Patents by Inventor Christoph Eichler

Christoph Eichler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190355768
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor chip (100) is provided, in which, during a growth process for growing a first semiconductor layer (1), an inhomogeneous lateral temperature distribution is created along at least one direction of extent of the growing first semiconductor layer (1), such that a lateral variation of a material composition of the first semiconductor layer (1) is produced. A semiconductor chip (100) is additionally provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Christoph EICHLER, Andre SOMERS, Harald KOENIG, Bernhard STOJETZ, Andreas LOEFFLER, Alfred LELL
  • Publication number: 20190319162
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip (100) is provided, having a first semiconductor layer (1), which has a lateral variation of a material composition along at least one direction of extent. Additionally provided is a method for producing a semiconductor chip (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Alfred LELL, Andreas LÖEFFLER, Christoph EICHLER, Bernhard STOJETZ, André SOMERS
  • Patent number: 10396106
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor chip (100) is provided, in which, during a growth process for growing a first semiconductor layer (1), an inhomogeneous lateral temperature distribution is created along at least one direction of extent of the growing first semiconductor layer (1), such that a lateral variation of a material composition of the first semiconductor layer (1) is produced. A semiconductor chip (100) is additionally provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Eichler, Andre Somers, Harald Koenig, Bernhard Stojetz, Andreas Loeffler, Alfred Lell
  • Patent number: 10388823
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip (100) is provided, having a first semiconductor layer (1), which has a lateral variation of a material composition along at least one direction of extent. Additionally provided is a method for producing a semiconductor chip (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Alfred Lell, Andreas Loeffler, Christoph Eichler, Bernhard Stojetz, Andre Somers
  • Publication number: 20190235261
    Abstract: A method of autostereoscopic imaging including providing an autostereoscopic illumination unit including a lens field composed of a multiplicity of individual lenses or concave mirrors, and modulating an emission characteristic of the light source such that the individual lenses or the concave mirrors are illuminated only partly by the light source, wherein light from the light source impinges on the individual lenses or concave mirrors such that an emission characteristic of a three-dimensional object is imitated, the lens field extends over a spatial angle range of at least 2 sr relative to the light source or an external observer, the individual lenses or concave mirrors are distributed over the lens field and are at least partially sequentially irradiated, and the light source is formed by one or more lasers and the laser or each of the lasers irradiates/irradiate only one of the individual lenses at a specific point in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Bernhard Stojetz, Alfred Lell, Christoph Eichler, Andreas Löffler, Harald König, André Somers, Clemens Vierheilig
  • Patent number: 10361534
    Abstract: A semiconductor light source is disclosed. In an embodiment a semiconductor light source includes at least one semiconductor laser configured to generate a primary radiation and at least one coupling-out element comprising a continuous base region and rigid light guide columns extending away from the base region, the light guide columns acting as waveguides for the primary radiation, wherein the primary radiation is irradiated into the base region during operation, is led through the base region to the light guide columns and is directionally emitted from the light guide columns so that an intensity half-value angle of the emitted primary radiation is at most 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Stojetz, Alfred Lell, Christoph Eichler, Andreas Löffler
  • Publication number: 20190199056
    Abstract: A semiconductor light source includes a laser and at least one phosphor, wherein the laser includes a semiconductor body having at least one active zone that generates laser radiation, at least one resonator having resonator mirrors and having a longitudinal axis is formed in the laser so that the laser radiation is guided and amplified along the longitudinal axis during operation and the active zone is located at least partially in the resonator, and the phosphor is optically coupled to the resonator in a gap-free manner so that in the direction transverse to the longitudinal axis at least part of the laser radiation is introduced into the phosphor and converted into a secondary radiation having a greater wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Eichler, Sven Gerhard, Alfred Lell, Bernhard Stojetz
  • Patent number: 10270225
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser arrangement and a projector are disclosed. In an embodiment the semiconductor laser arrangement includes at least two electrically pumped active zones, each active zone configured to emit laser radiation of a different emission wavelength and a semiconductor-based waveguide structure, wherein the active zones are electrically independently operable of one another, wherein the active zones optically follow directly one another along a beam direction and are arranged in a descending manner with regard to their emission wavelengths, wherein at least in a region of a last active zone along the beam direction, a laser radiation of all active zones jointly runs through the waveguide structure, wherein at least the last active zone comprises a plurality of waveguides which are stacked one above the other and are oriented parallel to one another, wherein one of the waveguides is configured for the radiation emitted by the last active zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Stojetz, Alfred Lell, Christoph Eichler, Andreas Löffler, André Somers
  • Publication number: 20190089125
    Abstract: An optoelectronic lighting device includes an optoelectronic semiconductor chip including a top side and an underside opposite the top side, wherein a semiconductor layer sequence is formed between the top side and the underside, the semiconductor layer sequence includes an active zone that generates electromagnetic radiation, and a barrier for a bonding material flowing on account of cohesive bonding of the semiconductor chip to a carrier is formed at one of the top side and the underside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Christoph Eichler, Sven Gerhard
  • Publication number: 20190052055
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser diode is disclosed. In an embodiment a semiconductor laser diode includes a semiconductor layer sequence having at least one active layer and a ridge waveguide structure having a ridge extending in a longitudinal direction from a light output surface to a rear side surface and being delimited by ridge side surfaces in a lateral direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, wherein the ridge has a first region and a second region adjacent thereto in a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal and lateral directions, wherein the ridge includes a first semiconductor material in the first region and at least one second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material in the second region, wherein the ridge has a first width in the first region, and wherein the ridge has a second width in the second region, the second width being larger than the first width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Sven Gerhard, Christoph Eichler, Christian Rumbolz
  • Publication number: 20190036303
    Abstract: A semiconductor light source is disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor light source includes at least one semiconductor laser for generating a primary radiation and at least one conversion element for generating a longer-wave visible secondary radiation from the primary radiation, wherein the conversion element for generating the secondary radiation comprises a semiconductor layer sequence having one or more quantum well layers, and wherein, in operation, the primary radiation is irradiated into the semiconductor layer sequence perpendicular to a growth direction thereof, with a tolerance of at most 15°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Bernhard Stojetz, Alfred Lell, Christoph Eichler, Andreas Löffler
  • Patent number: 10181700
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser includes a main body and a ridge structure arranged on the main body, the ridge structure being oriented along a longitudinal axis above an active zone, wherein the ridge structure has a first width, the ridge structure has two opposite end faces along the longitudinal axis, adjacent to at least one end face, the ridge structure has an end section arranged on one side with respect to a center axis of the ridge structure such that the ridge structure is widened on one side adjacent to the end face, and on an opposite side of the ridge structure relative to the end section a fracture trench is arranged adjacent to the end face and at a distance from the ridge structure in a surface of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Eichler, Jens Müller, Fabian Kopp
  • Publication number: 20190013642
    Abstract: A semiconductor light source is disclosed. In an embodiment a semiconductor light source includes at least one semiconductor laser configured to generate a primary radiation and at least one coupling-out element comprising a continuous base region and rigid light guide columns extending away from the base region, the light guide columns acting as waveguides for the primary radiation, wherein the primary radiation is irradiated into the base region during operation, is led through the base region to the light guide columns and is directionally emitted from the light guide columns so that an intensity half-value angle of the emitted primary radiation is at most 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Bernhard Stojetz, Alfred Lell, Christoph Eichler, Andreas Löffler
  • Publication number: 20180323581
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser arrangement and a projector are disclosed. In an embodiment the semiconductor laser arrangement includes at least two electrically pumped active zones, each active zone configured to emit laser radiation of a different emission wavelength and a semiconductor-based waveguide structure, wherein the active zones are electrically independently operable of one another, wherein the active zones optically follow directly one another along a beam direction and are arranged in a descending manner with regard to their emission wavelengths, wherein at least in a region of a last active zone along the beam direction, a laser radiation of all active zones jointly runs through the waveguide structure, wherein at least the last active zone comprises a plurality of waveguides which are stacked one above the other and are oriented parallel to one another, wherein one of the waveguides is configured for the radiation emitted by the last active zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Bernhard Stojetz, Alfred Lell, Christoph Eichler, Andreas Löffler, André Somers
  • Patent number: 10027090
    Abstract: A laser diode chip is described. In an embodiment the laser diode chip includes an n-type semiconductor region, a p-type semiconductor region and an active layer arranged between the n-type semiconductor region and the p-type semiconductor region, wherein the active layer is in the form of a single quantum well structure. The single quantum well structure includes a quantum well layer, which is arranged between a first barrier layer and a second barrier layer, wherein the first barrier layer faces the n-type semiconductor region, and the second barrier layer faces the p-type semiconductor region. An electronic bandgap EQW of the quantum well layer is smaller than an electronic bandgap EB1 of the first barrier layer and smaller than an electronic bandgap EB2 of the second barrier layer, and the electronic bandgap EB1 of the first barrier layer is larger than the electronic bandgap EB2 of the second barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Eichler, Teresa Wurm
  • Patent number: 10020421
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component is disclosed. In an embodiment the optoelectronic component includes an active zone configured to produce electromagnetic radiation, wherein the active zone has at least two quantum films, wherein the first quantum film is arranged between a first barrier layer and a second barrier layer, wherein the second quantum film is arranged between the second barrier layer and a last barrier layer, and wherein bandgaps of the first barrier layer and of the second barrier layer are related differently to one another than bandgaps of the second barrier layer and of the last barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Eichler, Adrian Stefan Avramescu
  • Patent number: 9972967
    Abstract: A method of producing a laser chip includes providing a semiconductor wafer; creating a plurality of depressions arranged one behind another along a breaking direction on a top side of the semiconductor wafer, wherein 1) each depression includes a front boundary face and a rear boundary face successively in the breaking direction, 2) in at least one depression, the rear boundary face is inclined by an angle of 95° to 170° relative to the top side of the semiconductor wafer, 3) at least one depression includes a shoulder adjacent to the rear boundary face, and 4) the shoulder includes a shoulder face parallel to the top side of the semiconductor wafer and adjacent to the rear boundary face; and breaking the semiconductor wafer in the breaking direction at a breaking plane oriented perpendicularly to the top side of the semiconductor wafer and which runs through the depressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Gerhard, Alfred Lell, Joachim Pfeiffer, Jens Mueller, Christoph Eichler, Thomas Veit, Thomas Adlhoch
  • Publication number: 20170373220
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component is disclosed. In an embodiment the optoelectronic component includes an active zone configured to produce electromagnetic radiation, wherein the active zone has at least two quantum films, wherein the first quantum film is arranged between a first barrier layer and a second barrier layer, wherein the second quantum film is arranged between the second barrier layer and a last barrier layer, and wherein bandgaps of the first barrier layer and of the second barrier layer are related differently to one another than bandgaps of the second barrier layer and of the last barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Christoph Eichler, Adrian Stefan Avramescu
  • Publication number: 20170338626
    Abstract: A laser diode chip is described. In an embodiment the laser diode chip includes an n-type semiconductor region, a p-type semiconductor region and an active layer arranged between the n-type semiconductor region and the p-type semiconductor region, wherein the active layer is in the form of a single quantum well structure. The single quantum well structure includes a quantum well layer, which is arranged between a first barrier layer and a second barrier layer, wherein the first barrier layer faces the n-type semiconductor region, and the second barrier layer faces the p-type semiconductor region. An electronic bandgap EQW of the quantum well layer is smaller than an electronic bandgap EB1 of the first barrier layer and smaller than an electronic bandgap EB2 of the second barrier layer, and the electronic bandgap EB1 of the first barrier layer is larger than the electronic bandgap EB2 of the second barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Christoph Eichler, Teresa Wurm
  • Publication number: 20170330996
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip (100) is provided, having a first semiconductor layer (1), which has a lateral variation of a material composition along at least one direction of extent. Additionally provided is a method for producing a semiconductor chip (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Alfred LELL, Andreas LOEFFLER, Christoph EICHLER, Bernhard STOJETZ, Andre SOMERS