Abstract: A lighting device includes a phosphor having the general molecular formula (MA)a(MB)b(MC)c(MD)d(TA)e(TB)f(TC)g(TD)h(TE)i(TF)j(XA)k(XB)l(XC)m(X D)n:E. MA is selected from a group of monovalent metals, MB is selected from a group of divalent metals, MC is selected from a group of trivalent metals, MD is selected from a group of tetravalent metals, TA is selected from a group of monovalent metals, TB is selected from a group of divalent metals, TC is selected from a group of trivalent metals, TD is selected from a group of tetravalent metals, TE is selected from a group of pentavalent elements, TF is selected from a group of hexavalent elements, XA is selected from a group of elements which comprises halogens, XB is selected from a group of elements which comprises O, S and combinations thereof, XC=N and XD=C and E=Eu, Ce, Yb and/or Mn.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 6, 2023
Date of Patent:
April 8, 2025
Assignee:
OSRAM OLED GmbH
Inventors:
Markus Seibald, Simon Peschke, Gregor Hoerder, Gina Maya Achrainer, Klaus Wurst, Dominik Baumann, Tim Fiedler, Stefan Lange, Hubert Huppertz, Daniel Dutzler, Thorsten Schroeder, Daniel Bichler, Gudrun Plundrich
Abstract: In an embodiment an apparatus includes a delimiting device and a holding device configured to hold the delimiting device at a distance above an optoelectronic light-emitting device and form a layer of a material provided in a flowable state between the delimiting device and the light-emitting device, wherein a bottom side of the delimiting device, which faces the light-emitting device, has a structuring so that a structure complementary to the structuring is producible on an upper side of the layer.
Abstract: In an embodiment an optoelectronic component includes a semiconductor chip having an electrical contact, the semiconductor chip configured to emit primary electromagnetic radiation, a carrier having an electrically conductive coating on which the semiconductor chip with the electrical contact is arranged, a contact agent connecting the electrically conductive coating of the carrier and the electrical contact of the semiconductor chip with one another and a passivation layer arranged in places on the electrically conductive coating, wherein an outer surface of the electrically conductive coating is completely encapsulated by the passivation layer and the contact agent, wherein the passivation layer has a penetration, wherein the contact agent protrudes beyond the penetration in a lateral direction, and wherein the semiconductor chip is a flip chip.
Abstract: In one embodiment, the optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer sequence with an active zone for generating a radiation. The semiconductor layer sequence is based on AlInGaP and/or on AlInGaAs. A metal mirror for the radiation is located on a rear side of the semiconductor layer sequence opposite a light extraction side. A protective metallization is applied directly to a side of the metal mirror facing away from the semiconductor layer sequence. An adhesion promoting layer is located directly on a side of the metal mirror facing the semiconductor layer sequence. The adhesion promoting layer is an encapsulation layer for the metal mirror, so that the metal mirror is encapsulated at least at one outer edge by the adhesion promoting layer together with the protective metallization.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 28, 2024
Date of Patent:
March 18, 2025
Assignee:
OSRAM OLED GMBH
Inventors:
Sebastian Pickel, Johannes Saric, Wolfgang Schmid, Anna Strozecka-Assig, Johannes Baur
Abstract: A radiation-emitting component is specified with a carrier having a cavity, a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip which is arranged on a bottom surface delimiting the cavity and which is configured to generate primary electromagnetic radiation, and a first reflector layer arranged above a top surface of the semiconductor chip, wherein the carrier is transparent in places to the primary electromagnetic radiation, and the semiconductor chip is spaced apart from at least one side surface delimiting the cavity.
Abstract: A radiation-emitting component is specified with—a carrier which has a top surface a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip arranged on the top surface of the carrier and configured to generate primary electromagnetic radiation, a first reflector layer arranged above a top surface of the semiconductor chip, and a cover body arranged between the first reflector layer and the radiation-emitting semiconductor chip, wherein a side surface of the cover body is inclined to the top surface of the carrier. Furthermore, a method for producing such a radiation-emitting component is specified.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 27, 2019
Date of Patent:
January 28, 2025
Assignee:
OSRAM OLED GMBH
Inventors:
Andreas Reith, Rainer Bradl, Ulrich Streppel, Thomas Birke
Abstract: A radiation-emitting semiconductor device (1) is specified, comprising a semiconductor body (2) having an active region (20) provided for generating radiation, a carrier (3) on which the semiconductor body is arranged and an optical element (4), wherein the optical element is attached to the semiconductor body by a direct bonding connection. Furthermore, a method for producing of radiation-emitting semiconductor devices is specified.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 8, 2024
Publication date:
January 23, 2025
Applicant:
OSRAM OLED GmbH
Inventors:
Roland Heinrich ENZMANN, Hubert HALBRITTER, Martin Rudolf BEHRINGER
Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a conductive layer over a semiconductor body and a first stress compensation layer adjacent to the conductive layer. The stress compensation layer may include a defined first stress.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 31, 2019
Date of Patent:
January 21, 2025
Assignee:
OSRAM OLED GMBH
Inventors:
André Steiner, Christine Rafael, Paola Altieri-Weimar
Abstract: In at least one embodiment of the method of operating a laser device (100) having a plurality of laser diodes (1) which can be controlled independently of one another, wherein controlled laser diodes are each operated with an operating current (I), and wherein each laser diode can be operated for a proper operation in a nominal current range (?I), a step A) is carried out in which an input current (I_0) or an input voltage (U_0) is applied to the laser device. Furthermore, a step B) is carried out in which a characteristic value is determined that is representative of a number N of laser diodes that can be operated in the respective nominal current range with the input current applied in step A) or with the input voltage applied in step A). If the characteristic value is representative of N?1, M laser diodes are controlled in a step C) in such a way that the M laser diodes are each operated in the nominal current range, wherein 1?M?N is selected.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 29, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 24, 2024
Assignee:
OSRAM OLED GMBH
Inventors:
Roland Heinrich Enzmann, Hubert Halbritter, Michael Klein
Abstract: A method for producing an optoelectronic component by providing a semiconductor layer sequence on a substrate where the semiconductor layer sequence is configured to emit radiation. The method may further include applying a contact layer to the semiconductor layer sequence where the contact layer has a layer thickness of at most 10 nm. The method may further include applying a reflective layer to the contact layer and applying a barrier layer directly to the reflective layer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 26, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 24, 2024
Assignee:
OSRAM OLED GMBH
Inventors:
Christoph Schwarzmaier, Martin Mandl, Robert Walter, Roland Stieglmeier, Michael Schmal
Abstract: An electromagnetic radiation emitting device and a method for applying a converter layer to an electromagnetic radiation emitting device are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes applying converter elements to a surface of a carrier, applying the converter elements to an electromagnetic radiation emitting device by applying the carrier to the electromagnetic radiation emitting device such that the surface of the carrier with the applied converter elements faces the electromagnetic radiation emitting device and forming a converter layer on the electromagnetic radiation emitting device by depositing a plurality of thin layers on the converter elements using an atomic layer deposition process.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 2, 2019
Date of Patent:
December 24, 2024
Assignee:
OSRAM OLED GmbH
Inventors:
Sebastian Taeger, Siegfried Herrmann, Adrian Stefan Avramescu, Alexander Behres
Abstract: Provided is an optoelectronic semiconductor chip including a semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer, a doped current spreading layer and an output coupling layer, which are arranged one above the other in this order. The active layer generates primary radiation during intended operation. The current spreading layer includes a larger lateral electrical conductivity than the output coupling layer. The output coupling layer includes output coupling structures for coupling out radiation on an exit side facing away from the active layer. The output coupling layer includes a lower absorption coefficient for primary radiation than the current spreading layer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 13, 2019
Date of Patent:
December 3, 2024
Assignee:
OSRAM OLED GMBH
Inventors:
Sebastian Pickel, Katharina Werner, Bernd Böhm, Anna Strozecka-Assig, Anna Nirschl
Abstract: A radiation-emitting semiconductor device (1) is specified, comprising a semiconductor body (2) having an active region (20) provided for generating radiation, a carrier (3) on which the semiconductor body is arranged and an optical element (4), wherein the optical element is attached to the semiconductor body by a direct bonding connection. Furthermore, a method for producing of radiation-emitting semiconductor devices is specified.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 26, 2023
Date of Patent:
November 12, 2024
Assignee:
OSRAM OLED GmbH
Inventors:
Roland Heinrich Enzmann, Hubert Halbritter, Martin Rudolf Behringer
Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor component may include applying a semiconductor chip over a first main surface of an insulating substrate, thinning a second main surface of the insulating substrate where the second main surface has a roughness of more than 300 nm after thinning, applying a smoothing metal layer over the second main surface of the insulating substrate, and smoothing the smoothing metal layer. A semiconductor component may include a semiconductor chip, an insulating substrate where the semiconductor chip is arranged over a first main surface of the insulating substrate and a second main surface of the insulating substrate has a roughness Ra of more than 300 nm, and a smoothing metal layer over the second main surface.
Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor body is provided with a layer stack with an active region which is configured to emit electromagnetic radiation and which includes a main extension plane, wherein the layer stack comprises side walls which extend transversely to the main extension plane of the active region, and the side walls are covered at least in places with a cover layer which is formed with at least one semiconductor material. In addition, an arrangement of a plurality of optoelectronic semiconductor bodies and a method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor body are provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 11, 2019
Date of Patent:
September 24, 2024
Assignee:
OSRAM OLED GMBH
Inventors:
Tansen Varghese, Adrian Stefan Avramescu
Abstract: A laser diode chip is described, comprising including: 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, an n-type contact and a p-type contact, at least one heating element arranged on a side of the laser diode chip facing the p-type semiconductor region, the heating element functioning as a resistance heater, and at least one metallic seed layer, wherein the heating element comprises a part of the seed layer, and wherein the p-type contact is arranged on a further part of the seed layer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 30, 2019
Date of Patent:
September 3, 2024
Assignee:
OSRAM OLED GMBH
Inventors:
Peter Jander, Michael Roth, Tomasz Swietlik, Clemens Vierheilig
Abstract: In an embodiment an optoelectronic lighting device includes a carrier, exactly one light-emitting optoelectronic semiconductor component, wherein the semiconductor component has a light emission area on at least one surface side, and wherein the semiconductor component is arranged on an upper side of the carrier, at least one functional layer arranged above the light emission area and/or adjacent to the light emission area and an edging for the functional layer, wherein the edging surrounds the functional layer when viewed in a circumferential direction, the circumferential direction being parallel to the upper side of the carrier around the functional layer, and wherein the edging is formed of a transparent material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 9, 2019
Date of Patent:
September 3, 2024
Assignee:
OSRAM OLED GmbH
Inventors:
Simon Jerebic, Daniel Leisen, Philipp Pust, Thomas Birke
Abstract: In an embodiment a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body having an active region configured to generate radiation, a first contact layer having a first contact area and a first contact finger structure connected to the first contact area, a second contact layer having a second contact area and a second contact finger structure connected to the second contact area, a current distribution layer electrically conductively connected to the first contact layer, a connection layer electrically conductively connected to the first contact layer via the current distribution layer and an insulation layer, wherein the insulation layer is arranged in places between the connection layer and the current distribution layer, wherein the insulation layer has at a plurality of openings, in which the connection layer and the current distribution layer adjoin one another, and wherein edge regions of the insulation layer includes more openings than a central region of the insulation layer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 17, 2023
Date of Patent:
September 3, 2024
Assignee:
OSRAM OLED GmbH
Inventors:
Fabian Kopp, Attila Molnar, Bjoern Muermann, Franz Eberhard
Abstract: In an embodiment, the semiconductor device is surface mountable and comprises a light emitting semiconductor chip which comprises electrical contact pads. An opaque base body laterally surrounds the semiconductor chip. An electrical fanning layer contains electrical conductor tracks. Electrical connection pads are used for external electrical contacting of the semiconductor device. The contact pads and the connection pads are located on different sides of the fanning layer. The contact pads are electrically connected to the associated connection pads by means of the fanning layer. The connection pads are expanded relative to the contact pads.
Abstract: In one embodiment, the optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer sequence with an active zone for generating a radiation. The semiconductor layer sequence is based on AlInGaP and/or on AlInGaAs. A metal mirror for the radiation is located on a rear side of the semiconductor layer sequence opposite a light extraction side. A protective metallization is applied directly to a side of the metal mirror facing away from the semiconductor layer sequence. An adhesion promoting layer is located directly on a side of the metal mirror facing the semiconductor layer sequence. The adhesion promoting layer is an encapsulation layer for the metal mirror, so that the metal mirror is encapsulated at least at one outer edge by the adhesion promoting layer together with the protective metallization.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 28, 2024
Publication date:
August 15, 2024
Applicant:
OSRAM OLED GmbH
Inventors:
Sebastian PICKEL, Johannes SARIC, Wolfgang SCHMID, Anna STROZECKA-ASSIG, Johannes BAUR