Patents by Inventor Christoph Gruber
Christoph Gruber 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: 20240041990Abstract: The present invention relates to composition comprising a clustered, regularly interspaced, short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) system comprising i) at least one CRISPR-associated protein 13 (Cas13) or a nucleotide sequence encoding said Cas13 protein fused with at least one nuclear localization signal (NLS) fused to at least one nuclear export sequence (NES) and ii) at least one guide RNA (gRNA) or a nucleotide sequence encoding said gRNA capable of hybridizing with one or more target RNA molecules.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Christoph GRUBER, Dong-Jiunn Jeffery TRUONG, Florian GIESERT, Wolfgang WURST
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Publication number: 20230328911Abstract: An inverter system for a drive train of a motor vehicle is disposed in a multi-part housing. The inverter system includes a control board which can be connected via control cable connections to control lines, DC link capacitors, power semiconductors, control units, and current transformers. The housing is formed with an electronics level, a power level and a connection level. The interior of the housing has a plurality of zones in which different conditions prevail with regard to temperature and/or EMC shielding.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2021Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Gerald Helwich, Christoph Gruber
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Publication number: 20200111896Abstract: A method of forming recess for a trench gate electrode includes forming a trench in a first major surface of a semiconductor substrate, the trench having a base and a side wall extending from the base to the first major surface, forming a first insulating layer on the base and the side wall of the trench, inserting a first conductive material into the trench that at least partially covers the first insulation layer to form a field plate in a lower portion of the trench, applying a second insulating layer to the first major surface and the trench such that the second insulating layer fills the trench and covers the conductive material, removing the second insulating layer from the first major surface and partially removing the second insulating layer from the trench by etching and forming a recess for a gate electrode in the second insulating layer in the trench.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Thomas Feil, Jyotshna Bhandari, Christoph Gruber, Heimo Hofer, Ravi Keshav Joshi, Olaf Kuehn, Juergen Steinbrenner
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Patent number: 10403728Abstract: A semiconductor device includes needle-shaped trenches in a semiconductor substrate, each of which includes a field electrode electrically insulated from the semiconductor substrate. Source doping regions and body doping regions of a transistor arrangement are formed in the semiconductor substrate between neighboring ones of the needle-shaped trenches. Gate trenches extend through the source doping regions and the body doping regions. The device further includes a first insulation layer above the semiconductor substrate, an etch stop layer on the first insulation layer, a second insulation layer on the etch stop layer, and an electrically conductive material on the second insulation layer and which contacts the field electrodes, source doping regions and body doping regions through openings which extend through the second insulation layer, etch stop layer and first insulation layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AGInventors: Michael Hutzler, Christoph Gruber
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Publication number: 20190145292Abstract: An oil supply system for an internal combustion engine, comprising a lubricating oil circuit in which a first oil pressure generating device, a first device for oil temperature control, and a second device for oil temperature control are provided, wherein the two devices for oil temperature control are arranged in two arms of the lubricating oil circuit connected in parallel and wherein the first oil pressure generating device is arranged in the flow direction upstream of the branch to the two arms leading to the two devices for oil temperature control.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventor: Christoph Gruber
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Publication number: 20190140059Abstract: A semiconductor device includes needle-shaped trenches in a semiconductor substrate, each of which includes a field electrode electrically insulated from the semiconductor substrate. Source doping regions and body doping regions of a transistor arrangement are formed in the semiconductor substrate between neighboring ones of the needle-shaped trenches. Gate trenches extend through the source doping regions and the body doping regions. The device further includes a first insulation layer above the semiconductor substrate, an etch stop layer on the first insulation layer, a second insulation layer on the etch stop layer, and an electrically conductive material on the second insulation layer and which contacts the field electrodes, source doping regions and body doping regions through openings which extend through the second insulation layer, etch stop layer and first insulation layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Michael Hutzler, Christoph Gruber
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Patent number: 10233800Abstract: A method for operating a combustion engine having a crankcase, a piston group and a crankshaft, wherein the crankcase has an oil reservoir and an operational amount of lubricating oil is provided, wherein i) a partial amount of the lubricating oil is continuously discharged from the crankshaft and ii) a refill amount of new lubricating oil is continuously supplied, so that the operational amount of lubricating oil remains essentially the same; as well as a combustion engine for carrying out the method.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: IFT GMBHInventor: Christoph Gruber
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Patent number: 10199468Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device includes forming a first insulation layer on a semiconductor substrate and forming a structured etch stop layer. Further, the method includes depositing a second insulation layer after forming the structured etch stop layer and forming a structured mask layer on the second insulation layer. Additionally, the method includes etching portions of the second insulation layer uncovered by the structured mask layer and portions of the first insulation layer uncovered by the structured etch stop layer to uncover at least one of a portion of the semiconductor substrate and an electrode located within a trench. Further, the method includes depositing electrically conductive material to form an electrical contact to at least one of the uncovered electrode and the uncovered portion of the semiconductor substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austra AGInventors: Michael Hutzler, Christoph Gruber
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Publication number: 20170330941Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device includes forming a first insulation layer on a semiconductor substrate and forming a structured etch stop layer. Further, the method includes depositing a second insulation layer after forming the structured etch stop layer and forming a structured mask layer on the second insulation layer. Additionally, the method includes etching portions of the second insulation layer uncovered by the structured mask layer and portions of the first insulation layer uncovered by the structured etch stop layer to uncover at least one of a portion of the semiconductor substrate and an electrode located within a trench. Further, the method includes depositing electrically conductive material to form an electrical contact to at least one of the uncovered electrode and the uncovered portion of the semiconductor substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Michael Hutzler, Christoph Gruber
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Patent number: 9768273Abstract: In one aspect, a method of forming a trench in a semiconductor material includes forming a first dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate. The first dielectric layer includes first openings. An epitaxial layer is grown on the semiconductor substrate by an epitaxial lateral overgrowth process. The first openings are filled by the epitaxial layer and the epitaxial layer is grown onto adjacent portions of the first dielectric layer so that part of the first dielectric layer is uncovered by the epitaxial layer and a gap forms between opposing sidewalls of the epitaxial layer over the part of the first dielectric layer that is uncovered by the epitaxial layer. The gap defines a first trench in the epitaxial layer that extends to the first dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2016Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AGInventors: Ravi Joshi, Johannes Baumgartl, Martin Poelzl, Matthias Kuenle, Juergen Steinbrenner, Andreas Haghofer, Christoph Gruber, Georg Ehrentraut
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Publication number: 20170110331Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device includes etching, in a masked etching process, through a layer stack located on a surface of a semiconductor substrate to expose the semiconductor substrate at unmasked regions of the layer stack. The method further includes etching, in a selective etching process, at least a first layer of the layer stack located adjacently to the semiconductor substrate. A second layer of the layer stack is less etched or non-etched compared to the selective etching of the first layer of the layer stack, such that the first layer of the layer stack is laterally etched back between the semiconductor substrate and the second layer of the layer stack. The method further includes growing semiconductor material on regions of the surface of the semiconductor substrate exposed after the selective etching process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Ravi Keshav Joshi, Johannes Baumgartl, Georg Ehrentraut, Petra Fischer, Richard Gaisberger, Christoph Gruber, Martin Poelzl, Juergen Steinbrenner
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Publication number: 20170005091Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor laminar structure arranged on a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor laminar structure includes a first doping region of a field effect transistor structure and at least a part of a body region of the field effect transistor structure. The body region has a first conductivity type and the first doping region has a second conductivity type. The semiconductor device further includes an electrically conductive contact structure providing an electrical contact to the first doping region of the field effect transistor structure and to the body region of the field effect transistor structure at one or more sidewalls of the semiconductor laminar structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Ravi Keshav Joshi, Johannes Baumgartl, Christoph Gruber, Andreas Haghofer, Martin Poelzl, Juergen Steinbrenner
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Publication number: 20160376948Abstract: A method for operating a combustion engine having a crankcase, a piston group and a crankshaft, wherein the crankcase has an oil reservoir and an operational amount of lubricating oil is provided, wherein i) a partial amount of the lubricating oil is continuously discharged from the crankshaft and ii) a refill amount of new lubricating oil is continuously supplied, so that the operational amount of lubricating oil remains essentially the same; as well as a combustion engine for carrying out the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventor: Christoph Gruber
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Publication number: 20160308028Abstract: In one aspect, a method of forming a trench in a semiconductor material includes forming a first dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate. The first dielectric layer includes first openings. An epitaxial layer is grown on the semiconductor substrate by an epitaxial lateral overgrowth process. The first openings are filled by the epitaxial layer and the epitaxial layer is grown onto adjacent portions of the first dielectric layer so that part of the first dielectric layer is uncovered by the epitaxial layer and a gap forms between opposing sidewalls of the epitaxial layer over the part of the first dielectric layer that is uncovered by the epitaxial layer. The gap defines a first trench in the epitaxial layer that extends to the first dielectric layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Ravi Joshi, Johannes Baumgartl, Martin Poelzl, Matthias Kuenle, Juergen Steinbrenner, Andreas Haghofer, Christoph Gruber, Georg Ehrentraut
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Patent number: 9379196Abstract: In one aspect, a method of forming a trench in a semiconductor material includes forming a first dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate. The first dielectric layer includes first openings. An epitaxial layer is grown on the semiconductor substrate by an epitaxial lateral overgrowth process. The first openings are filled by the epitaxial layer and the epitaxial layer is grown onto adjacent portions of the first dielectric layer so that part of the first dielectric layer is uncovered by the epitaxial layer and a gap forms between opposing sidewalls of the epitaxial layer over the part of the first dielectric layer that is uncovered by the epitaxial layer. The gap defines a first trench in the epitaxial layer that extends to the first dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AGInventors: Ravi Joshi, Johannes Baumgartl, Martin Poelzl, Matthias Kuenle, Juergen Steinbrenner, Andreas Haghofer, Christoph Gruber, Georg Ehrentraut
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Patent number: 9272236Abstract: A filtration system for separating accompanying substances, present in liquid, droplet or mist form, from a gaseous material stream, comprising a housing, in which there is arranged a filter insert, wherein the housing has an inlet and an outlet for said material stream, wherein the filter insert comprises at least two filter layers, wherein one boundary surface of the first filter layer is essentially in parallel with a boundary surface of the second filter layer, wherein at least one boundary surface forms a barrier for said material stream.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: IFT GMBHInventors: Christoph Gruber, Christian Waldner
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Publication number: 20150258479Abstract: A filtration system for separating accompanying substances, present in liquid, droplet or mist form, from a gaseous material stream, comprising a housing, in which there is arranged a filter insert, wherein the housing has an inlet and an outlet for said material stream, wherein the filter insert comprises at least two filter layers, wherein one boundary surface of the first filter layer is essentially in parallel with a boundary surface of the second filter layer, wherein at least one boundary surface forms a barrier for said material stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: IFT GmbHInventors: Christoph Gruber, Christian Waldner
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Publication number: 20150221735Abstract: In one aspect, a method of forming a trench in a semiconductor material includes forming a first dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate. The first dielectric layer includes first openings. An epitaxial layer is grown on the semiconductor substrate by an epitaxial lateral overgrowth process. The first openings are filled by the epitaxial layer and the epitaxial layer is grown onto adjacent portions of the first dielectric layer so that part of the first dielectric layer is uncovered by the epitaxial layer and a gap forms between opposing sidewalls of the epitaxial layer over the part of the first dielectric layer that is uncovered by the epitaxial layer. The gap defines a first trench in the epitaxial layer that extends to the first dielectric layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2014Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventors: Ravi Joshi, Johannes Baumgartl, Martin Poelzl, Matthias Kuenle, Juergen Steinbrenner, Andreas Haghofer, Christoph Gruber, Georg Ehrentraut