TWI543405B - Light-emitting module - Google Patents

Description

Light module

The invention relates to a light-emitting device, and in particular to a light-emitting module with high luminous efficiency and simple process, which can be further used as a light source of a bulb.

Compared with other lighting technologies, LEDs are solid-state cold light, have low power consumption, long life, no need for warm-light time, fast response, etc., so they are regarded as the fourth generation of lighting technology, but currently The challenge of universalization of light-emitting diodes is the problem of luminous efficiency and manufacturing cost. Especially when using multiple light-emitting diodes, it is necessary to consider the heat dissipation performance of the overall structure to avoid the problem of brightness degradation and deterioration of packaging materials. To maintain its function and service life.

At present, LED light bulbs are mostly packaged on a circuit board after the LEDs are packaged separately, but this design cannot arrange the light-emitting diodes at a high density, and the bulb volume is limited. In this case, structural design difficulties are caused. Therefore, the existing solutions are still in need of maturity and need to be improved.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting module which is directly fabricated by using a semiconductor packaging process, which has high luminous efficiency and low manufacturing cost.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting module which has a simple structure and a small volume and can be directly used as a light source of a bulb.

In order to achieve the above object, a light emitting module includes: a substrate having a top surface; a first electrode and a second electrode separately disposed on the top surface; a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on the top surface, and emitting The device is electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode; the cover body is disposed on the substrate and covers the plurality of light emitting elements to expose at least a portion of the first electrode and the second electrode; the base is connected to the first electrode and/or Two electrodes.

To achieve the above objective, the present invention provides a light emitting module comprising: a substrate, at least one electroluminescent element disposed on a top surface of the substrate, a frame grid disposed on a top surface of the substrate, and a transparent a cover plate is disposed on the frame grid, wherein a top surface of the substrate is provided with two separate electrodes, and the electroluminescent element is disposed between the electrodes and electrically connected to the electrodes, and the frame grid corresponds to the electroluminescent element At least one slot is provided.

Therefore, the structure of the light-emitting module can be directly completed by using a semiconductor process, and the light emitted by the electroluminescent element is mainly passed through the frame grid and the transparent cover. Alternatively, the present invention can also use two light emitting modules to form a stacked structure, which can be designed to share the same cover or share the same substrate, and can achieve the effect of increasing the light emission angle.

The preferred design of the present invention can directly form the frame grid on the top surface of the substrate. The second electrode is disposed on the top surface of the substrate and extends to the top edge of the frame. The transparent cover is disposed on the two electrodes. On, to make the process more simplified. In addition, the substrate and the transparent cover plate can also be made of a flexible material to make the light-emitting module as flexible as a whole.

A preferred design of the present invention can fill the slot of the frame grid with a light transmissive material or a photoluminescent material to emit light of a particular wavelength range.

In order to increase the illumination angle of the light emitting module, the substrate may be a light transmissive material. Quality, and the frame grid can be made of light-transmitting and insulating materials.

A preferred design of the present invention is that the substrate can be protruded from the frame grid and the transparent cover to form an insertion end for insertion into a light-emitting device for use as a light source.

Preferably, the surface of the transparent cover plate is coated with phosphor powder, or the transparent cover plate is doped with phosphor powder to emit light of a specific wavelength or white light of different color temperatures, or the transparent cover. The plate can be a filter material to emit light of a particular wavelength range.

1, 2‧‧‧Lighting Module

3‧‧‧Multilayer structure

5‧‧‧Ball bulb

51‧‧‧Base

52‧‧‧Transparent cover

10‧‧‧Substrate

11‧‧‧Insulation

12‧‧‧First electrode

13‧‧‧second electrode

14‧‧‧Interface

15‧‧‧ recess

16‧‧‧Electrical structure

20‧‧‧Lighting elements

21‧‧‧First conductive pad

22‧‧‧Second conductive pad

30‧‧‧ frame

31‧‧‧ slotting

40‧‧‧Transparent cover

41‧‧‧Reflective coating

L‧‧‧ Length direction

W‧‧‧Width direction

The first figure is an exploded perspective view of a first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The second figure is a combination diagram of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The third figure is a cross-sectional view of a first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a third preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of a bulb light source in accordance with a third preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 9 is a top plan view of a bulb light source in accordance with a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 11 is a perspective exploded view of a fifth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a sixth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In order to explain the present invention more clearly, the preferred embodiments are described in detail with reference to the drawings, and the directional descriptions of the top and bottom surfaces used in the following description are generally recognized by those skilled in the art. In other words, the same components in the embodiments use the same element. The parts are numbered for convenience of identification; at the same time, the drawings in the following texts are diagrams related to the features of the present invention, and are not completely drawn according to actual dimensions, and are described first.

The light emitting module 1 of the first embodiment is provided as shown in the first to third figures, and the third drawing is a cross-sectional view of the AA of the second figure, which comprises a substrate 10, and a plurality of light emitting elements 20 are disposed on A top surface of the substrate 10, a frame grid 30 is disposed on the top surface of the substrate 10 and surrounds the light emitting elements 20, and a transparent cover 40 is disposed over the frame grid 30. The specific structure of the individual components is as follows:

In the embodiment, the substrate 10 is made of a conductive and high thermal conductive material, such as a metal material, or an insulating and high thermal conductive material, such as an aluminum nitride (Aluminum Nitride) ceramic material, and may also be translucent if necessary. Materials such as glass, quartz, sapphire (Sapphire, Al2O3), acrylic or plastic materials, etc., wherein the thickness of the substrate 10 is between about 0.1 mm and 3 mm, and the optimum thickness is about 0.7 mm, and the top of the substrate 10 The surface portion of the surface is covered with an insulating layer 11 , and the insulating layer 11 is preferably made of a material having good light reflection properties, and can be used to provide light reflection. The top surface of the substrate 10 is provided with a first electrode 12 on the insulating layer 11 . An uncovered region, and a second electrode 13 are disposed on a side of the top surface of the substrate 10 opposite to the first electrode 12 and above the insulating layer 11, and the first electrode 12 and the second electrode 13 may be vapor deposited, screen printed, and The spraying process is completed, the thickness is about 0.5~5 microns, and the optimum thickness is about 2 microns. The electrodes made by evaporation, screen printing and spraying have high precision and light transmission. Sex and thickness It is quite thin and can reduce the thickness of the whole module to form a thin-type light-emitting module. In the material part, high-reflection materials such as aluminum (Al) or silver (Ag) can be used to reduce the effect of electrode absorption.

In this embodiment, the light-emitting elements 20 are arranged in a light-emitting diode, and are arranged above the insulating layer 11 and between the first electrode 12 and the second electrode 13. The first conductive pad 21 is disposed on the surface of each of the light-emitting elements 20 . With a second conductive pad 22, it is possible to use wire bonding (Wire Bonding) The process is electrically connected to the light-emitting elements 20 to complete the series or parallel connection. Finally, the first conductive pads 21 and the second conductive pads 22 are electrically connected to the first electrode 12 and the second electrode 13 by a wire bonding process. Therefore, a current can be supplied to the light-emitting elements 20 through the first electrode 12 and the second electrode 13 to cause light to be emitted.

The frame grid 30 has a thickness of between about 100 micrometers and 500 micrometers, and an optimum thickness of about 300 micrometers, and is higher than the thickness of the light-emitting element 20 and its solid crystal material (not shown), and the height of the conductive metal line. According to the principle, the frame grid 30 is made of light and the insulating material is made of ceramic, plastic, acryl, sapphire, glass or quartz, and the frame grid 30 is disposed above the first electrode 12 and the second electrode 13, and The corresponding light-emitting element 20 is provided with at least one slit 31, and the number of slits in the present embodiment is one. Incidentally, those skilled in the art can design the slot 31 as needed to convert the point source into a line source or a surface source, or fill the slot 31 with a transparent material to allow light of a specific wavelength range to pass. Or, the photoluminescence is filled to emit light of a specific wavelength spectrum, and since the frame grid 30 of the present invention is made of a light-transmitting material, it can transmit light on all four sides without any light. Lateral light causes shadowing.

The transparent cover 40 has a thickness of about 0.05 mm to 1.2 mm, and an optimum thickness of about 0.7 mm. The transparent cover 40 is disposed over the frame grid 30 to close the slots 31. Made of quartz, sapphire or plastic material, it is best to have high heat radiation characteristics to help dissipate heat, that is, an emissivity of more than 0.7 is preferred, and the surface of the transparent cover 40 can be coated with phosphor powder. (Phosphor), such as aluminate (Alminate), yttrium aluminum garnet YAG (Y3Al3O13: Ce), yttrium aluminum garnet TAG (Tb3Al5O12), silicate (Silicate), nitride (Nitride) or oxynitride (Oxynitride The base fluorescent material, or the transparent cover 40 is directly doped with phosphor powder, thereby emitting light of a specific wavelength or white of different color temperatures. Light. In addition, those skilled in the art can also use a filter material to fabricate the transparent cover 40 to emit light of a specific wavelength range.

In addition, as shown in the third figure, the substrate 10 defines a length direction L. In this embodiment, the first electrode 12 and the second electrode 13 are disposed on both sides of the substrate 10 along the length direction L, and the substrate 10 is adjacent to the second. One side of the electrode 13 extends along the length direction L and protrudes from the frame grid 30 and the transparent cover 40, so that the substrate 10 is formed with an insertion end 14 exposed to the outside, since the first electrode 12 is electrically connected to the substrate. 10, and the second electrode 13 is partially exposed by the insertion end 14, so when the insertion end 14 is connected to an external power source (not shown), it can be simultaneously provided by the second electrode 13 and the substrate 10. The circuit connection structure of the positive electrode and the negative electrode.

It should be noted that, in addition to the wire bonding, the light-emitting elements 20 may be provided with predetermined conductive lines on the surface of the substrate 10, and then the light-emitting elements 20 may be placed on the surface of the substrate 10 by Flip-Chip. Substrate 10.

With the above configuration, the light-emitting module 1 can be powered by the insertion terminal 14 to emit light, and the emitted light is emitted laterally through the frame grid 30 and transmitted through the transparent cover 40 to emit light. When the substrate 10 is a transparent material, the light emitted from the bottom of the light-emitting elements 20 can be provided, so that the light-emitting module 1 of the present invention can achieve full light emission and greatly increase the light extraction rate.

In addition, the light-emitting module 1 of the present embodiment utilizes a substrate 10 having high heat conduction characteristics and a transparent cover 40 having a high heat radiation coefficient, and can quickly dissipate heat by heat dissipation by conduction and radiation. It has a very good heat dissipation effect to improve the service life and performance of the light-emitting module 1.

The present invention further provides a second embodiment, as shown in the fourth figure, which is applied before The two light-emitting modules 1 and 2 having the same structure in the first embodiment are stacked to form a stacked structure 3, and the main feature is that the two light-emitting modules 1 and 2 share the same cover 40, and the light-emitting modes are in this case. The substrate 10 of the groups 1 and 2 is permeable to light, and a reflective coating 41 is disposed on the top surface and the bottom surface of the cover 40. The material of the substrate 10 can be selected from, but not limited to, silver (Ag), aluminum (Al), platinum (Pt), A metal such as gold (Au) or a Bragg Reflector (DBR) can achieve the effect of double-sided illumination.

Referring to the fifth embodiment, the present invention provides a third embodiment. The two light-emitting modules 1 and 2 having substantially the same structure as the first embodiment are stacked to form a stacked structure 3, but the two light-emitting modules 1 are 2, the same as the same substrate 10, the same effect can be achieved, and the substrate 10 is also provided with a plug-in end 14 as in the first embodiment, and can be inserted into a light-emitting device, such as a bulb.

Thereby, the foregoing superposed structure 3 can be used as a light source of the light-emitting device. As shown in the sixth figure, the bulb 5 has a base 51 and a transparent cover 52, and the insertion end 14 of the laminated structure 3 is Inserting the base 51, the electrical connection can be completed at this time, and when the ball bulb 5 is connected to an external power source (not shown), the light-emitting elements 20 are smoothly illuminated, and the laminated structure 3 of the present invention It can be used as the light source of the bulb 5 .

In addition, the light source of the ball bulb 5 of the present invention is not limited to the double-layer light-emitting module stacking, and a single-layer or a plurality of different combinations of light-emitting modules may be used as the light source of the bulb 5 .

Please refer to the seventh and eighth figures, and the eighth figure is a BB cross-sectional view of the seventh figure. The present invention provides a light-emitting module 1 of a fourth embodiment, the main structure of which is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment. The difference is that the substrate 10 is made of an insulating material without providing an insulating layer, and the substrate 10 is further defined with a width direction W intersecting the longitudinal direction L, and the substrate 10 side is along the width. The first direction 12 and the second electrode 13 are formed by the insertion end 14 because the first electrode 12 and the second electrode 13 are formed by the insertion end 14 , and the frame 10 and the transparent cover 40 are formed. At the same time, it is exposed, so the insertion end 14 can provide the circuit connection structure of the positive electrode and the negative electrode at the same time. Further, as shown in the eighth embodiment, the inner peripheral surface of the slot 31 of the frame grid 30 is inclined outwardly away from the light-emitting element 20, so that the light of the light-emitting element 20 can be generated multiple times on the inclined inner peripheral surface. Reflection to increase the overall light extraction rate.

It is to be noted that, as shown in FIG. 9 , the light-emitting module 1 of the fourth embodiment of the present invention can also be inserted into the base 51 of the bulb 5 by means of the insertion portion 14 , and the base 51 can be provided. Four illumination modules 1 are inserted therein to provide full illumination.

The present invention provides another fifth embodiment. As shown in the tenth figure, the main structure is approximately the same as that of the first embodiment, and the main difference is that the first electrode 12 and the second electrode 13 are disposed on the same side of the substrate 10. The insertion end 14 is formed, and the insulating layer 11 covers the entire area of the surface of the substrate 10, and is connected to the adjacent two light-emitting elements 20 far from the first electrode 12 and the second electrode 13 by a conductive structure 16; The number of the slots 31 of the frame grid 30 is two, and the inner peripheral surfaces of the slots 31 are outwardly inclined away from the light-emitting element 20 to enhance the overall light extraction rate.

Incidentally, the foregoing conductive structure 16 is for illustrative purposes only, and the conductive structure may be omitted, and the two light-emitting elements 20 originally connected to the conductive structure 16 are directly designed in series or in parallel, or commonly used in general semiconductors. Means can replace the aforementioned conductive structure 16 to achieve the same effect.

As shown in FIG. 11 , the present invention provides a sixth embodiment. The light-emitting module 1 also includes a substrate 10 , a plurality of light-emitting elements 20 are disposed on the top surface of the substrate 10 , and a frame grid 30 is disposed on the top of the substrate 10 . And surrounding the light-emitting elements 20, and a transparent cover 40 is disposed on the frame grid 30 Above, in the embodiment, the top surface of the substrate 10 is provided with a recess 15 corresponding to each of the light-emitting elements 20 to reflect the light emitted by each of the light-emitting elements 20, and the frame grid 30 is directly formed on the substrate 10, the first electrode 12 and the second electrode. 13 is disposed on the top surface of the substrate 10 and extends to the top edge of the frame grid 30. The transparent cover 40 is disposed on the portion of the first electrode 12 and the portion of the second electrode 13 so that the substrate 10 is along the length direction. The two sides can be respectively formed with the insertion end 14 exposed to the outside. Since the first electrode 12 and the second electrode 13 are simultaneously exposed by the two insertion ends 14, the second insertion end 14 can provide the positive electrode and the second electrode 13 The circuit connection structure of the negative electrode. Thereby, the light-emitting module 1 of the embodiment has fewer components and the process is more simplified, thereby reducing the overall cost and size.

It is to be noted that the light-emitting module 1 of the sixth embodiment can also be made of a flexible material to form the substrate 10 and the transparent cover 40, so that the entire light-emitting module 1 can be made flexible.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Those skilled in the art can design a circuit substrate to change the electrical connection manner between the light-emitting elements and the two electrodes, which should still be a simple change of the present invention. The equivalent structural changes of the present specification and claims are intended to be included in the scope of the present invention.

1‧‧‧Lighting module

10‧‧‧Substrate

11‧‧‧Insulation

12‧‧‧First electrode

13‧‧‧second electrode

14‧‧‧Internal Department

20‧‧‧Lighting elements

21‧‧‧First conductive pad

22‧‧‧Second conductive pad

30‧‧‧ frame

31‧‧‧ slotting

40‧‧‧Transparent cover

Claims (10)

A light-emitting module includes: a substrate having a top surface; a frame grid directly formed on the top surface and having a slot; a first electrode and a second electrode are separately disposed on the top surface And extending to a top edge of the frame grid; a plurality of light-emitting elements are disposed on the top surface, the plurality of light-emitting elements are electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode and located in the slot; and a cover The body is disposed on the substrate and covers the plurality of light emitting elements to expose at least a portion of the first electrode and the second electrode. The illuminating module of claim 1, further comprising a pedestal connecting the first electrode and/or the second electrode. The illuminating module of claim 1, wherein the cover is disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode. The lighting module of claim 1, wherein the substrate and the cover are made of a flexible material. The light-emitting module of claim 1, wherein the substrate is a light transmissive material, and/or the frame grid is a light transmissive and insulating material. The illuminating module of claim 1, wherein the substrate is made of a high thermal conductivity material. A portion of the top surface is covered with an insulating layer, the first electrode is disposed on an uncovered region of the insulating layer, and the second electrode is disposed on the insulating layer. The lighting module of claim 1, wherein the substrate is made of an insulating material. The illuminating module of claim 1, wherein the surface of the cover is coated with phosphor powder, or the cover is doped with phosphor powder, or the cover is a filter material. The illuminating module of claim 1, wherein the top surface of the substrate is provided with a recess corresponding to each of the illuminating elements. The lighting module of claim 1, wherein the inner peripheral surface of the slot is inclined outwardly away from the direction of the light emitting elements.