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US 8,648,370 · App. 13/118,334 · Granted Feb 11, 2014

Wafer-type light emitting device having precisely coated wavelength-converting layer

Inventors: Wen-Huang Liu (Hsinchu, TW); Yuan-Hsiao Chang (Hsinchu, TW); Hung-Jen Kao (Hsinchu, TW); Chung-Che Dan (Hsinchu, TW); Feng-Hsu Fan (Hsinchu, TW); Chen-Fu Chu (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Semileds Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,648,370
App. No.
13/118,334
Granted
Feb 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a wafer-type light emitting device having a substrate, one or more light emitting semiconductors formed on the substrate, one or more frames provided over the one or more light emitting semiconductors, and one or more wavelength-converting layers applied on the one or more light emitting semiconductors and confined by the one or more frames, wherein the wafer-type light emitting device is diced into a plurality of separate light emitting units.

Claims (38)

1. A wafer-type light emitting device comprising:

a plurality of light emitting units, wherein the plurality of light emitting units are diced into a plurality of separate and individual light emitting units and each light emitting unit comprises:

a substrate;

a light emitting semiconductor formed adjacent and above said substrate;

a main frame, deposited on said light emitting semiconductor and extending to a side portion of said light emitting semiconductor, for forming a main deposition area;

an inner frame, deposited on said light emitting semiconductor, for forming an inner deposition area, wherein said inner deposition area is within said main deposition area;

a first wavelength-converting layer, deposited within said inner deposition area, and adjacent and above said light emitting semiconductor; and

a second wavelength-converting layer, deposited within said main deposition area, and adjacent and above said first wavelength-converting layer.

2. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting units emit a light having a peak wavelength ranging between about 200 nm and about 500 nm.

3. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein said first and second wavelength-converting layers are applied using at least one of precise dispensing, precise stamping, precise jetting, and screen printing.

4. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein said first and second wavelength-converting layers include fluorescent particles mixed with an organic chemical.

5. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 4 , wherein a weight ratio of the fluorescent particles to said organic chemical is about 0.6 to 8.

6. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 4 , wherein said organic chemical is selected from the group consisting of silicone resin, epoxy resin and the combination of silicone resin and epoxy resin.

7. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein said first and second wavelength-converting layers include fluorescent particles mixed with a glass.

8. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 7 , wherein a weight ratio of the fluorescent particles to the glass is about 0.6 to 8.

9. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 7 , wherein said first and second wavelength-converting layers mixed with the glass are applied using at least one of precise dispensing, precise stamping, precise jetting, and screen printing.

10. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 9 , wherein said first and second wavelength-converting layers mixed with the glass are applied at a temperature ranging between about 100° C. and about 500° C.

11. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein said first and second wavelength-converting layers have a convex, a concave, a flat, or a pyramid shape.

12. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein said main frame and said inner frame are made of a transparent material.

13. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 12 , wherein the transparent material is epoxy resin, silicone resin, polyimide resin, glass, quartz, acryl resin, polycarbonate resin, SU-8 resist, BCB resist, or parylene resin.

14. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein said main frame and said inner frame are provided using at least one of spin coating, dip coating, chemical vapor deposition, thermal evaporation, and e-beam evaporation.

15. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein said main frame and said inner frame are composed of a single metallic layer or multiple metallic layers.

16. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein said main frame and said inner frame each has a thickness of about 0.1 μm to about 200 μm.

17. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein said first and second wavelength-converting layers each has a thickness of about 1 μm to about 200 μm.

18. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a light diffusion layer provided on said first and second wavelength-converting layers.

19. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is opaque.

20. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 19 , wherein the substrate is metal, ceramic, or semiconductor.

21. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 20 , further comprising:

a reflection layer provided between the substrate and said light emitting semiconductor.

22. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a surface of said light emitting semiconductor that is adjacent to said first and second wavelength-converting layers is roughened.

23. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein said first and second wavelength-converting layers undergo a heat treatment.

24. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 23 , wherein a temperature of said heat treatment is between about 60° C. and about 300° C.

25. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein said light emitting semiconductor includes:

a p-type semiconductor layer formed on the substrate;

an activation layer provided on the p-type semiconductor layer; and

an n-type semiconductor layer provided on the activation layer.

26. The wafer-type light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein said first and second wavelength-converting layers encapsulate a portion of said main and inner frames.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2011
From: LIU, WEN-HUANG; CHANG, YUAN-HSIAO; KAO, HUNG-JEN; DAN, CHUNG-CHE; FAN, FENG-HSU; CHU, CHEN-FU
To: SEMILEDS OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
TW 99121311 A · Jun 29, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110316017A1 · Dec 29, 2011