Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an LED chip according to the present application. The LED chip 1 provided by the present application may be a common LED chip or a Micro-LED chip, and the LED chip 1 provided by the present application may be a vertical structure (i.e., the anode and the cathode of the LED chip 1 are respectively located at two opposite sides of the LED chip 1), or a horizontal structure (i.e., the anode and the cathode of the LED chip 1 are located at the same side of the LED chip 1).
Specifically, the LED chip 1 provided by the present application includes a chip body 10 and a magnetic member 12 disposed on the chip body 10, wherein the magnetic member 12 is configured to allow the LED chip 1 to be attracted by a magnetic attraction force generated by an external transfer device. In the present embodiment, the chip body 10 may be any one of the prior art, for example, the chip body 10 may include a substrate, an epitaxial layer structure grown on the substrate, and an electrode (e.g., an anode, or an anode and a cathode, etc.) located on the epitaxial layer structure, and the magnetic member 12 may cover the electrode by sputtering or deposition, etc. The material of the magnetic member 12 may be metal, and preferably, iron, cobalt, nickel, or iron-nickel alloy is used, and when the material is used for the magnetic member 12, it is more easily attracted by the magnetic attraction force by the external magnetic field. Of course, in other embodiments, the magnetic member 12 may be the electrode itself of the chip body 10.
In one embodiment, when the magnetic member 12 is the electrode itself, the subsequent step of peeling off the magnetic member 12 may be omitted. When the magnetic member 12 is not an electrode on the chip body 10, in order to facilitate subsequent removal of the magnetic member 12 to expose the electrode, a peeling device (e.g., a laser peeling device, etc.) may be used to directly peel off the magnetic member 12; in order to further reduce the damage to the LED chip 1 when the magnetic element 12 is subsequently removed, please refer to fig. 1 again, the LED chip 1 provided in the present application further includes a sacrificial element 14, wherein the sacrificial element 14 is disposed between the magnetic element 12 and the chip body 10, so as to allow the magnetic element 12 to be peeled off from the chip body 10 by a predetermined peeling means. In the present embodiment, the magnetic member 12 and the sacrificial member 14 are arranged in layers, and are arranged in a stacked manner on a surface of the chip body 10 on a side close to the magnetic member 12. The sacrificial member 14 may be made of photoresist or some material similar to the material of the chip body 10, such as a material containing silicon, and the sacrificial member 14 may be removed by a stripping means, such as laser stripping, so as to more easily separate the magnetic member 12 from the chip body 10. Of course, in other embodiments, the structures of the magnetic member 12 and the sacrificial member 14 may be other; for example, the sacrificial member 14 may be layered, and the magnetic member 12 may be a plurality of magnetic blocks located on the sacrificial member 14; alternatively, the magnetic member 14 may be magnetic particles or the like doped in the sacrificial member 14.
Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an assembly apparatus for a display panel according to the present application, the assembly apparatus provided in the present application includes a transferring device 2 for transferring a plurality of LED chips 1 in any of the above embodiments to a receiving substrate, wherein each LED chip 1 includes a chip main body 10 and a magnetic member 12 disposed on the chip main body 10; the transfer device 2 includes: a transfer substrate 20, a plurality of transfer heads 22, and a control assembly 24.
Specifically, the plurality of transfer heads 22 are fixed to at least one side surface of the transfer substrate 20 in an array; the control assembly 24 is used for respectively controlling the plurality of transfer heads 22 to generate a magnetic attraction force capable of acting on the magnetic member 12 of the corresponding LED chip 1 or release the magnetic attraction force, so that each transfer head 22 can respectively attract or release the LED chip 1. In the present embodiment, the area of the orthographic projection of one transfer head 22 on the transfer substrate 20 is equivalent to the area of the orthographic projection of one LED chip 1 on the transfer substrate 20, and one LED chip 1 can be adsorbed or released by one transfer head 22; of course, in other embodiments, the area corresponding to at least two transfer heads 22 is equivalent to the area corresponding to one LED chip 1, and one LED chip 1 can be adsorbed or released by at least two transfer heads 22.
In one embodiment, transfer head 22 includes a coil 220, coil 220 includes first and second ends a, B that extend, and control assembly 24 is electrically coupled to first and second ends a, B such that control assembly 24 controls coil 220 to generate or remove a magnetic attraction force. The coil 220 may be a planar coil, a sheet coil, a film coil, etc., the coil 220 may be made of copper, silver, etc., and the number of turns of the coil 220 and the magnitude of the current passing through the coil 220 may be set according to actual conditions, which is not limited in the present application.
In another embodiment, the transfer head 22 further includes a plurality of pillars 222 fixed on at least one side surface of the transfer substrate 20, and a coil 220 is disposed around one of the pillars 222, for example, the coil 220 may be spirally wound around an outer surface of the pillar 222, and both the first end a and the second end B of the coil 220 protruding from each other may be disposed toward the transfer substrate 20. When the coil 220 passes through the current, the coil 220 induces an N-pole or S-pole magnetic field at a side of the coil 220 away from the transfer substrate 20, and the coil 220 further generates a magnetic attraction force on the magnetic member 12 because the magnetic member 12 on the LED chip 1 is made of metal. When no current flows through the coil 220, the coil 220 has no induced magnetic field, and the magnetic attraction of the coil 220 to the magnetic member 12 is released. At this time, in order to enhance the magnetic field intensity generated by the coil 220, in addition to increasing the number of turns of the coil 220 and increasing the current passing through the coil 220, the material of the convex pillar 220 may be designed to be metal, and preferably, the convex pillar 220 is iron. When the convex pillar 200 is made of iron, the magnetic field strength generated by the coil 220 can be enhanced to generate stronger magnetic attraction force on the magnetic member 12. Of course, in other embodiments, the coil 220 and the convex pillar 222 may be designed in other manners, for example, the coil 220 is fixed on the end surface of the convex pillar 222 away from the transfer substrate 20.
In yet another embodiment, the control assembly 24 may be located in whole or in part in the transfer substrate 20; to realize that the control assembly 24 independently controls each transfer head 22, referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the control assembly in fig. 2, the control assembly 24 provided in the present application includes:
a current generating circuit 240 for supplying current to the plurality of coils 220, one end of the current generating circuit 240 being connected to a first end a of the coils 220; the current generating circuit 240 may include a power supply, a resistor, and the like, and the magnitude of the current flowing through the coil 220 may be adjusted by changing the power supply voltage, the magnitude of the resistor, and the like.
A plurality of switches 242, one switch 242 is connected to one coil 220, and the switches 242 may be various types of switches, for example, MEMS switches, N-type transistor switches, P-type transistor switches, and the like. The MEMS switch has the advantage of small volume, so the MEMS switch is more suitable for the assembly equipment provided by the application. The switch 242 includes a control terminal K1, a third terminal K2 and a fourth terminal K3, the third terminal K2 is electrically connected to the other terminal of the current generating circuit 240, and the fourth terminal K3 is connected to the second terminal B of the coil 220;
the switch control circuit 244 is used for connecting the control terminals K1 of the switches 242, respectively, and the switch control circuit 244 controls the connection and disconnection between the third terminal K2 and the fourth terminal K3 through the control terminal K1.
In yet another embodiment, referring to fig. 1 again, the LED chip 1 further includes a sacrificial member 14, wherein the sacrificial member 14 is disposed between the magnetic member 12 and the chip body 10; the assembly apparatus provided herein further comprises a peeling means (not shown in fig. 2) for acting on the sacrificial member 14 between the chip body 10 and the magnetic member 12, thereby peeling the magnetic member 12 from the chip body 10. The peeling device may be a laser peeling device or the like. Of course, in other embodiments, the sacrificial member 14 may not be provided, and the peeling device may directly act on the magnetic member 12 to peel the magnetic member 12 from the chip body 10. Still alternatively, the chip body 10 of the LED chip 1 includes an electrode, and the magnetic member 12 is the electrode of the chip body 10, when the magnetic member 12 is the electrode of the chip body 10, the assembly apparatus provided in the present application may not need a peeling device, and a subsequent step of peeling the magnetic member 12 may be omitted.
Referring to fig. 4 to 5, fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of an embodiment of an assembly method of a display panel of the present application, and fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment corresponding to steps S101 to S104 in fig. 4, where the assembly method includes:
s101: providing a donor substrate 3, and arranging a plurality of LED chips 1 on the donor substrate 3, wherein the LED chips 1 comprise a chip main body 10 and a magnetic part 12 arranged on the chip main body 10.
In particular, as shown in fig. 5 a. In one embodiment, the chip body 10 may be formed on the donor substrate 3, and then the magnetic member 12 may be formed on the surface of the chip body 10.
In another embodiment, in order to reduce damage to the chip body 10 when the magnetic member 12 is removed at a later stage, before forming the magnetic member 12, a sacrificial member 14 may be formed on a surface of the chip body 10, and then the magnetic member 12 may be formed on the other side of the sacrificial member 14 away from the chip body 10.
S102: and controlling the plurality of transfer heads 22 to generate a magnetic attraction force, wherein the magnetic attraction force acts on the magnetic part 12 of the corresponding LED chip 1, the magnetic attraction force is larger than the bonding force between the LED chip 1 and the donor substrate 3, so as to attract the plurality of LED chips 1 from the donor substrate 3, and the plurality of transfer heads 22 are fixed on at least one side surface of the transfer substrate 20 in an array manner.
In particular, as shown in fig. 5 b. In one embodiment, the step S102 specifically includes: a switch control circuit 244 in the control unit 24 controls the plurality of switches 242 to be turned on, the coils 220 of the plurality of transfer heads 22 connected to the plurality of switches 242 flow the current output from the current generation circuit 240, and the coils 220 of the plurality of transfer heads 22 generate a magnetic attraction force to attract the plurality of LED chips 1 from the donor substrate 3; for example, as shown in fig. 5b, the control component 24 controls the two left switches 242 in fig. 5b to be turned on, and the transfer heads 22 (A, B labeled in fig. 5 b) corresponding to the two left switches 242 generate magnetic attraction force, so as to attract the two left LED chips 1 (a and b labeled in fig. 5 b) on the corresponding donor substrate 3.
S103: the transfer substrate 20 is moved above the receiving substrate 4.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 5c, the position of the transfer substrate 20 may be moved by a robot arm or the like, and the transfer head 22 with the LED chip 1 adsorbed on the transfer substrate 20 may be aligned with a predetermined position on the receiving substrate 4; the receiving substrate 4 may be an array substrate or an intermediate substrate.
S104: the plurality of transfer heads 22 are controlled to remove the magnetic attraction force, so that the plurality of transfer heads 22 release the plurality of LED chips 1 to the receiving substrate 4.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 5d, the switch control circuit 244 in the control assembly 24 controls the plurality of switches 242 to be turned off, no current flows through the coils 220 in the plurality of transfer heads 22 correspondingly connected to the plurality of switches 242, and the coils 220 in the plurality of transfer heads 22 remove the magnetic attraction force to release the plurality of LED chips 1 to the receiving substrate 4. For example, as shown in fig. 5d, the control component 24 controls the left switch 242 in fig. 5d to be turned off, and the transfer head 22 (as labeled a in fig. 5 d) corresponding to the left switch 242 releases the magnetic attraction force, so as to release the LED chip 1 (as labeled a in fig. 5 d) to the receiving substrate 4. For the LED chip 1 (B as labeled in fig. 5 d) on the other transfer head 22 (B as labeled in fig. 5 d), the control component 24 controls the transfer head 22 (B as labeled in fig. 5 d) not to release it due to the LED chip 1 (B as labeled in fig. 5 d) failing to detect the performance or the position not being aligned with the predetermined position on the receiving substrate 4.
In other embodiments, after step S104, the assembling method provided by the present application further includes: the magnetic member 12 on the LED chip 1 is removed to expose the chip body 10. Specifically, as shown in fig. 5e, in the present embodiment, a sacrificial member 14 is further disposed between the chip body 10 and the magnetic member 12 in the LED chip 1, and the sacrificial member 14 is peeled off by a peeling device such as laser peeling, so as to separate the magnetic member 12 from the chip body 10. In addition, in order to avoid the relative displacement between the LED chip 1 and the receiving substrate 4 in the process of removing the magnetic member 12, before removing the magnetic member 12, the relative position between the LED chip 1 and the receiving substrate 4 may be fixed, for example, a layer of solder may be coated on the receiving substrate 4, and the relative position between the LED chip 1 and the receiving substrate 4 may be fixed by means of thermal reflow; for example, an adhesive may be applied to the receiving substrate 4, and the LED chip 1 and the receiving substrate 4 may be fixed in position relative to each other by the adhesiveness of the adhesive.
In summary, different from the prior art, on one hand, the chip body of the LED chip provided in the present application is provided with a magnetic member, which can be attracted under the action of the magnetic attraction force generated by the external transfer device, so that the LED chip is attracted; compared with the traditional mechanical grabbing of the LED chips, the magnetic adsorption can reduce the damage to the LED chips, and the magnetic adsorption is more convenient, so that the efficiency of arranging the LED chips in the display panel can be improved.
On the other hand, the transfer device in the display panel's equipment that provides of this application includes a plurality of transfer heads and control assembly, and control assembly can control every transfer head alone and produce or remove the magnetic attraction that can act on the magnetic part of the LED chip that corresponds to make every transfer head can adsorb respectively or release the LED chip, thereby can realize carrying out the selectivity to a plurality of LED chips and shift, and then improve the efficiency that sets up a plurality of LED chips in display panel.
The above embodiments are merely examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure, and all modifications, equivalents, and flow charts using the contents of the specification and drawings of the present disclosure or those directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields are intended to be included in the scope of the present disclosure.