Patents by Inventor Lutz Höppel
Lutz Höppel 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: 8816585Abstract: A light-emitting diode arrangement has a frame-shaped piezo transformer having at least one output-side connection, and having a light-emitting diode module that generates electromagnetic radiation, which module is disposed within the frame-shaped piezo transformer and electrically connects to the output-side connection of the piezo transformer by at least one output-side electrical conductor, wherein radiation emitted by the light-emitting diode module in the direction of the piezo transformer is reflected at the latter.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Patrick Rode, Norwin von Malm, Lutz Höppel
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Publication number: 20140225149Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component includes an optoelectronic semiconductor chip and an optical element. A connecting layer includes a transparent oxide arranged between the semiconductor chip and the optical element. The connecting layer directly adjoins the semiconductor chip and the optical element and fixes the optical element on the semiconductor chip. A method for fabricating an optoelectronic semiconductor component is furthermore specified.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventors: Matthias Sabathil, Andreas Ploessl, Norwin von Malm, Alexander Linkov, Lutz Hoeppel, Christopher Koelper
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Publication number: 20140145610Abstract: A light-emitting diode arrangement has a frame-shaped piezo transformer having at least one output-side connection, and having a light-emitting diode module that generates electromagnetic radiation, which module is disposed within the frame-shaped piezo transformer and electrically connects to the output-side connection of the piezo transformer by at least one output-side electrical conductor, wherein radiation emitted by the light-emitting diode module in the direction of the piezo transformer is reflected, at the latter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2011Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventors: Patrick Rode, Norwin von Malm, Lutz Höppel
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Publication number: 20140145227Abstract: A light-emitting diode chip includes a semiconductor body including a radiation-generating active region, at least two contact locations electrically contacting the active region, a carrier and a connecting medium arranged between the carrier and the semiconductor body, wherein the semiconductor body includes roughening on outer surfaces facing the carrier, the semiconductor body mechanically connects to the carrier by the connecting medium, the connecting medium locally directly contacts the semiconductor body and the carrier, and the at least two contact locations are arranged on the upper side of the semiconductor body facing away from the carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2011Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventors: Lutz Höppel, Norwin von Malm, Matthias Sabathil
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Patent number: 8716724Abstract: An optoelectronic projection device which generates a predefined image during operation, including a semiconductor body having an active layer that generates electromagnetic radiation and a radiation exit side and is an imaging element of the projection device, wherein, to electrically contact the semiconductor body, a first contact layer and a second contact layer are arranged at a rear side of the semiconductor body, the rear side lying opposite the radiation exit side, and are electrically insulated from one another by a separating layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2009Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Norwin von Malm, Klaus Streubel, Patrick Rode, Karl Engl, Lutz Höppel, Jürgen Moosburger
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Patent number: 8698178Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component includes a carrier and at least one semiconductor layer sequence. The semiconductor layer sequence includes at least one active layer. The semiconductor layer sequence is furthermore mounted on the carrier. The semiconductor component furthermore includes a metal mirror located between the carrier and the semiconductor layer sequence. The carrier and the semiconductor layer sequence project laterally beyond the metal mirror. The metal mirror is laterally surrounded by a radiation-transmissive encapsulation layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Lutz Höppel, Norwin von Malm
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Patent number: 8653540Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor body includes a semiconductor layer sequence which has an active layer suitable for generating electromagnetic radiation, and a first and a second electrical connecting layer. The semiconductor body is provided for emitting electromagnetic radiation from a front side. The first and the second electrical connecting layer are arranged at a rear side opposite the front side and are electrically insulated from one another by means of a separating layer. The first electrical connecting layer, the second electrical connecting layer and the separating layer laterally overlap and a partial region of the second electrical connecting layer extends from the rear side through a breakthrough in the active layer in the direction of the front side. Furthermore, a method for producing such an optoelectronic semiconductor body is specified.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2013Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Karl Engl, Patrick Rode, Lutz Hoeppel, Matthias Sabathil
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Patent number: 8643034Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor body comprises a semiconductor layer sequence which is subdivided into at least two electrically isolated subsegments. The semiconductor layer sequence has an active layer in each subarea. Furthermore, at least three electrical contact pads are provided. A first line level makes contact with a first of the at least two subsegments and with the first contact pad. A second line level makes contact with the second of the at least two subsegments and with a second contact pad. A third line level connects the two subsegments to one another and makes contact with the third contact pad. Furthermore, the line levels are each arranged opposite a first main face, wherein the first main face is intended to emit electromagnetic radiation that is produced.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Karl Engl, Frank Singer, Patrick Rode, Lutz Hoeppel, Martin Strassburg
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Patent number: 8598596Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer sequence having at least one doped functional layer having at least one dopant and at least one codopant, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence includes a semiconductor material having a lattice structure, one selected from the dopant and the codopant is an electron acceptor and the other an electron donor, the codopant is bonded to the semiconductor material and/or arranged at interstitial sites, and the codopant at least partly forms no bonding complexes with the dopant.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2009Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Vincent Grolier, Lutz Hoeppel, Hans-Jürgen Lugauer, Martin Strassburg, Andreas Biebersdorf
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Publication number: 20130313604Abstract: A method for producing a light-emitting semiconductor component is specified. A light-emitting semiconductor chip is arranged on a mounting area of a carrier. The semiconductor chip is electrically connected to electrical contact regions on the mounting area. An encapsulation layer is applied to the semiconductor chip by means of atomic layer deposition. All surfaces of the semiconductor chip which are free after mounting and electrical connection are covered with an encapsulation layer. Furthermore, a light-emitting semiconductor component is specified.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2012Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GmbHInventors: Karl Engl, Richard Baisl, Tilman Schlenker, Lutz Hoeppel, Sebastian Taeger, Christian Gaertner
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Publication number: 20130292735Abstract: A support for an optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a support body with a first main face and a second main face opposite the first main face, at least one electrical plated-through hole extending from the first main face to the second main face and formed in the support body, and an insulating layer arranged on the first main face, the insulation layer covering the electrical plated-through hole only in regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2011Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventor: Lutz Höppel
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Patent number: 8530923Abstract: A light-emitting diode chip (1) with a semiconductor layer sequence (2) is described, which is contacted electrically by contacts (5) via a current spreading layer (3). The contacts (5) cover around 1%-8% of the surface of the semiconductor layer sequence (2). The contacts (5) consist for example of separate contact points (51), which are arranged at the nodes of a regular grid (52) with a grid constant of 12 ?m. The current spreading layer (3) contains for example indium-tin oxide, indium-zinc oxide or zinc oxide and has a thickness in the range from 15 nm to 60 nm.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductor GmbHInventors: Matthias Sabathil, Lutz Hoeppel, Andreas Weimar, Karl Engl, Johannes Baur
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Publication number: 20130228819Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer sequence and a carrier substrate. A first and a second electrical contact layer are arranged at least in regions between the carrier substrate and the semiconductor layer sequence and are electrically insulated from one another by an electrically insulating layer. A mirror layer is arranged between the semiconductor layer sequence and the carrier substrate. The minor layer adjoins partial regions of the first electrical contact layer and partial regions of the electrically insulating layer. The partial regions of the electrically insulating layer which adjoin the mirror layer are covered by the second electrical contact layer in such a way that at no point do they adjoin a surrounding medium of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventors: Karl Engl, Markus Maute, Andreas Weimar, Lutz Hoeppel, Patrick Rode, Juergen Moosburger, Norwin von Malm
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Publication number: 20130229793Abstract: What is specified is: a lighting apparatus, with a piezoelectric transformer (1), which has a mounting face (10), on which at least two output-side connection points (11) are arranged, and at least one substrateless light-emitting diode (2), which is designed to generate electromagnetic radiation, wherein the at least one substrateless light-emitting diode (2) is fitted at least indirectly to the mounting face (10) and fastened mechanically to the mounting face (10), and the at least one substrateless light-emitting diode (2) is electrically conductively connected to at least two of the output-side connection points (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventors: Siegfried Herrmann, Norwin Von Malm, Lutz Höppel
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Publication number: 20130228798Abstract: A light-emitting diode chip is specified, comprising an n-conducting region (1), a p-conducting region (2), an active region (3) between the n-conducting region (1) and the p-conducting region (2), a mirror layer (4) at that side of the p-conducting region (2) which is remote from the active region (3), and an insulation layer (5) formed with an electrically insulating material, wherein the mirror layer (4) is designed for reflecting electromagnetic radiation generated in the active region (3), and the mirror layer (4) has a perforation (41), wherein a side area (4a) of the mirror layer (4) is completely covered by the insulation layer (5) in the region of the perforation (41).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventor: Lutz Höppel
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Patent number: 8526476Abstract: A semiconductor chip with a semiconductor body has a semiconductor layer sequence with an active region provided for generating radiation. A mirror structure that includes a mirror layer and a dielectric layer that is arranged at least in regions between the mirror layer and semiconductor body is arranged on the semiconductor body.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2008Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Karl Engl, Lutz Hoeppel, Christoph Eichler, Matthias Sabathil, Andreas Weimar
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Publication number: 20130207154Abstract: An optoelectronic component has a semiconductor body including an epitaxial layer sequence, and a carrier substrate consisting of a semiconductor material connected to the semiconductor body by a solder layer, and through-connections. The carrier substrate includes a surface doping zone extending along a first main surface facing the semiconductor body. The surface doping zone includes a p-conductive region and an n-conductive region adjacent thereto, between which regions a pn-junction is formed. The n-conductive region electrically connects to a p-doped region of the epitaxial layer sequence via a first sub-region of the solder layer, and the p-conductive region electrically connects to an n-doped region of the epitaxial layer sequence via a second sub-region of the solder layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventor: Lutz Höppel
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Publication number: 20130193450Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer stack and a radiation exit face or radiation entrance face, wherein the semiconductor layer stack includes an active layer that generates or receives electromagnetic radiation, and a plurality of nanostructures arranged in the semiconductor layer stack and/or on the radiation exit or entrance face, at least some of the nanostructures including at least one substructure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2011Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Werner Bergbauer, Lutz Höppel, Philipp Drechsel, Christopher Kölper, Martin Strassburg, Patrick Rode
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Publication number: 20130187183Abstract: A light-emitting diode chip is specified, comprising an n-conducting region (1), a p-conducting region (2), an active region (3) between the n-conducting region (1) and the p-conducting region (2), a mirror layer (4) at that side of the p-conducting region (2) which is remote from the active region (3), an encapsulation layer (5) at that side of the mirror layer (4) which is remote from the p-conducting region (2), and a contact layer (6) at a side of the encapsulation layer (5) which is remote from the mirror layer (4), wherein the encapsulation layer (5) extends along a bottom area (43) of the mirror layer (4) which is remote from the p-conducting region (2) and a side area (42) of the mirror layer (4) which runs transversely with respect to the bottom area (43), and the contact layer (6) is freely accessible in places from its side facing the n-conducting region (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2011Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventors: Lutz Höppel, Karl Engl
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Publication number: 20130187192Abstract: An optoelectronic component has a semiconductor chip and a carrier, which is bonded to the semiconductor chip by means of a bonding layer of a metal or a metal alloy. The semiconductor chip includes electrical connection regions facing the carrier and the carrier includes electrical back contacts on its back remote from the semiconductor chip. The back contacts are connected electrically conductively to the first electrical or second connection region respectively, in each case by at least one via extending through the carrier. The first and/or second electrical back contact is connected to the first or second electrical connection region respectively by at least one further via extending through the carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2011Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventor: Lutz Hoeppel