Patents Assigned to Bridgelux, Inc
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Patent number: 11164999Abstract: There is provided a white light emitting device comprising a first LED and a second LED disposed on a substrate, a first photoluminescence material layer disposed over at least said first LED, a second photoluminescence material layer disposed over at least said second LED, and a diffusing layer disposed over said first and second photoluminescence layers, said diffusing layer comprising light scattering particles. A method and component are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.Inventors: Tao Xu, Aaron Merrill, Yi-Qun Li
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Patent number: 11133440Abstract: Aspects include Light Emitting Diodes that have a GaN-based light emitting region and a metallic electrode. The metallic electrode can be physically separated from the GaN-based light emitted region by a layer of porous dielectric, which provides a reflecting region between at least a portion of the metallic electrode and the GaN-based light emitting region.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: BRIDGELUX, INC.Inventors: Frank T. Shum, William W. So, Steven D. Lester
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Patent number: 11092297Abstract: Various aspects of a light emitting apparatus include a substrate having at least one angled portion. Some aspects of the light emitting apparatus include at least one light emitting device arranged on the substrate. Some aspects of the light emitting apparatus include a plurality of conductors arranged on the substrate. In some aspects of the light emitting apparatus, the conductors are electrically coupled to the at least one light emitting device.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: BRIDGELUX, INC.Inventor: Vladimir Odnoblyudov
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Patent number: 11088119Abstract: An LED CoB structure with the combination use of blue and red LED dies is used to achieve warm white light, with good quantum conversion efficiency at a reasonably low cost. Both the red and blue LED dies are fabricated on transparent substrates. The current density of the LED dies is designed to match the different degradation rate of each type of LED die. The methods used to achieve high efficiency include adjusting the power, wavelength, and/or position of the dies.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: BRIDGELUX, INC.Inventors: Peng Chen, Vladimir Odnoblyudov, Zhengqing Gan
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Patent number: 11060697Abstract: A light-emitting device may include a ceramic substrate having a reflective component, a light-emitting diode on the ceramic substrate, and a light-converting material over the light-emitting diode. A lighting system may include a ceramic substrate having a reflective component, a plurality of light-emitting diodes connected together in series, wherein the plurality of light-emitting diodes are on the ceramic substrate, and a light-converting material over the plurality of light-emitting diodes. The ceramic substrate may provide electrical insulation between the light-emitting diode and the aluminum carrier. The ceramic substrate may provide thermal conductivity between the light-emitting diode and the aluminum carrier. The reflective component may include zirconium oxide. The ceramic substrate may include aluminum oxide and/or aluminum nitride. The light-converting material may include phosphor. The light-emitting diode may have an epitaxial diode structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: BRIDGELUX, INC.Inventors: Jesus Del Castillo, Scott West, Vladimir Odnoblyudov
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Patent number: 11006492Abstract: There is provided a system comprising a driver and a control module, the control module capable of translating a received control signal having a first control scheme into a driver control signal having a predetermined second control scheme; and wherein the driver is configured for generating a driver output based on the identity of the first control scheme and the driver control signal. A driver, control module, and a method of controlling an LED system are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.Inventors: Brian Cumpston, Shiva Rai, Linden Willis-Kilgroe, Sudeep Reddy Dodda
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Patent number: 10982823Abstract: A lighting system that is part of a headlight module of a motor vehicle includes an array of LED light sources that include no organic materials. Each light source includes a glass lens attached to a phosphor glass converter plate, which itself is attached to an LED die that is flip-chip mounted on a mounting substrate. The converter plate includes phosphor particles embedded in glass. Each lens is disposed laterally over a single LED die. The converter plate is attached to the LED die by a first bonding layer, and the lens is attached to the converter plate by a second bonding layer. Both bonding layers are made of a metal oxide and are thinner than the converter plate. Either each lens does not extend horizontally outside the lateral boundary of each converter plate, or the lens portions centered on each LED die are part of a unitary lens array.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.Inventor: Tao Xu
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Patent number: 10971659Abstract: There is provided a white light emitting device comprising: first and second LEDs operable to generate excitation light having a dominant wavelength in a range from 440 nm to 480 nm and mounted on a substrate; a first photoluminescence material which generates light having a peak emission wavelength in a range from 500 nm to 590 nm; and a second photoluminescence material which generates light having a peak emission wavelength in a range from 600 nm to 650 nm, wherein the first LED is covered by the first photoluminescence material, and the second LED is covered by the first and second photoluminescence materials.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.Inventor: Tao Xu
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Patent number: 10962184Abstract: Side light LED troffer tube. In an aspect, a side light LED tube is provided that includes a tube having at least one light receiving portion configured to receive light and gradient optics formed on the tube. The gradient optics providing a transparency gradient configured to distribute the light to achieve a selected emitted light intensity variation across a selected surface of the tube.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: BRIDGELUX, INC.Inventor: Todd Farmer
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Patent number: 10966300Abstract: A light source and method for making the same are disclosed. The light source includes a plurality of Segmented LEDs connected in parallel to a power bus and a controller. The power bus accepts a variable number of Segmented LEDs. The controller receives AC power and provides a power signal on the power bus. Each Segmented LED is characterized by a driving voltage that is greater than 3 times the driving voltage of a conventional LED fabricated in the same material system as the Segmented LED. The number of Segmented LEDs in the light source is chosen to compensate for variations in the light output of individual Segmented LEDs introduced by the manufacturing process. In another aspect of the invention, the number of Segmented LEDs connected to the power bus can be altered after the light source is assembled.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: BRIDGELUX, INC.Inventors: Ghulam Hasnain, Syn-Yem Hu, Steven D. Lester
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Patent number: 10903403Abstract: Various aspects of a light emitting apparatus includes a substrate. Various aspects of the light emitting apparatus include a light emitting die arranged on the substrate. The light emitting die includes one or more side walls. Various aspects of the light emitting apparatus include a reflective die attach material extending along the one or more side walls of the light emitting die.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: BRIDGELUX, INC.Inventors: Vladimir Odnoblyudov, Scott West, Cem Basceri, Zhengqing Gan
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Patent number: 10840424Abstract: Standardized photon building blocks are used to make both discrete light emitters as well as array products. Each photon building block has one or more LED chips mounted on a substrate. No electrical conductors pass between the top and bottom surfaces of the substrate. The photon building blocks are supported by an interconnect structure that is attached to a heat sink. Landing pads on the top surface of the substrate of each photon building block are attached to contact pads disposed on the underside of a lip of the interconnect structure. In a solder reflow process, the photon building blocks self-align within the interconnect structure. Conductors on the interconnect structure are electrically coupled to the LED dice in the photon building blocks through the contact pads and landing pads. The bottom surface of the interconnect structure is coplanar with the bottom surfaces of the substrates of the photon building blocks.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: BRIDGELUX, INC.Inventor: R. Scott West
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Patent number: 10811397Abstract: Some embodiments of the disclosure provide for a lighting system including a substrate. The lighting system includes several blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) supported by the substrate. The lighting system includes at least one red LED supported by the substrate. The lighting system includes a light conversion material covering the blue LEDs and the at least one red LED.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: BRIDGELUX INC.Inventors: Vladimir Odnoblyudov, Cem Basceri, Peng Chen
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Patent number: 10790416Abstract: Various methods and apparatuses are disclosed. A method may include disposing at least one die on a location on a carrier substrate, forming at least one stud bump on each of at least one die, forming a phosphor layer on the at least one stud bump and the at least one die, removing a top portion of the phosphor layer to expose the at least one stud bump, and removing a side portion of the phosphor layer located between two adjacent dies. An apparatus may include a die comprising top, bottom, and side surfaces. A phosphor layer may be disposed on the top, bottom, and side surfaces of the die. The phosphor layer may have substantially equal thicknesses on the top and side surfaces of the die as well as one or more stud bumps disposed on the top surface of the die.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: BRIDGELUX INC.Inventors: Babak Imangholi, Khashayar Phil Oliaei, Scott West
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Patent number: 10756066Abstract: A light-emitting device and a method for manufacturing the light-emitting device is disclosed. Such a light-emitting device comprises a substrate, a plurality of cells disposed on the substrate, and a plurality of semiconductor dice, wherein each of the plurality of cells accommodates at least one of the plurality of dice. Each of the plurality of cells may be filled with an encapsulant, phosphor or a mixture of an encapsulant with phosphor to control light characteristics of the light-emitting device. In an alternative aspect, cells may be filled with an encapsulant, and comprise a transparent cover coated with or filled with phosphors to control light characteristics of the light-emitting device.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: BRIDGELUX INC.Inventors: Rene Peter Helbing, Tao Xu
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Patent number: 10741726Abstract: Aspects include Light Emitting Diodes that have a GaN-based light emitting region and a metallic electrode. The metallic electrode can be physically separated from the GaN-based light emitted region by a layer of porous dielectric, which provides a reflecting region between at least a portion of the metallic electrode and the GaN-based light emitting region.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: BRIDGELUX INC.Inventors: Frank T. Shum, William W. So, Steven D. Lester
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Patent number: 10714533Abstract: A method of fabricating a substrate free light emitting diode (LED), includes arranging LED dies on a tape to form an LED wafer assembly, molding an encapsulation structure over at least one of the LED dies on a first side of the LED wafer assembly, removing the tape, forming a dielectric layer on a second side of the LED wafer assembly, forming an oversized contact region on the dielectric layer to form a virtual LED wafer assembly, and singulating the virtual LED wafer assembly into predetermined regions including at least one LED. The tape can be a carrier tape or a saw tape. Several LED dies can also be electrically coupled before the virtual LED wafer assembly is singulated into predetermined regions including at the electrically coupled LED dies.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: BRIDGELUX INC.Inventors: Mike Kwon, Gerry Keller, Scott West, Tao Tong, Babak Imangholi
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Patent number: 10711960Abstract: Side light LED troffer tube. In an aspect, a side light LED tube is provided that includes a tube having at least one light receiving portion configured to receive light and gradient optics formed on the tube. The gradient optics providing a transparency gradient configured to distribute the light to achieve a selected emitted light intensity variation across a selected surface of the tube.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: BRIDGELUX INC.Inventor: Todd Farmer
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Patent number: 10711957Abstract: Various aspects of a light emitting apparatus include a substrate having at least one angled portion. Some aspects of the light emitting apparatus include at least one light emitting device arranged on the substrate. Some aspects of the light emitting apparatus include a plurality of conductors arranged on the substrate. In some aspects of the light emitting apparatus, the conductors are electrically coupled to the at least one light emitting device.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: BRIDGELUX INC.Inventor: Vladimir Odnoblyudov
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Patent number: 10663142Abstract: A light-emitting device may include a ceramic substrate having a reflective component, a light-emitting diode on the ceramic substrate, and a light-converting material over the light-emitting diode. A lighting system may include a ceramic substrate having a reflective component, a plurality of light-emitting diodes connected together in series, wherein the plurality of light-emitting diodes are on the ceramic substrate, and a light-converting material over the plurality of light-emitting diodes. The ceramic substrate may provide electrical insulation between the light-emitting diode and the aluminum carrier. The ceramic substrate may provide thermal conductivity between the light-emitting diode and the aluminum carrier. The reflective component may include zirconium oxide. The ceramic substrate may include aluminum oxide and/or aluminum nitride. The light-converting material may include phosphor. The light-emitting diode may have an epitaxial diode structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: BRIDGELUX INC.Inventors: Jesus Del Castillo, Scott West, Vladimir Odnoblyudov