Patent ID: 8384103

Claim:
An electronic color display, the electronic color display comprising a plurality of LEDs wherein at least one LED in the plurality of LEDs comprises: a plurality of electrical leads; a light-emitting semiconductor chip wherein at least two of the plurality of electrical leads are electrically coupled to the semiconductor chip and wherein the light-emitting semiconductor chip is mounted on a first surface of at least one of the plurality of electrical leads and the light-emitting semiconductor chip is configured to emit light away from the first surface; an encapsulant having an outer surface wherein the encapsulant completely encapsulates the semiconductor chip and partially encapsulates the plurality of electrical leads; wherein at least a first portion of the outer surface is textured as a band around the light-emitting semiconductor chip, wherein the band of the at least a first portion of the outer surface at least partially extends below the first surface, and wherein at least a second portion of the outer surface above the at least a first portion of the outer surface is substantially untextured and at least a third portion of the outer surface below the at least a first portion of the outer surface is substantially untextured; wherein electromagnetic radiation, from a source other than the semiconductor chip, impinging on the at least a first portion is diffused; wherein at least a portion of electromagnetic radiation emitted from the semiconductor chip passing through the at least second portion of the outer surface is substantially undiffused by the at least second portion of the outer surface.