Patents by Inventor Alexander Behres

Alexander Behres has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240136800
    Abstract: In an embodiment a semiconductor emitter includes a semiconductor layer sequence having a plurality of active zones, each active zone including at least one quantum well layer and at least two barrier layers between which the at least one quantum well layer is embedded, and at least one tunnel diode located along a growth direction of the semiconductor layer sequence between adjacent active zones, wherein a thickness of the at least one tunnel diode is at most 40 nm, and wherein a distance between adjacent barrier layers of adjacent active zones, facing the at least one tunnel diode, is at most 50 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Bruno Jentzsch, Hubert Halbritter, Alexander Behres, Alvaro Gomez-lglesias, Christian Lauer, Simon Baumann
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20230369827
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component is specified, including at least one layer stack having - an active zone for generating electromagnetic radiation, - at least one aluminum-containing current constriction layer including a first region and a second region, the second region having a lower electrical conductivity than the first region, and - a side surface which laterally delimits the layer stack and at which the second region is arranged, the second region being an oxidized region. A method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component is furthermore specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: ams-OSRAM International GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Behres, Christian Lauer, Martin Hetzl
  • Patent number: 11600751
    Abstract: A light-emitting semiconductor component may include a semiconductor body having an active region configured to emit a primary radiation, a first conversion element to convert the primary radiation to a first secondary radiation, a second conversion element to convert the primary radiation to a second secondary radiation, and a mask. The first conversion element and the second conversion element may be arranged at a top side of the semiconductor body, may be configured as bodies that partly cover the semiconductor body, and may be connected to the semiconductor body. The mask may be arranged between the first conversion element, the second conversion element, and the semiconductor body. The mask may have an opening in the region of each conversion element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Adrian Stefan Avramescu, Siegfried Herrmann, Alexander Behres
  • Publication number: 20220037848
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component comprises a first resonator mirror, an active region suitable for generating radiation, and a second resonator mirror, which are arranged one above another in each case along a first direction. The optoelectronic semiconductor component furthermore comprises a refractive index modulation layer within an optical resonator between the first resonator mirror and the second resonator mirror. The refractive index modulation layer comprises first regions of a first material having a first refractive index and also second regions of a second material having a second refractive index, wherein the first regions are arranged directly adjacent to the second regions in a plane perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Martin BEHRINGER, Hubert HALBRITTER, Matin MOHAJERANI, Alexander BEHRES
  • Publication number: 20220021185
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component has a first semiconductor layer of a p-conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of an n-conductivity type and also an n-doped current distribution layer containing ZnSe and adjoining the second semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Martin BEHRINGER, Alexander BEHRES, Matin MOHAJERANI
  • Publication number: 20210320006
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor component and workpiece are disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes forming a first semiconductor layer over a growth substrate, wherein a material of the first semiconductor layer is Inx1Aly1Ga(1-x1-y1)N, with 0?xl?1, 0?yl?1, applying a first modification substrate over the first semiconductor layer, wherein a material of the first modification substrate has a thermal expansion coefficient which is different from that of the first semiconductor layer, removing the growth substrate thereby obtaining a first layer stack, heating the first layer stack to a first growth temperature and growing a second semiconductor layer over a growth surface of the first semiconductor layer after heating the first layer stack, wherein due to heating a lattice constant of the first semiconductor layer is adapted to a lattice constant of the second semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Martin Behringer, Alexander Behres, Asako Hirai
  • Publication number: 20210280748
    Abstract: An electromagnetic radiation emitting device and a method for applying a converter layer to an electromagnetic radiation emitting device are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes applying converter elements to a surface of a carrier, applying the converter elements to an electromagnetic radiation emitting device by applying the carrier to the electromagnetic radiation emitting device such that the surface of the carrier with the applied converter elements faces the electromagnetic radiation emitting device and forming a converter layer on the electromagnetic radiation emitting device by depositing a plurality of thin layers on the converter elements using an atomic layer deposition process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Sebastian Taeger, Siegfried Herrmann, Adrian Stefan Avramescu, Alexander Behres
  • Publication number: 20210273400
    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: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Bruno Jentzsch, Alexander Behres, Hans-Jürgen Lugauer
  • Publication number: 20200343420
    Abstract: A light-emitting semiconductor component may include a semiconductor body having an active region configured to emit a primary radiation, a first conversion element to convert the primary radiation to a first secondary radiation, a second conversion element to convert the primary radiation to a second secondary radiation, and a mask. The first conversion element and the second conversion element may be arranged at a top side of the semiconductor body, may be configured as bodies that partly cover the semiconductor body, and may be connected to the semiconductor body. The mask may be arranged between the first conversion element, the second conversion element, and the semiconductor body. The mask may have an opening in the region of each conversion element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Adrian Stefan Avramescu, Siegfried Herrmann, Alexander Behres
  • Patent number: 10665760
    Abstract: A method for producing at least one optoelectronic semiconductor component and an optoelectronic semiconductor component are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a semiconductor layer sequence comprising a first semiconductor material configured to emit a first radiation and applying a conversion element at least partially on the semiconductor layer sequence via a cold method, wherein the conversion element comprises a second semiconductor material, and wherein the second semiconductor material is configured to convert the first radiation into a second radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Britta Goeoetz, Alexander Behres, Darshan Kundaliya
  • Publication number: 20180158993
    Abstract: A method for producing at least one optoelectronic semiconductor component and an optoelectronic semiconductor component are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a semiconductor layer sequence comprising a first semiconductor material configured to emit a first radiation and applying a conversion element at least partially on the semiconductor layer sequence via a cold method, wherein the conversion element comprises a second semiconductor material, and wherein the second semiconductor material is configured to convert the first radiation into a second radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Britta Goeoetz, Alexander Behres, Darshan Kundaliya
  • Patent number: 9914997
    Abstract: A method for supplying a process with an enriched carrier gas. A first apparatus and a second apparatus are provided. The first apparatus has a precursor and is configured to bring a carrier gas into contact with the precursor and to enrich the carrier gas with the precursor. The second apparatus has a precursor and is configured to bring a carrier gas into contact with the precursor and to enrich the carrier gas with the precursor. The first apparatus supplies the second apparatus with an enriched carrier gas. The second apparatus supplies the enriched carrier gas for the process. A temperature of the first apparatus is controlled as a function of a quantity of precursor in the second apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Koller, Alexander Behres
  • Publication number: 20160017489
    Abstract: A method for supplying a process with an enriched carrier gas. A first apparatus and a second apparatus are provided. The first apparatus has a precursor and is configured to bring a carrier gas into contact with the precursor and to enrich the carrier gas with the precursor. The second apparatus has a precursor and is configured to bring a carrier gas into contact with the precursor and to enrich the carrier gas with the precursor. The first apparatus supplies the second apparatus with an enriched carrier gas. The second apparatus supplies the enriched carrier gas for the process. A temperature of the first apparatus is controlled as a function of a quantity of precursor in the second apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas KOLLER, Alexander BEHRES
  • Patent number: 9093604
    Abstract: A method of producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip having a semiconductor layer stack based on a material system AlInGaP includes preparing a growth substrate having a silicon surface, arranging a compressively relaxed buffer layer stack on the growth substrate, and metamorphically, epitaxially growing the semiconductor layer stack on the buffer layer stack, the semiconductor layer stack having an active layer that generates radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Stauβ, Alexander Behres
  • Patent number: 9080237
    Abstract: A layer depositing device comprises a chamber (10) having a substrate carrier (12) for receiving at least one substrate (13) to be coated, and a process gas space (11), comprising a partition (23) that separates a first segment (21) of the process gas space (11) from a second segment (22) of the process gas space (11). The layer depositing device has a device (44) for moving the substrate (13) relative to the partition (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventor: Alexander Behres
  • Publication number: 20130328101
    Abstract: A method of producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip having a semiconductor layer stack based on a material system AlInGaP includes preparing a growth substrate having a silicon surface, arranging a compressively relaxed buffer layer stack on the growth substrate, and metamorphically, epitaxially growing the semiconductor layer stack on the buffer layer stack, the semiconductor layer stack having an active layer that generates radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Stauss, Alexander Behres
  • Patent number: 8502267
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component includes an active layer that emits radiation, the active layer surrounded by cladding layers, wherein the cladding layers and/or the active layer include(s) an indium-containing phosphide compound semiconductor material and the phosphide compound semiconductor material contains at least one of elements Bi or Sb as an additional element of main group V.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Behres, Matthias Sabathil
  • Patent number: 8405065
    Abstract: An LED semiconductor body includes a semiconductor layer sequence which comprises a quantum structure which is intended to produce radiation and comprises at least one quantum layer and at least one barrier layer, wherein the quantum layer and the barrier layer are strained with mutually opposite mathematical signs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Günther Grönninger, Christian Jung, Peter Heidborn, Alexander Behres
  • Patent number: 8194712
    Abstract: A monolithically integrated laser diode chip having a construction as a multiple beam laser diode, which, on a semiconductor substrate (3) comprised of GaAs, has at least two laser stacks (4a, 4b, 4c) which are arranged one above another and which each contain an active zone (7). The active zone (7) is in each case arranged between waveguide layers (8). The waveguide layers (8) each adjoin a cladding layer (6) at a side remote from the active zone. At least one of the waveguide layers (8) or cladding layers (6) of at least one laser stack (4a, 4b, 4c), comprises AlxGa1-xAs, where 0?x?1, and at least one additional material from main group III or V, such that the lattice mismatch between the at least one waveguide layer (8) or cladding layer (6) comprising the at least one additional element and the semiconductor substrate (3) composed of GaAs is reduced. This increases the lifetime of the laser diode chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Müller, Günther Grönninger, Alexander Behres