With Housing Or Contact Structure Patents (Class 257/99)
  • Patent number: 10460997
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an isolation structure, and a spacer. The semiconductor substrate includes at least one fin structure. The isolation structure is partly disposed in the fin structure and partly disposed above the fin structure. The fin structure includes a first fin and a second fin elongated in the same direction. A part of the isolation structure is disposed between the first fin and the second fin in the direction where the first fin and the second fin are elongated. The spacer is disposed on sidewalls of the isolation structure on the fin structure. The isolation structure in the present invention is partly disposed in the fin structure and partly disposed above the fin structure. The negative influence of a gate structure formed on the isolation structure and sinking into the isolation structure on the isolation performance of the isolation structure may be avoided accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: En-Chiuan Liou, Yu-Cheng Tung, Chih-Wei Yang
  • Patent number: 10455779
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein includes a method for operating lighting fixtures in horticultural applications. The method may include receiving a user input of a desired irradiance for a first color channel of one or more lighting fixtures that irradiates a plant bed, in which each of the one or more lighting fixtures comprises at least one light emitting diode (LED) array, determining, for each of the one or more lighting fixtures, a PWM setting of the first color channel such that each of the one or more lighting fixtures irradiate the plant bed at the desired irradiance based on calibration data stored in each of the one or more lighting fixtures, and applying, to each of the one or more lighting fixtures, the determined PWM setting of the first color channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: David Hamby, Richard Speer, John Selverian, Alan Sarkisian, Rodrigo Pereyra
  • Patent number: 10461233
    Abstract: A light emitting device package of an embodiment including a first lead frame; a light emitting device mounted on the first lead frame; a second lead frame spaced apart from the first lead frame in a first direction; a protective device mounted on the second lead frame; and a body coupled to the first and second lead frames, wherein the first lead frame includes a first stepped portion disposed along an edge of a lower surface thereof, and the second lead frame includes a third stepped portion disposed along an edge of a lower surface thereof, a mounting region of the protective device which is not overlapped in a vertical direction and spaced apart from the third stepped portion, and a second wire recess portion which is partially overlapped with the third stepped portion in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Yu, Kyung Ho Kang, Nae Sang Yun, Meen Soo Choe
  • Patent number: 10461234
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metal-base substrate includes: preparing a film substrate by forming a wiring layer on a first surface of the film substrate; and sticking a metal plate on a second surface of the film substrate opposite from the first surface, with an adhesive layer being interposed between the metal plate and the film substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Masaaki Katsumata, Yohei Inayoshi, Yosuke Nakayama, Yumiko Kameshima
  • Patent number: 10453825
    Abstract: Light emitting diode (LED) components and related methods are disclosed. LED components include a submount, at least one LED chip on a first surface of the submount, and a non-reflective, light permeable structure or dam. The light permeable dam can provide a component having a viewing angle that is greater than 115°. A method of providing an LED component includes providing a non-metallic submount, attaching at least one LED chip to a first surface of the submount, and dispensing a non-reflective, light permeable dam over the first surface of the submount about the at least one LED chip thereby providing a component having a viewing angle that is greater than 115°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Colin Reiherzer, Colin Kelly Blakely, Arthur Fong-Yuen Pun, Troy Anthony Trottier
  • Patent number: 10454005
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a light emitting diode (UVLED), the UVLED including a semiconductor structure with an active layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region. The active layer emits UV radiation. The UVLED is disposed on a mount. A transparent encapsulant is disposed over the UVLED. The transparent encapsulant has an angled sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: RayVio Corporation
    Inventors: Faisal Sudradjat, Saijin Liu, Douglas A. Collins
  • Patent number: 10446627
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic light emitting display device can include providing a source electrode, a drain electrode and a signal pad on a substrate; providing a passivation layer on the source electrode, the drain electrode and the signal pad, providing a planarization layer on the passivation layer; providing a anode electrode connected with the source electrode or drain electrode, and providing an auxiliary electrode spaced apart from the anode electrode; providing a contact hole for exposing the signal pad by removing a predetermined portion of the passivation layer; providing a bank on one side and the other side of the anode electrode and one side and the other side of the auxiliary electrode; providing an organic emitting layer on the anode electrode; and providing a cathode electrode connected with the auxiliary electrode and provided on the organic emitting layer, in which the signal pad includes a lower signal pad, a central signal pad and an upper signal pad, and the central signal pad is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jonghyeok Im, SeJune Kim, Joonsuk Lee, SoJung Lee, Jin-Hee Jang, JaeSung Lee
  • Patent number: 10446730
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. The light emitting device includes a body, a first electrode installed in the body and a second electrode separated from the first electrode, a light emitting chip formed on one of the first and second electrodes, and electrically connected to the first and second electrodes, and a protective cap projecting between the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae Joon Yoon
  • Patent number: 10438897
    Abstract: A flexible multilayer construction (100) for mounting a light emitting semiconductor device (200) (LESD), includes a flexible dielectric substrate (110) having an LESD mounting region (120), first and second electrically conductive pads (130, 140) disposed in the LESD mounting region for electrically connecting to corresponding first and second electrically conductive terminals of an LESD (200) received in the LESD mounting region, and a first fiducial alignment mark (150) for an accurate placement of an LESD in the LESD mounting region. The first fiducial alignment mark is disposed within the LESD mounting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Siang Sin Foo, Hiromitsu Kosugi, Alejandro Aldrin A. Narag, II, Ravi Palaniswamy
  • Patent number: 10431604
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a main display portion, edge portions disposed at edges of the main display portion and including rounded corners, first side portions bent from the edge portions, and second side portions bent from the main display portion; scan lines and data lines that are disposed on the substrate; transistors connected to the scan lines and the data lines; and a data voltage transmission line connected to data lines that are disposed in the first side portions and the edge portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Hwan Cho, Jong Hyun Choi, Kyung-Hoon Kim, Dong Hwan Shim, Seon Young Choi
  • Patent number: 10431634
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes a base material including a recessed portion on a surface side, a reflective layer disposed at least on a surface of the recessed portion, a filling layer having optical transparency, the filling layer being disposed in the recessed portion through the reflective layer, a first electrode having optical transparency, the first electrode being disposed at least on an upper-layer side of the filling layer, an organic layer including at least a light emitting layer, the organic layer being disposed on an upper-layer side of the first electrode, and a second electrode having optical transparency and light reflectivity, the second electrode being disposed on an upper-layer side of the organic layer. The filling layer includes at least one type of phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Uchida, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Yoshiyuki Isomura, Masanori Ohara, Satoshi Inoue, Eiji Koike, Yuto Tsukamoto, Asae Ito
  • Patent number: 10431725
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a package forming a recess, having a first lead and a second lead arranged on a bottom surface of the recess and a resin section on a lateralwall of the recess to fix the leads, and being in a substantially rectangular shape surrounded by upper sides of the lateralwalls of the recess; a light emitting element arranged on the first lead and being in a parallelogram shape; a second wire electrically connecting the light emitting element to the second lead; and reflective members covering inner surfaces of the lateralwalls on a diagonal line at corners in the recess, wherein one side of the light emitting element adjacent to the second lead is substantially in parallel to one side of the first lead or the second lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Hayashi, Tomohisa Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 10431768
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a substrate defining an emission area and a non-emission area; an insulating layer on the substrate and having at least two grooves being defined at a portion of the insulating layer corresponding to the non-emission area; a first electrode on the insulating layer at a portion of the insulating layer corresponding to the emission area; an auxiliary electrode on the insulating layer and spaced apart from the first electrode, the auxiliary electrode being on at least a portion of the insulating layer having the at least two grooves; a bank pattern on portions of the first and auxiliary electrodes; a barrier on the auxiliary electrode and separated from the bank pattern, the barrier being formed of a same material as the bank pattern; an organic light-emitting layer on the first electrode; and a second electrode on the organic light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: KangJu Lee, Sookang Kim, Wonhoe Koo, Hyunsoo Lim, Mingeun Choi, Yonghoon Choi
  • Patent number: 10424522
    Abstract: A case and a semiconductor device including the case are provided for solving the following issues: when fixing a lid body to a case body by an adhesive, a process of attaching the lid body to the case body by applying the adhesive and curing the adhesive by heating is necessary, which requires much labor; also, when fixing the lid body to the case body by an engaging claw, it still requires much labor due to forming the engaging claw. The case includes a first member and a second member that is engaged with the first member to form an accommodation space inside the case, and the first member has a protruding portion extending from the first member side toward the second member side and having an end portion crushed from the opposite side of the first member to fix the second member to the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Rikihiro Maruyama
  • Patent number: 10426006
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes at least one first carrier with at least two light emitting diodes, wherein the diodes have electrical connections, the electrical connections are led to contact areas, and the contact areas are arranged on an underside of the first carrier; and a second carrier, wherein further contact areas are arranged on a top side of the second carrier, the first carrier bears by the underside on the top side of the second carrier and fixedly connects to the second carrier, and an electronic circuit for open-loop and/or closed-loop control of the power supply of the diodes is integrated in the second carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Nagel, Stefan Illek
  • Patent number: 10424700
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a LED lamp source and the manufacturing method and the backlight module thereof. The LED lamp source includes a substrate and a LED chip, fluorescent adhesive, and a white reflective layer being fixed on the substrate. The fluorescent adhesive encapsulates the LED chip on the substrate, and the white reflective layer is configured for reflecting light beams emitted from the fluorescent adhesive and being radiated on the white reflective layer. A positive projection of the fluorescent adhesive on the substrate is within the positive projection of the white reflective layer on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yong Fan, Yu-chun Hsiao, Sheng-Jer Chang Chien
  • Patent number: 10424500
    Abstract: A method of transferring a semiconductor light emitting device, and which includes positioning a transfer head having a head electrode facing a semiconductor light emitting device having an undoped semiconductor layer, the semiconductor light emitting device arranged on a carrier substrate; moving the head electrode of the transfer head close to the undoped semiconductor layer of the semiconductor light emitting device; applying a voltage to the head electrode to provide an attachment force to the undoped semiconductor layer by an electrostatic force; and picking-up the semiconductor light emitting device and transferring the semiconductor light emitting device to base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Younghak Chang, Jina Jeon
  • Patent number: 10424693
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting element includes a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, a second semiconductor layer, a first conducting layer, a second conducting layer, and an insulating layer. The insulating layer is disposed at least on or above the upper surface of the second conducting layer. Holes are opened at given intervals through the second semiconductor layer to expose the first semiconductor layer at bottom surfaces of the holes. In each of the holes, the insulating layer covers from a side-wall surface of each of the holes to a first region provided on or above the upper surface of the second conducting layer around a top of each of the holes. The first conducting layer covers from the bottom surface of each of the holes to a second region provided over the second conducting layer and the insulating layer around the top of each of the holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunsuke Minato
  • Patent number: 10415769
    Abstract: A method for adapting an LED lamp tube to a fluorescent lamp tube holder, an LED lamp tube holder and an illumination device. The LED lamp tube holder comprises an adaptation bracket and a lamp tube holding clip which is connected to the adaptation bracket. The lamp tube holding clip has a circular-arc cylindrical holding surface, thereby being clamped to the outer wall of a light transmission tube of the LED lamp tube. A cylindrical pin which axially extends from the LED lamp tube holder along the light transmission tube is arranged on the adaptation bracket. The shape of the pin is the same as that of an electrically-conductive pin of the fluorescent lamp tube, thereby enabling the LED lamp tube holder to be arranged in the fluorescent lamp tube holder. The LED lamp tube can be arranged on the basis of the original LED lamp tube holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN XINGRISHENG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peixing Deng, Xiuqi Li
  • Patent number: 10418523
    Abstract: A light-emitting device in an embodiment includes a substrate, a light-emitting structure which is disposed on the substrate and includes a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer, first and second electrodes which are respectively connected to the first and second conductive semiconductor layers, first and second bonding pads respectively connected to the first and second electrodes, and an insulating layer disposed between the first bonding pad and the second electrode, and between the second bonding pad and the first electrode. The first thickness of the first electrode may be ? or less of the second thickness of the insulating layer disposed between the second bonding pad and the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Youl Lee, Hoe Jun Kim, Sung Ho Jung
  • Patent number: 10418526
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a resin package including: a plurality of leads that includes: a first lead having an upper surface, and a second lead having an upper surface, and a resin body that includes: a first resin portion, a second resin portion, a third resin portion disposed between the first lead and the second lead, and a resin connection portion, the plurality of leads and the at least one inner lateral wall surface of the first resin portion defining a recess, the second resin portion surrounding an element mounting region, and the resin connection portion connecting the first resin portion and the second resin portion at the bottom of the recess; at least one light emitting element disposed on the element mounting region; and a light-reflective member disposed between the inner lateral wall surface and the second resin portion in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryoji Naka
  • Patent number: 10411169
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a resin package including: a first lead including: at least one notch extending from an upper surface of the first lead to a lower surface of the first lead, a first groove formed in the upper surface of the first lead, and at least one second groove connecting the first groove with the at least one notch, and a second lead, and a resin body including: a first resin portion, a second resin portion, a part of the second resin portion being disposed in the first groove, a third resin portion disposed between the first lead and the second lead, and a first resin connecting portion connecting the first resin portion with the second resin portion, at least a part of the first resin connecting portion being disposed in the at least one second groove; a light emitting element; and a light reflecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Isono, Kensuke Maehara, Kazuya Matsuda, Takaaki Kato
  • Patent number: 10411210
    Abstract: A display panel and method of manufacture are described. In an embodiment, a display substrate includes a pixel area and a non-pixel area. An array of subpixels and corresponding array of bottom electrodes are in the pixel area. An array of micro LED devices are bonded to the array of bottom electrodes. One or more top electrode layers are formed in electrical contact with the array of micro LED devices. In one embodiment a redundant pair of micro LED devices are bonded to the array of bottom electrodes. In one embodiment, the array of micro LED devices are imaged to detect irregularities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Bibl, Kapil V. Sakariya, Charles R. Griggs, James Michael Perkins
  • Patent number: 10403850
    Abstract: Provided are an encapsulation film, a product for encapsulating an organic electronic device (OED) using the same, and a method of encapsulating an OED. The encapsulation film may effectively block moisture or oxygen permeating into the OED from an external environment, provide high reliability due to increases in a lifespan and durability of the OED, and minimize align errors in a process of attaching the film to a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Jee Yoo, Seung Min Lee, Hyun Suk Kim, Suk Ky Chang, Jung Ok Moon
  • Patent number: 10403849
    Abstract: The present application provides a flexible display panel and a flexible display device containing the flexible display panel. The flexible display panel includes: a flexible substrate, a light-emitting element layer located on a side of the flexible substrate, a packaging layer located on a side of the light-emitting element layer away from the flexible substrate, and a conduction adhering layer located on a side of the flexible substrate away from the packaging layer; the conduction adhering layer being an adhesive layer having electrical conductivity, the conduction adhering layer being connected with an external potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yingteng Zhai
  • Patent number: 10396259
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting semiconductor component and a method for producing a plurality of semiconductor components are disclosed. In an embodiment the component includes a semiconductor chip comprising a semiconductor layer sequence, a front side and a rear side opposite the front side, and a molded body molded on to the semiconductor chip at least in some places. The component further includes a thermal connector located on a rear side of the semiconductor component, wherein the rear side of the semiconductor component is opposite the front side of the semiconductor chip, wherein the thermal connector extends to the rear side of the semiconductor chip, wherein at least one electrical connection surface is located on the front side of the semiconductor chip, and wherein the at least one electrical connection surface is electrically-conductively connected to an electrical contact surface of the semiconductor component via a contact path running on the molded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Sperl, Frank Singer, Jürgen Moosburger
  • Patent number: 10396243
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a rectangular shape with a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, and a third side connecting the first side and the second side; a light-emitting stack, comprising a lower semiconductor layer, an upper semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the lower semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer; a first electrode formed on the lower semiconductor layer, comprising a first electrode pad and a first extension electrode; a second electrode formed on the upper semiconductor layer, comprising a second electrode pad and a second extension electrode; and a first current blocking layer formed between the lower semiconductor layer and the first electrode pad, wherein the first current blocking layer comprises a top surface and side surfaces; wherein the first electrode pad covers the top surface and the side surfaces of the first current blocking layer and contacts the lower semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Kai Chung, Po-Shun Chiu, Hsin-Ying Wang, De-Shan Kuo, Tsun-Kai Ko, Yu-Ting Huang
  • Patent number: 10393712
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an aggregation circuit and a calibration circuit. The aggregation circuit is structured to interpret fuel data indicative of a fuel composition of a fuel provided by a fuel source from a plurality of gas quality sensors. Each gas quality sensor is associated with an individual engine system. Each engine system is positioned at a respective geographic location. The calibration circuit is structured to compare the fuel data received from each of the plurality of gas quality sensors that are located within a geographic area, determine a gas quality sensor miscalibration value for the plurality of gas quality sensors within the geographic area based on the fuel data received from each of the plurality of gas quality sensors within the geographic area, and remotely calibrate a miscalibrated gas quality sensor based on the gas quality sensor miscalibration value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventor: Shu Li
  • Patent number: 10388824
    Abstract: An n-side flattening electrode and a p-side flattening electrode are formed apart from each other on a predetermined region on an insulating film. Recesses are formed according to the level difference due to holes on the surfaces of the n-side flattening electrode and the p-side flattening electrode. Subsequently, the surfaces of the n-side flattening electrode and the p-side flattening electrode are ground until the surfaces become flat. After removal of oxide film, an n-side junction electrode and a p-side junction electrode are formed on the n-side flattening electrode and the p-side flattening electrode, respectively. Since the surfaces of the n-side flattening electrode and the p-side flattening electrode are flattened, the surfaces of the n-side junction electrode and the p-side junction electrode become flat so that the thickness is uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shingo Totani
  • Patent number: 10388840
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. The light emitting device includes a body, a first electrode installed in the body and a second electrode separated from the first electrode, a light emitting chip formed on one of the first and second electrodes, and electrically connected to the first and second electrodes, and a protective cap projecting between the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae Joon Yoon
  • Patent number: 10381535
    Abstract: High-voltage solid-state transducer (SST) devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. An SST device in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology includes a carrier substrate, a first terminal, a second terminal and a plurality of SST dies connected in series between the first and second terminals. The individual SST dies can include a transducer structure having a p-n junction, a first contact and a second contact. The transducer structure forms a boundary between a first region and a second region with the carrier substrate being in the first region. The first and second terminals can be configured to receive an output voltage and each SST die can have a forward junction voltage less than the output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Martin F. Schubert
  • Patent number: 10381294
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a carrier, a leadframe, a package body and a plurality of electronic components. The carrier has an open top surface, a closed bottom surface and sidewalls extending between the closed bottom surface and the open top surface. The carrier has a circular cavity in its open top surface extending toward the closed bottom surface. The carrier includes a leadframe including a die pad and a plurality of leads. The leads are physically isolated from the die pad by at least one gap. The package body partially encapsulates the leadframe such that a portion of an upper surface of the die pad and a portion of each of the leads are exposed from the package body. The exposed portions of the leads are arranged radially along the die pad. The electronic components are disposed on the die pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Hsun-Wei Chan
  • Patent number: 10381533
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical semiconductor device having an optical semiconductor mounting element including a recess. On an inner side face of the recess is a thermosetting resin composition for light reflection, which, after curing, can realize high reflectance in a range of visible light to near ultraviolet light, has excellent heat deterioration resistance and tablet moldability, and is less likely to cause burrs during transfer molding, and a process for producing the resin composition, and an optical semiconductor element mounting substrate and an optical semiconductor device using the resin composition. The heat curable resin composition for light reflection comprises a heat curable component and a white pigment and is characterized in that the length of burrs caused upon transfer molding under conditions of molding temperature of 100° C. to 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hayato Kotani, Naoyuki Urasaki, Kanako Yuasa, Akira Nagai, Mitsuyoshi Hamada
  • Patent number: 10371345
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) module for a light fixture includes a substrate with an upper surface and a lower surface. Various pressure multiplying pads are integrally connected to the lower surface, and each pressure multiplying pad extends away from the lower surface. LEDs are attached to the upper surface, along with a set of conductive lines so that each conductive line electrically connects a corresponding LED to a power inputs. Each of the pressure multiplying pads may be positioned opposite a corresponding LED. A flexible lens cover may cover the upper surface and the LEDs, while leaving the lower surface and pressure multiplying pads exposed so that the pads can contact a heat sink of the light fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Christopher D. Nolan, Joseph R. Casper, Walten Peter Owens, Joseph J. Witkowski
  • Patent number: 10374002
    Abstract: A layered structure includes a thyristor and a light-emitting element. The thyristor at least includes four layers. The four layers are an anode layer, a first gate layer, a second gate layer, and a cathode layer arranged in this order. The light-emitting element is disposed such that the light-emitting element and the thyristor are connected in series. The thyristor includes a semiconductor layer having a bandgap energy smaller than bandgap energies of the four layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10371357
    Abstract: An electronic component may include e.g. a solid-state light radiation source, preferably a LED light radiation source, is provided with electrical contact pads for soldering onto a mounting board. The electrical contact pads are arranged over a soldering area having a central portion and a peripheral portion surrounding said central portion. The electrical contact pads include at least one first electrical contact pad arranged at central portion of the soldering area, and at least one second electrical contact pad arranged at peripheral portion of the soldering area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Franco Zanon, Alessio Griffoni
  • Patent number: 10366945
    Abstract: A lead frame includes at least one row of a plurality of unit regions arranged in a first direction. Each of the unit regions includes: a first lead; a second lead; and an isolation region configured to isolate the first lead from the second lead, the isolation region including a bent portion that is located at an end part of the second lead. The first lead has an extending portion extending along the end part of the second lead. The plurality of unit regions includes a first unit region, and a second unit region that is adjacent to the first unit region in the first direction. The first lead of the first unit region is connected to the first lead or second lead of the second unit region via the extending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 10359183
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure are related to systems and methods for lighting fixtures. More particularly, embodiments disclose lighting fixtures utilizing metal core PCB (MCPCB) for thermal, mechanical, and/or optical controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Fluence Bioengineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Dung Duong
  • Patent number: 10361352
    Abstract: A present invention includes at least two light cups and a composite material base. The composite material base comprises a first surface, a second surface and a third surface adjacent to the first surface, and a fourth surface opposite to the first surface. The at least two light cups are formed on the first surface. At least two first metal plates and at least two second metal plates having different polarities and corresponding to the quantity of the light cups are provided on the second surface. One ends of the at least two first and second metal plates individually pass through the composite material base and extend into the light cup to form two electrode contacts, and the other ends of the at least two first metal plates extend to the fourth surface to form an exposed heat dissipation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Excellence Opto, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun-Der Wu, Tzeng-Guang Tsai, Kuo-Shu Tseng, Chih-Chiang Chang
  • Patent number: 10359181
    Abstract: An electrode pattern (13) formed on a ceramics layer (2) in a substrate for a light emitting device (circuit board (320)) of the present invention includes a first metal layer (5), a second metal layer (7), and an electrode terminal unit (10), and the thickness of a part at which the electrode terminal unit (10) is not formed in the electrode pattern (13) is at least equal to or greater than 35 ?m. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress heat resistance to be low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Konishi, Shin Itoh, Hiroshi Yamashita, Ippei Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Nokubo, Yoshiaki Itakura
  • Patent number: 10355184
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode package comprising: a substrate having one or more first pads, one or more second pads, a first terminal, and a second terminal, which are all formed on the upper surface; a plurality of light-emitting diode chips loaded on the one or more first pads and electrically connected to the first pad and the second pad; and a reflector coupled to an upper part of the substrate and having an opening part through which the plurality of light-emitting diode chips is exposed, wherein the first pad is formed as one body with the substrate, and the first terminal or the second terminal are connected to an external power source and formed to have a predetermined height at the upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Yong Park, In Kyu Park, Yeo Jin Yoon
  • Patent number: 10355186
    Abstract: A flexible lighting element is provided, comprising: a first substrate; first and second conductive elements over the first substrate; a light-emitting element having first and second contacts that are both on a first surface of the light-emitting element, the first and second contacts being electrically connected to the first and second conductive elements, respectively, and the light-emitting element emitting light from a second surface opposite the first surface; a transparent layer located adjacent to the second surface; and a transparent affixing layer located between the first substrate and the transparent layer, wherein the transparent layer and the transparent affixing layer are both sufficiently transparent to visible light that they will not decrease light transmittance below 70%, and the first and second conductive layers are at least partially transparent to visible light, or are 300 ?m or smaller in width, or are concealed by a design feature from a viewing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Grote Industries, LLC
    Inventors: William L. Corwin, Donald Lee Gramlich, Jr., Scott J. Jones, Martin J. Marx, Cesar Perez-Bolivar, George M. Richardson, II, James E. Roberts
  • Patent number: 10347570
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a carrier, a leadframe, a package body and a plurality of electronic components. The carrier has an open top surface, a closed bottom surface and sidewalls extending between the closed bottom surface and the open top surface. The carrier has a circular cavity in its open top surface extending toward the closed bottom surface. The carrier includes a leadframe including a die pad and a plurality of leads. The leads are physically isolated from the die pad by at least one gap. The package body partially encapsulates the leadframe such that a portion of an upper surface of the die pad and a portion of each of the leads are exposed from the package body. The exposed portions of the leads are arranged radially along the die pad. The electronic components are disposed on the die pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC. KAOHSIUNG
    Inventor: Hsun-Wei Chan
  • Patent number: 10347554
    Abstract: An electronic component which comprises an electrically conductive carrier, an electronic chip on the carrier, an encapsulant encapsulating at least part of at least one of the carrier and the electronic chip, and a functional structure covering a surface portion of the encapsulant, wherein at least part of the covered surface portion of the encapsulant is spatially selectively roughened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Norbert Joson Santos, Edward Fuergut, Sanjay Kumar Murugan
  • Patent number: 10347797
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a mounting board, a light emitting element, first and second light reflecting members, a light transmissive member and a sealing member. The first light reflecting member surrounds a lateral surface of the light emitting element while a top surface of the light emitting element is exposed from the first light reflecting member. The second light reflecting member surrounds an outer periphery of the light emitting element in a plan view. The second light reflecting member is in contact with the first light reflecting member with at least a part of the second light reflecting member being positioned higher than the first light reflecting member. The light transmissive member is disposed inside the second light reflecting member. The light transmissive member includes a wavelength conversion substance. The sealing member covers the first and second light reflecting members and the light transmissive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Oka, Hiroto Tamaki
  • Patent number: 10340419
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes first and second electrodes spaced apart from each other on a substrate, at least one bar-type LED having a first end on the first electrode and a second end on the second electrode, and an insulative support body between the substrate and the bar-type LED. The at least one bar-type LED has a length greater than a width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Hyun Kim, Jong Hyuk Kang, Joo Yeol Lee, Hyun Deok Im, Chi O Cho, Hyun Min Cho
  • Patent number: 10340432
    Abstract: A light emitting device is provided that includes an integral heat dissipation element. This heat dissipation element is included in the leadframe that is used to facilitate fabrication of the light emitting device, to provide a single common substrate that forms both the heat dissipation element and the conductive elements for coupling the light emitting device to external sources of power. The heat dissipation element may extend beyond the protective structure that surrounds the light emitting element to facilitate heat dissipation to the surrounding medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Axel Mehnert, Dusan Golubovic, Marcus Franciscus Donker, Hendrik Jan Eggink, Rene Van Honschooten, Theodoor Cornelis Treurniet
  • Patent number: 10333038
    Abstract: In an LED module, modes to solve such a problem that a loss in the output of light discharged into the atmosphere occurs are embodied. Specifically, in an LED module in which an LED chip is sealed with a sealing resin, a surface of the sealing resin is covered with a thin film, the thin film is made of a material having a smaller linear expansion coefficient than the sealing resin, and an irregular surface is provided on a surface of the thin film such that light from the LED chip is multiply reflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: TORAY ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Fujimoto, Masamichi Yamashita, Masaki Mori, Yutaka Oka
  • Patent number: 10333025
    Abstract: An ultraviolet light emitting device including a first conductivity-type AlGaN semiconductor layer; an active layer disposed on the first conductivity-type AlGaN semiconductor layer and having an AlGaN semiconductor; a second conductivity-type AlGaN semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer and having an upper surface divided into a first region and a second region; second conductivity-type nitride patterns disposed on the first region of the second conductivity-type AlGaN semiconductor layer and having an energy band gap that is smaller than an energy band gap of the second conductivity-type AlGaN semiconductor layer; a transparent electrode layer covering the second conductivity-type nitride patterns and the second region of the second conductivity-type AlGaN semiconductor layer; a light-transmissive dielectric layer disposed on the transparent electrode layer between the second conductivity-type nitride patterns; and a metal electrode disposed on the transparent electrode layer overlying the second
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Hwan Park, Mi Hyun Kim, Joo Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 10326102
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus includes a substrate, a thin film encapsulation layer, a plurality of spacers, and at least one layer of a blocking dam in the non-display region. The substrate includes a display region having a plurality of pixels and a non-display region adjacent to the display region. The thin film encapsulation layer is over the substrate. The spacers are between the substrate and the thin film encapsulation layer and are arranged around a pixel region. A different arrangement of spacers are in a center region and an edge region of the display region. The different arrangement may correspond to at least one of a size and a number of the spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sungun Park