Suction cup device and method for removing sapphire substrate
AssigneeLumileds LLC
InventorsJoyce Chan Li Kin, Chee Chung James Wong, Yeow Meng Teo
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Abstract
A light emitting diode (LED) device sapphire substrate removal apparatus and method are disclosed. The apparatus and method includes placing the LED device comprising a sapphire substrate and a carrier onto holding stage sized and shaped to hold the carrier of an LED device and applying suction cups to the sapphire substrate to separate the sapphire substrate from the carrier. The apparatus include the holding stage and a sapphire substrate suction device.
Claims20
A light emitting diode (LED) device sapphire substrate removal apparatus comprising:
- a holding stage sized and shaped to hold a carrier of an LED device including a sapphire substrate;
- and
- a suction device positioned to apply a suction force to the sapphire substrate to remove the sapphire substrate from the LED device.
A method of removing a sapphire substrate from an LED device, the method comprising:
- placing the LED device comprising the sapphire substrate and a carrier onto a holding stage, the holding stage sized and shaped to hold the carrier of the LED device;
- applying a suction device to the sapphire substrate;
- and
- separating the suction device and the holding stage to separate the sapphire substrate from the carrier, wherein after separation of the sapphire substrate from the carrier the carrier of the LED device is held on the holding device and the sapphire substrate is held on the suction device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.