COB or chip-on-board is an LED chip package, in which multiple LED chips are integrated and bonded to the PCB and then sealed with glue. On the PCB board, you will notice that COB LEDs are placed altogether. When you use COB LED products, you will find that the light is shed evenly without the halo.
In PCBONLINE's LED PCB assembly factory, COB LED bonding can be achieved in two different methods - wire bonding and flip-chip bonding.
LED PCB wire bonding: the LED chip is connected with the PCB using a gold or aluminum wire, and then the chips are sealed by glue.
LED PCB flip-chip bonding: the P-N junction of the LED chips is directly bonded with the PCB without any gold or aluminum wires. Compared with wire bonding, the chips are flipped.
Is COB LED bonding restricted by the PCB substrate materials? No, as long as your PCB design can handle thermal management. From PCBONLINE, you can have COB LED chips bonded on ceramic substrate PCBs, FR4 PCBs, aluminum PCBs, flexible PCBs, and even clear flex PCBs. If you have trouble with thermal management, we can offer PCB design assistance for free.
Wire bonding COB LED PCBs are usually used for small-power LED lights, while flip-chip bonding COB LED PCBs are designed for high power devices. You can see the ceramic COB LED PCBs we make for spotlights, which can work continuously for more than 10 hours per day.
SMD LEDs are LED products whose LED PCBs are assembled using the surface-mount assembly technology. In the LED market, SMD LEDs are the most common type because they are the cheapest. Unlike COB LEDs, the SMD LED chips spread on the PCB board, so the thermal dissipation requirement is lower than COB LEDs. But because the LED light sources are spread, the light shedding is uneven and has halos.
During LED PCB assembly, SMD LEDs are picked and placed on corresponding PCB pads and then go through the reflow soldering oven and AOI testing machine. But SMD LEDs are mounted in an LED SMT machine that is specifically used for SMD LED assembly.
Like COB LEDs, SMD LED assembly is not restricted by PCB substrate materials. You can order SMD LED PCBs with any substrate from PCBONLINE, such as aluminum PCBs, FR4 PCBs, ceramic PCBs, flexible PCBs, etc.
DOB stands for driver-on-board, and it should be noted that DOB LED is not an LED chip assembly technology but an LED PCB design option. The LED and IC chips are directly powered by utility power (110V or 220V). DOB LED circuit design leaves out electrolytic capacitors, inductors, transformers, and this design reduces the LED product size.
Since recent years, electronic components prices have been rising. The DOB LED PCB solution reduces the PCB parts and you can spend less on BOM materials for LED products.
If you made DOB LED designs, or if you want PCB design or engineering assistance, please contact PCBONLINE to offer free DOB LED PCB design assistance and one-stop PCB manufacturing.
What are the differences between COB, SMD, DOB LEDs?
First, COB LED and SMD LED are two LED chip assembly technology, while COB LED is an LED PCB design solution.
Second, COB LEDs are integrated and bonded on the PCB board; SMD LEDs are scattered and surface-mounted on the PCB board; COB LEDs are not integrated, and the power source is AC utility power.
Third, COB LEDs have higher power than COB LEDs and SMD LEDs.
Four, COB LEDs have no halo, and their light shattering is even; SMD LEDs have haloes and uneven lighting; DOB LEDs lighting is not as even as COB LEDs, but better than SMD LEDs.
Five, usually, SMD LEDs are the cheapest among the three LED products, and DOB LEDs are more expensive than COB LED PCBs.
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