Patents Assigned to OSRAM OLED
  • Patent number: 11935755
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser includes a substrate having a semiconductor layer sequence with an active layer that generates light during operation of the semiconductor laser, and a contact layer on a bottom side of the substrate opposite the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the contact layer has at least one first partial region and at least one second partial region which are formed contiguously, the at least one first partial region is annealed, and the at least one second partial region is unannealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Lell, Georg Brüderl, John Brückner, Sven Gerhard, Muhammad Ali, Thomas Adlhoch
  • Publication number: 20240088622
    Abstract: In one embodiment the semiconductor laser comprises a carrier and an edge-emitting laser diode which is mounted on the carrier and which comprises an active zone for generating a laser radiation and a facet with a radiation exit region. The semiconductor laser further comprises a protective cover, preferably a lens for collimation of the laser radiation. The protective cover is fastened to the facet and to a side surface of the carrier by means of an adhesive. A mean distance between a light entrance side of the protective cover and the facet is at most 60 ?m. The semiconductor laser is configured to be operated in a normal atmosphere without additional gas-tight encapsulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Erich SORG, Harald KÖNIG, Alfred LELL, Florian PESKOLLER, Karsten AUEN, Roland SCHULZ, Herbert BRUNNER, Frank SINGER, Roland HÜTTINGER
  • Patent number: 11929455
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component may include a layer sequence having an active layer configured to emit an electromagnetic primary radiation and a conversion element arranged in the beam path of the primary radiation. The conversion element may include a conversion layer and a conversion potting arranged over the conversion layer. The conversion layer may include a first matrix material and a converter material, and the conversion potting may include a second matrix material and a converter material. There may be a jump in concentration of converter material between the conversion layer and the conversion potting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventor: Norbert Harendt
  • Patent number: 11923656
    Abstract: A laser device is provided which comprises a common waveguide layer and a plurality of laser bodies, wherein each of the laser bodies has an active region configured for generating coherent electromagnetic radiation. The laser bodies are arranged side by side on the common waveguide layer, wherein the laser bodies are directly adjacent to the common waveguide layer. In particular, the laser bodies are configured to be phase-coupled to each other via the waveguide layer during operation of the laser device. Furthermore, a method for producing such a phase-coupled laser device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Jentzsch, Alexander Behres, Hans-Jürgen Lugauer
  • Patent number: 11923660
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component is provided that includes a primary light source and a secondary light source. The primary light source and the secondary light source are monolithically integrated in the semiconductor component so that only condensed matter is located between them. The primary light source includes a first resonator containing a semiconductor layer sequence which is electrically pumped during operation. A first resonator axis of the first resonator is oriented parallel to a growth direction (G) of the semiconductor layer sequence. The primary light source is configured to generate pump laser radiation (P). The secondary light source includes a pump medium for generating secondary radiation (S) and the pump medium is optically pumped by the pump laser radiation (P). The first resonator axis points past the pump medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Stojetz, Christoph Eichler, Alfred Lell, Sven Gerhard
  • Patent number: 11923662
    Abstract: An edge emitting laser bar is disclosed. In an embodiment an edge-emitting laser bar includes an AlInGaN-based semiconductor layer sequence having a contact side and an active layer configured to generate laser radiation, a plurality of individual emitters arranged next to each other and spaced apart from one another in a lateral transverse direction, each emitter configured to emit laser radiation and a plurality of contact elements arranged next to each other and spaced apart from one another in the lateral transverse direction on the contact side for making electrical contact with the individual emitters, each contact element being assigned to an individual emitter, wherein each contact element is electrically conductively coupled to the semiconductor layer sequence via a contiguous contact region of the contact side so that a current flow between the semiconductor layer sequence and the contact element is possible via the contact region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Lell, Muhammad Ali, Bernhard Stojetz, Harald Koenig
  • Patent number: 11916166
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device may include an optoelectronic semiconductor chip that is configured to emit electromagnetic radiation. The chip may include a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, first and second current spreading structures, and a plurality of electrical contact elements. The first current spreading layer may be arranged on a side of the second semiconductor layer facing away from the first semiconductor layer. The plurality of electrical contact elements may electrically connect the first semiconductor layer to the first current spreading layer. The second current spreading layer may be electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer. The second current spreading layer may be arranged between the first current spreading layer and the second semiconductor layer where an insulating layer insulates a first electrical contact element and a second electrical contact element from the second current spreading layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Osram OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Heinrich Enzmann, Christian Mueller, Stefan Barthel, Vanessa Eichinger, Marc Christian Nenstiel, Lorenzo Zini
  • Patent number: 11892651
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes an optoelectronic semiconductor chip configured to emit electromagnetic radiation; an optically effective element arranged such that electromagnetic radiation emitted by the optoelectronic semiconductor chip passes through the optically effective element; and a housing, wherein the optoelectronic semiconductor chip is arranged in a cavity of the housing, the optically effective element includes a carrier, a first optically effective structure arranged on a top side of the carrier, and a cover arranged above the first optically effective structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Enzmann, Hubert Halbritter, Markus Arzberger, Andreas Ploessl, Roland Schulz, Georg Rossbach, Bernd Boehm, Frank Singer, Matthias Sabathil
  • Patent number: 11894493
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting semiconductor chip may include a semiconductor body, a reflector, at least one cavity, and a seal. The semiconductor body may include an active region configured to generate electronic radiation. The reflector may be configured to reflect a portion of the electromagnetic radiation. The cavity may be filled with a material having a refractive index not exceeding 1.1. The seal may be impermeable to the material. The cavity may be arranged between the reflector and the semiconductor body, and the seal may cover the underside of the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Korbinian Perzlmaier, Stefan Illek
  • Patent number: 11888097
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component (1) is specified, with at least one radiation-emitting semiconductor chip generating electromagnetic radiation during operation, a coating surrounding the at least one semiconductor chip in lateral directions, a magnetic structure covered by the coating, wherein the magnetic structure enables the component to be identified. Furthermore, a process for the manufacture of such an optoelectronic component is given.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Konrad Wagner, Daniel Richter, Gunnar Petersen, Nicole Berner, Michael Förster
  • Patent number: 11881544
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a plurality of optoelectronic semiconductor components, including the following steps: preparing a plurality of semiconductor chips spaced in a lateral direction to one another; forming a housing body assembly, at least one region of which is arranged between the semiconductor chips; forming a plurality of fillets, each adjoining a semiconductor chip and being bordered in a lateral direction by a side surface of each semiconductor chip and the housing body assembly; and separating the housing body assembly into a plurality of optoelectronic components, each component having at least one semiconductor chip and a portion of the housing body assembly as a housing body, and each semiconductor chip not being covered by material of the housing body on a radiation emission surface of the semiconductor component, which surface is located opposite a mounting surface. The invention also relates to a semiconductor component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Pindl, Thomas Schwarz, Frank Singer, Sandra Sobczyk
  • Patent number: 11867617
    Abstract: In an embodiment a beam-guiding cavity structure includes at least one first curved surface, one second curved surface and one third curved surface spanning a cavity, the first-third curved surfaces respectively having at least one first focal point and one second focal point, wherein the cavity is configured such that substantially no distance is laterally formed between the first focal point of the first curved surface and the second focal point of the second curved surface, wherein the cavity is further configured such that substantially no distance is laterally formed between the first focal point of the second curved surface and the second focal point of the third curved surface, wherein the first focal point of the second curved surface is arranged next to a connecting line of the first and second focal points of the first curved surface, wherein the first focal point of the third curved surface is arranged next to a connecting line of the first and second focal points of the second curved surface, and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventor: Farhang Ghasemi Afshar
  • Patent number: 11870214
    Abstract: In one embodiment the semiconductor laser comprises a carrier and an edge-emitting laser diode which is mounted on the carrier and which comprises an active zone for generating a laser radiation and a facet with a radiation exit region. The semiconductor laser further comprises a protective cover, preferably a lens for collimation of the laser radiation. The protective cover is fastened to the facet and to a side surface of the carrier by means of an adhesive. A mean distance between a light entrance side of the protective cover and the facet is at most 60 ?m. The semiconductor laser is configured to be operated in a normal atmosphere without additional gas-tight encapsulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Jörg Erich Sorg, Harald König, Alfred Lell, Florian Peskoller, Karsten Auen, Roland Schulz, Herbert Brunner, Frank Singer, Roland Hüttinger
  • Patent number: 11855245
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor element may include an optoelectronic semiconductor chip. The optoelectronic semiconductor chip may include a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, a first contact element connected to the first semiconductor layer in an electrically conductive manner, and a second contact element connected to the second semiconductor layer in an electrically conductive manner. The first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are arranged one above the other to form a layer stack. The first semiconductor layer to where the second semiconductor layer is exposed. The first contact element is arranged over the first semiconductor layer, and the second contact element is arranged over the first semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Osram OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Korbinian Perzlmaier, Alexander F. Pfeuffer, Kerstin Neveling
  • Patent number: 11851596
    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: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    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
  • Patent number: 11848406
    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: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Roland Heinrich Enzmann, Hubert Halbritter, Martin Rudolf Behringer
  • Patent number: 11837844
    Abstract: A method for singulating semiconductor components (20) is specified, said method comprising the steps of providing a carrier (21), applying at least two semiconductor chips (22) on the carrier (21), etching at least one break nucleus (23) at a side of the carrier (21) facing the semiconductor chips (22), and singulating at least two semiconductor components (20) by breaking the carrier (21) along the at least one break nucleus (23). The at least one break nucleus (23) extends at least in places in a vertical direction (z), the vertical direction (z) being perpendicular to a main extension plane of the carrier (21), and the at least one break nucleus (23) is arranged between the two semiconductor chips (22) in a lateral direction (x), the lateral direction (x) being parallel to the main extension plane of the carrier (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: John Brückner, Urs Heine, Sven Gerhard, Lars Nähle, Andreas Löffler, André Somers
  • Patent number: 11837688
    Abstract: In an embodiment a pixel for a multi-pixel LED module includes a first light-emitting semiconductor chip having a first upper chip side and a first lead-frame section having a first upper side, a first contacting protrusion and a second contacting protrusion, wherein the first contacting protrusion and the second contacting protrusion extend from the first upper side, and wherein the first light-emitting semiconductor chip is embedded in an electrically insulating material such that the first upper side is covered by the electrically insulating material and the first upper chip side and the contacting protrusions are exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Zitzlsperger
  • Publication number: 20230387354
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the optoelectronic semiconductor chip comprises a semiconductor layer sequence with an active zone for generating radiation with a wavelength of maximum intensity L. A mirror comprises a cover layer. The cover layer 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 is followed in a direction away from the semiconductor layer sequence by between inclusive two and inclusive ten intermediate layers of the mirror. The intermediate layers alternately have high and low refractive indices. An optical thickness of at least one of the intermediate layers is not equal to L/4. The intermediate layers are followed in the direction away from the semiconductor layer sequence by at least one metal layer of the mirror as a reflection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Anna Strozecka-Assig, Johannes Saric
  • Patent number: 11824142
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting component (1) is specified with a carrier (2) having a cavity (9), a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip (3) which is arranged on a bottom surface delimiting the cavity (9) and which is configured to generate primary electromagnetic radiation, and a first reflector layer (6) arranged above a top surface of the semiconductor chip (3), wherein the carrier (2) is transparent in places to the primary electromagnetic radiation, and the semiconductor chip (3) is spaced apart from at least one side surface delimiting the cavity (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Luca Haiberger, Sam Chou