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Method of making a light-emitting-diode (led) with spherical lens

US4740259A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 15, 1986
Grant dateApr 26, 1988
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2006

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T156/1089

Abstract

A light-emitting diode has a lens secured in self-adjusted fashion to a mesa surface of a semiconductor body by means of adhesive. The mesa surface is substantially perpendicular and centered with an emission axis of the light-emitting diode. Preferably, the lens is spherical and the mesa surface has a diameter comparable to or smaller than a diameter of the lens.

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