Patents by Inventor Matthias Winter

Matthias Winter 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: 20190132693
    Abstract: In a capacitively operating MEMS microphone, by varying the BIAS voltage, the pull-in point is determined and the present pull-in voltage and the corresponding pull-in capacitance between membrane and back electrode are ascertained. From the deviation of the present pull-in point from the values of a first pull-in point, these values being determined after an end test and stored in an internal memory of the MEMS microphone, and the likewise stored values at a first operating point a recalibrated BIAS voltage is determined and set in order thereby to bring the sensitivity closer again to that at the original first operating point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Sebastian Walser, Christian Siegel, Matthias Winter
  • Patent number: 8735930
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component (1) is proposed that comprises a housing body (2) and at least one semiconductor chip (8) disposed thereon, said housing body having a base part (13) comprising a connector body (16), on which a connecting conductor material (6, 7) is disposed, and said housing body having a reflector part (14) comprising a reflector body (23), on which a reflector material (9) is disposed, wherein said connector body and said reflector body are preformed separately from each other and said reflector body is disposed on said connector body in the form of a reflector top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Brunner, Matthias Winter, Markus Zeiler, Georg Bogner, Thomas Höfer
  • Patent number: 8571239
    Abstract: A microphone package wherein an MEMS microphone chip (MIC) is mounted on a substrate (SUB) and is sealed with a cover (ABD) with respect to the substrate. The membrane (MMB) of the microphone chip is connected to a sound entry opening (SEO) in the substrate via an acoustic channel. As a result of defined dimensioning of, in particular, the cross section and length of sound entry opening and channel, an acoustic low-pass filter is formed, the ?3 dB attenuation point of which is significantly below the natural resonance of microphone membrane and package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Epcos AG
    Inventors: Gregor Feiertag, Anton Leidl, Wolfgang Pahl, Matthias Winter, Christian Siegel
  • Publication number: 20120093346
    Abstract: A microphone package wherein an MEMS microphone chip (MIC) is mounted on a substrate (SUB) and is sealed with a cover (ABD) with respect to the substrate. The membrane (MMB) of the microphone chip is connected to a sound entry opening (SEO) in the substrate via an acoustic channel. As a result of defined dimensioning of, in particular, the cross section and length of sound entry opening and channel, an acoustic low-pass filter is formed, the ?3 dB attenuation point of which is significantly below the natural resonance of microphone membrane and package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Gregor Feiertag, Anton Leidl, Wolfgang Pahl, Matthias Winter, Christian Siegel
  • Patent number: 8110437
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting or -receiving semiconductor chip 9 is soft-soldered for mounting on a leadframe 2 over which a prefabricated plastic encapsulant 5, a so-called premolded package, is injection-molded. Through the use of a low-melting solder 3 applied in a layer thickness of less than 10 ?m, the soldering process can be carried out largely without thermal damage to the plastic encapsulant 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Gunter Waitl, Georg Bogner, Michael Hiegler, Matthias Winter
  • Publication number: 20110205146
    Abstract: A display device, in particular a screen unit (6) for a screen (4), is provided which has a backlighting unit (8) for backlighting the screen (4), a polarisation filter (10), which is arranged in an emission direction of the backlighting unit (8) and which at least partially covers the backlighting unit (8), a liquid crystal layer (14), which is arranged on the side of the polarisation filter (10) remote from the backlighting unit (8), and a filter arrangement (16), which comprises at least one colour filter and which is arranged on the side of the liquid crystal layer (14) remote from the backlighting unit (8), wherein the backlighting unit (8) comprises a light-emitting diode (22) which emits blue light, and wherein at least two different phosphors are arranged downstream of the blue-light-emitting light-emitting diode (22), which phosphors absorb the blue light from the light-emitting diode (22) and re-emit light of mutually different colours, which mixes with the blue light from the light-emitting diode (
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Winter, Patrick Kromotis
  • Patent number: 7728507
    Abstract: A process is specified for producing a radiation-emitting component comprising a housing body and a carrier for a radiation-emitting semiconductor body, in which the carrier is produced in an injection molding process from a molding compound containing a metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Winter, Harald Jäger
  • Patent number: 7696078
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrical contact of an optoelectronic semiconductor chip (1), comprising providing a mirror layer (2), comprised of a metal or metal alloy, over the semiconductor chip; providing a protective layer (3) over said mirror layer; providing a layer sequence of a barrier layer and a coupling layer (5) over said protective layer; and providing a solder layer (8) over said layer sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Stein, Michael Fehrer, Johannes Baur, Matthias Winter, Andreas Ploessl, Stephan Kaiser, Berthold Hahn, Franz Eberhard
  • Patent number: 7586190
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component (1) having a semiconductor arrangement (4) which emits and/or receives electromagnetic radiation and which is arranged on a carrier (22) which is thermally conductively connected to a heat sink (12). External electrical connections (9) are connected to the semiconductor arrangement (4), where the external electrical connections (9) are arranged in electrically insulated fashion on the heat sink (12) at a distance from the carrier (22). This results in an optimized component in terms of the dissipation of heat loss and the radiation of light and also in terms of making electrical contact and the packing density in modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Bogner, Patrick Kromotis, Ralf Mayer, Heinrich Noll, Matthias Winter
  • Publication number: 20070253667
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component (1) is proposed that comprises a housing body (2) and at least one semiconductor chip (8) disposed thereon, said housing body having a base part (13) comprising a connector body (16), on which a connecting conductor material (6, 7) is disposed, and said housing body having a reflector part (14) comprising a reflector body (23), on which a reflector material (9) is disposed, wherein said connector body and said reflector body are preformed separately from each other and said reflector body is disposed on said connector body in the form of a reflector top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Herbert Brunner, Matthias Winter, Markus Zeiler, Georg Bogner, Thomas Hofer
  • Patent number: 7271425
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic component containing an optoelectronic chip (1) and containing a chip carrier (2) that has a central region (3) on which the chip is fixed and that comprises terminals (41, 42, 43, 44) extending outwardly from the central region of the chip carrier (2) to the outside, wherein the chip and portions of the chip carrier are enveloped by a body (5) and wherein the projection of the body and that of each of the longitudinal axes of the terminals onto the contact plane between the chip and the chip carrier are substantially point-symmetrical with respect to the central point of the chip. The invention further relates to an arrangement comprising said component. The advantage of the symmetrical configuration of the component is that the risk of thermomechanically induced failures of the component is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Karlheinz Arndt, Georg Bogner, Günter Waitl, Matthias Winter
  • Publication number: 20070117235
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrical contact of an optoelectronic semiconductor chip (1), comprising providing a mirror layer (2), comprised of a metal or metal alloy, over the semiconductor chip; providing a protective layer (3) over said mirror layer; providing a layer sequence of a barrier layer and a coupling layer (5) over said protective layer; and providing a solder layer (8) over said layer sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Wilhelm Stein, Michael Fehrer, Johannes Baur, Matthias Winter, Andreas Ploessl, Stephan Kaiser, Berthold Hahn, Franz Eberhard
  • Publication number: 20070075451
    Abstract: A process is specified for producing a radiation-emitting component comprising a housing body and a carrier for a radiation-emitting semiconductor body, in which the carrier is produced in an injection molding process from a molding compound containing a metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Matthias Winter, Harald Jager
  • Patent number: 7164158
    Abstract: An electrical contact for an optoelectronic device which includes a mirror layer (2) of a metal or a metal alloy, a protective layer (3), which serves for reducing the corrosion of the mirror layer (2), a barrier layer (4), a coupling layer (5), and a solder layer (8). A contact of this type is distinguished by high reflectivity, good ohmic contact with respect to the semiconductor, good adhesion on the semiconductor and good adhesion of the layers forming the contact with one another, good thermal stability, high stability with respect to environmental influences, and also solderability and patternability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Stein, Michael Fehrer, Johannes Baur, Matthias Winter, Andreas Ploessl, Stephan Kaiser, Berthold Hahn, Franz Eberhard
  • Publication number: 20060138621
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component (1) having a semiconductor arrangement (4) which emits and/or receives electromagnetic radiation and which is arranged on a carrier (22) which is thermally conductively connected to a heat sink (12). External electrical connections (9) are connected to the semiconductor arrangement (4), where the external electrical connections (9) are arranged in electrically insulated fashion on the heat sink (12) at a distance from the carrier (22). This results in an optimized component in terms of the dissipation of heat loss and the radiation of light and also in terms of making electrical contact and the packing density in modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Bogner, Patrick Kromotis, Ralf Mayer, Heinrich Noll, Matthias Winter
  • Publication number: 20060049477
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic component containing an optoelectronic chip (1) and containing a chip carrier (2) that has a central region (3) on which the chip is fixed and that comprises terminals (41, 42, 43, 44) extending outwardly from the central region of the chip carrier (2) to the outside, wherein the chip and portions of the chip carrier are enveloped by a body (5) and wherein the projection of the body and that of each of the longitudinal axes of the terminals onto the contact plane between the chip and the chip carrier are substantially point-symmetrical with respect to the central point of the chip. The invention further relates to an arrangement comprising said component. The advantage of the symmetrical configuration of the component is that the risk of thermomechanically induced failures of the component is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2003
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Karlheinz Arndt, Georg Bogner, Gunter Waitl, Matthias Winter
  • Publication number: 20050214968
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting or -receiving semiconductor chip 9 is soft-soldered for mounting on a leadframe 2 over which a prefabricated plastic encapsulant 5, a so-called premolded package, is injection-molded. Through the use of a low-melting solder 3 applied in a layer thickness of less than 10 ?m, the soldering process can be carried out largely without thermal damage to the plastic encapsulant 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Gunter Waitl, Georg Bogner, Michael Hiegler, Matthias Winter
  • Publication number: 20050110010
    Abstract: In an optoelectronic component, having a semiconductor body (1) which includes a substrate (2) and a layer system (3) deposited on the substrate (2), a main surface of the semiconductor body (1) on the opposite side from the substrate (2) being secured to a support (4) by means of a soldered join (7), and the support (4) having a metallization (5) on the side facing the semiconductor body (1), wherein the metallization (5) is silver-free. Also disclosed is an optoelectronic component having a thin-film semiconductor body (8) which is secured to a support (4) by means of a soldered join (7), and the support (4) has a metallization (5) on the side facing the semiconductor body (8), in which the metallization (5) is silver-free.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Applicant: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Winter, Georg Bogner, Stefan Gruber
  • Publication number: 20040256632
    Abstract: An electrical contact for an optoelectronic device which includes a mirror layer (2) of a metal or a metal alloy, a protective layer (3), which serves for reducing the corrosion of the mirror layer (2), a barrier layer (4), a coupling layer (5), and a solder layer (8). A contact of this type is distinguished by high reflectivity, good ohmic contact with respect to the semiconductor, good adhesion on the semiconductor and good adhesion of the layers forming the contact with one another, good thermal stability, high stability with respect to environmental influences, and also solderability and patternability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Stein, Michael Fehrer, Johannes Baur, Matthias Winter, Andreas Ploessl, Stephan Kaiser, Berthold Hahn, Franz Eberhard