Light Conversion Patents (Class 313/501)
  • Patent number: 8728704
    Abstract: A donor substrate includes a base substrate, a light to heat conversion layer, a buffer layer and a transfer layer. The light to heat conversion layer may be disposed on the base substrate. The buffer layer may be disposed on the light to heat conversion layer. The buffer layer may include at least one porous layer having a plurality of pores. The transfer layer may be disposed on the buffer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Woo Pyo, Ha-Jin Song, Byeong-Wook Yoo, Hyo-Yeon Kim, Kwan-Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 8729789
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus, which has both high light-emission efficiency and good display performance. The display apparatus includes multiple pixels, each of the multiple pixels including an organic light-emitting device including a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode, the multiple pixels including an optical unit for allowing a part of light emitted from the light-emitting layer to exit to outside while changing an exiting direction thereof, in which, in the multiple pixels including the optical unit, an optical distance between the light-emitting layer and the first electrode or an optical distance between the light-emitting layer and the second electrode is set to a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshinori Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8729788
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element for emitting primary light, and a wavelength conversion unit for absorbing part of the primary light and emitting secondary light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light, wherein the wavelength conversion unit includes plural kinds of phosphors having light absorption characteristics different from each other, and then at least one kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors has an absorption characteristic that can absorb the secondary light emitted from at least another kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatsugu Masuda, Masaaki Katoh, Tsukasa Inoguchi
  • Patent number: 8723417
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide such a sealing structure that a material to be a deterioration factor such as water or oxygen is prevented from entering from external and sufficient reliability is obtained in a display using an organic or inorganic electroluminescent element. In view of the above object, focusing on permeability of an interlayer insulating film, deterioration of an electroluminescent element is suppressed and sufficient reliability is obtained by preventing water entry from an interlayer insulating film according to the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Tsuchiya, Aya Anzai, Masayuki Sakakura, Masaharu Nagai, Yutaka Matsuda
  • Patent number: 8723403
    Abstract: A light assembly with light-mixing function includes a case having an assembling room defined therein and an assembling opening at a top thereof, the assembling opening communicating with the assembling room, a light-mixing sheet sealing the assembling opening of the case, the light-mixing sheet having at least one array set defined thereon, the array set having a plurality of fillisters uniformly defined on the light-mixing sheet, a volume of mixed chemical compound is entered into each fillister, at least one light source electrically set on a bottom of the assembling room. Under this arrangement, when the light assembly with light-mixing function is turned on, a plurality of light beams from the light source is caged in the mixed chemical compounds of the fillisters; and the mixed chemical compound shifts a wavelength of each of the light beams which are caged in the mixed chemical compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: National Central University
    Inventors: Ching-Cherng Sun, Yu-Yu Chang, Chih-Yu Chiu
  • Patent number: 8723409
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a housing member having a recess open upward, a light emitting element arranged in the recess and having a light emitting layer of a semiconductor, and a wavelength converting member arranged in the recess and capable of absorbing a part of light emission from the light emitting element and emitting light of different wavelength. The light emitting device is capable of mixing the light emission from the light emitting element and the light emission from the wavelength converting member to emit light from the opening of the recess. A light scattering surface for scattering light emission from the light emitting element and wavelength converting member is formed on at least part of the side surface of the recess. The light emitting element and the wavelength converting member are spaced apart from the side and bottom surfaces of the recess, and the side surfaces of the light emitting element are exposed without being covered with the wavelength converting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventor: Masatsuga Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 8723411
    Abstract: A photoluminescent sheet is disclosed. A photoluminescent sheet that includes a matrix resin layer, which is a thermosetting resin; a phosphor, which is included in the matrix resin layer and which converts the wavelength of light emitted from a blue LED; a curing agent, which is included in the matrix resin layer and which cures liquid thermosetting resin; and an additive, which is included in the matrix resin layer and which disperses the phosphor uniformly within the matrix resin layer, can implement white light from light having wavelengths corresponding to blue color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Choong-Yong Sohn, Young-Joo Ahn, Young-Wook Ko
  • Patent number: 8716729
    Abstract: A lighting device (1) comprises at least one element (2) emitting light which is at least in part visible, and at least one conversion medium (3), which converts at least part of the radiation emitted by the element (2) into radiation of another frequency. In addition, the lighting device (1) comprises at least one filter medium (4) which filters at least part of the radiation, and which is configured such that the quantity of the conversion medium (4) to be used is reduced for at least one predetermined color saturation and/or one predetermined hue. This means that, compared with a light source corresponding to the lighting device (1) apart from the filter medium (4), savings are made in conversion medium (3) while achieving the same color saturation or the same hue. Light of a predetermined color saturation or of a predetermined hue may be efficiently generated by such a lighting device (1) and the lighting device (1) may be inexpensively produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Burkard Wiesmann, Herbert Brunner, Joerg Strauss, Julius Muschaweck, Kirstin Petersen
  • Patent number: 8716952
    Abstract: A lighting device comprising first, second and third groups of solid state light emitters, the first group emitting light having a dominant wavelength of 430 to 490 nm, the second group at 525 to 575 (in some devices 540 to 575 nm), the third group at 610 to 640 nm. In some devices, wavelength of light from emitters in first and second groups, and light from second and third groups, differs by at least 70 nm. Some devices emit light having CRI Ra of at least 70 when first, second and third groups of emitters are illuminated. Also, a lighting arrangement comprising first, second and third groups as above, in addition to a fourth emitter emitting light of dominant wavelength outside the ranges for the first, second and third groups, and not more than 10 nm different from a dominant wavelength of a color on an item to be illuminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventor: Antony Paul Van de Ven
  • Patent number: 8710731
    Abstract: A method of patterning a color conversion layer for an organic EL device is provided together with a method of manufacturing a multiple color emitting organic EL display using the patterning method. The patterning method includes forming the color conversion layer on a base having an organic layer and patterning the color conversion layer by carrying out a thermal cycle nano imprint technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoyuki Kanai
  • Patent number: 8710740
    Abstract: A phosphor adhesive sheet includes a phosphor layer containing a phosphor and an adhesive layer laminated on one surface in a thickness direction of the phosphor layer. The adhesive layer is formed of a silicone resin composition having both thermoplastic and thermosetting properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Toshitaka Nakamura, Hiroyuki Katayama, Haruka Fujii, Hironaka Fujii
  • Patent number: 8704440
    Abstract: There is herein described a phosphor composition for converting the light emitted from LED dies. The phosphor composition has an emission dominant wavelength responsive to an excitation dominant wavelength. The phosphor composition includes a first phosphor, a second phosphor and a third phosphor. The phosphor composition has a first weight ratio of the first phosphor and the second phosphor, and a second weight ratio of the second phosphor and the third phosphor. The first and second weight ratios are arranged so that the emission dominant wavelength increases as the excitation dominant wavelength increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Zheng, Mary-Ann Johnson
  • Patent number: 8698386
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion structure comprises a phosphor layer comprising a first part and a second part formed on the first part, wherein the first part and the second part have a plurality of pores, a first material layer formed in the plurality of pores of the first part, a second material layer formed in the plurality of pores of the second part and a plurality of phosphor particles, wherein the plurality of phosphor particles is distributed in the first material layer and the second material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Hsun Hsieh, Yi-Jui Hung, Meng-Yuan Hong, Ming-Chi Hsu
  • Patent number: 8698387
    Abstract: A light source device includes a first semiconductor light source, a second semiconductor light source, and a wavelength converter. The first semiconductor light source emits light in a first wavelength range. The second semiconductor light source emits light in a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range. The wavelength converter absorbs the light in the first wavelength range to emit light in a third wavelength range different from either of the first wavelength range and the second wavelength range, and transmits the light in the second wavelength range substantially entirely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi Ito
  • Patent number: 8698388
    Abstract: A lighting module includes a plurality of solid state light emitting components configured to collectively emit light having a desired white point and a color rendering index (CRI) of greater than about 90. The module further includes at least one additional solid state light emitting component configured to individually emit light having a white point substantially similar to the desired white point. The at least one additional light emitting component may increase a lumen output of the lighting module without substantially altering the desired white point of the light collectively emitted by the plurality of light emitting components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Charles Cash
  • Patent number: 8686624
    Abstract: A self-light emitting device and an electrical appliance including the same are provided, in which extracting efficiency of light from a light emitting element, especially in an EL element, can be improved. A light scattering body formed by etching a transparent film is provided on an insulator so that the extracting efficiency of light can be improved, and the self-light emitting device with high efficiency of light emission can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 8686625
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, a phosphor element at least partially surrounding a light-emitting die is shaped to influence color-temperature divergence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Ashdown, Michael A. Tischler, Philippe M. Schick, Tom Pinnington, Henry Ip
  • Publication number: 20140084781
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate including a base member, a plurality of wiring portions disposed on a surface of the base member, a covering portion having openings respectively exposing a part of the wiring portions, a plurality of light emitting elements respectively electrically connected to the wiring portions exposed from the covering portion, and sealing members respectively sealing the light emitting elements. At least a part of the covering portion contains a light-storing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi TAMURA, Hiroaki SHOZUI, Yasuo FUJIKAWA
  • Patent number: 8680558
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, semiconductor dies are embedded within polymeric binder to form, e.g., freestanding white light-emitting dies and/or composite wafers containing multiple light-emitting dies embedded in a single volume of binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Tischler
  • Patent number: 8680764
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an organic EL device, wherein a device which has a cathode, an anode facing the cathode, and an organic layer is disposed between the cathode and the anode is provided, a pulsed laser is transmitted through the cathode and is irradiated to the organic layer, and a conductive part having an electrical resistance value lower than that of the organic layer is formed in the organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Shinsuke Komatsu
  • Patent number: 8672523
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light emitter adapted for emitting light with a predefined angular color point distribution, to a method of use for a light emitter in video flash applications, in automotive headlight applications and/or in automotive lamp applications, and to a method, adapted for generating light with a predefined angular color point distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Ties Van Bommel, Yongfeng Ni
  • Patent number: 8669698
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a wavelength converter includes a resin allowing light emitted from a light source to pass through, a plurality of particle-shaped fluorescent substances dispersed in the resin, and fillers dispersed in the resin with a particle diameter smaller than the fluorescent substance. The fluorescent substances absorb the light emitted from the light source and emits fluorescence having a wavelength different from a wavelength of the light emitted from the light source; and a distribution of the fillers has higher density near the fluorescent substance than a density at a middle position between the fluorescent substances adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Miyoko Shimada, Akhiro Kojima, Yosuke Akimoto, Hideyuki Tomizawa, Hideto Furuyama, Yoshiaki Sugizaki
  • Patent number: 8664683
    Abstract: A method for providing, on a carrier (40), an insulative spacer layer (26) which is patterned such that a cavity (27) is formed which enables connection of an optical semiconductor element (41) to the intended conductor structure (22) when placed inside the cavity (27). The cavity (27) is formed such that it, through its shape, extension and/or depth, accurately defines a location of an optical element (45; 61) in relation to the optical semiconductor element (41). Through the provision of such a patterned insulative spacer layer, compact and cost-efficient optical semiconductor devices can be mass-produced based on such a carrier without the need for prolonged development or acquisition of new and expensive manufacturing equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Gerardus Henricus Franciscus Willebrordus Steenbruggen
  • Patent number: 8664851
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including a substrate, a pixel located on the substrate and defined by a bank layer, and a multilayer protection film placed on the pixel and composed of multiple layers including at least one organic layer. The thickness of the first organic layer of the multiple layers forming the multilayer protection film satisfies T?k×H×W where T represents the thickness of the first organic layer, H denotes the height of the bank layer, and k is a constant that is varied according to flowability or viscosity of the first organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: LG. Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aekyung Jeon, Jaeyoon Lee, Jongkyun Lee
  • Patent number: 8659219
    Abstract: A display panel includes a periphery area, an active display area adjacent to the periphery area and having two opposite sides connecting with the periphery area, a driving chip disposed at the periphery area for driving electrical elements in the active display area, and a plurality of wires electrically connecting the driving chip and the electrical elements in the active display area. The distance from a first part of the wires to the center of the driving chip is farther than the distance from a second part of the wires to the center of the driving chip, and the width of the first part of the wires on a reference line perpendicular to the opposite sides of the active display area is greater than the width of the second part of the wires on the reference line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Chih Chiu, Wei-Chung Lu
  • Publication number: 20140042896
    Abstract: A white light-emitting semiconductor device having improved reproducibility of bright red. The device outputs light having a blue component, a green component, and a red component. Each of the light components (blue, green, and red) is based on a light-emitting semiconductor element and/or a phosphor that absorbs light emitted by a light-emitting semiconductor element and emits light through wavelength conversion. The outputted light has a spectrum which has a maximum wavelength in the range of 615-645 nm, and the intensity at a wavelength of 580 nm of the outputted light, which has been normalized with respect to luminous flux, is 80-100% of the intensity at a wavelength of 580 nm of standard light for color rendering evaluation, which has been normalized with respect to luminous flux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki SAKUTA, Kazuhiko Kagawa, Yoshihito Satou, Hiroaki Okagawa, Shin Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 8643266
    Abstract: Light-emitting devices are described herein. Some embodiments relate to light-emitting diodes with light-emitting sections that are independently electrically addressable. The devices may be used in a variety of applications including illumination and general lighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Luminus Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Warren P. Pumyea, Michael Lim, Hong Lu, Alexei A. Erchak
  • Patent number: 8629475
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, semiconductor dies are embedded within polymeric binder to form, e.g., freestanding white light-emitting dies and/or composite wafers containing multiple light-emitting dies embedded in a single volume of binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Tischler
  • Patent number: 8629615
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a base substrate including a first device region and a first encapsulation region, wherein the first encapsulation region is located on both sides of the first device region and forming an organic light emitting diode (OLED) on the first device region. The method further includes providing an encapsulation substrate including a second device region and a second encapsulation region corresponding to the first device region and first encapsulation region, respectively, forming a light transmission layer on the second device region and forming an inner filler on the light transmission layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 8624491
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate; a light emitting element disposed on the substrate; and a wavelength conversion member disposed on or above the substrate, the wavelength conversion member covering the light emitting element spacing apart therefrom, and having a level difference at an outer peripheral portion of a lower end of the wavelength conversion member, the lower end being joined to the substrate via a light transmitting member. In addition, the light emitting device includes a light blocking member disposed on the substrate and disposed between the light emitting element and the light transmitting member. Further, the wavelength conversion member is configured so that the lower end thereof extends from a top of the light transmitting member to a side of the light transmitting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Sakumoto
  • Patent number: 8624482
    Abstract: A blue LED device has a transparent substrate and a reflector structure disposed on the backside of the substrate. The reflector structure includes a Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) structure having layers configured to reflect yellow light as well as blue light. In one example, the DBR structure includes a first portion where the thicknesses of the layers are larger, and also includes a second portion where the thicknesses of the layers are smaller. In addition to having a reflectance of more than 97.5 percent for light of a wavelength in a 440 nm-470 nm range, the overall reflector structure has a reflectance of more than 90 percent for light of a wavelength in a 500 nm-700 nm range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba Techno Center Inc.
    Inventor: Chao-Kun Lin
  • Patent number: 8616714
    Abstract: A solid-state lamp comprises: one or more solid-state light emitting devices (typically LEDs); a thermally conductive body; at least one duct; and a photoluminescence wavelength conversion component remote to the one or more LEDs. The lamp is configured such that the duct extends through the photoluminescence wavelength conversion component and defines a pathway for thermal airflow through the thermally conductive body to thereby provide cooling of the body and the one or more LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Intematix Corporation
    Inventors: Hyung-Chul Lee, Haitao Yang, Charles Edwards, Yi-Qun Li
  • Patent number: 8608328
    Abstract: A light source is disclosed. The light source includes a primary excitation source configured to emit electromagnetic radiation at a first peak wavelength and a band of wavelengths around the first peak wavelength. A secondary emitter conversion element is optically coupled to the primary excitation source and is configured to absorb at least a portion the electromagnetic radiation at the first peak wavelength from the primary excitation source and emit electromagnetic radiation at a second peak wavelength and a band of wavelengths around the second peak wavelength. The second peak wavelength is longer than the first peak wavelength. A non-imaging optical coupler is optically coupled to the secondary emitter conversion element. An optical system includes the light source optically coupled to a transparent rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Teledyne Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: George W. Panagotacos, David G. Pelka
  • Patent number: 8610145
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus 10 includes an aluminum nitride co-fired substrate 11 and a light emitting device 12 arranged on a front surface of the co-fired substrate, in which the front surface of the aluminum nitride substrate 11 bearing the light emitting device 12 is mirror-polished so as to have a surface roughness of 0.3 ?m Ra or less, and the light emitting apparatus 10 further includes a vapor-deposited metal film 14 and via holes 15. The vapor-deposited metal film 14 is arranged on the front surface of the aluminum nitride substrate 11 around the light emitting device 12 and has a reflectivity of 90% or more with respect to light emitted from the light emitting device 12. The via holes 15 penetrates the aluminum nitride substrate 11 from the front surface bearing the light emitting device 12 to the rear surface to thereby allow conduction to the light emitting device 12 from the rear surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiichi Yano
  • Patent number: 8598779
    Abstract: An optoelectronic film assembly, has a first flat electrode layer, a second flat electrode layer as a counter electrode to the first flat electrode layer, a dielectric layer between the electrode layers and an active layer provided next to the dielectric layer and arranged between the electrode layers and made of an electroluminescent material. To this end, the first and/or the second electrode layers are implemented to be translucent and TCO-free, particularly ITO-free, by using a woven fabric comprising electrically conductive fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sefar AG, Thal
    Inventors: Peter Chabrecek, Hanspeter Meier, Muriel Lantus, Uriel Sonderegger
  • Patent number: 8596804
    Abstract: Various apparatus and associated methods involve a light source that provides light at wavelengths that substantially correlate to local maxima in the spectral sensitivity of a diurnal avian. In an illustrative example, the light source may output light primarily in wavelength bands that are not substantially absorbed by colored oil droplets and/or visual pigment in at least one type of cone in the eye of a diurnal avian. In some embodiments, the light source may include a light-emitting diode (LED) light source. Exemplary light sources may output spectral components to illuminate diurnal avians with local maxima of intensity at wavelengths that substantially correspond to local maxima in a spectral sensitivity visual response characteristic of the diurnal avians.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Once Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Zdenko Grajcar
  • Patent number: 8598776
    Abstract: A headlight includes a plurality of luminescence diode emitters. At least one first group of the luminescence diode emitters is arranged in a matrix having at least two columns and at least two rows, wherein in the first group the electrical connections of a first connection type of the luminescence diode emitters of a column and the electrical connections of a second connection type of the luminescence diode emitters of a row are in each case electrically connected to one another. The electrical connections of the first connection type of different columns and the electrical connections of the second connection type of different rows of the matrix are electrically insulated from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Bogner, Joachim Reill, Thomas Zeiler
  • Patent number: 8598778
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a base; a light emitting diode (LED) supported by the base; a layer spaced apart from the LED and including a light emitting material of refraction index n1. An enclosure formed by the layer and the base encloses the LED. A medium inside the enclosure between the LED and the layer has a refraction index n0<n1; and an optic in contact with the layer and having a refraction index n2?n1. The layer is positioned between the optic and the LED. The optic has, at a surface of contact with the layer, a radius r measured along a ray originating from the LED, and, at an output surface of the optic, another radius R measured along the same ray, such that R?r·(n1/nm), where nm is a refraction index of a medium adjacent the output surface of the optic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Quarkstar LLC
    Inventors: Steven C. Allen, Andrew J. Steckl
  • Patent number: 8591280
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display (OLED) apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same, the OLED apparatus including: a substrate; an active layer formed on the substrate; a gate electrode insulated from the active layer; source and drain electrodes insulated from the gate electrode and electrically connected to the active layer; a pixel defining layer formed on the source and drain electrodes, having an aperture to expose one of the source and drain electrodes; an intermediate layer formed in the aperture and comprising an organic light emitting layer; and a facing electrode which is formed on the intermediate layer. One of the source and drain electrodes has an extension that operates as a pixel electrode. The aperture exposes the extended portion. The intermediate layer is formed on the extended portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do-Hyun Kwon, Il-Jeong Lee, Choong-Youl Im, Dae-Hyun No, Cheol-Ho Yu
  • Patent number: 8581287
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same can include a wavelength converting layer in order to emit various colored lights including white light. The device can include a board, a frame located on the board, at least one light-emitting chip mounted on the board, the wavelength converting layer located between an optical plate and an outside surface of the chips so that a density of a peripheral region is lower than that of a middle region, and a reflective material layer disposed at least between the frame and a side surface of the wavelength-converting layer. The device can have the reflective material layer form each reflector and can use a wavelength converting layer having different densities, and therefore can emit a wavelength-converted light having a high light-emitting efficiency and a uniform color tone from various small light-emitting surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Waragaya, Kosaburo Ito, Toshihiro Seko, Kazuhiko Ueno, Soji Owada
  • Patent number: 8581488
    Abstract: A white light-emitting semiconductor device having improved reproducibility of bright red. The device outputs light having a blue component, a green component, and a red component. Each of the light components (blue, green, and red) consists of a light-emitting semiconductor element and/or a phosphor that absorbs light emitted by a light-emitting semiconductor element and emits light through wavelength conversion. The outputted light has a spectrum which has a maximum wavelength in the range of 615-645 nm, and the intensity at a wavelength of 580 nm of the outputted light, which has been normalized with respect to luminous flux, is 80-100% of the intensity at a wavelength of 580 nm of standard light for color rendering evaluation, which has been normalized with respect to luminous flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sakuta, Kazuhiko Kagawa, Yoshihito Satou, Hiroaki Okagawa, Shin Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 8581284
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same can include a wavelength converting layer encapsulating at least one semiconductor light-emitting chip in order to emit various colored lights including white light. The semiconductor light-emitting device can include a base board, a frame located on the base board, the chip mounted on the base board, the wavelength converting layer formed around the chip, a transparent plate located on the wavelength converting layer and a diffusing reflection member disposed between the frame and both side surfaces of the wavelength converting layer and the transparent plate. The device can be configured to improve the linearity of a boundary between the diffusing reflection member and both side surfaces by using the transparent plate, and therefore can be used for a headlight that can form a favorable horizontal cut-off line corresponding to the boundary via a projector lens without a shade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshihiro Seko
  • Patent number: 8582058
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a lighting system having favorable luminance uniformity in a light-emitting region when the lighting system has large area. According to one feature of the invention, a lighting system comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, a layer containing a light-emitting substance formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, an insulating layer which is formed over a substrate in a grid form and contains a fluorescence substance, and a wiring formed over the insulating layer. The insulating layer and the wiring are covered with the first electrode so that the first electrode and the wiring are in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Yasuyuki Arai
  • Patent number: 8575833
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus including improved power supply lines which may sufficiently handle high current. The organic light-emitting display apparatus includes power supply lines outside an encapsulation layer sealing the display unit to a substrate. Because the power supply lines are outside the encapsulation layer their thickness can be increased to increase the current conducting capacity of the power supply lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yun-Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 8575836
    Abstract: A LED lamp including a cover with first and second transmissive regions that differently affect light emissions (e.g., with respect to diffusion, color, or other characteristics) transmitted therethrough. One or more apertures may be defined in a diffusive cover for a LED lamp to permit flow of air and escape of heat, and also to permit escape of directly emitted or reverse scattered light proximate to a base of the LED lamp. Multiple diffuser segments may be overlapped with intervening apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventor: Antony Paul van de Ven
  • Publication number: 20130285536
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a wavelength converter includes a resin allowing light emitted from a light source to pass through, a plurality of particle-shaped fluorescent substances dispersed in the resin, and fillers dispersed in the resin with a particle diameter smaller than the fluorescent substance. The fluorescent substances absorb the light emitted from the light source and emits fluorescence having a wavelength different from a wavelength of the light emitted from the light source; and a distribution of the fillers has higher density near the fluorescent substance than a density at a middle position between the fluorescent substances adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Miyoko SHIMADA, Akhiro Kojima, Yosuke Akimoto, Hideyuki Tomizawa, Hideto Furuyama, Yoshiaki Sugizaki
  • Patent number: 8569944
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light emitting device. The light emitting device includes a light emitting diode disposed on a substrate to emit light of a first wavelength. A transparent molding part encloses the LED, a lower wavelength conversion material layer is disposed on the transparent molding part, and an upper wavelength conversion material layer is disposed on the lower wavelength conversion material layer. The lower wavelength conversion material layer contains a phosphor converting the light of the first wavelength into light of a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength, and the upper wavelength conversion material layer contains a phosphor converting the light of the first wavelength into light of a third wavelength, which is longer than the first wavelength but shorter than the second wavelength. Light produced via wavelength conversion is prevented from being lost by the phosphor. Light emitting devices including a multilayer reflection minor are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyuck Jung Choi, Kwang Il Park
  • Patent number: 8564185
    Abstract: A semiconductor light source is provided, the semiconductor light source having a primary radiation source (1) which, when the semiconductor light source is operated, emits electromagnetic primary radiation (5) in a first wavelength range, and having a luminescence conversion module (2) into which primary radiation (5) emitted by the primary radiation source (1) is fed. The luminescence conversion module (2) contains a luminescence conversion element (6) which, by means of a luminescent material, absorbs primary radiation (5) from the first wavelength range and emits electromagnetic secondary radiation (15) in a second wavelength range. The luminescence conversion element (6) is arranged on a heat sink (3) at a distance from the primary radiation source (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Ott, Alfred Lell, Sönke Tautz, Uwe Strauss, Frank Baumann, Kirstin Petersen
  • Patent number: 8564187
    Abstract: A color display device that increases the efficiency of use of white light emitted from an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) in producing an improved color display. The device includes a plurality of color OLED display pixels, which include an OLED, a color filter layer, and a color conversion matrix sandwiched between the OLED and the color filter layer. The color filter layer has a plurality of color filter elements including a red, green and blue color filter element. The array of subpixels comprised in the color conversion matrix is composed of semiconductor nanocrystals uniformly dispersed in an organic binding material, which may be employed in either down-emitting or up-emitting color OLED display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Emagin Corporation
    Inventors: Amalkumar P. Ghosh, Ronald W. Wake
  • Patent number: 8564192
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the design and fabrication of OLEDs, including high-performance large-area OLEDs, are provided. Variously described fabrication processes may be used to deposit and pattern bus lines and/or insulators using vapor deposition such as vacuum thermal evaporation (VTE) through a shadow mask, and may avoid multiple photolithography steps. Bus lines and/or insulators may be formed with a smooth profile and a gradual sidewall transition. Such smooth profiles may, for example, reduce the probability of electrical shorting at the bus lines. Other vapor deposition systems and methods may include, among others, sputter deposition, e-beam evaporation and chemical vapor deposition (CVD). A final profile of the bus line and/or insulator may substantially correspond to the profile as deposited. A single OILED devices may also be formed with relatively large dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Huiqing Pang, Emory Krall, Kamala Rajan, Paul E. Burrows, Ruiqing Ma, Peter Levermore