Methods for packaging of a semiconductor light emitting device

US7326583B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cree, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Peter Scott Andrews · Durham, US
• Thomas G. Coleman · Pittsboro, US
• James Ibbetson · Lompoc, US
• Michael Leung · Goleta, US
• Gerald H. Negley · Durham, US
• Eric Tarsa · Goleta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 27, 2005
• Grant date: Feb 5, 2008
• Expiry date: Oct 12, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10H20/852

Abstract

Methods of packaging a semiconductor light emitting device in a reflector having a moat positioned between a lower and an upper sidewall thereof, the upper and lower sidewall defining a reflective cavity, include dispensing encapsulant material into the reflective cavity including the light emitting device therein to cover the light emitting device and to form a convex meniscus of encapsulant material in the reflective cavity extending from an edge of the moat without contacting the upper sidewall of the reflector. The encapsulant material in the reflective cavity is cured. Packaged semiconductor light emitting devices and reflectors for the same are also provided.