Patents by Inventor Fernando Muñoz
Fernando Muñoz 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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Publication number: 20090096056Abstract: Structures and methods for forming the same. A semiconductor chip includes a substrate and a transistor. The chip includes N interconnect layers on the substrate, N being a positive integer. The chip includes a cooling pipes system inside the N interconnect layers. The cooling pipes system does not include any solid or liquid material. Given any first point and any second point in the cooling pipes system, there exists a continuous path which connects the first and second points and which is totally within the cooling pipes system. A first portion of the cooling pipes system overlaps the transistor. A second portion of the cooling pipes system is higher than the substrate and lower than a top interconnect layer. The second portion is in direct physical contact with a surrounding ambient.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2007Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kaushik A. Kumar, Andres Fernando Munoz, Michael Ray Sievers, Richard Stephen Wise
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Publication number: 20090067179Abstract: An optical device for coupling the luminous output of a light-emitting diode (LED) to a predominantly spherical pattern comprises a transfer section that receives the LED's light within it and an ejector positioned adjacent the transfer section to receive light from the transfer section and spread the light generally spherically. A base of the transfer section is optically aligned and/or coupled to the LED so that the LED's light enters the transfer section. The transfer section can comprises a compound elliptic concentrator operating via total internal reflection. The ejector section can have a variety of shapes, and can have diffusive features on its surface as well, including a phosphor coating. The transfer section can in some implementations be polygonal, V-grooved, faceted and other configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: LIGHT PRESCRIPTIONS INNOVATORS, LLCInventors: Julio Cesar Chaves, Juan Carlos Minano, Pablo Benitez, William A. Parkyn, JR., Waqidi Falicoff, Fernando Munoz, Yupin Sun, Oliver Dross, Roberto Alvarez
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Publication number: 20080123349Abstract: An optical device for coupling the luminous output of a light-emitting diode (LED) to a predominantly spherical pattern comprises a transfer section that receives the LED's light within it and an ejector positioned adjacent the transfer section to receive light from the transfer section and spread the light generally spherically. A base of the transfer section is optically aligned and/or coupled to the LED so that the LED's light enters the transfer section. The transfer section can comprises a compound elliptic concentrator operating via total internal reflection. The ejector section can have a variety of shapes, and can have diffusive features on its surface as well. The transfer section can in some implementations be polygonal, V-grooved, faceted and other configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2008Publication date: May 29, 2008Applicant: LIGHT PRESCRIPTIONS INNOVATORS, LLCInventors: Julio Cesar Chaves, Juan Carlos Minano, Pablo Benitez, William A. Parkyn, Waqidi Falicoff, Fernando Munoz, Yupin Sun
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Patent number: 7329029Abstract: An optical device for coupling the luminous output of a light-emitting diode (LED) to a predominantly spherical pattern comprises a transfer section that receives the LED's light within it and an ejector positioned adjacent the transfer section to receive light from the transfer section and spread the light generally spherically. A base of the transfer section is optically aligned and/or coupled to the LED so that the LED's light enters the transfer section. The transfer section can comprises a compound elliptic concentrator operating via total internal reflection. The ejector section can have a variety of shapes, and can have diffusive features on its surface as well. The transfer section can in some implementations be polygonal, V-grooved, faceted and other configurations.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2004Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Light Prescriptions Innovators, LLCInventors: Julio Cesar Chaves, Juan Carlos Minano, Pablo Benitez, William A. Parkyn, Jr., Waqidi Falicoff, Fernando Munoz, Yupin Sun
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Patent number: 7181378Abstract: The present embodiments provide for apparatuses, and methods for manufacturing apparatuses to convert a first distribution of an input radiation to a second distribution of output radiation. The apparatus can be defined in some embodiments by generating a two-dimensional representation of three active optical surfaces including calculating a segment of first, entry and second surfaces based on first second, and third generalized Cartesian ovals, respectively, and successively repeating the calculating of the segments of the first and second surfaces, and rotationally sweeping the two-dimensional representation about a central axis providing a three-dimensional representation. In some embodiments, portion of the first and/or second surfaces can be totally internally reflective.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2004Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Light Prescriptions Innovators, LLCInventors: Pablo Benitez, Juan C. Minano, Fernando Munoz
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Publication number: 20050225988Abstract: An optical device for coupling the luminous output of a light-emitting diode (LED) to a predominantly spherical pattern comprises a transfer section that receives the LED's light within it and an ejector positioned adjacent the transfer section to receive light from the transfer section and spread the light generally spherically. A base of the transfer section is optically aligned and/or coupled to the LED so that the LED's light enters the transfer section. The transfer section can comprises a compound elliptic concentrator operating via total internal reflection. The ejector section can have a variety of shapes, and can have diffusive features on its surface as well. The transfer section can in some implementations be polygonal, V-grooved, faceted and other configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2004Publication date: October 13, 2005Applicant: Light Prescriptions Innovators, LLCInventors: Julio Chaves, Juan Minano, Pablo Benitez, William Parkyn, Waqidi Falicoff, Fernando Munoz, Yupin Sun
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Patent number: 6896381Abstract: A method for manufacturing an apparatus and the apparatus being configured to convert a first distribution of an input radiation to a second distribution of output radiation. The method consists of the steps of generating a two-dimensional representation of at least three active optical surfaces of an optical device including calculating a segment of a first surface based on edge ray sets as a first generalized Cartesian oval, calculating a segment of an entry surface based on the edge ray set as a second generalized Cartesian oval, calculating a segment of a second surface based on the edge ray set as a third generalized Cartesian oval, and successively repeating the steps of calculating the segment of the first surface and calculating the segment of the second surface in a direction towards a source, and rotationally sweeping the two-dimensional representation about a central axis providing a three-dimensional representation of the optical device.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2002Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: Light Prescriptions Innovators, LLCInventors: Pablo Benitez, Juan C Miñano, Fernando Muñoz
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Publication number: 20040252390Abstract: The present embodiments provide for apparatuses, and methods for manufacturing apparatuses to convert a first distribution of an input radiation to a second distribution of output radiation. The apparatus can be defined in some embodiments by generating a two-dimensional representation of three active optical surfaces including calculating a segment of first, entry and second surfaces based on first second, and third generalized Cartesian ovals, respectively, and successively repeating the calculating of the segments of the first and second surfaces, and rotationally sweeping the two-dimensional representation about a central axis providing a three-dimensional representation. In some embodiments, portion of the first and/or second surfaces can be totally internally reflective.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2004Publication date: December 16, 2004Applicant: Light Prescriptions Innovators, LLCInventors: Pablo Benitez, Juan C. Minano, Fernando Munoz
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Publication number: 20040246606Abstract: A method for manufacturing an apparatus and the apparatus being configured to convert a first distribution of an input radiation to a second distribution of output radiation. The method consists of the steps of generating a two-dimensional representation of at least three active optical surfaces of an optical device including calculating a segment of a first surface based on edge ray sets as a first generalized Cartesian oval, calculating a segment of an entry surface based on the edge ray set as a second generalized Cartesian oval, calculating a segment of a second surface based on the edge ray set as a third generalized Cartesian oval, and successively repeating the steps of calculating the segment of the first surface and calculating the segment of the second surface in a direction towards a source, and rotationally sweeping the two-dimensional representation about a central axis providing a three-dimensional representation of the optical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2004Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventors: Pablo Benitez, Juan C. Minano, Fernando Munoz
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Publication number: 20020052853Abstract: What is disclosed in this application is: an Internet payment system. An Internet payment system comprising a user device with a processor, Internet connection apparatus and an Internet browser. The Internet payment system also includes a participating merchant server supporting web pages on which product or service offerings are displayed in response to queries from the user device using the connections apparatus and browser. The merchant server interacting with the user device browser permits a user to select at least one offering and to indicate a method of payment, at least one method of payment being a transfer link. The Internet payment system also comprises a participating financial institution server maintained by a financial institution at which the user has a financial account. The server permits the user to gain direct access to his financial account.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2001Publication date: May 2, 2002Inventor: Fernando Munoz