Patents by Inventor Dieter Eissler

Dieter Eissler 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: 8946761
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting semi-conductor chip has a substrate and a semiconductor body arranged on the substrate and with a semiconductor layer sequence that includes an active region provided for producing radiation, an n-type region, and a covering layer arranged on a side of the n-type region that faces away from said active region. There is a contact structure arranged on the covering layer for the external electrical contacting of the n-type region. The covering layer has at least one recess through which the contact structure extends to the n-type region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Eissler, Andreas Ploessl
  • Patent number: 8835937
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optoelectronic component (1) comprising a semiconductor function region (2) with an active zone (400) and a lateral main direction of extension, said semiconductor function region including at least one opening (9, 27, 29) through the active zone, and there being disposed in the region of the opening a connecting conductor material (8) that is electrically isolated (10) from the active zone in at least in a subregion of the opening. Further disclosed are a method for producing such an optoelectronic component and a device comprising a plurality of optoelectronic components. The component and the device can be produced entirely on-wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Wirth, Herbert Brunner, Stefan Illek, Dieter Eissler
  • Patent number: 8796714
    Abstract: A light emitting diode includes a semiconductor body including an active region that produces radiation, a carrier body fastened to the semiconductor body on an upper side of the semiconductor body, the carrier body including a luminescence conversion material consisting of a ceramic luminescence conversion material, a mirror layer applied to the semiconductor body on an underside of the semiconductor body remote from the upper side, and two contact layers, a first contact layer of the contact layers connected electrically conductively to an n-conducting region of the semiconductor body and a second contact layer of the contact layers connected electrically conductively to a p-conducting region of the semiconductor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductor GmbH
    Inventors: Vincent Grolier, Magnus Ahlstedt, Mikael Ahlstedt, Dieter Eissler
  • Publication number: 20130214322
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting semi-conductor chip has a substrate and a semiconductor body arranged on the substrate and with a semiconductor layer sequence that includes an active region provided for producing radiation, an n-type region, and a covering layer arranged on a side of the n-type region that faces away from said active region. There is a contact structure arranged on the covering layer for the external electrical contacting of the n-type region. The covering layer has at least one recess through which the contact structure extends to the n-type region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Dieter Eissler, Andreas Ploessl
  • Patent number: 8502204
    Abstract: An optoelectronic module includes a layer structure having a plurality of semiconductor layers including a substrate layer, a first layer arrangement and a second layer arrangement, wherein 1) the first layer arrangement has a light-emitting layer arranged on the substrate layer, 2) the second layer arrangement contains at least one circuit that controls an operating state of the light-emitting layer, and 3) the second layer arrangement is arranged on the substrate layer and/or surrounded by the substrate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Eissler, Siegfried Herrmann
  • Patent number: 8501513
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component comprising a semiconductor body (10) and a current spreading layer (3) is specified. The current spreading layer (3) is applied to the semiconductor body (10) at least in places. In this case, the current spreading layer (3) contains a metal (1) that forms a transparent electrically conductive metal oxide (2) in the current spreading layer, and the concentration (x) of the metal (1) decreases from that side of the current spreading layer (3) which faces the semiconductor body (10) toward that side of said current spreading layer which is remote from the semiconductor body (10). A method for producing such a semiconductor component is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Magnus Ahlstedt, Dieter Eissler, Robert Walter, Ralph Wirth
  • Patent number: 8476644
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component with a semiconductor body includes an active region suitable for generating radiation, and two electrical contacts arranged on the semiconductor body. The contacts are electrically connected to the active region. The contacts each have a connecting face that faces away from the semiconductor body. The contact faces are located on a connection side of the component and a side of the component that is different from the connection side is mirror-coated. A method for the manufacture of multiple components of this sort is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Illek, Andreas Ploessl, Alexander Heindl, Patrick Rode, Dieter Eissler
  • Patent number: 8427839
    Abstract: An arrangement includes an optoelectronic component with two contacts; at least one further component part; at least one contact arranged between the optoelectronic component and the further component part; and at least one web arranged between the optoelectronic component and the further component part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventor: Dieter Eissler
  • Patent number: 8399893
    Abstract: A luminous means includes a first group of semiconductor chips and a second group of semiconductor chips, each group includes at least one semiconductor chip, wherein the first and second groups of semiconductor chips are arranged laterally alongside one another at least in part with respect to a main emission direction of the luminous means, and a third group of semiconductor chips which includes at least one semiconductor chip and is disposed downstream of the first and the second group with respect to the main emission direction, wherein each group of semiconductor chips emits electromagnetic radiation in wavelength ranges that differ from one another in pairs, radiation emitted by the third group of semiconductor chips has the shortest-wave wavelength range, radiation emitted by the first and second group of semiconductor chips at least partly passes into the at least one semiconductor chip of the third group, and mixed radiation is emitted by an emission area of the luminous means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Eissler, Siegfried Herrmann
  • Patent number: 8314430
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component with a semiconductor body includes an active region suitable for generating radiation, and two electrical contacts arranged on the semiconductor body. The contacts are electrically connected to the active region. The contacts each have a connecting face that faces away from the semiconductor body. The contact faces are located on a connection side of the component and a side of the component that is different from the connection side is mirror-coated. A method for the manufacture of multiple components of this sort is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Illek, Andreas Ploessl, Alexander Heindl, Patrick Rode, Dieter Eissler
  • Publication number: 20120112226
    Abstract: A light emitting diode includes a semiconductor body including an active region that produces radiation, a carrier body fastened to the semiconductor body on an upper side of the semiconductor body, the carrier body including a luminescence conversion material consisting of a ceramic luminescence conversion material, a mirror layer applied to the semiconductor body on an underside of the semiconductor body remote from the upper side, and two contact layers, a first contact layer of the contact layers connected electrically conductively to an n-conducting region of the semiconductor body and a second contact layer of the contact layers connected electrically conductively to a p-conducting region of the semiconductor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Vincent Grolier, Magnus Ahlstedt, Mikael Ahlstedt, Dieter Eissler
  • Publication number: 20110114975
    Abstract: A luminous means includes a first group of semiconductor chips and a second group of semiconductor chips, each group includes at least one semiconductor chip, wherein the first and second groups of semiconductor chips are arranged laterally alongside one another at least in part with respect to a main emission direction of the luminous means, and a third group of semiconductor chips which includes at least one semiconductor chip and is disposed downstream of the first and the second group with respect to the main emission direction, wherein each group of semiconductor chips emits electromagnetic radiation in wavelength ranges that differ from one another in pairs, radiation emitted by the third group of semiconductor chips has the shortest-wave wavelength range, radiation emitted by the first and second group of semiconductor chips at least partly passes into the at least one semiconductor chip of the third group, and mixed radiation is emitted by an emission area of the luminous means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Dieter Eissler, Siegfried Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20110108860
    Abstract: An optoelectronic module includes a layer structure having a plurality of semiconductor layers including a substrate layer, a first layer arrangement and a second layer arrangement arrangement, wherein 1) the first layer arrangement has a light-emitting layer arranged on the substrate layer, 2) the second layer arrangement contains at least one circuit that controls an operating state of the light-emitting layer, and 3) the second layer arrangement is arranged on the substrate layer and/or surrounded by the substrate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Eissler, Siegfried Herrmann
  • Patent number: 7906352
    Abstract: A method is disclosed in which a base body is prepared that comprises a layer sequence intended for the LED chip and suitable for emitting electromagnetic radiation. A cap layer is applied to at least one main surface of the base body. A cavity is introduced into the cap layer and is completely or partially filled with a luminescence conversion material. The luminescence conversion material comprises at least one phosphor. A method is also disclosed in which the cap layer comprises photostructurable material and at least one phosphor, such that it is able to function as a luminescence conversion material and can be photostructured directly. LED chips that are producible by means of the method are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Brunner, Dieter Eissler, Helmut Fischer, Ewald Karl Michael Guenther, Alexander Heindl
  • Publication number: 20100214727
    Abstract: An arrangement includes an optoelectronic component with two contacts; at least one further component part; at least one contact arranged between the optoelectronic component and the further component part; and at least one web arranged between the optoelectronic component and the further component part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventor: Dieter Eissler
  • Publication number: 20100171215
    Abstract: A method of producing optoelectronic components is indicated, in which a plurality of semiconductor bodies, each with a semiconductor layer sequence, are provided. In addition, a component carrier assembly with a plurality of connection pads is provided. The semiconductor bodies are positioned relative to the component carrier assembly. An electrically conductive connection is produced between the connection pads and the associated semiconductor bodies and the semiconductor bodies are attached to the component carrier assembly. The optoelectronic components are finished in that one component carrier (30) is formed from the component carrier assembly, to which the semiconductor bodies are attached, for each optoelectronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Helmut Fischer, Dieter Eissler, Alexander Heindl
  • Publication number: 20100117111
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component with a semiconductor body includes an active region suitable for generating radiation, and two electrical contacts arranged on the semiconductor body. The contacts are electrically connected to the active region. The contacts each have a connecting face that faces away from the semiconductor body. The contact faces are located on a connection side of the component and a side of the component that is different from the connection side is mirror-coated. A method for the manufacture of multiple components of this sort is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Illek, Andreas Ploessl, Alexander Heindl, Patrick Rode, Dieter Eissler
  • Publication number: 20090262773
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component comprising a semiconductor body (10) and a current spreading layer (3) is specified. The current spreading layer (3) is applied to the semiconductor body (10) at least in places. In this case, the current spreading layer (3) contains a metal (1) that forms a transparent electrically conductive metal oxide (2) in the current spreading layer, and the concentration (x) of the metal (1) decreases from that side of the current spreading layer (3) which faces the semiconductor body (10) toward that side of said current spreading layer which is remote from the semiconductor body (10). A method for producing such a semiconductor component is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Magnus Ahlstedt, Dieter Eissler, Robert Walter, Ralph Wirth
  • Publication number: 20090212308
    Abstract: A method is disclosed in which a base body is prepared that comprises a layer sequence intended for the LED chip and suitable for emitting electromagnetic radiation. A cap layer is applied to at least one main surface of the base body. A cavity is introduced into the cap layer and is completely or partially filled with a luminescence conversion material. The luminescence conversion material comprises at least one phosphor. A method is also disclosed in which the cap layer comprises photostructurable material and at least one phosphor, such that it is able to function as a luminescence conversion material and can be photostructured directly. LED chips that are producible by means of the method are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Brunner, Dieter Eissler, Helmut Fischer, Ewald Karl Michael Guenther, Alexander Heindl
  • Publication number: 20090065800
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optoelectronic component (1) comprising a semiconductor function region (2) with an active zone (400) and a lateral main direction of extension, said semiconductor function region including at least one opening (9, 27, 29) through the active zone, and there being disposed in the region of the opening a connecting conductor material (8) that is electrically isolated (10) from the active zone in at least in a subregion of the opening. Further disclosed are a method for producing such an optoelectronic component and a device comprising a plurality of optoelectronic components. The component and the device can be produced entirely on-wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Ralf Wirth, Herbert Brunner, Stefan Illek, Dieter Eissler