Patents by Inventor Markus Pindl

Markus Pindl 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: 11881544
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a plurality of optoelectronic semiconductor components, including the following steps: preparing a plurality of semiconductor chips spaced in a lateral direction to one another; forming a housing body assembly, at least one region of which is arranged between the semiconductor chips; forming a plurality of fillets, each adjoining a semiconductor chip and being bordered in a lateral direction by a side surface of each semiconductor chip and the housing body assembly; and separating the housing body assembly into a plurality of optoelectronic components, each component having at least one semiconductor chip and a portion of the housing body assembly as a housing body, and each semiconductor chip not being covered by material of the housing body on a radiation emission surface of the semiconductor component, which surface is located opposite a mounting surface. The invention also relates to a semiconductor component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Pindl, Thomas Schwarz, Frank Singer, Sandra Sobczyk
  • Publication number: 20230031493
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a plurality of optoelectronic semiconductor components, including the following steps: preparing a plurality of semiconductor chips spaced in a lateral direction to one another; forming a housing body assembly, at least one region of which is arranged between the semiconductor chips; forming a plurality of fillets, each adjoining a semiconductor chip and being bordered in a lateral direction by a side surface of each semiconductor chip and the housing body assembly; and separating the housing body assembly into a plurality of optoelectronic components, each component having at least one semiconductor chip and a portion of the housing body assembly as a housing body, and each semiconductor chip not being covered by material of the housing body on a radiation emission surface of the semiconductor component, which surface is located opposite a mounting surface. The invention also relates to a semiconductor component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Markus PINDL, Thomas SCHWARZ, Frank SINGER, Sandra SOBCZYK
  • Patent number: 11508884
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a plurality of optoelectronic semiconductor components, including the following steps: preparing a plurality of semiconductor chips spaced in a lateral direction to one another; forming a housing body assembly, at least one region of which is arranged between the semiconductor chips; forming a plurality of fillets, each adjoining a semiconductor chip and being bordered in a lateral direction by a side surface of each semiconductor chip and the housing body assembly; and separating the housing body assembly into a plurality of optoelectronic components, each component having at least one semiconductor chip and a portion of the housing body assembly as a housing body, and each semiconductor chip not being covered by material of the housing body on a radiation emission surface of the semiconductor component, which surface is located opposite a mounting surface. The invention also relates to a semiconductor component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Pindl, Thomas Schwarz, Frank Singer, Sandra Sobczyk
  • Patent number: 11355896
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component comprising a laser diode is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Wojcik, Markus Pindl
  • Patent number: 11211524
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optoelectronic component includes providing a carrier with an upper side; arranging an optoelectronic semiconductor chip above the upper side of the carrier; arranging a casting material above the upper side of the carrier, wherein the optoelectronic semiconductor chip is embedded in the casting material, and the casting material forms a cast surface; simultaneously spraying particles and a further material onto the cast surface, wherein a mixture of the further material and the particles includes a proportion of the particles of 20 percent by weight to 60 percent by weight, a portion of the particles remains at the cast surface, and a topography is created at the cast surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Leisen, Herbert Brunner, Emilia Dinu, Jens Eberhard, Christina Keith, Markus Pindl, Thomas Reeswinkel, Daniel Richter
  • Patent number: 11158771
    Abstract: A method for producing optoelectronic semiconductor components is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Pindl, Simon Jerebic
  • Patent number: 11107958
    Abstract: A method of producing optoelectronic semiconductor components includes A) providing a chip carrier with electrical conductor structures on a carrier upper side, B) applying at least one semi-conductor chip configured to produce light on at least one of the electrical conductor structures, C) applying at least one sealing structure to at least one of the electrical conductor structures so that the sealing structure completely surrounds at least one contact area when viewed from the top, and D) producing a mold body directly at the at least one semiconductor chip and directly at the at least one sealing structure by transfer molding or injection molding, wherein, in an injection mold, the at least one sealing structure seals the at least one contact area against a material of the mold body so that the at least one contact area remains free of the mold body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Gebuhr, Markus Burger, Markus Boß, Markus Pindl
  • Patent number: 11038090
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optoelectronic component includes providing a carrier with an upper side; arranging an optoelectronic semiconductor chip above the upper side of the carrier; arranging a casting material over the upper side of the carrier, wherein the optoelectronic semiconductor chip is embedded in the casting material, and the casting material forms a cast surface; and removing a portion of the casting material at the cast surface, wherein a topography is generated at the cast surface, and the removal of a portion of the casting material at the cast surface takes place through laser interference structuring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Leisen, Herbert Brunner, Emilia Dinu, Jens Eberhard, Christina Keith, Markus Pindl, Thomas Reeswinkel, Daniel Richter, Christopher Wiesmann, Ludwig Peyker, Alexander Linkov
  • Publication number: 20210175397
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a plurality of optoelectronic semiconductor components, including the following steps: preparing a plurality of semiconductor chips spaced in a lateral direction to one another; forming a housing body assembly, at least one region of which is arranged between the semiconductor chips; forming a plurality of fillets, each adjoining a semiconductor chip and being bordered in a lateral direction by a side surface of each semiconductor chip and the housing body assembly; and separating the housing body assembly into a plurality of optoelectronic components, each component having at least one semiconductor chip and a portion of the housing body assembly as a housing body, and each semiconductor chip not being covered by material of the housing body on a radiation emission surface of the semiconductor component, which surface is located opposite a mounting surface. The invention also relates to a semiconductor component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Markus PINDL, Thomas SCHWARZ, Frank SINGER, Sandra SOBCZYK
  • Patent number: 11031531
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes a housing including a first cavity bounded by a first wall, wherein a circumferentially extending first step is formed at an inner side of the first wall, the first step circumferentially extends around the first cavity obliquely with respect to a bottom of the first cavity, a first optoelectronic semiconductor chip is arranged at the bottom of the first cavity, the first optoelectronic semiconductor chip is embedded into a first potting material arranged in the first cavity and extending from the bottom of the first cavity as far as the first step, and a first potting surface of the first potting material is formed at the first step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Brandl, Markus Pindl
  • Publication number: 20210135068
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optoelectronic component includes providing a carrier with an upper side; arranging an optoelectronic semiconductor chip above the upper side of the carrier; arranging a casting material over the upper side of the carrier, wherein the optoelectronic semiconductor chip is embedded in the casting material, and the casting material forms a cast surface; and removing a portion of the casting material at the cast surface, wherein a topography is generated at the cast surface, and the removal of a portion of the casting material at the cast surface takes place through laser interference structuring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Leisen, Herbert Brunner, Emilia Dinu, Jens Eberhard, Christina Keith, Markus Pindl, Thomas Reeswinkel, Daniel Richter, Christopher Wiesmann, Ludwig Peyker, Alexander Linkov
  • Publication number: 20210126156
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optoelectronic component includes providing a carrier with an upper side; arranging an optoelectronic semiconductor chip above the upper side of the carrier; arranging a casting material above the upper side of the carrier, wherein the optoelectronic semiconductor chip is embedded in the casting material, and the casting material forms a cast surface; simultaneously spraying particles and a further material onto the cast surface, wherein a mixture of the further material and the particles includes a proportion of the particles of 20 percent by weight to 60 percent by weight, a portion of the particles remains at the cast surface, and a topography is created at the cast surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Leisen, Herbert Brunner, Emilia Dinu, Jens Eberhard, Christina Keith, Markus Pindl, Thomas Reeswinkel, Daniel Richter
  • Patent number: 10964861
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a plurality of optoelectronic semiconductor components, comprising the following steps: preparing a plurality of semiconductor chips spaced in a lateral direction to one another; forming a housing body assembly, at least one region of which is arranged between the semiconductor chips; forming a plurality of fillets, each adjoining a semiconductor chip and being bordered in a lateral direction by a side surface of each semiconductor chip and the housing body assembly; and separating the housing body assembly into a plurality of optoelectronic components, each component having at least one semiconductor chip and a portion of the housing body assembly as a housing body, and each semiconductor chip not being covered by material of the housing body on a radiation emission surface of the semiconductor component, which surface is located opposite a mounting surface. The invention also relates to a semiconductor component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Pindl, Thomas Schwarz, Frank Singer, Sandra Sobczyk
  • Patent number: 10950765
    Abstract: A method for producing at at least an optoelectronic component and an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes providing a substrate having at least one aperture, applying at least one semiconductor chip to the substrate, arranging barrier structures provided that the barrier structures are not already part of the substrate, wherein the semiconductor chip is spaced apart from the barrier structures as seen in a side cross-section, applying an auxiliary carrier at least to a main radiation exit surface and to the barrier structures, introducing a casting material via the at least one aperture in the substrate so that the casting material is arranged between the barrier structures and the semiconductor chip and between the substrate and the auxiliary carrier, and curing the casting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Pindl, Markus Burger, Markus Boss, Matthias Lermer
  • Patent number: 10937933
    Abstract: A light-emitting component includes a light-emitting element and a housing with a cavity. The housing includes a housing material that absorbs at least 80 percent of light in the visible range. The cavity is formed by a limiting wall, formed by a housing surface, and a plane of the element. The light-emitting element arranged within the cavity of the housing and positioned above the element plane includes an emission side located opposite to the element plane. The cavity is at least partially filled with a transparent material composed of a first material and a second material, wherein the first material at least partially covers the limiting wall, and the second material at least partially covers the emission side. A boundary surface is formed between the first material and the second material. A first refractive index of the first material is smaller than a second refractive index of the second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Brandl, Markus Pindl
  • Patent number: 10937825
    Abstract: A method of producing an optoelectronic device includes providing an optical element including an optical lens and including a frame, wherein the frame projects with a receptacle section beyond a first side of the lens, the receptacle section of the frame surrounds a receptacle space, and the receptacle section of the frame includes a bearing face at an inner side; inserting an optoelectronic component and a transparent intermediate element into the receptacle space; placing the intermediate element onto the bearing face; and securing the component and the intermediate element to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Burger, Markus Pindl, Markus Boss
  • Patent number: 10931081
    Abstract: A method of producing an optoelectronic lighting device includes providing a laser chip carrier on which two edge emitting laser chips, arranging a carrier including two optical elements onto the laser chip carrier, forming a respective optical connection by an optical material between a respective laser facet and a respective optical element, singulating the two laser chips by dividing the laser chip carrier between the two laser chips to form two mutually divided laser chip carrier parts, wherein the dividing includes dividing the carrier between the two optical elements to form two mutually divided carrier parts each including one of the two optical elements, such that two singulated laser chips arranged on the respective divided laser chip carrier part are formed, the respective laser facets of which are optically connected to the respective optical element of the respective carrier part by the optical material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Wojcik, Tobias Gebuhr, Markus Pindl
  • Patent number: 10910789
    Abstract: A device having a reinforcement layer and a method for producing a device are disclosed. In an embodiment a device includes a carrier plate, an electronic component, a shaped body and a reinforcement layer, wherein the electronic component is laterally enclosed by the shaped body, wherein, in a vertical direction, the electronic component is arranged between the carrier plate and the reinforcement layer, wherein the shaped body has a thermal expansion coefficient which is at least three times as large as a thermal expansion coefficient of the carrier plate and at least three times as large as a thermal expansion coefficient of the reinforcement layer, and wherein the carrier plate and the reinforcement layer adjoin the shaped body at least in places and are configured to reduce deformation of the shaped body in an event of temperature fluctuations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Pindl, Bernhard Stich, Andreas Wojcik
  • Patent number: 10879427
    Abstract: A method of producing an optoelectronic component includes providing a carrier; securing a sheet including a wavelength-converting material on a top side of the carrier; arranging a grid structure on a top side of the sheet; arranging an optoelectronic semiconductor chip in an opening of the grid structure on the top side of the sheet; arranging a potting material on the top side of the sheet, wherein the grid structure and the optoelectronic semiconductor chip are at least partly embedded into the potting material, and a composite body including the potting material, the sheet, the grid structure and the optoelectronic semiconductor chip is formed; and detaching the composite body from the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Pindl, Matthias Sperl
  • Patent number: 10804439
    Abstract: A method produces a plurality of conversion elements including: A) providing a first carrier; B) applying a first element to the first carrier using a first application technique, the first element including a conversion material, the first application technique being different from compression molding; C) applying a second element to the first carrier by a second application technique, the second element including quantum dots, the quantum dots being introduced into a matrix material and being different from the conversion material, the second application technique being molding or compression molding; D) hardening of the matrix material; E) optionally, rearranging the arrangement produced according to step D) to a second carrier; and F) separating so that a plurality of conversion elements are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Pindl, Martin Brandl