IP Library Granted Patent US 9,508,904
Granted Patent B2
US 9,508,904 · App. 13/017,757 · Granted Nov 29, 2016

Structures and substrates for mounting optical elements and methods and devices for providing the same background

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Patent No.
US 9,508,904
App. No.
13/017,757
Granted
Nov 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods are disclosed including generating a substrate surface topography that includes a mounting portion that is higher than a relief portion that defines a perimeter of the mounting portion.

Claims (13)

1. A light emitting structure, comprising:

a semiconductor light emitting diode (LED) comprising a first surface and a second surface that is substantially opposite the first surface;

an encapsulant that is a conformal layer directly on the LED and including ledges that extend from the perimeter of the LED; and

a mounting structure that includes a cavity around a mounting surface,

wherein the ledges of the encapsulant extend over a portion of the cavity without extending therein.

2. The light emitting structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first surface includes a light emitting surface and wherein the second surface includes a mounting surface that is at a height below a height of the light emitting surface.

3. The light emitting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the encapsulant includes a plurality of light conversion particles.

4. The light emitting structure according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the plurality of light conversion materials includes a phosphor particle.

5. The light emitting structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the LED has a first coefficient of thermal expansion and the encapsulant has a second coefficient of thermal expansion that is greater than the first coefficient of thermal expansion, and

wherein the cavity is configured to provide relief corresponding to thermal expansion of the conformal layer.

6. The light emitting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the encapsulant comprises phosphor particles and a binder material.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF THE ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 56012 FRAME 200. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jul 9, 2025
From: CREE, INC.
To: CREELED, INC.
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 30, 2025
From: CREELED, INC.; PENGUIN SOLUTIONS CORPORATION (DE); SMART EMBEDDED COMPUTING, INC.; SMART HIGH RELIABILITY SOLUTIONS LLC; SMART MODULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; PENGUIN COMPUTING, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 071755/0001 →
RELEASE OF PATENT SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT R/F 058983/0001 Recorded Jun 25, 2025
From: CITIZENS BANK, N.A.
To: SMART MODULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; SMART EMBEDDED COMPUTING, INC.; SMART HIGH RELIABILITY SOLUTIONS LLC; CREELED, INC.
Reel/Frame 071725/0207 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2022
From: SMART MODULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; SMART HIGH RELIABILITY SOLUTIONS, LLC; SMART EMBEDDED COMPUTING, INC.; CREELED, INC.
To: CITIZENS BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 058983/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2021
From: CREE, INC.
To: CREE LED, INC.
Reel/Frame 056012/0200 →