Patents by Inventor Joerg Sorg
Joerg Sorg 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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Patent number: 12009633Abstract: A laser device comprises a hermetic housing that has an interior and is made at least in part of printed circuit board material, a laser element located in the interior, and at least one inorganic layer which hermetically shields the interior from the printed circuit board material.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventor: Joerg Sorg
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Publication number: 20230378398Abstract: The invention relates to an LED package for UV light comprising an optoelectronic device which, in particular as a volume emitter, is designed to emit light in the ultraviolet spectrum during operation. The component is arranged on a carrier with two contact pads for electrical contacting. Furthermore, a frame surrounding the component and arranged on the carrier is provided with a gas-impermeable outlet region lying in a main radiation direction, so that a hermetically sealed cavity comprising an inner region of the carrier is formed, the side walls of the frame facing the optoelectronic device being bevelled and opening towards the main radiation direction. An ESD protection element arranged outside the inner area on the carrier is electrically connected to at least one of the two contact pads.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Andreas REITH, Joerg SORG, Nikolaus GMEINWIESER, Dominik SCHOLZ, Manfred WOLF
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Publication number: 20230187588Abstract: The invention relates to an LED package for UV light comprising an optoelectronic device which, in particular as a volume emitter, is designed to emit light in the ultraviolet spectrum during operation. The component is arranged on a carrier with two contact pads for electrical contacting. Furthermore, a frame surrounding the component and arranged on the carrier is provided with a gas-impermeable outlet region lying in a main radiation direction, so that a hermetically sealed cavity comprising an inner region of the carrier is formed, the side walls of the frame facing the optoelectronic device being beveled and opening towards the main radiation direction. An ESD protection element arranged outside the inner area on the carrier is electrically connected to at least one of the two contact pads.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Andreas REITH, Joerg SORG, Nikolaus GMEINWIESER, Dominik SCHOLZ, Manfred WOLF
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Patent number: 11525554Abstract: An irradiation unit is disclosed that includes a pump radiation source for emitting pump radiation in the form of a beam, a conversion element for at least partially converting the pump radiation into conversion radiation, and a support on which the conversion element is situated. The support accommodates a through-hole through which the beam including the pump radiation is incident on an incident surface of the conversion element, the though-hole being laterally delimited by an inner wall face of the support, at least one portion of the face tapering in the direction of the incident surface. During operation, the pump radiation conducted in the beam is at least intermittently at least in part, incident on the inner wall face of the support and is reflected thereby onto the incident surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBHInventors: Jasmin Muster, Dennis Sprenger, Joerg Sorg, Sergey Kudaev, Andreas Dobner, Melanie Zumkley
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Publication number: 20210376562Abstract: A laser device comprises a hermetic housing that has an interior and is made at least in part of printed circuit board material, a laser element located in the interior, and at least one inorganic layer which hermetically shields the interior from the printed circuit board material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2019Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventor: Joerg SORG
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Publication number: 20210041073Abstract: An irradiation unit is disclosed that includes a pump radiation source for emitting pump radiation in the form of a beam, a conversion element for at least partially converting the pump radiation into conversion radiation, and a support on which the conversion element is situated. The support accommodates a through-hole through which the beam including the pump radiation is incident on an incident surface of the conversion element, the though-hole being laterally delimited by an inner wall face of the support, at least one portion of the face tapering in the direction of the incident surface. During operation, the pump radiation conducted in the beam is at least intermittently at least in part, incident on the inner wall face of the support and is reflected thereby onto the incident surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Jasmin MUSTER, Dennis SPRENGER, Joerg SORG, Sergey KUDAEV, Andreas DOBNER, Melanie ZUMKLEY
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Patent number: 10677407Abstract: An irradiation unit includes a pump radiation source for the emission of pump radiation; and a conversion element for the at least partial conversion of the pump radiation to a conversion radiation. During operation of the irradiation unit, the pump radiation is incident in the form of a beam from the pump radiation source on an incidence surface of the conversion element. A first portion of the pump radiation is incident on the conversion element in a central segment of the beam and a second portion of the pump radiation is incident on the conversion element in an edge segment of the beam surrounding the central segment. The conversion element is provided in such a way that a normalized degree of conversion and/or a normalized degree of scattering is lower for the second portion of the pump radiation than for the first portion of the pump radiation.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: OSRAM Beteiligungsverwaltung GmbHInventor: Joerg Sorg
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Patent number: 10422499Abstract: A reflective laser activated remote phosphor (LARP) package comprising: a phosphor platelet oriented in a first plane defined by an x-y plane; a laser diode (LD) positioned to be offset along the x-axis from the phosphor platelet and above the first plane along a z-axis perpendicular to the x-y plane, the LD comprising: an output facet configured for emitting a laser beam (LB), the LB comprising: a slow axis oriented in a first direction along which the LB diverges at a first angle; and a fast axis oriented in a second direction along which the LB diverges at a second angle greater than the first angle; wherein the LD is oriented such that: the LB is bisected by the phosphor platelet such that the slow axis of the LB lies in an x-z plane and the fast axis of the LB is perpendicular to an x-z plane.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignees: OSRAM GmbH., OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.Inventors: Alan L. Lenef, Joerg Sorg, Jan Oliver Drumm, Sergey Kudaev
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Patent number: 10378711Abstract: A light generating device, comprising: at least one light emitting diode having a semiconductor layer that emits a first primary light, and having a phosphor layer arranged on the semiconductor layer, and at least one laser for generating at least one laser beam composed of a second primary light, by means of which the phosphor layer is irradiatable, wherein the phosphor layer is configured for at least partly converting the first primary light into at least one first secondary light and for at least partly converting the second primary light into at least one second secondary light. The light generating device is configured to dynamically illuminate the phosphor layer by means of the second primary light.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: OSRAM GmbHInventors: Krister Bergenek, Joerg Sorg
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Publication number: 20190234570Abstract: An irradiation unit includes a pump radiation source for the emission of pump radiation; and a conversion element for the at least partial conversion of the pump radiation to a conversion radiation. During operation of the irradiation unit, the pump radiation is incident in the form of a beam from the pump radiation source on an incidence surface of the conversion element. A first portion of the pump radiation is incident on the conversion element in a central segment of the beam and a second portion of the pump radiation is incident on the conversion element in an edge segment of the beam surrounding the central segment. The conversion element is provided in such a way that a normalized degree of conversion and/or a normalized degree of scattering is lower for the second portion of the pump radiation than for the first portion of the pump radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventor: Joerg Sorg
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Patent number: 10364962Abstract: A laser-activated remote phosphor (LARP) target with a first layer having a first index of refraction and a phosphor dispersed within the first layer. A second layer which has a second index of refraction different from the first index of refraction and adjoins the first layer at an interface. The first index of refraction is higher than the second index of refraction such that the interface is configured to at least partially reflect light emitted from the phosphor.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignees: OSRAM GmbH, OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.Inventors: Joerg Sorg, Alan L. Lenef, Dennis Sprenger
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Publication number: 20190186711Abstract: Techniques for bonding a luminescent material to a thermally conductive substrate using a low temperature glass to provide a wavelength converter system are provided. A dichroic coating is deposited on a thermally conductive substrate. The dichroic coating includes alternating layers of a first material having a first refractive index and a second material having a second refractive index which is greater than the first refractive index. A buffer layer is deposited on the dichroic coating. A wavelength converter is bonded to the buffer layer by a layer of low temperature glass. In some embodiments, the wavelength converter includes a phosphor for converting a primary light from an excitation source into a secondary light.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicants: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc., OSRAM GmbHInventors: Alan Lenef, Angela Eberhardt, Florian Peskoller, David Johnston, Jöerg Sorg, James Avallon, John Kelso, Madis Raukas, Joachim Wirth-Schön, Dennis Sprenger
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Patent number: 10326254Abstract: A laser activated remote phosphor system may include a radiation source configured to emit excitation radiation and a conversion element which has a phosphor and is able to be irradiated by the excitation radiation. An input coupling surface of the conversion element has a delimitation line beyond which a central excitation spot of the excitation radiation radiates at least in sections.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: OSRAM GMBHInventor: Joerg Sorg
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Publication number: 20190170314Abstract: A reflective laser activated remote phosphor (LARP) package comprising: a phosphor platelet oriented in a first plane defined by an x-y plane; a laser diode (LD) positioned to be offset along the x-axis from the phosphor platelet and above the first plane along a z-axis perpendicular to the x-y plane, the LD comprising: an output facet configured for emitting a laser beam (LB), the LB comprising: a slow axis oriented in a first direction along which the LB diverges at a first angle; and a fast axis oriented in a second direction along which the LB diverges at a second angle greater than the first angle; wherein the LD is oriented such that: the LB is bisected by the phosphor platelet such that the slow axis of the LB lies in an x-z plane and the fast axis of the LB is perpendicular to an x-z plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Alan L. Lenef, Joerg Sorg, Jan Oliver Drumm, Sergey Kudaev
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Publication number: 20180347773Abstract: A light generating device, comprising: at least one light emitting diode having a semiconductor layer that emits a first primary light, and having a phosphor layer arranged on the semiconductor layer, and at least one laser for generating at least one laser beam composed of a second primary light, by means of which the phosphor layer is irradiatable, wherein the phosphor layer is configured for at least partly converting the first primary light into at least one first secondary light and for at least partly converting the second primary light into at least one second secondary light. The light generating device is configured to dynamically illuminate the phosphor layer by means of the second primary light.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2016Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Krister Bergenek, Joerg Sorg
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Publication number: 20180238520Abstract: A laser-activated remote phosphor (LARP) target with a first layer having a first index of refraction and a phosphor dispersed within the first layer. A second layer which has a second index of refraction different from the first index of refraction and adjoins the first layer at an interface. The first index of refraction is higher than the second index of refraction such that the interface is configured to at least partially reflect light emitted from the phosphor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2017Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Joerg Sorg, Alan L. Lenef, Dennis Sprenger
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Publication number: 20180115137Abstract: A laser activated remote phosphor system may include a radiation source configured to emit excitation radiation and a conversion element which has a phosphor and is able to be irradiated by the excitation radiation. An input coupling surface of the conversion element has a delimitation line beyond which a central excitation spot of the excitation radiation radiates at least in sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventor: Joerg Sorg
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Publication number: 20170219171Abstract: In various embodiments, a conversion device is provided. The conversion device may include a phosphor element made of a phosphor element material for converting pump radiation into conversion radiation; and a scattering element embodied as a volume scatterer. The scattering element is arranged in direct optical contact with the phosphor element in order to be transilluminated by the conversion radiation. The phosphor element material is present in monocrystalline form in the phosphor element over a volume of at least 1×10?2 mm3.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventor: Joerg Sorg
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Patent number: 9640739Abstract: Various embodiments relate to an optoelectronic component, including a carrier element, on which at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip is arranged, and a cover, which is mounted on the carrier element in a region extending circumferentially around the semiconductor chip and together with the carrier element forms a sealed cavity in which the at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip is arranged in an inert gas.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: OSRAM GMBHInventors: Krister Bergenek, Ralph Wirth, Axel Kaltenbacher, Andreas Biebersdorf, Joerg Sorg, Christine Maier, Harald Jaeger, Gertrud Kraeuter, Frank Jermann, Stefan Lange
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Patent number: 9614348Abstract: A light source arrangement is provided. The light source arrangement may include a plurality of semiconductor laser light sources, each having an optical axis. The semiconductor laser light sources are arranged in such a way that their optical axes are oriented parallel to one another so that respective laser light emission sides of the semiconductor laser light sources point in the same spatial direction. The light source arrangement may further include a deflection unit configured to collect and influence beam paths of the laser light emitted by the semiconductor laser light sources in order to form a beam bundle. The semiconductor laser light sources are arranged on a surface of a carrier, distributed at least two-dimensionally over the surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Osram GmbHInventors: Martin Daniels, Ulrich Hartwig, Joerg Sorg