Emission tuning methods and devices fabricated utilizing methods
First Claim
1. A method for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) chips, comprising:
- fabricating a plurality of LEDs on a growth wafer;
forming a plurality of LED chips by coating said LEDs on said growth wafer with a conversion material so that at least some light from said LEDs passes through said conversion material and is converted, wherein each of said LED chips comprises an LED and a portion of said conversion material;
measuring the emission characteristics of at least some of said LED chips; and
removing at least some of said conversion material from each of a group of LED chips emitting outside a target range of emission characteristics to alter the emission characteristics of each of said group of LED chips such that each of said LED chips emits within said range of target emission characteristics.
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Abstract
A method for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) chips comprising providing a plurality of LEDs, typically on a wafer, and coating the LEDs with a conversion material so that at least some light from the LEDs passes through the conversion material and is converted. The light emission from the LED chips comprises light from the conversion material, typically in combination with LED light. The emission characteristics of at least some of the LED chips is measured and at least some of the conversion material over the LEDs is removed to alter the emission characteristics of the LED chips. The invention is particularly applicable to fabricating LED chips on a wafer where the LED chips have light emission characteristics that are within a range of target emission characteristics. This target range can fall within an emission region on a CIE curve to reduce the need for binning of the LEDs from the wafer. The emission characteristics of the LED chips in the wafer can be tuned to the desired range by micro-machining the conversion material over the LEDs.
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1. A method for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) chips, comprising:
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fabricating a plurality of LEDs on a growth wafer; forming a plurality of LED chips by coating said LEDs on said growth wafer with a conversion material so that at least some light from said LEDs passes through said conversion material and is converted, wherein each of said LED chips comprises an LED and a portion of said conversion material; measuring the emission characteristics of at least some of said LED chips; and removing at least some of said conversion material from each of a group of LED chips emitting outside a target range of emission characteristics to alter the emission characteristics of each of said group of LED chips such that each of said LED chips emits within said range of target emission characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) chips, comprising:
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providing a plurality of LEDs on a wafer; coating said LEDs with a conversion material so that at least some light from said LEDs passes through said conversion material and is converted; measuring the emission characteristics of at least some of said LED chips; measuring the surface variations for the conversion material coating on said wafer; calculating the amount of conversion material that needs to be removed over at least some of said LEDs based on the measured emission characteristics and surface variation profile, to alter the emission characteristics of said LED chips such that said LED chips emit within a range of target emission characteristics; and removing the calculated amount of conversion material.
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