Patents by Inventor Natalie N. Fellows-DeMille

Natalie N. Fellows-DeMille 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).

  • TUNABLE WHITE LIGHT BASED ON POLARIZATION SENSITIVE LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES
    Publication number: 20150092386
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for emitting polarized white light, which includes at least a first light source for emitting primary light comprised of one or more first wavelengths and having a first polarization direction; and at least a second light source for emitting secondary light in the first polarization direction, comprised of one or more secondary wavelengths, wherein the first light and the secondary light are combined to produce a polarized white light. The lighting apparatus may further comprise a polarizer for controlling the primary light's intensity, wherein a rotation of the polarizer varies an alignment of its polarization axis with respect to the first polarization direction, which varies transmission of the primary light through the polarizer, which controls a color co-ordinate or hue of the white light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Natalie N. Fellows-DeMille, Hisashi Masui, Steven P. DenBaars, Shuji Nakamura
  • TUNABLE WHITE LIGHT BASED ON POLARIZATION SENSITIVE LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES
    Publication number: 20100032695
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for emitting polarized white light, which includes at least a first light source for emitting primary light comprised of one or more first wavelengths and having a first polarization direction; and at least a second light source for emitting secondary light in the first polarization direction, comprised of one or more secondary wavelengths, wherein the first light and the secondary light are combined to produce a polarized white light. The lighting apparatus may further comprise a polarizer for controlling the primary light's intensity, wherein a rotation of the polarizer varies an alignment of its polarization axis with respect to the first polarization direction, which varies transmission of the primary light through the polarizer, which controls a color co-ordinate or hue of the white light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Natalie N. Fellows-DeMille, Hisashi Masui, Steven P. DenBaars, Shuji Nakamura