Patents by Inventor Berthold Hahn

Berthold Hahn 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: 8872330
    Abstract: A thin-film semiconductor component having a carrier layer and a layer stack which is arranged on the carrier layer, the layer stack containing a semiconductor material and being provided for emitting radiation, wherein a heat dissipating layer provided for cooling the semiconductor component is applied on the carrier layer. A component assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Siegfried Herrmann, Berthold Hahn
  • Patent number: 8809086
    Abstract: A semiconductor component has a plurality of GaN-based layers, which are preferably used to generate radiation, produced in a fabrication process. In the process, the plurality of GaN-based layers are applied to a composite substrate that includes a substrate body and an interlayer. A coefficient of thermal expansion of the substrate body is similar to or preferably greater than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the GaN-based layers, and the GaN-based layers are deposited on the interlayer. The interlayer and the substrate body are preferably joined by a wafer bonding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Bader, Dominik Eisert, Berthold Hahn, Volker Härle
  • Patent number: 8796115
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode arrangement comprising a plurality of semiconductor chips which are provided for emitting electromagnetic radiation from their front side and which are fixed by their rear side—opposite the front side—on a first main face of a common carrier body, wherein the semiconductor chips consist of a respective substrateless semiconductor layer stack and are fixed to the common carrier body without an auxiliary carrier, and to a method for producing such a light-emitting diode arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Erich Sorg, Stefan Gruber, Siegfried Herrmann, Berthold Hahn
  • Publication number: 20140203413
    Abstract: A composite substrate has a carrier and a utility layer. The utility layer is attached to the carrier by means of a dielectric bonding layer and the carrier contains a radiation conversion material. Other embodiments relate to a semiconductor chip having such a composite substrate, a method for producing a composite substrate and a method for producing a semiconductor chip with a composite substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Johannes Baur, Berthold Hahn, Volker Härle, Karl Engl, Joachim Hertkorn, Tetsuya Taki
  • Patent number: 8772804
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting diode (10) is proposed having at least one p-doped light-emitting diode layer (4), an n-doped light-emitting diode layer (2) and an optically active zone (3) between the p-doped light-emitting diode layer (4) and the n-doped light-emitting diode layer (2), having an oxide layer (8) consisting of a transparent conductive oxide, and having at least one mirror layer (9), wherein the oxide layer (8) is disposed between the light-emitting diode layers (2, 4) and the at least one mirror layer (9), and comprises a first boundary surface (8a) which faces the light-emitting diode layers (2, 4) and a second boundary surface (8b) which faces the at least one mirror layer (9), and wherein the second boundary surface (8b) of the oxide layer (8) has less roughness (R2) than the first boundary surface (8a) of the oxide layer (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Magnus Ahlstedt, Johannes Baur, Ulrich Zehnder, Martin Strassburg, Matthias Sabathil, Berthold Hahn
  • Patent number: 8728937
    Abstract: For semiconductor chips using thin film technology, an active layer sequence is applied to a growth substrate, on which a reflective electrically conductive contact material layer is then formed. The active layer sequence is patterned to form active layer stacks, and reflective electrically conductive contact material layer is patterned to be located on each active layer stack. Then, a flexible, electrically conductive foil is applied to the contact material layers as an auxiliary carrier layer, and the growth substrate is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Ploessl, Stephan Kaiser, Volker Härle, Berthold Hahn
  • Patent number: 8710537
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting semiconductor chip includes: a carrier and a semiconductor body with a semiconductor layer sequence including an active region that generates radiation, a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer; wherein the active region is arranged between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; the first semiconductor layer is arranged on a side of the active region which faces away from the carrier; the semiconductor body comprises at least one recess which extends through the active region; the first semiconductor layer is electrically conductively connected to a first connection layer extending in the recess from the first semiconductor layer in a direction of the carrier; and the first connection layer is electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer via a protective diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Engl, Berthold Hahn, Klaus Streubel, Markus Klein
  • Patent number: 8686451
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component (100) comprises a first semiconductor layer stack (101), which has an active layer (110) designed for the emission of radiation and a main area (111). A separating layer (103) is arranged on said main area, said separating layer forming a semitransparent mirror. The optoelectronic component comprises a second semiconductor layer stack (102), which is arranged at the separating layer and which has a further active layer (120) designed for the emission of radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductor GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolaus Gmeinwieser, Berthold Hahn
  • Patent number: 8664847
    Abstract: At least two semiconductor components emit electromagnetic radiation in different wavelength ranges. The superimposition of these electromagnetic radiations of all semiconductor components has at least one fraction in the visible wavelength range. At least one of the semiconductor components has a luminescence conversion element in the beam path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Groetsch, Georg Bogner, Berthold Hahn, Volker Haerle, Kirstin Petersen
  • Patent number: 8658447
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting body comprising a layer sequence having an active region for generating electromagnetic radiation, a coupling-out layer for coupling out the generated radiation, said coupling-out layer being arranged on a first side of the layer sequence, a reflection layer for reflecting the generated radiation, said reflection layer being arranged on a second side opposite the first side, and an interface of the layer sequence which faces the reflection layer and which has a lateral patterning having projecting structure elements, wherein the reflection layer is connected to the layer sequence in such a way that the reflection layer has a patterning corresponding to the patterning of the interface. A method for producing a radiation-emitting body is furthermore specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Berthold Hahn, Volker Härle, Reiner Windisch
  • Publication number: 20140042466
    Abstract: A method can be used to provide at least one optoelectronic semiconductor component, A carrier includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. At least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip is arranged on the first surface of the carrier. The optoelectronic semiconductor chip is formed with at least one n-side region and at least one p-side region, and is applied with the n-side region or the p-side region to the first surface. An electrically insulating enclosure is arranged on exposed points of the outer faces of the semiconductor chip and of the first surface of the carrier. The electrically insulating enclosure is partially removed. After removal at least one major face, remote from the carrier, of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip is free of the electrically insulating enclosure at least in places.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Berthold Hahn, Andreas Leber
  • Patent number: 8604497
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting thin-film semiconductor chip with an epitaxial multilayer structure (12), which contains an active, radiation-generating layer (14) and has a first main face (16) and a second main face (18)—remote from the first main face—for coupling out the radiation generated in the active, radiation-generating layer. Furthermore, the first main face (16) of the multilayer structure (12) is coupled to a reflective layer or interface, and the region (22) of the multilayer structure that adjoins the second main face (18) of the multilayer structure is patterned one- or two-dimensionally with convex elevations (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Eisert, Berthold Hahn, Volker Härle
  • Patent number: 8598014
    Abstract: Presented is a method for producing an optoelectronic component. The method includes separating a semiconductor layer based on a III-V-compound semiconductor material from a substrate by irradiation with a laser beam having a plateau-like spatial beam profile, where individual regions of the semiconductor layer are irradiated successively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Fehrer, Berthold Hahn, Volker Härle, Stephan Kaiser, Frank Otte, Andreas Plössl
  • Patent number: 8581279
    Abstract: In a luminescence diode chip having a radiation exit area (1) and a contact structure (2, 3, 4) which is arranged on the radiation exit area (1) and comprises a bonding pad (4) and a plurality of contact webs (2, 3) which are provided for current expansion and are electrically conductively connected to the bonding pad (4), the bonding pad (4) is arranged in an edge region of the radiation exit area (1). The luminescence diode chip has reduced absorption of the emitted radiation (23) in the contact structure (2, 3, 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Baur, Volker Härle, Berthold Hahn, Andreas Weimar, Raimund Oberschmid, Ewald Karl Michael Guenther, Franz Eberhard, Markus Richter, Jörg Strauss
  • Patent number: 8581264
    Abstract: A semiconductor body includes an n-conductive semiconductor layer and a p-conductive semiconductor layer. The p-conductive semiconductor layer contains a p-dopant and the n-conductive semiconductor layer an n-dopant and a further dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Strassburg, Hans-Juergen Lugauer, Vincent Grolier, Berthold Hahn, Richard Floeter
  • Patent number: 8575003
    Abstract: Presented is a method for producing an optoelectronic component. The method includes separating a semiconductor layer based on a III-V-compound semiconductor material from a substrate by irradiation with a laser beam having a plateau-like spatial beam profile, where individual regions of the semiconductor layer are irradiated successively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Fehrer, Berthold Hahn, Volker Härle, Stephan Kaiser, Frank Otte, Andreas Plössl
  • Patent number: 8524573
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor component, in which a semiconductor layer is separated from a substrate by irradiation with laser pulses, the pulse duration of the laser pulses being less than or equal to 10 ns. The laser pulses have a spatial beam profile with a flank slope is chosen to be gentle enough to prevent cracks in the semiconductor layer that arise as a result of thermally induced lateral stresses during the separation of semiconductor layer and substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Kaiser, Volker Härle, Berthold Hahn
  • Patent number: 8476643
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting body comprising a layer sequence having an active region for generating electromagnetic radiation, a coupling-out layer for coupling out the generated radiation, said coupling-out layer being arranged on a first side of the layer sequence, a reflection layer for reflecting the generated radiation, said reflection layer being arranged on a second side opposite the first side, and an interface of the layer sequence which faces the reflection layer and which has a lateral patterning having projecting structure elements, wherein the reflection layer is connected to the layer sequence in such a way that the reflection layer has a patterning corresponding to the patterning of the interface. A method for producing a radiation-emitting body is furthermore specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Berthold Hahn, Volker Härle, Reiner Windisch
  • Patent number: 8436393
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode chip comprises a GaN-based, radiation-emitting epitaxial layer sequence, an active region, an n-doped layer and a p-doped layer. The p-doped layer is provided, on its main surface facing away from the active region, with a reflective contact metallization comprising a radioparent contact layer and a reflective layer. Methods for fabricating LED chips of this type by thin-film technology are provided, as are LED components containing such LED chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Osram GmbH
    Inventors: Berthold Hahn, Ulrich Jacob, Hans-Jürgen Lugauer, Manfred Mundbrod-Vangerow
  • Patent number: 8426843
    Abstract: Described is a radiation-emitting semiconductor body (1) with an active layer (2) for generation of radiation of a first wavelength (?1) and a reemission layer (3) which comprises a quantum well structure (4) comprising a quantum layer structure (5) and a barrier layer structure (6). The reemission layer is intended for generation of incoherent radiation of a second wavelength (?2) by absorption of the radiation of the first wavelength in the barrier layer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Tony Albrecht, Stefan Bader, Berthold Hahn