Patents by Inventor Bernhard Rieder

Bernhard Rieder 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).

  • Patent number: 11655972
    Abstract: An LED illumination device corresponds to a compact fluorescent lamp and has improved thermal properties. The illumination device includes a transparent tube having an inner wall defining a cavity, a light engine having one or more light emitting diodes, and a driver to drive the light engine. The light engine is disposed at the inner wall of the transparent tube. The arrangement of the light engine and the one or more light emitting diodes at the inner wall of the tube provides improved lighting characteristics. Simultaneously, an improved cooling is provided by the interface surface for conducting heat between the inner wall and the light engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBH
    Inventors: Ran Lin, Bernhard Rieder, Shaozhu Yang
  • Publication number: 20220415830
    Abstract: A chip package includes a chip configured to generate and/or receive a signal; a laminate substrate including a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) for carrying the signal, the substrate integrated waveguide including a chip-to-SIW transition structure configured to couple the signal between the SIW and the chip and a SIW-to-waveguide transition structure configured to couple the signal out of the SIW or into the SIW, wherein the SIW-to-waveguide transition structure includes a waveguide aperture; and a plurality of electrical interfaces arranged about a periphery of the waveguide aperture, the plurality of electrical interfaces configured to receive the signal from the SIW-to-waveguide transition structure and output the signal from the chip package or to couple the signal to the SIW-to-waveguide transition structure and into the chip package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Tuncay ERDOEL, Walter HARTNER, Ulrich MOELLER, Bernhard RIEDER, Ernst SELER, Maciej WOJNOWSKI
  • Publication number: 20220373507
    Abstract: A gas sensor comprises a substrate, a first semiconductor-based sensor element for determining the density and/or viscosity of a gas, which element is arranged above the substrate and which has a resonant element, and a cover arranged above the first sensor element, wherein the substrate and/or the cover has an opening to allow the passage of a gas to the first sensor element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Bernhard RIEDER, Rainer Markus SCHALLER
  • Publication number: 20220359328
    Abstract: A radar chip package includes a radar monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) having a backside, a frontside arranged opposite to the backside, and lateral sides that extend between the backside and the frontside, wherein the radar MIMIC comprises a recess that extends from the backside at least partially towards the frontside; a plurality of electrical interfaces coupled to the frontside of the radar MIMIC; at least one antenna arranged at the frontside of the radar MIMIC; and a lens formed over the recess and the at least one antenna, wherein the lens is coupled to the backside of the radar MMIC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Bernhard RIEDER, Thomas KILGER
  • Patent number: 11416730
    Abstract: A radio-frequency device comprises a radio-frequency chip, a first connecting element arranged over a chip surface of the radio-frequency chip, the first connecting element being designed to mechanically and electrically connect the radio-frequency chip to a circuit board, and a radio-frequency signal carrying element arranged over the chip surface and electrically coupled to the radio-frequency chip, the radio-frequency signal carrying element being covered by an electrically nonconductive material and being designed to transmit a signal in a direction parallel to the chip surface, wherein the first connecting element and the radio-frequency signal carrying element are arranged at a same level in relation to a direction perpendicular to the chip surface, and wherein the first connecting element is spaced apart from the radio-frequency signal carrying element by way of a region that is free of the electrically nonconductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Rieder, Thomas Kilger
  • Publication number: 20220247089
    Abstract: A radio-frequency device comprises a printed circuit board and a radio-frequency package having a radio-frequency chip and a radio-frequency radiation element, the radio-frequency package being mounted on the printed circuit board. The radio-frequency device furthermore comprises a waveguide component having a waveguide, wherein the radio-frequency radiation element is configured to radiate transmission signals into the waveguide and/or to receive reception signals via the waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Walter HARTNER, Tuncay ERDOEL, Klaus ELIAN, Christian GEISSLER, Bernhard RIEDER, Rainer Markus SCHALLER, Horst THEUSS, Maciej WOJNOWSKI
  • Publication number: 20220209086
    Abstract: A light fixture has a translucent tubular bulb. At least one end cap is located at one end of the translucent tubular bulb. A light engine is disposed in the translucent tubular bulb. The light engine has a leadframe on which a plurality of semiconductor light elements is arranged. The fixture may include an electronic driver. The electronic driver includes a plurality of electronic components. At least one of the plurality of electronic components is arranged inside the transparent tubular bulb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Bernhard RIEDER, Heinz LANG, Georg Rosenbauer
  • Publication number: 20220059918
    Abstract: A radio-frequency device comprises a printed circuit board and a radio-frequency package, which is mounted on the printed circuit board at a first mounting point and has a radio-frequency chip and a radio-frequency radiation element, wherein the printed circuit board has a first elasticity at least in a first section comprising the first mounting point. The radio-frequency device further comprises a waveguide component, which is mounted on the printed circuit board at a second mounting point and has a waveguide, wherein the radio-frequency radiation element is configured to radiate signals into the waveguide and/or to receive signals by way of the waveguide. The printed circuit board has a second elasticity at least in a second section with an increased elasticity between the first mounting point and the second mounting point, wherein the second elasticity is higher than the first elasticity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Walter HARTNER, Bernhard RIEDER
  • Patent number: 11251349
    Abstract: A light fixture has a translucent tubular bulb. At least one end cap is located at one end of the translucent tubular bulb. A light engine is disposed in the translucent tubular bulb. The light engine has a leadframe on which a plurality of semiconductor light elements is arranged. The fixture may include an electronic driver. The electronic driver includes a plurality of electronic components. At least one of the plurality of electronic components is arranged inside the transparent tubular bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Rieder, Heinz Lang, Georg Rosenbauer
  • Patent number: 11209130
    Abstract: A method for producing a tube lamp uses at least one leadframe. A leadframe is a flat structure which has two opposing surfaces extending substantially parallel and spaced apart by the sheet thickness. One or more stabilizing sections are applied to the leadframe. The leadframe is fastened with the stabilizing sections in a tubular housing of the tube lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBH
    Inventors: Georg Rosenbauer, Bernhard Rieder, Henrike Streppel, Andreas Hammer, Georg Scheipl, Klaus Eckert
  • Publication number: 20210359387
    Abstract: A radio-frequency device comprises an encapsulation material and a radio-frequency chip embedded into the encapsulation material, wherein the radio-frequency chip has a first main surface and a second main surface. The radio-frequency device furthermore comprises an electrical redistribution layer arranged over the first main surface of the radio-frequency chip and the encapsulation material, and a radio-frequency antenna formed in the redistribution layer and configured to emit signals in a direction pointing from the second main surface to the first main surface and/or to receive signals in a direction pointing from the first main surface to the second main surface. The radio-frequency device furthermore comprises a microwave component having an electrically conductive wall structure, the microwave component being arranged below the radio-frequency antenna and embedded into the encapsulation material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Walter Hartner, Bernhard Rieder
  • Publication number: 20210225719
    Abstract: A radio-frequency device comprises a semiconductor device, comprising a radio-frequency chip, and a first connection element, which is configured to mechanically and electrically connect the semiconductor device to a circuit board. The radio-frequency device furthermore comprises a waveguide component arranged over the semiconductor device, comprising a waveguide embodied in the waveguide component, and a second connection element, which mechanically connects the waveguide component to the semiconductor device. At least one from the first connection element or the second connection element is embodied in an elastic fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Ernst SELER, Ulrich MOELLER, Bernhard RIEDER
  • Publication number: 20210125021
    Abstract: A radio-frequency device comprises a radio-frequency chip, a first connecting element arranged over a chip surface of the radio-frequency chip, the first connecting element being designed to mechanically and electrically connect the radio-frequency chip to a circuit board, and a radio-frequency signal carrying element arranged over the chip surface and electrically coupled to the radio-frequency chip, the radio-frequency signal carrying element being covered by an electrically nonconductive material and being designed to transmit a signal in a direction parallel to the chip surface, wherein the first connecting element and the radio-frequency signal carrying element are arranged at a same level in relation to a direction perpendicular to the chip surface, and wherein the first connecting element is spaced apart from the radio-frequency signal carrying element by way of a region that is free of the electrically nonconductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Bernhard RIEDER, Thomas KILGER
  • Patent number: 10823346
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) module is disclosed having an elongated flat support with a first long end, a second long end opposite the first long end, and electrically conductive regions. The disclosed LED module includes at least one LED mounted on the flat support as well as an electronic driver with at least one electronic driver component mounted on the flat support for driving the at least one LED. The electrically conductive regions have a first pair of contact points on one of the two long ends for connection of the LED module to a current source and a second pair of contact points on one of the two long ends for connection of a smoothing capacitor on the LED module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBH
    Inventor: Bernhard Rieder
  • Patent number: 10823338
    Abstract: An LED light fixture, includes a bulb, a light module with at least one light emitting diode chip which is mounted on a circuit board by means of chip-on-board assembly, and a driver of the light module, wherein the light module and the driver electronics are received in the bulb. The LED light fixture may be arranged within an enclosure to form an LED lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Rieder, Georg Rosenbauer
  • Publication number: 20200343626
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) device includes a conformal RF antenna configured to be mounted on a non-metallic component of a vehicle and configured to operate at frequencies greater than 10 GHz. The RF device further includes an RF chip mounted on the conformal RF antenna and electrically coupled to the conformal RF antenna to transfer an RF signal of a frequency greater than 10 GHz to the conformal RF antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Bernhard RIEDER
  • Patent number: 10738949
    Abstract: A tubular semiconductor lamp having an elongate heat sink formed from sheet metal, at least one strip-shaped circuit board, which is equipped with at least one semiconductor light source and which lies on the heat sink, and a light-transmissive bulb made of plastic, which arches over the equipped circuit board, wherein the circuit board is held in a longitudinally movable manner by the heat sink. A method for producing a tubular semiconductor lamp, which can be applied, for example, to replacement lamps for straight-line fluorescent lamps or linear lamps, of type T5 or T8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Rieder, Shaozhu Yang
  • Patent number: 10731799
    Abstract: An LED light fixture includes a glass bulb. In the interior of the glass bulb is a driver module and a plurality of lighting elements. The glass bulb completely surrounds the lighting elements radially. The lighting elements are arranged radially around the driver module. The lighting elements may be LED filaments or individual light-emitting diode chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Dendorfer, Thomas Heil, Heinz Lang, Bernhard Rieder, Georg Rosenbauer
  • Publication number: 20200116309
    Abstract: A method for producing a tube lamp uses at least one leadframe. A leadframe is a flat structure which has two opposing surfaces extending substantially parallel and spaced apart by the sheet thickness. One or more stabilizing sections are applied to the leadframe. The leadframe is fastened with the stabilizing sections in a tubular housing of the tube lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Georg Rosenbauer, Bernhard Rieder, Henrike Streppel, Andreas Hammer, Georg Scheipl, Klaus Eckert
  • Patent number: 10502371
    Abstract: The lamp includes a substantially transparent housing tube, a first end cap at a first end of the housing tube and a second end cap at a second end of the housing tube. The end caps include contacts for electrically contacting a power supply. An LED-filament is arranged in the housing tube between the first end cap and the second end cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBH
    Inventors: Jin Hu, Tianzheng Jiang, Bernhard Rieder, Yonggang Xiao