Patents by Inventor Britta Goeoetz

Britta Goeoetz 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: 11804579
    Abstract: In an embodiment a method for manufacturing an optoelectronic semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor body having an active region configured to generate electromagnetic radiation and a coupling-out surface along a main radiation direction, forming a mask layer having a plurality of recesses on the coupling-out surface on the semiconductor body, depositing metallic separators in the recesses and applying a wavelength conversion element to the coupling-out surface of the semiconductor body such that the metallic separators are at least partially embedded therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Britta Göötz, Norwin von Malm
  • Patent number: 11670742
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip and a method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip are disclosed. In an embodiment an optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer sequence having a plurality of pixels, the semiconductor layer sequence comprising an active layer configured to generate electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range and a plurality of conversion elements, wherein each conversion element is configured to convert the radiation of the first wavelength range into radiation of a second wavelength range, wherein each pixel has a radiation exit surface and a conversion element is arranged on each radiation exit surface, and wherein each conversion element has a greater thickness in a central region than in a peripheral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Britta Göötz, Alexander Linkov
  • Publication number: 20230152678
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting device includes an optoelectronic component for emitting first electromagnetic radiation. The radiation-emitting device also includes a conversion element having an entrance surface and an exit surface. The radiation-emitting device further includes a dielectric mirror on the exit surface. The radiation-emitting device is configured such that first radiation emitted by the component during operation enters the conversion element via the entrance surface. The conversion element is configured for converting the first radiation into second electromagnetic radiation, which subsequently exits the conversion element via the exit surface. The dielectric mirror is transmissive to second radiation that is incident at angles of incidence in a predefined first angle range, and is reflective for second radiation that is incident at angles of incidence in a predefined second angle range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Laura KREINER, Britta GOEOETZ
  • Publication number: 20230120107
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component includes a primary light source including a carrier and a semiconductor layer sequence mounted thereon and configured to generate primary light, and at least one conversion unit of at least one semiconductor material adapted to convert the primary light into at least one secondary light, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence and the converter unit are separate elements, the semiconductor layer sequence includes a plurality of pixels, the pixels are configured to be controlled electrically independently of each other, the carrier includes a plurality of control units configured to drive the pixels, all pixels of a first group are free of a conversion unit and are configured to emit the primary light, all pixels of a second group of pixels include exactly one conversion unit each and are configured to emit the at least one secondary light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Isabel Otto, Alexander F. Pfeuffer, Britta Göötz, Norwin von Malm
  • Patent number: 11626545
    Abstract: A light emitting device is disclosed. In an embodiment a light-emitting device includes a pixel comprising at least three sub-pixels, wherein the at least three sub-pixel include a first sub-pixel including a first conversion element, wherein the first conversion element includes a green phosphor, a second sub-pixel including a second conversion element, wherein the second conversion element includes a red phosphor and a third sub-pixel free of a conversion element, wherein the third sub-pixel is configured to emit blue primary radiation, wherein each sub-pixels has an edge length of at most 100 ?m, and wherein the pixel is a linear chain of sub-pixels and a plurality of pixels is arranged in a two dimensional ordered pattern so that a first sub-pixel is never adjacent to a third sub-pixel in a vertical direction and in a horizontal direction of the ordered pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Benjamin Daniel Mangum, David O'Brien, Britta Göötz
  • Publication number: 20230080796
    Abstract: In an embodiment a component includes a semiconductor chip, a converter layer and a grid structure, wherein the semiconductor chip is configured to generate electromagnetic radiation, wherein the converter layer is configured to convert at least one portion of the electromagnetic radiation, wherein the grid structure is configured to suppress lateral optical crosstalk, the grid structure having a grid frame and openings enclosed by the grid frame, wherein the grid structure only adjoins the converter layer, wherein the openings of the grid structure are free of a material of the converter layer, and wherein optical elements are arranged in the openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Britta Goeoetz, Markus Burger
  • Patent number: 11557700
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component includes a primary light source including a carrier and a semiconductor layer sequence mounted thereon and configured to generate primary light, and at least one conversion unit of at least one semiconductor material adapted to convert the primary light into at least one secondary light, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence and the converter unit are separate elements, the semiconductor layer sequence includes a plurality of pixels, the pixels are configured to be controlled electrically independently of each other, the carrier includes a plurality of control units configured to drive the pixels, all pixels of a first group are free of a conversion unit and are configured to emit the primary light, all pixels of a second group of pixels include exactly one conversion unit each and are configured to emit the at least one secondary light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Isabel Otto, Alexander F. Pfeuffer, Britta Göötz, Norwin von Malm
  • Patent number: 11552221
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component and a method for manufacturing an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment an optoelectronic component includes a diffractive optical element comprising at least one conversion material and a light source configured to emit primary radiation, wherein the conversion material is encapsulated in the diffractive optical element, and wherein the conversion material is arranged in a beam path of the primary radiation and is configured to convert the primary radiation at least partially into secondary radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Britta Göötz, Hubert Halbritter
  • Patent number: 11538964
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip may include an active region configured to emit electromagnetic radiation during operation of said optoelectronic semiconductor chip. The optoelectronic semiconductor chip comprises conversion elements arranged to convert the wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the active region during operation, and at least one barrier at least partially impermeable to the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the active region. The barrier is disposed in a lateral direction between the conversion elements, the lateral direction being parallel to the main extension plane of the semiconductor body, and the barrier extending transversely to the lateral direction. The active region has at least two emission regions which can be driven separately from each other, and each of the conversion elements is disposed in a radiation direction of the electromagnetic radiation emitted from one of the emission regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: David O'Brien, Desiree Queren, David Racz, Britta Goeoetz, Michael Schumann
  • Patent number: 11398586
    Abstract: A light-emitting semiconductor device (100) comprising a semiconductor layer sequence (1) based on a phosphide and/or arsenide compound semiconductor material system is specified, wherein—the semiconductor layer sequence (1) comprises a light-emitting semiconductor layer (10), which is embodied to emit light during operation of the semiconductor device (100), between a first cladding layer (11) and a second cladding layer (12), and at least a first semiconductor protection layer (13), the first semiconductor protection layer (13) is arranged inside the first cladding layer (11), wherein the first cladding layer is formed as an outer layer, or the first semiconductor protection layer is arranged as an outer layer directly on the first cladding layer (11) on a side remote from the light-emitting semiconductor layer (10), and the first semiconductor protection layer (13) has a lower aluminum content than the first cladding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Tonkikh, Britta Göötz
  • Publication number: 20220199868
    Abstract: In an embodiment a method for manufacturing an optoelectronic semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor body having an active region configured to generate electromagnetic radiation and a coupling-out surface along a main radiation direction, forming a mask layer having a plurality of recesses on the coupling-out surface on the semiconductor body, depositing metallic separators in the recesses and applying a wavelength conversion element to the coupling-out surface of the semiconductor body such that the metallic separators are at least partially embedded therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Britta Göötz, Norwin von Malm
  • Patent number: 11329199
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip, a method for manufacturing an optoelectronic component and an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment an optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an emission side, the emission side comprising a plurality of emission fields, partition walls on the emission side in a region between two adjacent emission fields and a conversion element on one or more emission fields, wherein the conversion element includes a matrix material with first phosphor particles incorporated therein, wherein the first phosphor particles are sedimented in the matrix material such that a mass fraction of the first phosphor particles is greater in a lower region of the conversion element facing the semiconductor layer sequence than in a remaining region of the conversion element, and wherein the partition walls are attached to the emission side without any additional connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Britta Göötz, Matthias Hien, Andreas Dobner, Peter Brick, Matthias Goldbach, Uli Hiller, Sebastian Stigler
  • Patent number: 11316077
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting device includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer that emits a primary radiation during operation, a decoupling surface on a surface of the semiconductor layer sequence, a wavelength conversion layer on a side of the semiconductor layer sequence facing away from the decoupling surface, containing at least one conversion material that converts the primary radiation into secondary radiation, and a mirror layer on the side of the wavelength conversion layer facing away from the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the at least one conversion material is electrically conductive and/or embedded in an electrically conductive matrix material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Britta Göötz, Norwin von Malm
  • Patent number: 11309461
    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 an active region configured to generate electromagnetic radiation and a coupling-out surface along a main radiation direction, and a wavelength conversion element having conversion regions, the conversion regions optically separated from one another by metallic separators, wherein the wavelength conversion element is arranged downstream of the semiconductor body in the main radiation direction of the active region, wherein the active region comprises a plurality of independently controllable emission regions, and wherein the emission regions are at least partially aligned with the conversion regions and explicitly assigned to the conversion regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Britta Göötz, Norwin von Malm
  • Patent number: 11171129
    Abstract: A method for producing an optoelectronic component and an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes providing a semiconductor layer sequence comprising a plurality of pixels and an active layer, wherein the active layer is configured to emit a primary radiation in a blue region of an electromagnetic spectrum with a peak wavelength of between 420 nm inclusive and 480 nm inclusive, applying a first photoresist and a first converter material on the semiconductor layer sequence, exposing the first photoresist with radiation having the peak wavelength longer than the peak wavelength of the primary radiation, curing the first photoresist by polymerization in order to form a first converter layer comprising a matrix material and the first converter material and structuring the first converter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventor: Britta Göötz
  • Patent number: 11158770
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component and a lighting apparatus are disclosed. In an embodiment an optoelectronic component includes a carrier having an upper side and an underside opposite the upper side, an optoelectronic semiconductor chip arranged on the upper side of the carrier, the semiconductor chip configured to emit primary radiation during operation via one or more sides. The component further includes a first conversion layer having an inorganic phosphor on the semiconductor chip, the first conversion layer covering at least all radiation-emitting sides of the semiconductor chip not facing the carrier and a solid body in which an organic phosphor is distributed, wherein the solid body is arranged and fastened on the carrier and is at least in indirect contact with the carrier, and wherein the solid body is spaced from the radiation-emitting sides of the semiconductor chip at least by the first conversion layer and/or by the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Britta Göötz, Frank Singer
  • Publication number: 20210305470
    Abstract: A light emitting device is disclosed. In an embodiment a light-emitting device includes a pixel comprising at least three sub-pixels, wherein the at least three sub-pixel include a first sub-pixel including a first conversion element, wherein the first conversion element includes a green phosphor, a second sub-pixel including a second conversion element, wherein the second conversion element includes a red phosphor and a third sub-pixel free of a conversion element, wherein the third sub-pixel is configured to emit blue primary radiation, wherein each sub-pixels has an edge length of at most 100 ?m, and wherein the pixel is a linear chain of sub-pixels and a plurality of pixels is arranged in a two dimensional ordered pattern so that a first sub-pixel is never adjacent to a third sub-pixel in a vertical direction and in a horizontal direction of the ordered pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin Daniel Mangum, David O'Brien, Britta Göötz
  • Publication number: 20210261860
    Abstract: A method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component and an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes providing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip comprising at least one light-emitting layer and at least one cavity and introducing at least one precursor of a conversion element in the at least one cavity, wherein the at least one conversion element comprises a perovskite-based ABX3 or A2BB?X6 structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Marcus Boehm, Britta Goeoetz, Martin Strassburg
  • Patent number: 11088302
    Abstract: A light emitting device is disclosed. In an embodiment a light-emitting device includes a pixel comprising at least three sub-pixels, wherein a first sub-pixel includes a first conversion element having a green phosphor, wherein a second sub-pixel includes a second conversion element having a red phosphor and wherein a third sub-pixel is free of a conversion element, the third sub-pixel configured to emit blue primary radiation, wherein each sub-pixel has an edge length of at most 100 ?m, and wherein the light-emitting device is configured to enhance a gamut coverage of an emitted radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Benjamin Daniel Mangum, David O'Brien, Britta Göötz
  • Publication number: 20210210661
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component includes a primary light source including a carrier and a semiconductor layer sequence mounted thereon and configured to generate primary light, and at least one conversion unit of at least one semiconductor material adapted to convert the primary light into at least one secondary light, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence and the converter unit are separate elements, the semiconductor layer sequence includes a plurality of pixels, the pixels are configured to be controlled electrically independently of each other, the carrier includes a plurality of control units configured to drive the pixels, all pixels of a first group are free of a conversion unit and are configured to emit the primary light, all pixels of a second group of pixels include exactly one conversion unit each and are configured to emit the at least one secondary light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Isabel Otto, Alexander F. Pfeuffer, Britta Göötz, Norwin von Malm