Patent ID: 8796050

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device, the method comprising: forming a plurality of light emitting devices on a first main surface of a wafer; after forming the plurality of light emitting devices on the wafer, thinning the wafer by removing material from a second main surface of the wafer, wherein the second main surface opposes the first main surface; disposing the thinned wafer on a carrier film so that the second main surface of the wafer faces the carrier film; and forming a phosphor layer on an emission surface of the plurality of light-emitting devices on the wafer, wherein the phosphor layer faces and overlies the first main surface of the wafer, wherein the forming of the phosphor layer comprises: disposing the carrier film, on which the wafer is disposed, on a vacuum table; closely adhering and fixing the carrier film on the vacuum table by vacuum suction pressure; coating a phosphor paste on the first surface of the wafer; and forming the phosphor layer by hardening the phosphor paste, and wherein the vacuum table has a stepped structure, in which a center portion thereof protrudes to be higher than peripheral portions thereof.