Light Emitting Device Wiring for Substrate Joining Strength

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing light emitting devices face challenges in achieving strong joining between the substrate and the cover member, leading to potential delamination issues due to inadequate contact area and positional precision of light emitting elements.

Innovation Solution

A light emitting device design featuring a substrate with specific wiring configurations and a cover member that includes a connection wiring portion with varying widths, allowing for increased contact area and improved positional alignment of light emitting elements, enhancing the joining strength between the substrate and cover member.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If the connection wiring portion has a uniform width, then the manufacturing process is simple, but the joining strength between substrate and cover member is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvejoining strengthVSAvoidwiring structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The connection wiring portion is designed with non-uniform width, featuring a connection central portion with a first width and connection end portions with a second width greater than the first width. This local variation in width provides enhanced contact area at the ends for improved joining strength with the cover member, while the narrower central portion maintains manufacturing simplicity and reduces material usage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Strength

If the contact area between substrate and cover member is increased, then the joining strength is improved, but the device size increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvejoining strengthVSAvoiddevice footprint
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The connection wiring portion is segmented into distinct regions: a connection central portion and connection end portions. The end portions have increased width to provide localized contact area enhancement for improved joining strength, while the central portion maintains a narrower profile. This segmentation allows the contact area to be concentrated where needed without proportionally increasing the overall device footprint.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Area of stationary object

If the width of connection wiring portion varies, then the contact area with cover member is increased, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontact areaVSAvoidwiring width control
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The width variation in the connection wiring portion is implemented in a controlled and localized manner, with clearly defined transition zones between the narrower central portion and wider end portions. This localized quality change allows for increased contact area at critical regions while maintaining manageable manufacturing precision requirements through standardized design parameters and gradual transitions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11495587B2Light emitting device and method of producing light emitting device
Publication Date: 2022.11.08 NICHIA CORP
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AI summary

A light emitting device includes a substrate including first, second, third and fourth wiring portions on a top surface of a base member and arrayed in a first direction, and a connection wiring portion connecting the second and third wiring portions. The connection wiring portion includes first and second connection ends respectively connected with the second and third wiring portions, and a connection central portion connecting the first and second connection ends and having a maximum width in a second direction different from each of a maximum width of the first connection end and a maximum width of the second connection end. In the second direction, at least a part of the connection wiring portion has a width narrower than each of a maximum width of the second wiring portion and a maximum width of the third wiring portion.