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Granted Patent B2
US 12,009,452 · App. 17/258,061 · Granted Jun 11, 2024

Electronic device including LED transmission device, and control method therefor

Inventors: Doyoung Kwag (Suwon-si, KR); Byungchul Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Minsub Oh (Suwon-si, KR); Sangmoo Park (Suwon-si, KR); Eunhye Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Yoonsuk Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L33/005H01L27/156
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Patent No.
US 12,009,452
App. No.
17/258,061
Granted
Jun 11, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises: a transfer device capable of moving, to a target substrate, a plurality of LEDs arranged in a transfer substrate, and arranging same; a storage unit in which feature information of each of the plurality of LEDs is stored; and a processor for controlling the transfer device such that each of a plurality of LEDs is arranged in an arrangement location on the target substrate of each of a plurality of LEDs on the basis of the stored feature information.

Claims (42)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a transfer device configured to move a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged on a transfer substrate to a target substrate and arrange the plurality of LEDs on the target substrate;

a storage configured to store feature information about each of the plurality of LEDs; and

a processor configured to:

determine a target pitch and a target arrangement position for transferring the plurality of LEDs to the target substrate,

determine a value of an output feature of the target substrate corresponding to an area from among a plurality of areas included in the target substrate based on the target pitch, the target arrangement position, and the feature information, and

based on determining that the value of the output feature is within a predetermined range, control the transfer device to arrange the plurality of LEDs on the target substrate based on the target pitch and the target arrangement position.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine the target arrangement position such that a plurality of output features of the plurality of areas included in the target substrate are uniform; and

arrange the plurality of LEDs in one area from among the plurality of areas included in the target substrate.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the transfer device to alternatingly arrange the each of the plurality of LEDs in the one area of the target substrate.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the transfer device to simultaneously pick up the plurality of LEDs mutually spaced apart on the transfer substrate.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the transfer device is configured to simultaneously pick up the plurality of LEDs on the transfer substrate and arrange the plurality of LEDs on the target substrate, and

wherein the processor is further configured to control the transfer device to cause the plurality of LEDs to be simultaneously picked up based on the target pitch.

6. A method of arranging light emitting diodes (LEDs), the method comprising:

dividing a transfer substrate arranged with a plurality of LEDs into a plurality of areas;

determining a target pitch and a target arrangement position for transferring the each of the plurality of LEDs to a target substrate;

determining a value of an output feature of the target substrate corresponding to an area from among the plurality of areas included in the target substrate based on the target pitch, the target arrangement position, and feature information about the plurality of LEDs; and

based on the value of the output feature being within a predetermined range, arranging the plurality of LEDs on the target substrate based on the target pitch and the target arrangement position,

wherein after the arranging, a plurality of output features of the plurality of areas included in the target substrate are uniform, and LEDs from different areas from among the plurality of areas of the transfer substrate are arranged in one area of the target substrate.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the arranging comprises alternatingly arranging the each of the plurality of LEDs of the transfer substrate in the one area of the target substrate.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the arranging comprises simultaneously picking up the plurality of LEDs mutually spaced apart on the transfer substrate and arranging on the target substrate.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the determining comprises determining a pitch of the plurality of LEDs to be simultaneously picked up, and

wherein the arranging comprises simultaneously picking up the plurality of LEDs based on the target pitch.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the determining comprises determining the target arrangement position on the target substrate based on feature information about each of a plurality of transfer substrates.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the determining comprises determining the target arrangement position on the target substrate based on the plurality of output features corresponding to the plurality of areas included in the target substrate and based on a moving distance of a transfer device of the target substrate.

12. The method of claim 6 , wherein the arranging comprises:

transferring a first plurality of LEDs to a first plurality of columns at a pitch in a first direction on the target substrate;

transferring a second plurality of LEDs to a second plurality of columns different from the first plurality of columns in the first direction on the target substrate such that the second plurality of LEDs are between the first plurality of LEDs; and

transferring a third plurality of LEDs in a second direction perpendicular with the first direction on the target substrate, and

wherein the method further comprises rotating, after transferring the second plurality of LEDs, at least one from among the transfer substrate and the target substrate.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second plurality of LEDs are transferred at the pitch, and

wherein the third plurality of LEDs are transferred in the first direction.

14. The method of claim 6 , wherein the arranging comprises:

transferring a first plurality of LEDs arranged at a pitch within a first transfer area of the transfer substrate to a first transfer area of the target substrate; and

transferring a second plurality of LEDs arranged at the pitch within a second transfer area of the transfer substrate different from the first transfer area to a second transfer area of the target substrate, and

wherein the transferring the second plurality of LEDs comprises transferring the second plurality of LEDs in-between the first plurality of LEDs.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first plurality of LEDs are arranged within a first area of the transfer substrate, and

wherein the second plurality of LEDs are arranged within a second area of the transfer substrate different from the first area.

16. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the output feature comprises at least one from among an output wavelength, a brightness, and a performance grade of the plurality of LEDs, and

wherein the value of the output feature comprises at least one from among a standard deviation of the output feature and an average value of the output feature.

17. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein an average value of the output feature is uniform and based on the target pitch.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2021
From: KWAG, DOYOUNG; KIM, BYUNGCHUL; OH, MINSUB; PARK, SANGMOO; KIM, EUNHYE; LEE, YOONSUK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2018-0085177 · Jul 23, 2018 · national
KR 10-2019-0088558 · Jul 22, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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