US Patent Issued to CreeLED on Feb. 17 for "Light-emitting diode chip structures with electrically insulating substrates and related methods" (North Carolina, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,444, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CreeLED Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Light-emitting diode chip structures with electrically insulating substrates and related methods" was invented by Michael Check (Holly Springs, N.C.), Michael John Bergmann (Atlanta), David Suich (Durham, N.C.) and Kevin Haberern (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Light-emitting diode (LED) chips and, more particularly, structures of LED chips with electrically insulating substrates and related methods are disclosed. LED chips include at least one opening that extends through a substrate to provide an electrical pathway to an active LED structure. Another e...