Patent ID: 8907364

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a removable film having a substantially smooth surface, providing a plurality of light emitting elements, each of the light emitting elements having contacts situated on a surface of the light emitting elements opposite a light emitting surface of the light emitting elements, situating each of the plurality of light emitting elements on the removable film such that the contacts are situated on the surface of the removable film, adding a plurality of reflective structures to the removable film, the reflective structures being situated on the film so as to reflect light from one or more of the light emitting elements in an intended light output direction, adding an encapsulant within the reflective structures so as to affix the reflective structures to the corresponding one or more of the light emitting elements, singulating the plurality of reflective structures to provide a light emitting device comprising the one or more light emitting elements affixed to each reflective structure, and removing the film after adding the encapsulant, exposing the contacts of each of the light emitting elements.