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- the invention relates to a structure of light-emitting diodes (LED), and particularly to a structure of LED dies with an alternating current (AC) loop (a structure of AC LED dies).
- LED light-emitting diodes
- AC alternating current
- a light-emitting diode emits light based on its semi-conductive characteristics, in contrast to the heating light-emitting principle of a fluorescent lamp, and is thus called a cold light.
- the LED provides a number of advantages such as high endurance, long lifetime, compactness, low power consumption and so forth. Furthermore, no pernicious material such as mercury is contained in the LED. Therefore, there are high expectations with respect to the LEDs for being a light source in daily life in the current lighting market.
- prior LEDs are generally limited in their acceptable power levels. Most LEDs may be fed with only low DC voltages and may be damaged if high voltages or AC voltages are applied thereon. Because of this, a DC voltage conversion circuit is generally used to transform the external power supply used by such LEDs. In operating an LED by use of a low DC voltage, the LED has its characteristic curve of the current-voltage relation, as shown in FIG. 1A . As shown, when the voltage is forwardly applied, the LED is conducted and light is emitted there from. On the other hand, if a reverse voltage is applied, the LED breaks down and no light is emitted.
- the LED is often connected in series or parallel with several such LEDs, such as those used in traffic light apparatuses such as stop light apparatuses.
- the externally supplied AC voltage 11 is first reduced in its level by means of a conversion circuit 12 and then converted into a DC voltage corresponding thereto. Then the converted DC voltage is fed into a plurality of LEDs connected with one another in series or in parallel as mentioned above, in which LEDs cannot be used when reverse power is supplied.
- the set of LEDs in which the damaged LED resides is also likely to become damaged and the whole of the loop formed with the damaged LED included is badly affected.
- the number of LEDs connected in series is generally reduced as much as possible.
- the total amount of wires used for these LEDs in a specific application is unavoidably increased and the power consumption increases correspondingly.
- the voltage at an end of one of the wires is insufficient and thus causes uneven luminance of the LEDs.
- circuit assembly and die manufacturing are two generally adopted solutions.
- the circuit is arranged in the submount and formed dies/die array thereon.
- the pitch between conductors for connecting dies and the submount is about 0.1 mm to 0.12 mm.
- the volume of the die is also great to operate with higher voltage, and the illuminating area is decreased due to the pitch requirement.
- LED dies are manufactured as a matrix form and connections of the LED dies are arranged in the same orientation in series and in parallel. Although such LEDs may be operated with a high voltage, they may still not be applied with an AC voltage.
- an arrangement for protection of breakdown of the LEDs is also provided by connecting a diode with the LEDs in a variety of combinations where the LEDs may also be arranged in mutually reverse orientations and connected with each other but should be disposed over a submount and then connected with the LED matrix in parallel.
- the LED die 91 has a structure shown in FIG. 1B , and has an equivalent circuit shown in FIG.
- FIG. 1C in which the LED 91 is connected in parallel with two mutually oriented Zener diodes 92 and 93 , or a connection may be provided to form a loop as shown in FIG. 1D .
- the current-voltage relation curves corresponding to the equivalent circuits in FIG. 1C and FIG. 1D are shown in FIG. 1E and FIG. 1F respectively.
- the LED dies are also manufactured as a matrix form while the LEDs are oriented the same and connected in series. Although the LEDs may be operated with a high voltage, they also have the problem of not being capable of operation with AC voltage.
- An object of the invention is therefore to provide a structure of light-emitting diode (LED) dies having an alternating current (AC) loop abbreviated as a structure of AC LED dies, on which an AC power supply may be applied directly to considerably broaden applicable range.
- LED light-emitting diode
- AC alternating current
- the structure of AC LED dies according to the invention is formed with at least one unit of AC LED micro-dies disposed on a chip.
- the unit of AC LED micro-dies comprises two LED micro-dies arranged in mutually reverse orientations and connected by a conductive bridge with each other in parallel, to which an AC power supply may be applied so that the unit of AC LED micro-dies continuously emits light in response to a positive-half wave voltage and a negative-half wave voltage in the AC power supply respectively. Since each AC LED micro-die is operated forwardly, the structure of the AC LED dies also provides protection from electric static charge (ESD) and may operate under a high voltage.
- ESD electric static charge
- the pitch is decreased by the conductive bridge to 0.015 mm, 0.012 mm, and 1.010 mm or even to lower than 0.06 mm.
- the size of the die is 1 mm or 0.6 mm, there would have 47*2 diodes and operate with 158 bi-directional voltages.
- the structure of the AC LED dies may be provided in a flipped form or a faced-up form.
- each of the LED dies in the structure of the AC LED dies may correspond to the same wavelength or different wavelengths with those of the other LEDs in the unit of AC LED dies.
- the structure of AC LED dies may be used in a wider applicable range.
- FIG. 1A is a characteristic curve diagram of a prior light-emitting diode (LED) die
- FIGS. 1B-1D are schematic illustrations of a prior LED die produced by Lumileds
- FIGS. 1E-1F are characteristic curve diagrams of the LED die shown in FIGS. 1B-1D ;
- FIG. 2 is an illustration of the prior LED in use
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a structure of LED dies having an alternating current (AC) loop (a structure of AC LED die) according to the invention
- FIG. 4A is an equivalent circuit diagram of the structure of AC LED dies shown in FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 4B is a characteristic curve diagram of the structure of AC LED dies shown in FIG. 3 .
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram describing a manufacturing of the structure of AC LED dies
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a package of the structure of AC LED dies shown in FIG. 3 ;
- FIGS. 7A and 7B are a schematic diagram illustrating a flip-chip structure of the AC LED dies shown in FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 8 is a variant of the equivalent circuit shown in FIG. 4A ;
- FIG. 9A is the structure of AC LED dies according to another embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 9B is a variant of the structure of AC LED dies shown in FIG. 9A ;
- FIGS. 10A and 10B are illustrations of a plurality of structures of AC LED dies connected in a matrix form according to the invention.
- FIG. 11 is an equivalent circuit diagram of the matrix-formed plurality of structures of AC LED dies shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B ;
- FIGS. 12A-12F are illustrations of a process flow of the manufacturing of the structure of AC LED dies according to the invention.
- a structure of light-emitting diode (LED) dies having an alternating current (AC) loop, which may be fed with a direct AC power supply, is disclosed in the invention (abbreviated as a structure of AC LED dies).
- the structure of AC LED dies comprises at least a unit of AC LED micro-dies 50 , which will be described in the following. Referring to FIG. 3 , the unit of AC LED micro-dies comprises a first LED micro-die and a second LED micro-die 21 and 22 arranged in mutually reverse orientations and connected in parallel.
- the unit of AD LED micro-dies has an equivalent circuit as shown in FIG. 4A .
- the first and second LED micro-dies 21 and 22 are oriented reversely and connected by a conductive bridge 53 in parallel, the first LED micro-die 21 emits light when a positive-half wave voltage in the AC power supply is applied, while the second LED micro-die 22 emits light when a negative-half wave voltage in the AC power supply is applied. Therefore, the unit of LED micro-dies may emit light continuously whenever a proper AC power supply is provided. For this reason, the above-mentioned terms “AC loop”, “AC LED dies” and “AC LED micro-dies” are used. Hence, the structure would solve the bigger-volume problem that manufactured by the structure described in the U.S. Pat. No. 6,547,249 and US publication patent 2004/0075399.
- the characteristic curve associated with the current-voltage relation of the unit of AC LED micro-dies is provided in FIG. 4 b . Since each LED micro-die in the unit is operated forwardly, the structure of AC LED dies also provides protection from electric static charge (ESD) without the need of an additional circuit, as in the prior art, or a diode fixed on a sub-mount and connected with the LEDs, as in U.S. Pat. No. 6,547,249. Therefore, the purpose of cost saving may be achieved.
- ESD electric static charge
- FIG. 5 illustrates the manufacturing of the structure of AC LED dies.
- two unconnected n-type light-emitting layers 62 a and 62 b such as a n-InGaN layer, are first formed on a substrate made of Al 2 O 3 , GaAs, GaP or SiC, etc.
- two p-type light-emitting layers 63 a and 63 b such as an p-InGaN layer, are formed on portions of the n-type light-emitting layers 62 a and 62 b respectively.
- n-type pads 67 a and 67 b are formed on other portions of the n-type light-emitting layers 62 a and 62 b respectively.
- p-type pads 66 a and 66 b are formed on the p-type light-emitting layers 63 a and 63 b respectively.
- a conductive bridge 65 is formed to connect the n-type pad 67 a and the p-type pads 66 b , and an insulating layer 64 is formed to avoid short-circuiting between the n-type pad 67 a , the p-type pad 66 b and the conductive bridge 65 .
- the p-type pad 67 b is connected to the n-type pad 66 a.
- a substrate 61 is provided.
- n-type light-emitting layers 62 a and 62 b and p-type light-emitting layers 63 a and 63 b are provided (from bottom to top), as shown in FIG. 12A .
- an etching operation is performed upon a portion of each of the p-type light-emitting layers 63 a and 63 b , and a corresponding portion of each of the n-type light-emitting layers 62 a and 62 b is thus exposed, as shown in FIG. 12B .
- an insulating layer 64 is formed, as shown in FIG. 12C .
- the insulating layer 64 may be an oxide layer, for example.
- specific portions defined for formation of pads in the n-type light-emitting layers 62 a and 62 b and p-type light-emitting layers 63 a and 63 b are etched, as shown in FIG. 12D .
- n-type pads 67 a and 67 b and p-type pads 66 a and 66 b are formed at their defined regions as mentioned, as shown in FIG. 12E .
- a conductive bridge 65 is formed and connected between the n-type pad 67 a and p-type pad 66 b , as shown in FIG. 12F .
- the structure of AC LED dies may be covered by a glue as a packaged structure and fixed on a sub-mount 69 , wherein the glue may be a heatsink glue and the sub-mount 69 may be formed with a surface that acts as a reflective layer to reflect light.
- bumps 72 may be formed over the sub-mount 69 .
- Trace 71 are used to connect the n-type pad 67 a with the p-type pad 66 b , and the n-type pad 67 b and the p-type pad 66 a are also electrically connected with each other (not shown in the figure) as shown in FIG. 7A . As shown in FIG.
- the structure of AC LED dies may be connected with a third LED micro-die 23 in parallel as shown in FIG. 8 , and an asymmetric structure of AC LED dies is thus formed.
- FIG. 9A illustrates another embodiment of the structure of AC LED dies.
- a first LED micro-die 21 is connected with a third LED micro-die 23 and a second LED micro-die 22 is connected with a fourth LED micro-die 24 , and the same result as provided by the above mentioned embodiment of the structure of AC LED dies is obtained.
- the structure of AC LED dies may be further connected with a fifth LED micro-die 25 and a sixth LED micro-die 26 in parallel, similar to that shown in FIG. 8 , as shown in FIG. 9B .
- each of the LED micro-dies may emit light with a single wavelength or multiple wavelengths when a power supply is supplied, such as wavelengths corresponding to red, green and blue lights.
- a first pad 41 and a second pad 42 are formed on a substrate 40 , and a plurality of units of AC LED dies 50 are coupled therebetween, as shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B .
- Each unit of AC LED dies 50 comprises a first LED micro-die 51 and a second LED micro-die 52 , as shown in FIG. 3 , and has an equivalent circuit shown in FIG. 11 .
- the first and second LED micro-dies 51 and 52 are arranged in mutually reverse orientations and connected in parallel, and a plurality of thus formed units 50 is connected in series. Similar to the description in FIG.
- the first LED micro-die 51 in the unit 50 emits light when a positive-half wave voltage is in the AC power supply, while the second LED micro-die 52 in the unit 50 emits light when a negative-half wave voltage is in the AC power supply (see FIG. 10B ). Since the voltage of the AC power supply is varied between a positive peak and a negative peak with a high frequency, light emitted alternatively from the LEDs 51 and 52 is continuous. Generally, AC voltage has a large swing or a large amplitude.
- the AC power supply may have a frequency up to 50-60 kHz.
- any waveform of the AC power supply may be used, provided that the waveform is symmetrical.
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A structure of light-emitting diode (LED) dies having an AC loop (a structure of AC LED dies), which is formed with at least one unit of AC LED micro-dies disposed on a chip. The unit of AC LED micro-dies comprises two LED micro-dies arranged in mutually reverse orientations and connected with each other in parallel, to which an AC power supply may be applied so that the LED unit may continuously emit light in response to a positive-half wave voltage and a negative-half wave voltage in the AC power supply. Since each AC LED micro-die is operated forwardly, the structure of AC LED dies also provides protection from electrical static charge (ESD) and may operate under a high voltage.
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- The invention relates to a structure of light-emitting diodes (LED), and particularly to a structure of LED dies with an alternating current (AC) loop (a structure of AC LED dies).
- 2. Related Art
- A light-emitting diode (LED) emits light based on its semi-conductive characteristics, in contrast to the heating light-emitting principle of a fluorescent lamp, and is thus called a cold light. The LED provides a number of advantages such as high endurance, long lifetime, compactness, low power consumption and so forth. Furthermore, no pernicious material such as mercury is contained in the LED. Therefore, there are high expectations with respect to the LEDs for being a light source in daily life in the current lighting market.
- However, prior LEDs are generally limited in their acceptable power levels. Most LEDs may be fed with only low DC voltages and may be damaged if high voltages or AC voltages are applied thereon. Because of this, a DC voltage conversion circuit is generally used to transform the external power supply used by such LEDs. In operating an LED by use of a low DC voltage, the LED has its characteristic curve of the current-voltage relation, as shown in
FIG. 1A . As shown, when the voltage is forwardly applied, the LED is conducted and light is emitted there from. On the other hand, if a reverse voltage is applied, the LED breaks down and no light is emitted. Further, in practical usage the LED is often connected in series or parallel with several such LEDs, such as those used in traffic light apparatuses such as stop light apparatuses. As shown inFIG. 2 , the externally suppliedAC voltage 11 is first reduced in its level by means of aconversion circuit 12 and then converted into a DC voltage corresponding thereto. Then the converted DC voltage is fed into a plurality of LEDs connected with one another in series or in parallel as mentioned above, in which LEDs cannot be used when reverse power is supplied. - However, once a single LED arranged among the plurality of LEDs is damaged, the set of LEDs in which the damaged LED resides is also likely to become damaged and the whole of the loop formed with the damaged LED included is badly affected. To reduce this occurrence, the number of LEDs connected in series is generally reduced as much as possible. Unfortunately, the total amount of wires used for these LEDs in a specific application is unavoidably increased and the power consumption increases correspondingly. Furthermore, the voltage at an end of one of the wires is insufficient and thus causes uneven luminance of the LEDs.
- There is another serious problem with a low DC voltage operated ALInGaN LED. When such a LED is assembled and processed, electrical static discharge (ESD) is apt to occur. When this occurs, an instantaneous high reverse voltage is burst forth and the LED is damaged.
- To resolve the above-mentioned shortcomings, circuit assembly and die manufacturing are two generally adopted solutions.
- The circuit assembly scheme may be seen in U.S. Pat. No. 6,547,249. This patent discloses an additional diode arranged in a reverse orientation and connected in parallel to protect an LED-based circuit to prevent sudden ESD or an exceptional current or voltage attack. In another U.S. Pat. No. 5,936,599, LEDs in an LED based circuit are arranged in a reverse orientation and connected in parallel, and inductors and capacitors are introduced in the circuit. In this case, an AC voltage and a high voltage may be used by the LEDs. However, although the problem of high power consumption may be overcome by such circuit assembly schemes, the corresponding large volume of the LED based circuit considerably limits its actual applicable range. In US publication patent 2004/0075399, the circuit is arranged in the submount and formed dies/die array thereon. However, the pitch between conductors for connecting dies and the submount is about 0.1 mm to 0.12 mm. There are only 12*2 diodes in 1 mm*1 mm die. The volume of the die is also great to operate with higher voltage, and the illuminating area is decreased due to the pitch requirement.
- An example of the die manufacturing scheme may be seen in U.S. Pat. No. 6,547,249, in which LED dies are manufactured as a matrix form and connections of the LED dies are arranged in the same orientation in series and in parallel. Although such LEDs may be operated with a high voltage, they may still not be applied with an AC voltage. In this patent, an arrangement for protection of breakdown of the LEDs is also provided by connecting a diode with the LEDs in a variety of combinations where the LEDs may also be arranged in mutually reverse orientations and connected with each other but should be disposed over a submount and then connected with the LED matrix in parallel. According to this patent, the
LED die 91 has a structure shown inFIG. 1B , and has an equivalent circuit shown inFIG. 1C , in which theLED 91 is connected in parallel with two mutually oriented Zenerdiodes FIG. 1D . The current-voltage relation curves corresponding to the equivalent circuits inFIG. 1C andFIG. 1D are shown inFIG. 1E andFIG. 1F respectively. - Also referring to U.S. Pat. No. 5,635,902, the LED dies are also manufactured as a matrix form while the LEDs are oriented the same and connected in series. Although the LEDs may be operated with a high voltage, they also have the problem of not being capable of operation with AC voltage.
- An object of the invention is therefore to provide a structure of light-emitting diode (LED) dies having an alternating current (AC) loop abbreviated as a structure of AC LED dies, on which an AC power supply may be applied directly to considerably broaden applicable range.
- To achieve the above object, the structure of AC LED dies according to the invention is formed with at least one unit of AC LED micro-dies disposed on a chip. The unit of AC LED micro-dies comprises two LED micro-dies arranged in mutually reverse orientations and connected by a conductive bridge with each other in parallel, to which an AC power supply may be applied so that the unit of AC LED micro-dies continuously emits light in response to a positive-half wave voltage and a negative-half wave voltage in the AC power supply respectively. Since each AC LED micro-die is operated forwardly, the structure of the AC LED dies also provides protection from electric static charge (ESD) and may operate under a high voltage. The pitch is decreased by the conductive bridge to 0.015 mm, 0.012 mm, and 1.010 mm or even to lower than 0.06 mm. Hence, when the size of the die is 1 mm or 0.6 mm, there would have 47*2 diodes and operate with 158 bi-directional voltages.
- In practical usage, the structure of the AC LED dies may be provided in a flipped form or a faced-up form. Also, each of the LED dies in the structure of the AC LED dies may correspond to the same wavelength or different wavelengths with those of the other LEDs in the unit of AC LED dies. Thus the structure of AC LED dies may be used in a wider applicable range.
- The objects, constructions, features and functions of the invention may be better understood through the following detailed description with respect to the preferred embodiments thereof in connection with the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1A is a characteristic curve diagram of a prior light-emitting diode (LED) die; -
FIGS. 1B-1D are schematic illustrations of a prior LED die produced by Lumileds; -
FIGS. 1E-1F are characteristic curve diagrams of the LED die shown inFIGS. 1B-1D ; -
FIG. 2 is an illustration of the prior LED in use; -
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a structure of LED dies having an alternating current (AC) loop (a structure of AC LED die) according to the invention; -
FIG. 4A is an equivalent circuit diagram of the structure of AC LED dies shown inFIG. 3 ; -
FIG. 4B is a characteristic curve diagram of the structure of AC LED dies shown inFIG. 3 . -
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram describing a manufacturing of the structure of AC LED dies; -
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a package of the structure of AC LED dies shown inFIG. 3 ; -
FIGS. 7A and 7B are a schematic diagram illustrating a flip-chip structure of the AC LED dies shown inFIG. 3 ; -
FIG. 8 is a variant of the equivalent circuit shown inFIG. 4A ; -
FIG. 9A is the structure of AC LED dies according to another embodiment of the invention; -
FIG. 9B is a variant of the structure of AC LED dies shown inFIG. 9A ; -
FIGS. 10A and 10B are illustrations of a plurality of structures of AC LED dies connected in a matrix form according to the invention; -
FIG. 11 is an equivalent circuit diagram of the matrix-formed plurality of structures of AC LED dies shown inFIGS. 10A and 10B ; and -
FIGS. 12A-12F are illustrations of a process flow of the manufacturing of the structure of AC LED dies according to the invention. - A structure of light-emitting diode (LED) dies having an alternating current (AC) loop, which may be fed with a direct AC power supply, is disclosed in the invention (abbreviated as a structure of AC LED dies). The structure of AC LED dies comprises at least a unit of
AC LED micro-dies 50, which will be described in the following. Referring toFIG. 3 , the unit of AC LED micro-dies comprises a first LED micro-die and asecond LED micro-die FIG. 4A . Since the first andsecond LED micro-dies conductive bridge 53 in parallel, thefirst LED micro-die 21 emits light when a positive-half wave voltage in the AC power supply is applied, while thesecond LED micro-die 22 emits light when a negative-half wave voltage in the AC power supply is applied. Therefore, the unit of LED micro-dies may emit light continuously whenever a proper AC power supply is provided. For this reason, the above-mentioned terms “AC loop”, “AC LED dies” and “AC LED micro-dies” are used. Hence, the structure would solve the bigger-volume problem that manufactured by the structure described in the U.S. Pat. No. 6,547,249 and US publication patent 2004/0075399. - Furthermore, the characteristic curve associated with the current-voltage relation of the unit of AC LED micro-dies is provided in
FIG. 4 b. Since each LED micro-die in the unit is operated forwardly, the structure of AC LED dies also provides protection from electric static charge (ESD) without the need of an additional circuit, as in the prior art, or a diode fixed on a sub-mount and connected with the LEDs, as in U.S. Pat. No. 6,547,249. Therefore, the purpose of cost saving may be achieved. -
FIG. 5 illustrates the manufacturing of the structure of AC LED dies. First, two unconnected n-type light-emittinglayers layers layers type pads layers type pads layers conductive bridge 65 is formed to connect the n-type pad 67 a and the p-type pads 66 b, and an insulatinglayer 64 is formed to avoid short-circuiting between the n-type pad 67 a, the p-type pad 66 b and theconductive bridge 65. Finally, the p-type pad 67 b is connected to the n-type pad 66 a. - Specifically, the manufacturing of the structure of AC LED dies is illustrated as follows with reference to
FIGS. 12A-12F . First, asubstrate 61 is provided. On thesubstrate 61, n-type light-emittinglayers layers FIG. 12A . Next, an etching operation is performed upon a portion of each of the p-type light-emittinglayers layers FIG. 12B . Next, an insulatinglayer 64 is formed, as shown inFIG. 12C . The insulatinglayer 64 may be an oxide layer, for example. Thereafter, specific portions defined for formation of pads in the n-type light-emittinglayers layers FIG. 12D . Then, n-type pads type pads FIG. 12E . Finally, aconductive bridge 65 is formed and connected between the n-type pad 67 a and p-type pad 66 b, as shown inFIG. 12F . - In addition, the structure of AC LED dies may be covered by a glue as a packaged structure and fixed on a sub-mount 69, wherein the glue may be a heatsink glue and the sub-mount 69 may be formed with a surface that acts as a reflective layer to reflect light. Alternatively, bumps 72 may be formed over the sub-mount 69.
Trace 71 are used to connect the n-type pad 67 a with the p-type pad 66 b, and the n-type pad 67 b and the p-type pad 66 a are also electrically connected with each other (not shown in the figure) as shown inFIG. 7A . As shown inFIG. 7B , another embodiment would solve the bigger-volume problem that manufactured by the structure described in the U.S. Pat. No. 6,547,249 and US publication patent 2004/0075399. Thebump 72 forms in thesubmount 68 with flip-chip structure. However, only the p-type pad 66 a and N-type pad 67 b connect thereon. The P-type pad 67 a and N-type pad 66 b connect by theconductive bridge 65. Then the leadingwire - In addition, the structure of AC LED dies may be connected with a
third LED micro-die 23 in parallel as shown inFIG. 8 , and an asymmetric structure of AC LED dies is thus formed. -
FIG. 9A illustrates another embodiment of the structure of AC LED dies. In this embodiment, afirst LED micro-die 21 is connected with athird LED micro-die 23 and asecond LED micro-die 22 is connected with afourth LED micro-die 24, and the same result as provided by the above mentioned embodiment of the structure of AC LED dies is obtained. Alternatively, the structure of AC LED dies may be further connected with afifth LED micro-die 25 and asixth LED micro-die 26 in parallel, similar to that shown inFIG. 8 , as shown inFIG. 9B . In the above embodiments, each of the LED micro-dies may emit light with a single wavelength or multiple wavelengths when a power supply is supplied, such as wavelengths corresponding to red, green and blue lights. - In practical usage, a
first pad 41 and asecond pad 42 are formed on asubstrate 40, and a plurality of units of AC LED dies 50 are coupled therebetween, as shown inFIGS. 10A and 10B . Each unit of AC LED dies 50 comprises afirst LED micro-die 51 and asecond LED micro-die 52, as shown inFIG. 3 , and has an equivalent circuit shown inFIG. 11 . Seen fromFIG. 11 , it may be readily known that the first andsecond LED micro-dies units 50 is connected in series. Similar to the description inFIG. 3 , thefirst LED micro-die 51 in theunit 50 emits light when a positive-half wave voltage is in the AC power supply, while thesecond LED micro-die 52 in theunit 50 emits light when a negative-half wave voltage is in the AC power supply (seeFIG. 10B ). Since the voltage of the AC power supply is varied between a positive peak and a negative peak with a high frequency, light emitted alternatively from theLEDs unit 50 connected at the downstream of a wire connecting a plurality of units is slightly dropped, the range of reduction is relatively small, unlike the prior art (only several volts is provided) in which slight changes over the voltage fed into the LED cause a remarkable difference of luminance of the LED. Since the LED has a fast response speed, the AC power supply may have a frequency up to 50-60 kHz. In addition, any waveform of the AC power supply may be used, provided that the waveform is symmetrical. - While the preferred embodiments of the invention have been set forth for the purpose of disclosure, modifications of the disclosed embodiments of the invention as well as other embodiments thereof may occur to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended to cover all embodiments which do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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1. A structure of AC light-emitting diode (LED) dies, comprising a unit of AC LED micro-dies formed on a chip, the unit of AC LED micro-dies having two LED micro-dies arranged in mutually reverse orientations and connected by a conductive bridge in parallel, and the unit of AC LED micro-dies emitting continuously a light when an AC power supply being applied thereon.
2. The structure as recited in claim 1 , wherein the two LED micro-dies correspond to a same wavelength.
3. The structure as recited in claim 1 , wherein the two LED micro-dies correspond to different wavelengths.
4. The structure as recited in claim 1 , wherein the unit of AC LED micro-dies further comprises another LED micro-die.
5. A structure of AC light-emitting diode (LED) dies, comprising a plurality of units of AC LED micro-dies formed on a chip, the plurality of units of AC LED micro-dies connected in series having two LED micro-dies arranged in mutually reverse orientations and connected by a conductive bridge in parallel and the connected plurality of units of AC LED micro-dies jointly emit continuously a light when an AC power supply being applied thereon.
6. The structure as recited in claim 5 , wherein the plurality of units of AC LED micro-dies are connected in series.
7. The structure as recited in claim 5 , wherein the plurality of units of AC LED micro-dies are connected in parallel.
8. The structure as recited in claim 5 , wherein the plurality of units of LED micro-dies are connected in a combination of an in-series connection and an in-parallel connection.
9. The structure as recited in claim 5 , wherein the two LED micro-dies correspond to a same wavelength.
10. The structure as recited in claim 5 , wherein the two LED micro-dies correspond to different wavelengths.
11. A structure of AC light-emitting diode (LED) dies, comprising a unit of AC LED micro-dies formed on a chip, the unit of AC LED micro-dies comprising at least two in-parallel paths each having a plurality of LED micro-dies in series, the two in-parallel paths connected by a conductive bridge with each other in parallel, each of the plurality of LED micro-dies in series in one of the two in-parallel paths is arranged in mutually reverse orientations and connected in parallel with each of the plurality of LED micro-dies in series in the other of the two in-parallel paths and the unit of AC LED micro-dies emitting continuously a light when an AC power supply being applied thereon.
12. The structure as recited in claim 11 , wherein each of the LED micro-dies in the unit of AC LED micro-dies correspond to a same wavelength as those the other LED micro-dies in the unit of AC LED micro-dies correspond.
13. The structure as recited in claim 11 , wherein at least one of the LED micro-dies in the unit of AC LED micro-dies corresponds to a different wavelength with those the other LED micro-dies in the unit of AC LED micro-die correspond.
14. The structure as recited in claim 11 , wherein the unit of AC LED micro-dies further comprises an in-parallel path comprising a plurality of LED micro-dies in series.
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