Patents by Inventor Lars Naehle

Lars Naehle 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: 20240047935
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a plurality of semiconductor lasers, including the steps of: a) providing a substrate having a semiconductor layer sequence and having a plurality of component regions, each component region having at least one resonator region and being delimited perpendicular to the resonator region by singulation lines in the transverse direction and being delimited parallel to the resonator region by singulation lines in the longitudinal direction; b) forming recesses which overlap with the singulation lines in the transverse direction, using a dry-chemical etching method, wherein, when the substrate is seen from above, the recesses have in each case at least one transition, at which a first section of a side face of the recess and a second section of the side face of the recess form an angle of more than 180° in the recess; c) wet-chemical etching of the side faces of the recesses for the purpose of forming resonator surfaces; and d) singulating the substrate along the sing
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: ams-OSRAM International GmbH
    Inventors: Lars NÄHLE, Sven GERHARD
  • Publication number: 20240030686
    Abstract: In an embodiment a light-emitting semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body having a plurality of emitter units, wherein each emitter unit has an active region which is arranged in a resonator having an outcoupling side and a rear side and which is configured to emit light at the outcoupling side along a radiation emission direction, wherein, in each emitter unit, the active region is completely penetrated by at least one recess in the semiconductor body, wherein, in each emitter unit, in a region of the active region the recess has a recess width measured along the radiation emission direction, and wherein recess widths of the emitter units are at least partially different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Lars Nähle, Christoph Eichler
  • Patent number: 11837844
    Abstract: A method for singulating semiconductor components (20) is specified, said method comprising the steps of providing a carrier (21), applying at least two semiconductor chips (22) on the carrier (21), etching at least one break nucleus (23) at a side of the carrier (21) facing the semiconductor chips (22), and singulating at least two semiconductor components (20) by breaking the carrier (21) along the at least one break nucleus (23). The at least one break nucleus (23) extends at least in places in a vertical direction (z), the vertical direction (z) being perpendicular to a main extension plane of the carrier (21), and the at least one break nucleus (23) is arranged between the two semiconductor chips (22) in a lateral direction (x), the lateral direction (x) being parallel to the main extension plane of the carrier (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: John Brückner, Urs Heine, Sven Gerhard, Lars Nähle, Andreas Löffler, André Somers
  • Publication number: 20230369831
    Abstract: The invention relates to a component with a main part and a contact structure. The main part has an active zone which is designed to generate electromagnetic radiation at least in some regions during the operation of the component. The contact structure has a plurality of individually actuatable segments. The component has a connection surface and a lateral surface running transversely to the connection surface, and the lateral surface is designed as a radiation passage surface of the component. The connection surface is designed to be structured, wherein the connection surface is defined by common internal boundary surfaces between the main part and the contact structure, and each segment has a local common boundary surface with the main part and is designed for a pixelated current impression into the main part. The invention additionally relates to a method for operating such a component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: ams-OSRAM International GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Eichler, Lars Naehle, Sven Gerhard, Alfred Lell, Harald Koenig
  • Publication number: 20230283040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a radiation-emitting semiconductor body, including the following steps: providing a growth substrate having a main surface; producing a plurality of distributor structures on the main surface of the growth substrate; epitaxially depositing a compound semiconductor material on the main surface of the growth substrate, wherein the epitaxial growth of the compound semiconductor material varies along the main surface because of the distributor structures, such that the epitaxial deposition produces an epitaxial semiconductor layer sequence having at least a first emitter region and a second emitter region on the main surface, the first emitter region and the second emitter region being laterally adjacent to each other in a top view of a main surface of the semiconductor body, and the first emitter region and the second emitter region producing electromagnetic radiation of different wavelength ranges during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: ams-OSRAM International GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Wagner, Lars Naehle, Sven Gerhard, Alfred Lell, Harald Koenig, Christoph Eichler, Georg Brüderl, Martin Rudolf Behringer
  • Publication number: 20230261436
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip having the following features:—a semiconductor body including an active region which, during operation, generates electromagnetic radiation and is arranged in a resonator, —at least one recess in the semiconductor body, which recess completely penetrates the active region, wherein—the recess has a first lateral face and a second lateral face opposite the first lateral face, and—the first lateral face has a first coating which specifies a reflectivity for the electromagnetic radiation of the active region, and/or—the second lateral face has a second coating which specifies a reflectivity for the electromagnetic radiation of the active region. The invention further relates to a method for producing such a semiconductor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Harald Koenig, Peter Fuchs, Lars Naehle, Christoph Eichler
  • Publication number: 20230197893
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip, having: a semiconductor body comprising an active region which is designed to generate electromagnetic radiation; a resonator which comprises a first end region and a second end region; and at least one cut-out in the semiconductor body, said cut-out passing completely through the active region, wherein: the active region is situated in the resonator, and the cut-out defines a reflectivity for the electromagnetic radiation. The invention also relates to a radiation-emitting semiconductor component, a method for producing a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip, and a method for producing radiation-emitting semiconductor components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: ams-OSRAM International GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph EICHLER, Lars NÄHLE, Sven GERHARD
  • Publication number: 20210217663
    Abstract: A method for severing an epitaxially grown semiconductor body is given, in which a) a growth substrate (2) is provided; b) at least one trench (20) is produced in a first main surface (2a) of the growth substrate (2) by etching; c) a semiconductor material is epitaxially deposited on the first main surface (2a) and in the trench (20), wherein a semiconductor body (1) is formed, and the semiconductor body at least partially fills the trench (20); and d) the semiconductor body and the growth substrate are cut along the main direction of the trench. Furthermore, a semiconductor chip with a cover surface and side surfaces is specified, in which the side surfaces each have a beveled section that is adjacent to the cover surface and whose surface is created by epitaxy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Osram Oled GmbH
    Inventors: Lars NÄHLE, Sven GERHARD
  • Publication number: 20200388985
    Abstract: A method for singulating semiconductor components (20) is specified, said method comprising the steps of providing a carrier (21), applying at least two semiconductor chips (22) on the carrier (21), etching at least one break nucleus (23) at a side of the carrier (21) facing the semiconductor chips (22), and singulating at least two semiconductor components (20) by breaking the carrier (21) along the at least one break nucleus (23). The at least one break nucleus (23) extends at least in places in a vertical direction (z), the vertical direction (z) being perpendicular to a main extension plane of the carrier (21), and the at least one break nucleus (23) is arranged between the two semiconductor chips (22) in a lateral direction (x), the lateral direction (x) being parallel to the main extension plane of the carrier (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: John BRÜCKNER, Urs HEINE, Sven GERHARD, Lars NÄHLE, Andreas LLöffler, André SOMERS
  • Patent number: 9397480
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a semiconductor laser having a multilayer structure including a ridge and two material removal areas adjacent to the ridge on either side, the multilayer structure being arranged on a substrate and a layer expansion plane being defined by a surface of the substrate, the ridge having at least one active region and at least the active region being spatially limited by passages between the ridge and the material removal areas in one dimension of the layer expansion plane, the active region having a layer structure for forming an interband cascade laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: NANOPLUS NANOSYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Johannes Koeth, Lars Nähle
  • Publication number: 20150318669
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a semiconductor laser having a multilayer structure including a ridge and two material removal areas adjacent to the ridge on either side, the multilayer structure being arranged on a substrate and a layer expansion plane being defined by a surface of the substrate, the ridge having at least one active region and at least the active region being spatially limited by passages between the ridge and the material removal areas in one dimension of the layer expansion plane, the active region having a layer structure for forming an interband cascade laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Johannes KOETH, Lars NÄHLE