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Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2020
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Keenan Molner, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Qiong Huang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Emanuele Mandelli, Mountain View, CA (US);

Edward A. Valko, San Jose, CA (US);

Martin Haller, Mountain View, CA (US);

Tom Sengelaub, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 9/14 (2006.01); H01L 33/52 (2010.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 9/14 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); H01L 33/52 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for fabricating light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that include polarizing or wavefront-altering optical components are described in which additional optical components are added to the LED package to filter or modify the polarization of the emitted photons. Packaged LEDs that include polarizing or wavefront-altering optical components are also described. The packaged LEDs may emit infrared light that is polarized or otherwise altered by the optical components added during the fabrication process.


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