Patents by Inventor Sheila Hurtt

Sheila Hurtt 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).

  • Publication number: 20240120446
    Abstract: The disclosure describes various aspects of using optical elements monolithically integrated with light-emitting diode (LED) structures. In an aspect, a light emitting device includes a single LED structure having an active region and a single optical element disposed on the LED structure and configured to collimate and steer light emitted by the LED structure. One or more additional optical elements may also be disposed on the LED structure. In another aspect, a light emitting device may include multiple LED structures and a single optical element disposed on the multiple LED structures and configured to collimate and steer light emitted by the multiple LED structures. For each of these aspects, the LED structure(s) and the optical element(s) are made of a material that includes GaN, the LED structure(s) has a corresponding active region, and the LED structure(s) has a corresponding reflective contact disposed opposite to the optical element(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Leung, Miao-Chan Tsai, Sheila Hurtt, Gang He, Richard Peter Schneider, JR.
  • Patent number: 11784288
    Abstract: The disclosure describes various aspects of using optical elements monolithically integrated with light-emitting diode (LED) structures. In an aspect, a light emitting device includes a single LED structure having an active region and a single optical element disposed on the LED structure and configured to collimate and steer light emitted by the LED structure. One or more additional optical elements may also be disposed on the LED structure. In another aspect, a light emitting device may include multiple LED structures and a single optical element disposed on the multiple LED structures and configured to collimate and steer light emitted by the multiple LED structures. For each of these aspects, the LED structure(s) and the optical element(s) are made of a material that includes GaN, the LED structure(s) has a corresponding active region, and the LED structure(s) has a corresponding reflective contact disposed opposite to the optical element(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Leung, Miao-Chan Tsai, Sheila Hurtt, Gang He, Richard Peter Schneider, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11637219
    Abstract: The disclosure describes various aspects of monolithic integration of different light emitting structures on a same substrate. In an aspect, a device for light generation is described having a substrate with one or more buffer layers made a material that includes GaN. The device also includes light emitting structures, which are epitaxially grown on a same surface of a top buffer layer of the substrate, where each light emitting structure has an active area parallel to the surface and laterally terminated, and where the active area of different light emitting structures is configured to directly generate a different color of light. The device also includes a p-doped layer disposed over the active area of each light emitting structure and made of a p-doped material that includes GaN. The device may be part of a light field display and may be connected to a backplane of the light field display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Gang He, Sheila Hurtt
  • Publication number: 20210343897
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) structure includes an active region that has at least one aluminum-containing quantum well (QW) stack that emits light from the LED structure when activated. The LED structure exhibits a modified internal quantum efficiency value, which is higher than a LED structure that does not include aluminum within a QW stack. The LED structure also exhibits a modified peak wavelength, which is longer than an unmodified peak wavelength of the unmodified LED structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Ying-Lan CHANG, Benjamin LEUNG, Miao-Chan TSAI, Richard Peter SCHNEIDER, Sheila HURTT, Gang HE
  • Publication number: 20200328327
    Abstract: The disclosure describes various aspects of monolithic integration of different light emitting structures on a same substrate. In an aspect, a device for light generation is described having a substrate with one or more buffer layers made a material that includes GaN. The device also includes light emitting structures, which are epitaxially grown on a same surface of a top buffer layer of the substrate, where each light emitting structure has an active area parallel to the surface and laterally terminated, and where the active area of different light emitting structures is configured to directly generate a different color of light. The device also includes a p-doped layer disposed over the active area of each light emitting structure and made of a p-doped material that includes GaN. The device may be part of a light field display and may be connected to a backplane of the light field display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Gang HE, Sheila HURTT
  • Publication number: 20200135977
    Abstract: The disclosure describes various aspects of using optical elements monolithically integrated with light-emitting diode (LED) structures. In an aspect, a light emitting device includes a single LED structure having an active region and a single optical element disposed on the LED structure and configured to collimate and steer light emitted by the LED structure. One or more additional optical elements may also be disposed on the LED structure. In another aspect, a light emitting device may include multiple LED structures and a single optical element disposed on the multiple LED structures and configured to collimate and steer light emitted by the multiple LED structures. For each of these aspects, the LED structure(s) and the optical element(s) are made of a material that includes GaN, the LED structure(s) has a corresponding active region, and the LED structure(s) has a corresponding reflective contact disposed opposite to the optical element(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin LEUNG, Miao-Chan TSAI, Sheila HURTT, Gang HE, Richard Peter SCHNEIDER, JR.
  • Publication number: 20080044128
    Abstract: A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) chip comprising an array of modulated sources, each providing a modulated signal output at a channel wavelength different from the channel wavelength of other modulated sources and a wavelength selective combiner having an input optically coupled to received all the signal outputs from the modulated sources and provide a combined output signal on an output waveguide from the chip. The modulated sources, combiner and output waveguide are all integrated on the same chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: INFINERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fred Kish, David Welch, Mark Missey, Radhakrishnan Nagarajan, Atul Mathur, Frank Peters, Richard Schneider, Charles Joyner, Andrew Dentai, Damien Lambert, Masaki Kato, Sheila Hurtt, Randal Salvatore, Mehrdad Ziari, Vincent Dominic
  • Patent number: 7208770
    Abstract: In photonic integrated circuits (PICs) having at least one active semiconductor device, such as, a buried heterostructure semiconductor laser, LED, modulator, photodiode, heterojunction bipolar transistor, field effect transistor or other active device, a plurality of semiconductor layers are formed on a substrate with one of the layers being an active region. A current channel is formed through this active region defined by current blocking layers formed on adjacent sides of a designated active region channel where the blocking layers substantially confine the current through the channel. The blocking layers are characterized by being an aluminum-containing Group III-V compound, i.e., an Al-III-V layer, intentionally doped with oxygen from an oxide source. Also, wet oxide process or a deposited oxide source may be used to laterally form a native oxide of the Al-III-V layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Infinera Corporation
    Inventors: Fred A. Kish, Jr., Sheila Hurtt, Charles H. Joyner, Richard P. Schneider
  • Patent number: 7122846
    Abstract: In photonic integrated circuits (PICs) having at least one active semiconductor device, such as, a buried heterostructure semiconductor laser, LED, modulator, photodiode, heterojunction bipolar transistor, field effect transistor or other active device, a plurality of semiconductor layers are formed on a substrate with one of the layers being an active region. A current channel is formed through this active region defined by current blocking layers formed on adjacent sides of a designated active region channel where the blocking layers substantially confine the current through the channel. The blocking layers are characterized by being an aluminum-containing Group III-V compound, i.e., an Al-III-V layer, intentionally doped with oxygen from an oxide source. Also, wet oxide process or a deposited oxide source may be used to laterally form a native oxide of the Al-III-V layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Infinera Corporation
    Inventors: Fred A. Kish, Jr., Sheila Hurtt, Charles H. Joyner, Richard P. Schneider
  • Publication number: 20050151144
    Abstract: In photonic integrated circuits (PICs) having at least one active semiconductor device, such as, a buried heterostructure semiconductor laser, LED, modulator, photodiode, heterojunction bipolar transistor, field effect transistor or other active device, a plurality of semiconductor layers are formed on a substrate with one of the layers being an active region. A current channel is formed through this active region defined by current blocking layers formed on adjacent sides of a designated active region channel where the blocking layers substantially confine the current through the channel. The blocking layers are characterized by being an aluminum-containing Group Ill-V compound, i.e., an Al-III-V layer, intentionally doped with oxygen from an oxide source. Also, wet oxide process or a deposited oxide source may be used to laterally form a native oxide of the Al-III-V layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: Infinera Corporation
    Inventors: Fred Kish, Sheila Hurtt, Charles Joyner, Richard Schneider
  • Publication number: 20050145863
    Abstract: In photonic integrated circuits (PICs) having at least one active semiconductor device, such as, a buried heterostructure semiconductor laser, LED, modulator, photodiode, heterojunction bipolar transistor, field effect transistor or other active device, a plurality of semiconductor layers are formed on a substrate with one of the layers being an active region. A current channel is formed through this active region defined by current blocking layers formed on adjacent sides of a designated active region channel where the blocking layers substantially confine the current through the channel. The blocking layers are characterized by being an aluminum-containing Group III-V compound, i.e., an Al-III-V layer, intentionally doped with oxygen from an oxide source. Also, wet oxide process or a deposited oxide source may be used to laterally form a native oxide of the Al-III-V layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: Infinera Corporation
    Inventors: Fred Kish, Sheila Hurtt, Charles Joyner, Richard Schneider