Patent Description:
In a field of an LED display screen, users hope to obtain a clear display effect, and gradually pay more attention to a consistency of an overall screen effect. In a stage of point testing and sorting when preparing a chip, according to a sorting/arranging logic for the chip in the prior art, the chips with a same bin specification will be arranged in sequence. When a packaging manufacturer packages the chips mentioned above in sequence and then assembles a screen subsequently, a problem of chromaticity difference in the display effect of a whole screen has gradually appeared, and a brightness difference and a color difference between screens will appear. Therefore, how to eliminate the brightness difference and the color difference among the screens has become a key issue in an entire field of LED display screen manufacturing.

In order to solve brightness and color problems among the screens mentioned above, in a field of surface mounted device (SMD) packaging, a phenomenon of color difference is eliminated mainly by a three-time mixing for the chips: (<NUM>) mixing blue films of different batches; (<NUM>) mixing lamp beads after SMD packaging; (<NUM>) mixing an SMD braid. In SMD packaging, a problem of color difference among modules is eliminated through the three-time mixing. However, since three stages of process are required, and at the same time, in a first stage of mixing the blue films of different batches, a part of a previous batch of blue films need to be retained in each time of blue film mixing, problems such as low production efficiency, uneven chip mixing, and incomplete mixing exist. In a field of chip-on-board (COB) packaging, in order to solve a chromaticity difference problem in the modules, a current mainstream solution of various packaging manufacturers is to perform chromaticity correction on the whole screen. However, due to the cost of correction equipment, the imperfection of correction technology, and differences in packaged products, the chromaticity difference problem in the modules cannot be fundamentally solved.

<CIT> discloses a display device (<NUM>), comprising: a support; first and second conductive electrical power supply elements (<NUM>, <NUM>), the first conductive element being placed on the support; a plurality of LED modules (<NUM>), each including at least one LED and two electrical power supply pads that are arranged on two opposite faces, respectively, of the LED module, one of which corresponds to an emissive face of the LED, wherein the electrical power supply pads of each LED module are connected to the first and second conductive electrical power supply elements, respectively, and wherein the connection area of an electrical power supply pad of an LED module for connection with the first conductive electrical power supply element is substantially smaller than a receiving area of the first conductive element corresponding to the area of the first conductive element in a plane that is parallel to the connection areas of the power supply pads of the LED modules.

<CIT> discloses a method of making a light active sheet. A bottom substrate having an electrically conductive surface is provided. A hotmelt adhesive sheet is provided. Light active semiconductor elements, such as LED die, are embedded in the hotmelt adhesive sheet. The LED die each have a top electrode and a bottom electrode. A top transparent substrate is provided having a transparent conductive layer. The hotmelt adhesive sheet with the embedded LED die is inserted between the electrically conductive surface and the transparent conductive layer to form a lamination. The lamination is run through a heated pressure roller system to melt the hotmelt adhesive sheet and electrically insulate and bind the top substrate to the bottom substrate. As the hotmelt sheet is softened, the LED die breakthrough so that the top electrode comes into electrical contact with the transparent conductive layer of the top substrate and the bottom electrode comes into electrical contact with the electrically conductive surface of the bottom substrate. Thus, the p and n sides of each LED die are automatically connected to the top conductive layer and the bottom conductive surface. Each LED die is encapsulated and secured between the substrates in the flexible, hotmelt adhesive sheet layer. The bottom substrate, the hotmelt adhesive (with the embedded LED die) and the top substrate can be provided as rolls of material. The rolls are brought together in a continuous roll fabrication process, resulting in a flexible sheet of lighting material.

<CIT> discloses a light emitting diode (LED) module-based random matrix lamp mixing method and a system device thereof. The device comprises an artificial intelligence (AI) inserter. The method comprises the following steps of: constructing a software module for generating a random matrix, an AI inserter control end software module and an AI inserter functional module in an AI inserter control end PC according to LED module pixels; after real-time start, generating the random matrix according to the batch and the number of LED lamps; calling the random matrix and building a corresponding relationship between the feeding station number and the LED module pixels by the AI inserter control end software module; building a corresponding relationship between the LED batch and the feeding station number by the AI inserter functional module; and controlling the AI inserter to take out each LED lamp from the corresponding feeding station by the AI inserter control end software module, and inserting the LED lamps into corresponding positions of the modules to realize lamp mixing. By adopting computer programming for generating the random matrix, the risk of regular patterns of LED modules is reduced; and the same random matrix is adopted in each LED module, so the LED batch and the pixel positions of LEDs on the LED modules are fixed, the traceability of the LED lamps is realized, and the production risk is effectively controlled.

In view of the defects in the prior art mentioned above, an objective of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing method for an LED display screen for resolving differences in brightness and color among screens more conveniently and reliably.

In order to achieve the above objective and other related objectives, the present invention provides a manufacturing method for an LED display screen, including: preparing a batch of LED chips of the same or different specification; picking up the LED chips illogically according to a random sampling method, and arranging the picked LED chips in sequence; packaging and assembling the LED chips arranged in sequence to form the LED display screen. The LED display screen comprises an area comprising a plurality of LED chips, and not all adjacent LED chips in a certain area of the LED display screen are adjacent LED chips of the same specification, the specification of the LED chip comprising a specification of at least one of color and brightness.

<NUM>, Display Module; <NUM>, LED Chip; <NUM>, Display Module; <NUM>, LED Chip.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below through an exemplary embodiment. Those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantage and effect of the present invention according to content disclosed in the Description. The present invention can also be implemented or applied through other different exemplary embodiment. Various modifications or changes can also be made to all details in the Description based on different points of view and applications without departing from a scope of the present invention.

In an LED display screen manufacturing process, sorting LED chips is a very important step. A sorting/arraying technology in the prior art usually arranges the LED chips logically, and the LED chips <NUM> of the same bin specification are arranged sequentially to form a display module <NUM>, as shown in <FIG>. According to the above sorting/arraying, after the display module <NUM> is assembled into an LED screen after subsequent packaging, a brightness difference and a color difference will appear between screens, and a striped or blocky color difference/brightness difference will appear, as shown in <FIG> and <FIG>.

In order to solve a problem of brightness difference and color difference among screens caused by LED sorting in the prior art, a manufacturing method for a flip-chip LED display screen is provided in the present embodiment, as shown in <FIG>, including the following steps.

A batch of LED chips of the same or different specifications is prepared.

The above-mentioned LED chips of the same or different specifications can be from a same wafer or from different wafers. In an embodiment, as shown in <FIG>, it shows that LED chips <NUM> of the same specification from different wafers are classified into different bins. In an embodiment, the LED chips can also be classified into a same bin but with different brightness or wavelengths. In the present embodiment, the specifications of the LED chips <NUM> include the specification of at least one of color and brightness.

The LED chips are picked up illogically according to a random sampling method, and the picked LED chips are arranged on a substrate.

As shown in <FIG>, a display module <NUM> presented after the LED chips being picked up illogically and arranged is shown. It can be seen from <FIG> that the LED chips <NUM> in the display module <NUM> formed after the picking up and the arranging mentioned above are distributed in the display module <NUM> in a scattered and even manner.

The LED chips arranged on the substrate are packaged and transferred to a circuit substrate, and are assembled to form the LED display screen. The packaged LED chips can be transferred one by one sequentially to the circuit substrate or a plurality of the packaged LED chips can be transferred in a batch to the circuit substrate.

After the display module <NUM> as shown in <FIG> forms an LED display, not all the adjacent LED chips in a certain area of the LED display screen are adjacent LED chips of the same specification, and the certain area includes one LED chip or more. The certain area may be, for example, consisted of <NUM> × <NUM> LED chips, <NUM> × <NUM> LED chips, <NUM> × <NUM> LED chips, or the like. There will be no striped or blocky color difference and brightness difference phenomena between screens. As shown in <FIG> and <FIG>, no matter the bins are classified according to a same brightness and different wavelengths (colors) or are classified according to a same wavelength and different brightness, after the picking up illogically and the arranging mentioned above, the LED chips <NUM> are distributed in each display module <NUM> in a scattered and even manner. Therefore, after the display module <NUM> is assembled into a display screen, there will be no striped or blocky color difference/brightness difference between screens.

In an embodiment, as shown in <FIG> and <FIG>, a process of picking up and arranging the LED chips of the same specification from different wafers is shown.

As shown in <FIG>, firstly, the LED chips of the same specification from different wafers are placed on one or more carrier films sequentially. The carrier film can be any adhesive carrier film such as blue film, white film, PVC film, or the like. Then, the LED chips mentioned above are picked up illogically according to the random sampling method. In an embodiment, the random sampling method includes a random number table method, and a random number table in the random number table method includes one of a Fisher-Yates random number table, a Tippet random number table, and a Kendell-Smith random number table. In the present embodiment, the random number table method is used to pick up the above-mentioned LED chips illogically. Firstly, the first picking point is randomly selected, and the LED chip <NUM> at the first picking point is picked up, or the LED chip <NUM> at the first picking point is picked up and at the same time the LED chips around the first picking point are sequentially picked up along a predetermined picking direction O1. For example, a first number of LED chips ranging from one to eight around the first picking point can be picked up. In the present embodiment, eight LED chips <NUM>-<NUM> around the first picking point are picked up. The picking direction O1 may be a counterclockwise direction or a clockwise direction. In an embodiment, as shown in <FIG>, the picking direction O1 is a counterclockwise direction.

The LED chip <NUM> at the first picking point and the LED chips <NUM>-<NUM> around it are arranged on the substrate in sequence in a predetermined arrangement manner. The predetermined arrangement manner can be determined according to a final product requirement of the LED display screen. For example, as shown in <FIG>, the predetermined arrangement manner includes a vertical turn-back arrangement manner O2, and of course, it may also be a horizontal turn-back arrangement manner.

After picking up and arranging the LED chips at the first picking point, randomly jump to a second picking point and the LED chip A at the second picking point is picked up, or the LED chip A at the second picking point is picked up and at the same time a second number of the LED chips around the second picking point are sequentially picked up along the predetermined picking direction O1. For example, eight LED chips B-I around the second picking point are also picked up. Then, the LED chip A at the second picking point and the LED chips B-I around it are arranged on the substrate in sequence in a predetermined arrangement manner.

Jump to an n-th picking point randomly, and the LED chip at the n-th picking point and an n-th number of LED chips around the n-th picking point are picked up along the predetermined picking direction.

The LED chip and the n-th number of LED chips picked at the n-th picking point are arranged on the substrate in sequence according to the predetermined arrangement manner.

The above-mentioned steps of picking up and arranging randomly are repeated until all the LED chips are picked up and arranged, and a required arrangement pattern is formed. The arrangement pattern can also be determined according to the final product requirement of the LED display screen.

As shown in <FIG> and <FIG>, the first picking point, the second picking point,. and the n-th picking point include illogical points that are randomly selected by the random sampling method; the first number of LED chips, the second number of LED chips,. and the n-th number of LED chips include <NUM> to <NUM> LED chips. Further, n is an integer greater than <NUM>.

Then, the LED chips placed on the substrate are packaged and transferred onto the circuit substrate to form the display module shown in <FIG>, and the display module is assembled to form the LED display screen.

As shown in <FIG>, the LED chips in each display module are distributed in a scattered and even manner. Thus, after the LED display screen is formed, the striped or blocky color difference/brightness difference will not appear between screens.

In order to obtain a more scattered and even distribution of LED chips, and as far as possible to completely eliminate the striped or blocky color difference/brightness difference that may appear between screens, the steps of picking up illogically and arranging sequentially can be repeated many times, until reaching a desired display effect.

The present embodiment provides a manufacturing method for the flip-chip LED display screen. Same parts as those in the first embodiment will not be repeated here, and a difference is as follows.

In the present embodiment, the LED chips can be picked up directly from a wafer from which the LED chips are cut out illogically according to the random sampling method; then the picked LED chips are arranged on the carrier film, which can also be any adhesive carrier film such as a blue film, a white film and a PVC film; then the LED chips on the carrier film are transferred onto the circuit substrate in a batch; and the LED chips transferred onto the circuit substrate are packaged and assembled to form the LED display screen.

According to the method shown in the above embodiment of the present invention, the LED chips of the same or different specifications from the same wafer can be picked up illogically directly and then be arranged. Therefore, the method can directly pick up the LED chips without classifying the bin of the LED chips, and realize a scattered and even distribution of the LED chips. In addition, according to this method, the LED chips of different bins of the same specification from different wafers can also be picked up illogically and arranged. That is, the scattered and even distribution of the LED chips of different bins is realized. The above method enables the LED chips to be distributed in a scattered and even manner in a final LED screen, without causing striped or blocky color difference/brightness difference between screens.

In addition, the above method can realize the scattered and even distribution of the LED chips by performing the picking up illogically only once, and thus a realization process is simple, and a sorting cost is low.

In another embodiment, the LED chips mentioned above include a flip-chip Mini LED chip or a flip-chip Micro LED chip.

An LED display screen is provided in the present embodiment. The LED display screen includes a display unit, and the display unit includes a circuit substrate and LED chips soldered on the circuit substrate.

The LED chips includes LED chips from a same wafer and/or LED chips from different wafers. The LED chips are arranged randomly and then soldered on the circuit substrate. Adjacent LED chips include no adjacent LED chips of the same specification. The specification of the LED chip includes at least one of color and brightness of the LED chip.

In an embodiment, the LED chip includes a flip-chip Mini LED chip or Micro LED chip.

In another embodiment, the LED display screen further includes a control system which is electrically connected with the display unit to control the display unit to display based on a different requirement.

According to the LED display screen of the present embodiment, the LED chips are arranged according to the method described in the first embodiment, so that the LED chips are distributed in a scattered and even manner in the LED display screen. Therefore, the LED display screen does not need to rely on a control of a system drive circuit to distribute current to make the brightness and color of the screen uniform, and there is no need to use Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) to adjust a duty cycle to achieve uniform brightness. The LED display screen has a function of independently turning on an R/G/B three-color light. A same drive current is used to turn on R/G/B, and the striped or blocky color difference/brightness difference will not appear in the LED display screen.

As mentioned above, the LED display screen and the manufacturing method therefor of the present invention provide the following beneficial effects.

According to the method of embodiments of the present invention, the chips in a single specification or a plurality of specifications are picked up illogically and arranged for one time or more. The chips picked up and arranged according to the above-mentioned method will not show differences in brightness and color after packaging and assembling the chips to form the screen subsequently. In addition, the method of the present invention can be realized by incorporating a random number table method into operation of an existing device, and a realization process is simple. There is no need to change or design the device or a manufacturing process, and an operating cost is low and the method is easy to realize.

According to this method, the LED chips of the same or different specifications from the same wafer can be picked up illogically directly and then be arranged. Therefore, the method can directly pick up the LED chips without classifying the bin of the LED chips, and realize a scattered and even distribution of the LED chips. In addition, according to this method, the LED chips of different bins of the same specification from different wafers can also be picked up illogically and arranged. That is, the scattered and even distribution of the LED chips of different bins is realized. The above method enables the LED chips to be distributed in a scattered and even manner in a final LED screen, without causing striped or blocky color difference/brightness difference between screens.

In addition, according to the method of embodiments of the present invention, the chips on a source side are randomly arranged, and the chips on the source side are randomly arranged on a product, which is easy to realize a mass production. In addition, since the chips within a package module or within the screen are arranged randomly, there is no striped or blocky color difference/brightness difference. When the module and the module or the screen and the screen are further assembled, a striped or blocky color difference/brightness difference phenomenon will not appear.

Claim 1:
A manufacturing method for an LED display screen, comprising:
preparing a batch of LED chips (<NUM>) of the same or different specifications;
picking up the LED chips (<NUM>) illogically according to a random sampling method, and arranging the picked LED chips (<NUM>) in sequence; and
packaging and assembling the LED chips (<NUM>) arranged in sequence to form the LED display screen;
wherein the LED display screen comprises an area comprising a plurality of LED chips (<NUM>), and not all adjacent LED chips (<NUM>) in an area of the LED display screen are adjacent LED chips (<NUM>) of the same specification, the specification of the LED chip (<NUM>) comprising a specification of at least one of color and brightness.