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).

  • Patent number: 7981712
    Abstract: A method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip based on a nitride semiconductor system is specified. The method comprises the steps of: forming a semiconductor section with at least one p-doped region; and forming a covering layer disposed downstream of the semiconductor section in a growth direction of the semiconductor chip, said covering layer having at least one n-doped semiconductor layer. An activation step suitable for electrically activating the p-doped region is effected before or during the formation of the covering layer. An optoelectronic semiconductor chip which can be produced by the method is additionally specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Magnus Ahlstedt, Lutz Höppel, Matthias Peter, Matthias Sabathil, Uwe Strauss, Martin Strassburg
  • Publication number: 20110156069
    Abstract: A method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip based on a nitride semiconductor system is specified. The method comprises the steps of: forming a semiconductor section with at least one p-doped region; and forming a covering layer disposed downstream of the semiconductor section in a growth direction of the semiconductor chip, said covering layer having at least one n-doped semiconductor layer. An activation step suitable for electrically activating the p-doped region is effected before or during the formation of the covering layer. An optoelectronic semiconductor chip which can be produced by the method is additionally specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Magnus AHLSTEDT, Lutz HÖPPEL, Matthias PETER, Matthias SABATHIL, Uwe STRAUSS, Martin STRASSBURG
  • Publication number: 20110114988
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Sabathil, Lutz Hoeppel, Andreas Weimar, Karl Engl, Johannes Baur
  • Publication number: 20110104836
    Abstract: In a method for producing an optoelectronic component, a growth substrate having a first coefficient of thermal expansion is provided. A multilayered buffer layer sequence is applied thereto. A layer sequence having a second coefficient of thermal expansion—different than the first coefficient of thermal expansion—is subsequently deposited epitaxially. It furthermore comprises an active layer for emitting electromagnetic radiation. A carrier substrate is subsequently applied on the epitaxially deposited layer sequence. The growth substrate is removed and the multilayered buffer layer sequence is structured in order to increase a coupling-out of electromagnetic radiation. Finally, contact is made with the epitaxially deposited layer sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Patrick Rode, Martin Strassburg, Karl Engl, Lutz Höppel
  • Publication number: 20110049555
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip has a semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer that generates radiation between a layer of a first conductivity type and a layer of a second conductivity type. The layer of the first conductivity type is adjacent to a front side of the semiconductor layer sequence. The semiconductor layer sequence contains at least one cutout extending from a rear side, lying opposite the front side, of the semiconductor layer sequence through the active layer to the layer of the first conductivity type. The layer of the first conductivity type is electrically connected through the cutout by means of a first electrical connection layer which covers the rear side of the semiconductor layer sequence at least in places.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Karl Engl, Lutz Hoeppel, Patrick Rode, Matthias Sabathil
  • Publication number: 20110012088
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor body includes an epitaxial semiconductor layer sequence including a tunnel junction including an intermediate layer between an n-type tunnel junction layer and a p-type tunnel junction layer, wherein the intermediate layer has an n-barrier layer facing the n-type tunnel junction layer, a p-barrier layer facing the p-type tunnel junction layer, and a middle layer with a material composition differing from material compositions of the n-barrier layer and the p-barrier layer; and an active layer that emits electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Strassburg, Lutz Hoeppel, Matthias Sabathil
  • Publication number: 20100230698
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor body includes a substrate with a front side for emitting electromagnetic radiation. The optoelectronic semiconductor body has a semiconductor layer sequence that is arranged on a rear side of the substrate and has an active layer suitable for generating the electromagnetic radiation. The optoelectronic semiconductor body also includes first and second electrical connection layers that are arranged on a first surface of the semiconductor body that faces away from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Patrick Rode, Karl Engl, Martin Strassburg, Lutz Hoeppel, Matthias Sabathil
  • Publication number: 20100208763
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Karl Engl, Lutz Hoeppel, Christoph Eichler, Matthias Sabathil, Andreas Weimar
  • Publication number: 20100171135
    Abstract: The invention relates to an opto-electronic semiconductor body having a semiconductor layer sequence (2) comprising an active layer (23) suitable for generating electromagnetic radiation and a first and a second electrical connection layer (4, 6), wherein the semiconductor body is intended for the emission of electromagnetic radiation from a front side, the first and second electrical connection layers being located on a rear side opposite the front side and electrically insulated from each other by means of a separating layer (5), the first electrical connection layer (4), second electrical connection layer (6), and the separating layer (5) laterally overlapping each other, and a partial area of the second electrical connection layer (6) extending from the rear side through a penetration (3) through the active layer (23) in the direction of the front side. The invention further relates to a method for producing such an opto-electronic semiconductor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Karl Engl, Patrick Rode, Lutz Hoeppel, Matthias Sahathil