Phosphor Film LED Package Ceramic Substrate Thermal Reliability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional LED packages face efficiency deterioration and temperature reliability issues due to resin discoloration and poor phosphor performance, especially with high-power light sources, limiting their effectiveness in lighting applications.

Innovation Solution

A light emitting device package incorporating a phosphor film manufactured using a method involving a support substrate, a phosphor film green sheet, and a glass film green sheet, which are patterned and sintered to enhance light extraction efficiency and facilitate easier fabrication of large-area plates, improving light emission efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If a mixture of phosphor and encapsulation resin is applied to the light emitting device, then the device can be manufactured using conventional processes, but efficiency deterioration occurs due to resin discoloration and poor temperature reliability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconventional manufacturing processVSAvoidtemperature reliability and efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the phosphor from the resin encapsulation medium and places it in a separate ceramic plate structure. The phosphor is embedded in a ceramic matrix rather than being mixed with organic resin, thereby eliminating the resin discoloration problem while maintaining manufacturability through ceramic processing techniques.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses composite materials by combining phosphor particles with ceramic materials to create a phosphor-ceramic composite plate. This composite structure provides both the wavelength conversion function of the phosphor and the thermal stability and mechanical strength of the ceramic, resolving the temperature reliability issue.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Power

If high power light sources are used to enhance LED performance, then the brightness and efficiency of LEDs are improved, but the resin and phosphor deteriorate and discolor due to high temperature

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveLED performance and brightnessVSAvoidhigh temperature damage
Core Design Contradiction:
PowerVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs a ceramic plate that can withstand high temperatures without deteriorating, replacing the temperature-sensitive resin encapsulation. The ceramic structure serves as a durable, heat-resistant substrate that maintains structural integrity and optical properties even under high-power operation conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the material parameter from organic resin to inorganic ceramic, which fundamentally alters the temperature resistance characteristics. This material substitution enables the system to operate at higher temperatures without degradation, allowing high-power LED operation while maintaining reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Use of energy by moving object

If a phosphor film is fabricated for large-area plates, then light emission efficiency can be enhanced, but the fabrication process becomes more complex and costly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelight emission efficiencyVSAvoidfabrication process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the phosphor application into a separate ceramic plate component that can be manufactured independently using established ceramic processing techniques. This segmentation allows for simplified large-area fabrication compared to applying phosphor-resin mixtures, as ceramic plates can be produced using standard tile-making processes adapted for phosphor embedding.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

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 solution enhances light extraction and conversion efficiency, addresses temperature reliability concerns, and simplifies the fabrication process for large-area phosphor films, leading to improved performance and cost-effectiveness in LED packages.

Implementation Method 1

a phosphor plate that is a wavelength converter and that converts a portion of the blue light emitted from the blue LED into yellow light as secondary light having a longer peak wavelength

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectWavelength conversion: Photoluminescence

Implementation Method 2

a method of manufacturing the light emitting device package, and a lighting apparatus using the light emitting device package

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectSintering: Sintering

Data Source

PatentEP2743999B1Light emitting device package including phosphor film, and method of manufacturing the same.
Publication Date: 2019.09.04 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

A light emitting device package, and more particularly, a light emitting device package including a phosphor film, a method of manufacturing the same, and a lighting apparatus using the same are disclosed. The method of manufacturing a light emitting device package including a phosphor film, includes attaching a phosphor film green sheet on a first surface of a support substrate, attaching a glass film green sheet on the phosphor film green sheet, patterning the glass film green sheet by mold pressing, and sintering the phosphor film green sheet and the patterned glass film green sheet.