Housing (epo) Patents (Class 257/E33.058)
  • Publication number: 20110140146
    Abstract: An LED unit includes an LED and a lens mounted on the LED. The lens includes a light-incident face adjacent to the LED, a light-emergent face remote from the LED, and a light-reflecting face between the light-incident face and the light-emergent face. The light-incident face includes a first light-incident face faces the LED, and the light-emergent face having includes a first light-emergent face located opposite to the first light-incident face. The first light-emergent face is a continuously curved face which has a curvature, along a top-to-bottom direction of the lens, firstly increasing gradually, then decreasing gradually and then increasing gradually again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIN-CHUNG CHEN, SHI-YU SONG
  • Publication number: 20110140147
    Abstract: An LED unit includes an LED and a lens mounted on the LED. The lens includes a light-incident face adjacent to the LED, a light-emergent face remote from the LED, and a light-reflecting face between the light-incident face and the light-emergent face. The light-incident face includes a first light-incident face facing the LED, and the light-emergent face includes a first light-emergent face located opposite to the first light-incident face. The first light-incident face is a continuously curved face which has a curvature, along a bottom-to-top direction of the lens, firstly decreasing gradually to a first value; then increasing gradually to a second value; then decreasing gradually again to a third value; and then increasing gradually again. The light-emergent face has a first light-emergent face located above the first light-incident face and having a varied curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIN-CHUNG CHEN, SHI-YU SONG
  • Patent number: 7960751
    Abstract: A light-emitting device of the present invention includes: a LED chip 10; a chip mounting member 70 having a conductive plate (heat transfer plate) 71 one surface side of which the LED chip 10 is mounted on and a conductor patterns 73, 73 which is formed on the one surface side of the conductive plate 71 through an insulating part 72 and electrically connected to the LED chip 10; and a sheet-shaped connecting member 80 disposed on the other surface side of the conductive plate 71 to connect the conductive plate 71 to a body of the luminaire 90 which is a metal member for holding the chip mounting member 70. The connecting member 80 is made of a resin sheet which includes a filler and whose viscosity is reduced by heating, and the connecting member 80 has an electrical insulating property and thermally connects the conductive plate 71 and the body 90 of the luminaire to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youji Urano, Takuya Nakatani, Yasuhiro Hidaka
  • Patent number: 7960744
    Abstract: A multi-LED package includes a heat sink including a primary slug and a secondary slug separated from each other, a primary LED chip mounted on the primary slug, one or more secondary LED chips mounted on the secondary slug, a lead frame structure electrically wired to the primary and secondary LED chips, and a phosphor covering at least a part of the primary LED chip. Another multi-LED package includes a heat sink having an upper surface and partitions protruding therefrom, a primary LED chip mounted inside the partitions, one or more secondary LED chips mounted outside the partitions, a lead frame structure electrically wired to the primary and secondary LED chips, and a phosphor covering at least a part of the primary LED chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Hoo Seo, Do Hyung Kim, Byoung Ki Pyo, You Jin Kwon, Ju Yong Shim
  • Patent number: 7960748
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device is provided so that an optical axis thereof is properly set parallel with the mounting board when the device is mounted on the mounting board. The semiconductor light emitting device can have a structure in that light can be incident on the light guide plate with high efficiency and uniform introduction into the light guide plate. A multi-piece substrate can include electrodes, a plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements, and a sealing resin for sealing them simultaneously. The thus obtained integrated substrate is cut into individual semiconductor light emitting device bodies. On one of the cut end faces, which serves as a surface to be mounted onto a mounting board, a light-shielding reflective film can be coated over an area from the edge of the light emission surface of the sealing resin to at least part of the substrate. On the other cut end face, the sealing resin can be covered with a light-shielding reflective film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hironobu Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 7956377
    Abstract: In a light-emitting device and its manufacturing method, mounting by batch process with surface-mount technology, high light extraction efficiency, and low manufacturing cost are realized. The light-emitting device 1 comprises semiconductor layers (2, 3) of p-type and n-type nitride semiconductor, semiconductor-surface-electrodes (21, 31) to apply currents into each of the semiconductor layers (2, 3), an insulating layer 4 which holds the semiconductor layers (2, 3), and mount-surface-electrodes (5). The semiconductor layers (2) has a non-deposited area 20 where the other semiconductor layer (3) is not deposited. The insulating layer (4) has VIA 10 which electrically connect the mount-surface-electrodes 5 and the semiconductor-surface-electrodes (21, 31). In the manufacturing process, firstly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken'ichiro Tanaka, Masao Kubo
  • Patent number: 7956428
    Abstract: There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a MEMS device, and technique of fabricating or manufacturing a MEMS device, having mechanical structures encapsulated in a chamber prior to final packaging. An embodiment further includes a buried polysilicon layer and a “protective layer” deposited over the buried polysilicon layer to prevent possible erosion of, or damage to the buried polysilicon layer during processing steps. The material that encapsulates the mechanical structures, when deposited, includes one or more of the following attributes: low tensile stress, good step coverage, maintains its integrity when subjected to subsequent processing, does not significantly and/or adversely impact the performance characteristics of the mechanical structures in the chamber (if coated with the material during deposition), and/or facilitates integration with high-performance integrated circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Gary Yama
  • Patent number: 7952114
    Abstract: A light-emitting device assembly which can be used in many applications has a contact carrier, at least one light-emitting device, a heat sink and at least one securing member. The contact carrier has a light-emitting device receiving region and resilient contacts which are provided proximate to the light-emitting device receiving region. The at least one light-emitting device has leads which extend therefrom to mechanically and electrically engage the resilient contacts. The heat sink is thermally coupled to the at least one light-emitting device. The at least one securing member extends through the contact carrier and into the heat sink to releasably retain the contact carrier and the at least one light-emitting device in position relative to each other and relative to the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Charles Raymond Gingrich, III
  • Patent number: 7952108
    Abstract: Reducing effects of thermal expansion in electronic components. An electronic device can include a support, such as a leadframe. An electronic component can be supported by the support. A first flexible layer can cover the electronic component. A second more rigid layer can cover the first layer. The first layer can be made from a material that is more flexible than the second layer thereby creating a mechanical buffer layer between the second layer and the electronic component such that the electronic component is protected from thermal expansion of the second portion caused by changes in temperature. The electronic component can be a laser. The first and second materials can be selected to disperse an optical emission from the optical transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Finisar Corporation
    Inventors: Jose Joaquin Aizpuru, Christopher William Johnson, Bobby Marion Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20110121323
    Abstract: A packaging device for matrix-arrayed semiconductor light-emitting elements of high power and high directivity comprises a metal base, an array chip and a plurality of metal wires. The metal base is of highly heat conductive copper or aluminum, and a first electrode area and at least one second electrode area which are electrically isolated are disposed on the metal base. The array chip is disposed on the first electrode area, on which multiple matrix-arranged semiconductor light-emitting elements and at least one wire bond pad adjacent to the light-emitting elements are disposed. The light-emitting element is a VCSEL element, an HCSEL element or an RCLED element. The metal wires are connected between the wire bond pad and the second electrode area to transmit power signals. Between the bottom surface and the first electrode area is disposed a conductive adhesive to bond and facilitate electrical connection between the two.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Cheng Ju Wu, Hung-Che Chen, I Han Wu, Shang-Cheng Liu, Jin Shan Pan
  • Patent number: 7948001
    Abstract: A light-emitting device held on a fixture body includes an LED chip, a heat transfer plate made of a thermally conductive material on which the LED chip is mounted, a wiring board having, on one side, patterned conductors, for supplying an electric power to the LED chip and formed with an aperture (exposure part) through which a LED chip mount surface of the heat transfer plate is exposed, an encapsulation part in which the LED chip is encapsulated on the one side of the wiring board, and a dome-shaped color-changing member made of a fluorescent material and an optically transparent material and placed on the one side of the wiring board. The light-emitting device is bonded to the fixture body with an insulating layer interposed therebetween, and the insulating layer has electrical insulating properties and is interposed between the heat transfer plate and the fixture body to thermally couple the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Kamada, Yasushi Nishioka, Youji Urano
  • Patent number: 7948000
    Abstract: A system for hermetically sealing devices includes a substrate, which includes a plurality of individual chips. Each of the chips includes a plurality of devices and each of the chips are arranged in a spatial manner as a first array. The system also includes a transparent member of a predetermined thickness, which includes a plurality of recessed regions arranged in a spatial manner as a second array and each of the recessed regions are bordered by a standoff region. The substrate and the transparent member are aligned in a manner to couple each of the plurality of recessed regions to a respective one of said plurality of chips. Each of the chips within one of the respective recessed regions is hermetically sealed by contacting the standoff region of the transparent member to the plurality of first street regions and second street regions using at least a bonding process to isolate each of the chips within one of the recessed regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Miradia Inc.
    Inventors: Xiao Yang, Dongmin Chen
  • Publication number: 20110108870
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component includes a connection carrier with at least two connection points and configured with a silicone matrix with a fiber reinforcement, and at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip mounted on the connection carrier and in direct contact therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Jaeger, Joerg Erich Sorg
  • Publication number: 20110108857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a housing for radiation-emitting or radiation-receiving optoelectronic components, such as LEDs, and to a method for producing said housing. The housing comprises a composite assembly comprising a base pan (1) and a head pan (5) which are connected by means of a glass layer (2). One section of the top side of the base pan defines a mounting region (12) for an optoelectronic functional element (60) and is additionally a heal sink for the optoelectronic functional element. The head pan extends, at least in sections, over the periphery of the mounting region and forms, above the mounting region, a passage region (52, 61) for the radiation emitted by the optoelectronic functional element or the radiation to be received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Matthias Rindt, Josef Kiermeier, Thomas Zetterer, Robert Hettler, Shaifullah Bin Mohamed Kamari, Lea-Li Chew, Rohit Bhosale
  • Patent number: 7939842
    Abstract: Light emitting device packages, light emitting diode (LED) packages and related methods are disclosed. According to one aspect, a light emitting device package is provided. The package includes a mounting pad adapted for attachment of a light emitting device. A lens coupler is attached to the mounting pad and defines an opening for containing the light emitting device and a quantity of encapsulant. The lens coupler includes a surface defining a depression which comprises at least one edge that shapes an outer surface of the encapsulant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Ban P. Loh, Peter Scott Andrews, Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20110101409
    Abstract: A lamp package includes a leadframe. At least one light emitting diode is mechanically and electrically coupled to the leadframe. At least one electronic component is also mechanically and electrically coupled to the leadframe and electrically coupled to the light emitting diode, the electronic component controlling the supply of electrical power to the light emitting diode. At least one interconnect is electrically coupled to the leadframe. A formed structure is joined to the leadframe, the formed structure enclosing at least a portion of the leadframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: AKRON BRASS COMPANY
    Inventor: Thomas J. Barnett
  • Publication number: 20110101411
    Abstract: A support module (1), comprising a conducting layer (2) having a trough hole (5) and a receiving surface adapted to receive a solid state light source (3) with the electrical contact pad (4) being aligned with the through hole (5). The support module (1) further comprises an electrical insulation element (8) and at least one contact pin (9), extending through the electrical insulation element (8), and protruding through the through hole (5). Furthermore, the electrical insulation element (8) comprises a channel (10) allowing access to the end of the contact pin (9) and the electrical contact pad (4) of the solid state light source (3) received by the surface of the conducting layer (2). Such a channel makes it possible to reach the end of the contact pin and the contact pad through the insulation element with a soldering tool. Thus, it is possible to attach the solid state light source on a metal surface by soldering the contact pin to the contact pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Marcus Johannes Gerardus Elzinga
  • Publication number: 20110101383
    Abstract: A semiconductor component comprising at least one optically active first region (112) for emitting electromagnetic radiation (130) in at least one emission direction and at least one optically active second region (122) for emitting electromagnetic radiation (130) in the at least one emission direction. The first region (112) is here arranged in a first layer (110) and the second region (122) in a second layer (120), the second layer (120) being arranged over the first layer (110) in the emission direction and comprising a first passage region (124) assigned to the first region (112), which first passage region is at least partially transmissive for the electromagnetic radiation (130) of the first region (112).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventor: Siegfried Hermann
  • Publication number: 20110095331
    Abstract: Provided is a group-III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device which has a high level of crystallinity and superior internal quantum efficiency and which is capable of enabling acquisition of high level light emission output, and a manufacturing method thereof, and a lamp. An AlN seed layer composed of a group-III nitride based compound is laminated on a substrate 11, and on this AlN seed layer, there are sequentially laminated each layer of an n-type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer respectively composed of a group-III nitride semiconductor, wherein the full width at half-maximum of the X-ray rocking curve of the (0002) plane of the p-type semiconductor layer 16 is 60 arcsec or less, and the full width at half-maximum of the X-ray rocking curve of the (10-10) plane is 250 arcsec or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Kenzo Hanawa, Hiromitsu Sakai, Yasumasa Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20110089850
    Abstract: In a light emitting device, a P-type first region (506) and a P-type third region (508) are placed on both sides of an N-type second region (507) of a rod-like light emitting element (505). Therefore, even if connection of the first, third regions (506, 508) of the rod-like light emitting element (505) relative to the first, third electrodes (1, 3) is reversed, a diode polarity relative to the first, third electrodes (501, 503) is not reversed, making it possible to effectuate normal light emission. Thus, a connection of the first, third regions (506, 508) relative to the first, third electrodes (501, 503) may be reversed during a manufacturing process, making it unnecessary to provide marks or configurations for discrimination of orientation of the rod-like light emitting element (505), so that the manufacturing process can be simplified and manufacturing cost can be cut down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihide Shibata, Tetsu Negishi, Satoshi Morishita, Kenji Komiya, Hiroshi Iwata, Akira Takahashi, Yoshifumi Yaoi
  • Publication number: 20110089453
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting apparatus. The light emitting apparatus includes a package body; first and second electrodes; a light emitting device electrically connected to the first and second electrodes and including a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the first and second conductive semiconductor layers; and a lens supported on the package body and at least a part of the lens including a reflective structure. The package body includes a first cavity, one ends of the first and second electrodes are exposed in the first cavity and other ends of the first and second electrodes are exposed at lateral sides of the package body, and a second cavity is formed at a predetermined portion of the first electrode exposed in the first cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventor: Bong Kul MIN
  • Publication number: 20110089464
    Abstract: A light emitting diode package includes a base having a first surface, an electrode portion attached to the base, a pair of inner electrodes disposed on the first surface, a pair of outer electrodes, a pair of conductive pillars, a light emitting diode die, and a cap layer. Each outer electrode includes an end surface section and a side surface section. The end surface sections are disposed, corresponding to the inner electrodes, on the second surface. Each side surface section extends onto the side surface of the electrode portion. The conductive pillar penetrates between the inner electrode and the outer electrode. The light emitting diode die is on the first surface, electrically connecting the inner electrode. The cap layer covers the light emitting diode die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: SHEN BO LIN, CHAO HSIUNG CHANG, WEN LIANG TSENG
  • Patent number: 7923746
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a light emitting diode (LED) package structure, which includes a carrier, a first protrusion, a LED chip, and an adhesion layer. The first protrusion is disposed on the carrier and has a first opening to expose the carrier, wherein the first protrusion is formed by a thermal conductive material. The LED chip is disposed in the first opening on the carrier, and a ratio between a width of the first opening and a width of the LED chip is 1˜1.5. The adhesion layer is disposed between the LED chip and the carrier to bond the LED chip to the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yao-Jun Tsai, Chen-Peng Hsu, Chao-Wei Li, Hung-Lieh Hu
  • Patent number: 7919788
    Abstract: A light emitting diode packaging device includes: a heat dissipating base; a light emitting dice mounted on the heat dissipating base; a lead frame coupled electrically to the light emitting dice and having a protruding wall defining a confining space for extension of a protruding part of the heat dissipating base therethrough; at least one retaining member provided on one of the protruding part of the heat dissipating base and the protruding wall of the lead frame to retain the lead frame to the heat dissipating base; and a molding material molded on the heat dissipating base and the lead frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Chia-Hao Wu, Chen-Hsiu Lin
  • Publication number: 20110073886
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a LED multi-side light source bracket, in particular to the bracket design that extends in the rectangular shape directly above the conducting pin for distribution and fixing of a plurality of chips before, after and above the rectangular block, wherein the chips are bridged to another conducting pin on the side through a plurality of conducting wires to be integrated with the resin or silicon lamp housing, the rectangular block support can be bent into the shape to double the areas over which chips can be fixed and enable a single LED to create multi-side uniform light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventor: Han-Ming Lee
  • Publication number: 20110062471
    Abstract: An array of housings with housing bodies and lenses is molded, or an array of housing bodies is molded and bonded with lenses to form an array of housings with housing bodies and lenses. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are attached to the housings in the array. An array of metal pads may be bonded to the back of the array or insert molded with the housing array to form bond pads on the back of the housings. The array is singulated to form individual LED modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicants: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V., PHILIPS LUMILEDS LIGHTING COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Serge J. BIERHUIZEN, Nanze Patrick WANG, Gregory W. ENG, Decai SUN, Yajun WEI
  • Publication number: 20110057216
    Abstract: A low profile optoelectronic device package has a matalized transparent substrate, a chip and a dam ring. The matalized transparent substrate has a transparent board, a window area, and a metal pattern formed on a face of the transparent board and around the window area and having at least one outer contact pad and at least two contact pads. An active face of the chip is mounted to the at least two inner contact pads and aligned to the window area. A bottom face of the chip, that is opposite to the active face is further added a soldering layer. The dam ring is sealed a joint between the chip and the matalized transparent substrate so as to define an air cavity among the chip, the matalized transparent substrate and the dam ring. The matalized transparent substrate is used as a substrate and an optical cover of a conventional device package, so the optoelectronic device package provides low profile, small area outline, low fabricating cost and high lighting efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Ming-Kuen Chiu, Chin-Ta Fan, Chien-Cheng Wei, Paul Panaccione
  • Publication number: 20110049559
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) structure with an improved heat transfer path with a lower thermal resistance than conventional LED lamps is provided. For some embodiments, a surface-mountable light-emitting diode structure is provided having an active layer deposited on a metal substrate directly bonded to a metal plate that is substantially exposed for low thermal resistance by positioning it on the bottom of the light-emitting diode structure. This metal plate can then be soldered to a printed circuit board (PCB) that includes a heat sink. For some embodiments of the invention, the metal plate is thermally and electrically conductively connected through several heat conduction layers to a large heat sink that may be included in the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventor: JUI-KANG YEN
  • Publication number: 20110042690
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light emitting diode package including: a package mold having a first cavity and a second cavity with a smaller size than that of the first cavity; first and second electrode pads provided on the bottom surfaces of the first cavity and the second cavity, respectively; an LED chip mounted on the first electrode pad; a wire for providing electrical connection between the LED chip and the second electrode pad; and a molding material filled within the first cavity and the second cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Jin Bock LEE, Hee Seok Park, Hyung Kun Kim, Young Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 7892874
    Abstract: A nitride-based light-emitting device capable of suppressing reduction of the light output characteristic as well as reduction of the manufacturing yield is provided. This nitride-based light-emitting device comprises a conductive substrate at least containing a single type of metal and a single type of inorganic material having a lower linear expansion coefficient than the metal and a nitride-based semiconductor element layer bonded to the conductive substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kunisato, Ryoji Hiroyama, Masayuki Hata, Kiyoshi Oota
  • Patent number: 7875899
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode package 1 of the present invention is a light-emitting diode package including: a diode group 2D made of a plurality of light-emitting diode chips 2 connected in series and a lead group 3 connected to the diode group 2D, in which the lead group 3 includes: a pair of external leads 31 and 32 as terminals of the diode group 2D and auxiliary leads 33 the number of which is one less than that of the light-emitting diode chips 2, in which the plurality of the light-emitting diode chips 2 are arranged in one line on a first external lead 31 of the pair of external leads 31 and 32, in which the auxiliary leads 33 are arranged on one or both sides of a row made of the plurality of light-emitting diode chips 2, and in which the adjacent light-emitting diode chips 2 of the plurality of light-emitting diode chips 2 are connected in series via the auxiliary leads 33.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventor: Takaki Yasuda
  • Patent number: 7875901
    Abstract: An optical device package comprises: a metal frame including a substrate and a rectangular die pad portion integrally connected to the substrate, wherein the substrate is a metal plate, and the die pad portion is bent from the substrate such that the die pad portion extends from the substrate at an angle of 90 degrees; signal lead pins extend in the opposite directions from the die pad portion relative to the substrate such that the first lead pins intersect the principal surfaces of the substrate at a right angle and are spaced apart from the metal frame; and a molded resin member including a plate-like resin base extending across and in contact with one of the principal surfaces of the substrate, wherein the signal lead pins protrude from a surface of the resin base; surfaces of the signal lead pins are covered with the molded resin member; and the metal frame and the signal lead pins are secured in place by the molded resin member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Fujino, Hideyuki Tanaka, Kenzo Mori
  • Patent number: 7875900
    Abstract: A thermally conductive structure of a light emitting diode (LED) includes a vapor chamber, an insulating layer, an electrically conductive layer and a plurality of LEDs. In the invention, the insulating layer is plated over a surface of the vapor chamber; the electrically conductive layer disposed on the insulating layer is electrically separated from the vapor chamber and has a first electrode and a second electrode; and the LEDs arranged on the insulating layer respectively have a first leg connected to the first electrode and a second leg connected to the second electrode; thereby, the invention has an excellent performance of thermal conduction and heat dissipation, which is capable of prolonging the lifespan of LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Celsia Technologies Taiwan, Inc.
    Inventors: George Anthony Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen
  • Publication number: 20110012153
    Abstract: Example embodiments are directed to a light emitting package having a structure that prevents variance in a depth of a cavity in which a chip is mounted and a method of fabricating the same. A light emitting package includes a package body including a first body including the cavity and a second body bonded to the first body. The cavity penetrates the first body. A first electrode and a second electrode separate from each other are on the package body. A first dielectric layer is between the package body and the first electrode and between the package body and the second electrode. A light emitting element is placed in the cavity and electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode. A method of fabricating the light emitting package includes forming the first body and the second body bonded to the first body through a dielectric layer, forming the cavity in the first body and forming the light emitting element in the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20110012166
    Abstract: A multilayered integrated optical and circuit device. The device has a first substrate comprising at least one integrated circuit chip thereon, which has a cell region and a peripheral region. Preferably, the peripheral region has a bonding pad region, which has one or more bonding pads and an antistiction region surrounding each of the one or more bonding pads. The device has a second substrate with at least one or more deflection devices thereon coupled to the first substrate. At least one or more bonding pads are exposed on the first substrate. The device has a transparent member overlying the second substrate while forming a cavity region to allow the one or more deflection devices to move within a portion of the cavity region to form a sandwich structure including at least a portion of the first substrate, a portion of the second substrate, and a portion of the transparent member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: Miradia Inc.
    Inventors: Xiao "Charles" Yang, Dongmin Chen, Philip Chen
  • Patent number: 7872273
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a leadframe, a light emitting unit, a transparent encapsulant, and a fluorescent colloid layer. The light emitting unit is disposed on the leadframe. The transparent encapsulant covers the light emitting unit, wherein the transparent encapsulant has a concave on which at least one reflective surface is disposed. The fluorescent colloid layer is disposed outside the transparent encapsulant, wherein a chamber is formed between the fluorescent colloid layer and the transparent encapsulant. The light generated by the light emitting unit is reflected by the reflective surface and guided to a side wall of the fluorescent colloid layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ming-Te Lin, Ming-Yao Lin, Kuang-Yu Tai
  • Patent number: 7872279
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) package including a carrier, a pair of conductive wire units, an LED chip, and a control circuit module is provided. The carrier has a carrying portion and a ring frame connected to the periphery of the carrying portion. The carrying portion has a dome-like upper surface and a pair of through holes. The pair of conductive wire units is disposed inside the through holes respectively, and each of the conductive wire units has a conductive wire and an insulating material encapsulating the conductive wire. The LED chip is disposed on the upper surface of the carrier and is electrically connected to the conductive wires. The control circuit module is disposed at a bottom of the carrier and is electrically connected to the conductive wires for controlling the operation of the LED chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignees: Advanced Connectek Inc., Tysun Inc.
    Inventors: Shun-Tian Lin, Jyun-Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 7868334
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device includes a semiconductor light emitting element, a lead electrically connected to the semiconductor light emitting element, and a resin package covering the semiconductor light emitting element and part of the lead. The resin package includes a lens facing the semiconductor light emitting element. The lead includes an exposed portion that is not covered by the resin package. The exposed portion includes a first portion and a second portion, where the first portion has a first mount surface oriented backward along the optical axis of the lens, and the second portion has a second mount surface oriented perpendicularly to the optical axis of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori Hata, Masahiko Kobayakawa
  • Patent number: 7868349
    Abstract: A light source apparatus and a fabrication method thereof can prevent light interference between light emitting devices adjacent to each other and increase the luminous efficiency by collecting light emitted from the side of the light emitting device toward the front of a metal stem by forming grooves at a sub-mounts, bonding the light emitting device to the inside of the groove by a flip chip bonding method and forming a reflective layer inside the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Geun-Ho Kim, Ki-Chang Song
  • Patent number: 7863639
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) structure with an improved heat transfer path with a lower thermal resistance than conventional LED lamps is provided. For some embodiments, a surface-mountable light-emitting diode structure is provided having an active layer deposited on a metal substrate directly bonded to a metal plate that is substantially exposed for low thermal resistance by positioning it on the bottom of the light-emitting diode structure. This metal plate can then be soldered to a printed circuit board (PCB) that includes a heat sink. For some embodiments of the invention, the metal plate is thermally and electrically conductively connected through several heat conduction layers to a large heat sink that may be included in the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: SemiLEDs Optoelectronics Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Jui-Kang Yen
  • Publication number: 20100327308
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a light emitting apparatus includes a substrate; at least two distinct electrodes on the substrate, wherein the at least two distinct electrodes are spaced from each other; a light emitting device on one of the at least two distinct electrodes; lenses including a first lens and a second lens on the substrate, wherein the second lens is disposed on the first lens, wherein an outermost portion of the second lens is spaced from the substrate; and a supporting unit configured to directly contact the second lens, wherein the supporting unit is formed of a non-conductivity material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: Bo Geun PARK
  • Patent number: 7855395
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting diode (LED) package having multiple molding resins. The LED package includes a pair of lead terminals. At least portions of the pair of lead terminals are embedded in a package main body. The package main body has an opening through which the pair of lead terminals is exposed. An LED die is mounted in the opening and electrically connected to the pair of lead terminals. A first molding resin covers the LED die. A second molding resin with higher hardness than the first molding resin covers the first molding resin. Therefore, stress to be imposed on the LED die can be reduced and the deformation of the molding resins can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Hoon Lee, Do-Hyung Kim, Keon-Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20100314654
    Abstract: A light emitting device, which can be efficiently manufactured and maintain a stable light emitting property for a long period, is provided. The light emitting device comprises a first resin forming body including a periphery that forms a recess to house a light emitting element and a bottom that forms a bottom portion of the recess, and a second resin forming body which covers the light emitting element. The first resin forming body is composed of a thermosetting epoxy resin composite whose essential component is an epoxy resin. The bottom covers surfaces of lead frames excluding mounting regions of the light emitting element and wires. A thickness of the bottom is formed thinner than a thickness from the surface of the lead frames to a leading end of the light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Masaki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20100314635
    Abstract: A chip arrangement for an optoelectronic component includes at least one semiconductor chip which emits electromagnetic radiation, and a connection arrangement which includes planes that are electrically insulated from one another, at least one plane having a cavity and at least one plane being a heat dissipating plane, wherein at least two electrically insulated conductors are arranged in at least the two planes, the semiconductor chip is arranged within the cavity and has at least two connection locations, and each of the connection locations is electrically conductively connected to a respective one of the conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Herbert Brunner, Steffen Koehler, Raimund Schwarz, Stefan Grotsch
  • Publication number: 20100308352
    Abstract: A carrier structure for mounting at least an LED chip includes at least a lead and a base. The LED chip housed inside the base is coupled parallel with an electronic element. The lead is connected electrically to the LED chip at one end, while another end is exposed to the atmosphere. The base encaving the lead further has a shallow accommodation room to mount the electronic element at a surface not the same with the surface that mounts the LED chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: CHUN-YING LIAO, Ching-Chi Cheng
  • Patent number: 7847300
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting diode package. The light-emitting diode package includes an electrode pad on which a chip is placed; a housing having a window through which the chip is exposed; a housing wall defining the window; and an electrode lead extended from the electrode pad in a direction of the housing to be exposed outside a surface of the housing, wherein the housing wall formed in the direction comprises a first portion and a second portion thicker than the first portion to cover the electrode lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Alti-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun-Hong Kim, Min-Sik Kim, Jin-Na Lee
  • Patent number: 7842964
    Abstract: A front and rear covering type LED package structure includes an insulating body, a substrate unit, at least one light-emitting element, and a package colloid. The insulating body has a receiving space. The substrate unit has two electrode pins separated from each other. Each electrode pin has one side covered by the insulating body. Each electrode pin has another side bent into a U-shape and exposed outside the insulating body in order to cover two opposite lateral sides and front and rear sides of the insulating body by a front and rear covering method. The at least one light-emitting element is received in the receiving space and electrically connected with the two electrode pins of the substrate unit. The package colloid is filled into the receiving space of the insulating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Harvatek Corporation
    Inventors: Bily Wang, Jonnie Chuang, Hui-Yen Huang, Chao-Yuan Huang
  • Publication number: 20100295070
    Abstract: A light emitting device comprises a plurality of LED chips (“lateral” or “vertical” conducting) operable to generate light of a first wavelength range and a package for housing the chips. The package comprises: a thermally conducting substrate (copper) on which the LED chips are mounted and a cover having a plurality of through-holes in which each hole corresponds to a respective one of the LED chips. The holes are configured such that when the cover is mounted to the substrate each hole in conjunction with the substrate defines a recess in which a respective chip is housed. Each recess is at least partially filled with a mixture of at least one phosphor material and a transparent material. In a device with “lateral” conducting LED chips a PCB is mounted on the substrate and includes a plurality of through-holes which are configured such that each chip is directly mounted to the substrate. For a device with “vertical” conducting LED chips the LED chips are mounted on a diamond like carbon film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: INTEMATIX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hwa Su, Hsi-Yan Chou, Chih Wei Huang
  • Publication number: 20100295072
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved light-emitting diode, which can be a PLCC or SMD type light-emitting diode. The light-emitting diode includes a package body, at least one pair of conductive terminals, and an optic lens. The package body has an end surface, a circumferential surface extending from the end surface, and a receptacle for accommodating a light-emitting chip. The pair of conductive terminals is fixed to the package body. The optic lens covers the end surface of the package body and is even expanded to cover the circumferential surface of the package body. In this way, effects of improved bonding strength, improved optic advantages, being easy to adjust to a desired angle with the optic lens, and alleviation of troubles caused by overflow of adhesive can be realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Wei Chang, Shih-Chao Shen
  • Publication number: 20100289039
    Abstract: Proposed is a light emitting apparatus (1) comprising a light source (5) for emitting light and a collimator (40) for arranging the light emitted in an application specific distribution. The light source comprises (i) a semiconductor device (10) capable of emitting light, (ii) a body (20) having a bottom surface (21) adjacent to the semiconductor device (10) and an opposing top surface (22), and (iii) a reflector (30) positioned adjacent the top surface (22). The light emitting apparatus (1) is characterised in that the reflector (30) has a surface larger than the bottom surface (21) of the body (20). This is especially advantageous for creating a given light beam collimation with a smaller collimator or alternatively for creating a collimator producing a significantly narrower light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Ramon Pascal Van Gorkom, Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg