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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2009
William Johnstone Ray, Fountain Hills, AZ (US);
Mark D. Lowenthal, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Neil O. Shotton, Perry, FL (US);
Richard A. Blanchard, Los Altos, CA (US);
Mark Allan Lewandowski, Tempe, AZ (US);
Kirk A. Fuller, Madison, AL (US);
Donald Odell Frazier, Huntsville, AL (US);
William Johnstone Ray, Fountain Hills, AZ (US);
Mark D. Lowenthal, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Neil O. Shotton, Perry, FL (US);
Richard A. Blanchard, Los Altos, CA (US);
Mark Allan Lewandowski, Tempe, AZ (US);
Kirk A. Fuller, Madison, AL (US);
Donald Odell Frazier, Huntsville, AL (US);
NthDegree Technologies Worldwide Inc, Tempe, AZ (US);
The United States of America as represented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of manufacturing an electronic apparatus, such as a lighting device having light emitting diodes (LEDs) or a power generating device having photovoltaic diodes. The exemplary method includes forming at least one first conductor coupled to a base; coupling a plurality of substantially spherical substrate particles to the at least one first conductor; converting the substrate particles into a plurality of substantially spherical diodes; forming at least one second conductor coupled to the substantially spherical diodes; and depositing or attaching a plurality of substantially spherical lenses suspended in a first polymer. The lenses and the suspending polymer have different indices of refraction. In some embodiments, the lenses and diodes have a ratio of mean diameters or lengths between about 10:1 and 2:1. In various embodiments, the forming, coupling and converting steps are performed by or through a printing process.