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Light emitting device having integrated rectifier circuit in substrate

US7148515B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 7, 2006
Grant dateDec 12, 2006
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A LED-based light emitting device having integrated rectifier circuit driven directly by an AC voltage and a related fabrication method is provided herein. The light emitting mainly contains a lower substrate and an upper substrate. The lower substrate has a built-in rectifier circuit and appropriate electrical contacts of the rectifier circuit are exposed on the top surface of the lower substrate. The upper substrate contains multiple LEDs arranged in an N×M array and the LEDs are all electrically insulated from each other. Metallic plating techniques are applied to establish electrical connection between these LEDs so that they jointly form a circuit matching the rectifier circuit on the lower substrate. The two substrates are faced towards each other and metallic bumps are applied to connect the LED circuit on the upper substrate to the rectifier circuit on the lower substrate, completing a fully function light emitting device.

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