Patents by Inventor Christopher Percival

Christopher Percival has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9812494
    Abstract: A ?LED device comprising: a substrate and an epitaxial layer grown on the substrate and comprising a semiconductor material, wherein at least a portion of the substrate and the epitaxial layer define a mesa; an active layer within the mesa and configured, on application of an electrical current, to generate light for emission through a light emitting surface of the substrate opposite the mesa, wherein the crystal lattice structure of the substrate and the epitaxial layer is arranged such that a c-plane of the crystal lattice structure is misaligned with respect to the light emitting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Percival
  • Publication number: 20170271557
    Abstract: A micro-LED ?LED, comprising: a substantially parabolic mesa structure; a light emitting source within the mesa structure; and a primary emission surface on a side of the device opposed to a top of the mesa structure; wherein the mesa structure has an aspect ratio, defined by (H2*H2)/Ac, of less than 0.5, and the ?LED further comprises a reflective surface located in a region from the light emitting source to the primary emission surface, wherein the reflective surface has a roughness, Ra, less than 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Vincent BRENNAN, Christopher PERCIVAL, Padraig HUGHES, Allan POURCHET, Celine OYER
  • Publication number: 20170141155
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for use in the manufacture of a display device including pixels. Each pixel includes a plurality of sub-pixels, each sub-pixel configured to provide light of a given wavelength. The method may include: performing, using a pick up tool (PUT), a first placement cycle comprising picking up first light emitting diode (LED) dies, and placing a first LED die on a substrate of the display device at a location corresponding to a sub-pixel the display device. The method further includes performing one or more subsequent placement cycles comprising picking up a second LED die, and placing the second LED die on the substrate of the display device at a second location corresponding to the sub-pixel of the display device. Multiple first and second LED dies may be picked and placed during each placement cycle to populate each pixel of the display device to provide redundancy of LED dies at each sub-pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph Hughes, Vincent Brennan, Joseph O'Keeffe, Christopher Percival, William Padraic Henry, Tilman Zehender
  • Publication number: 20170025469
    Abstract: A ?LED device comprising: a substrate and an epitaxial layer grown on the substrate and comprising a semiconductor material, wherein at least a portion of the substrate and the epitaxial layer define a mesa; an active layer within the mesa and configured, on application of an electrical current, to generate light for emission through a light emitting surface of the substrate opposite the mesa, wherein the crystal lattice structure of the substrate and the epitaxial layer is arranged such that a c-plane of the crystal lattice structure is misaligned with respect to the light emitting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventor: Christopher Percival
  • Patent number: 9502595
    Abstract: A ?LED device comprising: a substrate and an epitaxial layer grown on the substrate and comprising a semiconductor material, wherein at least a portion of the substrate and the epitaxial layer define a mesa; an active layer within the mesa and configured, on application of an electrical current, to generate light for emission through a light emitting surface of the substrate opposite the mesa, wherein the crystal lattice structure of the substrate and the epitaxial layer is arranged such that a c-plane of the crystal lattice structure is misaligned with respect to the light emitting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Percival
  • Publication number: 20160313180
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus (100) for profiling a beam of a light emitting semiconductor device. The apparatus comprises a light emitting semiconductor device (102) comprising an active region (108) formed on a substrate (104) and configured to generate light when a suitable electrical current is applied to contacts on an upper surface of the device and a light emitting surface (110) defined by a lower surface of the substrate opposite the contacts. The apparatus further comprises a transmission medium (112) comprising a first surface (114) in contact with at least part of the light emitting surface of the semiconductor device and a diffusion surface (116), opposite the first surface, and configured to diffuse light emitted from the micro-LED and transmitted through the transmission medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Percival, Vincent Brennan
  • Publication number: 20150325746
    Abstract: A ?LED device comprising: a substrate and an epitaxial layer grown on the substrate and comprising a semiconductor material, wherein at least a portion of the substrate and the epitaxial layer define a mesa; an active layer within the mesa and configured, on application of an electrical current, to generate light for emission through a light emitting surface of the substrate opposite the mesa, wherein the crystal lattice structure of the substrate and the epitaxial layer is arranged such that a c-plane of the crystal lattice structure is misaligned with respect to the light emitting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventor: Christopher Percival
  • Patent number: 4829554
    Abstract: A cellular mobile telephone system and method in which channel assignment and telephone call routing are controlled by a central control station and in which each communications channel is separately controlled at a cell station by a radio interface module ("RIM") associated therewith. Flexibility and security from operational interruptions is provided by dynamic assignment of identical RIMs to monitoring, paging, control and communication functions at the cell station. The system is modular and may be customized to accommodate geographic and demographic considerations, while permitting expansion and modification without obsolescence. The system also includes novel, self-diagnostic testing loops and methods. A novel mobile telephone is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Barnes, Kenneth L. Hagstrom, David F. Hayes, George Helm, Anthony Keane, Roger Pawlowski, Christopher Percival, Peter J. Poggi, Richard E. Rzepkowski, William Skiba