Patents by Inventor Christian Lauer
Christian Lauer 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).
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Publication number: 20240068571Abstract: A sealing ring, including at least one sealing element having a first permeation coefficient, and at least one permeation barrier of a thermoplastic material having a second permeation coefficient, wherein the at least one sealing element and the at least one permeation barrier form a unit, and wherein the first permeation coefficient is higher than the second permeation coefficient.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Frank LAUER, Maik BLUHM, Mark BOGGASCH, Christian MITSCHKAL, Thomas KRAMER, Christian KOHL, Manuel HILLE
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Publication number: 20240022044Abstract: In an embodiment a semiconductor laser includes a semiconductor body having a plurality of resonator regions, wherein the resonator regions are arranged side by side along a lateral direction, each resonator region having an active region configured to generate radiation, wherein the semiconductor body extends between two side faces, wherein the resonator regions are configured to emit laser radiation at one of the two side faces, and a layer sequence attached to at least one of the side faces, wherein the layer sequence forms at least part of a resonator mirror for at least one resonator region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Hubert Halbritter, Bruno Jentzsch, Christian Lauer, Peter Fuchs
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Publication number: 20230420919Abstract: In an embodiment a radiation-emitting laser diode includes a waveguide layer sequence having an active region configured to generate electromagnetic radiation with a preferred polarization direction, a first waveguide layer of a first doping type and a second waveguide layer of a second doping type, wherein the active region is arranged between the first waveguide layer and the second waveguide layer, wherein refractive indices of the waveguide layer sequence form a first effective refractive index for a transverse electric (TE) mode with its electric field oscillating in a first transverse direction and a second effective refractive index for a transverse magnetic (TM) mode with its electric field oscillating in a second transverse direction, and wherein an effective refractive index difference of the first effective refractive index and the second effective refractive index is at least 4·10?4.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Christian Lauer, Martin Mueller, Michael Furitsch, Harald König
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Publication number: 20230369827Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component is specified, including at least one layer stack having - an active zone for generating electromagnetic radiation, - at least one aluminum-containing current constriction layer including a first region and a second region, the second region having a lower electrical conductivity than the first region, and - a side surface which laterally delimits the layer stack and at which the second region is arranged, the second region being an oxidized region. A method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component is furthermore specified.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: ams-OSRAM International GmbHInventors: Alexander Behres, Christian Lauer, Martin Hetzl
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Patent number: 11757254Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor device comprises a plurality of laser devices. Each of the laser devices is configured to emit electromagnetic radiation. The laser devices are horizontally arranged. A first laser device of the plurality of laser devices is configured to emit electromagnetic radiation having a first wavelength different from the wavelength of a further laser device of the plurality of laser devices. A difference between the first wavelength and the wavelength of the further laser device is less than 20 nm.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventors: Peter Fuchs, Ann Russell, Thomas Falck, Hubert Halbritter, Bruno Jentzsch, Christian Lauer
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Publication number: 20230208110Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2021Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: ams-OSRAM International GmbHInventors: Peter FUCHS, Bruno JENTZSCH, Hubert HALBRITTER, Martin Rudolf BEHRINGER, Alvaro GOMEZ-IGLESIAS, Christian LAUER, Dean Maximilian SCHOKE, Tomasz SWIETLIK
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Publication number: 20210218229Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor device comprises a plurality of laser devices. Each of the laser devices is configured to emit electromagnetic radiation. The laser devices are horizontally arranged. A first laser device of the plurality of laser devices is configured to emit electromagnetic radiation having a first wavelength different from the wavelength of a further laser device of the plurality of laser devices. A difference between the first wavelength and the wavelength of the further laser device is less than 20 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Peter Fuchs, Ann Russell, Thomas Falck, Hubert Halbritter, Bruno Jentzsch, Christian Lauer
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Patent number: 10826276Abstract: A semiconductor laser including an active zone and a waveguide, wherein the active zone includes an active layer configured to generate electromagnetic radiation during operation of the semiconductor laser, the waveguide is configured to guide the electromagnetic radiation generated during operation of the semiconductor laser within the semiconductor laser, the waveguide includes a subregion formed from a compound semiconductor material, wherein a proportion of a material of the compound semiconductor material gradually increases in the entire subregion along the vertical direction toward the active zone so that a refractive index of the subregion gradually decreases toward the active zone, and the proportion is an aluminum proportion or a phosphorus proportion.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbHInventors: Christian Lauer, Tomasz Swietlik
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Patent number: 10424898Abstract: A semiconductor laser diode includes a layer sequence including a plurality of layers arranged one above another in a growth direction, wherein the semiconductor laser diode includes a first facet and a second facet between which a resonator extending in a longitudinal direction is formed, the layer sequence includes an active layer in which an active region is formed, the layer sequence includes waveguide layers, and the layer sequence includes a stressed layer arranged above the active layer in the growth direction, the stressed layer being provided for influencing a refractive index profile in the waveguide layers at least to partly compensate for an inhomogeneous variation of a refractive index in the waveguide layers, the inhomogeneous variation being brought about by an inhomogeneous temperature distribution during operation of the semiconductor laser diode.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Alexander Bachmann, Christian Lauer, Michael Furitsch
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Publication number: 20190273362Abstract: A semiconductor laser including an active zone and a waveguide, wherein the active zone includes an active layer configured to generate electromagnetic radiation during operation of the semiconductor laser, the waveguide is configured to guide the electromagnetic radiation generated during operation of the semiconductor laser within the semiconductor laser, the waveguide includes a subregion formed from a compound semiconductor material, wherein a proportion of a material of the compound semiconductor material gradually increases in the entire subregion along the vertical direction toward the active zone so that a refractive index of the subregion gradually decreases toward the active zone, and the proportion is an aluminum proportion or a phosphorus proportion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2017Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Christian Lauer, Tomasz Swietlik
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Patent number: 10151422Abstract: A drivetrain package includes a motor which includes a rotor shaft, a gear unit, and a carrier structure. The carrier structure has a carrier part which includes a gear unit support section and a motor support part, the carrier part and the gear unit support section being arranged in one piece. The motor is mounted on the carrier structure with the aid of the motor support part, the motor support part in particular being situated between the motor and the carrier part. The gear unit is supported on the gear unit support section and connected to the carrier structure with the aid of the gear unit support section. The carrier part includes a sheet metal part, and the motor support part includes a sheet metal part.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2016Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Christian Lauer, Peter Barton
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Publication number: 20180331502Abstract: A semiconductor laser diode includes a layer sequence including a plurality of layers arranged one above another in a growth direction, wherein the semiconductor laser diode includes a first facet and a second facet between which a resonator extending in a longitudinal direction is formed, the layer sequence includes an active layer in which an active region is formed, the layer sequence includes waveguide layers, and the layer sequence includes a stressed layer arranged above the active layer in the growth direction, the stressed layer being provided for influencing a refractive index profile in the waveguide layers at least to partly compensate for an inhomogeneous variation of a refractive index in the waveguide layers, the inhomogeneous variation being brought about by an inhomogeneous temperature distribution during operation of the semiconductor laser diode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Alexander Bachmann, Christian Lauer, Michael Furitsch
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Publication number: 20180045359Abstract: A drivetrain package includes a motor which includes a rotor shaft, a gear unit, and a carrier structure. The carrier structure has a carrier part which includes a gear unit support section and a motor support part, the carrier part and the gear unit support section being arranged in one piece. The motor is mounted on the carrier structure with the aid of the motor support part, the motor support part in particular being situated between the motor and the carrier part. The gear unit is supported on the gear unit support section and connected to the carrier structure with the aid of the gear unit support section. The carrier part includes a sheet metal part, and the motor support part includes a sheet metal part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Christian LAUER, Peter BARTON
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Patent number: 9812844Abstract: 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 subType: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias, Harald König, Christian Lauer
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Publication number: 20170310081Abstract: A semiconductor laser diode is provided. In an embodiment the semiconductor laser diode includes a semiconductor layer sequence having semiconductor layers disposed vertically one above the other. An active layer includes an active region having a width of greater than or equal to 30 ?m emitting laser radiation during operation via a radiation coupling-out surface. The radiation coupling-out surface is formed by a lateral surface of the semiconductor layer sequence and forms, with an opposite rear surface, a resonator having lateral gain-guiding in a longitudinal direction. The semiconductor layer sequence is heated in a thermal region of influence by reason of the operation. A metallization layer is in direct contact with a top side of the semiconductor layer sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Christian Lauer, Harald König, Uwe Strauss, Alexander Bachmann
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Patent number: 9722394Abstract: A semiconductor laser diode is provided. A semiconductor layer sequence has semiconductor layers applied vertically one above the other. An active layer includes an active region having a width of greater than or equal to 30 ?m emitting laser radiation during operation via a radiation coupling-out surface. The radiation coupling-out surface is formed by a lateral surface of the semiconductor layer sequence and forms, with an opposite rear surface, a resonator having lateral gain-guiding in a longitudinal direction. The semiconductor layer sequence is heated in a thermal region of influence by reason of the operation. A metallization layer is in direct contact with a top side of the semiconductor layer sequence.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2012Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Christian Lauer, Harald König, Uwe Strauβ, Alexander Bachmann
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Publication number: 20170204644Abstract: A combination door assembly includes a frame that may be coupled to a wall of a building. A door is hingedly coupled to the frame such that the door is positionable between an open position and a closed position. The door comprises a first half that is slidably coupled to a second half. The second half is positionable in an open position when the door is positioned in the closed position. Thus, the second half is configured to allow egress and entry to the building when the door is in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2016Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Robert Mc Mullen, JR., Christian Lauer
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Publication number: 20170098919Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventors: Christian Lauer, Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias
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Patent number: 9559494Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Christian Lauer, Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias
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Publication number: 20160141837Abstract: 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 subType: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias, Harald König, Christian Lauer