ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,181, issued on May 6, was assigned to Lumileds LLC (San Jose, Calif.).
"Monolithic electrical power converter formed with layers" was invented by Charles Andre Schrama (San Jose, Calif.) and Noman Rangwala (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical power converter can include a plurality of layers disposed on a substrate. An emitter, including a first semiconductor junction that is formed at an interface between a first pair of adjacent layers, can produce light in response to a first electrical signal. An absorber, including a second semiconductor junction that is formed at an interface between a second pair of adja...