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: 7345317
    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: June 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrike Reeh, Klaus Höhn, Norbert Stath, Günter Waitl, Peter Schlotter, Jürgen Schneider, Ralf Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7306960
    Abstract: The invention concerns a light-emitting diode chip comprising a radiation-emitting active region and a window layer. To increase the luminous efficiency, the cross-sectional area of the radiation-emitting active region is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the window layer available for the decoupling of light. The invention is further directed to a method for fabricating a lens structure on the surface of a light-emitting component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Osram GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Bogner, Siegmar Kugler, Ernst Nirschl, Raimund Oberschmid, Karl-Heinz Schlereth, Olaf Schoenfeld, Norbert Stath, Gerald Neumann
  • Patent number: 7151283
    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, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Osram GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrike Reeh, Klaus Höhn, Norbert Stath, Günter Waitl, Peter Schlotter, Jürgen Schneider, Ralf Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7126162
    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: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Osram GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrike Reeh, Klaus Höhn, Norbert Stath, Günter Waitl, Peter Schlotter, Jürgen Schneider, Ralf Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7078732
    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: December 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Osram GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrike Reeh, Klaus Höhn, Norbert Stath, Günter Waitl, Peter Schlotter, Jürgen Schneider, Ralf Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20060138439
    Abstract: The invention concerns a light-emitting diode chip comprising a radiation-emitting active region and a window layer. To increase the luminous efficiency, the cross-sectional area of the radiation-emitting active region is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the window layer available for the decoupling of light. The invention is further directed to a method for fabricating a lens structure on the surface of a light-emitting component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Georg Bogner, Siegmar Kugler, Ernst Nirschl, Raimund Oberschmid, Karl-Heinz Schlereth, Olaf Schoenfeld, Norbert Stath, Gerald Neumann
  • Patent number: 7026657
    Abstract: The invention concerns a light-emitting diode chip (1) comprising a radiation-emitting active region (32) and a window layer (2). To increase the luminous efficiency, the cross-sectional area of the radiation-emitting active region (32) is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the window layer (2) available for the decoupling of light. The invention is further directed to a method for fabricating a lens structure on the surface of a light-emitting component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Osram GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Bogner, Siegmar Kugler, Ernst Nirschl, Raimund Oberschmid, Karl-Heinz Schlereth, Olaf Schoenfeld, Norbert Stath, Gerald Neumann
  • Publication number: 20050231953
    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: June 13, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Ulrike Reeh, Klaus Hohn, Norbert Stath, Gunter Waitl, Peter Schlotter, Jurgen Schneider, Ralf Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20050161694
    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: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Ulrike Reeh, Klaus Hohn, Norbert Stath, Gunter Waitl, Peter Schlotter, Jurgen Schneider, Ralf Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20050127385
    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, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Ulrike Reeh, Klaus Hohn, Norbert Stath, Gunter Waitl, Peter Schlotter, Jurgen Schneider, Ralf Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6812500
    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: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH & Co. oHG.
    Inventors: Ulrike Reeh, Klaus Höhn, Norbert Stath, Günter Waitl, Peter Schlotter, Jürgen Schneider, Ralf Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6734467
    Abstract: A white light source is described and has a UV-/blue-emitting semiconductor LED and an embedding compound provided with phosphor particles. The LED is provided with a plurality of light-emitting zones that are applied within a layer structure on a common substrate. An emission maxima of the light-emitting zones are energetically detuned relative to one another by different choice of the composition or of the layer thickness of the semiconductor material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schlereth, Volker Härle, Norbert Stath
  • Publication number: 20040036080
    Abstract: The invention concerns a light-emitting diode chip (1) comprising a radiation-emitting active region (32) and a window layer (2). To increase the luminous efficiency, the cross-sectional area of the radiation-emitting active region (32) is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the window layer (2) available for the decoupling of light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Georg Bogner, Siegmar Kugler, Ernst Nirschl, Raimund Oberschmid, Karl-Heinz Schlereth, Olaf Schoenfeld, Norbert Stath, Gerald Neumann
  • Patent number: 6576930
    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: December 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrike Reeh, Klaus Höhn, Norbert Stath, Günter Waitl, Peter Schlotter, Jürgen Schneider, Ralf Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20020167014
    Abstract: A white light source is described and has a UV-/blue-emitting semiconductor LED and an embedding compound provided with phosphor particles. The LED is provided with a plurality of light-emitting zones that are applied within a layer structure on a common substrate. An emission maxima of the light-emitting zones are energetically detuned relative to one another by different choice of the composition or of the layer thickness of the semiconductor material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schlereth, Volker Harle, Norbert Stath
  • Patent number: 6440765
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an infrared-emitting light-emitting diode in which a layer sequence is applied onto a semiconductor substrate, preferably composed of GaAs. The layer sequence has, proceeding from the semiconductor substrate, a first AlGaAs cover layer, a GaAs and/or AlGaAs containing active layer and a second AlGaAs cover layer. In which case, the first AlGaAs cover layer and the active layer are fabricated by a metal organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE) method and the second AlGaAs cover layer is fabricated by a liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) method. Furthermore, an electrically conductive coupling-out layer having a thickness of at least about 10 &mgr;m is deposited on the second AlGaAs cover layer by the LPE method. The coupling-out layer is optically transparent in the infrared spectral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhard Sedlmeier, Ernst Nirschl, Norbert Stath
  • Publication number: 20010030326
    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 conversation 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: April 9, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Applicant: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH & Co. OHG, a Germany corporation
    Inventors: Ulrike Reeh, Klaus Hohn, Norbert Stath, Gunter Waitl, Peter Schlotter, Jurgen Schneider, Ralf Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20010002049
    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: December 7, 2000
    Publication date: May 31, 2001
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GmbH & Co., OHG
    Inventors: Ulrike Reeh, Klaus Hohn, Norbert Stath, Gunter Waitl, Peter Schlotter, Jurgen Schneider, Ralf Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20010000622
    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: December 6, 2000
    Publication date: May 3, 2001
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GmbH & Co., OHG
    Inventors: Ulrike Reeh, Klaus Hohn, Norbert Stath, Gunter Waitl, Peter Schlotter, Jurgen Schneider, Ralf Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5999552
    Abstract: A radiation emitter component, in particular an infrared emitter component with a conventional light-emitting diode housing, includes two electrode connections, one of which has a well-shaped reflector. The housing has an optically transparent, electrically non-conducting encapsulation material. A semiconductor laser chip is fastened in a well-shaped reflector of the light-emitting diode housing. The semiconductor laser chip has a quantum well structure, in particular with a strained layer structure, for example MOVPE epitaxial layers with a layer sequence GaAlAs-InGaAs-GaAlAs. A diffusor material can be inserted into the optically transparent, electrically non-conducting material of the light-emitting diode housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Georg Bogner, Herbert Brunner, Heinz Haas, Johann Luft, Ernst Nirschl, Werner Spaeth, Norbert Stath, Wolfgang Teich