 distance, and θ is a beam angle of each of the first LED chips.

Assignments (2)
ADDRESS CHANGE REGISTRATION FORM Recorded Dec 15, 2023
From: GENESIS PHOTONICS INC.
To: GENESIS PHOTONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 066044/0133 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2023
From: GENESIS PHOTONICS INC.
To: NICHIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066044/0807 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14248343 · Apr 9, 2014
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