Patents by Inventor Michael A. Tischler

Michael A. Tischler 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).

  • LIGHT-EMITTING DIES INCORPORATING WAVELENGTH-CONVERSION MATERIALS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20150162504
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, semiconductor dies are embedded within polymeric binder to form, e.g., light-emitting dies and/or composite wafers containing multiple light-emitting dies embedded in a single volume of binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventor: Michael A. Tischler
  • Electronic devices with yielding substrates
    Patent number: 9054290
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, a semiconductor die is adhered directly to a yielding substrate with a pressure-activated adhesive notwithstanding any nonplanarity of the surface of the semiconductor die or non-coplanarity of the semiconductor die contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Philippe M. Schick, Ian Ashdown, Calvin Wade Sheen, Paul Jungwirth
  • HIGH EFFICIENCY LEDS AND LED LAMPS
    Publication number: 20150115808
    Abstract: In various embodiments, lighting systems include an electrically insulating carrier having a plurality of conductive elements disposed thereon, a light-emitting array, and at least one power source. The light-emitting array is disposed over the carrier and includes a plurality of light-emitting strings, each light-emitting string comprising a plurality of electrically connected light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Each LED has at least two electrical contacts, and each electrical contact is electrically connected to a conductive element by a conductive adhesive and/or a solder. The power source provides power to the light-emitting strings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Vladimir Odnoblyudov, David Keogh
  • NON-LINEAR SYSTEM CONTROL METHODS
    Publication number: 20150115907
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a control system for an electronic circuit iteratively applies voltage to and senses current from a load to regulate operation of the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, William P. Coetzee, Paul Jungwirth
  • ENGINEERED-PHOSPHOR LED PACKAGES AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20150111326
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, regions of spatially varying wavelength-conversion particle concentration are formed over light-emitting dies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Ian Ashdown, Tom Pinnington, Henry Ip
  • WAFER-LEVEL FLIP CHIP DEVICE PACKAGES AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20150107667
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, semiconductor dies are at least partially coated with a polymer and a conductive adhesive prior being bonded to a substrate having electrical traces thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Michael A. Tischler
  • WIRING BOARDS FOR ARRAY-BASED ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150108907
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include one or more lightsheets each including a plurality of strings of light-emitting elements, control elements, and power conductors for supplying power to the light-emitting elements and control elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Paul Palfreyman, Philippe M. Schick, Paul Jungwirth
  • WIRING BOARDS FOR ARRAY-BASED ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150108906
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include one or more lightsheets each including a plurality of strings of light-emitting elements, control elements, and power conductors for supplying power to the light-emitting elements and control elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Paul Jungwirth
  • Engineered-phosphor LED packages and related methods
    Patent number: 9000663
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, a phosphor element at least partially surrounding a light-emitting die is shaped to influence color-temperature divergence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Pinnington, Henry Ip, Michael A. Tischler, Ian Ashdown, Philippe M. Schick
  • METHODS OF FABRICATING WAFER-LEVEL FLIP CHIP DEVICE PACKAGES
    Publication number: 20150076551
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, semiconductor dies are at least partially coated with a conductive adhesive prior to singulation and subsequently bonded to a substrate having electrical traces thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Michael A. Tischler
  • WIRING BOARDS FOR ARRAY-BASED ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150077991
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include one or more lightsheets each including a plurality of strings of light-emitting elements, control elements, and power conductors for supplying power to the light-emitting elements and control elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Paul Palfreyman, Michael A. Tischler, Philippe M. Schick, Paul Jungwirth
  • POLYMERIC BINDERS INCORPORATING LIGHT-DETECTING ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20150075607
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, semiconductor dies are embedded within polymeric binder to form, e.g., light-emitting dies and/or composite wafers containing multiple light-emitting dies embedded in a single volume of binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Michael A. Tischler
  • LIGHT-EMITTING DIES INCORPORATING WAVELENGTH-CONVERSION MATERIALS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20150079709
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, semiconductor dies are embedded within polymeric binder to form, e.g., freestanding white light-emitting dies and/or composite wafers containing multiple light-emitting dies embedded in a single volume of binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Michael A. Tischler
  • Solid state white light emitter and display using same
    Patent number: 8963182
    Abstract: A light emitting assembly comprising a solid state device coupleable with a power supply constructed and arranged to power the solid state device to emit from the solid state device a first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and a down-converting luminophoric medium arranged in receiving relationship to said first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and which in exposure to said first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, is excited to responsively emit second, relatively longer wavelength radiation. In a specific embodiment, monochromatic blue or UV light output from a light-emitting diode is down-converted to white light by packaging the diode with fluorescent organic and/or inorganic fluorescers and phosphors in a polymeric matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce H. Baretz, Michael A. Tischler
  • FAILURE MITIGATION IN ARRAYS OF LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150042231
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, an illumination system comprising a plurality of power strings features elements facilitating compensation for failure of one or more light-emitting elements connected along each power string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Philippe M. Schick, Paul Jungwirth, Calvin Wade Sheen
  • CONTROL OF LUMINOUS INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION FROM AN ARRAY OF POINT LIGHT SOURCES
    Publication number: 20150036339
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a lens array comprises a plurality of aspheric lens elements each optically coupled to a light-emitting element and producing an out-of-focus image thereof. The images combine to generate a target luminous intensity distribution, e.g., providing constant illuminance on a plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Ian Ashdown, Michael A. Tischler
  • Wiring boards for array-based electronic devices
    Patent number: 8947001
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include one or more lightsheets each including a plurality of strings of light-emitting elements, control elements, and power conductors for supplying power to the light-emitting elements and control elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Paul Jungwirth
  • Illumination device control systems and methods
    Patent number: 8937439
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a control system for an electronic circuit iteratively applies voltage to and senses current from a load to regulate operation of the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, William P. Coetzee, Paul Jungwirth
  • Engineered-phosphor LED packages and related methods
    Patent number: 8933478
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, regions of spatially varying wavelength-conversion particle concentration are formed over light-emitting dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Ian Ashdown, Tom Pinnington, Henry Ip
  • STRESS RELIEF FOR ARRAY-BASED ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150008460
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, an electric device includes a flexible substrate having first and second conductive traces on a first surface thereof and separated by a gap therebetween, an electronic component spanning the gap, and a stiffener configured to substantially prevent flexing of the substrate proximate the gap during flexing of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Paul Palfreyman, Philippe M. Schick