Patents Assigned to OSRAM OLED GmbH
  • Patent number: 11094689
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a first contact point for n-side contacting, a second contact point for p-side contacting, and a protective diode, which is connected antiparallel to the first contact point and to the second contact point. The protective diode includes a first diode structure which is p-conductive and a second diode structure which is n-conductive. The first diode structure is formed as a layer which overlaps in places with the first contact point in a first overlap region. The second diode structure is formed as a layer which overlaps in places with the second contact point in a second overlap region. The first diode structure and the second diode structure overlap each other in a third overlap region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Ivar Tangring, Thomas Schlereth
  • Patent number: 11086138
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Stojetz, Alfred Lell, Christoph Eichler, Andreas Löffler, Harald König, André Somers, Clemens Vierheilig
  • Patent number: 11088297
    Abstract: A method for producing a component and a component are disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes providing a substrate, applying a composite of components to the substrate, forming an anchoring layer on the composite of components, attaching a carrier to the anchoring layer, wherein the anchoring layer is disposed between the substrate and the carrier and removing the substrate, wherein the composite of components is divided into a plurality of components by forming a plurality of separating trenches, wherein, after removing the substrate, the components continue to be held on the carrier by the anchoring layer, and wherein the anchoring layer comprises at least one predetermined breaking layer having at least one predetermined breaking position, the predetermined breaking position being laterally surrounded by the separating trenches and—in a plan view of the carrier—being covered by one of the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventor: Lutz Höppel
  • Patent number: 11081520
    Abstract: A luminescence diode and a method for producing a luminescence diode are disclosed. In an embodiment a luminescence diode includes a carrier substrate, a first semiconductor layer sequence including a first active layer suitable for emitting radiation having a first dominant wavelength ?dom1 and a second semiconductor layer sequence including a second active layer suitable for emitting radiation having a second dominant wavelength ?dom2, wherein the first semiconductor layer sequence and the second semiconductor layer sequence are arranged side by side on the carrier substrate, and wherein the first dominant wavelength ?dom1 of the first active layer and the second dominant wavelength ?dom2 of the second active layer are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Rupprich, Andreas Rudolph, Hubert Halbritter
  • Patent number: 11081620
    Abstract: A method of producing a semiconductor component includes applying an auxiliary carrier at a first side of a semiconductor body, the auxiliary carrier having a first lateral coefficient of thermal expansion, and applying a connection carrier at a second side of the semiconductor body facing away from the auxiliary carrier, the connection carrier having a second lateral coefficient of thermal expansion, wherein the semiconductor body is grown on a growth substrate different from the auxiliary carrier, the first and the second lateral coefficient of thermal expansion differ by at most 50%, and the growth substrate is removed prior to application of the auxiliary carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Plössl, Norwin von Malm, Dominik Scholz, Christoph Schwarzmaier, Martin Rudolf Behringer, Alexander F. Pfeuffer
  • Patent number: 11075324
    Abstract: A method of producing an outcoupling element for an optoelectronic component includes A) providing quantum dots each having a core made of a semiconductor material, B) applying an inorganic or a phosphonate-containing ligand shell on a respective core of the quantum dots, and C) introducing the quantum dots with the ligand shell into a matrix material, wherein introducibility of the quantum dots with the ligand shell is facilitated compared to the quantum dots produced in step A), and the outcoupling element is transparent for radiation from the red and/or IR region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Dirscherl, Marcus Adam, Guido Kickelbick
  • Patent number: 11075323
    Abstract: A method of producing a radiation-emitting component includes: A) providing a dielectric layer that degrades against environmental influences; B) applying a first protective layer to the dielectric layer by an atomic layer deposition method, wherein the first protective layer includes elemental Si or in a compound; and C) applying a second protective layer to the first protective layer, the second protective layer including elemental Si, wherein a layer thickness of the first protective layer is less than or equal to 1 nm so that the first protective layer reduces or prevents a degradation of the dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Rückerl
  • Patent number: 11070306
    Abstract: A method of transmitting optical data includes providing a plurality of light sources in a transmission system, transmitting a data signal with data to be transmitted to the transmission system, decomposing the data signal in the transmission system into N different sub-signals, wherein N is a natural number with N?2, and controlling the light sources based on the sub-signals such that each of the light sources emits light according to one of the sub-signals and the light emitted overall by the light sources transmits the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Rudolf Behringer, Hubert Halbritter, Roland Heinrich Enzmann
  • Patent number: 11069835
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor chip are disclosed. In an embodiment an optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a plurality of fins and a current expansion layer for common contacting of at least some of the fins, wherein each fin includes two side surfaces arranged opposite one another and an active region arranged on each of the side surfaces, wherein the plurality of fins include inner fins and outer fins having an adjacent fin only on one side, and wherein the current expansion layer is in direct contact with the inner fins on their outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Adrian Stefan Avramescu, Tansen Varghese, Martin Straßburg, Hans-Jürgen Lugauer, Sönke Fündling, Jana Hartmann, Frederik Steib, Andreas Waag
  • Patent number: 11069842
    Abstract: A method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component and an optoelectronic semiconductor component are disclosed. In an embodiment a method include providing a semiconductor layer sequence having an active region and a plurality of emission regions, forming a plurality of first contact points, filling spacings between the first contact points with a molding compound, removing a growth substrate of the semiconductor layer sequence and arranging the semiconductor layer sequence on a connection carrier comprising a control circuit and a plurality of connection surfaces, wherein each of the first contact points is electrically conductively connected to a connection surface, wherein the emission regions are independently controllable by the control circuit, and wherein the molding compound serves as a temporary auxiliary carrier that mechanically stabilizes the semiconductor layer sequence during the removal of the growth substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Isabel Otto, Christian Leirer
  • Patent number: 11069844
    Abstract: A light-emitting device and a method for manufacturing a light emitting device are disclosed. In an embodiment a light-emitting device includes a light-emitting semiconductor chip having a light-outcoupling surface and an optical element arranged on the light-outcoupling surface, wherein the light-emitting semiconductor chip is laterally surrounded by a frame element in a form-locking manner, wherein the optical element is mounted on the frame element, wherein the frame element projects beyond the light-outcoupling surface in a vertical direction such that a gas-filled gap is present at least in a partial region between the light-outcoupling surface and the optical element, and wherein the frame element has a channel connecting the gap to an atmosphere surrounding the light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Luca Haiberger, Sam Chou, Martin Brandl
  • Patent number: 11067727
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multilayer optical element is disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes providing a substrate, applying a first optical layer by applying a first layer having a dielectric first material having a first refractive index, structuring the first layer by sectionally removing the first material and filling first interspaces with a dielectric second material having a second refractive index different from the first refractive index so that the second material has at least the same height as the first material, and applying at least a second optical layer by applying a second layer having the first material, structuring the second layer by sectionally removing the first material so that the first optical layer is exposed in second interspaces between second areas with the first material and filling the second interspaces with the second material so that the second material has at least the same height as the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Georg Roßbach, Hubert Halbritter
  • Patent number: 11070025
    Abstract: A semiconductor radiation source includes at least one semiconductor chip that generates radiation; a controller with one or more switching elements configured for pulsed operation of the semiconductor chip; and at least one capacitor body, wherein the semiconductor chip directly electrically connects in a planar manner to the capacitor body, the controller electrically connects to a side of the semiconductor chip opposite the capacitor body, and the controller, the capacitor body and the semiconductor chip are stacked on top of each other so that the capacitor body is located between the control unit and the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Wojcik, Hubert Halbritter, Josip Maric
  • Patent number: 11069663
    Abstract: A method of producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component includes A) providing at least three source substrates, wherein each of the source substrates is equipped with a specific type of radiation-emitting semiconductor chips, B) providing a target substrate having a mounting plane configured to mount the semiconductor chips thereto, C) forming platforms on the target substrate, and D) transferring at least some of the semiconductor chips with a wafer-to-wafer process from the source substrates onto the target substrate so that the semiconductor chips transferred to the target substrate maintain their relative position with respect to one another, within the types of semiconductor chips, wherein on the target substrate the semiconductor chips of each type of semiconductor chips have a specific height above the mounting plane due to the platforms so that the semiconductor chips of different types of semiconductor chips have different heights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Plößl, Siegfried Herrmann, Martin Rudolf Behringer, Frank Singer, Thomas Schwarz, Alexander F. Pfeuffer
  • Publication number: 20210217663
    Abstract: A method for severing an epitaxially grown semiconductor body is given, in which a) a growth substrate (2) is provided; b) at least one trench (20) is produced in a first main surface (2a) of the growth substrate (2) by etching; c) a semiconductor material is epitaxially deposited on the first main surface (2a) and in the trench (20), wherein a semiconductor body (1) is formed, and the semiconductor body at least partially fills the trench (20); and d) the semiconductor body and the growth substrate are cut along the main direction of the trench. Furthermore, a semiconductor chip with a cover surface and side surfaces is specified, in which the side surfaces each have a beveled section that is adjacent to the cover surface and whose surface is created by epitaxy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Osram Oled GmbH
    Inventors: Lars NÄHLE, Sven GERHARD
  • Patent number: 11061174
    Abstract: A diffractive optical element includes a carrier and a plurality of nano- or micro-scale rods arranged above a top side of the carrier, wherein the rods are arranged parallel to one another in a regular grid arrangement. A method of producing a diffractive optical element includes providing a carrier and epitaxially growing a plurality of mutually parallel nano- or micro-scale rods in a regular gird arrangement above a top side of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Enzmann, Hubert Halbritter, Adrian Stefan Avramescu, Thomas Hager, Georg Roßbach
  • Patent number: 11064590
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component, a method for manufacturing an optoelectronic component and a method for operating an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment, the component includes a carrier comprising a molded body and a light-emitting semiconductor body with a first segment and a second segment, wherein the first segment and the second segment are spatially separated from one another, and wherein each segment has an emission side facing away from the carrier. The component further includes a first electrical conductor path arranged on the first segment and on the second segment on a side of the light-emitting semiconductor body facing towards the carrier and a first electrical connecting structure and a second electrical connecting structure, each electrically connecting the first segment and the second segment to one another, wherein the first and second electrical connecting structure are electrically connected to one another by the first electrical conductor path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventor: Korbinian Perzlmaier
  • Patent number: 11063182
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes first and second semiconductor layers and an active layer that generates electromagnetic radiation, wherein the active layer is disposed between the first and second semiconductor layers, a recess in the first semiconductor layer, a front side provided for coupling out the electromagnetic radiation, a first electrical connection layer and a second electrical connection layer disposed on a rear side opposite the front side, wherein the first electrical connection layer is arranged at least partially in the recess, and a contact zone with a dopant of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, wherein the contact zone adjoins the recess, and the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are highly doped to prevent diffusion of the dopant from the contact zone into the first semiconductor layer and diffusion of the dopant from the contact zone into the second semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Petrus Sundgren, Wolfgang Schmid
  • Patent number: 11056045
    Abstract: An arrangement for operating radiation emitting devices includes a plurality of radiation emitting devices each having a first capacitance, a driver circuit that supplies the devices with electrical energy, and a compensation structure having a variable second capacitance corresponding to each device and means for adjusting the respective second capacitance, the compensation structure being connected to the device such that a total capacitance assigned to a device and dependent on the first capacitance can be adjusted by the second capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventor: Thorsten Frank Baumheinrich
  • Patent number: 11056857
    Abstract: A laser diode having a semiconductor layer sequence based on a nitride compound semiconductor material includes an n-type cladding layer, a first waveguide layer, a second waveguide layer and an active layer, and a p-type cladding layer including a first partial layer and a second partial layer, wherein the first partial layer includes Alx1Ga1-x1N with 0?x1?1 or Alx1Iny1Ga1-x1-y1N with 0?x1?1, 0?y1<1 and x1+y1?1, the aluminum content x1 decreases in a direction pointing away from the active layer so that the aluminum content has a maximum value x1max and a minimum value x1min<x1max, and the second partial layer includes Alx2Ga1-x2N with 0?x2?x1min or Alx2Iny2Ga1-x2-y2N with 0?x2?x1min, 0?y2<1 and x2+y2?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Eichler, Matthias Peter, Jan Wagner