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Thin Film Thermophotovoltaic Cells
Researchers at the University of California, Davis (“UC Davis”) have developed an optical absorber/emitter for thermophotovoltaics application with a tunable emission wavelength.
Compact Catadioptric Mapping Optical Sensor For Parallel Goniophotometry
Goniophotometers measure the luminance distribution of light emitted or reflected from a point in space or a material sample. Increasingly there is a need for such measurements in real-time, and in real-world situations, for example, for daylight monitoring or harvesting in commercial and residential buildings, design and optimization of greenhouses, and testing laser and display components for AR/VR and autonomous vehicles, to name a few. However, current goniophotometers are ill-suited for real-time measurements; mechanical scanning goniophotometers have a large form factor and slow acquisition times. Parallel goniophotometers take faster measurements but suffer from complexity, expense, and limited angular view ranges (dioptric angular mapping systems) or strict form factor and sample positioning requirements (catadioptric angular mapping systems). Overall, current goniophotometers are therefore limited to in-lab environments. To overcome these challenges, UC Berkeley researchers have invented an optical sensor for parallel goniophotometry that is compact, cost-effective, and capable of real-time daylight monitoring. The novel optical design addresses key size and flexibility constraints of current state-of-the-art catadioptric angular mapping systems, while maximizing the view angle measurement at 90°. This camera-like, angular mapping device could be deployed at many points within a building to measure reflected light from fenestrations, in agricultural greenhouses or solar farms for real-time monitoring, and in any industry benefitting from real-time daylight data.
A Discrete Color Approach for Stress Mitigation in Medical and Related Healthcare Applications as Applied to the Lighting Of Interiors and/or Medical Apparatus
The California Lighting Technology Center at UC Davis in collaboration with the Center for Mind and Brain have developed a novel lighting technology approach for stress recovery and stress mitigation.
Portable Cyber-Physical System For Real-Time Daylight Evaluation In Buildings
In developed countries, buildings demand a large percentage of a region's energy-generating requirements. This has led to an urgent need for efficient buildings with reduced energy requirements. In office buildings, lighting takes up 20% to 45% of the total energy consumption. Furthermore, the adoption of smart lighting control strategies such as daylight harvesting is shown to reduce lighting energy use by 30% to 50%.For most closed-loop lighting control systems, the real-time data of the daylight level at areas of interest (e.g., the office workbench) are the most important inputs. Current state-of-the-art solutions use dense arrays of luxmeters (photosensors) to monitor the daylight environment inside buildings. The luxmeters are placed on either workbenches, or ceilings and walls near working areas. Digital cameras are used in controlled laboratory environments and occasionally in common buildings to evaluate glare resulting from excessive daylight. The disadvantage of these sensor-based approaches is that they're expensive to install and commission. Additionally, the sample area of these sensors is limited to either the area of the luxmeters or the view of the cameras. Consequently, many sensors are needed to measure the daylight in a large office space.To address this situation, researchers at UC Berkeley developed a portable cyber-physical system for real time, daylight evaluation in buildings, agriculture facilities, and solar farms (collectively referred to as "structures").
Nitride Based Ultraviolet LED with an Ultraviolet Transparent Contact
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Method For The Removal Of Devices Using The Trench
III-Nitride Tunnel Junction LED with High Wall Plug Efficiency
Iii-N Transistor With Stepped Cap Layers
A new structure for III-N transistors that is able to maintain a high breakdown and operating voltage while improving the gain of the device.
Improved Reliability & Enhanced Performance of III-Nitride Tunnel Junction Optoelectronic Devices
A structure for improving the performance and reliability of III-nitride based tunnel junction optoelectronic devices.
Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers with Continuous Wave Operation
An m-plane VCSEL with an active region that has thick quantum wells and operation in continuous wave.
Methods for Fabricating III-Nitride Tunnel Junction Devices
Methods of physical vapor deposition for III-nitride tunnel junction devices.
Two-Step Processing With Vapor Treatment Of Thin Films Of Organic-Inorganic Perovskite Materials
Prof. Yang and colleagues have developed a novel method of preparing organic-inorganic thin films using a solution process followed by vapor treatment, presenting a low-cost, high-performance solution method of producing optoelectronic devices.
Contact Architectures for Tunnel Junction Devices
Stand-Alone Ceramic Phosphor Composites for Laser-Excited Solid-State White Lighting
A method for generating a stand-alone ceramic phosphor composite for use in solid state white light generating devices that successfully reduces the operating temperature of the phosphor material by 50%, increases lumen output, reduces cost of materials, and decreases preparation time.
Enhanced Light Extraction LED with a Tunnel Junction Contact Wafer Bonded to a Conductive Oxide
High-Intensity Solid State White Laser Diode
A solid state white lighting device consisting of a blue laser diode that emits light onto a single crystal phosphor, resulting in the emission of high-intensity white light.
Improved Fabrication of Nonpolar InGaN Thin Films, Heterostructures, and Devices
A method for fabricating high-quality indium-containing epitaxial layers, heterostructures, and devices based on InGaN growth on GaN substrates.
Novel Quantum Dot Field-Effect Transistors Free of the Bias-Stress Effect
Novel quantum dot field-effect transistors without bias-stress effect that also have high mobility and are environmentally stable.
Silicon On Sapphire Based Plasmonic And Metasuraface Design For Optical Light Manipulation
The technology is a high contrast optical grating.It features patterned silicon on sapphire and is designed for a broad range of optical frequencies: from visible to far infrared with ultra-high reflectivity.The technology can be tailored to mimic mirrors and other optical components.
Microstructured Waveguide Illuminator
Switchable Luminance LED Light Bulb Device
While white light LED light bulbs have proven to be highly successful, they historically have lacked one feature available in traditional incandescent light bulbs: the ability to provide multiple light outputs from one lamp. For example, 3-way Edison or incandescent light bulbs are widely used to provide switchable light outputs. A 3-way incandescent light bulb uses switched filaments to produce the light output of a 50 Watt (W), a 100 W, or a 150 W light bulb. Conventionally the incandescent has two filaments to produce different amounts of light at full voltage; it has a low-power 50 W filament and a medium-power 100 W filament, and when switched to being used at the same time 150 W of power (and light) is delivered. This feature has proven to be extremely popular and useful in 3-way incandescent light bulbs. As compared to conventional sources (e.g., incandescent, halogen, fluorescent), some reports predict the market penetration for white-light LEDs will continue to rise, from 36% in 2020 to >70% by 2030. In the U.S. (2018) LEDs have been used in almost 30% of indoor applications and >50% in outdoor applications. White light LED light bulbs having switch-selectable light outputs may be found useful and commercially desirable.
Thermally Stable, Laser-Driven White Lighting Device
A high power, laser driven white light source that maintains efficiency and color stability at high temperatures.
(In,Ga,Al)N Optoelectronic Devices with Thicker Active Layers for Improved Performance
A novel invention to enable the fabrication of (In,Ga,Al)N optoelectronic devices with thick active layers containing a high concentration of indium (In).
Micro-electromagnetically Actuated Latched Switches
University researchers have developed a miniature relay switch, with an overall volume of less than 100 mm3 that can handle up to 40 W of DC or 60 Hz line power. This invention also relates to methods of manufacturing these relay devices directly within or on any of the following using standard electronic manufacturing techniques: lead frames, substrates, microelectronic packages, printed circuit boards, flex circuits, and rigid-flex materials.
Simplified Daylight Harvesting