Discrete Light Emitting And Light Responsive Devices Patents (Class 257/82)
  • Patent number: 8410463
    Abstract: Optocoupler devices and methods for making and using such devices are described. The optocoupler devices contain a light emitting component (a light emitting diode [LED]) and a light receiving component (a phototransistor [PT]) device that are embedded within the substrate, rather than being attached to the surface of the pre-molded substrate. Such a configuration eliminates the bond wires that are often used when the LED and PT are attached on the substrate, improves the electrical performance, and allows the final optocoupler package to be made smaller and thinner. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Yong Liu
  • Patent number: 8410487
    Abstract: A manufacturing method and a structure of a light-emitting diode (LED) chip are disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a conductive block; providing an epitaxial block; bonding; removing an epitaxial substrate; making independent LEDs; forming a dielectric layer; and making electrical connection. A first LED, a second LED, and a third LED are formed on the conductive block, wherein the first and second LEDs are electrically connected in series, and the second and third LEDs are electrically connected in parallel. Thus, a basic unit with a flexible design of series- and parallel-connected LEDs can be formed to increase the variety and application of LED chip-based designs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Helio Optoelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Tai Cheng, Ming-Hung Chen, Ching-Jen Pan
  • Patent number: 8410512
    Abstract: Provided are apparatus and methods corresponding to a solid state light emitting element. Such methods include mounting, to a thermally conductive component, a solid state light emitting element that includes first and second electrical connection points that are configured to be conductively engaged on a first side of a circuit structure. The solid state light emitting element is electrically insulated from the thermally conductive component to provide that electrical connections are arranged on the first side of the circuit structure and heat is conducted to a second side of the circuit structure that is opposite the first side of the circuit structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter S. Andrews
  • Publication number: 20130075764
    Abstract: An optical module package structure includes a light-emitting chip and a light sensor chip respectively installed in a first cavity and a second cavity in a substrate, a reflective layer coated on the periphery of the first cavity, two packaging adhesive structures respectively molded in the first cavity and the second cavity to encapsulate the light-emitting chip and the light sensor chip respectively, and a lid integrally formed on the substrate to enhance the airtightness of the whole optical module package structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: Chao-Wei YU
  • Publication number: 20130075765
    Abstract: This invention discloses an infrared light-emitting diode. The infrared light-emitting diode comprises: only one core for emitting infrared light; a packaging body which at least comprises a first surface that is convex and in front of the core and a second surface that is plane and on one side of the core; and leads connected to the core and extending to outside of the packaging body; wherein the infrared light emitted by the core forms at least two beams of infrared light in different directions after being emitted from the packaging body through the first surface and the second surface. With such infrared LED and the touch screen, touch system and interactive display based on the LED, at least two beams of infrared light in different directions can be emitted requiring only one core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Xinlin Ye, Zhenzhong Zou, Jianjun Liu, Xinbin Liu
  • Patent number: 8405097
    Abstract: An optical sensor and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The optical sensor includes a first photosensitive layer, a first charge carrier collecting element, a second photosensitive layer and a second charge carrier collecting element. The first photosensitive layer has a first light incident surface. The first charge carrier collecting element is disposed on a surface of the first photosensitive layer opposite to the first light incident surface of the first photosensitive layer. The second photosensitive layer is adjacent to the first photosensitive layer and has a second light incident surface. The second charge carrier collecting element is disposed on a surface of the second photosensitive layer opposite to the second light incident surface of the second photosensitive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Dong-Hai Huang
  • Patent number: 8399889
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an organic solar cell and an organic light emitting diode stack. The stack comprises a solar cell portion having a substrate, an electrode, an active layer, and a second electrode. The stack also comprises a light emitting diode portion having a substrate, an electrode, an active layer, and a second electrode. The solar cell portion is laminated to the light emitting diode portion to form a stack. In a variation, the stack comprises a solar cell portion that includes a substrate, an electrode and an active layer. In this variation, there is a connection portion that includes a second substrate, having, a second electrode on one side and a third electrode on the other side of the second substrate. Also in this variation, there is also a light emitting diode portion, which includes a third substrate, an electrode on the third substrate and a second active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Solarmer Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Yue Wu, Travis Currier, Yuyi Li, Szu-Ting Tsai
  • Patent number: 8395269
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an interconnect member, mounting a first semiconductor chip having a semiconductor substrate in a face-down manner on the interconnect member, forming a resin layer on the interconnect member to cover a side surface of the first semiconductor chip, thinning the first semiconductor chip and the resin layer, forming an inorganic insulating layer on a back surface of the first semiconductor chip so as to be in contact with the back surface and to extend over the resin layer, and forming a through electrode so as to penetrate the inorganic insulating layer and the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Kawano, Koji Soejima, Nobuaki Takahashi, Yoichiro Kurita, Masahiro Komuro, Satoshi Matsui
  • Patent number: 8390003
    Abstract: An electronic element wafer module according to the present invention is provided, in which a translucent support substrate for covering and protecting a plurality of electronic elements is attached on an electronic element wafer having the plurality of electronic elements formed thereon, and an optical filter is formed corresponding to the electronic elements on at least one surface of the translucent support substrate, where the optical filter is removed to lessen warping along a part or all of dicing lines for individually dividing the electronic element wafer module into a plurality of electronic element modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Ida, Eiichi Hirata
  • Patent number: 8390004
    Abstract: A light-emitting structure includes a p-doped region for injecting holes and an n-doped region for injecting electrons. At least one InGaN quantum well of a first type and at least one InGaN quantum well of a second type are arranged between the n-doped region and the p-doped region. The InGaN quantum well of the second type has a higher indium content than the InGaN quantum well of the first type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Adrian Stefan Avramescu, Hans-Juergen Lugauer, Matthias Peter, Stephan Miller
  • Patent number: 8389313
    Abstract: The present invention provides a deposition method of a multilayered structure composed of a III group nitride compound semiconductor having good crystallinity on a substrate. The multilayered structure comprises at least a buffer layer and an underlying layer from the substrate side, and the buffer layer and the underlying layer are formed by a sputtering method. A deposition temperature of the buffer layer is adjusted to a temperature lower than a deposition temperature of the underlying layer, or the thickness of the buffer layer is adjusted to 5 nm to 500 nm. Furthermore, the multilayered structure comprises at least an underlying layer and a light-emissive layer from the substrate side and the underlying layer is formed by a sputtering method, and the method comprises the step of forming the light-emissive layer by a metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD method).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisayuki Miki, Kenzo Hanawa, Yasumasa Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8384098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an AC light emitting diode. An object of the present invention is to provide an AC light emitting diode wherein various designs for enhancement of the intensity of light, prevention of flickering of light or the like become possible, while coming out of a unified method of always using only one metal wire with respect to one electrode when electrodes of adjacent light emitting cells are connected through metal wires. To this end, the present invention provides an AC light emitting diode comprising a substrate; bonding pads positioned on the substrate; a plurality of light emitting cells arranged in a matrix form on the substrate; and a wiring means electrically connecting the bonding pads and the plurality of light emitting cells, wherein the wiring means includes a plurality of metal wires connecting an electrode of one of the light emitting cells with electrodes of other electrodes adjacent to the one of the light emitting cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Seoul Opto Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8384094
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a first conductive type semiconductor layer, a second conductive type semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the first conductive type semiconductor layer and the second conductive type semiconductor layer; and a plurality of polarizers, wherein a distance between a polarizer and an adjacent polarizer along a first direction is different from the polarizer and an adjacent polarizer in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sun Kyung Kim
  • Patent number: 8384221
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, and a semiconductor thin film bonded to the substrate, wherein the semiconductor thin film includes a plurality of discrete operating regions and an element isolating region which isolates the plurality of discrete operating regions, and the element isolating region is etched to a shallower depth than a thickness of the semiconductor thin film, and is a thinner region than the plurality of discrete operating regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventors: Takahito Suzuki, Hiroyuki Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8378359
    Abstract: Provided are a light emitting device and a method of fabricating the same. The light emitting device comprises a first conductive type substrate, first to fourth metal electrodes, and a light emitting diode. The first conductive type substrate comprises P-N junction first to fourth diodes. The first metal electrode is connected to the first diode and the fourth diode. The second metal electrode is connected to the third diode and the second diode. The third metal electrode is connected to the first diode and the third diode. The fourth metal electrode is connected to the second diode and the fourth diode. The light emitting diode is electrically connected to the third metal electrode and the fourth metal electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae Cheon Han
  • Patent number: 8378361
    Abstract: A light-emitter includes a first electrode and a layered body over the first electrode. The layered body includes a charge injection layer and a light-emitting layer. A bank defines a position of the light-emitting layer of the layered body, and a second electrode is over the layered body. The charge injection layer is formed by oxidation of an upper portion of a metal. The first electrode includes a metal layer that is a lower portion of the metal. An inner portion of the charge injection layer is depressed to define a recess. A portion of the bank is on an outer portion of the charge injection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Takeuchi, Seiji Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 8372673
    Abstract: An embodiment of this invention discloses a method of separating two material systems, which comprises steps of providing a bulk sapphire; forming a nitride system on the bulk sapphire; forming at least two channels between the bulk sapphire and the nitride system; etching at least one inner surface of the channel; and separating the bulk sapphire and the nitride system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Ya-Ju Lee, Ta-Cheng Hsu, Min-Hsun Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8368100
    Abstract: Light emitting diodes include a diode region having first and second opposing faces that include therein an n-type layer and a p-type layer, an anode contact that ohmically contacts the p-type layer and extends on the first face, and a cathode contact that ohmically contacts the n-type layer and also extends on the first face. The anode contact and/or the cathode contact may further provide a hybrid reflective structure on the first face that is configured to reflect substantially all light that emerges from the first face back into the first face. Related fabrication methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Donofrio, James Ibbetson, Zhimin Jamie Yao
  • Patent number: 8362496
    Abstract: An optical module package unit includes a light-emitting chip and a light sensor chip respectively installed in a light-emitting zone and a light-sensing zone on a substrate, a lid of plastic shell integrally formed on the substrate and defining therein a first cavity and a second cavity around the light-emitting chip and the light sensor chip respectively, and two packaging adhesive structures respectively molded in the first cavity and the second cavity to encapsulate the light-emitting chip and the light sensor chip respectively. As the light-emitting chip and the light sensor chip are integrally packaged on the substrate, the packaging cost of the optical module is significantly lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Lingsen Precision Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Te Tu, Chao-Wei Yu
  • Publication number: 20130020588
    Abstract: A light-emitting device having a through-hole cavity is disclosed. The optical device may contain a plurality of conductors, a light source die, a body and a transparent encapsulant material. The body may have a top surface and a bottom surface. A cavity is formed within the body extending from the bottom surface to the top surface and defining therein a bottom opening and a top opening, respectively. Optionally, the light-emitting device may comprise a lens. During manufacturing process, liquid or semi-liquid form transparent material is injected from the bottom surface into the cavity, encapsulating the light source die and forming a lens. The shape of the lens is defined by a mold aligned to the top opening of the body. In yet another embodiment, optical devices having a cavity or multiple cavities are disclosed. The optical devices may include a proximity sensor, an opto-coupler, an encoder and other similar sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD
    Inventors: Lig Yi Yong, Yean Chon Yaw
  • Patent number: 8357943
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a first conductive type semiconductor layer, a second conductive type semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the first conductive type semiconductor layer and the second conductive type semiconductor layer; and a plurality of polarizers, wherein a distance between a polarizer and an adjacent polarizer along a first direction is different from the polarizer and an adjacent polarizer in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sun Kyung Kim
  • Publication number: 20130009173
    Abstract: An electronic package includes a substrate wafer having front and rear faces and a through passage having a front window and a blind cavity communicating laterally with the front window. A receiving integrated circuit chip is mounted on the rear face and includes an optical sensor situated opposite the blind cavity. A transparent encapsulant extends above the optical sensor and at least partially fills the through passage. An emitting integrated circuit chip, embedded in the transparent encapsulant, includes an optical emitter of luminous radiation. The emitting integrated circuit chip may be mounted to the front face or within the through passage to the receiving integrated circuit chip. The substrate wafer may further include a second through passage. The receiving integrated circuit chip further includes a second optical sensor situated opposite the second through passage. A cover plate is mounted to the front face at the second through passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS
    Inventors: Julien Vittu, Romain Coffy
  • Patent number: 8350280
    Abstract: An exemplary light emitting diode includes a light emitting diode chip, two optical wavelength converting layers, and an encapsulant layer. The light emitting diode chip has an light emitting surface. The light emitting diode chip is used to emit a monochromatic light from the light emitting surface. The light emitting surface includes a first region, a second region, and a third region. The two optical wavelength converting layers covers the first and the third regions of the light emitting surface. The two optical wavelength converting layers are configured for converting the monochromatic light received from the light emitting diode chip and emitting light with a converted wavelength from the light emitting diode. The encapsulant layer covers the second region of the light emitting surface for directing light therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Lai, Wen-Jang Jiang
  • Patent number: 8344397
    Abstract: A solid state light sheet and method of fabricating the sheet are disclosed. In one embodiment, bare LED chips have top and bottom electrodes, where the bottom electrode is a large reflective electrode. The bottom electrodes of an array of LEDs (e.g., 500 LEDs) are bonded to an array of electrodes formed on a flexible bottom substrate. Conductive traces are formed on the bottom substrate connected to the electrodes. A transparent top substrate is then formed over the bottom substrate. Various ways to connect the LEDs in series are described along with many embodiments. In one method, the top substrate contains a conductor pattern that connects to LED electrodes and conductors on the bottom substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Quarkstar LLC
    Inventors: Louis Lerman, Allan Brent York, Michael David Henry, Robert Steele, Brian D. Ogonowsky
  • Patent number: 8344411
    Abstract: A light emitting diode package includes a mount, a plurality of LED chips, and a first and a second sealants made of different materials. The mount has an accommodation space and at least one partition member to divide the accommodation space into a plurality of separate cavities. The LED chips are placed in the cavities, and emitting beams of the LED chips exiting through the cavities include a first emission with a first wavelength band and a second emission with a second wavelength band, and the second wavelength band is different to the first one. The first and the second sealants are respectively used for sealing at least one of the LED chips placed in at least one of the cavities through which the first or the second emission exits. The first and the second sealants are separate from each other by the partition member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Young Lighting Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Jen Chou, Sheng-Min Wang, Chiao-Chih Yang
  • Publication number: 20120326170
    Abstract: Optocoupler packages and methods of making the same. An exemplary package comprises a substrate having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a body of electrically insulating material disposed between the first and second surfaces; a first optoelectronic device embedded in the body of electrically insulating material of the substrate and disposed between the substrate's first and second surfaces, the first optoelectronic device having a first conductive region and a second conductive region; a second optoelectronic device embedded in the body of electrically insulating material of the substrate and disposed between the substrate's first and second surfaces and optically coupled to the first optoelectronic device, the second optoelectronic device having a first conductive region and a second conductive region; and a plurality of electrical traces disposed on one or both surfaces of the substrate and electrically coupled to the conductive regions of the optoelectronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Yong Liu, Qiuxiao Qian
  • Patent number: 8338840
    Abstract: A solid state light sheet and method of fabricating the sheet are disclosed. In one embodiment, bare LED chips have top and bottom electrodes, where the bottom electrode is a large reflective electrode. The bottom electrodes of an array of LEDs (e.g., 500 LEDs) are bonded to an array of electrodes formed on a flexible bottom substrate. Conductive traces are formed on the bottom substrate connected to the electrodes. A transparent top substrate is then formed over the bottom substrate. Various ways to connect the LEDs in series are described along with many embodiments. In one method, the top substrate contains a conductor pattern that connects to LED electrodes and conductors on the bottom substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Quarkstar LLC
    Inventors: Louis Lerman, Allan Brent York, Michael David Henry, Robert Steele, Brian D. Ogonowsky
  • Patent number: 8338842
    Abstract: A solid state light sheet and method of fabricating the sheet are disclosed. In one embodiment, bare LED chips have top and bottom electrodes, where the bottom electrode is a large reflective electrode. The bottom electrodes of an array of LEDs (e.g., 500 LEDs) are bonded to an array of electrodes formed on a flexible bottom substrate. Conductive traces are formed on the bottom substrate connected to the electrodes. A transparent top substrate is then formed over the bottom substrate. Various ways to connect the LEDs in series are described along with many embodiments. In one method, the top substrate contains a conductor pattern that connects to LED electrodes and conductors on the bottom substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Quarkstar LLC
    Inventors: Louis Lerman, Allan Brent York, Michael David Henry, Robert Steele, Brian D. Ogonowsky
  • Patent number: 8338836
    Abstract: An AC light emitting device, in which a plurality of light emitting cells formed on a substrate are flip-bonded to a submount to be driven under an AC power source is disclosed. The light emitting device comprises a first serial array of light emitting cells, and a second serial array of light emitting cells, wherein the second serial array is connected in reverse parallel to the first serial array. Meanwhile, bonding patterns are formed on a submount substrate, and the light emitting cells of the first and second serial arrays are flip-bonded to the bonding patterns. Further, node connecting patterns are formed on the submount substrate, and connect the bonding patterns such that nodes corresponding to each other provided in the first and second serial arrays are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Seoul Opto Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keon Young Lee, Dae Sung Kal
  • Patent number: 8338841
    Abstract: A solid state light sheet and method of fabricating the sheet are disclosed. In one embodiment, bare LED chips have top and bottom electrodes, where the bottom electrode is a large reflective electrode. The bottom electrodes of an array of LEDs (e.g., 500 LEDs) are bonded to an array of electrodes formed on a flexible bottom substrate. Conductive traces are formed on the bottom substrate connected to the electrodes. A transparent top substrate is then formed over the bottom substrate. Various ways to connect the LEDs in series are described along with many embodiments. In one method, the top substrate contains a conductor pattern that connects to LED electrodes and conductors on the bottom substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Quarkstar LLC
    Inventors: Louis Lerman, Allan Brent York, Michael David Henry, Robert Steele, Brian D. Ogonowsky
  • Patent number: 8338839
    Abstract: A solid state light sheet and method of fabricating the sheet are disclosed. In one embodiment, bare LED chips have top and bottom electrodes, where the bottom electrode is a large reflective electrode. The bottom electrodes of an array of LEDs (e.g., 500 LEDs) are bonded to an array of electrodes formed on a flexible bottom substrate. Conductive traces are formed on the bottom substrate connected to the electrodes. A transparent top substrate is then formed over the bottom substrate. Various ways to connect the LEDs in series are described along with many embodiments. In one method, the top substrate contains a conductor pattern that connects to LED electrodes and conductors on the bottom substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Quarkstar LLC
    Inventors: Louis Lerman, Allan Brent York, Michael David Henry, Robert Steele, Brian D. Ogonowsky
  • Patent number: 8330171
    Abstract: A single optical receiver having a photo-detector with a wide optical bandwidth and high efficiency within the wide optical bandwidth, the photo-detector comprising: a first diode region of first doping type for receiving light; a second diode region of second doping type and of second thickness; an active region for converting the received light to an electronic signal, the active region having a third thickness and configured to reside between the first diode region and the second diode region; and a reflector coupled to the second diode region and having a silicon layer with a fourth thickness, the silicon layer residing between silicon oxide layers of fifth thicknesses, wherein the active region is configured to absorb the light of wavelengths of less than 900 nm, and wherein the reflector is configured to reflect the light of wavelengths from a range of 1260 nm to 1380 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Olufemi I. Dosunmu, Ansheng Liu
  • Patent number: 8330178
    Abstract: A light emitted diode (LED) package structure and an LED package process are provided. The LED package structure comprises a carrier, a spacer, at least one LED chip, a junction coating, a plurality of phosphor particles, and an encapsulant. The spacer is disposed on the carrier and provided with a reflective layer covering a top surface of the spacer. The LED chip is disposed on the reflective layer and electrically connected to the carrier. The junction coating is disposed over the spacer and covers the LED chip. The phosphor particles are distributed within the junction coating. The encapsulant is disposed on the carrier and encapsulates the LED chip, the spacer and the junction coating. Uniform light output and high illuminating efficiency can be obtained by the phosphor particles uniformly distributed in the junction coating. The junction coating is formed by package level dispensing process to reduce the fabrication cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunsoo Jeong, Seongoo Lee, Ryungshik Park, Hyunil Lee
  • Patent number: 8324642
    Abstract: Exemplary systems and methods for LED light engines include an LED package with electrical leads, each lead forming a compliant portion for making electrical and mechanical connection upon insertion into a receptacle of a circuit substrate. In an illustrative example, the electrical and mechanical connections may be formed upon the insertion of the compliant portion into the receptacle and without further process steps involving solder. Various examples may further include an elongated thermal dissipation member extending from a bottom of a package that contains the LED, where the elongated thermal member (e.g., tab) may be in substantial thermal communication with the LED die. As an example, the tab may provide a substantially reduced thermal impedance for dissipating heat from the LED die. Upon insertion into a circuit substrate, the LED package may be releasable by mechanical extraction without applied heat to facilitate repair or replacement, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Once Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Zdenko Grajcar
  • Patent number: 8319230
    Abstract: An optoelectronics chip-to-chip interconnects system is provided, including at least one packaged chip to be connected on the printed-circuit-board with at least one other packaged chip, optical-electrical (O-E) conversion mean, waveguide-board, and (PCB). Single to multiple chips interconnects can be interconnected provided using the technique disclosed in this invention. The packaged chip includes semiconductor die and its package based on the ball-grid array or chip-scale-package. The O-E board includes the optoelectronics components and multiple electrical contacts on both sides of the O-E substrate. The waveguide board includes the electrical conductor transferring the signal from O-E board to PCB and the flex optical waveguide easily stackable onto the PCB to guide optical signal from one chip-to-other chip. Alternatively, the electrode can be directly connected to the PCB instead of including in the waveguide board. The chip-to-chip interconnections system is pin-free and compatible with the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Banpil Photonics, Inc.
    Inventor: Achyut Kumar Dutta
  • Patent number: 8319114
    Abstract: A dual footprint mounting package for a surface mount power converter modules and its method of manufacture. Castellated regions are formed on the edge of the component package using the appropriate sized drill or milling bit. Edge plating is applied to the castellated surfaces to create edge pads. The edge plating provides electrical continuity between the edge pads and the SMT pads. Solder mask, or other materials, is applied to prevent solder from wicking between each SMT pad and its respective edge pad. Such component may be attached to a larger device PWB using either the edge pads or the SMT pads, or may even be attached using a combination of the two, such as in the event of a pad failure or other defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Densel Lambda K.K.
    Inventors: Sun-Wen Cyrus Cheng, Paulette Lemond, Carl Milton Wildrick
  • Patent number: 8314422
    Abstract: A light emitting device is provided. The light emitting device includes a light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer, a first dielectric layer over a cavity where a part of the light emitting structure is removed, a second electrode layer over the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer over the light emitting structure above the cavity, and a first electrode over the second dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Min Hwang
  • Publication number: 20120286296
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention pertain to a method and apparatus for sensing infrared (IR) radiation. In a specific embodiment, a night vision device can be fabricated by depositing a few layers of organic thin films. Embodiments of the subject device can operate at voltages in the range of 10-15 Volts and have lower manufacturing costs compared to conventional night vision devices. Embodiments of the device can incorporate an organic phototransistor in series with an organic light emitting device. In a specific embodiment, all electrodes are transparent to infrared light. An IR sensing layer can be incorporated with an OLED to provide IR-to-visible color up-conversion. Improved dark current characteristics can be achieved by incorporating a poor hole transport layer material as part of the IR sensing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC., UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC.
    Inventors: Franky So, Do Young Kim
  • Patent number: 8309433
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical sensor includes the steps of providing a semiconductor wafer having a plurality of pixel areas; forming a grid-like rib enclosing each pixel area on the semiconductor wafer, the grid-like rib having a predetermined width and being formed from a fixing member; providing a light-transmissive substrate having a gap portion on a main surface thereof, the gap portion having at least one of a groove having a width smaller than the grid-like rib and a plurality of through-holes; fixing the semiconductor wafer and the light-transmissive substrate such that the grid-like rib and the gap portion face each other; and cutting the fixed semiconductor wafer and light-transmissive substrate into pieces such that each piece includes one pixel area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Matsuki, Takanori Suzuki, Koji Tsuduki, Shin Hasegawa, Tadashi Kosaka, Akiya Nakayama
  • Patent number: 8309975
    Abstract: In a semiconductor light emitting device, in which a light emitting layer is formed on one surface of a conductive substrate, and an n-type electrode and a p-type electrode are formed on the same side as the light emitting layer, there has been the problem that, if larger electric power is applied, heat is generated near the n-side electrode to reduce luminous efficiency. The n-side electrode has a predetermined length at a corner portion or along an edge of the substrate to disperse a current flowing from the n-side electrode into the substrate, thereby avoiding heat generation near the n-side electrode. In this type of semiconductor light emitting element, the existence of the n-side electrode reduces a light emitting area. Therefore, the length of the n-side electrode preferably ranges from 20% to 50% of the entire peripheral length of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Hori, Hidenori Kamei, Syuusaku Maeda
  • Patent number: 8283678
    Abstract: An optical module can reliably provide monitor light and can facilitate manufacturing by reducing the number of lens surfaces. Based on a surface shape of each first lens surface (14), the relationship in length between the optical path length of the second optical path and the optical path length of the first optical path after reflecting/transmission surface (17) and whether or not second lens surfaces are formed in second surface (4b) based on this relationship in length, the spot diameter of light of each light emitting element (7) to be coupled to the end surface of each optical fiber (3) is made narrower than a spot diameter of monitor light to be coupled to each light receiving element (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventor: Shimpei Morioka
  • Patent number: 8278669
    Abstract: In a light emitting device and a fabricating method thereof are provide, wherein the light emitting device includes a light converting element, and a light emitting element positioned on the light converting element and including a first electrode, a light emitting structure and a second electrode, the first electrode formed on the light emitting element and having a first opening, the light emitting structure having a first conductive pattern of a first conductivity type, a light emitting pattern, and a second conductive pattern of a second conductivity type, which are sequentially stacked, and the second electrode formed on the second conductive pattern, wherein the light generated from the light emitting structure reaches the light converting element through the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8278668
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a vertical-type luminous device and high through-put methods of manufacturing the luminous device. These luminous devices can be utilized in a variety of luminous packages, which can be placed in luminous systems. The luminous devices are designed to maximize light emitting efficiency and/or thermal dissipation. Other improvements include an embedded zener diode to protect against harmful reverse bias voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: YuSik Kim
  • Patent number: 8269310
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a storage capacitor having increased aperture ratio: providing a substrate having a metal layer disposed thereon, and said metal layer is covered correspondingly with a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer in sequence; forming a photoresist layer with a uniform thickness to cover said second dielectric layer; performing a process of exposure-to-light and development to a portion of said photoresist layer that is correspondingly disposed over said metal layer sequentially, so that its thickness is less than its original thickness; removing said photoresist layer and etching said portion of said second dielectric layer, so that a thickness of said portion of said second dielectric layer is less than its original thickness, and the etching depth of said portion is greater than that of the other remaining portions of said second dielectric layer; and forming an electrode layer on said second dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Century Display (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chiu-Chuan Chen
  • Patent number: 8269225
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a lighting device which can suppress luminance nonuniformity in a light emitting region when the lighting device has large area. A layer including a light emitting material is formed between a first electrode and a second electrode, and a third electrode is formed to connect to the first electrode through an opening formed in the second electrode and the layer including a light emitting material. An effect of voltage drop due to relatively high resistivity of the first electrode can be reduced by electrically connecting the third electrode to the first electrode through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Arai
  • Patent number: 8258537
    Abstract: Provided is a technique of effectively extracting the beams of light excited in an LED light emitter other than the light beams emitted from a light-emitting region in the direction of a light-extraction surface. A pit with a tapered sidewall is formed in a substrate. A thin-film semiconductor element is attached to the pit. Light beams emitted from a side surface of the thin-film semiconductor element are reflected by the sidewall of the thin-film semiconductor element. Achieved thereby is effective extraction of light beams other than the light beams emitted from the light-emitting region in the direction of the light-extraction surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Igari, Tomohiko Sagimori, Mitsuhiko Ogihara, Takahito Suzuki, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Hironori Furuta, Yusuke Nakai
  • Patent number: 8258632
    Abstract: An improved photoconductive switch having a SiC or other wide band gap substrate material with opposing contoured profile cavities which have a contoured profile selected from one of Rogowski, Bruce, Chang, Harrison, and Ernst profiles, and two electrodes with matching contoured-profile convex interface surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: James S. Sullivan, Steven A. Hawkins
  • Patent number: 8242518
    Abstract: A solid state light sheet and method of fabricating the sheet are disclosed. In one embodiment, bare LED chips have top and bottom electrodes, where the bottom electrode is a large reflective electrode. The bottom electrodes of an array of LEDs (e.g., 500 LEDs) are bonded to an array of electrodes formed on a flexible bottom substrate. Conductive traces are formed on the bottom substrate connected to the electrodes. A transparent top substrate is then formed over the bottom substrate. Various ways to connect the LEDs in series are described along with many embodiments. In one method, the top substrate contains a conductor pattern that connects to LED electrodes and conductors on the bottom substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Quarkstar LLC
    Inventors: Louis Lerman, Allan Brent York, Michael David Henry, Robert Steele, Brian D. Ogonowsky
  • Patent number: 8237175
    Abstract: A semiconductor sensor, solar cell or emitter, or a precursor therefor, has a substrate and one or more textured semiconductor layers deposited onto the substrate. The textured layers enhance light extraction or absorption. Texturing in the region of multiple quantum wells greatly enhances internal quantum efficiency if the semiconductor is polar and the quantum wells are grown along the polar direction. Electroluminescence of LEDs of the invention is dichromatic, and results in variable color LEDs, including white LEDs, without the use of phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: The Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Theodore D. Moustakas, Jasper S. Cabalu
  • Patent number: 8232123
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device and a manufacturing method thereof, including a first signal line and a second signal line intersecting each other on an insulating substrate, a switching thin film transistor connected to the first signal line and the second signal line, a driving thin film transistor connected to the switching thin film transistor, and a light emitting diode (“LD”) connected to the driving thin film transistor. The driving thin film transistor includes a driving control electrode and a driving semiconductor overlapping the driving control electrode, crystallized silicon having a doped region and a non-doped region, a driving gate insulating layer disposed between the driving control electrode and the driving semiconductor, and a driving input electrode and a driving output electrode opposite to each other on the driving semiconductor, wherein the interface between the driving gate insulating layer and the driving semiconductor includes nitrogen gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyu-Sik Cho, Byoung-Seong Jeong, Joon-Hoo Choi, Jong-Moo Huh