Patents by Inventor Ban P. Loh

Ban P. Loh 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: 9453618
    Abstract: A LED lighting device is disclosed. The LED lighting device includes one or more of the following components, in any combination: structural body with heat-fins, LED light module, LED driver circuit board, electrical screw-cap, thermal end-cap, heat transport device, heat-sink and heat-foil. This invention presents a substantial cost saving in the LED adaptation to retrofit the existing light fixtures and luminaires. Its other advantages include, without limitation, having standard electrical connector to achieve ease of use and interchangeability, reduced light loss by having its own integrated build-in reflector with more effective optical design, an increase in energy saving through thermal solutions to lower LED's operating junction temperature for better performance and increased reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Inventor: Ban P. Loh
  • Patent number: 9453617
    Abstract: A lighting device such as a light bulb is disclosed. The lighting device includes an optical sub-assembly adapted to generate light when electrically excited; a body sub-assembly thermally coupled to the optical sub-assembly to draw heat away from the optical sub-assembly and to dissipate it; an electrical sub-assembly electrically connecting the optical sub-assembly to the body sub-assembly; and a final assembly covering at least a portion of the optical sub-assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Inventor: Ban P. Loh
  • Patent number: 9431589
    Abstract: A packaged LED device having a textured encapsulant that is conformal with a mount surface on which at least one LED chip is disposed. The textured encapsulant, which can be textured using an additive or subtractive process, is applied to the LED either prior to or during packaging. The encapsulant includes at least one textured surface from which light is emitted. The textured surface helps to reduce total internal reflection within the encapsulant, improving the extraction efficiency and the color temperature uniformity of the output profile. Several chips can be mounted beneath a single textured encapsulant. A mold having irregular surfaces can be used to form multiple encapsulants over many LEDs simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: CREE, INC.
    Inventors: Ban P. Loh, Chenhua You, Bernd Keller, Nathaniel O. Cannon, Mitch Jackson, Ernest W. Combs
  • Patent number: 9024350
    Abstract: A light emitting module is disclosed. The light emitting module includes a lead frame body, lead frame, a heat spreader, an intermediate heat sink, and at least one light emitting element (LED). The lead frame body defines a cavity which accurately registers the heat spreader and includes optical or reflective walls surrounding the light emitting elements soldered on metallized traces of the heat spreader. The lead frame body encases and supports portions of the lead frame. The lead frame extends from outside the body into the cavity to accurately align with solder pads of the heat spreader. All the pre-aligned mechanical, thermal and electrical contacts are then soldered by solder reflow process under tight environmental control to prevent damage to the light emitting element. A robust, healthy 3-dimensional optical-electro-mechanical assembly having a very low thermal resistance in a thermal path from its light emitting element to its intermediate heatsink is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Inventor: Ban P Loh
  • Patent number: 8941134
    Abstract: A modular package for a light emitting device includes a leadframe including a first region having a top surface, a bottom surface and a first thickness and a second region having a top surface, a bottom surface and a second thickness that is less than the first thickness. The leadframe further includes an electrical lead extending laterally away from the second region, and the package further includes a thermoset package body on the leadframe and surrounding the first region. The thermoset package body may be on both the top and bottom surfaces of the second region. A leak barrier may be on the leadframe, and the package body may be on the leak barrier. Methods of forming modular packages including thermoset package bodies on leadframes are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Ban P. Loh, Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr., Eric Tarsa, Bernd Keller
  • Patent number: 8932886
    Abstract: A light emitting die package and a method of manufacturing the die package are disclosed. The die package includes a leadframe, at least one light emitting device (LED), a molded body, and a lens. The leadframe includes a plurality of leads and has a top side and a bottom side. A portion of the leadframe defines a mounting pad. The LED device is mounted on the mounting pad. The molded body is integrated with portions of the leadframe and defines an opening on the top side of the leadframe, the opening surrounding the mounting pad. The molded body further includes latches on the bottom side of the leadframe. The lens is coupled to the molded body. A composite lens is used as both reflector and imaging tool to collect and direct light emitted by LED(s) for desired spectral and luminous performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Ban P. Loh, Gerald H. Negley
  • Publication number: 20140284643
    Abstract: A light emitting die package is provided which includes a metal substrate having a first surface and a first conductive lead on the first surface. The first conductive lead is insulated from the substrate by an insulating film. The first conductive lead forms a mounting pad for mounting a light emitting device. The package includes a metal lead electrically connected to the first conductive lead and extending away from the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Scott Andrews, Ban P. Loh
  • Patent number: 8835952
    Abstract: A submount for mounting an LED chip includes a substrate, a die attach pad configured to receive an LED chip on an upper surface of the substrate, a first meniscus control feature on the substrate surrounding the die attach pad and defining a first encapsulant region of the upper surface of the substrate, and a second meniscus control feature on the substrate surrounding the first encapsulant region and defining a second encapsulant region of the upper surface of the substrate. The first and second meniscus control features may be substantially coplanar with the die attach pad. A packaged LED includes a submount as described above and further includes an LED chip on the die attach pad, a first encapsulant on the substrate within the first encapsulant region, and a second encapsulant on the substrate within the second encapsulant region and covering the first encapsulant. Method embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter S. Andrews, Ban P. Loh, Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr., Bernd P. Keller
  • Publication number: 20140256072
    Abstract: A submount for a light emitting device package includes a substrate with a first bond pad and a second bond pad on a first surface. The first bond pad includes a die attach region offset toward a first end of the substrate and configured to receive a light emitting diode. The second bond pad includes a bonding region between the first bond pad and the second end of the substrate and a second bond pad extension that extends from the bonding region along a side of the substrate toward a corner of the substrate at the first end of the substrate. First and second solder pads are on the second surface of the substrate. The first solder pad is adjacent the first end of the substrate and contacts the second bond pad. The second solder pad is adjacent the second end of the substrate and contacts the first bond pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Ban P. Loh, Nathaniel O. Cannon, Norbert Hiller, John Edmond, Mitch Jackson, Nicholas W. Medendorp, JR.
  • Patent number: 8791491
    Abstract: A submount for a light emitting device package includes a substrate. A first bond pad and a second bond pad are on a first surface of the substrate. The first bond pad includes a die attach region offset toward a first end of the substrate and configured to receive a light emitting diode thereon. The second bond pad includes a bonding region between the first bond pad and the second end of the substrate and a second bond pad extension that extends from the bonding region along a side of the substrate toward a corner of the substrate at the first end of the substrate. First and second solder pads are a the second surface of the substrate. The first solder pad is adjacent the first end of the substrate and contacts the second bond pad. The second solder pad is adjacent the second end of the substrate and contacts the first bond pad. Related LED packages and methods of forming LED packages are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Ban P. Loh, Nathaniel O. Cannon, Norbert Hiller, John Edmond, Mitch Jackson, Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8710514
    Abstract: A light emitting die package is provided which includes a metal substrate having a first surface and a first conductive lead on the first surface. The first conductive lead is insulated from the substrate by an insulating film. The first conductive lead forms a mounting pad for mounting a light emitting device. The package includes a metal lead electrically connected to the first conductive lead and extending away from the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Scott Andrews, Ban P. Loh
  • Patent number: 8622582
    Abstract: A light emitting die package includes a substrate, a reflector plate, and a lens. The substrate has traces for connecting an external electrical power source to a light emitting diode (LED) at a mounting pad. The reflector plate is coupled to the substrate and substantially surrounds the mounting pad, and includes a reflective surface to direct light from the LED in a desired direction. The lens is free to move relative to the reflector plate and is capable of being raised or lowered by the encapsulant that wets and adheres to it and is placed at an optimal distance from the LED chip(s). Heat generated by the LED during operation is drawn away from the LED by both the substrate (acting as a bottom heat sink) and the reflector plate (acting as a top heat sink).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventor: Ban P. Loh
  • Patent number: 8608349
    Abstract: A light emitting die package includes a substrate, a reflector plate, and a lens. The substrate has traces for connecting an external electrical power source to a light emitting diode (LED) at a mounting pad. The reflector plate is coupled to the substrate and substantially surrounds the mounting pad, and includes a reflective surface to direct light from the LED in a desired direction. The lens is free to move relative to the reflector plate and is capable of being raised or lowered by the encapsulant that wets and adheres to it and is placed at an optimal distance from the LED chip(s). Heat generated by the LED during operation is drawn away from the LED by both the substrate (acting as a bottom heat sink) and the reflector plate (acting as a top heat sink).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventor: Ban P. Loh
  • Publication number: 20130323865
    Abstract: A light emitting die package and a method of manufacturing the die package are disclosed. The die package includes a leadframe, at least one light emitting device (LED), a molded body, and a lens. The leadframe includes a plurality of leads and has a top side and a bottom side. A portion of the leadframe defines a mounting pad. The LED device is mounted on the mounting pad. The molded body is integrated with portions of the leadframe and defines an opening on the top side of the leadframe, the opening surrounding the mounting pad. The molded body further includes latches on the bottom side of the leadframe. The lens is coupled to the molded body. A composite lens is used as both reflector and imaging tool to collect and direct light emitted by LED(s) for desired spectral and luminous performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: CREE, INC.
    Inventors: Ban P. Loh, Gerald H. Negley
  • Patent number: 8530915
    Abstract: A light emitting die package is provided which includes a metal substrate having a first surface and a first conductive lead on the first surface. The first conductive lead is insulated from the substrate by an insulating film. The first conductive lead forms a mounting pad for mounting a light emitting device. The package includes a metal lead electrically connected to the first conductive lead and extending away from the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Scott Andrews, Ban P. Loh
  • Patent number: 8502261
    Abstract: Side-mountable semiconductor light emitting device packages include an electrically insulating substrate having a front face and a back face and a side face extending therebetween. The side face is configured for mounting on an underlying surface. An electrically conductive contact is provided proximate an edge of the substrate on the back face of the substrate and/or on a recessed region on the side face of the substrate. The contact is positioned to be positioned proximate an electrical connection region of the underlying surface when the semiconductor light emitting device package is side mounted on the underlying surface. A conductive trace extends along the front face of the substrate and is electrically connected to the contact. A semiconductor light emitting device is mounted on the front face of the substrate and electrically connected to the conductive trace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventor: Ban P. Loh
  • Patent number: 8446004
    Abstract: A light emitting die package and a method of manufacturing the die package are disclosed. The die package includes a leadframe, at least one light emitting device (LED), a molded body, and a lens. The leadframe includes a plurality of leads and has a top side and a bottom side. A portion of the leadframe defines a mounting pad. The LED device is mounted on the mounting pad. The molded body is integrated with portions of the leadframe and defines an opening on the top side of the leadframe, the opening surrounding the mounting pad. The molded body further includes latches on the bottom side of the leadframe. The lens is coupled to the molded body. A composite lens is used as both reflector and imaging tool to collect and direct light emitted by LED(s) for desired spectral and luminous performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Ban P. Loh, Gerald H. Negley
  • Patent number: 8410491
    Abstract: Semiconductor light emitting device packaging methods include fabricating a substrate configured to mount a semiconductor light emitting device thereon. The substrate may include a cavity configured to mount the semiconductor light emitting device therein. The semiconductor light emitting device is mounted on the substrate and electrically connected to a contact portion of the substrate. The substrate is liquid injection molded to form an optical element bonded to the substrate over the semiconductor light emitting device. Liquid injection molding may be preceded by applying a soft resin on the electrically connected semiconductor light emitting device in the cavity. Semiconductor light emitting device substrate strips are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Ban P. Loh, Nicholas W. Madendorp, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8390016
    Abstract: Methods and systems for coating of semiconductor devices using droplets of wavelength conversion or phosphor particles in a liquid medium. A plurality of nozzles delivers a controlled amount of the matrix material to the surface of the semiconductor device, with each of said nozzles having an opening for the matrix material to pass. The opening has a diameter wherein the diameter of the phosphor particles is less than or approximately equal to one half the diameter of the opening. The phosphor particles are also substantially spherical or rounded. The nozzles are typically arranged on a print head that utilizes jet printing techniques to cover the semiconductor device with a layer of the matrix material. The methods and systems are particularly applicable to covering LEDs with a layer of phosphor materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernd Keller, Ban P. Loh
  • Patent number: 8378374
    Abstract: A submount for a solid state lighting package includes a support member having upper and lower surfaces, a first side surface, and a second side surface opposite the first side surface, a first electrical bondpad on the upper surface of the support member and having a first bonding region proximate the first side surface of the support member and a second bonding region extending toward the second side surface of the support member, and a second electrical bondpad on the upper surface of the support member having a die mounting region proximate the first side surface of the support member and an extension region extending toward the second side surface of the support member. The die mounting region of the second electrical bondpad may be configured to receive an electronic device. The submount further includes a third electrical bondpad on the upper surface of the support member and positioned between the second side surface of the support member and the die mounting region of the second electrical bondpad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Ban P. Loh, Nicholas Medendorp, Jr., Bernd Keller