摘要:
LED dies are mounted a single submount tile (or wafer). The LED dies have a light emitting top surface. A uniformly thick layer of UV sensitive silicone infused with phosphor is then deposited over the tile, including over the tops and sides of the LED dies. Only the silicone/phosphor over the top and sides of the LED dies is desired, so the silicone/phosphor directly on the tile needs to be removed. The silicone/phosphor layer is then masked to expose the areas that are to remain to UV light, which creates a cross-linked silicone. The unexposed silicone/phosphor layer is then dissolved with a solvent and removed from the tile surface. The silicone/phosphor layer may be defined to expose a wire bond electrode on the LED dies. The tile is ultimately singulated to produce individual phosphor-converted LEDs.
摘要:
A method for fabricating an LED/phosphor structure is described where an array of blue light emitting diode (LED) dies are mounted on a submount wafer. A phosphor powder is mixed with an organic polymer binder, such as an acrylate or nitrocellulose. The liquid or paste mixture is then deposited over the LED dies or other substrate as a substantially uniform layer. The organic binder is then removed by being burned away in air, or being subject to an O2 plasma process, or dissolved, leaving a porous layer of phosphor grains sintered together. The porous phosphor layer is impregnated with a sol-gel (e.g., a sol-gel of TEOS or MTMS) or liquid glass (e.g., sodium silicate or potassium silicate), also known as water glass, which saturates the porous structure. The structure is then heated to cure the inorganic glass binder, leaving a robust glass binder that resists yellowing, among other desirable properties.
摘要:
An LED bulb includes a metal lead frame (96) on which is directly mounted a low beam set of first LED dies (14), a high beam set of second LED dies (16), and a high beam set of third LED dies (16). The lead frame (96) is bent so that the first LED dies (14) face upwards and the second and third LED dies (16) face sideways and in opposite directions. A thermally conductive opaque plastic body (98) is molded around the lead frame (96) and exposes the LED dies. The body (98) includes light-blocking features (26, 32, 36) to cause the light emission pattern of the first LED dies (14) to be limited in lateral and vertical directions for a low beam of a headlight. The light-blocking features (26, 32, 36) also cause the light emission pattern of the second and third LED dies (16) to be less limited in the lateral and vertical directions for a wider high beam of the headlight.
摘要:
Conventional techniques are used to control the flux of an LED element, by modifying a surface of a light emitting element. One type of modification is roughening the surface, to enhance the light extraction efficiency. The degree of modification of the surface is controlled by controlling one or more of the parameters associated with the modification process. A given LED technology will have some minimum flux without modification and some maximum flux with optimal modification. By characterizing the relationship between the parameters of the modifying process and the resultant flux, the parameters of the modification process can be controlled to achieve a desired flux between the minimum and maximum flux achievable by the given LED technology.
摘要:
LED dies are mounted a single submount tile (or wafer). The LED dies have a light emitting top surface. A uniformly thick layer of UV sensitive silicone infused with phosphor is then deposited over the tile, including over the tops and sides of the LED dies. Only the silicone/phosphor over the top and sides of the LED dies is desired, so the silicone/phosphor directly on the tile needs to be removed. The silicone/phosphor layer is then masked to expose the areas that are to remain to UV light, which creates a cross-linked silicone. The unexposed silicone/phosphor layer is then dissolved with a solvent and removed from the tile surface. The silicone/phosphor layer may be defined to expose a wire bond electrode on the LED dies. The tile is ultimately singulated to produce individual phosphor-converted LEDs.