Patents Assigned to OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
  • Patent number: 11694977
    Abstract: In an embodiment a method includes providing the first component part with a partially exposed first insulating layer, a plurality of first through-vias and an exposed first contact layer structured in places and planarized in places, wherein the first through-vias are each laterally enclosed by the first insulating layer, and wherein the first contact layer partially covers the first insulating layer and completely covers the first through-vias; providing the second component part with a partially exposed second insulating layer, a plurality of second through-vias and an exposed second contact layer structured in places and planarized in places, wherein the second through-vias are each laterally enclosed by the second insulating layer, and wherein the second contact layer partially covers the second insulating layer and completely covers the second through-vias and joining the component parts such that the contact layers overlap each other thereby mechanically and electrically connecting the component parts
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Simeon Katz, Sophia Huppmann, Michael Hoenle, Thorsten Wagner, Kurt Hingerl
  • Patent number: 11692133
    Abstract: In an embodiment a conversion element includes a first phase and a second phase, wherein the first phase comprises lutetium, aluminum, oxygen and a rare-earth element, wherein the second phase comprises Al2O3 single crystals, and wherein the conversion element comprises at least one groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Darshan Kundaliya, Jeffery J. Serre, James Avallon, Kathleen A. Lawson
  • Patent number: 11688993
    Abstract: A method of producing a plurality of laser diodes includes providing a plurality of laser bars in a composite, wherein the laser bars each include a plurality of laser diode elements arranged side by side, and the laser diode elements include a common substrate and a semiconductor layer sequence arranged on the substrate, and a division of the composite at a longitudinal separation plane extending between two adjacent laser bars leads to formation of laser facets of the laser diodes to be produced, and structuring the composite at at least one longitudinal separation plane, wherein a structured region is produced in the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: John Brückner, Sven Gerhard
  • Patent number: 11688332
    Abstract: A control method includes A) determining intrinsic activation times of individual semiconductor emitters of a display device. The display device includes a plurality of light-emitting semiconductor emitters with different intrinsic activation times. The method also includes B) determining and storing in each case an activation delay and/or a turn-on current change for each individual one of the semiconductor emitters. The method further includes C) energizing the individual semiconductor emitters according to the previously determined activation delay and/or turn-on current change, so that in a display mode of the display device the semiconductor emitters have equally long starting times for a light emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Richter, Marcel Severin
  • Patent number: 11676749
    Abstract: A wavelength converter material and a method of A method of preparing a wavelength converter material may include providing an optionally oxide coated phosphor material, mixing the optionally oxide coated phosphor material with an optionally oxide coated paramagnetic nanoparticle, coating the optionally oxide coated phosphor material and the optionally oxide coated paramagnetic nanoparticle with an oxide coating, thereby preparing a coated phosphor-nanoparticle particle, and separating the coated phosphor-nanoparticle particle, thereby preparing a wavelength converter material. The separating of the coated phosphor-nanoparticle particle may be manipulated by applying a magnetic field. Furthermore, a wavelength converter material, as well as a light emitting diode are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Fitzmorris, Brian Theobald
  • Patent number: 11670740
    Abstract: A conversion layer, a light emitting device and a method for producing a conversion layer are disclosed. In an embodiment a conversion layer includes light-converting nanocrystals, an encapsulation surrounding the light-converting nanocrystals and ligands bonded to a surface of the encapsulation, wherein encapsulated light-converting nanocrystals are crosslinked by the ligands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Maria J. Anc, Juanita N. Kurtin, Joseph Treadway
  • Patent number: 11667837
    Abstract: A phosphor may have the general formula EA2A4D3OxN8-x:RE. EA may be selected from the group of divalent elements. A may be selected from the group of monovalent, divalent or trivalent elements. D may be selected from the group of trivalent or tetravalent elements. RE may be an activator element. 0?x?8, and ?(4+4y+3z)=3(8?x)+2x with the charge number y of element A, the charge number z of element D, and ?=0.9-1.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Bichler, Simon Dallmeir, Gudrun Plundrich, Mark Vorsthove, Simon Peschke, Jutta Thoma, Christian Koch, Johanna Strube-Knyrim
  • Patent number: 11662223
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device comprises a substrate, an optoelectronic element mounted on the substrate, a shielding cap providing electromagnetic shielding, at least one optical element attached to the shielding cap, and a detection element configured to detect if the shielding cap is mounted on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Zeljko Pajkic, Markus Boss, Thomas Kippes
  • Patent number: 11646820
    Abstract: A method and an optical sensor are described herein. The optical sensor may include a communication interface for receiving data from a control unit and for transmitting data to the control unit, a storage unit with at least one register for storing data, and a CRC generator for generating a CRC checksum. The optical sensor may be configured in such a way that when data stored in the storage unit is to be transmitted to the control unit, the communication interface receives from the control unit a device address specific to the optical sensor and an address of a register in which the data to be transmitted is stored. The CRC generator may be initialized using the device address received from the communication interface and/or the register address received from the communication interface, before the CRC generator generates a CRC checksum for the data to be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Andrey Lysov, Tim Boescke
  • Patent number: 11626545
    Abstract: A light emitting device is disclosed. In an embodiment a light-emitting device includes a pixel comprising at least three sub-pixels, wherein the at least three sub-pixel include a first sub-pixel including a first conversion element, wherein the first conversion element includes a green phosphor, a second sub-pixel including a second conversion element, wherein the second conversion element includes a red phosphor and a third sub-pixel free of a conversion element, wherein the third sub-pixel is configured to emit blue primary radiation, wherein each sub-pixels has an edge length of at most 100 ?m, and wherein the pixel is a linear chain of sub-pixels and a plurality of pixels is arranged in a two dimensional ordered pattern so that a first sub-pixel is never adjacent to a third sub-pixel in a vertical direction and in a horizontal direction of the ordered pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Benjamin Daniel Mangum, David O'Brien, Britta Göötz
  • Patent number: 11613697
    Abstract: A phosphor may have the empirical formula: (AB)1+x+2yAl11?x?y(AC)xLiyO17:E, where 0<x+y<11; AC=Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and/or Zn; AB=Na, K, Rb, and/or Cs; and E=Eu, Ce, Yb, and/or Mn. The phosphor may be used in conversion LED components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Alexey Marchuk, Dominik Baumann
  • Patent number: 11616176
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component is disclosed. In an embodiment an optoelectronic component includes a housing body, an optical element and a rabbet comprising a shoulder and a cheek, wherein the rabbet is located on an upper side of the housing body, wherein the optical element is located in the rabbet such that a brim of the optical element rests on the shoulder of the rabbet, wherein the upper side of the housing body comprises a rectangular shape, and wherein the shoulder of the rabbet is located only at corners of the rabbet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Mohd Fauzi Zainordin, Khairul Mohd Arshad, Sok Gek Beh, Jun Jun Lim
  • Patent number: 11610868
    Abstract: The invention relates to various aspects of a ?-LED or a ?-LED array for augmented reality or lighting applications, in particular in the automotive field. The ?-LED is characterized by particularly small dimensions in the range of a few ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Brick, Jean-Jacques Drolet, Hubert Halbritter, Laura Kreiner, Thomas Schwarz, Julia Stolz
  • Publication number: 20230063982
    Abstract: The semiconductor laser diode includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active zone. The semiconductor layer sequence has a shape of a generalized cylinder or a frustum, and a main axis of the semiconductor layer sequence is perpendicular to a main extension plane of the semiconductor layer sequence. The semiconductor layer sequence has a core region and an edge region directly adjacent to the core region. The main axis passes through the core region. The edge region borders the core region in directions perpendicular to the main axis. The semiconductor layer sequence has a larger refractive index in the core region than in the edge region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventor: Jens Ebbecke
  • Patent number: 11594659
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component is specified comprising a semiconductor body comprising a first semiconductor layer sequence and a second semiconductor layer sequence which are arranged on top of one another in a stacking direction, wherein the first semiconductor layer sequence has a first active region, which generates electromagnetic primary radiation with a first peak wavelength the second semiconductor layer sequence comprises a second active region, which has a section configured to partially absorb electromagnetic primary radiation and to re-emit electromagnetic secondary radiation having a second peak wavelength, and the first peak wavelength is in a red wavelength range and the second peak wavelength is in an infrared wavelength range, or the first peak wavelength is smaller than the second peak wavelength by at most 100 nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Ivar Tångring, Stefan Heckelmann
  • Patent number: 11588076
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting optoelectronic component may include a semiconductor chip or a semiconductor laser which, in operation of the component, emits a primary radiation in the UV region or in the blue region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The optoelectronic component may further include a conversion element comprising a first phosphor configured to convert the primary radiation at least partly to a first secondary radiation having a peak wavelength in the green region of the electromagnetic spectrum between 475 nm and 500 nm inclusive. The first phosphor may be or include BaSi4Al3N9, SrSiAl2O3N2, BaSi2N2O2, ALi3XO4, M*(1?x*?y*?z*) Z*z*[A*a*B*b*C*c*D*d*E*e*N4-n*On*], and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Ion Stoll, Alexander Baumgartner, Alexander Wilm
  • Patent number: 11584882
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a wavelength converter comprising a non-luminescent substrate layer, at least one polysiloxane layer, wherein at least one of the polysiloxane layers comprises a phosphor material. Furthermore, the present invention is directed to a method for preparing a wavelength converter, a light emitting device and a method for preparing a light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Alan Piquette, Maxim N. Tchoul, David W. Johnston, Gertrud Kraeuter
  • Publication number: 20230049186
    Abstract: In an embodiment an optical component includes an optical body at least partially translucent to visible light and a coating directly arranged at the optical body, wherein the coating has a reflection coefficient of at least 0.8 for at least one wavelength range in a range from 380 nm to 1500 nm and an average thickness between 10 ?m and 200 ?m inclusive, wherein the coating has a polysiloxane as base material, and wherein the polysiloxane comprises —SiO3/2 units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Eberhard, Andreas Hanisch, Norwin von Malm
  • Patent number: 11568779
    Abstract: A method for operating a visual display apparatus is specified. The apparatus comprises a first optoelectronic semiconductor component configured to emit electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength and comprising a first intrinsic switch-on delay. The apparatus comprises a second optoelectronic semiconductor component configured to emit electromagnetic radiation of a second wavelength and comprising a second intrinsic switch-on delay. The second wavelength is different from the first wavelength. The first semiconductor component is operated with a first operating current according to a first actuation signal. The second semiconductor component is operated with a second operating current according to a second actuation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Richter, Sven Weber-Rabsilber, Marcel Severin
  • Patent number: 11569421
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure, a method for producing a semiconductor structure and a light emitting device are disclosed. In an embodiment a semiconductor structure includes a plurality of discrete encapsulated semiconductor nanoparticles and a plurality of discrete semiconductor free nanoparticles, wherein the discrete encapsulated semiconductor nanoparticles and the discrete semiconductor free nanoparticles form an agglomerate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: James Wyckoff, Joseph Treadway, Kari N. Haley