Patents by Inventor James W. Raring

James W. Raring 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: 12264796
    Abstract: The present techniques include a plurality of laser lamp modules. In an example, the plurality of laser lamp modules includes a high beam wide lamp module, a high beam narrow lamp module, a low beam cut lamp module, and a low beam wide lamp module, each of which has a blue laser, and is sealed from an outside environment for reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: Cole J. Cunnien, Eric Goutain, Sten Heikman, James W. Raring
  • Publication number: 20250087965
    Abstract: A portable lighting apparatus is provided with a gallium-and-nitrogen containing laser diode based white light source combined with an infrared illumination source which are driven by drivers disposed in a printed circuit board assembly enclosed in a compact housing and powered by a portable power supply therein. The portable lighting apparatus includes a first wavelength converter configured to output a white-color emission and an infrared emission. A beam shaper may be configured to direct the white-color emission and the infrared emission to a front aperture of a compact housing of the portable lighting apparatus. An optical transmitting unit is configured to project or transmit a directional light beam of the white light emission and/or the infrared emission for illuminating a target of interest, transmitting a pulsed sensing signal or modulated data signal generated by the drivers therein. In some configurations, detectors are included for depth sensing and visible/infrared light communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Raring, Paul Rudy
  • Publication number: 20250070536
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laser diode device includes providing a substrate having a surface region and forming epitaxial material overlying the surface region, the epitaxial material comprising an n-type cladding region, an active region comprising at least one active layer overlying the n-type cladding region, and a p-type cladding region overlying the active layer region. The epitaxial material is patterned to form a plurality of dice, each of the dice corresponding to at least one laser device, characterized by a first pitch between a pair of dice, the first pitch being less than a design width. Each of the plurality of dice are transferred to a carrier wafer such that each pair of dice is configured with a second pitch between each pair of dice, the second pitch being larger than the first pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: Melvin McLaurin, James W. Raring, Alexander Sztein, Po Shan Hsu
  • Publication number: 20250060594
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to wearable display technologies. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention provide wearable augmented reality glasses incorporating projection display systems where one or more laser diodes are used as light source for illustrating images with optical delivery to the eye using transparent waveguides. In one set of embodiments, the present invention provides wearable augmented reality glasses incorporating projector systems that utilize transparent waveguides and blue and/or green laser fabricated using gallium nitride containing material. In another set of embodiments, the present invention provides wearable augmented reality glasses incorporating projection systems having digital lighting processing engines illuminated by blue and/or green laser devices with optical delivery to the eye using transparent waveguides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Rudy, James W. Raring, Eric Goutain, Hua Huang
  • Publication number: 20250044507
    Abstract: A laser-based fiber-coupled white light system is provided. The system includes a laser device comprising a gallium and nitrogen containing emitting region having an output facet configured to output a laser emission with a first wavelength ranging from 385 nm to 495 nm. The system further includes a phosphor member integrated with light collimation elements. The phosphor member converts the laser emission with the first wavelength to a phosphor emission with a second wavelength in either reflective or transmissive mode and mixed partially with laser emission to produce a white light emission. The system includes a transport fiber coupled to the phosphor member via the light collimation elements to receive the white light emission and deliver the white light emission remotely to one or more passive luminaries substantially free of electrical or moving parts disposed at remote distances from a dedicated source area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Raring, Paul Rudy, Sten Heikman, Ryan Gresback, Julian Carey
  • Patent number: 12218477
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein provide a high-luminous flux laser-based white light source. A plurality of laser packages are arranged in an array pattern on a common support member. The plurality of laser packages each include one or more laser diode devices and a phosphor member. The phosphor member converts a fraction of the electromagnetic radiation from each of the laser diode devices to an emitted electromagnetic radiation and a white light is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Rudy, James W. Raring, Eric Goutain, Troy Trottier, Melvin McLaurin, James Harrison, Sten Heikman, Michael Cantore
  • Publication number: 20250015558
    Abstract: According to the present invention, techniques for high power gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode devices are provided. Such high-power devices include straight lasers, tapered lasers, distributed feedback lasers, distributed Bragg reflector laser devices, and power amplifier devices configured with improved mode quality, each of which can be modulated using a modulator device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Chan, Phillip Skahan, James W. Raring, Nicholas J. Pfister
  • Publication number: 20240380187
    Abstract: According to the present invention, techniques for high power gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode devices are provided. Such high power devices include straight lasers, tapered lasers, distributed feedback lasers, distributed Bragg reflector laser devices, and master oscillator power amplifier devices, among others configured with improved mode quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Raring, Thiago P. Melo, Ryan C. White, Philip Chan, Phillip Skahan
  • Patent number: 12132293
    Abstract: A portable lighting apparatus is provided with a gallium-and-nitrogen containing laser diode based white light source combined with an infrared illumination source which are driven by drivers disposed in a printed circuit board assembly enclosed in a compact housing and powered by a portable power supply therein. The portable lighting apparatus includes a first wavelength converter configured to output a white-color emission and an infrared emission. A beam shaper may be configured to direct the white-color emission and the infrared emission to a front aperture of a compact housing of the portable lighting apparatus. An optical transmitting unit is configured to project or transmit a directional light beam of the white light emission and/or the infrared emission for illuminating a target of interest, transmitting a pulsed sensing signal or modulated data signal generated by the drivers therein. In some configurations, detectors are included for depth sensing and visible/infrared light communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Raring, Paul Rudy
  • Patent number: 12126143
    Abstract: Methods for fabricating ultraviolet laser diode devices include providing substrate members comprising gallium and nitrogen or aluminum and nitrogen, forming an epitaxial material overlying a surface region of the substrate members, patterning the epitaxial material to form epitaxial mesa regions, depositing a bond media on at least one of the epitaxial mesa regions, bonding the bond media on at least one of the epitaxial mesa regions to a handle substrate, subjecting the sacrificial layer to an energy source to initiate release of the substrate member and transfer the at least one of the epitaxial mesa regions to the handle substrate, and processing the at least one of the epitaxial mesa regions to form the ultraviolet laser diode device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: Melvin McLaurin, James W. Raring
  • Patent number: 12088065
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laser diode device includes providing a substrate having a surface region and forming epitaxial material overlying the surface region, the epitaxial material comprising an n-type cladding region, an active region comprising at least one active layer overlying the n-type cladding region, and a p-type cladding region overlying the active layer region. The epitaxial material is patterned to form a plurality of dice, each of the dice corresponding to at least one laser device, characterized by a first pitch between a pair of dice, the first pitch being less than a design width. Each of the plurality of dice are transferred to a carrier wafer such that each pair of dice is configured with a second pitch between each pair of dice, the second pitch being larger than the first pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: Melvin McLaurin, James W. Raring, Alexander Sztein, Po Shan Hsu
  • Patent number: 12066632
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to wearable display technologies. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention provide wearable augmented reality glasses incorporating projection display systems where one or more laser diodes are used as light source for illustrating images with optical delivery to the eye using transparent waveguides. In one set of embodiments, the present invention provides wearable augmented reality glasses incorporating projector systems that utilize transparent waveguides and blue and/or green laser fabricated using gallium nitride containing material. In another set of embodiments, the present invention provides wearable augmented reality glasses incorporating projection systems having digital lighting processing engines illuminated by blue and/or green laser devices with optical delivery to the eye using transparent waveguides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Rudy, James W. Raring, Eric Goutain, Hua Huang
  • Publication number: 20240218989
    Abstract: The present techniques include a plurality of laser lamp modules. In an example, the plurality of laser lamp modules includes a high beam wide lamp module, a high beam narrow lamp module, a low beam cut lamp module, and a low beam wide lamp module, each of which has a blue laser, and is sealed from an outside environment for reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: Cole J. Cunnien, Eric Goutain, Sten Heikman, James W. Raring
  • Patent number: 12000552
    Abstract: A laser-based fiber-coupled white light system is provided. The system includes a laser device comprising a gallium and nitrogen containing emitting region having an output facet configured to output a laser emission with a first wavelength ranging from 385 nm to 495 nm. The system further includes a phosphor member integrated with light collimation elements. The phosphor member converts the laser emission with the first wavelength to a phosphor emission with a second wavelength in either reflective or transmissive mode and mixed partially with laser emission to produce a white light emission. The system includes a transport fiber coupled to the phosphor member via the light collimation elements to receive the white light emission and deliver the white light emission remotely to a lighthead for either directly distributing white light on road or to a leaky fiber for illumination applications by side-scattering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Rudy, James W. Raring
  • Patent number: 11973308
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein provide a device and method for an integrated white colored electromagnetic radiation source using a combination of laser diode excitation sources based on gallium and nitrogen containing materials and light emitting source based on phosphor materials. A violet, blue, or other wavelength laser diode source based on gallium and nitrogen materials may be closely integrated with phosphor materials, such as yellow phosphors, to form a compact, high-brightness, and highly-efficient, white light source. The phosphor material is provided with a plurality of scattering centers scribed on an excitation surface or inside bulk of a plate to scatter electromagnetic radiation of a laser beam from the excitation source incident on the excitation surface to enhance generation and quality of an emitted light from the phosphor material for outputting a white light emission either in reflection mode or transmission mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Raring, Paul Rudy, Eric Goutain, Troy Trottier, Melvin McLaurin, James Harrison, Sten Heikman, Michael Cantore
  • Publication number: 20240118508
    Abstract: A system with optical interconnects includes first and second optical transceivers. The first optical transceiver includes a first array of micro light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged on a first carrier substrate, a first array of photodetectors (PDs), and a first driver integrated circuit (IC). The second optical transceiver includes a second array of micro LEDs arranged on a second carrier substrate, a second array of PDs, and a second driver IC. The system also includes at least one multicore fiber cable arranged to optically couple the first array of micro LEDs with the second array of PDs and to optically couple the second array of micro LEDs with the first array of PDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Pfister, James W. Raring
  • Publication number: 20240120435
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing LED display panel devices include providing donor wafers having LED die configured to emit different color emissions. At least some of the LED die are selectively transferred from the donor wafers to a carrier wafer such that the carrier wafer is configured with different color emitting LEDs. The different color LEDs may include red-green-blue LEDs to form a RGB display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Raring, Alexander Sztein, Nicholas J. Pfister
  • Patent number: 11955521
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display panel comprising light emitting device including micro LEDs includes providing multiple donor wafers having a surface region and forming an epitaxial material overlying the surface region. The epitaxial material includes an n-type region, an active region comprising at least one light emitting layer overlying the n-type region, and a p-type region overlying the active layer region. The multiple donor wafers are configured to emit different color emissions. The epitaxial material on the multiple donor wafers is patterned to form a plurality of dice, characterized by a first pitch between a pair of dice less than a design width. At least some of the dice are selectively transferred from the multiple donor wafers to a common carrier wafer such that the carrier wafer is configured with different color emitting LEDs. The different color LEDs could comprise red-green-blue LEDs to form a RGB display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Raring, Melvin McLaurin, Alexander Sztein, Po Shan Hsu
  • Patent number: 11948980
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display panel comprising light emitting device including micro LEDs includes providing multiple donor wafers having a surface region and forming an epitaxial material overlying the surface region. The epitaxial material includes an n-type region, an active region comprising at least one light emitting layer overlying the n-type region, and a p-type region overlying the active layer region. The multiple donor wafers are configured to emit different color emissions. The epitaxial material on the multiple donor wafers is patterned to form a plurality of dice, characterized by a first pitch between a pair of dice less than a design width. At least some of the dice are selectively transferred from the multiple donor wafers to a common carrier wafer such that the carrier wafer is configured with different color emitting LEDs. The different color LEDs could comprise red-green-blue LEDs to form a RGB display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Raring, Melvin McLaurin, Alexander Sztein, Po Shan Hsu
  • Patent number: 11949212
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and structure for producing large area gallium and nitrogen engineered substrate members configured for the epitaxial growth of layer structures suitable for the fabrication of high performance semiconductor devices. In a specific embodiment the engineered substrates are used to manufacture gallium and nitrogen containing devices based on an epitaxial transfer process wherein as-grown epitaxial layers are transferred from the engineered substrate to a carrier wafer for processing. In a preferred embodiment, the gallium and nitrogen containing devices are laser diode devices operating in the 390 nm to 425 nm range, the 425 nm to 485 nm range, the 485 nm to 550 nm range, or greater than 550 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: Melvin McLaurin, James W. Raring