Patents by Inventor Hsiao-Wen Lee

Hsiao-Wen Lee 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: 20140293615
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Chi Xiang Tseng, Hsiao-Wen Lee, Sheng-Shin Guo, Pei-Wen Ko, Chih-Hsuan Sun, Wei-Yu Yeh
  • Publication number: 20140295593
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves a method. The method includes providing a substrate having a layer disposed thereon. A plurality of light-emitting devices is attached to the layer. A gel is applied over the substrate. The gel covers the plurality of light-emitting devices. The gel is shaped into a plurality of lenses. The lenses each cover a respective one of the light-emitting devices. The light-emitting devices are separated from one another. The substrate and the layer are removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Chi-Xiang Tseng, Hsiao-Wen Lee, Min-Sheng Wu, Tien-Min Lin
  • Publication number: 20140291610
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves lighting apparatus. The lighting apparatus includes a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device includes a first doped semiconductor layer. A light-emitting layer is disposed over the first doped semiconductor layer. A second doped semiconductor layer is disposed over the light-emitting layer. The second doped semiconductor layer has a different type of conductivity than the first doped semiconductor layer. A photo-conversion layer is coated around the light-emitting device. A lens houses the light-emitting device and the photo-conversion layer within. The lens includes a first sub-layer and a second sub-layer. The first and second sub-layers have different characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Chi-Xiang Tseng, Hsiao-Wen Lee, Min-Sheng Wu, Tien-Min Lin
  • Publication number: 20140291611
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves lighting apparatus. The lighting apparatus includes a first doped semiconductor layer. A light-emitting layer is disposed over the first doped semiconductor layer. A second doped semiconductor layer is disposed over the light-emitting layer. The second doped semiconductor layer has a different type of conductivity than the first doped semiconductor layer. A first conductive terminal and a second conductive terminal are each disposed below the first doped semiconductor layer. A photo-conversion layer is disposed over the second doped semiconductor layer and on side surfaces of the first and second doped semiconductor layers and the light-emitting layer. A bottommost surface of the photo-conversion layer is located closer to the second doped semiconductor layer than bottom surfaces of the first and second conductive terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Chi-Xiang Tseng, Hsiao-Wen Lee, Min-Sheng Wu, Tien-Min Lin
  • Publication number: 20140264268
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves lighting apparatus. The lighting apparatus includes a first doped semiconductor layer. A light-emitting layer is disposed over the first doped semiconductor layer. A second doped semiconductor layer is disposed over the light-emitting layer. The second doped semiconductor layer has a different type of conductivity than the first doped semiconductor layer. A photo-conversion layer is disposed over the second doped semiconductor layer and over side surfaces of the first and second doped semiconductor layers and the light-emitting layer. The photo-conversion layer has an angular profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Xiang Tseng, Hsiao-Wen Lee, Min-Sheng Wu, Tien-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 8835202
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light emitting diode (LED) apparatus. The LED apparatus includes an LED emitter having a top surface; and a phosphor feature disposed on the LED emitter. The phosphor feature includes a first phosphor film disposed on the top surface of the LED emitter and having a first dimension defined in a direction parallel to the top surface of the LED emitter; a second phosphor film disposed on the first phosphor film and having a second dimension defined in the direction; and the second dimension is substantially less than the first dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi Xiang Tseng, Hsiao-Wen Lee, Tien-Ming Lin, Min-Sheng Wu
  • Publication number: 20140231836
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light emitting diode (LED) apparatus. The LED apparatus includes an LED emitter having a top surface; and a phosphor feature disposed on the LED emitter. The phosphor feature includes a first phosphor film disposed on the top surface of the LED emitter and having a first dimension defined in a direction parallel to the top surface of the LED emitter; a second phosphor film disposed on the first phosphor film and having a second dimension defined in the direction; and the second dimension is substantially less than the first dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi Xiang Tseng, Hsiao-Wen Lee, Tien-Ming Lin, Min-Sheng Wu
  • Publication number: 20140209930
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves a light-emitting diode (LED) packaging structure. The LED packaging structure includes a submount having a substrate and a plurality of bond pads on the substrate. The LED packaging structure includes a plurality of p-type LEDs bonded to the substrate through a first subset of the bond pads. The LED packaging structure includes a plurality of n-type LEDs bonded to the substrate through a second subset of the bond pads. Some of the bond pads belong to both the first subset and the second subset of the bond pads. The p-type LEDs and the n-type LEDs are arranged as alternating pairs. The LED packaging structure includes a plurality of transparent and conductive components each disposed over and electrically interconnecting one of the pairs of the p-type and n-type LEDs. The LED packaging structure includes one or more lenses disposed over the n-type LEDs and the p-type LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.
    Inventors: Jui-Ping Weng, Hsiao-Wen Lee, Chun-Chih Chang, Min-Sheng Wu, Hsin-Hsien Lee
  • Patent number: 8765500
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves a method of packaging a light-emitting diode (LED). According to the method, a group of metal pads and a group of LEDs are provided. The group of LEDs is attached to the group of metal pads, for example through a bonding process. After the LEDs are attached to the metal pads, each LED is spaced apart from adjacent LEDs. Also according to the method, a phosphor film is coated around the group of LEDs collectively. The phosphor film is coated on top and side surfaces of each LED and between adjacent LEDs. A dicing process is then performed to slice through portions of the phosphor film located between adjacent LEDs. The dicing process divides the group of LEDs into a plurality of individual phosphor-coated LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Xiang Tseng, Hsiao-Wen Lee, Min-Sheng Wu, Tien-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 8757845
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides one embodiment of an illumination structure. The illumination structure includes a light-emitting diode (LED) device on a substrate; a lens secured on the substrate and over the LED device; and a diffuser cap secured on the substrate and covering the lens, wherein the lens and diffuser cap are designed and configured to redistribute emitting light from the LED device for wide angle illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: TSMC Solid State Lighting, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi Xiang Tseng, Hsiao-Wen Lee, Sheng-Shin Guo, Pei-Wen Ko, Chih-Hsuan Sun, Wei-Yu Yeh
  • Publication number: 20140151740
    Abstract: An optical emitter includes micro-structure phosphor coating on a light-emitting diode die mounted on a package substrate. The micro-structures are transferred onto a micro-structure phosphor coating precursor by patterning and curing the precursor or by curing the precursor through a mold. The micro-structures are half spheroids, three-sided pyramids, or six-sided pyramids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi Xiang Tseng, Hsiao-Wen Lee
  • Publication number: 20140151725
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves a method of packaging a light-emitting diode (LED). According to the method, a group of metal pads and a group of LEDs are provided. The group of LEDs is attached to the group of metal pads, for example through a bonding process. After the LEDs are attached to the metal pads, each LED is spaced apart from adjacent LEDs. Also according to the method, a phosphor film is coated around the group of LEDs collectively. The phosphor film is coated on top and side surfaces of each LED and between adjacent LEDs. A dicing process is then performed to slice through portions of the phosphor film located between adjacent LEDs. The dicing process divides the group of LEDs into a plurality of individual phosphor-coated LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Xiang Tseng, Hsiao-Wen Lee, Min-Sheng Wu, Tien-Min Lin
  • Publication number: 20140106488
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light emitting diode (LED) apparatus. The LED apparatus includes an LED emitter having a top surface; and a phosphor feature disposed on the LED emitter. The phosphor feature includes a first phosphor film disposed on the top surface of the LED emitter and having a first dimension defined in a direction parallel to the top surface of the LED emitter; a second phosphor film disposed on the first phosphor film and having a second dimension defined in the direction; and the second dimension is substantially less than the first dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: Chi Xiang Tseng, Hsiao-Wen Lee, Tien-Ming Lin, Min-Sheng Wu
  • Publication number: 20140103372
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves a method of packaging light-emitting diodes (LEDs). According to the method, a plurality of LEDs is provided over an adhesive tape. The adhesive tape is disposed on a substrate. In some embodiments, the substrate may be a glass substrate, a silicon substrate, a ceramic substrate, and a gallium nitride substrate. A phosphor layer is coated over the plurality of LEDs. The phosphor layer is then cured. The tape and the substrate are removed after the curing of the phosphor layer. A replacement tape is then attached to the plurality of LEDs. A dicing process is then performed to the plurality of LEDs after the substrate has been removed. The removed substrate may then be reused for a future LED packaging process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Xiang Tseng, Hsiao-Wen Lee, Min-Sheng Wu, Tien-Min Lin
  • Publication number: 20140091329
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves a lighting instrument. The lighting instrument includes a board or substrate, for example, a printed circuit board substrate. The lighting instrument includes a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) dies disposed on the substrate. The LED dies are spaced apart from one another. Each LED die is covered with a respective individual phosphor coating that is coated around the LED die conformally. Due at least in part to the individual phosphor coatings, the LED dies and the lighting instrument may assume a substantially white appearance in an off state. The lighting instrument also includes an encapsulation structure disposed over the substrate. The encapsulation structure may be a diffuser cap that encapsulates the light-emitting dies within. A diffuser gel fills the space between the encapsulation structure and the LED dies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Wen Lee, Chi-Xiang Tseng, Yu-Sheng Tang, Jung-Tang Chu
  • Publication number: 20140054619
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves a method of packaging light-emitting diodes (LEDs). According to the method, a plurality of LEDs is provided over an adhesive tape. The adhesive tape is disposed on a substrate. In some embodiments, the substrate may be a glass substrate, a silicon substrate, a ceramic substrate, and a gallium nitride substrate. A phosphor layer is coated over the plurality of LEDs. The phosphor layer is then cured. The tape and the substrate are removed after the curing of the phosphor layer. A replacement tape is then attached to the plurality of LEDs. A dicing process is then performed to the plurality of LEDs after the substrate has been removed. The removed substrate may then be reused for a future LED packaging process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Chi-Xiang Tseng, Hsiao-Wen Lee, Min-Sheng Wu, Tien-Min Lin
  • Publication number: 20140054616
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves a method of packaging a light-emitting diode (LED). According to the method, a group of metal pads and a group of LEDs are provided. The group of LEDs is attached to the group of metal pads, for example through a bonding process. After the LEDs are attached to the metal pads, each LED is spaced apart from adjacent LEDs. Also according to the method, a phosphor film is coated around the group of LEDs collectively. The phosphor film is coated on top and side surfaces of each LED and between adjacent LEDs. A dicing process is then performed to slice through portions of the phosphor film located between adjacent LEDs. The dicing process divides the group of LEDs into a plurality of individual phosphor-coated LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Xiang Tseng, Hsiao-Wen Lee, Min-Sheng Wu, Tien-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 8647900
    Abstract: An optical emitter includes micro-structure phosphor coating on a light-emitting diode die mounted on a package substrate. The micro-structures are transferred onto a micro-structure phosphor coating precursor by patterning and curing the precursor or by curing the precursor through a mold. The micro-structures are half spheroids, three-sided pyramids, or six-sided pyramids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi Xiang Tseng, Hsiao-Wen Lee
  • Patent number: 8591251
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for fabricating electrical connectors of a waterproof connector-heat sink assembly of a LED light bar module using injection molding. The methods include matching the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of injection molding materials for the connectors and heat sinks. A heat sink and conductor pins are inserted into an injection mold and the injection molding materials are injected into the injection mold. An integrated connector-heat sink assembly is formed when the injection molding materials of the connectors form a waterproof seal with the heat sink when the injection molding materials solidify. Placement of the heat sink and conductor pins inside the injection mold is controlled to ensure that adhesive bonding between the injection molding materials and the heat sink is stronger than a maximum shear force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Wen Lee, Chih-Hsuan Sun, Wei-Yu Yeh
  • Publication number: 20130299855
    Abstract: An optical emitter is fabricated by bonding a Light-Emitting Diode (LED) die to a package wafer, electrically connecting the LED die and the package wafer, forming a phosphor coating over the LED die on the package wafer, molding a lens over the LED die on the package wafer, molding a reflector on the package wafer, and dicing the wafer into at least one optical emitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Hao-Wei Ku, Chung Yu Wang, Yu-Sheng Tang, Hain-Hung Chen, Hao-Yu Yang, Ching-Yi Chen, Hsiao-Wen Lee, Chi Xiang Tseng, Sheng-Shin Guo, Tien-Ming Lin, Shang-Yu Tsai