Abstract:
A high pressure gas discharge lamp and the method of making same utilizing integrated circuit fabrication techniques. The lamp is manufactured from heat and pressure resistant planar substrates in which cavities are etched, by integrated circuit manufacturing techniques, so as to provide a cavity forming the gas discharge tube. Electrodes are deposited in the cavity. The cavity is filled with gas discharge materials such as mercury vapor, sodium vapor or metal halide. The substrates are bonded together and channels may be etched in the substrate so as to provide a means for connection to the electrodes. Electrodeless RF activated lamps may also be fabricated by this technique. Micro-lasers may also be fabricated by this technique as well.
Abstract:
A light emitting device containing an array of directional emission LEDs is provided. The directional emission LEDs of the array may be substrate emitting, lateral current injection, resonant cavity LEDs mounted in a flip-chip configuration. Each LED may emit a different color of light, such that the output of the array appears white to an observer. The LED array package may contain microoptical elements, such as a diffraction grating or microprisms, integrated into the light emitting surface of the package. The microoptical elements are used to mix the light beams emitted by individual LEDs in the array.