Patents Assigned to OSRAM OLED GmbH
  • Patent number: 11316067
    Abstract: A semiconductor body is disclosed. In an embodiment a semiconductor body includes an n-doped region comprising a first layer sequence comprising pairs of alternating layers, wherein a first layer and a second layer of each pair differ in their doping concentration, and wherein the first and second layers of each pair have the same material composition except for their doping and a second layer sequence comprising pairs of alternating layers, wherein a first layer and a second layer of each pair differ in their material composition, an active region, wherein the second layer sequence is disposed between the first layer sequence and the active region and a p-doped region, wherein the active region is disposed between the n-doped region and the p-doped region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Marcus Eichfelder, Alexander Walter
  • Patent number: 11315898
    Abstract: A method for fastening a semiconductor chip on a substrate and an electronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes providing a semiconductor chip, applying a solder metal layer sequence on the semiconductor chip, providing a substrate, applying a metallization layer sequence on the substrate, applying the semiconductor chip on the substrate via the solder metal layer sequence and the metallization layer sequence and heating the applied semiconductor chip on the substrate for fastening the semiconductor chip on the substrate. The solder metal layer may include a first metallic layer comprising an indium-tin alloy, a barrier layer arranged above the first metallic layer and a second metallic layer comprising gold arranged between the barrier layer and the semiconductor chip, wherein an amount of substance of the gold in the second metallic layer is greater than an amount of substance of tin in the first metallic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Mueller, Andreas Ploessl, Mathias Wendt
  • Patent number: 11316077
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting device includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer that emits a primary radiation during operation, a decoupling surface on a surface of the semiconductor layer sequence, a wavelength conversion layer on a side of the semiconductor layer sequence facing away from the decoupling surface, containing at least one conversion material that converts the primary radiation into secondary radiation, and a mirror layer on the side of the wavelength conversion layer facing away from the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the at least one conversion material is electrically conductive and/or embedded in an electrically conductive matrix material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Britta Göötz, Norwin von Malm
  • Patent number: 11316068
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip and a method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip are disclosed. In an embodiment, a chip includes a semiconductor body comprising a plurality of emission regions, first and second contact points, a rewiring structure and first and second connection points, wherein each emission region is contacted via the first and second contact points and configured to be operated separately from one another, wherein the rewiring structure electrically conductively connects each first contact point to an associated first connection point, wherein the rewiring structure electrically conductively connects every second contact point to an associated second connection point, wherein at least one of the connection points does not overlap with a contact point which is electrically conductively connected to this connection point in a vertical direction, and wherein each first connection point is disposed laterally directly adjacent to a further first connection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Dominik Scholz, Alexander F. Pfeuffer
  • Patent number: 11316075
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the optoelectronic semiconductor component (1) comprises a semiconductor chip (2) for generating radiation and an inorganic housing (3). The semiconductor chip (2) is accommodated in a hermetically sealed manner in the housing (3). The housing (3) has a preferably ceramic base plate (31), a cover plate (33) and at least one preferably ceramic housing ring (32) and a plurality of electrical through-connections (51). A recess (15), in which the semiconductor chip (2) is located, is formed by the housing ring (32). The base plate (31) has a plurality of electrical connection surfaces (35) on a component underside (11). A plurality of through-connections (51) each extend through the base plate (31), through the cover plate (33) and through the housing ring (32). The base plate (31), the at least one housing ring (32) and the cover plate (33) are firmly connected to one another via continuous, peripheral inorganic sealing frames (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Jörg Erich Sorg, Christoph Koller, Andreas Dobner
  • Patent number: 11316084
    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: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Roland Heinrich Enzmann, Hubert Halbritter, Martin Rudolf Behringer
  • Patent number: 11309459
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer sequence including an active zone that generates radiation by electroluminescence; a p-electrode and an n-electrode; an electrically insulating passivation layer on side surfaces of the semiconductor layer sequence; and an edge field generating device on the side surfaces on a side of the passivation layer facing away from the semiconductor layer sequence at the active zone, wherein the edge field generating device is configured to generate an electric field at least temporarily in an edge region of the active zone so that, during operation, a current flow through the semiconductor layer sequence is controllable in the edge region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Clemens Vierheilig, Philipp Kreuter, Rainer Hartmann, Michael Binder, Tobias Meyer
  • Patent number: 11309461
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing an optoelectronic semiconductor device are disclosed. In an embodiment, an optoelectronic semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body having an active region configured to generate electromagnetic radiation and a coupling-out surface along a main radiation direction, and a wavelength conversion element having conversion regions, the conversion regions optically separated from one another by metallic separators, wherein the wavelength conversion element is arranged downstream of the semiconductor body in the main radiation direction of the active region, wherein the active region comprises a plurality of independently controllable emission regions, and wherein the emission regions are at least partially aligned with the conversion regions and explicitly assigned to the conversion regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Britta Göötz, Norwin von Malm
  • Patent number: 11296265
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting semiconductor device and a fabric are disclosed. In an embodiment, a radiation-emitting semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active region configured to generate radiation and at least one carrier on which the semiconductor layer sequence is arranged, wherein the at least one carrier has at least one anchoring structure on a carrier underside facing away from the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the at least one anchoring structure includes electrical contact points for making electrical contact with the semiconductor layer sequence, and wherein the at least one anchoring structure is configured to receive at least one thread for fastening the semiconductor device to a fabric and for electrical contacting the at least one thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Rudolf Behringer, Alexander F. Pfeuffer, Andreas Plößl, Georg Bogner, Berthold Hahn, Frank Singer
  • Patent number: 11289534
    Abstract: A component includes a substrate, a first semiconductor body having a first active layer, a second semiconductor body having a second active layer, and a first transition zone, wherein the first active layer is configured to generate electromagnetic radiation of a first peak wavelength and the second active layer is configured to generate electromagnetic radiation of a second peak wavelength, in the vertical direction, the first transition zone is arranged between the first and second semiconductor bodies and is directly adjacent to the first and second semiconductor bodies, the first transition zone includes a radiation-transmissive, at least for the radiation of the first peak wavelength partially transparent and electrically conductive material so that the first semiconductor body electrically conductively connects to the second semiconductor body via the first transition zone, and the first transition zone includes a structured surface or a first partially transparent and partially wavelength-selectively
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Marika Hirmer, Sophia Huppmann, Simeon Katz
  • Patent number: 11289620
    Abstract: A method for producing optoelectronic semiconductor chips and an optoelectronic semiconductor chip are disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes growing a semiconductor layer sequence with an active, attaching a carrier substrate, depositing a sacrificial layer on an outer side of the carrier substrate and/or of the growth substrate, structuring the sacrificial layer so that singulation lanes are formed and dividing the carrier substrate and/or the growth substrate along the singulation lanes by a singulation stream including a laser radiation or a plasma, wherein the sacrificial layer adjacent to the singulation lanes is not transmissive to the singulation stream, and wherein the singulation stream is passed both through the singulation lanes and over the sacrificial layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventor: Michael Ruhland
  • Patent number: 11288502
    Abstract: An illumination dystem, an electronic Device and a method for using an illumination device are disclosed. In an embodiment an illumination device includes at least one semiconductor component configured to generate radiation, an optical element and a control circuit, wherein the optical element is configured to direct the radiation into a field of view to be illuminated, wherein the semiconductor component has a plurality of pixels of a first type, each pixel configured to illuminate the field of view in regions with radiation in a visible spectral range, and at least one infrared pixel configured to illuminate the field of view at least in regions with radiation in an infrared spectral range, wherein the pixels of the first type are arranged in a first matrix arrangement and the infrared pixels are arranged in a second matrix arrangement, and wherein the pixels of the first type and the at least one infrared pixel are operable via the control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Mikko Perälä, Désirée Queren, Marco Antretter
  • Patent number: 11282991
    Abstract: A method of producing an optoelectronic component includes providing an opto-electronic semiconductor chip including a layer sequence arranged on a substrate, wherein the layer sequence includes a contact side including two electrical contact locations, the contact side facing away from the substrate; arranging the optoelectronic semiconductor chip on an auxiliary carrier such that the contact side faces away from the auxiliary carrier; arranging a molding material above the auxiliary carrier such that a housing is formed that at least partly encloses the optoelectronic semiconductor chip, wherein the contact side is covered by the molding material; and detaching the housing from the auxiliary carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventor: Siegfried Herrmann
  • Patent number: 11280454
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the optoelectronic semiconductor device comprises a carrier having electrical connection surfaces on a carrier upper side. At least four semiconductor chips are configured to emit light of different colors from each other. The semiconductor chips are mounted close to each other on the connection surfaces so that a distance between adjacent semiconductor chips is at most 100 ?m in a top view on the carrier upper side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Flock, Michael Schumann, Moritz Laubscher
  • Patent number: 11282983
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip may have a radiation-permeable support, a semiconductor body, and a transparent current spreading layer. The semiconductor body may have an n-sided semiconductor layer, a p-sided semiconductor layer, and an optically active area therebetween. The semiconductor body may be secured to the support by means of a radiation permeable connection layer. The current spread layer may be based on zinc selenide and may be adjacent to the n-sided semi-conductor layer. A method for producing this type of semiconductor chip is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventor: Tansen Varghese
  • Patent number: 11282823
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with at least one radiation emitting optical semiconductor chip, an integrated circuit, and exactly two connecting contacts. The semiconductor device has a variable radiation characteristic which is controlled as a function of a voltage signal both for data transmission and for supplying the semiconductor device which can be applied to the connecting contacts and varied over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Schwarz
  • Patent number: 11276800
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing light emitting diodes and a light emitting diode are disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes growing an n-conductive n-layer, growing an active zone for generating ultraviolet radiation, growing a p-conductive p-layer, producing a p-type semiconductor contact layer having a varying thickness and having a plurality of thickness maxima directly on the p-type layer and applying an ohmic-conductive electrode layer directly on the semiconductor contact layer, wherein each the n-layer and the active zone is based on AlGaN, the p-layer is based on AlGaN or InGaN and the semiconductor contact layer is a GaN layer, wherein the thickness maxima have an area concentration of at least 104 cm?2 in a top view, and wherein the p-layer is only partially covered by the semiconductor contact layer in the top view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Bastian Galler, Jürgen Off
  • Patent number: 11276788
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip may include a semiconductor layer sequence provided for generating and/or receiving radiation. The chip may further include a first trench structure and a second trench structure formed in the semiconductor layer sequence. A first contact finger structure may electrically conductively connect the second trench structure to a first semiconductor layer of the semiconductor layer sequence. The first contact finger structure may adjoin a first side surface and/or a second side surface of the second trench structure at least in places. A second contact finger structure may electrically conductively connect to a second semiconductor layer of the semiconductor layer sequence where the second contact finger may be arranged in the first trench structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Fabian Kopp, Attila Molnar
  • Patent number: 11275237
    Abstract: An apparatus for presenting an image for a heads-up display includes three arrays of light-emitting diodes, wherein the light-emitting diodes of an array are arranged and output electromagnetic beams in an emission direction of an emission side of the array, the light-emitting diodes output an electromagnetic beam with a first opening angle in the emission direction, a collimation apparatus provided on the emission side at a specified spacing in front of the array of the light-emitting diodes, wherein the collimation apparatus reduces the first opening angles of the beams of the light-emitting diodes downstream of the collimation apparatus in the emission direction to a second opening angle, the second opening angle is smaller than the first opening angle, and a combination optical unit arranged downstream of the collimation apparatus in the emission direction, the combination optical unit superposes the electromagnetic rays from the three arrays to form an image for the head-up display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Brick, Uli Hiller, Stefan Morgott
  • Patent number: 11276803
    Abstract: In an embodiment an optoelectronic semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip having a semiconductor layer sequence with an active region, a radiation exit surface arranged parallel to the active region and a plurality of side faces arranged obliquely or perpendicular to the radiation exit surface. The device further includes a contact track electrically connecting the semiconductor chip to a contact surface configured to externally contact the semiconductor device, a molding and a rear side of the semiconductor chip remote from the radiation exit surface, the rear side being free of a material of the molding, wherein one of the side faces is configured as a mounting side face for fastening of the semiconductor device, and wherein the contact track partially runs on one of the side faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Schwarz, Frank Singer