Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a light emitting diode package comprising a ceramic cavity comprising a substrate for mounting a light emitting diode and substantially vertical sidewalls for reducing light leakage. The ceramic LED package further includes a metallic coating on a portion of the ceramic substrate for reflecting light in a predetermined direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a light emitting semiconductor die mounted on at least one of first and second electrically conductive bonding pads, which are located on a first major surface of a substrate of the device. The light emitting semiconductor die has an anode and a cathode, which are electrically connected to the first and second electrically conductive bonding pads. The semiconductor device further includes first and second electrically conductive connecting pads, which are located on a second major surface of the substrate. The first and second electrically conductive bonding pads are electrically connected to the first and second electrically conductive connecting pads via first and second electrically conductive interconnecting elements.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a light emitting diode package comprising a ceramic cavity comprising a substrate for mounting a light emitting diode and substantially vertical sidewalls for reducing light leakage. The ceramic LED package further includes a metallic coating on a portion of the ceramic substrate for reflecting light in a predetermined direction.

Abstract: A motion pattern of an actuator supporting a head is monitored during/after a disc spin-up. The monitor's signal is configured to generate a digital indication of where the head was just before the spin-up. The digital indication is optionally a single-bit indicator that is used directly as a decision of whether to continue a start-up operation.

Abstract: A biometric parameters protected USB interface portable data storage device which integrates generic USB interface with biometric (Fingerprint) technologies to ensure data and information storage within the device are secured with personal biometrics information. The biometric processing unit is securely accessed by USB host to perform various biometrics functionalities at the control of application software running in the PC or USB On-the-Go host. The biometrics functionalities include fingerprint scanning, fingerprint bio-data generation and encryption, comparison of fingerprint bio-data and storing of fingerprint bio-data. The storage acts as a portable hard disk that can only be accessed by the user(s) with the authorized fingerprint biodata and at the same time the USB accessible biometrics processing unit of the device offers unlimited application for the application software operating in PC host and USB On-the-Go devices.