Patents by Inventor Norbert Stath

Norbert Stath 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: 9537070
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component contains a semiconductor chip (1) and a carrier body (10), which are provided with a transparent, electrically insulating encapsulation layer (3), the encapsulation layer (3) having two cutouts (11, 12) for uncovering a contact area (6) and a connection region (8) of the carrier body, and an electrically conductive layer (14) being led from the contact area (6) over a partial region of the encapsulation layer (3) to the electrical connection region (8) of the carrier body (10) in order to electrically connect the contact area (6) and the electrical connection region (8) to one another. The radiation emitted in a main radiation direction (13) by the semiconductor chip (1) is coupled out through the encapsulation layer (3), which advantageously contains luminescence conversion substances for the wavelength conversion of the emitted radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Ewald Karl Michael Guenther, Jörg Erich Sorg, Norbert Stath
  • Patent number: 9419193
    Abstract: An opto-electronic component has a carrier element (3) with a connection region (5). Arranged on the carrier element (3) is a semiconductor chip (7). A contact region (10) is mounted on the surface (8) of the semiconductor chip (7) remote from the carrier element (3). The connection region (5) is electrically conductively connected to the contact region (10) by way of an unsupported conductive structure (13). A method for manufacturing an opto-electronic component is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignees: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Barchmann, Axel Kaltenbacher, Norbert Stath, Walter Wegleiter, Karl Weidner, Ralph Wirth
  • Patent number: 9196800
    Abstract: The light-radiating semiconductor component has a radiation-emitting semiconductor body and a luminescence conversion element. The semiconductor body emits radiation in the ultraviolet, blue and/or green spectral region and the luminescence conversion element converts a portion of the radiation into radiation of a longer wavelength. This makes it possible to produce light-emitting diodes which radiate polychromatic light, in particular white light, with only a single light-emitting semiconductor body. A particularly preferred luminescence conversion dye is YAG:Ce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrike Reeh, Klaus Höhn, Norbert Stath, Günter Waitl, Peter Schlotter, Jürgen Schneider, Ralf Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8900894
    Abstract: In a method for producing a radiation-emitting optoelectronic component, a semiconductor chip is mounted by a first main area onto a carrier body and is electrically conductively connected at a first contact area to a first connection region, and a transparent electrically insulating encapsulation layer is applied to the chip and the carrier body. A first cutout in the encapsulation layer for at least partly uncovering a second contact area of the chip is produced, and a second cutout in the encapsulation layer for at least partly uncovering a second connection region of the carrier body is produced. Finally, an electrically conductive layer, which electrically conductively connects the second contact area of the semiconductor chip and the second connection region of the carrier body, is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductor GmbH
    Inventors: Ewald Karl Michael Guenther, Jörg Erich Sorg, Norbert Stath
  • Patent number: 8513682
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes a carrier element. At least two elements are arranged in an adjacent fashion on a first side of the carrier element. Each element has at least one optically active region for generating the electromagnetic radiation. The optoelectronic component has an electrically insulating protective layer arranged at least in part on a surface of the at least two adjacent elements which lies opposite the first side. The protective layer, at least in a first region arranged between the at least two adjacent elements, at least predominantly prevents a transmission of the electromagnetic radiation generated by the optically active regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Wegleiter, Norbert Stath, Bert Braune, Karl Weidner, Matthias Rebhan, Hans Wulkesch
  • Patent number: 8475025
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention proposes a light-emitting device comprising a radiation source for the emission of a radiation having at least a first wavelength, and an elongated, curved light-guiding body, into which the radiation emitted by the radiation source is coupled and which couples out light at an angle with respect to its longitudinal axis on account of the coupled-in radiation having the first wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Ott, Alfred Lell, Uwe Strauss, Volker Haerle, Norbert Stath
  • Publication number: 20120322178
    Abstract: In a method for producing a radiation-emitting optoelectronic component, a semiconductor chip is mounted by a first main area onto a carrier body and is electrically conductively connected at a first contact area to a first connection region, and a transparent electrically insulating encapsulation layer is applied to the chip and the carrier body. A first cutout in the encapsulation layer for at least partly uncovering a second contact area of the chip is produced, and a second cutout in the encapsulation layer for at least partly uncovering a second connection region of the carrier body is produced. Finally, an electrically conductive layer, which electrically conductively connects the second contact area of the semiconductor chip and the second connection region of the carrier body, is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Ewald Karl Michael Guenther, Jörg Erich Sorg, Norbert Stath
  • Publication number: 20120241779
    Abstract: The light-radiating semiconductor component has a radiation-emitting semiconductor body and a luminescence conversion element. The semiconductor body emits radiation in the ultraviolet, blue and/or green spectral region and the luminescence conversion element converts a portion of the radiation into radiation of a longer wavelength. This makes it possible to produce light-emitting diodes which radiate polychromatic light, in particular white light, with only a single light-emitting semiconductor body. A particularly preferred luminescence conversion dye is YAG:Ce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Ulrike Reeh, Klaus Höhn, Norbert Stath, Günter Waitl, Peter Schlotter, Jürgen Schneider, Ralf Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20120223360
    Abstract: An opto-electronic component has a carrier element (3) with a connection region (5). Arranged on the carrier element (3) is a semiconductor chip (7). A contact region (10) is mounted on the surface (8) of the semiconductor chip (7) remote from the carrier element (3). The connection region (5) is electrically conductively connected to the contact region (10) by way of an unsupported conductive structure (13). A method for manufacturing an opto-electronic component is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Bernd Barchmann, Axel Kal Tenbacher, Norbert Stath, Walter Wegleiter, Karl Weidner, Ralph Wirth
  • Patent number: 8256947
    Abstract: A light-emitting device, comprising: a radiation source (5), which emits radiation having a first wavelength, an optical waveguide (10), into which the radiation emitted by the radiation source is coupled, and a converter material (15), which converts the radiation transported through the optical waveguide (10) into light (20) having a second, longer wavelength. A light-emitting device of this type can have an improved light conversion efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Harle, Alfred Lell, Hubert Ott, Norbert Stath, Uwe Strauss
  • Patent number: 8073300
    Abstract: An arrangement comprising a fiber-optic waveguide (10) and a detection device (25), wherein the fiber-optic waveguide (10) comprises a core region (10E) and a cladding region (10C) surrounding the core region (10E), wherein the core region has a higher refractive index than the cladding region, and wherein the detection device (25) can detect damage to the fiber-optic waveguide (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Härle, Alfred Lell, Hubert Ott, Norbert Stath, Uwe Strauss
  • Publication number: 20100301355
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes a carrier element. At least two elements are arranged in an adjacent fashion on a first side of the carrier element. Each element has at least one optically active region for generating the electromagnetic radiation. The optoelectronic component has an electrically insulating protective layer arranged at least in part on a surface of the at least two adjacent elements which lies opposite the first side. The protective layer, at least in a first region arranged between the at least two adjacent elements, at least predominantly prevents a transmission of the electromagnetic radiation generated by the optically active regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Walter Wegleiter, Norbert Stath, Bert Braune, Karl Weidner, Matthias Rebhan, Hans Wulkesch
  • Publication number: 20100091516
    Abstract: An arrangement comprising a fiber-optic waveguide (10) and a detection device (25), wherein the fiber-optic waveguide (10) comprises a core region (10E) and a cladding region (10C) surrounding the core region (10E), wherein the core region has a higher refractive index than the cladding region, and wherein the detection device (25) can detect damage to the fiber-optic waveguide (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Härle, Alfred Lell, Hubert Ott, Norbert Stath, Uwe Strauss
  • Publication number: 20100066254
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention proposes a light-emitting device comprising a radiation source for the emission of a radiation having at least a first wavelength, and an elongated, curved light-guiding body, into which the radiation emitted by the radiation source is coupled and which couples out light at an angle with respect to its longitudinal axis on account of the coupled-in radiation having the first wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Hubert Ott, Alfred Lell, Uwe Strauss, Volker Haerle, Norbert Stath
  • Publication number: 20100044739
    Abstract: The light-radiating semiconductor component has a radiation-emitting semiconductor body and a luminescence conversion element. The semiconductor body emits radiation in the ultraviolet, blue and/or green spectral region and the luminescence conversion element converts a portion of the radiation into radiation of a longer wavelength. This makes it possible to produce light-emitting diodes which radiate polychromatic light, in particular white light, with only a single light-emitting semiconductor body. A particularly preferred luminescence conversion dye is YAG:Ce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Ulrike Reeh, Klaus Höhn, Norbert Stath, Günter Waitl, Peter Schlotter, Jürgen Schneider, Ralf Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7629621
    Abstract: The light-radiating semiconductor component has a radiation-emitting semiconductor body and a luminescence conversion element. The semiconductor body emits radiation in the ultraviolet, blue and/or green spectral region and the luminescence conversion element converts a portion of the radiation into radiation of a longer wavelength. This makes it possible to produce light-emitting diodes which radiate polychromatic light, in particular white light, with only a single light-emitting semiconductor body. A particularly preferred luminescence conversion dye is YAG:Ce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrike Reeh, Klaus Höhn, Norbert Stath, Günter Waitl, Peter Schlotter, Jürgen Schneider, Ralf Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20090296018
    Abstract: A light-emitting device, comprising: a radiation source (5), which emits radiation having a first wavelength, an optical waveguide (10), into which the radiation emitted by the radiation source is coupled, and a converter material (15), which converts the radiation transported through the optical waveguide (10) into light (20) having a second, longer wavelength. A light-emitting device of this type can have an improved light conversion efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Gmbh
    Inventors: Volker Harle, Alfred Lell, Hubert Ott, Norbert Stath, Uwe Strauss
  • Publication number: 20090127573
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component contains a semiconductor chip (1) and a carrier body (10), which are provided with a transparent, electrically insulating encapsulation layer (3), the encapsulation layer (3) having two cutouts (11, 12) for uncovering a contact area (6) and a connection region (8) of the carrier body, and an electrically conductive layer (14) being led from the contact area (6) over a partial region of the encapsulation layer (3) to the electrical connection region (8) of the carrier body (10) in order to electrically connect the contact area (6) and the electrical connection region (8) to one another. The radiation emitted in a main radiation direction (13) by the semiconductor chip (1) is coupled out through the encapsulation layer (3), which advantageously contains luminescence conversion substances for the wavelength conversion of the emitted radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Ewald Karl Michael Guenther, Jorg Erich Sorg, Norbert Stath
  • Publication number: 20080212191
    Abstract: An optical arrangement comprising at least one first light-emitting element (LE1) and at least one second light-emitting element (LE2), and at least one light addition device (1) arranged in such a way that the light from the first and the second light-emitting element (LE1, LE2) are added to form a light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Harle, Alfred Lell, Hubert Ott, Norbert Stath, Uwe Strauss
  • Publication number: 20080149958
    Abstract: The light-radiating semiconductor component has a radiation-emitting semiconductor body and a luminescence conversion element. The semiconductor body emits radiation in the ultraviolet, blue and/or green spectral region and the luminescence conversion element converts a portion of the radiation into radiation of a longer wavelength. This makes it possible to produce light-emitting diodes which radiate polychromatic light, in particular white light, with only a single light-emitting semiconductor body. A particularly preferred luminescence conversion dye is YAG:Ce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Ulrike Reeh, Klaus Hohn, Norbert Stath, Gunter Waitl, Peter Schlotter, Jurgen Schneider, Ralf Schmidt