Patents by Inventor Alfred Lell

Alfred Lell 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: 20220263293
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the semiconductor laser comprises a carrier and one or more laser bars. The at least one laser bar comprises at least three individual lasers arranged parallel to each other. A deflection optic is arranged downstream of the individual lasers in common. The at least one laser bar and the associated deflection optic are mounted on the carrier and comprise a distance from one another of at most 4 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Muhammad Ali, Harald König, Bernhard Stojetz, Alfred Lell
  • Patent number: 11411375
    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: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Alfred Lell, Muhammad Ali, Bernhard Stojetz, Harald Koenig
  • Publication number: 20220239069
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser diode is specified, the semiconductor laser diode includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer having a main extension plane and which, in operation, is configured to generate light in an active region and emit light via a light-outcoupling surface, the active region extending from a back surface opposite the light-outcoupling surface to the light-outcoupling surface along a longitudinal direction in the main extension plane, the semiconductor layer sequence having a surface region on which a first cladding layer is applied in direct contact, the first cladding layer having a transparent material from a material system different from the semiconductor layer sequence, and the first cladding layer being structured and having a first structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Sven Gerhard, Christoph Eichler, Alfred Lell, Bernhard Stojetz
  • Patent number: 11336078
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser diode is specified, the semiconductor laser diode includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer which has a main extension plane and which, in operation, is adapted to generate light in an active region and to emit light via a light-outcoupling surface, the active region extending from a rear surface opposite the light-outcoupling surface to the light-outcoupling surface along a longitudinal direction in the main extension plane, the semiconductor layer sequence having a surface region on which a first cladding layer is applied in direct contact, the first cladding layer having a transparent material from a material system different from the semiconductor layer sequence, and the first cladding layer being structured and having a first structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Gerhard, Christoph Eichler, Alfred Lell, Bernhard Stojetz
  • Publication number: 20220131341
    Abstract: The invention relates to a semiconductor laser diode, which comprises a semiconductor layer sequence grown in a vertical direction and having an active layer that is configured and provided to generate light during operation in at least one active region extending in a longitudinal direction, and which comprises a transparent electrically conductive cover layer on the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence terminates in a vertical direction with a top side, and the top side has a contact region arranged in the vertical direction above the active region and at least one cover region directly adjoining the contact region in a lateral direction perpendicular to the vertical and longitudinal directions, the cover layer is applied contiguously to the contact region and the at least one cover region on the top side, the cover layer is applied directly to the top side of the semiconductor layer sequence at least in the at least one cover region, and at least one element defining the a
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Sven GERHARD, Christoph EICHLER, Alfred LELL, Muhammad ALI
  • Publication number: 20220128662
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for projecting a plurality of radiation points onto an object surface, comprising at least one radiation source for emitting electromagnetic radiation, comprising at least one beam path, via which the radiation emitted at least temporarily by the emitters is deflected in the direction of the object surface, and comprising a controller which, in order to change at least one property of the emitted radiation, controls the radiation source according to a light object to be generated on the object surface. The controller is designed in such a way that at least two of the plurality of emitters of the radiation source are each individually controlled in order to change at least one property of the emitted radiation according to the light object to be generated, and at least one optical element for shaping, directing and/or converting the electromagnetic radiation is arranged in the beam path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Bernhard STOJETZ, Harald KOENIG, Alfred LELL, Muhammad ALI
  • Publication number: 20220013980
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor laser component is specified. The optoelectronic semiconductor laser component comprises a semiconductor body with a first main surface, a second main surface, at least one active region formed between the first main surface and the second main surface, an output coupling surface extending from the first main surface to the second main surface, through which at least a part of the electromagnetic radiation is coupled out, a first heat sink arranged on the first main surface and a second heat sink arranged on the second main surface, and an optical protective element arranged downstream of the output coupling surface, for which the first heat sink and/or the second heat sink form a carrier. The outcoupling takes place in a main emission direction. Electrical contacting of the semiconductor body takes place by means of the first heat sink and the second heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Harald König, Alfred Lell
  • Publication number: 20220013990
    Abstract: In an embodiment an edge-emitting semiconductor laser includes a semiconductor layer sequence having a waveguide region with an active layer disposed between a first waveguide layer and a second waveguide layer and a layer system arranged outside the waveguide region configured to reduce facet defects in the waveguide region, wherein the layer system includes one or more layers with the material composition AlxInyGa1-x-yN with 0?x?1, 0?y<1 and x+y?1, wherein at least one layer of the layer system includes an aluminum portion x?0.05 or an indium portion y?0.02, wherein a layer strain is at least 2 GPa at least in some areas, and wherein the semiconductor layer sequence is based on a nitride compound semiconductor material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Jan Wagner, Werner Bergbauer, Christoph Eichler, Alfred Lell, Georg Brüderl, Matthias Peter
  • Publication number: 20210391695
    Abstract: The diode laser comprises a laser bar having a semiconductor body and an active layer, wherein the laser bar has a plurality of individual emitters. At least some individual emitters are respectively assigned a section of the semiconductor body and a current regulating element's connected in series therewith, such that, during operation of the individual emitters as intended, an electrical operating current I0 fed to the individual emitter in each case flows completely through the assigned section of the semiconductor body and in the process a voltage drop UH occurs at the section and at least part of said operating current I0 flows through the assigned current regulating element and experiences an electrical resistance RS in the process. In the case of the individual emitters, the current regulating element assigned in each case is configured such that the resistance Rg at an operating temperature T0 has a positive temperature coefficient dRS/dT|T0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Harald König, Bernhard Stojetz, Alfred Lell, Muhammad Ali
  • Publication number: 20210391685
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention relates to a semiconductor laser comprising a semiconductor layer sequence for generating laser radiation. According to the invention, the semiconductor layer sequence has a geometric structuring on a top side. A resonator is located in the semiconductor layer sequence and is delimited by opposing facets, wherein the facets contain optically active resonator end faces. The structuring ends spaced apart from the facets. The resonator end faces are spaced apart from material removals from the semiconductor layer sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Muhammad Ali, Harald König, Sven Gerhard, Alfred Lell
  • Patent number: 11201454
    Abstract: The invention relates to a semiconductor laser comprising a layer structure comprising an active zone, wherein the active zone is configured to generate an electromagnetic radiation, wherein the layer structure comprises a sequence of layers, wherein two opposite end faces are provided in a Z-direction, wherein at least one end face is configured to at least partly couple out the electromagnetic radiation, and wherein the second end face is configured to at least partly reflect the electromagnetic radiation, wherein guide means are provided for forming an optical mode in a mode space between the end faces, wherein means are provided which hinder a formation of an optical mode outside the mode space, in particular modes comprising a propagation direction which do not extend perpendicularly to the end faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Clemens Vierheilig, Alfred Lell, Sven Gerhard, Andreas Loeffler
  • Patent number: 11196231
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser diode and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor laser diode are disclosed. In an embodiment a semiconductor laser diode includes an epitaxially produced semiconductor layer sequence comprising at least one active layer and a gallium-containing passivation layer on at least one surface region of the semiconductor layer sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Alfred Lell, Sebastian Taeger
  • Publication number: 20210367406
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the semiconductor laser (1) comprises a semiconductor layer sequence (2) based on the material system AlInGaN with at least one active zone (22) for generating laser radiation. A heat sink (3) is thermally connected to the semiconductor layer sequence (2) and has a thermal resistance towards the semiconductor layer sequence (2). The semiconductor layer sequence (2) is divided into a plurality of emitter strips (4) and each emitter strip (4) has a width (b) of at most 0.3 mm in the direction perpendicular to a beam direction (R). The emitter strips (4) are arranged with a filling factor (FF) of less than or equal to 0.4. The filling factor (FF) is set such that laser radiation having a maximum optical output power (P) can be generated during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Harald König, Bernhard Stojetz, Alfred Lell, Muhammad Ali
  • Patent number: 11165223
    Abstract: A semiconductor light source is disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor light source includes at least one semiconductor laser configured to generate a primary radiation and at least one conversion element configured to generate a longer-wave visible secondary radiation from the primary radiation, wherein the conversion element includes a semiconductor layer sequence having one or more quantum well layers, wherein, in operation, the primary radiation is irradiated into the semiconductor layer sequence parallel to a growth direction thereof, with a tolerance of at most 15°, wherein, in operation, the semiconductor layer sequence is homogeneously illuminated with the primary radiation, and wherein a growth substrate of the semiconductor layer sequence is located between the semiconductor layer sequence and the semiconductor laser, the growth substrate being oriented perpendicular to the growth direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Stojetz, Alfred Lell, Christoph Eichler, Andreas Loeffler
  • Publication number: 20210257812
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser (1) is provided that includes a semiconductor layer sequence in which an active zone for generating laser radiation is located. A ridge waveguide is formed as an elevation from the semiconductor layer sequence. An electrical contact layer is located directly on the ridge waveguide. A metallic electrical connection region is located directly on the contact layer and is configured for external electrical connection of the semiconductor laser. A metallic breakage coating extends directly to facets of the semiconductor layer sequence and is arranged on the ridge waveguide. The breakage coating is electrically functionless and includes a lower speed of sound for a breaking wave than the semiconductor layer sequence in the region of the ridge waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Sven GERHARD, Christoph EICHLER, Alfred LELL, Muhammad ALI
  • Publication number: 20210249839
    Abstract: In an embodiment a semiconductor laser diode includes a semiconductor layer sequence comprising an active layer having a main extension plane, the semiconductor layer sequence configured to generate light in an active region and radiate the light via a light-outcoupling surface, wherein the active region extends from a rear surface opposite the light-outcoupling surface to the light-outcoupling surface along a longitudinal direction in the main extension plane and a continuous contact structure directly disposed on a surface of the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the contact structure comprises in at least a first contact region a first electrical contact material in direct contact with the surface region and in at least a second contact region a second electrical contact material in direct contact with the surface region, wherein the first and second contact regions adjoin one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Sven Gerhard, Christoph Eichler, Alfred Lell, Bernhard Stojetz
  • Publication number: 20210249843
    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: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Bernhard STOJETZ, Christoph EICHLER, Alfred LELL, Sven GERHARD
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20210234068
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing an optoelectronic semiconductor device are disclosed. In an embodiment an optoelectronic semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body having a first region of a first conductive type, an active region configured to generate electromagnetic radiation, a second region of a second conductive type and a coupling-out surface configured to couple-out the electromagnetic radiation, wherein the first region, the active region and the second region are arranged along a stacking direction, wherein the active region extends from a rear surface opposite the coupling-out surface to the coupling-out surface along a longitudinal direction transverse to or perpendicular to the stacking direction, and wherein the coupling-out surface is arranged plane-parallel to the rear surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Harald König, Jens Ebbecke, Alfred Lell, Sven Gerhard, Clemens Vierheilig
  • Patent number: 11031524
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component and a method for producing an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment the optoelectronic component includes a layer structure having an active zone for producing electromagnetic radiation, wherein the active zone is arranged in a first plane, wherein a recess is introduced into the surface of the layer structure, wherein the recess adjoins an end surface of the component, wherein the end surface is arranged in a second plane, wherein the second plane is arranged substantially perpendicularly to the first plane, wherein the recess has a bottom surface and a lateral surface wherein the lateral surface is arranged substantially perpendicularly to the end surface, wherein the lateral surface is arranged tilted at an angle not equal to 90° to the first plane of the active zone, and wherein the bottom surface is arranged in the region of the first plane of the active zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Alfred Lell, Sven Gerhard