Patents by Inventor Mike Kwon
Mike Kwon 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).
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Packaging photon building blocks having only top side connections in a molded interconnect structure
Patent number: 9312465Abstract: Standardized photon building blocks are packaged in molded interconnect structures to form a variety of LED array products. No electrical conductors pass between the top and bottom surfaces of the substrate upon which LED dies are mounted. Microdots of highly reflective material are jetted onto the top surface. Landing pads on the top surface of the substrate are attached to contact pads disposed on the underside of a lip of the interconnect structure. In a solder reflow process, the photon building blocks self-align within the interconnect structure. Conductors in the interconnect structure are electrically coupled to the LED dies in the photon building blocks through the contact pads and landing pads. Compression molding is used to form lenses over the LED dies and leaves a flash layer of silicone covering the landing pads. The flash layer laterally above the landing pads is removed by blasting particles at the flash layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.Inventors: R. Scott West, Tao Tong, Mike Kwon, Michael Solomensky -
Packaging Photon Building Blocks Having Only Top Side Connections In A Molded Interconnect Structure
Publication number: 20150333045Abstract: Standardized photon building blocks are packaged in molded interconnect structures to form a variety of LED array products. No electrical conductors pass between the top and bottom surfaces of the substrate upon which LED dies are mounted. Microdots of highly reflective material are jetted onto the top surface. Landing pads on the top surface of the substrate are attached to contact pads disposed on the underside of a lip of the interconnect structure. In a solder reflow process, the photon building blocks self-align within the interconnect structure. Conductors in the interconnect structure are electrically coupled to the LED dies in the photon building blocks through the contact pads and landing pads. Compression molding is used to form lenses over the LED dies and leaves a flash layer of silicone covering the landing pads. The flash layer laterally above the landing pads is removed by blasting particles at the flash layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: R. Scott West, Tao Tong, Mike Kwon, Michael Solomensky -
Packaging photon building blocks having only top side connections in a molded interconnect structure
Patent number: 9130139Abstract: Standardized photon building blocks are packaged in molded interconnect structures to form a variety of LED array products. No electrical conductors pass between the top and bottom surfaces of the substrate upon which LED dies are mounted. Microdots of highly reflective material are jetted onto the top surface. Landing pads on the top surface of the substrate are attached to contact pads disposed on the underside of a lip of the interconnect structure. In a solder reflow process, the photon building blocks self-align within the interconnect structure. Conductors in the interconnect structure are electrically coupled to the LED dies in the photon building blocks through the contact pads and landing pads. Compression molding is used to form lenses over the LED dies and leaves a flash layer of silicone covering the landing pads. The flash layer laterally above the landing pads is removed by blasting particles at the flash layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.Inventors: R. Scott West, Tao Tong, Mike Kwon -
Patent number: 8803180Abstract: Using compression molding to form lenses over LED arrays on a metal core printed circuit board leaves a flash layer of silicone covering the contact pads that are later required to connect the arrays to power. A method for removing the flash layer involves blasting particles of sodium bicarbonate at the flash layer. A nozzle is positioned within thirty millimeters of the top surface of the flash layer. The stream of air that exits from the nozzle is directed towards the top surface at an angle between five and thirty degrees away from normal to the top surface. The particles of sodium bicarbonate are added to the stream of air and then collide into the top surface of the silicone flash layer until the flash layer laterally above the contact pads is removed. The edge of silicone around the cleaned contact pad thereafter contains a trace amount of sodium bicarbonate.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.Inventors: R. Scott West, Tao Tong, Mike Kwon
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Publication number: 20140197430Abstract: A method of fabricating a substrate free light emitting diode (LED), includes arranging LED dies on a tape to form an LED wafer assembly, molding an encapsulation structure over at least one of the LED dies on a first side of the LED wafer assembly, removing the tape, forming a dielectric layer on a second side of the LED wafer assembly, forming an oversized contact region on the dielectric layer to form a virtual LED wafer assembly, and singulating the virtual LED wafer assembly into predetermined regions including at least one LED. The tape can be a carrier tape or a saw tape. Several LED dies can also be electrically coupled before the virtual LED wafer assembly is singulated into predetermined regions including at the electrically coupled LED dies.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: BRIDGELUX, INC.Inventors: Mike Kwon, Gerry Keller, Scott West, Tao Tong, Babak Imangholi
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Publication number: 20140169364Abstract: Methods and apparatus implementing a telephony terminal for connecting a telephone to a data network. In one implementation, a telephony system includes: a phone connection for connecting to a telephone; a network connection for connecting to a network; and a controller connected to said phone connection and to said network connection; wherein said controller provides a phone service for processing information for said phone connection, said controller provides a network service for processing information for said network connection, and said controller provides a network voice service for converting information to and from a network voice format.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Wolkosiski Mgmt. LLCInventors: Satoru Yukie, Mike Kwon, Craig M. Hagopian, Kazuhiko Shirai
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Patent number: 8748202Abstract: A method of fabricating a substrate free light emitting diode (LED), includes arranging LED dies on a tape to form an LED wafer assembly, molding an encapsulation structure over at least one of the LED dies on a first side of the LED wafer assembly, removing the tape, forming a dielectric layer on a second side of the LED wafer assembly, forming an oversized contact region on the dielectric layer to form a virtual LED wafer assembly, and singulating the virtual LED wafer assembly into predetermined regions including at least one LED. The tape can be a carrier tape or a saw tape. Several LED dies can also be electrically coupled before the virtual LED wafer assembly is singulated into predetermined regions including at the electrically coupled LED dies.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.Inventors: Mike Kwon, Gerry Keller, Scott West, Tao Tong, Babak Imangholi
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Packaging Photon Building Blocks Having Only Top Side Connections In A Molded Interconnect Structure
Publication number: 20140131747Abstract: Standardized photon building blocks are packaged in molded interconnect structures to form a variety of LED array products. No electrical conductors pass between the top and bottom surfaces of the substrate upon which LED dies are mounted. Microdots of highly reflective material are jetted onto the top surface. Landing pads on the top surface of the substrate are attached to contact pads disposed on the underside of a lip of the interconnect structure. In a solder reflow process, the photon building blocks self-align within the interconnect structure. Conductors in the interconnect structure are electrically coupled to the LED dies in the photon building blocks through the contact pads and landing pads. Compression molding is used to form lenses over the LED dies and leaves a flash layer of silicone covering the landing pads. The flash layer laterally above the landing pads is removed by blasting particles at the flash layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2014Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: Bridgelux, Inc.Inventors: R. Scott West, Tao Tong, Mike Kwon -
Patent number: 8682278Abstract: Methods and apparatus implementing a telephony terminal for connecting a telephone to a data network. In one implementation, a telephony system includes: a phone connection for connecting to a telephone; a network connection for connecting to a network; and a controller connected to said phone connection and to said network connection; wherein said controller provides a phone service for processing information for said phone connection, said controller provides a network service for processing information for said network connection, and said controller provides a network voice service for converting information to and from a network voice format.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Wolkosiski Mgmt. LLCInventors: Satoru Yukie, Mike Kwon, Craig M. Hagopian, Kazuhiko Shirai
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Publication number: 20140077235Abstract: A method of fabricating a substrate free light emitting diode (LED), includes arranging LED dies on a tape to form an LED wafer assembly, molding an encapsulation structure over at least one of the LED dies on a first side of the LED wafer assembly, removing the tape, forming a dielectric layer on a second side of the LED wafer assembly, forming an oversized contact region on the dielectric layer to form a virtual LED wafer assembly, and singulating the virtual LED wafer assembly into predetermined regions including at least one LED. The tape can be a carrier tape or a saw tape. Several LED dies can also be electrically coupled before the virtual LED wafer assembly is singulated into predetermined regions including at the electrically coupled LED dies.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: BRIDGELUX, INC.Inventors: Mike Kwon, Gerry Keller, Scott West, Tao Tong, Babak Imangholi
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Publication number: 20140048832Abstract: Using compression molding to form lenses over LED arrays on a metal core printed circuit board leaves a flash layer of silicone covering the contact pads that are later required to connect the arrays to power. A method for removing the flash layer involves blasting particles of sodium bicarbonate at the flash layer. A nozzle is positioned within thirty millimeters of the top surface of the flash layer. The stream of air that exits from the nozzle is directed towards the top surface at an angle between five and thirty degrees away from normal to the top surface. The particles of sodium bicarbonate are added to the stream of air and then collide into the top surface of the silicone flash layer until the flash layer laterally above the contact pads is removed. The edge of silicone around the cleaned contact pad thereafter contains a trace amount of sodium bicarbonate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Bridgelux, Inc.Inventors: R. Scott West, Tao Tong, Mike Kwon
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Packaging photon building blocks having only top side connections in a molded interconnect structure
Patent number: 8652860Abstract: Standardized photon building blocks are packaged in molded interconnect structures to form a variety of LED array products. No electrical conductors pass between the top and bottom surfaces of the substrate upon which LED dies are mounted. Microdots of highly reflective material are jetted onto the top surface. Landing pads on the top surface of the substrate are attached to contact pads disposed on the underside of a lip of the interconnect structure. In a solder reflow process, the photon building blocks self-align within the interconnect structure. Conductors in the interconnect structure are electrically coupled to the LED dies in the photon building blocks through the contact pads and landing pads. Compression molding is used to form lenses over the LED dies and leaves a flash layer of silicone covering the landing pads. The flash layer laterally above the landing pads is removed by blasting particles at the flash layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.Inventors: R. Scott West, Tao Tong, Mike Kwon, Michael Solomensky -
Publication number: 20130337592Abstract: Using compression molding to form lenses over LED arrays on a metal core printed circuit board leaves a flash layer of silicone covering the contact pads that are later required to connect the arrays to power. A method for removing the flash layer involves blasting particles of sodium bicarbonate at the flash layer. A nozzle is positioned within thirty millimeters of the top surface of the flash layer. The stream of air that exits from the nozzle is directed towards the top surface at an angle between five and thirty degrees away from normal to the top surface. The particles of sodium bicarbonate are added to the stream of air and then collide into the top surface of the silicone flash layer until the flash layer laterally above the contact pads is removed. The edge of silicone around the cleaned contact pad thereafter contains a trace amount of sodium bicarbonate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: Bridgelux, Inc.Inventors: R. Scott West, Tao Tong, Mike Kwon
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Patent number: 8610153Abstract: Using compression molding to form lenses over LED arrays on a metal core printed circuit board leaves a flash layer of silicone covering the contact pads that are later required to connect the arrays to power. A method for removing the flash layer involves blasting particles of sodium bicarbonate at the flash layer. A nozzle is positioned within thirty millimeters of the top surface of the flash layer. The stream of air that exits from the nozzle is directed towards the top surface at an angle between five and thirty degrees away from normal to the top surface. The particles of sodium bicarbonate are added to the stream of air and then collide into the top surface of the silicone flash layer until the flash layer laterally above the contact pads is removed. The edge of silicone around the cleaned contact pad thereafter contains a trace amount of sodium bicarbonate.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2013Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.Inventors: R. Scott West, Tao Tong, Mike Kwon
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Patent number: 8536605Abstract: Using compression molding to form lenses over LED arrays on a metal core printed circuit board leaves a flash layer of silicone covering the contact pads that are later required to connect the arrays to power. A method for removing the flash layer involves blasting particles of sodium bicarbonate at the flash layer. A nozzle is positioned within thirty millimeters of the top surface of the flash layer. The stream of air that exits from the nozzle is directed towards the top surface at an angle between five and thirty degrees away from normal to the top surface. The particles of sodium bicarbonate are added to the stream of air and then collide into the top surface of the silicone flash layer until the flash layer laterally above the contact pads is removed. The edge of silicone around the cleaned contact pad thereafter contains a trace amount of sodium bicarbonate.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.Inventors: R. Scott West, Tao Tong, Mike Kwon
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Publication number: 20130134459Abstract: Using compression molding to form lenses over LED arrays on a metal core printed circuit board leaves a flash layer of silicone covering the contact pads that are later required to connect the arrays to power. A method for removing the flash layer involves blasting particles of sodium bicarbonate at the flash layer. A nozzle is positioned within thirty millimeters of the top surface of the flash layer. The stream of air that exits from the nozzle is directed towards the top surface at an angle between five and thirty degrees away from normal to the top surface. The particles of sodium bicarbonate are added to the stream of air and then collide into the top surface of the silicone flash layer until the flash layer laterally above the contact pads is removed. The edge of silicone around the cleaned contact pad thereafter contains a trace amount of sodium bicarbonate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: Bridgelux, Inc.Inventors: R. Scott West, Tao Tong, Mike Kwon
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Packaging Photon Building Blocks Having Only Top Side Connections in a Molded Interconnect Structure
Publication number: 20120187430Abstract: Standardized photon building blocks are packaged in molded interconnect structures to form a variety of LED array products. No electrical conductors pass between the top and bottom surfaces of the substrate upon which LED dies are mounted. Microdots of highly reflective material are jetted onto the top surface. Landing pads on the top surface of the substrate are attached to contact pads disposed on the underside of a lip of the interconnect structure. In a solder reflow process, the photon building blocks self-align within the interconnect structure. Conductors in the interconnect structure are electrically coupled to the LED dies in the photon building blocks through the contact pads and landing pads. Compression molding is used to form lenses over the LED dies and leaves a flash layer of silicone covering the landing pads. The flash layer laterally above the landing pads is removed by blasting particles at the flash layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: Bridgelux, Inc.Inventors: R. Scott West, Tao Tong, Mike Kwon, Michael Solomensky -
Publication number: 20110228765Abstract: Methods and apparatus implementing a telephony terminal for connecting a telephone to a data network. In one implementation, a telephony system includes: a phone connection for connecting to a telephone; a network connection for connecting to a network; and a controller connected to said phone connection and to said network connection; wherein said controller provides a phone service for processing information for said phone connection, said controller provides a network service for processing information for said network connection, and said controller provides a network voice service for converting information to and from a network voice format.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: WOLKOSISKI MGMT. LLCInventors: Satoru Yukie, Mike Kwon, Craig M. Hagopian, Kazuhiko Shirai
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Patent number: 7995987Abstract: Methods and apparatus implementing a telephony terminal for connecting a telephone to a data network. In one implementation, a telephony system includes: a phone connection for connecting to a telephone; a network connection for connecting to a network; and a controller connected to said phone connection and to said network connection; wherein said controller provides a phone service for processing inflation for said phone connection, said controller provides a network service for processing information for said network connection, and said controller provides a network voice service for converting information to and from a network voice format.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2006Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Wolkosiski Mgmt, LLCInventors: Satoru Yukie, Mike Kwon, Craig M. Hagopian, Kazuhiko Shirai
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Patent number: 7363062Abstract: Methods and apparatus for implementing a wireless local loop phone that operates connected to or disconnected from a terminal unit. In one implementation, a phone system includes: a terminal unit comprising: a power source, a handset connection; a handset comprising: an antenna, a modem connected to the antenna, a terminal unit connection, a handset user interface; and a power connection cable connected to the handset connection and to the terminal unit connection; wherein the modem provides an air interface using the antenna, and the air interface provides a wireless local loop, when the handset is connected to the terminal unit through the handset connection and the terminal unit connection, the handset receives power from the power source through the power connection cable.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2006Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: Axesstel, Inc.Inventors: Satoru Yukie, Mike Kwon, Duk San Kim, Craig M. Hagopian