Patents by Inventor Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias

Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias 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: 20230208110
    Abstract: According to embodiments, a semiconductor laser comprises a semiconductor layer stack, which comprises an active zone for generating radiation. The semiconductor laser also comprises a first resonator mirror, a second resonator mirror, and an optical resonator, which is arranged between the first and second resonator mirrors and extends in a direction parallel to a main surface of the semiconductor layer stack. A reflectance R1 of the first resonator mirror is wavelength-dependent, so that R1 or a product R of R1 and the reflectance R2 of the second resonator mirror in a wavelength range decreases from a target wavelength ?0 of the laser to ?0+?? from a value R0, wherein ?? is selected as a function of a temperature-dependent shift in an emission wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: ams-OSRAM International GmbH
    Inventors: Peter FUCHS, Bruno JENTZSCH, Hubert HALBRITTER, Martin Rudolf BEHRINGER, Alvaro GOMEZ-IGLESIAS, Christian LAUER, Dean Maximilian SCHOKE, Tomasz SWIETLIK
  • Publication number: 20220393062
    Abstract: In an embodiment an optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer sequence including a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, an active zone having a multiple quantum well structure composed of a plurality of quantum well layers and barrier layers, a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type and a plurality of channels extending through the active zone, wherein the second semiconductor region is located in the channels and is configured for lateral current injection into the active zone, wherein the channels have a first aperture half-angle in the first semiconductor region and a second aperture half-angle in the active zone, and wherein the second aperture half-angle is greater than zero and less than the first aperture half-angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicants: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Xiaojun Chen, Heng Wang, Jong Ho Na, Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias, Jürgen Off, Philipp Drechsel, Thomas Lehnhardt
  • Patent number: 11495939
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser is provided that includes a semiconductor layer sequence and electrical contact surfaces. The semiconductor layer sequence includes a waveguide with an active zone. Furthermore, the semiconductor layer sequence includes a first and a second cladding layer, between which the waveguide is located. At least one oblique facet is formed on the semiconductor layer sequence, which has an angle of 45° to a resonator axis with a tolerance of at most 10°. This facet forms a reflection surface towards the first cladding layer for laser radiation generated during operation. A maximum thickness of the first cladding layer is between 0.5 M/n and 10 M/n at least in a radiation passage region, wherein n is the average refractive index of the first cladding layer and M is the vacuum wavelength of maximum intensity of the laser radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Bruno Jentzsch, Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias, Alexander Tonkikh, Stefan Illek
  • Publication number: 20220131034
    Abstract: In an embodiment an optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer sequence with a first layer, a second layer and an active layer arranged between the first layer and the second layer, the semiconductor layer sequence having at least one injection region, wherein the first layer includes a first conductivity type, wherein the second layer includes a second conductivity type, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence includes the first conductivity type within the entire injection region, wherein the injection region, starting from the first layer, at least partially penetrates the active layer, wherein side surfaces of the semiconductor layer sequence are formed at least in places by the injection region, and wherein the injection region is configured to inject charge carriers directly into the active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias, Asako Hirai
  • Publication number: 20220020811
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, the optoelectronic semiconductor chip (100) comprises a semiconducting recombination layer (1) for generating electromagnetic radiation by charge carrier recombination, a plurality of first contact elements (31) on a first side (11) of the recombination layer, at least one second contact element (32) on the first side of the recombination layer, a plurality of semiconducting first connection regions (21), and at least one semiconducting second connection region (22). Each of the first connection regions is arranged between a first contact element and the first side of the recombination layer. The second connection region is arranged between the second contact element and the first side of the recombination layer. The first connection regions comprise a first type of doping and the second connection region comprises a second type of doping complementary to the first type of doping. The first contact elements are individually and independently electrically contactable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Rudolf Behringer, Tansen Varghese, Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias
  • Patent number: 10910516
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic semiconductor element (100) comprising a semiconductor layer sequence (1) with a first layer (10) of a first conductivity type, a second layer (12) of a second conductivity type, and an active layer (11) which is arranged between the first layer (10) and the second layer (12) and which absorbs or emits electromagnetic radiation when operated as intended. The semiconductor element (100) is equipped with a plurality of injection regions (2) which are arranged adjacently to one another in a lateral direction, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence (1) is doped within each injection region (2) such that the semiconductor layer sequence (1) has the same conductivity type as the first layer (10) within the entire injection region (2). Each injection region (2) passes at least partly through the active layer (11) starting from the first layer (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias, Asako Hirai
  • Publication number: 20210006033
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser is provided that includes a semiconductor layer sequence and electrical contact surfaces. The semiconductor layer sequence includes a waveguide with an active zone. Furthermore, the semiconductor layer sequence includes a first and a second cladding layer, between which the waveguide is located. At least one oblique facet is formed on the semiconductor layer sequence, which has an angle of 45° to a resonator axis with a tolerance of at most 10°. This facet forms a reflection surface towards the first cladding layer for laser radiation generated during operation. A maximum thickness of the first cladding layer is between 0.5 M/n and 10 M/n at least in a radiation passage region, wherein n is the average refractive index of the first cladding layer and M is the vacuum wavelength of maximum intensity of the laser radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Bruno Jentzsch, Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias, Alexander Tonkikh, Stefan Illek
  • Publication number: 20200052153
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic semiconductor element (100) comprising a semiconductor layer sequence (1) with a first layer (10) of a first conductivity type, a second layer (12) of a second conductivity type, and an active layer (11) which is arranged between the first layer (10) and the second layer (12) and which absorbs or emits electromagnetic radiation when operated as intended. The semiconductor element (100) is equipped with a plurality of injection regions (2) which are arranged adjacently to one another in a lateral direction, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence (1) is doped within each injection region (2) such that the semiconductor layer sequence (1) has the same conductivity type as the first layer (10) within the entire injection region (2). Each injection region (2) passes at least partly through the active layer (11) starting from the first layer (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Alvaro GOMEZ-IGLESIAS, Asako HIRAI
  • Patent number: 10522699
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip is disclosed. In an embodiment a chip includes an active zone with a multi-quantum-well structure, wherein the multi-quantum-well structure includes multiple quantum-well layers and multiple barrier layers, which are arranged sequentially in an alternating manner along a growth direction and which each extend continuously over the entire multi-quantum-well structure, wherein seen in a cross-section parallel to the growth direction, the multi-quantum-well structure has at least one emission region and multiple transport regions, wherein the quantum-well layers and the barrier layers are thinner in the transport regions than in the emission region, wherein, along the growth direction, the transport regions have a constant width, and wherein the quantum-well layers and the barrier layers are oriented parallel to one another in the emission region and in the transport regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Asako Hirai, Tobias Meyer, Philipp Drechsel, Peter Strauß, Anna Nirschl, Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias, Tobias Niebling, Bastian Galler
  • Patent number: 10510916
    Abstract: A component for detecting UV radiation and a method for producing a component are disclosed. In an embodiment a component includes a semiconductor body including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and an intermediate active layer located therebetween, wherein the semiconductor body is based on AlmGa1-n-mInnN with 0?n?1, 0?m?1 and n+m<1, wherein the first semiconductor layer is n-doped, wherein the second semiconductor layer is p-doped, wherein the active layer is formed with respect to its material composition in such a way that during operation of the component, arriving ultraviolet radiation is absorbed by the active layer for generating charge carrier pairs, wherein the active layer is relaxed with respect to its lattice constant, and wherein the first semiconductor layer is strained with respect to its lattice constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Mohammad Tollabi Mazraehno, Peter Stauß, Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias
  • Patent number: 10490695
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic semiconductor element (100) comprising a semiconductor layer sequence (1) with a first layer (10) of a first conductivity type, a second layer (12) of a second conductivity type, and an active layer (11) which is arranged between the first layer (10) and the second layer (12) and which absorbs or emits electromagnetic radiation when operated as intended. The semiconductor element (100) is equipped with a plurality of injection regions (2) which are arranged adjacently to one another in a lateral direction, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence (1) is doped within each injection region (2) such that the semiconductor layer sequence (1) has the same conductivity type as the first layer (10) within the entire injection region (2). Each injection region (2) passes at least partly through the active layer (11) starting from the first layer (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias, Asako Hirai
  • Publication number: 20190221703
    Abstract: A component for detecting UV radiation and a method for producing a component are disclosed. In an embodiment a component includes a semiconductor body including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and an intermediate active layer located therebetween, wherein the semiconductor body is based on AlmGa1-n-mInnN with 0?n?1, 0?m?1 and n+m<1, wherein the first semiconductor layer is n-doped, wherein the second semiconductor layer is p-doped, wherein the active layer is formed with respect to its material composition in such a way that during operation of the component, arriving ultraviolet radiation is absorbed by the active layer for generating charge carrier pairs, wherein the active layer is relaxed with respect to its lattice constant, and wherein the first semiconductor layer is strained with respect to its lattice constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Mohammad Tollabi Mazraehno, Peter Stauß, Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias
  • Publication number: 20190109246
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip is disclosed. In an embodiment a chip includes an active zone with a multi-quantum-well structure, wherein the multi-quantum-well structure includes multiple quantum-well layers and multiple barrier layers, which are arranged sequentially in an alternating manner along a growth direction and which each extend continuously over the entire multi-quantum-well structure, wherein seen in a cross-section parallel to the growth direction, the multi-quantum-well structure has at least one emission region and multiple transport regions, wherein the quantum-well layers and the barrier layers are thinner in the transport regions than in the emission region, wherein, along the growth direction, the transport regions have a constant width, and wherein the quantum-well layers and the barrier layers are oriented parallel to one another in the emission region and in the transport regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Asako Hirai, Tobias Meyer, Philipp Drechsel, Peter Stauß, Anna Nirschl, Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias, Tobias Niebling, Bastian Galler
  • Patent number: 10164134
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip is disclosed. In an embodiment the chip includes an active zone with a multi-quantum-well structure, wherein the multi-quantum-well structure comprises multiple quantum-well layers and multiple barrier layers, which are arranged sequentially in an alternating manner along a growth direction, wherein the multi-quantum-well structure has at least one emission region and multiple transport regions which are arranged sequentially in an alternating manner in a direction perpendicular to the growth direction, wherein at least one of the quantum-well layers and the barrier layers are thinner in the transport regions than in the emission regions, and wherein the quantum-well layers in the transport regions and in the emission regions are oriented perpendicularly to the growth direction with exception of a junction region between adjacent transport regions and emission regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Asako Hirai, Tobias Meyer, Philipp Drechsel, Peter Stauß, Anna Nirschl, Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias, Tobias Niebling, Bastian Galler
  • Publication number: 20180062029
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic semiconductor element (100) comprising a semiconductor layer sequence (1) with a first layer (10) of a first conductivity type, a second layer (12) of a second conductivity type, and an active layer (11) which is arranged between the first layer (10) and the second layer (12) and which absorbs or emits electromagnetic radiation when operated as intended. The semiconductor element (100) is equipped with a plurality of injection regions (2) which are arranged adjacently to one another in a lateral direction, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence (1) is doped within each injection region (2) such that the semiconductor layer sequence (1) has the same conductivity type as the first layer (10) within the entire injection region (2). Each injection region (2) passes at least partly through the active layer (11) starting from the first layer (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Alvaro GOMEZ-IGLESIAS, Asako HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20180062031
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip is disclosed. In an embodiment the chip includes an active zone with a multi-quantum-well structure, wherein the multi-quantum-well structure comprises multiple quantum-well layers and multiple barrier layers, which are arranged sequentially in an alternating manner along a growth direction, wherein the multi-quantum-well structure has at least one emission region and multiple transport regions which are arranged sequentially in an alternating manner in a direction perpendicular to the growth direction, wherein at least one of the quantum-well layers and the barrier layers are thinner in the transport regions than in the emission regions, and wherein the quantum-well layers in the transport regions and in the emission regions are oriented perpendicularly to the growth direction with exception of a junction region between adjacent transport regions and emission regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Asako Hirai, Tobias Meyer, Philipp Drechsel, Peter Stauß, Anna Nirschl, Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias, Tobias Niebling, Bastian Galler
  • Patent number: 9812844
    Abstract: An edge-emitting semiconductor laser includes a semiconductor structure having a waveguide layer with an active layer, the waveguide layer extending in a longitudinal direction between first and second side facets of the semiconductor structure, the semiconductor structure has a tapering region adjacent to the first side facet, a thickness of the waveguide layer in the tapering region increases longitudinally, the waveguide layer is arranged between first and second cladding layers, a thickness of the second cladding layer in the tapering region of the semiconductor structure increases longitudinally, the tapering region includes first and second subregions, the first subregion is arranged closer to the first side facet than the second subregion, thickness of the waveguide layer increases longitudinally in the first subregion, thickness of the waveguide layer is constant in the longitudinal direction in the second subregion, and thickness of the second cladding layer increases longitudinally in the second sub
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias, Harald König, Christian Lauer
  • Patent number: 9634184
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component includes a layer stack based on a nitride compound semiconductor and has an n-type semiconductor region , a p-type semiconductor region and an active layer arranged between the n-type semiconductor region and the p-type semiconductor region. In order to form an electron barrier, the p-type semiconductor region includes a layer sequence having a plurality of p-doped layers composed of AlxInyGa1?x?yN where 0<=x<=1, 0<=y<=1 and x+y<=1. The layer sequence includes a first p-doped layer having an aluminum proportion x1>=0.5 and a thickness of not more than 3 nm, and the first p-doped layer, at a side facing away from the active layer, is succeeded by at least a second p-doped layer having an aluminum proportion x2<x1 and a third p-doped layer having an aluminum proportion x3<x2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Adrian Stefan Avramescu, Teresa Wurm, Jelena Ristic, Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias
  • Publication number: 20170098919
    Abstract: A laser system includes an edge emitting semiconductor laser, and an optical fiber, wherein the laser emits one or more laser beams coupled into the optical fiber and the laser includes a semiconductor body including a waveguide region that includes first and second waveguide layers and an active layer arranged between the first and second waveguide layers and generates laser radiation, the waveguide region is arranged between first and second cladding layers disposed downstream of the waveguide region, a phase structure is formed in the semiconductor body, includes a cutout extending from a top side of the semiconductor body into the second cladding layer, at least one first intermediate layer composed of a semiconductor material different from the material of the second cladding layer is embedded therein, and the cutout extends from the top side of the semiconductor body at least partly into the first intermediate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Christian Lauer, Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias
  • Patent number: 9559494
    Abstract: An edge emitting semiconductor laser includes a semiconductor body including a waveguide region, the waveguide region including first and second waveguide layers and an active layer arranged between the first and second waveguide layers, that generates laser radiation; the waveguide region is arranged between a first and second cladding layers disposed downstream of the waveguide region; a phase structure for selection of lateral modes of the laser radiation emitted by the active layer, wherein the phase structure includes at least one cutout extending from a top side of the semiconductor body into the second cladding layer; at least one first intermediate layer composed of a semiconductor material different from that of the second cladding layer embedded into the second cladding layer; and the cutout at least partly extends from the top side into the first intermediate layer; the second cladding layer contains a first partial layer adjoining the waveguide region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Lauer, Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias