As shown in the figure above, it is a COB integrated packaged LED display module. The front side is composed of LED lamp modules to form pixels, and the bottom side is an IC driving element. Finally, each COB display module is spliced into a design-sized LED display.
The theoretical advantages of COB:
1. Design and development: Without the diameter of a single lamp body, it can be made smaller in theory;
2. Technical process: reduce the cost of the bracket and simplify the manufacturing process, reduce the thermal resistance of the chip, and achieve high-density packaging;
3. Engineering installation: From the application side, the COB LED display module can provide manufacturers of display screen users with easier and faster installation efficiency.
4. Product features:
(1) Ultra-light and thin: According to the actual needs of customers, PCB boards with thickness from 0.4-1.2mm can be used to reduce the weight to at least 1/3 of the original traditional products, which can significantly reduce the structure, transportation and engineering costs for customers.
(2) Anti-collision and compression: COB products directly encapsulate the LED chip in the concave lamp position of the PCB board, and then encapsulate and cure it with epoxy resin. The surface of the lamp point is convex into a spherical surface, smooth and hard, and resistant to impact. mill.
(3) Large viewing angle: the viewing angle is greater than 175 degrees, close to 180 degrees, and has a better optical diffuse color effect.
(4) Strong heat dissipation capacity: COB products encapsulate the lamp on the PCB board, and quickly transfer the heat of the wick through the copper foil on the PCB board. Moreover, the thickness of the copper foil of the PCB board has strict process requirements. The gold process hardly causes serious light attenuation. Therefore, there are few dead lights, which greatly extends the life of the LED display.
(5) Wear-resistant and easy to clean: The surface is smooth and hard, impact-resistant and wear-resistant; there is no mask, and it can be cleaned with water or cloth when there is dust.
(6) All-weather excellent characteristics: triple protection treatment, waterproof, moisture, corrosion, dust, static electricity, oxidation, ultraviolet effect is outstanding; it can meet all-weather working conditions, and the temperature difference environment of minus 30 degrees to 80 degrees can still be used normally.
It is for these reasons that COB packaging technology has been pushed to the forefront in the display field.
Current technical problems of COB:
At present, COB's accumulation in the industry and process details need to be improved, and it is also facing some technical problems.
1. The one-time pass rate of the package is not high, the contrast is low, and the maintenance cost is high;
2. The uniformity of color rendering is far inferior to the display screen after the SMD device with light and color separation.
3. The existing COB package still uses the formal chip, which requires die bonding and wire bonding technology. Therefore, there are more problems in the wire bonding process and the process difficulty is inversely proportional to the pad area.
4. Manufacturing cost: Due to the high defect rate, the manufacturing cost far exceeds the small pitch of SMD.
Based on the above reasons, although the current COB technology has made certain breakthroughs in the display field, it does not mean that SMD technology has completely withdrawn and declined. In the field of dot pitch above 1.0mm, SMD packaging technology relies on its mature and stable product performance. The market practice and perfect installation and maintenance guarantee system are still the leading role and the most suitable selection direction for users and the market.
With the gradual improvement of COB product technology and the further evolution of market demand, the large-scale application of COB packaging technology will reflect its technical advantages and value in the interval of 0.5mm~1.0mm. To borrow a word from the industry : "The COB package is tailor-made for the dot pitch of 1.0mm and below".
