Patents Assigned to Saphlux, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11901493
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure, a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device may include: a plurality of light-emitting devices comprising a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, and a third light-emitting device; and a light-conversion device with embedded quantum dots. In some embodiments, a first portion of the light-conversion device includes a first plurality of quantum dots for converting light produced by the first light-emitting device into light of a first color, and a second portion of the light-conversion device includes a second plurality of quantum dots for converting light produced by the second light-emitting device into light of a second color. The third light-emitting device emits light of a third color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Saphlux, Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Song, Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 11870015
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for light conversion devices incorporating quantum dots and methods of fabricating the same. In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a light conversion device is provided. The light conversion device may include. a porous structure comprising one or more nanoporous materials, wherein the one or more nanoporous materials comprise a plurality of pores; and a plurality of quantum dots placed in the porous structure, wherein the plurality of quantum dots comprises a first plurality of quantum dots configured to convert light of a first color into light of a second color, and a second plurality of quantum dots configured to convert the light of the first color into light of a third color. Each of the plurality of pores may have a nanoscale size. The nonporous materials may further include a matrix comprising a semiconductor material, glass, plastic, metal, polymer, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Saphlux, Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Song, Chen Chen
  • Publication number: 20230378400
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure, a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device may include: a plurality of light-emitting devices comprising a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, and a third light-emitting device; and a light-conversion device with embedded quantum dots. In some embodiments, a first portion of the light-conversion device includes a first plurality of quantum dots for converting light produced by the first light-emitting device into light of a first color, and a second portion of the light-conversion device includes a second plurality of quantum dots for converting light produced by the second light-emitting device into light of a second color. The third light-emitting device emits light of a third color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Saphlux, Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Song, Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 11757072
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure, a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device may include: a plurality of light-emitting devices comprising a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, and a third light-emitting device, wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting devices comprises a first ohmic contact and a second ohmic contact; and a light-conversion device with embedded quantum dots, wherein a first portion of the light-conversion device includes a first plurality of quantum dots for converting light produced by the first light-emitting device into light of a first color, wherein a second portion of the light-conversion device includes a second plurality of quantum dots for converting light produced by the second light-emitting device into light of a second color, and wherein the third light-emitting device emits light of a third color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Saphlux, Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Song, Chen Chen
  • Publication number: 20230155078
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a computing device is provided. The computing device may include a display device and one or more sensors positioned beneath the display device. The one or more sensors may be configured to detect light passed through a display area of the display device. The display area of the display device may include a plurality of semiconductor devices for emitting light. The sensors may be positioned beneath the display area of the display device. In some embodiments, the sensors may further generate sensing data based on the detected light. The computing device may perform one or more operations based on the sensing data, such as adjusting a brightness of the display device, turning on or off the display device, locking or unlocking a screen of the computing device, performing one or more operations using an application running on the computing device, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Saphlux, Inc.
    Inventors: Chen Chen, Jie Song
  • Publication number: 20220231203
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure, a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device may include: a plurality of light-emitting devices comprising a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, and a third light-emitting device, wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting devices comprises a first ohmic contact and a second ohmic contact; and a light-conversion device with embedded quantum dots, wherein a first portion of the light-conversion device includes a first plurality of quantum dots for converting light produced by the first light-emitting device into light of a first color, wherein a second portion of the light-conversion device includes a second plurality of quantum dots for converting light produced by the second light-emitting device into light of a second color, and wherein the third light-emitting device emits light of a third color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Saphlux, Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Song, Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 10892159
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for mechanisms for producing group III-nitride substrates. In accordance with some embodiments, a method for producing a group III-nitride substrate is provided. The method may include: forming, on a growth template, an epitaxial layer of a group III-nitride material comprising a surface with a first crystallographic orientation, wherein the first crystallographic orientation comprises a semipolar orientation or a nonpolar orientation; and separating the epitaxial layer of the group III-nitride material from the growth template to produce the group III-nitride substrate, wherein the growth template comprises a semiconductor layer of the group III-nitride material. The group III-nitride material may include gallium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Saphlux, Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Song, Jung Han
  • Patent number: 10672948
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for mechanisms for fabricating light extraction structures for semiconductor devices (e.g., light-emitting devices). In accordance with some embodiments, a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device may include: a first semiconductor layer including an epitaxial layer of a semiconductor material; a second semiconductor layer comprising an active layer; and a light-reflection layer configured to cause at least a portion of light produced by the active layer to emerge from the semiconductor device via a surface of the second semiconductor layer, wherein the light-reflection layer is positioned between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. In some embodiments, the semiconductor material includes gallium nitride. In some embodiments, the light-reflection layer includes a layer of gallium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Saphlux, Inc.
    Inventors: Joo Won Choi, Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 10665752
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for mechanisms for forming air voids for semiconductor fabrication. In accordance with some embodiments, a method for forming air voids may include forming a first semiconductor layer including a first group III material and a second group III material on a substrate; forming a plurality of air voids in the first semiconductor layer by removing at least a portion of the second group III material from the first semiconductor layer; and forming a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer may include an epitaxial layer of a group III-V material. In some embodiments, the first group III material and the second group III material may be gallium and indium, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Saphlux, Inc.
    Inventors: Joo Won Choi, Chen Chen, Jie Song