Patents by Inventor Merlin Welker

Merlin Welker 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: 9552087
    Abstract: In a multi-layer body with a carrier and at least one conduction layer first areas and second areas are galvanically isolated from each other by third areas. In the third area sections are omitted from conductor traces and replaced by replacement pieces. The multi-layer body thereby has an optically homogeneous effect (e.g. is uniformly transparent or uniformly reflective).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Ullmann, Walter Fix, Manfred Walter, Merlin Welker, Jurgen Krumm, Mathias Maul, Toblias Menger
  • Publication number: 20150193035
    Abstract: In a multi-layer body with a carrier and at least one conduction layer first areas and second areas are galvanically isolated from each other by third areas. In the third area sections are omitted from conductor traces and replaced by replacement pieces. The multi-layer body thereby has an optically homogeneous effect (e.g. is uniformly transparent or uniformly reflective).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: PolyIC GmbH & CO.KG
    Inventors: Andreas Ullmann, Walter Fix, Manfred Walter, Merlin Welker, Jurgen Krumm, Mathias Maul, Tobias Menger
  • Patent number: 8315061
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic circuit and to a method for the manufacture of an electronic circuit comprising at least two electronic components on a common flexible substrate, wherein the at least two electronic components in each case have at least one electrical functional layer composed of identical functional layer material. The electrical functional layers are formed from identical functional layer material and from layer regions of a layer formed in strip-type fashion on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Ullmann, Alexander Knobloch, Merlin Welker, Walter Fix
  • Publication number: 20120057311
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic circuit and to a method for the manufacture of an electronic circuit comprising at least two electronic components on a common flexible substrate, wherein the at least two electronic components in each case have at least one electrical functional layer composed of identical functional layer material. The electrical functional layers are formed from identical functional layer material and from layer regions of a layer formed in strip-type fashion on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Ullmann, Alexander Knobloch, Merlin Welker, Walter Fix
  • Patent number: 7846838
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an electronic component on a surface of a substrate with the electronic component having, seen at right angles to the surface of the substrate, at least two electrical functional layers which are arranged one above the other and such that they overlap at least in a surface area F, with the at least two electrical functional layers on the substrate being structured directly or indirectly using a continuous process, with a first electrical functional layer of the at least two electrical functional layers being structured such that a first length/width dimension of the first electrical functional layer parallel to the surface of the substrate and in a relative movement direction of the substrate is at least 5 ?m longer/wider, preferably more than 1 mm longer/wider, than a length/width dimension of the surface area F in the relative movement direction and parallel to the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Polyic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Knobloch, Andreas Ullmann, Walter Fix, Merlin Welker
  • Patent number: 7843342
    Abstract: An organic electronic module has a clock generator having n organic switching elements connected in series. The output of the nth organic switching element is connected to the input of the first organic switching element. The outputs of two or more organic switching elements are connected to respective inputs of a first electronic circuit of the electronic module tapping off two or more clock signals such that a first clock signal for a first electronic circuit is tapped from the output of a first one of the switching elements and a second clock signal, phase-shifted with respect to the first clock signal, for the first electronic circuit is tapped from the output of a second switching element different than the first switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Polyic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Ullmann, Alexander Knobloch, Merlin Welker, Walter Fix
  • Patent number: 7812343
    Abstract: A multilayer composite body has an electronic function, in particular, an electronic subassembly comprising a plurality of organic electronic components, such as transistors, diodes, capacitors and so on, having at least one common layer, e.g., a semiconductor layer and/or insulation layer, wherein the common layer may be superfluous in one or more of the components. There thus is provided a structure of an entire subassembly such as an RFID tag, wherein the entire tag with all of its components is implemented in one production process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Ullmann, Alexander Knobloch, Merlin Welker, Walter Fix
  • Patent number: 7589553
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic module having two or more organic circuit elements connected together to give a logic circuit, said organic circuit elements being made up of organic components, in particular organic field effect transistors. The logic circuit comprises at least one filter module (5), which has an input (53) connected to one of the organic logic circuit elements, and an output (55), and is designed to filter out from the signals present at the input (53) the spurious signals generated by different signal propagation times in the organic components of the logic circuit elements, and to provide a regenerated binary signal at the output (55).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Ullmann, Alexander Knobloch, Merlin Welker, Walter Fix
  • Publication number: 20090108253
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic component comprising a flexible substrate, on the surface of which is arranged a layer stack composed of thin layers, containing at least one electrical functional layer composed of an electrically conductive or semiconducting material, wherein the component comprises at least a first material, a layered second material and a layered third material and wherein, as seen perpendicular to the surface of the substrate the first material is followed by the second material and the second material is followed by the third material, wherein a first adhesion force of the second material to the first material is lower than a second adhesion force of the third material to the first material and the second material has at least one opening, via which the third material is connected to the first material in order to increase the adhesion of the second material to the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Andreas Ullmann, Alexander Knobloch, Merlin Welker, Walter Fix
  • Publication number: 20080265965
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic module (10) having organic components. The electronic module has a clock generator (2) having n organic switching elements (21) which are connected in series and are each constructed from organic components. The output of the nth organic switching element of the clock generator (2) is connected to the input of the first organic switching element of the clock generator (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: PolylC GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Ullmann, Alexander Knobloch, Merlin Welker, Walter Fix
  • Publication number: 20080203383
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer composite body having an electronic function, in particular an electronic subassembly comprising a plurality of organic electronic components. The invention provides, for the first time, a possibility for a structure of an entire subassembly such as an RFID tag, the entire tag with all of the components being able to be implemented in one production process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Ullmann, Alexander Knobloch, Merlin Welker, Walter Fix
  • Publication number: 20080204069
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic module having two or more organic circuit elements connected together to give a logic circuit, said organic circuit elements being made up of organic components, in particular organic field effect transistors. The logic circuit comprises at least one filter module (5), which has an input (53) connected to one of the organic logic circuit elements, and an output (55), and is designed to filter out from the signals present at the input (53) the spurious signals generated by different signal propagation times in the organic components of the logic circuit elements, and to provide a regenerated binary signal at the output (55).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: POLYIC GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Ullmann, Alexander Knobloch, Merlin Welker, Walter Fix
  • Publication number: 20080200030
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an electronic component on a surface of a substrate with the electronic component having, seen at right angles to the surface of the substrate, at least two electrical functional layers which are arranged one above the other and such that they overlap at least in a surface area F, with the at least two electrical functional layers on the substrate being structured directly or indirectly using a continuous process, with a first electrical functional layer of the at least two electrical functional layers being structured such that a first length/width dimension of the first electrical functional layer parallel to the surface of the substrate and in a relative movement direction of the substrate is at least 5 ?m longer/wider, preferably more than 1 mm longer/wider, than a length/width dimension of the surface area F in the relative movement direction and parallel to the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: PolylC GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Alexander Knobloch, Andreas Ullmann, Walter Fix, Merlin Welker