公开(公告)号：US11387629B1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-12

申请号：US16903188

申请日：2020-06-16

Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.

Inventor： James W. Raring ,  Melvin McLaurin ,  Paul Rudy ,  Po Shan Hsu ,  Alexander Sztein

IPC: H01S5/343 ,  H01S5/323 ,  H01S5/22 ,  H01S5/02 ,  H01S5/042 ,  H01S5/0234 ,  H01S5/20 ,  H01S5/30

Abstract: An intermediate ultraviolet laser diode device includes a gallium and nitrogen containing substrate member comprising a surface region, a release material overlying the surface region, an n-type gallium and nitrogen containing material; an active region overlying the n-type gallium and nitrogen containing material; a p-type gallium and nitrogen containing material; a first transparent conductive oxide material overlying the p-type gallium and nitrogen containing material; and an interface region overlying the first transparent conductive oxide material.

公开(公告)号：US20220214024A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-07

申请号：US17570177

申请日：2022-01-06

Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.

Inventor： James W. Raring ,  Paul Rudy ,  Melvin McLaurin ,  Troy Trottier

IPC: F21V9/32 ,  H01S5/062 ,  H01S5/343 ,  H01S5/00 ,  H01S5/34 ,  F21V7/30 ,  H01S5/40 ,  G02B27/09 ,  H04B10/116 ,  H04B10/50 ,  H01S5/0225 ,  H01S5/02251

Abstract: A light source system or apparatus configured with an infrared illumination source includes a gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode based white light source. The light source system includes a first pathway configured to direct directional electromagnetic radiation from the gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode to a first wavelength converter and to output a white light emission. In some embodiments infrared emitting laser diodes are included to generate the infrared illumination. In some embodiments infrared emitting wavelength converter members are included to generate the infrared illumination. In some embodiments a second wavelength converter is optically excited by a UV or blue emitting gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode, a laser diode operating in the long wavelength visible spectrum such as a green laser diode or a red laser diode, by a near infrared emitting laser diode, by the white light emission produced by the first wavelength converter, or by some combination thereof. A beam shaper may be configured to direct the white light emission and an infrared emission for illuminating a target of interest and transmitting a data signal. In some configurations, sensors and feedback loops are included.

公开(公告)号：US11277204B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-15

申请号：US17108550

申请日：2020-12-01

Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.

Inventor： Melvin McLaurin ,  James W. Raring ,  Paul Rudy ,  Vlad Novotny

IPC: H04B10/116 ,  H01S5/343 ,  G02B27/09 ,  H04B10/50 ,  H01S5/40 ,  H01S5/02251 ,  H01S5/00 ,  H01S5/22 ,  H04B10/572 ,  H01L33/00 ,  H04B10/564 ,  H04B10/524 ,  H04B10/60 ,  H01S5/02212 ,  H01S5/02 ,  H01S5/10 ,  H01S5/32 ,  H01S5/02216 ,  H01S5/20 ,  H01S5/026 ,  H01S5/042 ,  H04B10/114 ,  H01S5/02326 ,  H01S5/02345

Abstract: A packaged integrated white light source configured for illumination and communication or sensing comprises one or more laser diode devices. An output facet configured on the laser diode device outputs a laser beam of first electromagnetic radiation with a first peak wavelength. The first wavelength from the laser diode provides at least a first carrier channel for a data or sensing signal.

公开(公告)号：US20210226421A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-22

申请号：US17143912

申请日：2021-01-07

Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.

Inventor： Melvin McLaurin ,  James W. Raring ,  Alexander Sztein ,  Po Shan Hsu

IPC: H01S5/343 ,  H01S5/22 ,  H01S5/02 ,  H01S5/20 ,  H01S5/32

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laser diode device includes providing a substrate having a surface region and forming epitaxial material overlying the surface region, the epitaxial material comprising an n-type cladding region, an active region comprising at least one active layer overlying the n-type cladding region, and a p-type cladding region overlying the active layer region. The epitaxial material is patterned to form a plurality of dice, each of the dice corresponding to at least one laser device, characterized by a first pitch between a pair of dice, the first pitch being less than a design width. Each of the plurality of dice are transferred to a carrier wafer such that each pair of dice is configured with a second pitch between each pair of dice, the second pitch being larger than the first pitch.

公开(公告)号：US20210215319A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-15

申请号：US17216220

申请日：2021-03-29

Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.

Inventor： James W. Raring ,  Paul Rudy ,  Melvin McLaurin ,  Troy Trottier

IPC: F21V9/32 ,  H01S5/062 ,  H01S5/343 ,  H01S5/00 ,  H01S5/34 ,  F21V7/30 ,  H01S5/40 ,  G02B27/09 ,  H04B10/116 ,  H04B10/50 ,  H01S5/0225 ,  H01S5/02251

Abstract: A light source system or apparatus configured with an infrared illumination source includes a gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode based white light source. The light source system includes a first pathway configured to direct directional electromagnetic radiation from the gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode to a first wavelength converter and to output a white light emission. In some embodiments infrared emitting laser diodes are included to generate the infrared illumination. In some embodiments infrared emitting wavelength converter members are included to generate the infrared illumination. In some embodiments a second wavelength converter is optically excited by a UV or blue emitting gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode, a laser diode operating in the long wavelength visible spectrum such as a green laser diode or a red laser diode, by a near infrared emitting laser diode, by the white light emission produced by the first wavelength converter, or by some combination thereof. A beam shaper may be configured to direct the white light emission and an infrared emission for illuminating a target of interest and transmitting a data signal. In some configurations, sensors and feedback loops are included.

公开(公告)号：US20210194214A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-24

申请号：US17131132

申请日：2020-12-22

Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.

Inventor： Melvin McLaurin ,  James W. Raring

IPC: H01S5/343 ,  H01L33/00 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/784 ,  H01L33/12 ,  H01S5/22 ,  H01S5/042 ,  H01S5/02 ,  C30B29/40 ,  H01L33/32 ,  H01S5/02345

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and structure for producing large area gallium and nitrogen engineered substrate members configured for the epitaxial growth of layer structures suitable for the fabrication of high performance semiconductor devices. In a specific embodiment the engineered substrates are used to manufacture gallium and nitrogen containing devices based on an epitaxial transfer process wherein as-grown epitaxial layers are transferred from the engineered substrate to a carrier wafer for processing. In a preferred embodiment, the gallium and nitrogen containing devices are laser diode devices operating in the 390 nm to 425 nm range, the 425 nm to 485 nm range, the 485 nm to 550 nm range, or greater than 550 nm.

公开(公告)号：US12218477B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-04

申请号：US17677462

申请日：2022-02-22

Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.

Inventor： Paul Rudy ,  James W. Raring ,  Eric Goutain ,  Troy Trottier ,  Melvin McLaurin ,  James Harrison ,  Sten Heikman ,  Michael Cantore

IPC: F21K9/64 ,  F21K9/68 ,  F21K9/69 ,  F21K9/90 ,  F21V29/70 ,  F21Y115/30 ,  H01S5/00 ,  H01S5/02255 ,  H01S5/023 ,  H01S5/02325 ,  H01S5/0237 ,  H01S5/024 ,  H01S5/343 ,  H01S5/40 ,  H01L33/00 ,  H01S5/02 ,  H01S5/02345

Abstract: The embodiments described herein provide a high-luminous flux laser-based white light source. A plurality of laser packages are arranged in an array pattern on a common support member. The plurality of laser packages each include one or more laser diode devices and a phosphor member. The phosphor member converts a fraction of the electromagnetic radiation from each of the laser diode devices to an emitted electromagnetic radiation and a white light is outputted.

公开(公告)号：US11948980B1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-02

申请号：US17897765

申请日：2022-08-29

Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.

Inventor： James W. Raring ,  Melvin McLaurin ,  Alexander Sztein ,  Po Shan Hsu

IPC: H01L29/205 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L21/683 ,  H01L21/8252 ,  H01L23/00 ,  H01L27/06 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L27/12 ,  H01L27/15 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L33/00 ,  H01L33/06 ,  H01L33/32 ,  H01S5/02 ,  H01S5/227 ,  H01S5/343 ,  H01L27/085 ,  H01L29/423

CPC classification number: H01L29/205 ,  H01L21/02458 ,  H01L21/311 ,  H01L21/6835 ,  H01L21/8252 ,  H01L24/00 ,  H01L27/0605 ,  H01L27/0629 ,  H01L27/0676 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L27/1255 ,  H01L27/1259 ,  H01L27/15 ,  H01L29/66136 ,  H01L29/66143 ,  H01L29/66318 ,  H01L29/66462 ,  H01L29/66916 ,  H01L33/0025 ,  H01L33/0066 ,  H01L33/007 ,  H01L33/0075 ,  H01L33/0093 ,  H01L33/06 ,  H01L33/32 ,  H01S5/0203 ,  H01S5/0217 ,  H01S5/227 ,  H01S5/34333 ,  H01L27/085 ,  H01L29/4236

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display panel comprising light emitting device including micro LEDs includes providing multiple donor wafers having a surface region and forming an epitaxial material overlying the surface region. The epitaxial material includes an n-type region, an active region comprising at least one light emitting layer overlying the n-type region, and a p-type region overlying the active layer region. The multiple donor wafers are configured to emit different color emissions. The epitaxial material on the multiple donor wafers is patterned to form a plurality of dice, characterized by a first pitch between a pair of dice less than a design width. At least some of the dice are selectively transferred from the multiple donor wafers to a common carrier wafer such that the carrier wafer is configured with different color emitting LEDs. The different color LEDs could comprise red-green-blue LEDs to form a RGB display panel.

公开(公告)号：US11841429B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US17566638

申请日：2021-12-30

Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.

Inventor： James W. Raring ,  Melvin McLaurin ,  Paul Rudy ,  Vlad Novotny

IPC: G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G01S7/481 ,  F21K9/64 ,  H01S5/00 ,  H01S5/024 ,  F21V29/70 ,  G01S7/487 ,  H01S5/02212 ,  H01S5/343 ,  H01S5/40 ,  G01S17/86 ,  G01S17/931 ,  H01S5/02251 ,  H01S5/02325 ,  H01S5/02375 ,  H01S5/028 ,  H01S5/22 ,  H01S5/02 ,  H01S5/02255 ,  H01S5/02345

CPC classification number: G01S17/10 ,  F21K9/64 ,  F21V29/70 ,  G01S7/487 ,  G01S7/4817 ,  G01S17/86 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/931 ,  H01S5/0085 ,  H01S5/02212 ,  H01S5/02251 ,  H01S5/02325 ,  H01S5/02375 ,  H01S5/02469 ,  H01S5/34333 ,  H01S5/4012 ,  H01S5/0215 ,  H01S5/0217 ,  H01S5/0287 ,  H01S5/02255 ,  H01S5/02345 ,  H01S5/22 ,  H01S5/4031

Abstract: A distance detecting system for use in an automotive application comprises a gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode disposed within an automotive light. The gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode is configured to emit a first light with a first peak wavelength. A wavelength conversion member is configured to produce a white light. A first sensing light signal is based on the first peak wavelength. One or more optical elements are configured to direct at least partially the white light to illuminate one or more target objects or areas and to transmit respectively the first sensing light signal for sensing at least one remote point. A detector is configured to detect reflected signals of the first sensing light signal to determine coordinates of the at least one remote point.

公开(公告)号：US11437775B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-06

申请号：US15160873

申请日：2016-05-20

Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.

Inventor： James W. Raring ,  Paul Rudy ,  Eric Goutain ,  Troy Trottier ,  Melvin McLaurin ,  James Harrison

IPC: H01S5/024 ,  H01S5/323 ,  H01S5/023 ,  H01S5/0233 ,  H01S5/22 ,  H01S5/40 ,  H01S5/0235 ,  H01S5/02212

Abstract: The embodiments described herein provide a device and method for an integrated white colored electromagnetic radiation source using a combination of laser diode excitation sources based on gallium and nitrogen containing materials and light emitting source based on phosphor materials. A violet, blue, or other wavelength laser diode source based on gallium and nitrogen materials may be closely integrated with phosphor materials, such as yellow phosphors, to form a compact, high-brightness, and highly-efficient, white light source.