Patents by Inventor Herbert Lifka

Herbert Lifka 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: 20130146859
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method enabling to apply cheap manufacturing techniques for producing reliable and robust organic thin film device (EL) comprising the steps of providing (P) a transparent substrate (1) at least partly covered with a first layer stack comprising at least one transparent layer (2), preferably an electrically conductive layer, and a pattern of first and second opaque conductive areas (31, 32) deposited on top of the transparent layer (2), depositing (D) a photoresist layer (4) made of an electrically insulating photoresist resist material on top of the first layer stack at least fully covering the second opaque conductive areas (32), illuminating (IL) the photoresist layer (4) through the transparent substrate (1) with light (5) of a suitable wavelength to make the photoresist material soluble in the areas (43) of the photoresist layer (4) having no opaque conductive areas (31, 32) underneath, removing (R) the soluble areas (43) of the photoresist layer (4), heating (B) the areas (42)
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V,
    Inventors: Sören Hartmann, Christoph Rickers, Herbert Friedrich Boerner, Herbert Lifka, Holger Schwab
  • Publication number: 20130092914
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light emitting device comprising: a transparent substrate (11); partially transparent an anode layer (12) or layer assembly arranged on said substrate (11); a light emitting layer (13) arranged on said anode layer (12); and a transparent cathode layer (14) arranged on said light emitting layer; (13) wherein said anode layer (12) or layer assembly comprises a first surface (15) facing said substrate (11) and a second surface (16) facing said light emitting layer (13) and is positioned opposite to said first surface (15); said first surface (15) comprises a transparent conductive material; said second surface (16) comprises first (17) and second domains (18); said first domains (17) are conductive and non-transparent; said second domains (18) are transparent and electrically isolating; and said first domains (17) are in direct contact with said light emitting layer (13) and are arranged to allow electrical contact between said first surface (15) and said light emitting layer (
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Herbert Lifka, Sören Hartmann, Herbert Friedrich Boerner, Christoph Rickers
  • Publication number: 20130087824
    Abstract: An opto-electrical device is provided that comprises a cover (10), a barrier structure (20), an opto-electrical structure (30) and a plurality of transverse electrical conductors (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventors: Jeroen Van Den Brand, Herbert Lifka, Edward Willem Albert Young
  • Publication number: 20120299050
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electro-optical device provided with an electrode (10). The electrode comprising an electrically conductive structure extending in a plane. The structure comprises a grid of elongated elements (12) with length L and a width dimension D in said plane. The electrically conductive structure further comprises one or more contactfields (14) having an inscribed circle with a radius of at least 2D and a circumscribed circle with a radius of at most three times L. The area occupied by the contactfields (14) is at most 20% of the area occupied by the grid of elongated elements (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Herbert Lifka, Antonius Maria Bernardus van Mol
  • Patent number: 8310413
    Abstract: An active matrix display device comprises an array of display pixels, with each pixel comprising an EL display element, a light-dependent device for detecting the brightness of the display element and a drive transistor circuit for driving a current through the display element. The drive transistor is controlled in response to the light-dependent device output so that ageing compensation can be implemented. The light-dependent device is located laterally of the area of light emitting material of the EL display element. In this way, the light-dependent device does not cause step coverage problems and can be integrated into the pixel layout without affecting the pixel aperture. Furthermore, the light dependent device can extend alongside the full length of the area of light emitting material so that it receives light input from a large part of the display element area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: David A. Fish, Nigel D. Young, Herbert Lifka, Andrea Giraldo, Wouter Oepts
  • Patent number: 8310149
    Abstract: Disclosed is an OLED device including an organic layer disposed between an anode and a cathode, and a mirror layer on the anode or cathode. The organic layer is structured into electroluminescent zones and inactive zones, while the mirror layer is structured into nontransparent zones and transparent zones. Via an at least partial alignment of these structures, the OLED device can be made transparent for environmental light and simultaneously emissive in a dominant direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Herbert Lifka, Cristina Tanase, Coen A. Verschuren
  • Publication number: 20120276299
    Abstract: An apparatus is described for coating a flexible substrate with at least a first organic layer and a first inorganic layer. The apparatus comprises a first and a second chamber and an atmosphere decoupling slot between the first and the second chamber. A printing facility is arranged in the first chamber, for printing the flexible substrate with a mixture comprising at least one precursor for a polymer, oligomer or a polymer network and a polymerization initiator. A curing facility is arranged in the first chamber, for curing the deposited mixture, therewith forming the at least first organic layer. A vapor deposition facility is arranged in the second chamber, for depositing the at least first inorganic layer at the substrate provided with the at least first organic layer. The apparatus comprises a facility for guiding the flexible substrate along the printing facility, along the curing facility and via the atmosphere decoupling slot along the vapor deposition facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicants: Huntsman Advanced Materials (Switzerland) GmbH, Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Edward Willem Albert Young, Erik Dekempeneer, Antonius Maria Bernardus van Mol, Herbert Lifka, Peter van de Weijer, Bernhard Sailer, Emilie Galand, Richard Frantz, Dimiter Lubomirov Kotzev, Mohammed Zoubair Cherkaoui
  • Publication number: 20120276734
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an opto-electric device is disclosed, comprising the steps of providing a substrate (10), overlying a first main side of the substrate with an electrically interconnected open shunting structure (20), embedding the electrically interconnected open shunting structure in a transparent layer (30), removing the substrate from the embedded electrically interconnected open shunting structure, depositing a functional layer structure (40) over a free surface (31) formed after removal of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicants: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V., NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST- NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
    Inventors: Antonius Maria Bernardus van Mol, Joanne Sarah Wilson, Chia-Chen Fan, Herbert Lifka, Edward Willem Albert Young, Hieronymus A.J.M. Andriessen
  • Publication number: 20120139424
    Abstract: The invention relates to an illumination device (1000) comprising an at least partially transparent solar cell (200) that is arranged at the back side of an at least partially transparent light source (100). Preferably, the light source (100) is an OLED that is structured into a plurality of electroluminescent zones (131) and inactive zones (132). The electroluminescent zones are preferably aligned with reflective zones (311) of a mirror layer (310) that is disposed between the light source (100) and the solar cell (200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Willem Franke Pasveer, Herbert Lifka
  • Publication number: 20120098027
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealed thin-film device (10, 12, 14), to a method of repairing a sealing layer (20) applied to a thin-film device (30) to produce the sealed thin-film device, to a system (200) for repairing the sealing layer applied to the thin-film device to generate the sealed thin-film device and to a computer program product. The sealed thin-film device comprises a thin-film device and a sealing layer applied on the thin-film device for protecting the thin-film device from environmental influence. The sealed thin-film device further comprises locally applied mending material (40; 42, 44) for sealing a local breach (50) in the sealing layer. An effect of this sealed thin-film device is that the operational life-time of the sealed thin-film device is improved. Furthermore, the production yield of the production of sealed thin-film devices is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Coen A. Verschuren, Herbert Lifka, Rifat A.M. Hikmet
  • Publication number: 20120074454
    Abstract: A method is described for manufacturing an optoelectric device comprising the steps of providing (S1) a layer (10) of an optoelectric active material between a first electrode (22) and a second electrode (32), providing (S2) a patterned electrically insulating layer structure (60) at at least one of said electrodes (32), the patterned electrically insulating layer structure (60) having openings (62), providing (S3) an electrolyte (70) in said openings (62), depositing (S3) a metallic layer in said openings from the electrolyte by electroplating, characterized in that the electrolyte (70) is formed by an ionic liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurweten
    Inventors: Herbert Lifka, Peter Van De Weijer, Antonius Maria Bernardus Van Mol
  • Publication number: 20120025259
    Abstract: An electro-optic device (501) is provided comprising a substrate (570) that supports a first and a second electrode (515, 536), a functional structure (530) comprising at least one functional layer (532, 534), that is electrically coupled to the electrodes, an etched metal structure (512) being electrically coupled to at least one of the electrodes (515).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETEN
    Inventors: Antonius Maria Bernardus Van Mol, Joanne Sarah Wilson, Chia-Chen Fan, Herbert Lifka, Erik Dekempeneer, Edward Willem Albert Young
  • Patent number: 8104921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a daylight deflection system including an arrangement of louvers (5) which are aligned and formed to block daylight impinging from an outer side (3) at higher angles of incidence with respect to a horizontal direction (19), to deflect daylight impinging from the outer side (3) at lower angles of incidence with respect to the horizontal direction (19) towards an indoor ceiling, and to allow visual transmission in at least the horizontal direction (19). In this deflection system OLED's (8) or optical light guides (16) coupled to LED's (17) are attached to or integrated in the louvers (5), said OLED's (8) or light guides (16) being microstructured at a surface to deflect the daylight toward the indoor sealing. With this daylight deflection system indoor lighting combining daylight and artificial light is achieved in a compact manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Hente, Wolfgang Otto Budde, Herbert Lifka, Peter Gerard Steeneken, Peter Van De Weijer, Joseph Hendrik Anna Maria Jacobs, Volker Van Elsbergen
  • Publication number: 20110309241
    Abstract: The invention relates to an instrument (100) that can at least partially be inserted into an internal cavity (2) of an object (1), particularly a catheter or an endoscope. The instrument (100) comprises an optical system (OS) for collecting light coming from external objects through a viewing corridor (VC). The optical system comprises an OLED (110) for illuminating said external objects which is disposed in the viewing corridor (VC). In a particular embodiment, the OLED (110) may at least partially be transparent. By arranging the OLED (110) in the light corridor, an optimal illumination can be achieved together with a compact design of the whole instrument (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Cristina Tanase, Herbert Lifka, Stein Kuiper
  • Publication number: 20110297996
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a functional stack (10) and a cover (50) coupled thereto by an insulating adhesive layer (30). The functional stack (10) comprises a first transparent and electrically conductive layer (22), a second electrically conductive layer (24) and a functional structure (26), comprising at least one layer, sandwiched between said first and second conductive layer. The cover (50) includes a substrate (52) and at least a first conductive structure (66, 68) that is arranged in a first plane between the adhesive layer (28) and the substrate (52). First and second transverse electrical conductors (32, 34) transverse to the first plane (61) electrically interconnect the first and the second electrically conductive layer (22, 24) with the first and the second conductive structure (66, 68) in the first plane (61).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicants: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast- natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Jeroen van den Brand, Andreas Heinrich Dietzel, Edward Willem Albert Young, Herbert Lifka, Erik Dekempeneer
  • Publication number: 20110273824
    Abstract: An electric transport component (10; 110; 310; 60) comprises a substrate (20; 120) provided with a barrier structure with a first inorganic layer (16; 116; 66), an organic decoupling layer (12; 112; 62) and a second inorganic layer (18; 118; 68), wherein the organic decoupling layer is sandwiched between the first and the second inorganic layer, and at least one electrically conductive structure (14; 114; 314; 414; 414-1, 414-2; 514; 614-1, 614-2; 64) distributed in a plane defined by the organic decoupling layer, and that is accommodated in at least one trench (13; 113) in the organic decoupling layer. A method of manufacturing an electric transport component comprises the steps of a) providing a first inorganic layer b) providing a first organic decoupling layer, c) forming at least one trench in the organic decoupling layer, d) depositing an electrically conductive material in the at least one trench, e) providing a second inorganic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicants: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V., NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST- NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
    Inventors: Cristina Tanase, Erik Dekempeneer, Herbert Lifka, Ike de Vries, Antonius Maria Bernardus van Mol
  • Patent number: 8053977
    Abstract: Light device comprising a substrate, at least one photo-organic layer, at least two electrode layers electrically separated by said at least one photo-organic layer, and at least one encapsulation layer, wherein said at least one photo-organic layer is positioned between said substrate and said at least one encapsulating layer, and wherein multiple openings are provided that extend through the light device to allow fluids and or heat to pass through, said openings being spaced apart from said at least one photo-organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N V
    Inventors: Herbert Lifka, Margreet De Kok, Reinder Coehoorn, Siebe Laurentius Maria Van Mensfoort
  • Publication number: 20110247680
    Abstract: This invention relates to a photovoltaic system for electronic appliance. The photovoltaic system comprises an energy concentrator having an outer layer (201) and an inner layer (202), the outer layer (201) adapted to gather incoming electromagnetic radiation into the energy concentrator (101) and the inner layer (202) being adapted for reflecting the incoming electromagnetic radiation such that the incoming electromagnetic radiation becomes concentrated within the energy concentrator (101). The system further comprises a solar cell (102) optically coupled to the energy concentrator (101), such that light concentrated in the energy concentrator is directed to the solar cell, the solar cell adapted to act as a power source for the electronic appliance (103).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Herbert Lifka, Willem Franke Pasveer
  • Publication number: 20110233592
    Abstract: It is presented a method for producing a lighting device (1) comprising an Organic Light Emitting (abbreviated OLED) device (1) and a transparent image (I), the OLED device (2) comprising a first portion (P1) with reduced light output capacity. A portion of the transparent image, having a first tone (T1), is at least partially overlapping the first portion (P1) of the OLED device (2). It is also presented a lighting device (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Coen A. Verschuren, Herbert Lifka
  • Patent number: 8022614
    Abstract: A display panel includes pixels with a light emissive layer and an electrode layer deposited on the light emissive layer. A first pixel is determined by a first barrier structure and a second pixel, adjacent to the first pixel, is determined by a second barrier structure. The first and second barrier structures are separated by an electrically conductive structure in electrical contact with the electrode layer. Accordingly, space is available between the barrier structures for electrical shunting of the electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Herbert Lifka, Marc Wilhelmus Gijsbert Ponjee, Nigel David Young, Nijs Cornelis Van Der Vaart