Patents by Inventor Chih-Hsuan Sun
Chih-Hsuan Sun 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).
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Patent number: 9970603Abstract: The present disclosure provides an illumination device. The illumination device includes a cap structure. The cap structure is partially coated with a reflective material operable to reflect light. The illumination device includes one or more lighting-emitting devices disposed within the cap structure. The light-emitting devices may be light-emitting diode (LED) chips. The illumination device also includes a thermal dissipation structure. The thermal dissipation structure is coupled to the cap structure in a first direction. The thermal dissipation structure and the cap structure have a coupling interface. The coupling interface extends in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The thermal dissipation structure has a portion that intersects the coupling interface at an angle. The angle is in a range from about 60 degrees to about 90 degrees according to some embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Epistar CorporationInventors: Chih-Hsuan Sun, Wei-Yu Yeh, Hsueh-Hung Fu, Dong Jung Suen
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Patent number: 9625107Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a first substrate, a plurality of first light-emitting devices disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate disposed over the first substrate, and a plurality of second light-emitting devices disposed on the second substrate. A reflective surface is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The reflective surface is configured to reflect light emitted by at least some of the first light-emitting devices in a direction that is at least partially toward the first substrate. The reflective surface has one of: a saw-patterned side view profile, or a curved side view profile that is free of having an inflection point.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATIONInventors: Sheng-Shin Guo, Wei-Yu Yeh, Chih-Hsuan Sun, Pei-Wen Ko
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Patent number: 9618161Abstract: A lamp includes a substrate having a center region and a peripheral region, a first subset of light-emitting devices disposed on the center region, and a second subset of light-emitting devices disposed on the peripheral region. A temperature difference between the center region and the peripheral region is greater than 10 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATIONInventors: Sheng-Shin Guo, Chih-Hsuan Sun, Tien-Min Lin, Wei-Yu Yeh
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Patent number: 9557046Abstract: A lighting device includes a multi-faceted heat sink with facets in a center portion facing outward. The facets form a central enclosed portion, and the heat sink further has a plurality of fins, where each of the fins is placed between adjacent facets and protrudes outwardly from the heat sink. The lighting device also has a plurality of circuit boards with semiconductor emitters mounted thereon. Each of the circuit boards is mounted on a respective facet of the heat sink. The lighting device also has a light-diffusion housing covering the plurality of circuit boards, a power module in communication with the circuit boards and operable to convert power to be compatible with the semiconductor emitters, and a power connector assembly in electrical communication with the power module.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATIONInventors: Chih-Hsuan Sun, Wei-Yu Yeh, Tien-Ming Lin
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Patent number: 9447948Abstract: The present disclosure involves a street light. The street light includes a base, a lamp post coupled to the base, and a lamp head coupled to the lamp post. The lamp head includes a housing and a plurality of LED light modules disposed within the housing. The LED light modules are separate and independent from each other. Each LED light module includes an array of LED that serve as light sources for the lamp. Each LED light module also includes a heat sink that is thermally coupled to the LED. The heat sink is operable to dissipate heat generated by the LED during operation. Each LED light module also includes a thermally conductive cover having a plurality of openings. Each LED is aligned with and disposed within a respective one of the openings.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATIONInventors: Jin-Hua Wang, Hsueh-Hung Fu, Pei-Wen Ko, Chih-Hsuan Sun
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Publication number: 20160215939Abstract: The present disclosure provides one embodiment of an illumination structure. The illumination structure includes a substrate. A light-emitting diode (LED) is disposed over the substrate. A first lens is disposed over the LED. A second lens is disposed over the first lens. The first lens and the second lens are configured to refract light that is emitted by the LED backward.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Chi Xiang TSENG, Hsiao-Wen LEE, Sheng-Shin GUO, Pei-Wen KO, Chih-Hsuan SUN, Wei-Yu YEH
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Patent number: 9232602Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) lamp includes a number of different color LEDs that can be turned on and off in different combinations using an external switch operable by a user. A user or a controller can adjust the color temperature of light output by the lamp. The color temperature change may be a user preference and can compensate for decreased phosphor efficiency over time.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATIONInventors: Wei-Yu Yeh, Chih-Hsuan Sun
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Patent number: 9222640Abstract: The present disclosure provides an illumination device. The illumination device comprises a light-emitting diode (LED) device on a substrate, a heat sink and a cap. The heat sink is thermally connected to the LED device. The cap is secured over the substrate and covering the LED device. The cap includes a coating material having diffusion and reflection characteristics, and the coating material is free of being in direct contact with the LED device. The coating material is applied on a first portion of an inner surface of the cap, but not on a second portion of the inner surface of the cap.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2011Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: TSMC SOLID STATE LIGHTING LTD.Inventors: Chih-Hsuan Sun, Wei-Yu Yeh, Pei-Wen Ko, Hsueh-Hung Fu
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Publication number: 20150308629Abstract: A lamp includes a substrate having a center region and a peripheral region, a first subset of light-emitting devices disposed on the center region, and a second subset of light-emitting devices disposed on the peripheral region. A temperature difference between the center region and the peripheral region is greater than 10 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2015Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: Sheng-Shin Guo, Chih-Hsuan Sun, Tien-Min Lin, Wei-Yu Yeh
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Patent number: 9074738Abstract: A lamp includes a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting devices located over the substrate, and a cap that is located over the light-emitting devices. The plurality of light-emitting devices include a first subset of light-emitting devices and a second subset of light-emitting devices. Each light-emitting device in the first subset is free of a phosphor coating. Each light-emitting device in the second subset includes a phosphor coating. The cap has both photo-conversion properties and light-scattering properties, and the cap is located over the first subset of the light-emitting devices but exposes the second subset of the light-emitting devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2014Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: TSMC SOLID STATE LIGHTING LTD.Inventors: Sheng-Shin Guo, Chih-Hsuan Sun, Tien-Ming Lin, Wei-Yu Yeh
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Patent number: 9006770Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) carrier assembly includes an LED die mounted on a silicon submount, a middle layer that is thermally conductive and electrically isolating disposed below the silicon submount, and a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed below the middle layer. The middle layer is bonded with the silicon submount and the PCB.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.Inventors: Wei-Yu Yeh, Pei-Wen Ko, Chih-Hsuan Sun, Hsueh-Hung Fu
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Patent number: 8999770Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a module with a plurality of die regions, a plurality of light-emitting devices disposed upon the substrate so that each of the die regions includes one of the light-emitting devices, and a lens board over the module and adhered to the substrate with glue. The lens board includes a plurality of microlenses each corresponding to one of the die regions, and at each one of the die regions the glue provides an air-tight encapsulation of one of the light-emitting devices by a respective one of the microlenses. Further, phosphor is included as a part of the lens board.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.Inventors: Tien-Ming Lin, Chih-Hsuan Sun, Wei-Yu Yeh
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Publication number: 20150085493Abstract: An apparatus includes a light-emitting device. A diffuser is disposed over the light-emitting device. A heat sink is disposed below, and thermally coupled to, the light-emitting device. The heat sink includes a body and a plurality of fins that radially protrude from the body of the heat sink. The fins define a plurality of ducts. A cover plate circumferentially surrounds the heat sink. The cover plate includes a plurality of openings that are disposed over the plurality of ducts, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Chih-Hsuan Sun, Hsiao-Wen Lee
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Patent number: 8905600Abstract: A Light-Emitting Diode (LED) lamp includes a heat sink with a number of passive air flow ducts defined at least partially by fins of the heat sink and a cover plate over the fins. The heat sink includes a body with a cavity, a number of fins radiating outwards from the body, and a cover plate covering the fins. Each passive air flow duct includes top and bottom openings for air flow.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.Inventors: Chih-Hsuan Sun, Hsiao-Wen Lee
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Publication number: 20140307435Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a first substrate, a plurality of first light-emitting devices disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate disposed over the first substrate, and a plurality of second light-emitting devices disposed on the second substrate. A reflective surface is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The reflective surface is configured to reflect light emitted by at least some of the first light-emitting devices in a direction that is at least partially toward the first substrate. The reflective surface has one of: a saw-patterned side view profile, or a curved side view profile that is free of having an inflection point.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Sheng-Shin Guo, Wei-Yu Yeh, Chih-Hsuan Sun, Pei-Wen Ko
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Publication number: 20140293615Abstract: The present disclosure provides one embodiment of an illumination structure. The illumination structure includes a substrate. A light-emitting diode (LED) is disposed over the substrate. A first lens is disposed over the LED. A second lens is disposed over the first lens. The first lens and the second lens are configured to refract light that is emitted by the LED backward.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventors: Chi Xiang Tseng, Hsiao-Wen Lee, Sheng-Shin Guo, Pei-Wen Ko, Chih-Hsuan Sun, Wei-Yu Yeh
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Publication number: 20140254180Abstract: A Light Emitting Diode (LED) module includes a circuit board having a front side and a back side, a heat sink coupled to the back side of the circuit board, a thermal pad disposed on a front side of the circuit board, an LED disposed on the front side of the circuit board. The LED is in thermal contact with the thermal pad. The module further includes a heat spreading device placed over the thermal pad and in thermal contact with the thermal pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventors: Wei-Yu Yeh, Chih-Hsuan Sun
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Publication number: 20140240957Abstract: The present disclosure involves an LED lamp. The LED lamp includes a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) light sources located on a substrate. At least a subset of the LED light sources is free of a phosphor coating. The LED lamp includes a multi-layered cap structure located over at least the subset of the LED light sources. The cap structure contains a phosphor material and a diffuser material. The cap structure is physically separated from the subset of the LED light sources by a gap. The LED lamp includes a cover structure positioned over and surrounding the LED light sources and the cap structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Sheng-Shin Guo, Chih-Hsuan Sun, Tien-Ming Lin, Wei-Yu Yeh
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Patent number: 8794791Abstract: The embodiments of a light-emitting-diode-based (LED-based) light bulb and an LED assembly described provide mechanisms of reflecting generated by LED emitters toward the back of the LED-based light bulb. An upper substrate and a lower substrate are used to support upper and lower LED emitters. A slanted and reflective surface between the upper substrate and the lower substrate reflects light generated by the lower LED emitters toward the backside of the LED-based light bulb.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.Inventors: Sheng-Shin Guo, Wei-Yu Yeh, Chih-Hsuan Sun, Pei-Wen Ko
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Publication number: 20140198499Abstract: The present disclosure involves a street light. The street light includes a base, a lamp post coupled to the base, and a lamp head coupled to the lamp post. The lamp head includes a housing and a plurality of LED light modules disposed within the housing. The LED light modules are separate and independent from each other. Each LED light module includes an array of LED that serve as light sources for the lamp. Each LED light module also includes a heat sink that is thermally coupled to the LED. The heat sink is operable to dissipate heat generated by the LED during operation. Each LED light module also includes a thermally conductive cover having a plurality of openings. Each LED is aligned with and disposed within a respective one of the openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Inventors: Jin-Hua Wang, Hsueh-Hung Fu, Pei-Wen Ko, Chih-Hsuan Sun