Patent ID: 8048695

Claim:
A method for fabricating a light source, said method comprising: mounting a plurality of dies that emit light of a first wavelength through a top surface of said die and one or more side surfaces of said die, said die being bonded to a surface of a mounting substrate; providing a sheet of light conversion components, each light conversion component comprising a layer of luminescent material that converts light of said first wavelength to light of a second wavelength, each light conversion component corresponding to one of said dies and being aligned with that die such that a bottom surface of that light conversion component is positioned over said top surface of that die; bonding said sheet of light conversion components to said top surfaces of said die, wherein each light conversion component has lateral dimensions chosen such that a space exists around said corresponding die, said space being bounded by said substrate and said corresponding light conversion component; and generating a scattering ring surrounding said side surfaces of each die and being positioned in said space around said die such that a portion of said light emitted from said side surfaces of that die is scattered into said light conversion component corresponding to that die by said scattering ring.