US Patent Issued to CreeLED on July 14 for "Metallic layer for dimming light-emitting diode chips" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,910, issued on July 14, was assigned to CreeLED Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Metallic layer for dimming light-emitting diode chips" was invented by Steven Wuester (Wake Forest, N.C.), Seth Joseph Balkey (Durham, N.C.), Colin Stuart (Durham, N.C.) and Peter Andrews (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solid-state lighting devices including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and a semi-transparent metallic layer deposited on an LED chip that can dim a light output of the LED chip are disclosed. The thickness of the semi-transparent metal layer can be adjusted based on the desired dimming level. In an embodiment, the metallic layer can be de...