Learning About LED Lighting Technology Through Patents

<p>Patents and published patent applications are valuable resources to students, engineers, and researchers for learning about technology. This thesis investigated the ability to learn about a technology through the disclosures that are made in published patent applications and issued patents.</p> <p>This thesis first provides an overview of U.S. patent law, system, and resources that are available to the public. It is through an understanding of U.S. patent law and system that one can appreciate that patents and patent applications are a resource for learning about technology.</p> <p>By providing the basic building blocks of LED lighting technology as learned through the teachings of patents and patent applications, this thesis proves that patents and patent applications are valuable resources for learning about technology. The patents and patent applications relied upon for this thesis teach that the basic building blocks of LED lighting technology include:</p> <ul> <li>LED device;</li> <li>Color management; and</li> <li>Heat management.</li> </ul>

Name thesis:degree_name

MS in Electrical Engineering

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical Engineering

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Liu, Joe C

Contributors dc:contributor

• William L. Ahlgren

• Electrical and Computer Engineering

Identifier

10.15368/theses.2014.15

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.calpoly.edu:theses-2253