Device Being Superluminescent Diode (epo) Patents (Class 257/E33.054)
  • Patent number: 10511140
    Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device comprises: a substrate; and multiple radiation emitting regions arranged on the substrate, and comprising: a first radiation emitting region capable of emitting coherent light and emits a coherent light when driven by a first current; a second radiation emitting region capable of emitting coherent light and emits an incoherent light when driven by the first current, wherein each of the first radiation emitting region and the second emitting region comprises epitaxial structure comprising a first DBR stack, a light-emitting structure, and a second DBR stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tzu-Chieh Hsu, Yi-Wen Huang, Yi-Hung Lin, Chih-Chiang Lu
  • Patent number: 10403784
    Abstract: A light emitting device, particularly a super luminescent diode, includes an active layer provided between upper and lower electrodes for injecting electric current into the active layer. The active layer functions as an optical waveguide and has first and second edge faces for emitting light. The device further includes first and second light receiving sections for receiving light emitted from the first and second edge faces respectively and generating first and second pieces of optical information respectively and a control section for controlling the current injection amount into the active layer from the upper electrode according to the first and second pieces of optical information. The optical output and the spectral shape of the device can be easily, accurately and reliably controlled in a short period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takako Suga
  • Patent number: 8969883
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a light device and a fabrication method thereof. An object of the present invention is to provide the light device and the fabrication method thereof an electric/thermal/structural stability is obtained, and a P-type electrode and an N-type electrode can be simultaneously formed. In order to achieve the above object, the inventive light device includes: a GaN-based layer; a high concentration GaN-based layer formed on the GaN-based layer; a first metal-Ga compound layer formed on the high concentration GaN-based layer; a first metal layer formed on the first metal-Ga compound layer; a third metal-Al compound layer formed on the first metal layer; and a conductive oxidation preventive layer formed on the third metal-Al compound layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Ho Choo, Ja Soon Jang
  • Patent number: 8896000
    Abstract: A light-emitting element package includes plural substrates and plural light-emitting elements disposed on each of the substrates. The light-emitting elements are arranged on each substrate so that an arrangement of the light-emitting elements on each substrate becomes same in an arrangement state in which the substrates are arranged with a regular pitch along a first direction and a second direction which are directions perpendicular to the substrate. The light-emitting elements are arranged on each substrate so that a pitch of the light-emitting elements on each substrate is equal to a pitch of the light-emitting elements between the neighboring substrates in the arrangement state of the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi Yagi
  • Patent number: 8878208
    Abstract: An illuminating device that may include a substrate; a first light emitting chip which is disposed on the substrate; a second light emitting chip which is spaced apart from the first light emitting chip and is disposed on the substrate; a first lens which includes a first cylindrical side having a height greater than the thickness of the first light emitting chip and includes a first spherical or hemispherical curved surface formed on the first side, and which surrounds the first light emitting chip; and a second lens which includes a second cylindrical side having a height greater than the thickness of the second light emitting chip and includes a second spherical or hemispherical curved surface formed on the second side, and which surrounds the second light emitting chip, wherein at least a portion of the first side contacts with at least a portion of the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Kim, Eun Hwa Kim
  • Patent number: 8735879
    Abstract: The invention provides an organic light-emitting diode which includes at least two electroluminescent layers (ELR, ELB), both of which are fluorescent or phosphorescent and emit at different wavelengths, as well as a hole- and electron-conducting buffer layer (T) arranged between the electroluminescent layers. The buffer layer is a bi-layer having an electron-transport layer (T2) and a hole-transport layer (T1), each one of the hole- and electron-transport layers being made of one or more materials in which the HOMO level(s) are comprised between or equal to the HOMO levels of the electroluminescent layers, and in which the LUMO levels are between or equal to the LUMO levels of said electroluminescent layers, with a tolerance of 0.3 eV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: David Vaufrey, Frédéric Sermet
  • Patent number: 8735928
    Abstract: A method of producing a surface-mountable semiconductor component including providing an auxiliary carrier made with a plastics material; applying at least one insert and at least one optoelectronic component to a mounting surface of the auxiliary carrier; enclosing the optoelectronic component and the insert in a common molding, wherein the molding covers the optoelectronic component and the insert form-fittingly at least in places, the optoelectronic component and the insert are not in direct contact with one another, and the optoelectronic component and the insert are connected together mechanically by the molding; removing the auxiliary carrier; and producing individual surface-mountable semiconductor components by severing the molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Jäger, Michael Zitzlsperger, Markus Pindl
  • Patent number: 8686571
    Abstract: A structure comprises a first semiconductor substrate, a first bonding layer deposited on a bonding side the first semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor substrate stacked on top of the first semiconductor substrate and a second bonding layer deposited on a bonding side of the second semiconductor substrate, wherein the first bonding layer is of a horizontal length greater than a horizontal length of the second semiconductor substrate, and wherein there is a gap between an edge of the second bonding layer and a corresponding edge of the second semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsin-Ting Huang, Jung-Huei Peng, Shang-Ying Tsai, Li-Min Hung, Yao-Te Huang, Yi-Chuan Teng, Chin-Yi Cho
  • Patent number: 8680585
    Abstract: There is provided a light emitting diode package and a method of manufacturing the same. A light emitting diode package according to an aspect of the invention may include: an LED chip; a body part having the LED chip mounted thereon; a pair of reflective parts extending from the body part to face each other while interposing the LED chip therebetween, and reflecting light emitted from the LED chip; and a molding part provided between the pair of reflective parts to encapsulate the LED chip and having a top surface whose central region is curved inwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Sam Park, Hun Joo Hahm
  • Patent number: 8669575
    Abstract: In a light emitting module 40, light wavelength conversion ceramic 58 converts the wavelength of the light emitted by a semiconductor light emitting element 52. The light wavelength conversion ceramic 58 is made so transparent that the light wavelength conversion ceramic 58 has 40 percent or more of the total light transmittance of the light with a wavelength within the conversion wavelength range. A reflective film 60 is provided on the surface of the light wavelength conversion ceramic 58 and narrows down the emission area of the light that has transmitted the light wavelength conversion ceramic 58 to an area smaller than the light emitting area of the semiconductor light emitting element 52. In the case, the reflective film 60 guides the light such that the light is emitted in the direction approximately parallel to the light emitting surface of the light emitting element 52.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisayoshi Daicho, Yasuaki Tsutsumi, Takaaki Komatsu, Shogo Sugimori, Yuji Higashi
  • Patent number: 8659005
    Abstract: A light emitting device comprising a staggered composition quantum well (QW) has a step-function-like profile in the QW, which provides higher radiative efficiency and optical gain by providing improved electron-hole wavefunction overlap. The staggered QW includes adjacent layers having distinctly different compositions. The staggered QW has adjacent layers Xn wherein X is a quantum well component and in one quantum well layer n is a material composition selected for emission at a first target light regime, and in at least one other quantum well layer n is a distinctly different composition for emission at a different target light regime. X may be an In-content layer and the multiple Xn-containing a step function In-content profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Lehigh University
    Inventors: Nelson Tansu, Ronald A. Arif, Yik Khoon Ee, Hongping Zhao
  • Patent number: 8624274
    Abstract: A method for forming a pixel of an LED light source is provided. The method includes: forming a first layer on a first substrate; forming a second layer and a first light-emitting active layer on the first layer; forming a first intermediate layer on the second layer; forming a third layer on a second substrate; forming a fourth layer and a second light-emitting active layer on the third layer; placing the third layer, the fourth layer, and the second light-emitting active layer on the first intermediate layer, wherein the first light-emitting active layer and the second light-emitting active layer emit different colors of light. A method for forming a plurality of light-emitting diode pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Han-Tsung Hsueh, Hsi-Hsuan Yen, Wen-Yung Yeh, Mu-Tao Chu
  • Patent number: 8587011
    Abstract: A light-emitting device which emits light omnidirectionally is provided. A light-emitting device according to the present invention includes: a package which is translucent; an LED provided in a recess in the package; and a sealing member for sealing the LED and packaging the recess; and the recess includes a bottom surface on which the LED is mounted and a side surface surrounding a bottom surface, and light emitted by the LED is transmitted inside the package through the bottom surface and the side surface of the recess and is emitted to outside of the package from the back surface and the side surface of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tsugihiro Matsuda, Nobuyoshi Takeuchi, Hideo Nagai, Takaari Uemoto, Masahiro Miki, Atsushi Motoya
  • Patent number: 8581252
    Abstract: An active device array substrate comprising a substrate, a pixel array, a partition configuration and an alignment material layer is provided. The substrate has an alignment region and a predetermined sealing region. The predetermined sealing region surrounds the alignment region. The pixel array is disposed on the substrate within the alignment region. The partition configuration is disposed on the substrate between the predetermined sealing region and the alignment region. The alignment material layer is disposed within the alignment region and covers the pixel array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan-Hung Tung, Yi-Wei Lee
  • Patent number: 8581279
    Abstract: In a luminescence diode chip having a radiation exit area (1) and a contact structure (2, 3, 4) which is arranged on the radiation exit area (1) and comprises a bonding pad (4) and a plurality of contact webs (2, 3) which are provided for current expansion and are electrically conductively connected to the bonding pad (4), the bonding pad (4) is arranged in an edge region of the radiation exit area (1). The luminescence diode chip has reduced absorption of the emitted radiation (23) in the contact structure (2, 3, 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Baur, Volker Härle, Berthold Hahn, Andreas Weimar, Raimund Oberschmid, Ewald Karl Michael Guenther, Franz Eberhard, Markus Richter, Jörg Strauss
  • Patent number: 8541790
    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: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Arai
  • Patent number: 8525193
    Abstract: A layered structure for use with a high power light emitting diode system comprises an electrically insulating intermediate layer interconnecting a top layer and a bottom layer. The top layer, the intermediate layer, and the bottom layer form an at least semi-flexible elongate member having a longitudinal axis and a plurality of positions spaced along the longitudinal axis. The at least semi-flexible elongate member is bendable laterally proximate the plurality of positions spaced along the longitudinal axis to a radius of at least 6 inches, twistable relative to its longitudinal axis up to 10 degrees per inch, and bendable to conform to localized heat sink surface flatness variations having a radius of at least 1 inch. The top layer is pre-populated with electrical components for high wattage, the electrical components including at least one high wattage light emitting diode at least 1.0 Watt per 0.8 inch squared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Metrospec Technology LLC
    Inventors: Wm. Todd Crandell, Anthony Mitchell Johnson, Tony Stephen Schweitzer, H. Vic Holec
  • Patent number: 8487337
    Abstract: A light emitting diode is disclosed. The diode includes a package support and a semiconductor chip on the package support, with the chip including an active region that emits light in the visible portion of the spectrum. Metal contacts are in electrical communication with the chip on the package. A substantially transparent encapsulant covers the chip in the package. A phosphor in the encapsulant emits a frequency in the visible spectrum different from the frequency emitted by the chip and in response to the wavelength emitted by the chip. A display element is also disclosed that combines the light emitting diode and a planar display element. The combination includes a substantially planar display element with the light emitting diode positioned on the perimeter of the display element and with the package support directing the output of the diode substantially parallel to the plane of the display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher P. Hussell, Michael J. Bergmann, Brian T. Collins, David T. Emerson
  • Patent number: 8445936
    Abstract: An integrally formed high-efficient multi-layer light-emitting device is provided, which includes a heat dissipation seat, a plurality of light-emitting dies, and a lead frame. The heat dissipation seat includes a chamber having an accommodating space, and a groove having two inclined inner sidewalls is formed around the periphery of a bottom of the chamber, The groove is very fine so that only very small amounts of the phosphor and silicone are used for filling the groove and covering the light-emitting dies, and thereby the material cost and the manufacturing cost are greatly reduced. The light can be reflected out of the chamber so that the brightness and the evenness of the light output will be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Gem Weltronics TWN Corporation
    Inventors: Jon-Fwu Hwu, Yung-Fu Wu, Kui-Chiang Liu
  • Patent number: 8405028
    Abstract: Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a method and apparatus for infrared (IR) detection. Organic layers can be utilized to produce a phototransistor for the detection of IR radiation. The wavelength range of the IR detector can be modified by incorporating materials sensitive to photons of different wavelengths. Quantum dots of materials sensitive to photons of different wavelengths than the host organic material of the absorbing layer of the phototransistor can be incorporated into the absorbing layer so as to enhance the absorption of photons having wavelengths associated with the material of the quantum dots. A photoconductor structure can be used instead of a phototransistor. The photoconductor can incorporate PbSe or PbS quantum dots. The photoconductor can incorporate organic materials and part of an OLED structure. A detected IR image can be displayed to a user. Organic materials can be used to create an organic light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Franky So
  • Patent number: 8390022
    Abstract: A light emitting diode is disclosed. The diode includes a package support and a semiconductor chip on the package support, with the chip including an active region that emits light in the visible portion of the spectrum. Metal contacts are in electrical communication with the chip on the package. A substantially transparent encapsulant covers the chip in the package. A phosphor in the encapsulant emits a frequency in the visible spectrum different from the frequency emitted by the chip and in response to the wavelength emitted by the chip. A display element is also disclosed that combines the light emitting diode and a planar display element. The combination includes a substantially planar display element with the light emitting diode positioned on the perimeter of the display element and with the package support directing the output of the diode substantially parallel to the plane of the display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher P. Hussell, Michael J. Bergmann, Brian T. Collins, David T. Emerson
  • Publication number: 20130048995
    Abstract: A highly reliable light-emitting module including an organic EL element or a light-emitting device using a highly reliable light-emitting module including an organic EL element is provided. Alternatively, a method of manufacturing a highly reliable light-emitting module including an organic EL element, or a method of manufacturing a light-emitting device using a highly reliable light-emitting module including an organic EL element is provided. The light-emitting module has a structure in which a light-emitting element formed over a first substrate and a viscous material layer are sealed in a space between the first substrate and a second substrate which face each other, with a sealing material surrounding the light-emitting element. The viscous material layer is provided between the light-emitting element and the second substrate and includes a non-solid material and a drying agent which reacts with or adsorbs an impurity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kaoru Hatano, Satoshi Seo, Akihiro Chida
  • 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: 8368109
    Abstract: An (Al,Ga,In)N-based light emitting diode (LED), comprising a p-type surface of the LED bonded with a transparent submount material to increase light extraction at the p-type surface, wherein the LED is a substrateless membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Kenji Iso, Hirokuni Asamizu, Makoto Saito, Hitoshi Sato, Steven P. DenBaars, Shuji Nakamura
  • 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: 20120292640
    Abstract: A solid state energy conversion device and method of making is disclosed for converting energy between electromagnetic and electrical energy. The solid state energy conversion device comprises a wide bandgap semiconductor material having a first doped region. A thermal energy beam is directed onto the first doped region of the wide bandgap semiconductor material in the presence of a doping gas for converting a portion of the first doped region into a second doped region in the wide bandgap semiconductor material. In one embodiment, the solid state energy conversion device operates as a light emitting device. In another embodiment, the solid state energy conversion device operates as a photovoltaic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Nathaniel R. Quick, Aravinda Kar
  • Patent number: 8304728
    Abstract: Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a method and apparatus for infrared (IR) detection. Organic layers can be utilized to produce a phototransistor for the detection of IR radiation. The wavelength range of the IR detector can be modified by incorporating materials sensitive to photons of different wavelengths. Quantum dots of materials sensitive to photons of different wavelengths than the host organic material of the absorbing layer of the phototransistor can be incorporated into the absorbing layer so as to enhance the absorption of photons having wavelengths associated with the material of the quantum dots. A photoconductor structure can be used instead of a phototransistor. The photoconductor can incorporate PbSe or PbS quantum dots. The photoconductor can incorporate organic materials and part of an OLED structure. A detected IR image can be displayed to a user. Organic materials can be used to create an organic light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Franky So
  • 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: 8269317
    Abstract: Compounds comprising a ligand having a quinoline or isoquinoline moiety and a phenyl moiety, e.g., (iso)pq ligands. In particular, the ligand is further substituted with electron donating groups. The compounds may be used in organic light emitting devices, particularly devices with emission in the deep red part of the visible spectrum, to provide devices having improved properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Bert Alleyne, Raymond Kwong
  • Publication number: 20120229774
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a first layer that generates light by injection current and forms a waveguide for the light, and an electrode that injects the current into the first layer, wherein the waveguide has a first region, a second region, and a third region, the first region and the second region connect at a first reflection part, the first region and the third region connect at a second reflection part, the second region and the third region extend to an output surface, a longitudinal direction of the first region is parallel to the output surface, and a first light output from the second region at the output surface and a second light output from the third region at the output surface are output in parallel to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masamitsu MOCHIZUKI
  • Patent number: 8263971
    Abstract: The OLED display device includes a first stack and a second stack that are separated from each other between an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, with a charge generation layer sandwiched between the first stack and the second stack, each of the first stack and the second stack having an emission layer. The first stack includes a blue emission layer formed between the anode electrode and the CGL. The second stack includes a fluorescent green emission layer and a phosphorescent red emission layer formed between the cathode electrode and the CGL. The blue emission layer includes one of a fluorescent blue emission layer and a phosphorescent blue emission layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Hoon Pieh
  • Patent number: 8154127
    Abstract: An optical device includes a first electrode of a first conductivity type, and a second electrode of a second conductivity type. A nanowire is positioned between the first and second electrodes. The nanowire has at least two segments and a junction region formed between the at least two segments. One of the segments is the first conductivity type and the other of the segments is the second conductivity type. At least one of the at least two segments has a predetermined characteristic that affects optical behavior of the junction region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Theodore I. Kamins, Alexandre M. Bratkovski, Shashank Sharma
  • Patent number: 8143629
    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: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Arai
  • Patent number: 8143631
    Abstract: A layered structure for use with a high power light emitting diode system comprises an electrically insulating intermediate layer interconnecting a top layer and a bottom layer. The top layer, the intermediate layer, and the bottom layer form an at least semi-flexible elongate member having a longitudinal axis and a plurality of positions spaced along the longitudinal axis. The at least semi-flexible elongate member is bendable laterally proximate the plurality of positions spaced along the longitudinal axis to a radius of at least 6 inches, twistable relative to its longitudinal axis up to 10 degrees per inch, and bendable to conform to localized heat sink surface flatness variations having a radius of at least 1 inch. The top layer is pre-populated with electrical components for high wattage, the electrical components including at least one high wattage light emitting diode at least 1.0 Watt per 0.8 inch squared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Metrospec Technology LLC
    Inventors: Wm. Todd Crandell, Anthony Mitchell Johnson, Tony Stephen Schweitzer, H. Vic Holec
  • Patent number: 8124991
    Abstract: An (Al,Ga,In)N-based light emitting diode (LED), comprising a p-type surface of the LED bonded with a transparent submount material to increase light extraction at the p-type surface, wherein the LED is a substrateless membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Kenji Iso, Hirokuni Asamizu, Makoto Saito, Hitoshi Sato, Steven P. DenBaars, Shuji Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8076676
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light-emitting element including an electron-transporting layer and a hole-transporting layer between a first electrode and a second electrode; and a first layer and a second layer between the electron-transporting layer and the hole-transporting layer, wherein the first layer includes a first organic compound and an organic compound having a hole-transporting property, the second layer includes a second organic compound and an organic compound having an electron-transporting property, the first layer is formed in contact with the first electrode side of the second layer, the first organic compound and the second organic compound are the same compound, and a voltage is applied to the first electrode and the second electrode, so that both of the first organic compound and the second organic compound emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuharu Ohsawa
  • Publication number: 20110298006
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device includes a nitride semiconductor layer including a first cladding layer, an active layer, and a second cladding layer, and a current blocking layer configured to selectively inject a current into the active layer. The second cladding layer has a stripe-shaped ridge portion. The current blocking layer is formed in regions on both sides of the ridge portion, and is made of zinc oxide having a crystalline structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HAGINO, Hiroshi OHNO, Kazuhiko YAMANAKA, Nobuaki NAGAO, Takahiro HAMADA
  • Patent number: 8022421
    Abstract: A method for forming a pixel of an LED light source is provided. The method includes following steps: forming a first layer on a substrate; forming a second layer and a first light-emitting active layer on the first layer; exposing a portion of an upper surface of the first layer; forming a third layer on the substrate; forming a fourth layer and a second light-emitting active layer on the third layer; exposing a portion of an upper surface of the third layer; and forming a first electrode on the exposed upper surface of the first layer, a second electrode on a portion of an upper surface of the second layer, a third electrode on the exposed upper surface of the third layer, and a fourth electrode a portion of an upper surface of the fourth layer. The first light-emitting active layer and the second light-emitting active layer emit different colors of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Institute
    Inventors: Han-Tsung Hsueh, Hsi-Hsuan Yen, Wen-Yung Yeh, Mu-Tao Chu
  • Patent number: 8022389
    Abstract: In accordance with the invention, a light source for display and/or illumination is provided, the light source comprising a heterostructure including semiconductor layers, the heterostructure forming a waveguide between a first end and a second end, the heterostructure comprising a plurality of layers and comprising an optically active zone formed by the plurality of layers, the optically active zone capable of emitting light guided by said waveguide, at least two different radiative transitions being excitable in the optically active an electrical current between a p-side electrode and an n-side electrode, transition energies of said at least two different radiative transitions corresponding to wavelengths in the visible part of the optical spectrum, the light source further comprising means for preventing reflections of light from the waveguide by at least one of said first and second end back into the waveguide, thereby causing the light source to comprise a superluminescent light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Exalos AG
    Inventors: Lorenzo Occhi, Valerio Laino, Christian Velez
  • Patent number: 8017968
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode chip package body with an excellent heat dissipation performance and a low manufacturing cost, and a packaging method of the same are disclosed. A LED chip package body is provided, the LED chip package body comprising: a LED chip having an electrode-side surface and at least two electrodes mounted on said electrode-side surface; an electrode-side insulating layer formed on said electrode-side surface of said LED chip and formed with a plurality of through-holes registered with corresponding said electrodes; a highly heat-dissipating layer formed in each of said through-holes of said insulating layer on said electrode-side surface; and a highly heat-conducting metal layer formed on said highly heat-dissipating layer in each of said through-holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Inventor: Yu-Nung Shen
  • Patent number: 7960198
    Abstract: A wide bandgap semiconductor device with surge current protection and a method of making the device are described. The device comprises a low doped n-type region formed by plasma etching through the first epitaxial layer grown on a heavily doped n-type substrate and a plurality of heavily doped p-type regions formed by plasma etching through the second epitaxial layer grown on the first epitaxial layer. Ohmic contacts are formed on p-type regions and on the backside of the n-type substrate. Schottky contacts are formed on the top surface of the n-type region. At normal operating conditions, the current in the device flows through the Schottky contacts. The device, however, is capable of withstanding extremely high current densities due to conductivity modulation caused by minority carrier injection from p-type regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Semisouth Laboratories
    Inventors: Igor Sankin, Joseph Neil Merrett
  • Patent number: 7939837
    Abstract: A modular light emitting diode (LED) mounting configuration is provided including a light source module having a plurality of pre-packaged LEDs arranged in a serial array. The module is connected to a heat dissipating plate configured to mount to an electrical junction box. Thus, heat from the LEDs is conducted to the heat dissipating plate and to the junction box. A sensor is configured to detect environmental parameters and a driver is configured to illuminate the LEDs in response to the environmental parameters, thereby selectively configuring the LEDs to function in a wide variety of useful applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Permlight Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Manuel Lynch, Leonard Fraitag
  • Patent number: 7863068
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) includes a p-n junction containing luminescent activator ions. The visible emission from the activator ions preferably complementing the band edge emission of the LED in order to produce an overall white emission from the LED. In a preferred embodiment, the LED has double heterojunction structure having a semiconductor active layer between two confinement layers. The semiconductor active layer includes activator ions preferably selected from among Eu3+, Tb3+, Dy3+, Pr3+, Tm3+, and Mn2+. The electron-hole pairs trapped within the active layer sensitize the activator ions, causing the activator ions to emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventor: Kailash C. Mishra
  • Patent number: 7859001
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting apparatus can include a housing filled with a wavelength conversion material-containing resin material which seals a semiconductor light emitting device inside the recess of the housing. A transparent resin material can be charged on the wavelength conversion material-containing resin material, and can be configured to prevent the resin materials from being detached from each other or from other portions, such as a housing. Furthermore, such a semiconductor light emitting apparatus can emit light with less color unevenness. The housing can include a first recessed portion and a second recessed portion. The second recessed portion can have a larger diameter than the first recessed portion so as to form a stepped area at the boundary therebetween. The first recessed portion is filled with the wavelength conversion material-containing resin material as a first resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wakako Niino, Masami Kumei, Toshimi Kamikawa, Takashi Ebisutani
  • Patent number: 7781796
    Abstract: A nitride semiconductor laser element includes a substrate and a nitride semiconductor layer in which a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer are laminated in this order on the substrate. At least one of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer includes a first section forming recessed and raised portions and a second section embedding the recessed and raised portions of the first section. A region with a higher aluminum mixed crystal ratio than the second section that embeds the recessed and raised portions is disposed on top faces of the raised portions. The nitride semiconductor layer defines resonant planes, and the recessed and raised portions are formed in a shape of stripes that extend substantially parallel to the resonant planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Masui, Kazutaka Tsukayama
  • Patent number: 7768032
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises first and second dot members. The first dot member is formed so that it makes contact with the second dot member. The first dot member comprises a plurality of first quantum dot layers. Each of the plurality of first quantum dot layers comprises a plurality of first quantum dots and a silicon dioxide film. The first quantum dot comprises an n-type silicon dot. The second dot member comprises a plurality of second quantum dot layers. Each of the plurality of second quantum dot layers comprises a plurality of second quantum dots and a silicon dioxide film. The second quantum dot comprises a p-type silicon dot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Hiroshima University
    Inventors: Katsunori Makihara, Seiichi Miyazaki, Seiichiro Higashi
  • Patent number: 7692199
    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: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Arai
  • Patent number: 7683378
    Abstract: An AlGaInP based light emitting diode is provided with a distributed Bragg reflector comprising a combination of an AlGaAs layer and an AlInP layer, each having a film thickness determined by following formulas (1) to (3): t1={?0/(4×n1)}×???(1), t2={?0/(4×n2)}×(2??)??(2), and 0.5<?<0.9??(3) wherein t1 is a film thickness [nm] of the AlGaAs layer, t2 is a film thickness [nm] of the AlInP layer, ?0 is a wavelength [nm] of a light to be reflected, n1 is a refractive index of the AlGaAs layer to the wavelength of the light to be reflected, and n2 is a refractive index of the AlInP layer to the wavelength of the light to be reflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Kako, Takehiko Tani, Taiichiro Konno, Masahiro Arai
  • Patent number: 7638345
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing silicon nanowires is characterized in that silicon nanowires are formed and grown through a solid-liquid-solid process or a vapor-liquid-solid process using a porous glass template having nanopores doped with erbium or an erbium precursor. In addition, a device including silicon nanowires formed using the above exemplary method according to the present invention can be effectively applied to various devices, for example, electronic devices such as field effect transistors, sensors, photodetectors, light emitting diodes, laser diodes, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Kyung Lee, Byoung Lyong Choi, Soon Jae Kwon, Kyung Sang Cho, Jae Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 7598535
    Abstract: An LED assembly includes a packaged LED module (30) and a heat dissipation device (50). The LED module includes at least an LED die therein and a plurality of conductive pins (32, 34) extending downwardly from a bottom portion thereof. The heat dissipation device is thermally and electrically connected with the at least an LED die. The heat dissipation device defines at least a mounting hole (542) therein. At least one of the conductive pins is fittingly received in the at least a mounting hole and thermally and electrically connects with the heat dissipation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tseng-Hsiang Hu, Yeu-Lih Lin, Li-Kuang Tan