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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Gerard Harbers, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William D. Collins, Iii, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gerard Harbers, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William D. Collins, III, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Philips Lumileds Lighting Company, LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 9/16 (2006.01); G02F 1/13357 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One embodiment of the invention provides a backlight for an LCD display. The backlight uses a two-dimensional array of single color or white LEDs and a diffusing or phosphor coated cover plate. Various electrical connections of the LEDs and various phosphor color-conversion techniques are described.