Encapsulated Patents (Class 257/100)
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Patent number: 9773957Abstract: Provided are a light source circuit unit that improves light extraction efficiency, as well as an illuminator and a display that include such a light source circuit unit. The light source circuit unit includes: a circuit substrate having a wiring pattern on a surface thereof, the wiring pattern having light reflectivity, a circular pedestal provided on the circuit substrate, a water-repelling region provided at least from a peripheral edge portion of the pedestal to a part of a side face of the pedestal, and one or two or more light-emitting device chips mounted on the pedestal, and driven by a current that flows through the wiring pattern.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Koichi Yamamoto, Takehito Hirose, Shigeru Teshigahara
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Patent number: 9769886Abstract: In one aspect, a flexible organic light-emitting display apparatus including a substrate; a display device formed on a first surface of the substrate; a thin film encapsulation layer covering the display device; and a protection film generally surrounding the substrate, the display device, and the thin film encapsulation layer, and a method of manufacturing the flexible organic light-emitting display apparatus is provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2012Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Woo-Suk Jung, Soon-Ryong Park, Hye-Jung Park, Seok-Gi Baek, Tae-Eun Kim
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Patent number: 9761764Abstract: A light emitting device includes a package and at least one light emitting element. The package includes a recess portion which has a bottom surface, an opening on a front side opposite to the bottom surface in a front direction vertical to the bottom surface, and an inner peripheral wall connecting the bottom surface and the front side. The bottom surface has distances between opposite sides of the bottom surface and has a longest distance among the distances. The at least one light emitting element is disposed on the bottom surface of the recess portion and has a polygonal shape which has five or more sides and which has a longest diagonal line viewed along the front direction. Each internal angle of the polygonal shape is less than 180°. The longest diagonal line of the polygonal shape is parallel to a lateral line along the longest distance.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Masaki Hayashi, Yuki Shiota, Junya Narita, Keisuke Kurashita, Takanori Akaishi, Motohisa Kitani
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Patent number: 9761822Abstract: A light emitting diode includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and a mixture layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The mixture layer includes a quantum dot, a hole transporting material, and an electron transporting material.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Dong Chan Kim
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Patent number: 9761769Abstract: An electromagnetic radiation emitting assembly includes a carrier, an electromagnetic radiation emitting component arranged above the carrier, and a potting material at least partly surrounding the electromagnetic radiation emitting component and into which are embedded phosphor that converts the electromagnetic radiation and heat-conducting particles that conduct heat arising during operation of the electromagnetic radiation emitting assembly, wherein a phosphor concentration in the potting material near the electromagnetic radiation emitting component is greater than a particle concentration of the heat-conducting particles in the potting material near the electromagnetic radiation emitting component, and a particle concentration of the heat-conducting particles in the potting material near the electromagnetic radiation emitting component is greater than in the potting material remote from the electromagnetic radiation emitting component.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Hailing Cui, Kathy Schmidtke
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Patent number: 9759410Abstract: A holder to be placed on a base portion together with a light-emitting module having a board-like shape includes: a body portion; and a claw portion that is provided in the body portion, and locks onto at least a portion of a base portion-side face of the light-emitting module to temporarily hold the light-emitting module when the light-emitting module is to be placed on the base portion. In a state prior to when the holder is placed on the base portion, at least a portion of the claw portion is located closer to the base portion than a base portion-side face of the holder is. The claw portion has a shape that releases the temporary holding of the light-emitting module as a result of the claw portion abutting the base portion when the holder is placed on the base portion in a state where the light-emitting module is temporarily held.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Hirano, Tetsuya Kumagai
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Patent number: 9761826Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to a display panel and a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device. The display panel comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate, at least one of which is provided with a first sealant, a second sealant and a third sealant; the first sealant is arranged at an outer side of the package region away from the display region, the second sealant is arranged inside the first sealant and at least within a peripheral region at a corner of the display region, and the third sealant is arranged inside the first sealant and fills the package region and the display region except parts thereof where the first sealant and the second sealant are arranged.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Donghui Yu, Chun-Jan Wang, Huai-Ting Shih
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Patent number: 9746171Abstract: The present invention discloses an illumination device (100). The illumination device (100) comprises a light source (110) arranged to generate light, a carrier (120) arranged to support the light source and an envelope (130) enclosing the light source and the carrier. The envelope comprises at least two enveloping parts which, when joined together, form the envelope. Further, the carrier is arranged in thermal contact with at least one of the enveloping parts for dissipating heat out of the illumination device.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Antonius Adrianus Maria Marinus, Omke Jan Teerling, Bastiaan Uitbeijerse
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Patent number: 9748460Abstract: An LED device and method of manufacture including separately coupling a thin flexible interposer and an LED die to a heat sink structure and then electrically coupling the interposer and the LED die together with a wirebond. A specifically shaped perimeter of an aperture within the interposer negates the need for a cavity or alignment markings within the heat sink structure by limiting the orientation in which the die fits within the aperture. Alternatively, an LED device and method of manufacture include coupling a rigid circuit board to an LED die such that electrical contacts of the die are electrically coupled with electrical input/output terminals of the circuit board. This die/board unit is then able to be coupled to a heat sink structure to form a portion of the device.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2014Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLCInventors: Samuel Tam, Murad Kurwa, Shing Dick Pang Tak
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Patent number: 9735218Abstract: A plurality of pixels are arranged on the substrate. Each of the pixels is provided with an EL element which utilizes as a cathode a pixel electrode connected to a current control TFT. On a counter substrate, a light shielding film, a first color filter having a first color and a second color filter having a second color are provided. The second color is different from the first color.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Mayumi Mizukami, Toshimitsu Konuma
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Patent number: 9735325Abstract: According to one embodiment, a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes the transferring a first group from a first support to a second support; the deforming the second support to convert each pitch of the semiconductor chips in the first group transferred on the second support into a second pitch different from the first pitch; the forming an insulating layer around each of the semiconductor chips, the insulating layer covering each of the semiconductor chips in the first group arranged in the second pitch; and the dicing the insulating layer. The first group is selected from a plurality of semiconductor chips supported by the first support. The plurality of semiconductor chips is arranged in an initial pitch. The first group is arranged in a first pitch being longer than the initial pitch.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Mitsuyoshi Endo
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Light emitting diode light source, manufacturing method thereof, backlight source and display device
Patent number: 9733514Abstract: The present invention provides a LED light source for increasing a light emitting angle and a manufacturing method thereof, as well as a backlight source and a display device. A LED light source comprises a circuit board, a LED which is directly fixed on and electrically connected to the circuit board, and a packaging piece for packaging a LED light emitting chip. A prism film with a prism micro-structure may be arranged between the packaging piece and the LED.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE CHATANI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Qiang Li -
Patent number: 9728426Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a resin-encapsulated electronic component, capable of simply and efficiently producing a resin-encapsulated electronic component having both of a via electrode(s) (bump(s)) and a plate-like member. The method includes a resin-encapsulation step of encapsulating at least one electronic component in a resin. A produced resin-encapsulated electronic component includes: a substrate; the at least one electronic component; the resin; a plate-like member; and at least one bump. A wiring pattern is formed on the substrate. In the resin-encapsulation step, between a bump-formed surface in a bump-formed plate-like member obtained by forming the at least one bump in the plate-like member and a wiring pattern-formed surface in the substrate, the at least one electronic component is encapsulated in the resin, and the at least one bump is caused to be in contact with the wiring pattern.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: TOWA CORPORATIONInventors: Hirokazu Okada, Hiroshi Uragami, Tsuyoshi Amakawa, Muneo Miura
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Patent number: 9709241Abstract: A method of making an LED display includes fabricating an LED display screen cover using a light-permeable material, positioning the LED display screen cover over an LED display screen body having an array of LED pixel units each including a respective LED lamp, and securing the positioned LED display screen cover to the LED display screen body. The fabricated screen cover includes a plurality of cover units arranged in an array of multiple rows and multiple columns. Each cover unit includes a convex outer surface and an inner surface, the outer convex surfaces of adjacent cover units are configured and joined along the columns and rows, and the inner surfaces of the adjacent cover units are separated from each other. Each cover unit in the LED display screen cover is positioned on top of a respective LED lamp of the LED display screen body.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Beijing Universal Lanbo Technology Co., LtdInventors: Didi Hu, Donglin Pi
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Patent number: 9705042Abstract: The disclosed technology provides micro-assembled micro-LED displays and lighting elements using arrays of micro-LEDs that are too small (e.g., micro-LEDs with a width or diameter of 10 ?m to 50 ?m), numerous, or fragile to assemble by conventional means. The disclosed technology provides for micro-LED displays and lighting elements assembled using micro-transfer printing technology. The micro-LEDs can be prepared on a native substrate and printed to a display substrate (e.g., plastic, metal, glass, or other materials), thereby obviating the manufacture of the micro-LEDs on the display substrate. In certain embodiments, the display substrate is transparent and/or flexible.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: X-Celeprint LimitedInventors: Christopher Bower, Matthew Meitl, David Gomez, Salvatore Bonafede, David Kneeburg, Alin Fecioru, Carl Prevatte
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Patent number: 9701897Abstract: The invention provides a process for the production of a solid polymer with embedded luminescent nano particles, comprising (1) mixing luminescent nano particles with an outer surface coated with capping molecules comprising a first functional group and a second functional group and a precursor of a solid polymer, and (2) allowing the solid polymer to be formed; wherein the first functional group is configured to bind to the outer surface of the quantum dot and the second functional group is miscible with the precursor of the solid polymer and/or is able to react with the precursor of the solid polymer. The invention also provides a luminescent polymeric article comprising a solid polymer with in the polymer article embedded luminescent nano particles with an outer surface coated with capping molecules comprising a first functional group and a second functional group.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Shu Xu, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
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Phosphor sheet, light-emitting device having the phosphor sheet and method of manufacturing the same
Patent number: 9705050Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate including a first electrode and a second electrode, a light-emitting diode (LED) chip electrically connected to the first and the second electrodes, and a phosphor sheet disposed on an upper surface of the LED chip, a first transparent part disposed under the phosphor sheet, and a second transparent part disposed between the phosphor sheet and the LED chip. The first transparent part contacts the second transparent part.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hyuck Jung Choi -
Patent number: 9705045Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) having distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The distributed Bragg reflector is used as a reflective element for reflecting the light generated by the light emitting layer to an ideal direction of light output. The distributed Bragg reflector has a plurality of through holes, such that the metal layer and the transparent conductive layer disposed on two sides of the distributed Bragg reflector may contact each other to conduct the current. Due to the distribution properties of the through holes, the current may be more uniformly diffused, and the light may be more uniformly emitted from the light emitting layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: GENESIS PHOTONICS INC.Inventors: Yi-Ru Huang, Kuan-Chieh Huang, Chih-Ming Shen, Tung-Lin Chuang, Hung-Chuan Mai, Jing-En Huang, Shao-Ying Ting
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Patent number: 9698319Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) package according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a base including a first lead terminal and a second lead terminal, an LED chip disposed on the base, a housing disposed on the base, the housing having a cavity in which the LED chip is disposed, and an encapsulation member having a side surface contacting the housing. The first lead terminal and the second lead terminal each have a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, and have an unbent form, respectively. The second surface is exposed to the outside of the LED package.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chung Hoon Lee, Yoon Hee Kim, Byung Yeol Park, Bang Hyun Kim, Eun Jung Seo, Hyouk Won Kwon
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Patent number: 9698362Abstract: Disclosed is a rollable organic light emitting display system capable of protecting an organic light emitting display device from an external impact. The rollable organic light emitting display system has an organic light emitting diode layer between two substrates, wherein the two substrates are capable of being rolled or unrolled, includes a protection film covering a lateral surface of at least one of the substrates so as to prevent the lateral surface of the at least one substrate from being damaged by an external impact when the two substrates are unrolled and the lateral surface of the two substrates is exposed to the external.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Han Il Kim
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Patent number: 9698321Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus includes: a ceramic substrate; a light-emitting element mounted on the ceramic substrate; a sealing member sealing the light-emitting element; a buffer layer formed on the ceramic substrate and surrounding the light-emitting element; and a dam member, at least a portion of which is on a top surface of the buffer layer and which is for blocking the sealing member. The dam member is formed in such a way that one end of the dam member which faces the sealing member and is closer to the light-emitting element than the opposite end of the dam member is in contact with the ceramic substrate while the opposite end is out of contact with the ceramic substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuyuki Nagahama, Atsuyoshi Ishimori, Toshifumi Ogata, Keiji Kiba
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Patent number: 9690030Abstract: A light emitting device capable of bonding a lens at a preset accurate position, and a backlight unit comprising the same are provided. The light emitting device includes a molded material having an opening through which light generated from a light emitting element disposed in the molded material is emitted, a projecting support disposed along at least part of a circumference of the opening of the molded material, and a lens having an inner surface that defines an internal surface on which light emitted from the light emitting element is incident, an outer surface that defines an external surface from which the incident light is emitted to the outside, and a bottom surface that connects the inner surface and the outer surface, wherein a boundary between the inner surface and the bottom surface, a lower part of the inner surface, or the bottom surface contacts the projecting support.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: LUMENS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seung Hyun Oh, Pyoung Gug Kim, Seung Hoon Lee
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Patent number: 9691824Abstract: The present invention provides an OLED panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The OLED panel includes a substrate, an OLED light emitting unit that is provided on the substrate and a cover plate that is provided above the OLED light emitting unit, wherein a frit is provided in an area between the cover plate and the substrate corresponding to and surrounding a periphery of the light emitting unit, the frit being used for bonding the cover plate and the substrate together so as to hermetically package the OLED light emitting unit, and a supplementary packaging structure is further provided in an area between the cover plate and the substrate corresponding to a periphery of the frit, the supplementary packaging structure being used for assisting the frit to package the OLED light emitting unit and support the cover plate and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Xinwei Gao
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Patent number: 9691742Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device includes: forming a plurality of photoresist columns at an upper edge region of a glass substrate by a photo patterning process; coating a plastic chemical liquid on an entire upper surface of the glass substrate to cover the photoresist columns; evaporating a solvent of the plastic chemical liquid to semi-harden a plastic substrate and to expose an upper portion of the photoresist columns; forming a plurality of through-holes at an edge region of the surface of the semi-hardened plastic substrate by removing the photoresist columns; firing and curing the plastic chemical liquid to form the plastic substrate; and coating a metal layer on an edge region of the surface of the plastic substrate with the through-holes.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong Hyun Yun, Sung Sik Bae
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Patent number: 9685488Abstract: An organic light emitting display (OLED) device that includes a first substrate and a second substrate. An organic light emitting element and a sealing member are formed between the first substrate and the second substrate. A touch panel, a block pattern, and a protective layer are formed on the second substrate. The block pattern is arranged above the sealing member to prevent a center of the sealing member from being excessively illuminated by a laser beam during a curing process.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang-Min Hong, Yong-Kyu Jang, Hyun-Min Hwang, Hyun-Young Kim
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Patent number: 9680077Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) lighting device includes a substrate, an isolation layer, a first bottom electrode, a second bottom electrode, at least one first vertical LED, a first conductive bonding layer, at least one second vertical LED, a second conductive bonding layer, a first transparent sealing material, a second transparent sealing material, and a top electrode. The substrate has a base portion and a plurality of protruding portions present on the base portion. The base portion and the protruding portions cooperate to define at least one first recess and at least one second recess. At least one of the first recess and the second recess has a bottom surface and at least one sidewall adjacent to the bottom surface. The bottom surface and the sidewall are reflective. The first vertical LED and the second vertical LED are electrically connected in series.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: MIKRO MESA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Li-Yi Chen, Chih-Hui Chan
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Patent number: 9680073Abstract: A light emitting module includes: a substrate having a recess part formed thereon; a body surrounding some of side surfaces and an upper surface of the substrate; a light emitting diode chip positioned on the recess part of the substrate; and a lens positioned on the body, wherein the substrate includes a first step part positioned along an edge of the recess part and a second step part positioned along an edge of a lower surface thereof, and the lower surface of the substrate is exposed to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin Wook Lee, Hyuck Jun Kim, Il Kyung Suh
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Patent number: 9676978Abstract: A sealing resin composition simultaneously having good transparency, resistance to moisture permeability, and adhesiveness resistant to heat and humidity, and a sealing resin composition sheet obtained therefrom. Using a resin composition containing (A) a styrene-isobutylene modified resin and (B) a tackifier resin as a sealing resin composition, a resin composition layer composed of the resin composition may be formed on a support to give a sealing resin composition sheet.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuichi Kageyama
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Patent number: 9680115Abstract: A light-emitting device having a curved light-emitting surface is provided. Further, a highly-reliable light-emitting device is provided. A substrate with plasticity is used. A light-emitting element is formed over the substrate in a flat state. The substrate provided with the light-emitting element is curved and put on a surface of a support having a curved surface. Then, a protective layer for protecting the light-emitting element is formed in the same state. Thus, a light-emitting device having a curved light-emitting surface, such as a lighting device or a display device can be manufactured.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2016Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yohei Momma, Tomohiko Suganoya, Saki Obana
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Patent number: 9673360Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a light emitting device that can manufacture the light emitting device at low cost. The manufacturing method of a light emitting device includes: a mounting step of mounting a plurality of light emitting elements at predetermined intervals in one direction on a substrate; a first resin formation step of continuously forming a first resin layer in the one direction to directly cover the light emitting elements mounted; a trench formation step of forming a trench between the light emitting elements in a direction intersecting the one direction; and a second resin charging step of charging a second resin into the trench.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventor: Tomonori Miyoshi
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Patent number: 9672459Abstract: In various embodiments, a chip card module is provided that can have: a chip card module support; a wiring structure that is arranged on the chip card module support; an integrated circuit that is arranged on the chip card module support and is electrically coupled to the wiring structure; a chip card module antenna that is arranged on the chip card module support and is electrically coupled to the wiring structure, and a lighting device that is arranged on the chip card module support and is electrically coupled to the wiring structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignees: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG, BUNDESDRUCKEREI GMBHInventors: Frank Pueschner, Joerg Fischer, Juergen Hoegerl, Peter Stampka, Markus Tietke, Stefan Troelenberg
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Patent number: 9673358Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting module capable of not only improving appearance quality but also maximizing light efficiency. The disclosed light-emitting module comprises: a circuit board; a light-emitting diode chip which is flip-bonded on the circuit board; and a housing which is positioned on the circuit board and surrounds the light-emitting diode chip, wherein the housing has a recess and reflective part having a curvature structure formed on an inner wall of the recess.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong Min Lee, Yang Sik Cho
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Patent number: 9673366Abstract: A light emitting device may be provided that includes a substrate, a light emitting structure, a first electrode on a part of the first semiconductor layer, an electrode layer on the second conductive semiconductor layer, an insulating layer on the electrode layer, a second electrode on the electrode layer, a support member on the insulating layer, a first connection electrode connected to the first electrode, and a second connection electrode connected to the second electrode. The insulating layer is disposed on a side surface of the light emitting structure and the part of the first semiconductor layer. The insulating layer includes a first layer and a second layer having a different material from the first layer. The first layer of the insulating layer has a refractive index different from the second layer of the insulating layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.Inventors: Deok Ki Hwang, Young Ju Han, Hee Seok Choi, Ju Won Lee, Pil Geun Kang, Seok Beom Choi
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Patent number: 9666780Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light-emitting device and manufacturing method thereof. The light-emitting device comprises: a metal connecting structure; a barrier layer on the metal connecting structure, the barrier layer comprising a first metal multilayer on the metal connecting structure and a second metal multilayer on the first metal multilayer; a metal reflective layer on the barrier layer; and a light-emitting stack electrically coupled to the metal reflective layer, wherein the first metal multilayer comprises a first metal layer comprising a first metal material and a second metal layer comprising a second metal material, and the second metal multilayer comprises a third metal layer comprising a third metal material and a fourth metal layer comprising a fourth metal material.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATIONInventors: Fu Chun Tsai, Wen Luh Liao, Shih I Chen, Chia Liang Hsu, Chih Chiang Lu
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Patent number: 9666776Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device that is excellent in radiating heat and that can be molded into a sealing shape having intended optical characteristics by die molding is provided. The semiconductor light emitting device includes: a lead frame including a plate-like semiconductor light emitting element mounting portion having an LED chip mounted on a main surface, and a plate-like metal wire connecting portion extending over a same plane as the semiconductor light emitting element mounting portion; a metal wire electrically connecting the LED chip and the metal wire connecting portion; a thermosetting resin molded by die molding or dam-sheet molding so as to completely cover the LED chip and the metal wire; and a resin portion provided to surround the lead frame and having the thickness not greater than the thickness of the lead frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Toshiyuki Takada
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Patent number: 9660148Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light emitting device comprises a package preparation step of preparing a package having a recess in which a light emitting element is locatable, wherein the package includes a projection extending from an upper surface of the package, the projection at least partially surrounding the recess, a sealing resin forming step of filling said recess in which said light emitting element is located with a sealing resin, and providing said sealing resin higher than the height of said package, and a sealing resin cutting step of cutting the sealing resin such that an upper surface of the sealing resin is at a height that is substantially the same as a height of the upper surface of the package.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2014Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Shimada, Motoaki Mando
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Patent number: 9657201Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive composition which has a cured product exhibiting high transparency and a high refractive index, and which has high adhesive strength and experiences little reduction in the adhesive strength, even when exposed to high temperatures. In order to achieve the above the adhesive composition includes: (1) a hydrocarbon polymer having a total light transmittance of visible light, as measured according to JIS K7361-1, of at least 80%; (2) at least one kind of (meth)acrylic monomer selected from a mono(meth)acrylic monomer having one (meth)acrylic group in a molecule and a di(meth)acrylic monomer having two (meth)acrylic groups in a molecule; and (3) a photoinitiator; wherein 30-190 parts by weight of component (2) are included relative to 100 parts by weight of component (1).Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Yasushi Mizuta, Toshikazu Gomi
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Patent number: 9653654Abstract: Solid-state radiation transducer (SSRT) devices having buried contacts that are at least partially transparent and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. An SSRT device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment can include a radiation transducer including a first semiconductor material, a second semiconductor material, and an active region between the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material. The SSRT device can further include first and second contacts electrically coupled to the first and second semiconductor materials, respectively. The second contact can include a plurality of buried-contact elements electrically coupled to the second semiconductor material. Individual buried-contact elements can have a transparent portion directly adjacent to the second semiconductor material. The second contact can further include a base portion extending between the buried-contact elements, such as a base portion that is least partially planar and reflective.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2016Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Martin F. Schubert, Vladimir Odnoblyudov, Lifang Xu
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Patent number: 9653669Abstract: An LED package structure includes a base, an LED chip disposed on the base, at least one metal wire, a phosphor sheet, and an encapsulation resin disposed in the base and encapsulating the LED chip, the metal wire, and the phosphor sheet. The LED chip has at least one electrode thereon. The metal wire has an apex and a loop height being defined by the apex. The metal wire is electrically connected to the electrode and the base. The phosphor sheet includes a B-stage resin and a plurality of phosphor powders mixed therewith. The phosphor sheet is adhered to the LED chip by the B-stage resin capable of viscosity and covers the top surface, the side surface, and the electrode of the LED chip. A thickness of the phosphor sheet is smaller than the loop height, and the apex of the metal wire is exposed from the phosphor sheet.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignees: LITE-ON OPTO TECHNOLOGY (CHANGZHOU) CO., LTD., LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Chih-Yuan Chen, Tien-Yu Lee
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Patent number: 9653382Abstract: A semiconductor laser structure is provided. The semiconductor laser comprises a central thermal shunt, a ring shaped silicon waveguide, a contiguous thermal shunt, an adhesive layer and a laser element. The central thermal shunt is located on a SOI substrate which has a buried oxide layer surrounding the central thermal shunt. The ring shaped silicon waveguide is located on the buried oxide layer and surrounds the central thermal shunt. The ring shaped silicon waveguide includes a P-N junction of a p-type material portion, an n-type material portion and a depletion region there between. The contiguous thermal shunt covers a portion of the buried oxide layer and surrounds the ring shaped silicon waveguide. The adhesive layer covers the ring shaped silicon waveguide and the buried oxide layer. The laser element covers the central thermal shunt, the adhesive layer and the contiguous thermal shunt.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Jui-Ying Lin, Yen-Hsiang Fang, Chia-Hsin Chao, Yao-Jun Tsai, Yi-Chen Lin
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Patent number: 9653435Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) package includes a main vertical LED (VLED) die; a short circuit VLED die; a lens support dam; a transparent lens attached to the lens support dam; a first electrode in electrical communication with a first semiconductor layer of the main VLED die and a second electrode in electrical communication with a second semiconductor layer of the main VLED die.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: SemiLEDS Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yi-Feng Shih
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Patent number: 9644822Abstract: A lighting device, comprising a lighting device element and a light engine component (comprising a solid state light emitter) that is removably supported by the lighting device element. Also, lighting device elements that comprise a lens, a housing member, a mechanical engagement region, an electrical contact region and/or means for removably supporting a light engine component. Also, lighting device elements in which a retaining structure holds a light engine component, a portion of a light engine component is exposed to a lens. Also, lighting devices that comprise means for removably supporting a light engine component. Also, methods that comprise removing a light engine component from a lighting device element and removably supporting a second light engine component on the lighting device element.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventor: Anthony Paul Van De Ven
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Patent number: 9642566Abstract: A flexible embedded sensor array includes a first substrate, an electrically conductive pad disposed on at least a portion of the first substrate, and a plurality of sensors disposed on at least a portion of electrically conductive pads. Further, the flexible embedded sensor array includes an electrically non-conductive adhesive material disposed in proximity to one or more of the plurality of sensors, a second substrate, and an electrical contact disposed between at least a portion of the sensor and at least a portion of the second substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Christopher James Kapusta, Eric Patrick Davis, Jason Harris Karp
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Patent number: 9640734Abstract: Provided is a small and thin light emitting device which has no connection failure, a high life, high performance and good light extraction efficiency. The light emitting device includes a base body comprising a base material having a pair of connection terminals on at least a first main surface, a light emitting element connected to the connection terminals, and a sealing member that seals the light emitting element, wherein the base material has a linear expansion coefficient within ±10 ppm/° C. of the linear expansion coefficient of the light emitting element.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Nakabayashi, Takeshi Ikegami, Tadaaki Ikeda, Tadao Hayashi, Hiroto Tamaki
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Patent number: 9640743Abstract: A method for manufacturing a package, includes preparing a lead frame that, in a region where the package is to be formed, has a first electrode and a second electrode that is different from the first electrode; clamping the first electrode and the second electrode between an upper molding die and a lower molding die; injecting a first resin into the molding dies between which the first electrode and the second electrode have been clamped, through an injection opening formed adjacent to the first electrode and on the outside of the region where the package is to be formed; curing or solidifying the injected first resin; and cutting out an injection mark of the injection opening for the first resin from next to the first electrode after the first resin has been cured or solidified.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventor: Mayumi Fukuda
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Patent number: 9640730Abstract: A light emitting device, comprises an element mounting substrate with a circuit pattern at least on an element mounting surface of the element mounting substrate, a light emitting element mounted on the element mounting surface of the element mounting substrate and connected with the circuit pattern, a sealing member that seals the light emitting element and is bonded on the element mounting surface, and a coating layer that covers the element mounting side of the element mounting substrate inside the sealing member, wherein the coating layer has its refractive index smaller than that of the sealing member.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2012Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Koji Tasumi
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Patent number: 9634083Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a dielectric layer located on a substrate, wherein the dielectric layer includes nitrogen atoms, and the concentration of the nitrogen atoms in the dielectric layer is lower than 5% at a location wherein the distance between this location in the dielectric layer to the substrate is less than 20% of the thickness of the dielectric layer. Moreover, the present invention provides a semiconductor process including the following steps: a dielectric layer is formed on a substrate. Two annealing processes are performed in-situly on the dielectric layer, wherein the two annealing processes have different imported gases and different annealing temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2012Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Chien-Liang Lin, Yu-Ren Wang, Ying-Wei Yen
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Patent number: 9634203Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a substrate having a main surface; a phosphor layer provided on the main surface and containing an LED element that emits primary light and a fluorescent particle that absorbs a part of the primary light and emits secondary light; and a transparent resin layer having a refractive index n and covering the phosphor layer. The transparent resin layer has an outer circumferential surface that forms a boundary between the transparent resin layer and the atmosphere. When a minimum circumference that includes the overall phosphor layer and is concentric with the outer circumferential surface has a radius r in a cut surface where at least a part of the outer circumferential surface takes a shape of an arc having a radius R, a relationship of R>r·n is satisfied. With such configuration, the light extraction efficiency is enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2009Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shin Ito, Yutaka Okada, Takanobu Matsuo, Masayuki Ohta
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Patent number: 9634205Abstract: A light emitting device includes a package having a recess, a lead frame buried in the package so that one end of the lead frame is exposed at a bottom of the recess and another end protrudes to an exterior of the package, a light emitting element arranged on the lead frame exposed at the bottom of the recess, and an encapsulant filled in the recess. The package includes, at the side face where the lead frame protrudes, a first side face formed inwardly relative to a side face of the lead frame, and a second side face formed at a lower portion of the first side face and protruded so as to cover a top face of the lead frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2014Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventor: Takeo Kurimoto
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Patent number: 9634155Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an electrical terminal support for an optoelectronic semiconductor body, comprising the following steps: providing a carrier assembly (1), which comprises a carrier body (11), an intermediate layer (12) arranged on an outer surface (111) of the carrier body (11), and a use layer (13) arranged on the intermediate layer (12); introducing at least two openings (4), which are mutually spaced in the lateral direction (L), in the use layer (13) via an outer surface (131) of the use layer (13), wherein the openings extend completely through the use layer (13) in the vertical direction (V); electrically insulating lateral surfaces (41) of the openings (4) and of the outer face (131) of the use layer (13); arranging electrically conductive material (6) at least in the openings (4), wherein after completion of the terminal carrier (100), the electrically conductive material (6) has an interruption (U) in the progression thereof along the outer surface (131) of the use layType: GrantFiled: December 16, 2011Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventor: Andreas Plössl