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Light-emitting-diode (LED) with spherical lens

US4841344A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 7, 1987
Grant dateJun 20, 1989
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Expiry dateDec 7, 2007

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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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