Patents by Inventor Julio Garceran
Julio Garceran 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: 10842016Abstract: A compact and efficient LED array lighting component comprising a circuit board with an array of LED chips mounted on it and electrically interconnected. A plurality of primary lenses is included, each of which is formed directly over each LED chip and/or a sub-group of the LED chips. A heat sink is included with the circuit board mounted to the heat sink so that heat from the LED chips spreads into the heat sink. In some embodiments the circuit board can be thermally conductive and electrically insulating. Method of forming an LED component are also disclosed utilizing chip-on-board mounting techniques for mounting the LED chips on the circuit board, and molding of the primary lenses directly over the LED chips individually or in sub-groups of LED chips.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2011Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Chandan Bhat, Theodore Douglas Lowes, Julio Garceran, Bernd Keller
-
Patent number: 10107487Abstract: LED light bulbs include openings in base or cover portions, and optional forced flow elements, for convective cooling. Thermally conductive optically transmissive material may be used for cooling, optionally including fins. A LED light engine may be fabricated from a substrate via planar fabrication techniques and shaped to form a substantially rigid upright support structure. Mechanical, electrical, and thermal connections may be made between a LED light engine and a LED light bulb.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: George R. Brandes, Julio A. Garceran
-
Patent number: 9933148Abstract: LED light bulbs include openings in base or cover portions, and optional forced flow elements, for convective cooling. Thermally conductive optically transmissive material may be used for cooling, optionally including fins. A LED light engine may be fabricated from a substrate via planar fabrication techniques and shaped to form a substantially rigid upright support structure. Mechanical, electrical, and thermal connections may be made between a LED light engine and a LED light bulb.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2014Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: George R. Brandes, Julio A. Garceran
-
Patent number: 9909723Abstract: A small form factor LED lighting system provides for color-controlled dimming. Embodiments of the invention use one or more small-footprint LED(s) that can emit light of different correlated color temperatures (CCTs, colors or spectral outputs). The CCT of the fixture or bulb can change when dimmed by disproportionate adjustment of the driving power for each color. The small size and footprint of the LEDs enables use in decorative LED lamps, such as those designed to replace candelabra style incandescent bulbs. Various options can be used to tune the performance and lighting characteristics of a lamp according to embodiments of the invention, such as the use of differing LED device package optics, the use of reflective materials in and/or around LED device packages, and the use of a secondary optic to produce an omnidirectional light pattern.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Michael John Bergmann, Julio Garceran
-
Publication number: 20170030529Abstract: A small form factor LED lighting system provides for color-controlled dimming. Embodiments of the invention use one or more small-footprint LED(s) that can emit light of different correlated color temperatures (CCTs, colors or spectral outputs). The CCT of the fixture or bulb can change when dimmed by disproportionate adjustment of the driving power for each color. The small size and footprint of the LEDs enables use in decorative LED lamps, such as those designed to replace candelabra style incandescent bulbs. Various options can be used to tune the performance and lighting characteristics of a lamp according to embodiments of the invention, such as the use of differing LED device package optics, the use of reflective materials in and/or around LED device packages, and the use of a secondary optic to produce an omnidirectional light pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2015Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Michael John Bergmann, Julio Garceran
-
Publication number: 20150252998Abstract: LED light bulbs include openings in base or cover portions, and optional forced flow elements, for convective cooling. Thermally conductive optically transmissive material may be used for cooling, optionally including fins. A LED light engine may be fabricated from a substrate via planar fabrication techniques and shaped to form a substantially rigid upright support structure. Mechanical, electrical, and thermal connections may be made between a LED light engine and a LED light bulb.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventors: George R. Brandes, Julio A. Garceran
-
Patent number: 9093293Abstract: A light emitting diode chip includes a submount, a reflective layer on the submount, an insulating layer on the reflective layer opposite the submount, and a plurality of sub-LEDs on the insulating layer. Each of the sub-LEDs includes a first face adjacent to the submount and a transparent contact on the first face between the sub-LED and the insulating layer and electrical interconnects between adjacent ones of the sub-LEDs.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2011Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: James Ibbetson, Sten Heikman, Julio Garceran, George Brandes
-
Publication number: 20140355270Abstract: LED light bulbs include openings in base or cover portions, and optional forced flow elements, for convective cooling. Thermally conductive optically transmissive material may be used for cooling, optionally including fins. A LED light engine may be fabricated from a substrate via planar fabrication techniques and shaped to form a substantially rigid upright support structure. Mechanical, electrical, and thermal connections may be made between a LED light engine and a LED light bulb.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: George R. Brandes, Julio A. Garceran
-
Patent number: 8858029Abstract: LED light bulbs include openings in base or cover portions, and optional forced flow elements, for convective cooling. Thermally conductive optically transmissive material may be used for cooling, optionally including fins. A LED light engine may be fabricated from a substrate via planar fabrication techniques and shaped to form a substantially rigid upright support structure. Mechanical, electrical, and thermal connections may be made between a LED light engine and a LED light bulb.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2013Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: George R. Brandes, Julio A. Garceran
-
Publication number: 20140043825Abstract: LED light bulbs include openings in base or cover portions, and optional forced flow elements, for convective cooling. Thermally conductive optically transmissive material may be used for cooling, optionally including fins. A LED light engine may be fabricated from a substrate via planar fabrication techniques and shaped to form a substantially rigid upright support structure. Mechanical, electrical, and thermal connections may be made between a LED light engine and a LED light bulb.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: CREE, INC.Inventors: George R. Brandes, Julio A. Garceran
-
Patent number: 8596821Abstract: LED light bulbs include openings in base or cover portions, and optional forced flow elements, for convective cooling. Thermally conductive optically transmissive material may be used for cooling, optionally including fins. A LED light engine may be fabricated from a substrate via planar fabrication techiques and shaped to form a substantially rigid upright support structure. Mechanical, electrical, and thermal connections may be made between a LED light engine and a LED light bulb.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: George R. Brandes, Julio A. Garceran
-
Publication number: 20130009179Abstract: A compact and efficient LED array lighting component comprising a circuit board with an array of LED chips mounted on it and electrically interconnected. A plurality of primary lenses is included, each of which is formed directly over each LED chip and/or a sub-group of the LED chips. A heat sink is included with the circuit board mounted to the heat sink so that heat from the LED chips spreads into the heat sink. In some embodiments the circuit board can be thermally conductive and electrically insulating. Method of forming an LED component are also disclosed utilizing chip-on-board mounting techniques for mounting the LED chips on the circuit board, and molding of the primary lenses directly over the LED chips individually or in sub-groups of LED chips.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Inventors: CHANDAN BHAT, Theodore Douglas Lowes, Julio Garceran, Bernd Keller
-
Publication number: 20120043563Abstract: A light emitting diode chip includes a submount, a reflective layer on the submount, an insulating layer on the reflective layer opposite the submount, and a plurality of sub-LEDs on the insulating layer. Each of the sub-LEDs includes a first face adjacent to the submount and a transparent contact on the first face between the sub-LED and the insulating layer and electrical interconnects between adjacent ones of the sub-LEDs.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Inventors: James Ibbetson, Sten Heikman, Julio Garceran, George Brandes
-
Publication number: 20110298371Abstract: LED light bulbs include openings in base or cover portions, and optional forced flow elements, for convective cooling. Thermally conductive optically transmissive material may be used for cooling, optionally including fins. A LED light engine may be fabricated from a substrate via planar fabrication techiques and shaped to form a substantially rigid upright support structure. Mechanical, electrical, and thermal connections may be made between a LED light engine and a LED light bulb.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2010Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: CREE, INC.Inventors: George R. Brandes, Julio A. Garceran
-
Publication number: 20110248836Abstract: A solid state emitter or emitter package has an associated information containing element including machine readable encoded information that may be indicative of or enable retrieval of information useful for operation and/or control of at least one emitter An information containing element may be dynamically updateable, and may receive signals from at least one sensor arranged to sense a condition or characteristic of an emitter device. Operation of at least one emitter may be adjusted responsive to sensed values and predeveloped operating settings correlated to such values to mitigate degradation of output characteristics. A lighting device such as a lamp or light fixture may include an information exchange element arranged to communicate with an information containing element of an emitter or emitter package. Operation of a lighting device may depend on authentication of an emitter by a lighting.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2010Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: CREE, INC.Inventors: George R. Brandes, Julio A. Garceran
-
Publication number: 20080197369Abstract: A double flip-chip semiconductor device formed by a double flip fabrication process. Epitaxial layers are grown on a substrate in the normal fashion with the n-type layers grown first and the p-type layers grown subsequently. The chip is flipped a first time and mounted to a sacrificial layer. The original substrate is removed, exposing the n-type layer, and various additional layers and treatments are added to the device. Because the n-type layer is exposed during fabrication, the layer may be processed in various ways including adding a reflective element, texturing the surface or adding microstructures to the layer to improve light extraction. The chip is flipped a second time and mounted to a support element. The sacrificial layer is then removed and additional layers and treatment are added to the device. The finished device features a configuration in which the layers maintain the same orientation with respect to the support element that they had with the original substrate on which they were grown.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2007Publication date: August 21, 2008Inventors: Max Batres, James Ibbetson, Nicholas W. Medendorp, Julio A. Garceran