High power radiation emitter device and heat dissipating package for electronic components
AssigneeGentex Corporation
InventorsJohn K. Roberts, Spencer D. Reese
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Abstract
The electronic component package of the present invention includes a sealed chamber; a liquid or gel contained in the sealed chamber; at least one electronic component disposed in the sealed chamber in physical and thermal contact with the liquid or gel; and at least one electrical conductor electrically coupled to the electronic component and extending out of said sealed chamber. The electronic component(s) may include any one or combination of a radiation emitter, a thermal or optical sensor, a resistor, and a microprocessor or other semiconductor component.
Claims39
An optical radiation emitting device comprising:
- a sealed chamber;
- a liquid or gel contained in said sealed chamber;
- an electroluminescent emitter that emits optical radiation in response to an electrical signal, said electroluminescent emitter disposed in said sealed chamber in physical and thermal contact with said liquid or gel;
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- first and second electrical conductors electrically coupled to said electroluminescent emitter for energizing said electroluminescent emitter,
- wherein said device is configured such that substantially no electrical current passes through said liquid or gel.
A radiation emitting device comprising:
- a sealed chamber;
- a liquid or gel contained in said sealed chamber and having a relatively low electrical conductivity;
- a radiation emitter that emits radiation in response to an electrical signal, said radiation emitter being disposed in said sealed chamber in thermal contact with said liquid or gel;
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- first and second electrical conductors electrically coupled to said radiation emitter and extending out of said sealed chamber.
A radiation emitting device comprising:
- first and second substrates sealed together and spaced apart to define a sealed chamber;
- a liquid or gel contained in said sealed chamber, wherein said liquid or gel has a relatively low electrical conductivity;
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- a radiation emitter that emits radiation in response to an electrical signal, said radiation emitter being disposed in said sealed chamber in thermal contact with said liquid or gel.
A radiation emitting device comprising:
- first and second substrates sealed together and spaced apart to define a sealed chamber;
- a liquid or gel contained in said sealed chamber, wherein said liquid or gel includes propylene carbonate;
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- a radiation emitter that emits radiation in response to an electrical signal, said radiation emitter being disposed in said sealed chamber in thermal contact with said liquid or gel.
A vehicle headlamp comprising:
- a sealed chamber;
- a liquid or gel contained in said sealed chamber, wherein said liquid or gel has a relatively low electrical conductivity;
- a plurality of optical radiation emitters that emits light in response to an electrical signal, said optical radiation emitters disposed in said sealed chamber in physical and thermal contact with said liquid or gel;
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- first and second electrical conductors electrically coupled to said optical radiation emitters for energizing said optical radiation emitters.
An optical radiation emitting device comprising:
- first and second substrates sealed together and spaced apart to define a sealed chamber;
- a liquid or gel contained in said sealed chamber;
- a plurality of LED chips secured to said first substrate;
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- first and second electrical conductors disposed on one or both of said first and second substrates and electrically coupled to said LED chips for energizing said LED chips.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.