IP Library Granted Patent US 8,368,099
Granted Patent B2
US 8,368,099 · App. 12/182,218 · Granted Feb 5, 2013

Light emitting device and fabricating method thereof

Inventors: Chien-Chun Lu (Danshuei Township, Taipei County, TW); Chia-Tai Kuo (Taipei, TW); Chen-Peng Hsu (Kaohsiung, TW); Hung-Lieh Hu (Hsinchu, TW); Chien-Jen Sun (Jhubei, TW)
Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
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Patent No.
US 8,368,099
App. No.
12/182,218
Granted
Feb 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting device and a fabricating method thereof are described. The light emitting device includes a substrate, a light emitting chip, a tubular structure, and a fluorescent conversion layer. The tubular structure is formed on a surface of the substrate. The light emitting chip is disposed on the surface of the substrate and is surrounded by the tubular structure. The fluorescent conversion layer is disposed in the tubular structure and covers the light emitting chip. A ratio of a maximal vertical thickness and a maximal horizontal thickness of the fluorescent conversion layer at the light emitting chip is between 0.1 and 10. A distance for the light ray to pass through the fluorescent conversion layer is controlled by using the tubular structure, so as to solve a problem of the conventional art that fluorescent powder coating package technique results in non-uniform color temperature of the emitted light.

Claims (28)

1. A light emitting device, comprising:

a substrate, having a surface;

at least one transparent tubular structure, formed on the surface of the substrate and including an inner tube wall and an outer tube wall, the inner tube wall being vertical to the surface, the outer tube wall and the surface forming an acute angle and having a space formed therebetween, wherein two ends of the at least one transparent tubular structure have respective openings, and the at least one transparent tubular structure is disposed on the surface of the substrate by one end;

at least one light emitting chip, disposed on the surface of the substrate and surrounded by the at least one transparent tubular structure; and

at least one fluorescent conversion layer, disposed in the at least one transparent tubular structure and covering the at least one light emitting chip, wherein the at least one transparent tubular structure limits a distribution scope of the fluorescent conversion layer, a ratio of a maximal vertical thickness and a maximal horizontal thickness of the at least one fluorescent conversion layer at the at least one light emitting chip is between 1.5 and 4 and a margin of error for color temperatures of emitted light is with in 300K; wherein

the maximal vertical thickness is the maximal vertical distance from a top surface of the at least one light emitting chip to a top surface of the at least one fluorescent conversion layer,

the maximal horizontal thickness is the maximal horizontal distance from an outer part of a side surface of the at least one light emitting chip to an outer side surface of the fluorescent conversion layer.

2. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a material of the substrate is ceramic, metal, organic polymer, or silicon.

3. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a shape of a radial section of the at least one transparent tubular structure is round, rectangular, or hexagonal.

4. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a shape of a liquid level of the at least one fluorescent conversion layer is a horizontal plane, a concave surface, or a convex surface.

5. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a material of the at least one transparent tubular structure is provided for light rays emitted by the at least one light emitting chip and light rays excited from the at least one fluorescent conversion layer to pass through.

6. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the material of the at least one transparent tubular structure is silica gel, a mixture of silica gel and silica, resin, or glass.

7. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one transparent tubular structure further comprises a reflective layer formed on the outer tube wall.

8. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one fluorescent conversion layer comprises a fluorescent powder and a resin.

9. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a microlens disposed on the surface of the substrate and covering the at least one transparent tubular structure.

10. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a package carrier, adapted for carrying the substrate, and

a reflective layer, formed on an inner surface of the carrier for carrying the substrate.

11. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the maximal vertical thickness and the maximal horizontal thickness of the at least one fluorescent conversion layer at the at least one light emitting chip is between 1.8 and 4.

12. A light emitting device, comprising:

a substrate, having a surface;

at least one transparent tubular structure formed on the surface of the substrate, an outer tube wall of the at least one transparent tubular structure and the surface forming an acute angle and having a space formed therebetween, wherein two ends of the at least one transparent tubular structure have respective openings, and the at least one transparent tubular structure is disposed on the surface of the substrate by one end;

at least one light emitting chip, disposed on the surface of the substrate and surrounded by the at least one transparent tubular structure;

at least one fluorescent conversion layer, disposed in the at least one transparent tubular structure and covering the at least one light emitting chip, wherein a ratio of a maximal vertical thickness and a maximal horizontal thickness of the at least one fluorescent conversion layer at the at least one light emitting chip is between 1.5 and 4 so that a margin of error for color temperatures of emitted light is within 300K, wherein the maximal vertical thickness is the maximal vertical distance from a lowest part of a top surface of the at least one light emitting chip to a top surface of the at least one fluorescent conversion layer, and the maximal horizontal thickness is the maximal horizontal distance from an outer part of a side surface of the at least one light emitting chip to an outer side surface of the at least one fluorescent conversion layer;

at least one microlens, disposed on the surface of the substrate and covering completely the at least one transparent tubular structure; and

a package carrier, for carrying the substrate;

wherein the at least one transparent tubular structure limits a distribution scope of the at least one fluorescent conversion layer so that the ratio of the maximal vertical thickness versus the maximal horizontal thickness is adjusted to be between 1.5 and 4.

13. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the ratio of the maximal vertical thickness and the maxmal horizontal thickness of the at least one fluorescent conversion layer at the at least one light emitting chip is between 1.8 and 4.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2008
From: LU, CHIEN-CHUN; KUO, CHIA-TAI; HSU, CHEN-PENG; HU, HUNG-LIEH; SUN, CHIEN-JEN
To: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 021312/0773 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 96142117 A · Nov 7, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090115313A1 · May 7, 2009