Patents Assigned to OSRAM OLED GmbH
  • Patent number: 11486819
    Abstract: A detection assembly and a method for producing a detection assemblies are disclosed. In an embodiment a detection arrangement includes an emitter configured to generate radiation having a peak wavelength in an infrared spectral range, a detector configured to receive the radiation, a mounting surface comprising at least a first contact surface and a second contact surface for external electrical connection of the detection arrangement, a form body adjoining the emitter and the detector at least in places and deflection optics, on which the radiation impinges during operation of the detection arrangement so that an optical path is formed between the emitter and the detector by the deflection optics, wherein the deflection optics include a scattering body into which the radiation enters during the operation through a surface of the scattering body facing the emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Singer, Matthias Sperl
  • Patent number: 11482512
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes an optoelectronic semiconductor chip that generates primary radiation during intended operation of the semiconductor chip, which primary radiation is coupled out via an emission side of the semiconductor chip, an optical element on the emission side and including a plurality of transmission fields arranged laterally side by side, wherein each transmission field is individually and independently electrically controllable, the transmission fields each include an electrochromic material, the transmission fields are such that, by electrically driving a transmission field, the transmittance of the electrochromic material for a radiation coming from the direction of the semiconductor chip during operation is changed and transmittance of the optical element in the region of the respective transmission field is changed for the respective radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventor: Luca Haiberger
  • Patent number: 11480744
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the optoelectronic component comprises a first emission zone, which emits electromagnetic radiation during operation. Furthermore, the component comprises an optical waveguide with an entrance side facing the first emission zone, a distribution element and with output coupling structures on a side of the distribution element facing away from the first emission zone. The optical waveguide is a simply connected solid body. In a top view of the side of the optical waveguide facing away from the first emission zone, the distribution element completely covers the first emission zone. The output coupling structures are individual, spaced-apart elevations, each of which extends away from the distribution element and comprises an output coupling surface at an end facing away from the distribution element. A structure that is nontransmissive to the radiation of the first emission zone is arranged on the optical waveguide in the region between the output coupling structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Luca Haiberger, Daniel Richter
  • Patent number: 11476398
    Abstract: A semiconductor display may include a multiplicity of semiconductor pillars as well as first contact strips and second electrical contact strips. The semiconductor pillars each comprise a semiconductor core of a first conductivity type and a semiconductor shell of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, as well as an active layer between them for radiation generation. The semiconductor pillars each comprise an energization shell which is applied onto the respective semiconductor shell for energization. The semiconductor pillars can be electrically driven independently of one another individually or in small groups by means of the first and second electrical contact strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventor: Siegfried Herrmann
  • Patent number: 11475261
    Abstract: A light emitting device for optically reproducing a coded information includes a plurality of optical components. Each of the components is configured to emit light. The combination of the light emitted from the optical components provides coded information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Hubert Halbritter, Peter Brick
  • Patent number: 11476389
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip comprising the following steps: providing a semiconductor body (1) having a radiation-permeable surface (1a), and introducing structures (2) into the semiconductor body (1) on the radiation-permeable surface (1a), wherein the structures (2) are quasi-regular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Huber, Jana Sommerfeld, Martin Herz, Sebastian Hoibl, Christian Rumbolz, Albrecht Kieslich, Bernd Boehm, Georg Rossbach, Markus Broell
  • Patent number: 11476384
    Abstract: A light source is specified which comprises a planar semiconductor light source comprising a plurality of independently operable single emitters, wherein, during operation, each of the single emitters emits light via respective single luminous surface. Furthermore, the light source has a common optical element which is arranged directly downstream of the single emitters and which is embodied and intended to direct light from different single emitters into different solid angle regions, wherein the single emitters are arranged defocused with respect to the optical element and the individual light surfaces are imaged in a blurred manner by the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Ralph Peter Bertram, Norbert Harendt
  • Patent number: 11473221
    Abstract: The invention relates to an embodiment in which the textile component comprises at least one flexible thread that can be woven. A plurality of semiconductor columns are attached in or on the thread and are configured to generate radiation. Furthermore, a plurality of electrical lines are located in or on the thread, by means of which lines the semiconductor columns are electrically contacted. An average height (H) of the semiconductor columns in a direction transverse to a longitudinal direction (L) of the thread is at most 20% of an average diameter (D) of the thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Luca Haiberger, Siegfried Herrmann
  • Patent number: 11469220
    Abstract: The invention relates to a component comprising a first part, a second part, a housing body, and a first electrode, wherein the housing body encloses the first electrode in lateral directions at least in some regions. The first electrode has a front face and a rear face facing away from the front face, and the front and rear faces are free of a cover produced by a material of the housing body at least in some regions. The first part is arranged on the front face, and the second part is arranged on the rear face, and both the first and second parts are connected to the first electrode in an electrically conductive manner. The first electrode is designed to be continuous and is arranged between the first part and the second part in the vertical direction. Also described is a method for producing the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Zeljko Pajkic, Luca Haiberger, Martin Brandl
  • Patent number: 11462500
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an optoelectronic semiconductor device includes at least two lead frame parts and an optoelectronic semiconductor chip which is mounted in a mounting region on one of the lead frame parts. The lead frame parts are mechanically connected to one another via a casting body. The semiconductor chip is embedded in the cast body. In the mounting region the respective lead frame part has a reduced thickness. An electrical line is led over the cast body from the semiconductor chip to a connection region of the other of the lead frame parts. In the connection region, the respective lead frame part has the full thickness. From the connection region to the semiconductor chip the electrical line does not overcome any significant difference in height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Hien, Matthias Goldbach, Michael Zitzlsperger, Ludwig Peyker
  • Patent number: 11456404
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip may include a semiconductor body, a first and second contact element, a chip carrier, an electrically conductive contact layer, an electrically conductive supply layer, an insulating layer between the contact layer and the supply layer, and at least one electrically conductive feed-through element embedded in the insulating layer. The feed-through element(s) may electrically connect the supply layer to the contact layer. A quantity and/or size of the feed-through elements may be greater on a second side of the semiconductor body opposite to the first side than on the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Heinrich Enzmann, Lorenzo Zini, Vanessa Eichinger, Stefan Barthel
  • Patent number: 11453822
    Abstract: A lighting device is specified. The lighting device comprises 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(XD)n:E. In this case, 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. The following furthermore hold true: a+b+c+d=t; e+f+g+h+i+j=u; k+l+m+n=v; a+2b+3c+4d+e+2f+3g+4h+5i+6j?k?2l?3m?4n=w; 0.8?t?1; ?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Seibald, Dominik Baumann, Tim Fiedler, Stefan Lange, Hubert Huppertz, Daniel Dutzler, Thorsten Schroeder, Daniel Bichler, Gudrun Plundrich, Simon Peschke, Gregor Hoerder, Gina Maya Achrainer, Klaus Wurst
  • Patent number: 11447695
    Abstract: A lighting device for emitting a red total radiation may be configured such that the lighting device has a semiconductor layer sequence configured to emit electromagnetic primary radiation. A conversion element may include a first fluorescent material of the formula Sr[Al2Li2O2N2]:Eu, crystallized in the tetragonal space group P42/m. The first fluorescent material may at least partially convert the electromagnetic primary radiation into an electromagnetic secondary radiation in the red region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The conversion element may include a second fluorescent material to at least partially convert the electromagnetic primary radiation into an electromagnetic secondary radiation in the red region of the electromagnetic spectrum and/or the lighting device may include a mirror or filter arranged above the conversion element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Ion Stoll, Philipp Pust
  • Patent number: 11450794
    Abstract: A carrier and a component are disclosed. In an embodiment a component includes a semiconductor chip including a substrate and a semiconductor body arranged thereon and a metallic carrier having a coefficient of thermal expansion which is at least 1.5 times greater than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the substrate or of the semiconductor chip, wherein the semiconductor chip is attached to a mounting surface of the metallic carrier by a connection layer such that the connection layer is located between the semiconductor chip and a buffer layer and adjoins a rear side of the semiconductor chip, wherein the buffer layer has a yield stress which is at least 10 MPa and at most 300 MPa, and wherein the substrate of the semiconductor chip and the metallic carrier of the component have a higher yield stress than the buffer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Paola Altieri-Weimar, Ingo Neudecker, Michael Zitzlsperger, Stefan Groetsch, Holger Klassen
  • Patent number: 11444224
    Abstract: A light-emitting semiconductor component may include a conversion layer, a radiation surface, and a plurality of adjacently arranged emission regions configured to be operated separately, individually and/or in groups. The conversion layer may be arranged downstream of the emission regions in the direction of radiation of the emission regions. The emission regions may be configured to emit primary radiation of a first wavelength range into the conversion layer. The conversion layer may be configured to convert at least a portion of the primary radiation into secondary radiation of a second wavelength range. Mixed radiation is configured to be emitted from the light-emitting semiconductor component at the radiation surface. The mixed radiation may include primary radiation and secondary radiation. A probability that primary radiation travelling from the emission region to the radiation surface is converted into secondary radiation may vary along the radiation surface by a maximum factor of 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Streppel, Hailing Cui, Desiree Queren, Dajana Durach
  • Patent number: 11437540
    Abstract: A component includes a carrier and a semiconductor body arranged on the carrier, wherein the semiconductor body includes a semiconductor layer facing away from the carrier, a further semiconductor layer facing the carrier and an optically active layer located therebetween, the carrier has a metallic carrier layer that is contiguous and mechanically stabilizes the component, the carrier includes a mirror layer disposed between the semiconductor body and the metallic carrier layer, the carrier has a compensating layer directly adjacent to the metallic carrier layer and is configured to compensate for internal mechanical strains in the component, and the compensating layer is arranged between the semiconductor body and the metallic carrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Isabel Otto, Korbinian Perzlmaier
  • Patent number: 11437545
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the optoelectronic semiconductor chip (1) comprises a semiconductor layer sequence (2) with an active zone (23) for generating radiation with a wavelength of maximum intensity L. A mirror (3) comprises a cover layer (31). The cover layer (31) is made of a material transparent to the radiation and has an optical thickness between 0.5 L and 3 L inclusive. The cover layer (31) is followed in a direction away from the semiconductor layer sequence (2) by between inclusive two and inclusive ten intermediate layers (32, 33, 34, 35) of the mirror (3). The intermediate layers (32, 33, 34, 35) alternately have high and low refractive indices. An optical thickness of at least one of the intermediate layers (32, 33, 34, 35) is not equal to L/4. The intermediate layers (32, 33, 34, 35) are followed in the direction away from the semiconductor layer sequence (2) by at least one metal layer (39) of the mirror (3) as a reflection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Anna Strozecka-Assig, Johannes Saric
  • Patent number: 11437550
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component that emits electromagnetic radiation from a radiation exit surface of the optoelectronic component includes a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip that produces electromagnetic radiation, and a marker element applied to the radiation exit surface of the optoelectronic component, the marker element including a dye substance that can be removed from the radiation exit surface using a solvent and/or is permeable to the electromagnetic radiation of the optoelectronic component, wherein the dye substance includes a resin into which fluorescent particles are introduced that convert electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range into electromagnetic radiation of a second wavelength range, the first wavelength range and the second wavelength range being within the ultraviolet spectral range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Isabel Otto, Holger Klassen, Berthold Hahn
  • Patent number: 11430378
    Abstract: A display includes a plurality of pixels. The pixels include at least one emitter unit. The emitter units each include a primary emitter and a secondary emitter for generating light of the same color. The secondary emitter is associated with the primary emitter of the corresponding emitter unit. The primary emitters and the secondary emitters are based on at least one semiconductor material. The emitter units each include a correction circuit. The correction circuits are each configured to be able to switch the generation of light from the primary emitter to the associated secondary emitter in case of a defect of the associated primary emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Richter, Kilian Regau, Patrick Hörner
  • Patent number: 11430907
    Abstract: In an embodiment a method includes providing a growth substrate comprising a growth surface formed by a planar region having a plurality of three-dimensional surface structures on the planar region, directly applying a nucleation layer of oxygen-containing AlN to the growth surface and growing a nitride-based semiconductor layer sequence on the nucleation layer, wherein growing the semiconductor layer sequence includes selectively growing the semiconductor layer sequence upwards from the planar region such that a growth of the semiconductor layer sequence on surfaces of the three-dimensional surface structures is reduced or non-existent compared to a growth on the planar region, wherein the nucleation layer is applied onto both the planar region and the three-dimensional surface structures of the growth surface, and wherein a selectivity of the growth of the semiconductor layer sequence on the planar region is targetedly adjusted by an oxygen content of the nucleation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Werner Bergbauer, Thomas Lehnhardt, Jürgen Off, Joachim Hertkorn