Patents by Inventor Andreas Plössl

Andreas Plössl 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: 20250126953
    Abstract: In an embodiment an arrangement includes a plurality of optoelectronic semiconductor components arranged in a common plane, wherein each semiconductor component is laterally delimited by side faces, and wherein each semiconductor component has a semiconductor body with an active region configured to emit electromagnetic radiation, a radiation outlet side configured to couple out the electromagnetic radiation, a rear face opposite to the radiation outlet side, and a contact structure arranged on the rear face. The arrangement further includes an output element, an electrically insulating insulation layer and an electrical connection structure, wherein the insulation layer is arranged between side faces of adjacent semiconductor components and is absorbent or reflective of the electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas Schwarz, Sebastian Wittmann, Andreas Plößl
  • Patent number: 12218109
    Abstract: In an embodiment an arrangement includes a plurality of optoelectronic semiconductor components arranged in a common plane, wherein each semiconductor component is laterally delimited by side faces, and wherein each semiconductor component includes a semiconductor body having an active region configured to emit electromagnetic radiation, a radiation outlet side configured to couple out the electromagnetic radiation, a rear face opposite to the radiation outlet side, and a contact structure arranged on the rear face, an output element, an electrically insulating insulation layer and an electrical connection structure, wherein the insulation layer is arranged between side faces of adjacent semiconductor components, wherein the output element is arranged at the radiation outlet sides of the semiconductor components, wherein the electrical connection structure is electrically conductively connected with the contact structure, and wherein the connection structure includes an adhesive layer, a growth layer and a co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Schwarz, Sebastian Wittmann, Andreas Plößl
  • Patent number: 12136692
    Abstract: A method of producing an optoelectronic component includes providing a semiconductor wafer with a functional semiconductor layer that has electronic control elements, and a growth layer; generating a plurality of recesses in the semiconductor wafer exposing the growth layer in places; and epitaxially growing a plurality of semiconductor layer stacks on the exposed growth layer, wherein a surface of the exposed growth layer is used as a growth surface for the semiconductor layer stacks, and the growth surface is inclined to a main extension plane of the semiconductor wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Plößl
  • Patent number: 12068304
    Abstract: In an embodiment a component includes a semiconductor chip, a connection member and a carrier, wherein the semiconductor chip is mechanically and electrically connected to the carrier via the connection member, wherein the connection member includes a contiguous metallic connecting layer and a plurality of metallic through-vias extending vertically through the connecting layer and being laterally spaced from the connecting layer by insulating regions, wherein the insulating regions are filled with a gaseous medium and are hermetically sealed, and wherein the gaseous medium contains an insulating gas having a higher breakdown field strength compared to nitrogen, or wherein a gas pressure is less than 1 mbar in the hermetically sealed insulating regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Plößl
  • Patent number: 12057676
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the method serves for producing semiconductor lasers and includes the following steps in the order indicated: A) applying a multiplicity of edge emitting laser diodes on a mounting substrate, B) applying an encapsulation element, such that the laser diodes are applied in each case in a cavity between the mounting substrate and the associated encapsulation element, C) operating the laser diodes and determining emission directions of the laser diodes, D) producing material damage in partial regions of the encapsulation element, wherein the partial regions are uniquely assigned to the laser diodes, E) collectively removing material of the encapsulation element, said material being affected by the material damage, with the result that individual optical surfaces for beam shaping arise for the laser diodes in the partial regions, and F) singulating to form the semiconductor lasers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Schwarz, Andreas Plößl, Jörg Erich Sorg, Frank Singer
  • Patent number: 11784062
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing optoelectronic components. The invention comprises: provision of a metal substrate, the substrate having a front side and a rear side opposite the front side; front-side removal of substrate material such that the substrate comprises substrate sections protruding in the region of the front side and recesses arranged there between; formation of a plastic body adjacent to substrate sections; arrangement of optoelectronic semiconductor chips on substrate sections; rear-side removal of substrate material in the region of the recesses, such that the substrate is structured into separate substrate sections; and performance of a separation process. The plastic body is divided into separate substrate sections and individual optoelectronic components with at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip are formed. The invention also relates to an optoelectronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Osram OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Schwarz, Andreas Plössl, Jörg Sorg
  • Publication number: 20220342625
    Abstract: A display module includes a carrier with a front face and a rear face. The display module also includes a pixel array. The pixel array includes a plurality of electrically drivable pixels on the front face. In operation, electromagnetic radiation is emitted via each driven pixel. The display module further includes a wiring layer on the front face, via which the pixels are electrically connected to one another. The display module additionally includes a receiving unit on the front face. The receiving unit is electrically connected with the wiring layer. The receiving unit is configured to wirelessly receive a supply energy for the operation of the display module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas SCHWARZ, Andreas PLÖSSL, Horst VARGA, Ralph Peter BERTRAM
  • Patent number: 11404402
    Abstract: A component assembly includes an intermediate carrier, a plurality of components and a plurality of anchoring elements. The components have at least two electrical devices and an insulating layer. At least one of the electrical devices is an optoelectronic semiconductor chip. The insulating layer is between the electrical devices of a same component. The at least two electrical devices of the same component are arranged next to one another and enclosed laterally by the insulating layer. The at least two electrical devices and the insulating layer of the same component are integral parts of a self-supporting and mechanically stable unit. The self-supporting and mechanically stable unit and the anchoring elements fix the positions of the components on the intermediate carrier. The components that are self-supporting and mechanically stable units are detachable from the intermediate carrier, and the anchoring elements release the components under mechanical load when the latter are removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Tilman Rügheimer, Thomas Schwarz, Lutz Höppel, Andreas Plößl, Alexander F. Pfeuffer
  • Publication number: 20220223570
    Abstract: In an embodiment an arrangement includes a plurality of optoelectronic semiconductor components arranged in a common plane, wherein each semiconductor component is laterally delimited by side faces, and wherein each semiconductor component includes a semiconductor body having an active region configured to emit electromagnetic radiation, a radiation outlet side configured to couple out the electromagnetic radiation, a rear face opposite to the radiation outlet side, and a contact structure arranged on the rear face, an output element, an electrically insulating insulation layer and an electrical connection structure, wherein the insulation layer is arranged between side faces of adjacent semiconductor components, wherein the output element is arranged at the radiation outlet sides of the semiconductor components, wherein the electrical connection structure is electrically conductively connected with the contact structure, and wherein the connection structure includes an adhesive layer, a growth layer and a co
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Schwarz, Sebastian Wittmann, Andreas Plößl
  • Patent number: 11296265
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting semiconductor device and a fabric are disclosed. In an embodiment, a radiation-emitting semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active region configured to generate radiation and at least one carrier on which the semiconductor layer sequence is arranged, wherein the at least one carrier has at least one anchoring structure on a carrier underside facing away from the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the at least one anchoring structure includes electrical contact points for making electrical contact with the semiconductor layer sequence, and wherein the at least one anchoring structure is configured to receive at least one thread for fastening the semiconductor device to a fabric and for electrical contacting the at least one thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Rudolf Behringer, Alexander F. Pfeuffer, Andreas Plößl, Georg Bogner, Berthold Hahn, Frank Singer
  • Publication number: 20220077367
    Abstract: A method of producing an optoelectronic component includes providing a semiconductor wafer with a functional semiconductor layer that has electronic control elements, and a growth layer; generating a plurality of recesses in the semiconductor wafer exposing the growth layer in places; and epitaxially growing a plurality of semiconductor layer stacks on the exposed growth layer, wherein a surface of the exposed growth layer is used as a growth surface for the semiconductor layer stacks, and the growth surface is inclined to a main extension plane of the semiconductor wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventor: Andreas Plößl
  • Publication number: 20220077067
    Abstract: In an embodiment a component includes a semiconductor chip, a connection member and a carrier, wherein the semiconductor chip is mechanically and electrically connected to the carrier via the connection member, wherein the connection member includes a contiguous metallic connecting layer and a plurality of metallic through-vias extending vertically through the connecting layer and being laterally spaced from the connecting layer by insulating regions, wherein the insulating regions are filled with a gaseous medium and are hermetically sealed, and wherein the gaseous medium contains an insulating gas having a higher breakdown field strength compared to nitrogen, or wherein a gas pressure is less than 1 mbar in the hermetically sealed insulating regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Plößl
  • Patent number: 11264550
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting semiconductor device and a fabric are disclosed. In an embodiment, a radiation-emitting semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active region configured to generate radiation and at least one carrier on which the semiconductor layer sequence is arranged, wherein the at least one carrier has at least one anchoring structure on a carrier underside facing away from the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the at least one anchoring structure includes electrical contact points for making electrical contact with the semiconductor layer sequence, and wherein the at least one anchoring structure is configured to receive at least one thread for fastening the semiconductor device to a fabric and for electrical contacting the at least one thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Rudolf Behringer, Alexander F. Pfeuffer, Andreas Plößl, Georg Bogner, Berthold Hahn, Frank Singer
  • Publication number: 20210399518
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the method serves for producing semiconductor lasers and includes the following steps in the order indicated: A) applying a multiplicity of edge emitting laser diodes on a mounting substrate, B) applying an encapsulation element, such that the laser diodes are applied in each case in a cavity between the mounting substrate and the associated encapsulation element, C) operating the laser diodes and determining emission directions of the laser diodes, D) producing material damage in partial regions of the encapsulation element, wherein the partial regions are uniquely assigned to the laser diodes, E) collectively removing material of the encapsulation element, said material being affected by the material damage, with the result that individual optical surfaces for beam shaping arise for the laser diodes in the partial regions, and F) singulating to form the semiconductor lasers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas SCHWARZ, Andreas PLÖßL, Jörg Erich SORG, Frank SINGER
  • Publication number: 20210384062
    Abstract: In an embodiment a transfer tool includes an adhesive stamp having an adhesive surface configured to pick up a semiconductor chip and a device configured to adjust a surface area of the adhesive surface, wherein the adhesive stamp is deformable, wherein the adhesive surface is formed by a part of an outer surface of the adhesive stamp, wherein the surface area of the adhesive surface is adjustable by deformation of the adhesive stamp, and wherein the adhesive surface is free of interruptions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Andreas Plößl
  • Patent number: 11081620
    Abstract: A method of producing a semiconductor component includes applying an auxiliary carrier at a first side of a semiconductor body, the auxiliary carrier having a first lateral coefficient of thermal expansion, and applying a connection carrier at a second side of the semiconductor body facing away from the auxiliary carrier, the connection carrier having a second lateral coefficient of thermal expansion, wherein the semiconductor body is grown on a growth substrate different from the auxiliary carrier, the first and the second lateral coefficient of thermal expansion differ by at most 50%, and the growth substrate is removed prior to application of the auxiliary carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Plössl, Norwin von Malm, Dominik Scholz, Christoph Schwarzmaier, Martin Rudolf Behringer, Alexander F. Pfeuffer
  • Patent number: 11069663
    Abstract: A method of producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component includes A) providing at least three source substrates, wherein each of the source substrates is equipped with a specific type of radiation-emitting semiconductor chips, B) providing a target substrate having a mounting plane configured to mount the semiconductor chips thereto, C) forming platforms on the target substrate, and D) transferring at least some of the semiconductor chips with a wafer-to-wafer process from the source substrates onto the target substrate so that the semiconductor chips transferred to the target substrate maintain their relative position with respect to one another, within the types of semiconductor chips, wherein on the target substrate the semiconductor chips of each type of semiconductor chips have a specific height above the mounting plane due to the platforms so that the semiconductor chips of different types of semiconductor chips have different heights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Plößl, Siegfried Herrmann, Martin Rudolf Behringer, Frank Singer, Thomas Schwarz, Alexander F. Pfeuffer
  • Publication number: 20210183834
    Abstract: A component assembly includes an intermediate carrier, a plurality of components and a plurality of anchoring elements. The components have at least two electrical devices and an insulating layer. At least one of the electrical devices is an optoelectronic semiconductor chip. The insulating layer is between the electrical devices of a same component. The at least two electrical devices of the same component are arranged next to one another and enclosed laterally by the insulating layer. The at least two electrical devices and the insulating layer of the same component are integral parts of a self-supporting and mechanically stable unit. The self-supporting and mechanically stable unit and the anchoring elements fix the positions of the components on the intermediate carrier. The components that are self-supporting and mechanically stable units are detachable from the intermediate carrier, and the anchoring elements release the components under mechanical load when the latter are removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Tilman RÜGHEIMER, Thomas SCHWARZ, Lutz HÖPPEL, Andreas PLÖßL, Alexander F. PFEUFFER
  • Patent number: 10991845
    Abstract: A method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component and an optoelectronic semiconductor component are disclosed. In an embodiment the method include A) providing at least two source substrates, wherein each of the source substrates is equipped with a specific type of radiation-emitting semiconductor chip; B) providing a target substrate having a mounting plane, the mounting plane being configured for mounting the semiconductor chip; and C) transferring at least part of the semiconductor chips with a wafer-to-wafer process from the source substrates onto the target substrate so that the semiconductor chips, within one type, maintain their relative position with respect to one another, so that each type of semiconductor chips arranged on the target substrate has a different height above the mounting plane, wherein the semiconductor chips are at least one of at least partially stacked one above the other or at least partially applied to at least one casting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Plößl, Siegfried Herrmann, Martin Rudolf Behringer, Frank Singer, Thomas Schwarz
  • Patent number: 10991683
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optoelectronic component includes: A) providing a substrate, B) providing a metallic liquid arranged in a structured manner and in direct mechanical contact on the substrate and including at least one first metal, C) providing semiconductor chips each having a metallic termination layer on their rear side, the metallic termination layer including at least one second metal different from the first metal, and D) self-organized arranging the semiconductor chips on the metallic liquid so that the first metal and the second metal form at least one intermetallic compound having a higher re-melting temperature than the melting temperature of the metallic liquid, wherein the intermetallic compound is a connecting layer between the substrate and the semiconductor chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Norwin von Malm, Andreas Plössl