Micro LED Display Wafer-Level Substrate Adhesive Layer

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional full-color LED display devices face limitations in color gamut and luminous efficiency due to the use of red, green, and blue LED chips, which restrict their ability to produce high-quality, full-color light effectively.

Innovation Solution

A micro LED display is manufactured using a wafer-level substrate with integrated control and ground circuits, an adhesive layer, a light-emitting assembly, and a conductive structure, where LED structures are fabricated on the adhesive layer and electrically connected to the control circuits via conductive layers, allowing for improved light emission and display quality.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Illumination intensity

If conventional red, green, and blue LED chips are used to create full-color LED display devices, then the display can produce full-color light, but the color gamut and luminous efficiency are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveluminous efficiencyVSAvoidcolor gamut
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The invention segments the display into multiple sub-pixels, with each sub-pixel containing a specific color LED chip (red, green, or blue). This segmentation allows precise control over color emission and enables wider color gamut while maintaining high luminous efficiency through optimized individual chip performance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by assigning different color characteristics to different regions (sub-pixels) of the display. Each sub-pixel is optimized for its specific color function, with tailored LED chip selection and phosphor conversion layers to maximize luminous efficiency for that particular color while contributing to the overall wide color gamut

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Reliability

If wafer-level substrate with integrated circuits is used, then electrical connections are improved, but manufacturing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelectrical connection reliabilityVSAvoidmanufacturing process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The invention merges the control circuits and ground circuits directly into the wafer-level substrate, integrating multiple functional layers into a single unified structure. This integration improves electrical connection reliability by reducing interconnection points while the standardized wafer-level fabrication process manages manufacturing complexity through established semiconductor manufacturing techniques

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The wafer-level substrate serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides mechanical support, integrates control circuits for signal processing, incorporates ground circuits for electrical reference, and facilitates electrical connections to LED chips. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components and improves overall system reliability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Manufacturing precision

If LED structures are disposed on adhesive layer separated from substrate, then display quality is improved, but manufacturing steps increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay qualityVSAvoidmanufacturing process simplicity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The invention applies preliminary action by pre-attaching the LED structures to the adhesive layer in a separate preparation step before final mounting to the substrate. This preliminary attachment allows for precise positioning and quality control of LED structures, ensuring high display quality while the standardized adhesive layer facilitates relatively simple manufacturing

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The micro LED display enhances color rendering and luminous efficiency by enabling precise electrical connections between LED structures and control circuits, resulting in improved image resolution and a larger displaying area.

Implementation Method 1

The adhesive layer is disposed on the wafer body

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAdhesion: Adhesive

Implementation Method 2

Each of the LED structures has a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight-emitting diode effect: Light Emitting Diode

Implementation Method 3

The light-emitting assembly includes a plurality of LED structures disposed on the adhesive layer

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectroluminescence: Electroluminescence

Implementation Method 4

Each of the first conductive layers is electrically connected between the corresponding first electrode terminal and the corresponding conductive contact

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectrical conduction: Conduction (electrical)

Data Source

PatentUS10700139B2Micro LED display and method of manufacturing the same
Publication Date: 2020.06.30 MICRAFT SYSTEM PLUS CO LTD
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AI summary

A micro LED display and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The micro LED display includes a wafer-level substrate, an adhesive layer, a light-emitting assembly, and a conductive structure. The wafer-level substrate includes a plurality of control circuits, wherein each control circuit has a conductive contact. The adhesive layer is disposed on the wafer-level substrate. The light emitting assembly includes a plurality of LED structures disposed on the adhesive layer. The conductive structure is electrically connected between the LED structures and the control circuits corresponding to each other. Thereby, the light-emitting assembly having the plurality of LED structures and the wafer-level substrate having the plurality of control circuits can be connected with each other via the adhesive layer.