TW201714330A - Light emitting device with beveled reflector, beveled luminescent structure and manufacturing method of the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A light emitting device, including an LED semiconductor die, a photoluminescent structure and a reflector, is disclosed. The photoluminescent structure with a beveled edge surface is disposed on top of the LED semiconductor die, wherein a lower surface of the photoluminescent structure adheres to an upper surface of the LED semiconductor die. A reflective resin material is disposed surrounding edge surfaces of the LED semiconductor die and the photoluminescent structure forming a beveled reflector. A method to manufacture the above light emitting device is also disclosed. Advantages of this light emitting device with beveled reflector include increasing the light extraction efficiency, making the viewing angle tunable, improving the spatial color uniformity and reducing the light source etendue realized in a compact form factor size.

Description

Light-emitting device with guide angle reflection structure, fluorescent structure and manufacturing method thereof

The present invention relates to a light-emitting device, a fluorescent structure, and a method of fabricating the same, and more particularly to a light-emitting device having an LED chip, a fluorescent structure included therein, and a method of fabricating the same.

LED (Light Emitting Diode) wafers are commonly used to provide illumination or indication light sources, and LED wafers are typically placed in a package structure or may be covered or covered by a phosphor material to become a Light emitting device.

The illuminating device can obtain good luminous efficiency and a specific illuminating angle through a suitable design scheme, for example, a conventional cost-effective bracket type (PLCC) LED package, and the design of the reflecting cup can increase the luminous efficiency and achieve a specific Luminous angle, but the bracket type LED package has its inherent limitations. For example, the difference in the traveling path of light in the fluorescent glue causes the spatial light uniformity to be poor and produces a yellow halo, and the light-emitting area is much larger than the LED chip area, resulting in a specific direction unit. The area light intensity (intensity) is low, and the light-emitting area is large, which makes the secondary optical lens difficult to design, and the thermal resistance is large, which makes heat dissipation difficult. Therefore, the use of an LED flip chip for chip scale packaging to fabricate a small-sized light-emitting device to approach an ideal point source can effectively solve the above problem, and the production cost can be further reduced by a small-sized wafer-level package. Therefore, this trend has become the goal of the industry. However, when the size of the light-emitting device is increasingly reduced, a solution that can be applied to a large size will become difficult to apply to a small-sized light-emitting device.

In the current small-sized light-emitting device, due to limitations of the existing process technology, the reflective structure vertically covers the side of the fluorescent structure, and the structure causes the light incident on the reflective structure inside the fluorescent material to be limited by the critical angle. Most of the light is reflected back into the fluorescent material or the LED chip, and is not easily guided to the top surface of the fluorescent structure to be taken out of the light emitting device, thereby causing more light energy loss inside the light emitting device, so the luminous efficiency can be further improved. Upgrade. In addition, there is no effective solution for adjusting the illumination angle of current small-sized illumination devices.

In view of the above, there is provided a technical solution for improving the luminous efficiency of the light-emitting device, improving the spatial light uniformity, reducing the divergence angle, and approaching the ideal point light source, reducing the thermal resistance or adjusting the illumination angle. The problem.

An object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting device, a fluorescent structure and a manufacturing method thereof, which can improve the luminous efficiency and spatial light uniformity of the light-emitting device to avoid the generation of yellow halos, or adjust the light-emitting angle thereof, and have a small light-emitting area. And low thermal resistance.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting device, a fluorescent structure, and a manufacturing method thereof, which can enable a small-sized light-emitting device to have good luminous efficiency and/or spatial light uniformity to avoid the generation of yellow halos, or to adjust Beam angle.

To achieve the above objective, a light emitting device disclosed in the present invention comprises an LED chip, a fluorescent structure and a reflective structure. The LED chip has an upper surface, a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, a side surface, and an electrode group formed between the upper surface and the lower surface, the electrode group being disposed on the lower surface; The light structure is disposed on the LED chip, and has a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and a side surface formed between the top surface and the bottom surface, wherein the top surface is larger than the bottom surface, so that the side surface is opposite The top surface and the bottom surface are inclined, and the bottom surface is located on the upper surface of the LED chip; the reflective structure covers the side of the LED chip and the side of the fluorescent structure.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for fabricating a light-emitting device according to the present invention includes: forming a fluorescent structure having a reverse tapered side; the fluorescent structure is disposed on an LED wafer to form a light emitting structure; And coating the side of the light emitting structure to form a reflective structure having an inverted tapered inner corner.

In order to achieve the above objective, a fluorescent structure disclosed in the present invention comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, a side surface formed on the top surface and the bottom surface, and a fluorescent material disposed in the fluorescent structure, wherein The top surface is larger than the bottom surface such that the side surface is an inclined side surface, and one of the top surfaces has a length of not more than 3.0 mm, and one of the top surfaces has a width of not more than 2.0 mm.

To achieve the above object, a method for fabricating a fluorescent structure according to the present invention includes: providing a fluorescent film; providing a punching cutter having a plurality of connected blades; and punching the punching tool using the punching tool a fluorescent film, wherein the fluorescent film is divided into a plurality of fluorescent structures; wherein the fluorescent structures comprise a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface formed on the top surface and the bottom surface, the top surface being larger than the bottom surface So that the side is an inclined side.

Thereby, the illuminating device and the manufacturing method thereof of the present invention can at least provide the following beneficial effects: the reflective structure with the lead angle enables the light of the LED chip to be more easily captured to the illuminating device. In addition, the luminous efficiency and/or light uniformity can be increased; in addition, the fluorescent structure can be slightly larger than the LED wafer, so that the light-emitting device can have a small-sized appearance. On the other hand, in addition to the fluorescent structure having the inclined side surface, the inclination angle of the inclined side surface can be adjusted to control the light-emitting angle.

The above objects, technical features and advantages will be more apparent from the following description.

1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F, 1G, 1H, 1I, 1J, 1K‧‧‧ illuminating devices

10‧‧‧LED chip

11‧‧‧ upper surface

12‧‧‧ Lower surface

13‧‧‧ side

14‧‧‧Electrode group

20‧‧‧Fluorescent structure

20’‧‧‧Transparent structure

201‧‧‧Fluorescent layer

201’‧‧‧Fluorescent layer

202‧‧‧Transparent layer

203‧‧‧ lens array layer

21‧‧‧ top surface

22‧‧‧ bottom

23‧‧‧Side, sloping side

23’‧‧‧Vertical side

30‧‧‧Reflective structure

31‧‧‧ inside

32‧‧‧Inner guide angle, inside slope

33‧‧‧ top surface

34‧‧‧ bottom

35‧‧‧Outside

40‧‧‧Substrate

50, 50', 50" ‧ ‧ auxiliary materials

60‧‧‧Cutting cutter

61‧‧‧blade

70‧‧‧Saw wheel, double angle milling cutter

71‧‧‧blade

L‧‧‧Light

X‧‧‧ upward tilt

T‧‧‧ thickness

W‧‧‧ length

H‧‧‧ Height

Fig. 1 is a schematic view showing a light-emitting device according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view showing a light-emitting device according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a schematic view of a light-emitting device according to a third preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a schematic view of a light-emitting device according to a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a schematic view of a light-emitting device according to a fifth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a schematic view of a light-emitting device according to a sixth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a schematic view of a light-emitting device according to a seventh preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 8 is a schematic view of a light-emitting device according to an eighth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 9 is a schematic view of a light-emitting device according to a ninth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 10 is a schematic view of a light-emitting device according to a tenth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

11A to 11D are views showing the steps of forming a fluorescent film according to a method of manufacturing a light-emitting device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

12A to 12C are views showing the steps of forming another fluorescent film in the method of manufacturing the light-emitting device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 13A and Fig. 13B are schematic diagrams and comparison diagrams of light transmission in the light-emitting device (the fluorescent layer of the fluorescent structure is not shown).

14 and 15 are schematic views showing the steps of forming a further fluorescent film in accordance with a method of fabricating a light-emitting device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

16A to 16F are views showing the steps of punching a fluorescent film according to a method of manufacturing a light-emitting device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 17 is a view showing the steps of cutting a fluorescent film according to a method of manufacturing a light-emitting device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

18A and 18B are schematic diagrams showing the steps of forming a light-emitting structure in accordance with a method of fabricating a light-emitting device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 19 is a schematic view showing the steps of forming a reflective structure in a method of fabricating a light-emitting device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 20 is a schematic view showing the steps of removing an auxiliary material in a method of manufacturing a light-emitting device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 21 is a view showing the steps of cutting a reflection structure of a method of manufacturing a light-emitting device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

22A to 22B, 22D and 22E are schematic views of a light-emitting device according to an eleventh preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein 22D and 22E further illustrate light transmission in the light-emitting device. And Fig. 22C shows a schematic diagram of light transmission when the illuminating device has a uniformly distributed fluorescent material.

Referring to Fig. 1, there is shown a schematic view of a light-emitting device according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention. The illuminating device 1A can include an LED chip 10, a fluorescent structure 20 and a reflective structure 30, and the technical contents of the components will be described below.

The LED chip 10 can be a flip-chip wafer and can have an upper surface 11, a lower surface 12, a side surface 13 and an electrode group 14 in appearance. The upper surface 11 and the lower surface 12 are opposite and oppositely disposed, and the side surface 13 is formed between the upper surface 11 and the lower surface 12, and connects the upper surface 11 and the lower surface 12. The electrode group 14 is disposed on the lower surface 12 and may have more than two electrodes. Electrical energy (not shown) can be supplied into the LED wafer 10 through the electrode group 14, and then the LED wafer 10 is illuminated. Most of the light emitted by the LED wafer 10 exits from the upper surface 11.

The phosphor structure 20 can change the wavelength of the light emitted by the LED chip 10, and can have a top surface 21, a bottom surface 22 and a side surface 23 in appearance; the top surface 21 and the bottom surface 22 are opposite and opposite, and the side surface 23 is formed. Between the top surface 21 and the bottom surface 22, and connecting the top surface 21 and the bottom surface 22. The top surface 21 and the bottom surface 22 may be horizontal, so that the two may be parallel.

The top surface 21 is larger than the bottom surface 22, that is, the area of the top surface 21 is larger than the area of the bottom surface 22, so that the top surface 21 can cover the bottom surface 22 as viewed downward in the normal direction. When the top surface 21 is larger than the bottom surface 22, the side surface 23 will be inclined with respect to the top surface 21 and the bottom surface 22, so the side Face 23 can also be referred to as sloped side 23. Since the inclined side surface 23 is formed along the contour of the top surface 21 and the bottom surface 22, the inclined side surface 23 is annular with respect to the top surface 21 and the bottom surface 22. Thus, the phosphor structure 20 appears as a frustum in appearance and the side 23 is an inverted cone side.

The phosphor structure 20 may include a phosphor layer 201 and at least one light transmissive layer 202, and at least one light transmissive layer 202 is formed on the phosphor layer 201, or the light transmissive layer 202 may be stacked on the phosphor layer. 201. The light transmissive layer 202 and the phosphor layer 201 can pass light, so that the manufacturing material can include a light transmissive material such as a light transmissive resin, and the material of the phosphor layer 201 further includes a phosphor powder, which is mixed with In the light-transmitting material. As the light from the LED wafer 10 passes through the phosphor layer 201, the wavelength of some of the light will change and then continue through the light transmissive layer 202.

Although the light transmissive layer 202 does not change the wavelength of the light, the phosphor layer 201 can be protected so that substances in the environment do not easily contact the phosphor layer 201. In addition, the light transmissive layer 202 can also increase the overall structural strength of the phosphor structure 20 to make the phosphor structure 20 less flexible, providing sufficient operability in production.

The phosphor structure 20 is disposed on the LED chip 10 at a position, and the bottom surface 22 of the phosphor structure 20 is located on the upper surface 11 of the LED chip 10. Therefore, the top surface 21 and the inclined side surface 23 are also located on the upper surface 11 of the LED chip 10. . In other words, the phosphor structure 20 is entirely located on the upper surface 11 of the LED wafer 10.

Preferably, the bottom surface 22 of the phosphor structure 20 can be adhered to the upper surface 11 of the LED chip 10 through a viscous material (not shown) such as a glue (for example, silicone) or tape, so that the fluorescent structure 20 and The fixing between the LED chips 10 is better. In addition, the bottom surface 22 of the phosphor structure 20 can be no less than (ie, greater than or equal to) the upper surface 11 of the LED wafer 10, so that the fluorescent structure 20 can shield the LED wafer 10 as viewed downward in the normal direction.

The reflective structure 30 covers the side surface 13 of the LED chip 10 and the inclined side surface 23 of the fluorescent structure 20 without covering the top surface 21 of the fluorescent structure 20; in this embodiment, the inclined side surface 23 of the fluorescent structure 20 is completely Coated. The reflective structure 30 blocks the light from the LED wafer 10 so that the light is reflected at the side 13 and the inclined side 23 and ultimately directed to the top surface 21.

Preferably, when the reflective structure 30 covers the side surface 13 and the inclined side surface 23, the side surface 13 and the inclined side surface 23 are adhered so that there is no gap between the reflective structure 30 and the side surface 13 and the inclined side surface 23. Therefore, the reflecting structure 30 has an inner side surface 31 which is in contact with the side surface 13 and an inner guiding angle (or inner side inclined surface) 32 which is in contact with the inclined side surface 23: due to the inclined side surface 23 The inner tapered corner 32 is an inverted tapered inner side surface, so that the reflective structure 30 exhibits an inner corner reflecting surface. In addition, one top surface 33 of the reflective structure 30 can be flush with the top surface 21 of the fluorescent structure 20; the reflective structure 30 further has an outer side surface 35 separated from the inner side surface 31 and the inner side slope surface 32, and the outer side surface 35 can be It is a vertical surface.

In the manufacturing material, the reflective structure 30 may be made of a material comprising a reflective resin, such as polyphthalamide (PPA) or poly(cyclohexane). Polycyclolexylene-di-methylene Terephthalate (PCT) or Epoxy molding compound (EMC).

The reflective structure 30 can also be made of another material comprising a light transmissive resin, and the light transmissive resin comprises reflective particles. The light transmissive resin may be, for example, silicone or low reflection coefficient silicone (having a refractive index of about 1.35 to 1.45), and the reflective particles may be titanium dioxide (TiO ₂ ), boron nitride (BN), or cerium oxide (SiO ₂ ). Or aluminum oxide (Al ₂ O ₃ ); the size of the reflective particles can be set to about 0.5 times the wavelength of visible light. In addition to the above-described materials of manufacture, the reflective structure 30 may also be made of other materials.

The above is the technical content of each element of the light-emitting device 1A, and the light-emitting device 1A has at least the following technical features.

As shown in FIG. 13A, the phosphor structure 20 has an inclined side surface 23 such that the light L of the LED wafer 10, or the light emitted by the phosphor layer 201 (as shown in FIG. 1), can be along the inclined side 23 The fluorescent structure 20 is more efficiently emitted; in other words, the inclined side surface 23 is configured to guide the light L out of the top surface 21 of the fluorescent structure 20, and the light L is not easily reflected back into the fluorescent structure 20 or the LED wafer 10. Thus, the loss of light energy is reduced. Therefore, the light L emitted from the LED wafer 10 can be well extracted from the fluorescent structure 20, so that the light-emitting device 1A as a whole has good luminous efficiency. When compared with the fluorescent structure 20 having no inclined sides (as shown in FIG. 13B, the light L is likely to be mostly reflected back to the fluorescent structure 20 or the LED wafer 10 on the top surface 21 due to the critical angle limitation), The phosphor structure 20 having the inclined side faces 23 will be more easily understood for the improvement of luminous efficiency.

In addition, the inclined side surface 23 of the fluorescent structure 20 can improve the light extraction efficiency, and can also have good spatial light uniformity of the light-emitting device 1A, thereby avoiding the generation of yellow halos. Moreover, when the inclined side faces 23 have different inclination angles, the light-emitting device 1A has different hairs. The angle of light, so through the design of the tilt angle, the purpose of adjusting the angle of illumination can be achieved.

In addition to increasing the luminous efficiency by tilting the side surface 23, the fluorescent structure 20 can also increase the luminous efficiency by adjusting the refractive index of the light transmitting layer 202 to be smaller than the refractive index of the fluorescent layer 201. That is, the refractive index of the light transmissive layer 202 can be between the phosphor layer 201 and the air, so that when the light of the LED chip 10 enters the air through the light transmissive layer 202, the interface can be reduced due to the difference in refractive index. reflection.

If the light-transmitting layer 202 is two or more (not shown), the refractive indices of the light-transmitting layers 202 may be different (that is, the manufacturing materials of the two light-transmitting layers 202 are different), and the refractive index of the upper layer is smaller than The refractive index of the person below. In this way, the luminous efficiency can be further improved.

On the other hand, the fluorescent structure 20 can be only a little larger than the LED chip 10. Therefore, when the LED chip 10 is small, the fluorescent structure 20 can also be set to a small size; and the reflective structure 30 for coating can also be set to be small. The size is such that the size of the final light-emitting device 1A is small. In other words, if the size of the light-emitting device 1A needs to be designed to be a small one or a chip scale, it is also possible to use the fluorescent structure 20, and it is also possible to increase luminous efficiency and the like. In one example, the width and length of the illumination device 1A correspond to the length and width of the reflective structure 30, and the width is no greater than 2.0 mm, and the length is no greater than 3.0 mm.

The above is the description of the technical content of the light-emitting device 1A. Next, the technical contents of the light-emitting device according to other embodiments of the present invention will be described, and the technical contents of the light-emitting devices of the respective embodiments should be referred to each other, so that the same portions will be omitted or simplified. .

Referring to Fig. 2, there is shown a schematic view of a light-emitting device according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention. The light-emitting device 1B differs from the other light-emitting devices at least in that the light-transmitting layer 202 is formed under the fluorescent layer 201 in the fluorescent structure 20 of the light-emitting device 1B. That is, the light transmissive layer 202 is located between the phosphor layer 201 and the upper surface 11 of the LED wafer 10, so that the phosphor layer 201 does not contact the LED wafer 10. Therefore, the thermal energy generated when the LED chip 10 operates does not affect the phosphor layer 201, that is, the temperature of the phosphor layer 201 is less increased due to thermal energy, so the efficiency of the phosphor layer 201 in converting the wavelength of the light is , not easy to decay. Further, the refractive index of the phosphor layer 201 may be smaller than the refractive index of the light transmissive layer 202 to increase luminous efficiency.

Referring to Fig. 3, there is shown a schematic view of a light-emitting device according to a third preferred embodiment of the present invention. The light-emitting device 1C is different from the other light-emitting devices at least in that the fluorescent structure 20 of the light-emitting device 1C further includes a lens array layer 203 formed on the fluorescent layer 201. The lens array layer 203 can be integrally formed with the light transmissive layer 202, so that the light transmissive layer 202 can be regarded as a part of the lens array layer 203; the lens array layer 203 can be higher than the top surface 33 of the reflective structure 30 such that the top surface of the fluorescent structure 20 21 is higher than the top surface 33 of the reflective structure 30. The lens array layer 203 can further increase the luminous efficiency of the light-emitting device 1C.

Referring to Fig. 4, there is shown a schematic view of a light-emitting device according to a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention. The light emitting device 1D is different from the other light emitting devices at least in that the fluorescent structure 20 of the light emitting device 1D includes a plurality of light transmitting layers 202, and the fluorescent layer 201 is formed between the light transmitting layers 202. In such a configuration, the light transmissive layer 202 can protect the phosphor layer 201 and can reduce the influence of the thermal energy of the LED wafer 10 on the phosphor layer 201. Further, the refractive index of the phosphor layer 201 may be smaller than the refractive index of the light transmissive layer 202 located below, but larger than the refractive index of the light transmissive layer 202 located above to increase the luminous efficiency.

Referring to Fig. 5, there is shown a schematic view of a light-emitting device according to a fifth preferred embodiment of the present invention. The light-emitting device 1E is different from the other light-emitting devices at least in that the fluorescent structure 20 of the light-emitting device 1E is a single-layer fluorescent structure, that is, only the fluorescent layer 201 is included, and there is no light-transmitting layer. Therefore, the thickness of the phosphor layer 201 can be large, and a large proportion of light can be converted into a wavelength, which is suitable for an LED light-emitting device that requires a large amount of converted light wavelength, such as a white LED with a low color temperature.

Please refer to FIG. 6, which is a schematic diagram of a light-emitting device according to a sixth preferred embodiment of the present invention. The illuminating device 1F is different from the other illuminating devices. The illuminating device 1F further includes a substrate 40. The LED chip 10 and the reflective structure 30 are disposed on the substrate 40. The electrode assembly 14 of the LED chip 10 is further electrically connected to the substrate. 40. The substrate 40 is an element capable of transmitting electrical energy (for example, a circuit board, a bracket, etc.), so that electric energy can be supplied to the light-emitting device 1F through the substrate 40. The reflective structure 30 can further extend between the lower surface 12 of the LED wafer 10 and the substrate 40.

Referring to Fig. 7, there is shown a schematic view of a light-emitting device according to a seventh preferred embodiment of the present invention. The light emitting device 1G is different from the other light emitting devices at least in that the top surface 21 of the fluorescent structure 20 of the light emitting device 1G is higher than the top surface 33 of the reflective structure 30, and the inclined side surface 23 of the fluorescent structure 20 is partially exposed to the reflective structure 30. . In other words, the reflective structure 30 only partially covers the sloped side 23 of the phosphor structure 20. Since the top surface 33 of the reflective structure 30 is lower than the top surface 21 of the fluorescent structure 20, the reflective structure 30 does not spread to the top surface 21 of the fluorescent structure 20 when formed, thereby increasing the tolerance of the process error, which is effective. Improve yield and productivity, so you don’t need to resort to The production method can be further reduced by referring to the manufacturing method in the later-described embodiment.

Referring to Fig. 8, there is shown a schematic view of a light-emitting device according to an eighth preferred embodiment of the present invention. The light-emitting device 1H is different from the other light-emitting devices at least in that the reflective structure 30 of the light-emitting device 1H completely covers the inclined side surface 23 of the fluorescent structure 20, but the top surface 33 of the reflective structure 30 is not a flat surface but is guided from the inside. The corner 32 is gradually inclined downward; in other words, the top surface 33 of the reflective structure 30 is recessed downward from the top surface 21 of the fluorescent structure 20. This type of reflective structure 30 can also increase the tolerance of the process error when formed.

Referring to Fig. 9, there is shown a schematic view of a light-emitting device according to a ninth preferred embodiment of the present invention. The light-emitting device 1I is different from the other light-emitting devices at least in that the top surface 21 of the fluorescent structure 20 of the light-emitting device 1I can shield the reflective structure 30 in the normal direction; that is, viewed downward along the normal direction, only The fluorescent structure 20 is observed, and the reflective structure 30 is not observed. As such, the width and length of the reflective structure 30 will be further reduced, enabling the illumination device 1I to have a smaller size.

Referring to Fig. 10, there is shown a schematic view of a light-emitting device according to a tenth preferred embodiment of the present invention. The light-emitting device 1J differs from other light-emitting devices at least in that the fluorescent structure 20 of the light-emitting device 1J can tilt the bottom surface 34 of the reflective structure 30 upward. Specifically, when the reflective structure 30 is formed, it is formed by curing a liquid manufacturing material at a relatively high temperature, and the curing process causes the volume of the reflective structure 30 to be reduced, and the cooling process also causes the reflective structure 30 and the fluorescent structure. The volume of the light structure 20 is reduced. Since the fluorescent structure 20 is attached to the reflective structure 30, when the volume is reduced, the bottom surface 34 of the reflective structure 30 is inclined upward in response to the deformation.

The amount of upward tilt X of the bottom surface 34 is related to factors such as material characteristics and dimensional differences of the fluorescent structure 20 and the reflective structure 30, so adjusting the factors can obtain the required amount of upward tilt X. Preferably, the amount of upward tilt X is at least 3 microns.

The upward tilting of the bottom surface 34 provides the following beneficial effects: when the light emitting device 1J is bonded to a substrate (not shown), thermal energy is often applied to the light emitting device 1J and the substrate (for example, in a reflow process or eutectic bonding). When heat is applied, the thermal energy causes the reflective structure 30 and the fluorescent structure 20 to expand; if not tilted upward, the bottom surface 34 of the expanded reflective structure 30 may push the substrate, and then cause the light-emitting device 1J to be lifted, thereby The joint failure is caused; however, the bottom surface 34 of the reflective structure 30 of the light-emitting device 1J of the present embodiment does not push the substrate because the bottom surface 34 is inclined upward.

In the light-emitting devices 1A to 1J of the above-described embodiments, the technical contents thereof should be applicable to each other, and are not limited to the embodiments thereof. For example, the lens array layer 203 of the light-emitting device 1C, the substrate 40 of the light-emitting device 1F, the upwardly inclined bottom surface 34 of the light-emitting device 1J, and the like can be applied to the light-emitting device of other embodiments (not shown). In the illuminating device 1A-1J, the fluorescent structure 20 can be added to the plurality of the fluorescent layer 201 and the transparent layer 202 according to design requirements, and the stacking order can be appropriately adjusted, or appropriately in the fluorescent structure 20. A filler such as titanium oxide (TiO ₂ ) is added to obtain the best effect as a whole.

Furthermore, the technical contents of the light-emitting devices 1A-1J can also be applied to the production of a monochromatic LED 1K that emits monochromatic light. As shown in FIG. 22A, the light-emitting device 1K has the fluorescent structure 20 of the foregoing embodiment as a Instead of the transparent structure 20' formed by the transparent material, the transparent structure 20' does not contain a phosphor layer or a fluorescent material, whereby the light emitted by the LED wafer 10 does not pass through the transparent structure 20'. Conversion. Thus, a small-sized light-emitting device capable of producing monochromatic light such as red light, green light, blue light, infrared light, or ultraviolet light has a small divergence angle and a small light-emitting area to facilitate secondary lens design and low thermal resistance. Can adjust the luminous angle and other benefits.

Since some applications require high directivity light sources, it is necessary to further reduce the divergence angle. As shown in Fig. 22B, when the side surface inclination angle of the transparent structure 20' is zero (i.e., becomes the vertical side surface 23'), a smaller divergence angle can be obtained. This divergence angle can in turn be further reduced by increasing the height H of the reflective structure 30. Preferably, the height H of the reflective structure 30 is not less than 0.1 times the length W of the LED wafer 10, and is not more than 5 times the length W of the LED wafer 10 (ie, the aspect ratio is 0.1 ≦H/W ≦ 5). Although the transparent structure 20' of the vertical side 23' sacrifices the overall light extraction efficiency, the reduced divergence angle can concentrate the light energy, causing an increase in the luminous flux per unit area (i.e., illuminance) in a specific direction, thereby conforming to the high directivity light source. Applications. Preferably, the transparent structure 20' is made of a transparent material having a low refractive index, and the closer the refractive index is to 1, the better the effect of increasing the illuminance.

Further, if a phosphor layer 201' (as shown in Fig. 22D) is disposed at the bottom of the transparent structure 20', the application of the high directivity white light source can be further satisfied. For example, as shown in FIG. 22C, when the fluorescent material of the light-emitting device is uniformly distributed in the transparent structure 20', the light L will be scattered when it encounters the fluorescent material, and the directivity of the light cannot be improved by the reflective structure 30. Therefore, disposing the phosphor layer 201' at the bottom of the transparent structure 20' (and stackable on the LED wafer 10) can prevent the light L from being scattered within the transparent structure 20'. As shown in Figure 22D, in In the case where there is no scattering in the transparent structure 20', the light L having a large incident angle (large angle with the vertical direction) will be reflected by the reflection structure 30 a plurality of times, causing the light intensity to be rapidly attenuated, and it is not easy to be separated from the transparent structure 20' ( Since the light L is easily reflected back on the top surface of the transparent structure 20' and returned to the transparent structure 20'); as shown in Fig. 22E, the light L having a small incident angle (small angle with the vertical direction) is rarely reflected by the structure 30. Reflected, it is easy to get detached from the transparent structure 20'. Thus, the light-emitting device 1K can filter out most of the light L having a large incident angle, so that the light L emitted as a whole has a small divergence angle and a high directivity.

The above-described light-emitting device 1K may also be a wafer-level packaged light-emitting device, that is, the transparent structure 20' is equal to or slightly larger than the LED wafer 10 in length and width, and the reflective structure 30 is slightly larger than the LED wafer 10. As such, the light-emitting device 1K can improve the current known light-emitting device from failing to conform to the wafer-level package having a small divergence angle.

Next, a method of manufacturing a light-emitting device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which can manufacture the light-emitting devices 1A-1J which are the same or similar to the above-described embodiments, and the technical contents of the manufacturing method and the light-emitting devices 1A-1J will be described. The technical content can be referred to each other. The manufacturing method may comprise three stages: forming a fluorescent structure having a reverse tapered side; placing the fluorescent structure on an LED wafer to form a light emitting structure; and coating the side of the light emitting structure to form A reflective structure having an inverted tapered inner corner. The technical contents of each stage are described in the following order.

The formation of the fluorescent structure 20 can be divided into indirect formation or direct formation. Indirect formation means that after forming a fluorescent film, the fluorescent film is divided into a plurality of fluorescent structures. Please refer to FIGS. 11A to 11D, which are schematic diagrams of the steps of "forming a fluorescent film". As shown in Fig. 11A, an auxiliary material (e.g., release film) 50 is first provided, and the auxiliary material 50 may be placed on a support structure (e.g., a ruthenium substrate or a glass substrate, not shown).

As shown in FIG. 11B, the phosphor layer 201 is then formed on the auxiliary material 50, which can be achieved by a process such as spray coating, printing, or molding, that is, fluorescent light. The manufacturing material of the layer 201 is disposed on the auxiliary material 50 by these processes, and the fluorescent layer 201 can be formed after the manufacturing material is cured. The method for forming a phosphor layer disclosed in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. US-A-2010/0119839 and U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2010/0123386 is also applicable to the present embodiment, which can well control the thickness and uniformity of the phosphor layer; The technical content of the application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

As shown in FIG. 11C, the light transmissive layer 202 is then formed on the phosphor layer 201, This can be achieved by processes such as spraying, printing, molding or dispensing. If more than two light transmissive layers 202 are to be formed, the spraying process is suitable. As shown in FIG. 11D, after the light transmissive layer 202 is formed, the auxiliary material 50 can be removed to obtain a phosphor film 200 composed of the light transmissive layer 202 and the phosphor layer 201. The fluorescent film 200 can correspond to the fluorescent structure 20 of the light-emitting device 1A (as shown in FIG. 1), and can also correspond to the fluorescent structure 20 of the light-emitting devices 1G, 1H and 1J (as shown in Figures 7, 8, and 10). By making the finished fluorescent film 200 upside down at the time of cutting, the fluorescent structure 20 of the light-emitting device 1B can be correspondingly (as shown in FIG. 2).

By changing the order of formation of the light-transmitting layer 202 and the phosphor layer 201, different phosphor films 200 can be obtained, for example, as shown in FIGS. 12A to 12C, the light-transmitting layer 202, the phosphor layer 201, and another light-transmitting layer. The layer 202 is sequentially formed on the auxiliary material 50 to constitute a fluorescent film 200 corresponding to the fluorescent structure 20 (shown in FIG. 4) of the light-emitting device 1D. As shown in Fig. 14, only the phosphor layer 201 is formed on the auxiliary material 50, so that a fluorescent structure 20 corresponding to the light-emitting devices 1E, 1F and 1I (as shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 9) can be formed. Fluorescent film 200.

Further, as shown in Fig. 15, after the phosphor layer 201 is formed, a lens array layer 203 can be formed on the phosphor layer 201. The lens array layer 203 can be formed by molding, that is, the phosphor layer 201 and the auxiliary material 50 are placed in a mold (not shown), and then the manufacturing material of the lens array layer 203 is injected into the mold to fabricate the material. Curing can form the lens array layer 203. The fluorescent film 200 composed of the phosphor layer 201 and the lens array layer 203 can correspond to the fluorescent structure 20 of the light-emitting device 1C (as shown in FIG. 3).

After the various fluorescent films 200 are formed, the fluorescent film 200 can be divided into a plurality of portions having an inclined side surface by punching, and one of the portions is the fluorescent structure 20.

Specifically, referring to FIGS. 16A and 16B, the fluorescent film 200 is first turned over and placed on the other auxiliary material 50' with the bottom surface facing upward, and then a punching cutter 60 is punched from above. Fluorescent film 200. Referring to Fig. 16C, the punching cutter 60 has a plurality of cutting edges 61, and the cutting edges 61 are connected and arranged according to the outer shape of the fluorescent structure 20, for example, arranged in a rectangular shape. Therefore, when the punching cutter 60 punches the fluorescent film 200, as shown in FIGS. 16D and 16E, the fluorescent film 200 is divided into a plurality of fluorescent structures 20; that is, a plurality of fluorescent structures 20 can be formed by punching once. A fluorescent structure 20. The bottom surface 22 of the phosphor structures 20 is a blade 61 that faces the die cutting tool 60. In addition, as shown in FIG. 16F, if the die-cut fluorescent film 200 is transparent In the case of the mirror array layer 203, the lens array layer 203 is placed on the auxiliary material 50'.

It can be seen that the punching method can quickly divide the fluorescent film 200 into a plurality of fluorescent structures 20. In addition, the inclination angle of the inclined side surface 23 of the fluorescent structure 20 can also be controlled by several factors, such as adjusting the angle (or section) of the cutting edge 61, the geometry of the fluorescent structure 20, and/or the material properties of the fluorescent film 200. And other factors. Therefore, when these factors are set in advance, the desired inclined side surface 23 can be obtained.

In addition to die cutting, the fluorescent film 200 may be formed into a plurality of fluorescent structures 20 by means of sawing, precision machining, or micro machining. Referring to FIG. 17, a saw wheel or a dual angle milling cutter cuts the fluorescent film 200 more than 70 times, so that the fluorescent film 200 is divided into a plurality of fluorescent structures 20; The bottom surface 22 of the structure 20 is a blade 71 that faces the saw wheel or the double angle milling cutter 70. The angle of inclination of the inclined side surface 23 of the fluorescent structure 20 can be controlled by the angle (or section) of the blade 71. In the micromachining mode, the steps of barrier deposition, shape definition, and etching can be used to form the phosphor structure 20.

In the above manner, the fluorescent structure 20 is indirectly formed from the fluorescent film 200, and the fluorescent structure 20 can be directly formed by molding or micro machining. Specifically, in the molding mode, a mold (not shown) is provided, the shape of the cavity corresponds to the appearance of the fluorescent structure 20, and then the material of the fluorescent structure 20 is injected into the cavity to manufacture the material. The phosphor structure 20 can be formed after curing. In the micromachining mode, the phosphor structure 20 is formed by steps of coating, exposure, development, and/or etching. Molding and micromachining methods can also be used to produce a plurality of fluorescent structures 20 simultaneously in a batch production mode.

In addition to the soft light transmissive material such as a light transmissive resin, the phosphor structure 20 may be formed using a brittle light transmissive material such as glass or ceramic depending on the application. Wherein, in the indirect method, a fluorescent thin plate may be formed by a method such as sintering, and a plurality of fluorescent structures 20 may be formed by a method such as sawing; in the direct method, the fluorescent material and the transparent material powder may be used. The plurality of fluorescent structures 20 are directly formed by being placed in the cavity, and then sintered. The method of fabricating the fluorescent structure 20 can also be applied to the transparent structure 20'. Further, a plurality of transparent structures 20' may be formed by directly cutting a transparent glass substrate or a transparent ceramic substrate by a sawing or the like.

Next, the "formation of the light-emitting structure" will be described. Referring to FIG. 18A, first, a plurality of LED chips 10 are placed at intervals on another auxiliary material 50", and the auxiliary material 50" may be ultraviolet rays. UV release tape or thermal release tape. In addition, the LED chip 10 can be pressed so that the electrode group 14 is embedded in the auxiliary material 50" without being exposed. If a substrate 40 is disposed under the LED wafer 10 (as shown in FIG. 6), no auxiliary is needed. 50".

Referring to FIG. 18B, the fluorescent structure 20 is then placed on the upper surface 11 of the LED chip 10, and the inclined side surface 23 of the fluorescent structure 20 is exposed outside the upper surface 11; the fluorescent structure 20 can be passed through the adhesive or tape. Adhered to the upper surface 11 of the LED wafer 10. As such, the phosphor structure 20 and the LED wafer 10 can form a light emitting structure.

Next, the "formation of the reflective structure" will be described. The reflective structure 30 is formed by coating the side surface 13 of the LED chip 10 and the inclined side surface 23 of the fluorescent structure 20 together (ie, simultaneously), and the specific manner is at least two types of molding and dispensing. Referring to FIG. 19, when the molding is performed, the fluorescent structure 20, the LED wafer 10 and the auxiliary material 50" will be placed in a mold (not shown), and then the manufacturing material of the reflective structure 30 is injected into the mold. And covering the side surface 13 of the LED chip 10 and the inclined side surface 23 of the fluorescent structure 20; when the manufacturing material is cured, the reflective structure 30 can be formed. The reflective structure 30 in this manner can cover all the inclined side surfaces 23.

When dispensing, the above mold is not required. The material from which the reflective structure 30 is fabricated will be directly poured onto the auxiliary material 50", and then the material will be gradually thickened in the auxiliary material 50" to cover the side 13 of the LED wafer 10 and the inclined side 23 of the fluorescent structure 20. The material to be poured does not exceed the top surface 21 of the phosphor structure 20. When the poured manufacturing material is slightly reduced, the reflective structure 30 formed by curing will be as shown in Figs. 7 and 8.

After the reflective structure 30 is formed, as shown in Fig. 20, the auxiliary material 50" will be removable to obtain a plurality of light-emitting devices 1A (or other types of light-emitting devices). The reflective structures 30 of the light-emitting devices 1A may be The electrodes are connected so that a further cutting step (as shown in Fig. 21) can be taken to cut and separate the connected reflective structures 30 to the mutually separated light-emitting devices 1A.

In summary, the manufacturing method of the light-emitting device in the present embodiment can manufacture various light-emitting devices having a fluorescent structure having inclined sides, and the light-emitting device can be a small size. In addition, the manufacturing method also has a large number of fluorescent structures that can be mass-produced, and the reflective structure can be formed without being formed by a mold to reduce cost and the like.

The embodiments described above are only intended to illustrate the embodiments of the present invention, and to explain the technical features of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention. Any change or equivalence arrangement that can be easily accomplished by those skilled in the art is within the scope of the invention as claimed. The scope of protection shall be subject to the scope of patent application.

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Claims (7)

A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device, comprising: forming a fluorescent structure having a slanted side; placing the fluorescent structure on an upper surface of an LED chip but not covering one side of the LED chip to form a light-emitting device And structuring the side surface of the light emitting structure to form a reflective structure having an inverted tapered inner side surface, wherein the reflective structure is performed by the side surface of the LED chip and the inclined side surface of the fluorescent structure Coated. The method of manufacturing a light-emitting device according to claim 1, wherein the step of forming the fluorescent structure is by punching, molding, sawing, precision machining or Micro machining forms the inclined side. The method for manufacturing a light-emitting device according to claim 1, wherein the step of forming the fluorescent structure further comprises: cutting a fluorescent film to divide the fluorescent film into a plurality of portions having a sloped side, and one of the This part is the fluorescent structure. The method for manufacturing a light-emitting device according to claim 3, wherein the fluorescent film is a single-layer fluorescent film or comprises a fluorescent layer and a light-transmitting layer, and the fluorescent layer is formed on the light-transmitting layer. Above or below the light transmissive layer. The method of manufacturing a light-emitting device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the fluorescent structure is adhered to the LED wafer. A fluorescent structure comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a side surface formed between the top surface and the bottom surface, and a fluorescent material disposed in the fluorescent structure, wherein the top surface is larger than the bottom surface, such that The side surface is an inclined side surface, one of the top surfaces having a length of not more than 3.0 mm, and one of the top surfaces having a width of not more than 2.0 mm. A method of fabricating a fluorescent structure, comprising: providing a fluorescent film; providing a punching cutter having a plurality of connected blades; and punching the fluorescent film with the punching cutter to make the fluorescent film Dividing into a plurality of fluorescent structures; wherein the fluorescent structures comprise a top surface, a bottom surface and a side surface formed between the top surface and the bottom surface, the top surface being larger than the bottom surface, such that the side surface is an inclined side .