Patents by Inventor Gunther Haas

Gunther Haas 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).

  • Publication number: 20230337454
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device that includes a substrate and a stack of organic layers that has at least one active layer arranged between a reflective surface and a semi-reflective surface arranged facing one another at a given distance and forming an optical cavity. The device includes at least three groups of pixels, each group of which is characterized by a cavity of a different optical length, the cavity having a number of bilayers arranged between the substrate and said stack of organic layers, each bilayer being formed of a first transparent and conductive layer of a first transparent and conductive material, and of a second transparent and conductive layer of a second transparent and conductive material, in direct contact with the first transparent and conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicants: MICROOLED, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Gunther HAAS, Benoit DUGRENIL, Sébastien GUILLAMET, Myriam TOURNAIRE, Tony MAINDRON
  • Patent number: 11653522
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electroluminescent display device (100) comprising a plurality of pixels (120) disposed on a substrate (110), each pixel being formed by one or more basic emitting zones (121a, b, c), every basic emitting zone having a base electrode (102a, b, c) disposed on said substrate (110) and an OLED stack (105) comprising an electroluminescent layer disposed on said base electrode (102a, b, c), the device (100) further comprising a common electrode (107) disposed on top of the OLED stack, said device being characterized in that: —two adjacent base electrodes (102a, 102b) belonging to two adjacent basic emitting zones (121a, b) are separated by a filler element having an insulating surface (103) which fills the zone (111) between said adjacent base electrodes (102a, 102b) and electrically insulates them from each other; at least the surface of said filler element having an insulating surface (103) in contact with the base electrodes (102a, 102b) is made of an insulating material; a separator (104) is si
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: MICROOLED
    Inventors: Gunther Haas, Sébastien Guillamet, Michael Thomschke, Robin Bonnet
  • Patent number: 11514841
    Abstract: An electroluminescent visual display unit having: a matrix of electroluminescent pixels formed from pixels arranged on a substrate, in a matrix arrangement in lines and columns, each pixel being formed by an elementary emitting zone; a first control block to control a graphic and/or alphanumeric data stream that can be displayed on the matrix of pixels; a second control block to control a video data stream that can be displayed on the matrix of pixels; and a unit for generating a reference voltage, the device being characterized in that: each elementary emitting zone is connected to a static memory, addressed by the first control block, and to a dynamic memory, addressed by the second control block; the first and second control blocks for displaying data alternately or simultaneously on the same matrix of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: MICROOLED
    Inventors: Gunther Haas, Laurent Charrier
  • Patent number: 11295665
    Abstract: Displaying device comprising an emissive display and at least one controller configured to control said Mrs display, said display comprising a matrix array (100) of light-emitting pixels deposited on a substrate, each pixel (101) being formed, at least in one portion of said emissive display, of a plurality of elementary emitting zones Z, said elementary emitting zones Z comprising at least one elementary emitting zone ZA of a first group A and at least one elementary emitting zone ZB of a second group B, said device being characterised in that the ratio S of the sum SB of the areas of the elementary emitting zones ZB of the second group B and of the sum SA of the areas of the elementary emitting zones ZA of the first group A, which is defined by S=SB/SA, is lower than 0.35, preferably lower than 0.20, more preferably lower than 0.10, and even more preferably lower than 0.05.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: MICROOLED
    Inventors: Gunther Haas, Eric Marcellin-Dibon
  • Publication number: 20220102684
    Abstract: Matrix display device (100) having organic electroluminescent layers, successively comprising: a substrate, a first control electrode (101), a first light-emitting assembly comprising at least a first organic electroluminescent layer (104), a second light-emitting assembly comprising at least a second organic electroluminescent layer (106), a second electrode (102) that has opposite polarity to said first electrode and that is at least partially transparent with respect to the light emitted by said electroluminescent layers; said control electrode (101) being structured to form a display matrix; said device being characterized in that the product of the mean refraction index of the organic layers and the distance between the surface opposite the substrate of said control electrode (101) and the surface at the substrate side of said second electrode (102) is between 125 nm and 205 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Gunther HAAS, Benoit DUGRENI, Michael THOMSCHKE
  • Publication number: 20210398481
    Abstract: Displaying device comprising an emissive display and at least one controller configured to control said Mrs display, said display comprising a matrix array (100) of light-emitting pixels deposited on a substrate, each pixel (101) being formed, at least in one portion of said emissive display, of a plurality of elementary emitting zones Z, said elementary emitting zones Z comprising at least one elementary emitting zone ZA of a first group A and at least one elementary emitting zone ZB of a second group B, said device being characterised in that the ratio S of the sum SB of the areas of the elementary emitting zones ZB of the second group B and of the sum SA of the areas of the elementary emitting zones ZA of the first group A, which is defined by S=SB/SA, is
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Gunther HAAS, Eric MARCELLIN-DIBON
  • Publication number: 20210241679
    Abstract: An electroluminescent visual display unit (1) having: a matrix of electroluminescent pixels (38) formed from pixels arranged on a substrate, in a matrix arrangement in lines and columns, each pixel being formed by an elementary emitting zone (225, 325, 425); a first control block (2) to control a graphic and/or alphanumeric data stream that can be displayed on the matrix of pixels (38); a second control block (3) to control a video data stream that can be displayed on the matrix of pixels (38); and a unit (4) for generating a reference voltage, the device being characterized in that: each elementary emitting zone is connected to a static memory, addressed by the first control block (2), and to a dynamic memory, addressed by the second control block (3); the first (2) and second (3) control blocks for displaying data alternately or simultaneously on the same matrix of pixels (38).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: MICROOLED
    Inventors: Gunther HAAS, Laurent CHARRIER
  • Publication number: 20210151714
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electroluminescent display device (100) comprising a plurality of pixels (120) disposed on a substrate (110), each pixel being formed by one or more basic emitting zones (121a, b, c), every basic emitting zone having a base electrode (102a, b, c) disposed on said substrate (110) and an OLED stack (105) comprising an electroluminescent layer disposed on said base electrode (102a, b, c), the device (100) further comprising a common electrode (107) disposed on top of the OLED stack, said device being characterized in that: —two adjacent base electrodes (102a, 102b) belonging to two adjacent basic emitting zones (121a, b) are separated by a filler element having an insulating surface (103) which fills the zone (111) between said adjacent base electrodes (102a, 102b) and electrically insulates them from each other; at least the surface of said filler element having an insulating surface (103) in contact with the base electrodes (102a, 102b) is made of an insulating material; a separator (104) is si
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Gunther HAAS, Sébastien GUILLAMET, Michael THOMSCHKE, Robin BONNET
  • Patent number: 8836615
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a circuit for controlling a light emitting element, in particular an organic light emitting diode. The circuit comprises a capacitor connectable with the light emitting element, charging means for charging the capacitor and a switching means. The switching means is adapted to alternately disconnect the capacitor from the light emitting element and connect the capacitor to the light emitting element. The capacitor is alternately charged and discharged. A charging current or a discharge current from the capacitor drives the current of the light emitting element. Said charging means comprises at least one charging transistor for charging the capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Heinrich Schemmann, Philippe Le Roy, Gunther Haas
  • Patent number: 8749596
    Abstract: A pixel with variable chromatic coordinates comprises a plurality of color sub-pixels consisting of a light emitter and a color filter. The light emitters are identical and have an emission spectrum that is able to be modulated according to their supply voltage and/or current. The pixel control circuit supplies each color sub-pixel with a supply voltage and/or current dependent on the color of the sub-pixel for its emission spectrum to approximate the transmission spectrum of the associated color filter. Control means enable the application time of the supply voltage and/or current to be modified according to the color of the sub-pixel to obtain a predetermined mean luminance during a predetermined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Gunther Haas, David Vaufrey, Olivier Billoint
  • Patent number: 8063559
    Abstract: At least one of the upper electrodes of the panel is common to a plurality of diodes and comprises a first conducting layer and a second conducting layer, with a transparent insulating buffer layer interposed between these two conducting layers and which is pierced by windows that provide direct contact zones for direct contact between these two conducting layers of this common electrode, these contact zones being separate from the active zones of the diodes. Thanks to the direct contact zones between the two conducting layers, the upper electrode ensures good distribution of the current, while the intermediate buffer layer is insulating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Benoit Racine, David Vauffrey, Gunther Haas
  • Patent number: 7986093
    Abstract: The diode comprises an organic electroluminescent layer interposed between a lower electrode and a partially transparent and semireflective upper electrode, which itself comprises a transparent conducting sublayer and a current-distributing metal sublayer, for example an opaque grid. A dielectric antireflection layer is deposited on the grid to improve the emission contrast in ambient light, which grid, according to an advantageous embodiment, is designed to optimize the semireflective properties of the upper electrode, thereby improving, by an optical cavity effect, extraction of the emitted light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Christophe Fery, Gunther Haas
  • Publication number: 20110037791
    Abstract: A pixel with variable chromatic coordinates comprises a plurality of color sub-pixels consisting of a light emitter and a color filter. The light emitters are identical and have an emission spectrum that is able to be modulated according to their supply voltage and/or current. The pixel control circuit supplies each color sub-pixel with a supply voltage and/or current dependent on the color of the sub-pixel for its emission spectrum to approximate the transmission spectrum of the associated color filter. Control means enable the application time of the supply voltage and/or current to be modified according to the color of the sub-pixel to obtain a predetermined mean luminance during a predetermined period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Gunther Haas, David Vaufrey, Olivier Billoint
  • Patent number: 7722947
    Abstract: The invention relates to an organic light-emitting diode comprising, on a substrate, generally one lower electrode followed by a flat conductive organic layer a doped organic layer, upon which an organic light-emitting layer is placed, and an upper electrode, which is placed upon this organic light-emitting layer and which is essentially transparent to the light produced in the light-emitting layer. The lower electrode and the flat organic layer serve as a cathode. The doped layer makes it possible to use a hole-conductive material for the flat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Gunther Haas, Salvatore Cina
  • Publication number: 20090302755
    Abstract: At least one of the upper electrodes of the panel is common to a plurality of diodes and comprises a first conducting layer and a second conducting layer, with a transparent insulating buffer layer interposed between these two conducting layers and which is pierced by windows that provide direct contact zones for direct contact between these two conducting layers of this common electrode, these contact zones being separate from the active zones of the diodes. Thanks to the direct contact zones between the two conducting layers, the upper electrode ensures good distribution of the current, while the intermediate buffer layer is insulating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Benoit Racine, David Vauffrey, Gunther Haas
  • Publication number: 20090206764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a circuit for controlling a light emitting element, in particular an organic light emitting diode. The circuit comprises a capacitor connectable with the light emitting element, charging means for charging the capacitor and a switching means. The switching means is adapted to alternately disconnect the capacitor from the light emitting element and connect the capacitor to the light emitting element. The capacitor is alternately charged and discharged. A charging current or a discharge current from the capacitor drives the current of the light emitting element. Said charging means comprises at least one charging transistor for charging the capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Heinrich Schemmann, Philippe Le Roy, Gunther Haas
  • Publication number: 20080303416
    Abstract: The diode comprises an organic electroluminescent layer interposed between a lower electrode and a partially transparent and semireflective upper electrode, which itself comprises a transparent conducting sublayer and a current-distributing metal sublayer, for example an opaque grid. A dielectric antireflection layer is deposited on the grid to improve the emission contrast in ambient light, which grid, according to an advantageous embodiment, is designed to optimize the semireflective properties of the upper electrode, thereby improving, by an optical cavity effect, extraction of the emitted light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Christophe Fery, Gunther Haas
  • Patent number: 7397181
    Abstract: The invention concerns a panel comprising an electroluminescent organic layer and a photoconductive layer, having sandwiched between said two layers, an intermediate layer of electrodes electrically insulated from one another. The cells of said panel are provided with memory effect which makes them particularly simple to operate; preferably, during the addressing phases, compensation operations are used. By using the openings in an intermediate opaque layer or by using semi-transparent intermediate electrodes, it is possible to adapt simply and economically, at each cell, optical coupling between the electroluminescent layer and the photoconductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Gunther Haas, Jean-Paul Dagois
  • Patent number: 7325943
    Abstract: An image-display panel is described. The panel includes a one-dimensional or two-dimensional matrix of organic electroluminescent cells deposited on a substrate and grouped together in rows or columns. Light extraction elements are deposited on each row or column of cells to form an extraction layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Pascal Benoit, Christophe Fery, Gunther Haas
  • Patent number: 7170279
    Abstract: A device for angle measurement, having at least one transducer wheel and at least one sensor, including at least one sensor element and cooperating with the transducer wheel, in which by means of the cooperation of the transducer wheel and the sensor, a pair, which can be associated with an angle to be measured, comprising one sine-wave signal and one cosine-wave signal can be obtained, in which at least two sensors are provided, whose sine-wave signals and cosine-wave signals, for obtaining an averaged sine-wave signal and averaged cosine-wave signal, and/or after the formation of an arc tangent signal from the respective averaged or unaveraged sine-wave signals or cosine-wave signals, can be put computationally into relation with one another by means of an evaluation device in order to obtain an averaged arc tangent signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gunther Haas, Henrik Siegle, Ralf Moenikes