Illumination apparatus
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1. A method for manufacturing an illumination apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
- forming a monolithic array of light-emitting elements made of a plurality of layers on a substrate, the light-emitting elements being inter-connected in the layers they are formed in;
selectively illuminating a plurality of the light-emitting elements with an illumination that separates, at least to an extent, the selected light-emitting elements from the substrate; and
removing the illuminated light-emitting elements from the monolithic array in a manner that preserves the relative spatial position of the removed light-emitting elements;
wherein the plurality of light-emitting elements that are selectively illuminated and removed from the monolithic array are selected such that, in at least one direction, for at least one pair of the selectively illuminated and removed light-emitting elements in the at least one direction, for each respective pair there is at least one respective light-emitting element that is not selected that was positioned in the monolithic array between the pair of selectively illuminated and removed light-emitting elements in the at least one direction.
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Abstract
An illumination apparatus comprises a plurality of LEDs aligned to an array of directional optical elements wherein the LEDs are substantially at the input aperture of respective optical elements. An electrode array is formed on the array of optical elements to provide at least a first electrical connection to the array of LED elements. Advantageously such an arrangement provides low cost and high efficiency from the directional LED array.
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1. A method for manufacturing an illumination apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
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forming a monolithic array of light-emitting elements made of a plurality of layers on a substrate, the light-emitting elements being inter-connected in the layers they are formed in; selectively illuminating a plurality of the light-emitting elements with an illumination that separates, at least to an extent, the selected light-emitting elements from the substrate; and removing the illuminated light-emitting elements from the monolithic array in a manner that preserves the relative spatial position of the removed light-emitting elements; wherein the plurality of light-emitting elements that are selectively illuminated and removed from the monolithic array are selected such that, in at least one direction, for at least one pair of the selectively illuminated and removed light-emitting elements in the at least one direction, for each respective pair there is at least one respective light-emitting element that is not selected that was positioned in the monolithic array between the pair of selectively illuminated and removed light-emitting elements in the at least one direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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