Patents by Inventor Erwin Cohen

Erwin Cohen 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).

  • Publication number: 20240079320
    Abstract: A package includes a circuit that includes at least one active area and at least one secondary device area, a support configured to support the circuit, and a die attach material. The circuit being mounted on the support using the die attach material and the die attach material including at least one channel configured to allow gases generated during curing of the die attach material to be released from the die attach material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Mitch FLOWERS, Erwin COHEN, Alexander KOMPOSCH, Larry Christopher WALL
  • Patent number: 11862758
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lighting component which may comprise a light emitting diode (LED) or laser diode (LD) for generating at least one of blue light or ultraviolet light. A fluoride phosphor matrix may be included, which may be consolidated into a phosphor ceramic structure including at least one of a transparent fluoride ceramic structure or a translucent fluoride ceramic structure, and positioned adjacent to the LED or LD. The phosphor ceramic structure generates at least one of red or orange light when irradiated by the light emitted from the LED or LD. The phosphor ceramic structure exhibits reduced thermal quenching relative to a fluoride particulate structure irradiated by the LED or LD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Current Lighting Solutiosn, LLC
    Inventors: Nerine Cherepy, Ross Allen Osborne, Stephen A. Payne, Zachary Seeley, Alok Srivastava, William Winder Beers, William Erwin Cohen
  • Patent number: 11830810
    Abstract: A package includes a circuit that includes at least one active area and at least one secondary device area, a support configured to support the circuit, and a die attach material. The circuit being mounted on the support using the die attach material and the die attach material including at least one channel configured to allow gases generated during curing of the die attach material to be released from the die attach material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: WOLFSPEED, INC.
    Inventors: Mitch Flowers, Erwin Cohen, Alexander Komposch, Larry Christopher Wall
  • Publication number: 20230215833
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip comprises a substrate, a die attach material, and a die. The substrate comprises an upper surface and a lower surface opposing the upper surface. The die attach material is on the upper surface of the substrate. The die comprises a bottom surface bonded to the upper surface of the substrate by the die attach material, a top surface opposing the bottom surface, and a side wall adjacent to the top surface and the bottom surface. A shortest distance across an exterior of the side wall from the bottom surface to the top surface defines an exterior surface distance. The die further comprises a die height measured from where the side wall meets the bottom surface to where the side wall meets the top surface. The exterior surface distance is longer than the die height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Dan Namishia, Mitch Flowers, Eng Wah Woo, Erwin Cohen
  • Patent number: 11477945
    Abstract: A lighting device is presented. The lighting device includes an LED light source; and a red/far-red emitting phosphor radiationally coupled to the LED light source, wherein the red/far-red emitting phosphor comprises a host material activated with an activator ion, and wherein the activator ion comprises at least one of Sm2+ and Mn2+. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: William Winder Beers, William Erwin Cohen, Alok Srivastava
  • Patent number: 11424177
    Abstract: A package includes an integrated circuit that includes at least one active area and at least one secondary device area, a support configured to support the integrated circuit, and a die attach material. The integrated circuit being mounted on the support using the die attach material and the die attach material including at least one channel configured to allow gases generated during curing of the die attach material to be released from the die attach material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: WOLFSPEED, INC.
    Inventors: Mitch Flowers, Erwin Cohen, Alexander Komposch
  • Publication number: 20210351121
    Abstract: A package includes a circuit that includes at least one active area and at least one secondary device area, a support configured to support the circuit, and a die attach material. The circuit being mounted on the support using the die attach material and the die attach material including at least one channel configured to allow gases generated during curing of the die attach material to be released from the die attach material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Mitch Flowers, Erwin Cohen, Alexander Komposch, Larry Christopher Wall
  • Publication number: 20210351113
    Abstract: A package includes an integrated circuit that includes at least one active area and at least one secondary device area, a support configured to support the integrated circuit, and a die attach material. The integrated circuit being mounted on the support using the die attach material and the die attach material including at least one channel configured to allow gases generated during curing of the die attach material to be released from the die attach material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Mitch Flowers, Erwin Cohen, Alexander Komposch
  • Patent number: 11114591
    Abstract: A coated phosphors that include a shell comprising a first Mn4+ doped phosphor of formula I Ax[MFy]:Mn4+??I directly disposed on a core comprising a second phosphor. The second phosphor is a material other than a compound of formula I or formula II Ax[MFy]??II wherein A is, independently at each occurrence, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, or a combination thereof; M is, independently at each occurrence, Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Hf, Y, La, Nb, Ta, Bi, Gd, or a combination thereof; x is the absolute value of the charge of the [MFy] ion; and y is 5, 6 or 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: James Edward Murphy, William Winder Beers, William Erwin Cohen
  • Patent number: 10920938
    Abstract: The specification and drawings present a new apparatus such as a lighting apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one LED (or OLED) module, configured to generate a visible light such as white light, and at least one component such as optical component comprising a compound consisting essentially of the elements neodymium (Nd) and fluorine (F), and optionally including one or more other elements. The lighting apparatus is configured to provide a desired light spectrum by filtering the generated visible light using the compound. The at least one component can comprise a NdFxOy compound with values of x and y determining a content ratio F/O, which may be adjusted during manufacturing of the NdFxOy compound to provide desired output light parameters of the apparatus including at least a desired output light spectrum realized by filtering the generated visible light using the NdFxOy compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Savant Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Jeffrey Benner, Thomas J. Boyle, Dengke Cai, Thomas Clynne, William Erwin Cohen, Jean-Patrick Ducroux, Jianmin He, Jon Bennett Jansma, Chuan Lin, Juliana P. Reisman, Alok Mani Srivastava, Benjamin James Ward, Zhiyong Wang, William Robert Wright, Qing Yi
  • Patent number: 10886198
    Abstract: A device comprises a base, a die, leads, and an electrically-insulating die housing covering the die. The base comprises a die mounting section in which the die is mounted. The leads extend away from the die mounting section and are electrically connected to the die. The base further comprises a base mounting section and a recessed section. The recessed section comprises a recess between the die mounting section and the base mounting section. The base further comprises a first side, a second side opposing the first side, and a thickness measured between the first and second sides. The thickness of the base throughout the recessed section is less than the thickness of the base throughout the base mounting section. The base further comprises an opening extending at least through the base mounting section from the first side to the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: CREE, INC.
    Inventors: Sung Chul Joo, Bradley Millon, Erwin Cohen
  • Patent number: 10851293
    Abstract: A method includes mixing a first fluoride phosphor powder that is doped with tetravalent manganese with a treatment solution for a designated period of time, stopping the mixing to allow the fluoride phosphor powder to settle, removing at least some liquid that has separated from the first fluoride phosphor powder, repeating (a) the mixing, (b) the stopping of the mixing, and (c) removing at least some of the liquid during one or more additional cycles, and obtaining a second fluoride phosphor powder following the repeating of the mixing, the stopping of the mixing, and the removing of at least some of the liquid. The second fluoride phosphor powder includes a reduced amount of the manganese relative to the first fluoride phosphor powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Fangming Du, William Winder Beers, William Erwin Cohen, Clark David Nelson
  • Publication number: 20200326042
    Abstract: The specification and drawings present a new apparatus such as a lighting apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one LED (or OLED) module, configured to generate a visible light such as white light, and at least one component such as optical component comprising a compound consisting essentially of the elements neodymium (Nd) and fluorine (F), and optionally including one or more other elements. The lighting apparatus is configured to provide a desired light spectrum by filtering the generated visible light using the compound. The at least one component can comprise a NdFxOy compound with values of x and y determining a content ratio F/O, which may be adjusted during manufacturing of the NdFxOy compound to provide desired output light parameters of the apparatus including at least a desired output light spectrum realized by filtering the generated visible light using the NdFxOy compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: Consumer Lighting (U.S.), LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Jeffrey BENNER, Thomas J. BOYLE, Dengke CAI, Thomas CLYNNE, William Erwin COHEN, Jean-Patrick DUCROUX, Jianmin HE, Jon Bennett JANSMA, Chuan LIN, Juliana P. REISMAN, Alok Mani SRIVASTAVA, Benjamin James WARD, Zhiyong WANG, William Robert WRIGHT, Qing YI
  • Publication number: 20200321268
    Abstract: A device comprises a base, a die, leads, and an electrically-insulating die housing covering the die. The base comprises a die mounting section in which the die is mounted. The leads extend away from the die mounting section and are electrically connected to the die. The base further comprises a base mounting section and a recessed section. The recessed section comprises a recess between the die mounting section and the base mounting section. The base further comprises a first side, a second side opposing the first side, and a thickness measured between the first and second sides. The thickness of the base throughout the recessed section is less than the thickness of the base throughout the base mounting section. The base further comprises an opening extending at least through the base mounting section from the first side to the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Sung Chul Joo, Bradley Millon, Erwin Cohen
  • Publication number: 20200288642
    Abstract: A lighting device is presented. The lighting device includes an LED light source; and a red/far-red emitting phosphor radiationally coupled to the LED light source, wherein the red/far-red emitting phosphor comprises a host material activated with an activator ion, and wherein the activator ion comprises at least one of Sm2+ and Mn2+. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: William Winder BEERS, William Erwin COHEN, Alok SRIVASTAVA
  • Patent number: 10720379
    Abstract: The base of an integrated circuit package comprises a first side, and a second side opposing the first side. The base further comprises, a base mounting section, a die mounting section, and a recessed section. The recessed section comprises a recess between the die mounting section and the base mounting section. The base further comprises an opening extending through the base from the first side to the second side. At least a portion of the recess intersects with the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: CREE, INC.
    Inventors: Sung Chul Joo, Bradley Millon, Erwin Cohen
  • Publication number: 20200203260
    Abstract: The base of an integrated circuit package comprises a first side, and a second side opposing the first side. The base further comprises, a base mounting section, a die mounting section, and a recessed section. The recessed section comprises a recess between the die mounting section and the base mounting section. The base further comprises an opening extending through the base from the first side to the second side. At least a portion of the recess intersects with the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Sung Chul Joo, Bradley Millon, Erwin Cohen
  • Publication number: 20200168770
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lighting component which may comprise a light emitting diode (LED) or laser diode (LD) for generating at least one of blue light or ultraviolet light. A fluoride phosphor matrix may be included, which may be consolidated into a phosphor ceramic structure including at least one of a transparent fluoride ceramic structure or a translucent fluoride ceramic structure, and positioned adjacent to the LED or LD. The phosphor ceramic structure generates at least one of red or orange light when irradiated by the light emitted from the LED or LD. The phosphor ceramic structure exhibits reduced thermal quenching relative to a fluoride particulate structure irradiated by the LED or LD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Nerine CHEREPY, Ross Allen OSBORNE, Stephen A. PAYNE, Zachary SEELEY, Alok Mani SRIVASTAVA, William Winder BEERS, William Erwin COHEN
  • Patent number: 10619803
    Abstract: The specification and drawings present a new apparatus such as a lighting apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one LED (or OLED) module, configured to generate a visible light such as white light, and at least one component such as optical component comprising a compound consisting essentially of the elements neodymium (Nd) and fluorine (F), and optionally including one or more other elements. The lighting apparatus is configured to provide a desired light spectrum by filtering the generated visible light using the compound. The at least one component can comprise a NdFxOy compound with values of x and y determining a content ratio F/O, which may be adjusted during manufacturing of the NdFxOy compound to provide desired output light parameters of the apparatus including at least a desired output light spectrum realized by filtering the generated visible light using the NdFxOy compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Consumer Lighting (U.S.), LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Jeffrey Benner, Thomas J. Boyle, Dengke Cai, Thomas Clynne, William Erwin Cohen, Jean-Patrick Ducroux, Jianmin He, Jon Bennett Jansma, Chuan Lin, Juliana P. Reisman, Alok Mani Srivastava, Benjamin James Ward, Zhiyong Wang, William Robert Wright, Qing Yi
  • Patent number: 10563121
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining particles of a phosphor precursor of formula Ax[MFy]:Mn4+, reducing sizes of the particles of the phosphor precursor by wet milling the particles and annealing the particles that are wet milled by contacting the particles with a fluorine-containing oxidizing agent. Additionally, a manganese doped complex fluoride phosphor prepared by this method is provided. A lighting apparatus and backlight device that include manganese-doped phosphor prepared by this method also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: William Winder Beers, Jianmin He, Fangming Du, James Edward Murphy, William Erwin Cohen, Clark David Nelson, Cynthia Susan Link