In this study, sputtered $Al_2O_3$ thin films were evaluated as a passivation layer in the process of InGaN-based blue LEDs in order to improve the brightness of LED lamps. In terms of packaged LED lamps, lamps with $Al_2O_3$ passivation layer emanated higher brightness than those with $SiO_2$ passivation layer, and LED lamps with 90 nm $Al_2O_3$ passivation layer were the brightest among four kinds of lamps. Although lamps with $Al_2O_3$ passivation had a slight increase in operating voltage, their brightness was improved about 13.6 % compare to the lamps made of conventional LEDs without the changes of emitting wavelength.