Patent ID: 8507300

Claim:
A method for making a lighting apparatus, the method comprising: providing a substrate; disposing at least a first light-emitting diode and a second light-emitting diode overlying the substrate, each of the first and the second light-emitting diodes having a top surface oriented away from the substrate and a plurality of side surfaces; providing a first phosphor-containing material having a phosphor concentration of at least 30% providing a second phosphor-containing material having a phosphor concentration of at least 30%; depositing a first predetermined amount of the first phosphor-containing material on the top surface of the first light-emitting diode while maintaining the side surfaces substantially free of the phosphor-containing material; and depositing a second predetermined amount of the second phosphor-containing material on the top surface of the second light-emitting diode while maintaining the side surfaces substantially free of the phosphor-containing material, wherein the second predetermined amount is different from the first predetermined amount.