Patents by Inventor Kenneth Morgan Davis

Kenneth Morgan Davis 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: 11309462
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device includes a light emitting diode (LED) chip, a recipient luminophoric medium on the LED chip, a patterned superstrate on the recipient luminophoric medium opposite the LED chip, the patterned superstrate comprising a patterned superstrate on the recipient luminophoric medium opposite the LED chip, the patterned superstrate comprising a patterned surface that is configured to reduce a variation in a color point of a light emitted by the semiconductor light emitting device as a function of an angle off an optical axis of the LED chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: CREE LED, INC.
    Inventors: Erin Welch, Paul Thomas Fini, Eric Tarsa, Kenneth Morgan Davis
  • Patent number: 11127876
    Abstract: A method for allowing a reflective layer to abut against an edge of a metal contact while preventing contamination of a metal contact for an LED die is provided. The method includes encapsulating an electrical contact (i.e. metal contact) via with a barrier layer prior to deposition of a reflective film layer. The barrier layer encapsulates the metal contact by defining a mask pattern with a larger size than the metal contact via, which prevents the metal contact from becoming contaminated by the reflective film. This encapsulation reduces contamination of the metal contact and also reduces the voltage drop during operation of the LED die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Yue Chau Kwan, Li Ma, Liang Zhang, Kenneth Morgan Davis, Bing Xuan Li
  • Publication number: 20200135963
    Abstract: A method for allowing a reflective layer to abut against an edge of a metal contact while preventing contamination of a metal contact for an LED die is provided. The method includes encapsulating an electrical contact (i.e. metal contact) via with a barrier layer prior to deposition of a reflective film layer. The barrier layer encapsulates the metal contact by defining a mask pattern with a larger size than the metal contact via, which prevents the metal contact from becoming contaminated by the reflective film. This encapsulation reduces contamination of the metal contact and also reduces the voltage drop during operation of the LED die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Yue Chau Kwan, Li Ma, Liang Zhang, Kenneth Morgan Davis, Bing Xuan Li
  • Patent number: 10522708
    Abstract: A method for allowing a reflective layer to abut against an edge of a metal contact while preventing contamination of a metal contact for an LED die is provided. The method includes encapsulating an electrical contact (i.e. metal contact) via with a barrier layer prior to deposition of a reflective film layer. The barrier layer encapsulates the metal contact by defining a mask pattern with a larger size than the metal contact via, which prevents the metal contact from becoming contaminated by the reflective film. This encapsulation reduces contamination of the metal contact and also reduces the voltage drop during operation of the LED die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: LUMILEDS LLC
    Inventors: Yue Chau Kwan, Li Ma, Liang Zhang, Kenneth Morgan Davis, Bing Xuan Li
  • Publication number: 20190326484
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device includes a light emitting diode (LED) chip, a recipient luminophoric medium on the LED chip, a patterned superstrate on the recipient luminophoric medium opposite the LED chip, the patterned superstrate comprising a patterned superstrate on the recipient luminophoric medium opposite the LED chip, the patterned superstrate comprising a patterned surface that is configured to reduce a variation in a color point of a light emitted by the semiconductor light emitting device as a function of an angle off an optical axis of the LED chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Erin Welch, Paul Thomas Fini, Eric Tarsa, Kenneth Morgan Davis
  • Publication number: 20190189833
    Abstract: A method for allowing a reflective layer to abut against an edge of a metal contact while preventing contamination of a metal contact for an LED die is provided. The method includes encapsulating an electrical contact (i.e. metal contact) via with a barrier layer prior to deposition of a reflective film layer. The barrier layer encapsulates the metal contact by defining a mask pattern with a larger size than the metal contact via, which prevents the metal contact from becoming contaminated by the reflective film. This encapsulation reduces contamination of the metal contact and also reduces the voltage drop during operation of the LED die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Yue Chau KWAN, Li MA, Liang ZHANG, Kenneth Morgan DAVIS, Bing Xuan LI
  • Patent number: 6812193
    Abstract: Slurry compositions comprising an oxidizing agent, optionally a copper corrosion inhibitor, abrasive particles; surface active agent, a service of chloride and a source of sulfate ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Todd Brigham, Donald Francis Canaperi, Michael Addison Cobb, William Cote, Kenneth Morgan Davis, Scott Alan Estes, Edward Jack Gordon, James Willard Hannah, Mahadevaiyer Krishnan, Michael Francis Lofaro, Michael Joseph MacDonald, Dean Allen Schaffer, George James Slusser, James Anthony Tornello, Eric Jeffrey White
  • Patent number: 6344414
    Abstract: A system for chemical-mechanical polishing is described which includes a wafer backing film having concentric first and second portions. The portions of the wafer backing film are of different materials. The second portion of the wafer backing film has an annular shape and surrounds the first portion; a backing shim is used to adjust the first portion and second portion with respect to each other in a vertical direction. The first and second portions of the wafer backing film and the backing shim are mounted on an adhesive assembly film, thereby forming an assembly for mounting on a wafer carrier. The second portion of the wafer backing film is less compressible than the first portion, and is adjusted in the vertical direction so that the outer edge of the wafer is substantially sealed when backside air is applied to the wafer during a film removal process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Morgan Davis, Fen Fen Jamin, Bradley Paul Jones, Michael Francis Lofaro
  • Patent number: 6171513
    Abstract: A system for chemical-mechanical polishing is described which includes a wafer backing film having concentric first and second portions, and a wafer carrier having corresponding first and second portions for mounting the portions of the wafer backing film thereon. The portions of the wafer backing film are of different materials. The second portion of the wafer backing film has an annular shape and surrounds the first portion; the second portion of the wafer carrier is adjustable with respect to the first portion of the wafer carrier in a vertical direction. The second portion of the wafer backing film is less compressible than the first portion, and is adjusted in the vertical direction so that the outer edge of the wafer is substantially sealed when backside air is applied to the wafer during a film removal process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Morgan Davis, Ralph R. Comulada, Jr., Fen Fen Jamin, Bradley Paul Jones, Francis R. Krug, Michael Francis Lofaro