Patents by Inventor Norwin von Malm

Norwin von Malm 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: 20240030275
    Abstract: In an embodiment an optoelectronic component includes a carrier, a first semiconductor layer sequence with a first layer having a doped semiconductor material, and a second layer, and a second semiconductor layer sequence disposed atop the second layer and having an active zone configured to generate light, wherein the first layer includes at least a first region having a porosity level which is at least 20% greater than a porosity level of a second region, and a trench separating the first region from the second region, and wherein the carrier is bonded either to the first layer or to a side of the second semiconductor layer sequence remote from the first semiconductor layer sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Adrian Stefan Avramescu, Norwin von Malm, Peter Stauss
  • Publication number: 20240030381
    Abstract: In an embodiment a method for producing a semiconductor body includes providing an auxiliary carrier, depositing a layer sequence on the auxiliary carrier having a first layer including a doped semiconductor material and a second layer including an undoped semiconductor material on the first layer, performing an electrochemical porosification of the first layer, wherein a degree of porosity is at least 20% by volume, forming a functional semiconductor body on the second layer and detaching the semiconductor body from the auxiliary carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Stauss, Adrian Avramescu, Norwin von Malm
  • Publication number: 20230411556
    Abstract: In an embodiment a method for manufacturing a semiconductor body includes providing an subcarrier, generating a layer sequence with a first layer having a doped semiconductor material and a second layer deposited thereon, the second layer having an undoped semiconductor material, providing an electrochemical porosification of the first layer, wherein a degree of porosity is at least 20% by volume, forming mesa structures in the second layer and at least partially in the porous first layer and epitaxially producing a functional layer sequence having at least one planar third layer which is applied to the second layer comprising the mesa structures, wherein the at least one planar third layer has a specific lattice constant which is different from a lattice constant of the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Adrian Avramescu, Norwin Von Malm, Peter Stauss
  • Publication number: 20230369550
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a plurality of optoelectronic semiconductor components, comprising the steps: a) providing a carrier composite having a plurality of component regions; b) forming a filter layer on the carrier composite; c) forming a radiation conversion layer on the filter layer; d) arranging a plurality of semiconductor bodies on the radiation conversion layer, wherein the semiconductor bodies each have a semiconductor layer sequence having an active region provided for radiation generation and are free of a substrate stabilizing the semiconductor body; e) forming a contact layer for producing an electrical connection between the semiconductor bodies; f) forming an insulation layer on the contact layer; g) forming electrical contact surfaces, each of which are electrically conductively connected to the contact layer; and h) separating the carrier composite into the optoelectronic semiconductor components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Norwin VON MALM, Laura KREINER, Matthias GOLDBACH
  • Patent number: 11804579
    Abstract: In an embodiment a method for manufacturing an optoelectronic semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor body having an active region configured to generate electromagnetic radiation and a coupling-out surface along a main radiation direction, forming a mask layer having a plurality of recesses on the coupling-out surface on the semiconductor body, depositing metallic separators in the recesses and applying a wavelength conversion element to the coupling-out surface of the semiconductor body such that the metallic separators are at least partially embedded therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Britta Göötz, Norwin von Malm
  • Patent number: 11745415
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component and a 3D printer are disclosed. In an embodiment the component includes a carrier and a plurality of individually controllable pixels, wherein the pixels are mounted on the carrier and are formed from at least one semiconductor material, and wherein the pixels are configured to emit radiation having a wavelength of maximum intensity of 470 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolaus Gmeinwieser, Norwin von Malm
  • Publication number: 20230120107
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component includes a primary light source including a carrier and a semiconductor layer sequence mounted thereon and configured to generate primary light, and at least one conversion unit of at least one semiconductor material adapted to convert the primary light into at least one secondary light, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence and the converter unit are separate elements, the semiconductor layer sequence includes a plurality of pixels, the pixels are configured to be controlled electrically independently of each other, the carrier includes a plurality of control units configured to drive the pixels, all pixels of a first group are free of a conversion unit and are configured to emit the primary light, all pixels of a second group of pixels include exactly one conversion unit each and are configured to emit the at least one secondary light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Isabel Otto, Alexander F. Pfeuffer, Britta Göötz, Norwin von Malm
  • Publication number: 20230096718
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device may include an arrangement having a plurality of emitter elements configured to sequentially emit light of different wavelength ranges. The arrangement may include a plurality of time-of-flight detector elements configured to detect the light emitted by the emitter elements and reflected at a sample and to carry out a measurement for determining the distance of the reflection point of the light at the sample from the respective time-of-flight detector element. The device further includes an evaluation unit configured to generate a three-dimensional image of the sample for each wavelength range emitted by the emitter elements on the basis of the light detected by the time-of-flight detector elements and the distance of the reflection point of the light from the respective time-of-flight detector element and to determine the distribution of a substance in the sample from the images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Gerd PLECHINGER, Norwin VON MALM, Laura KREINER
  • Publication number: 20230049186
    Abstract: In an embodiment an optical component includes an optical body at least partially translucent to visible light and a coating directly arranged at the optical body, wherein the coating has a reflection coefficient of at least 0.8 for at least one wavelength range in a range from 380 nm to 1500 nm and an average thickness between 10 ?m and 200 ?m inclusive, wherein the coating has a polysiloxane as base material, and wherein the polysiloxane comprises —SiO3/2 units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Eberhard, Andreas Hanisch, Norwin von Malm
  • Patent number: 11557700
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component includes a primary light source including a carrier and a semiconductor layer sequence mounted thereon and configured to generate primary light, and at least one conversion unit of at least one semiconductor material adapted to convert the primary light into at least one secondary light, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence and the converter unit are separate elements, the semiconductor layer sequence includes a plurality of pixels, the pixels are configured to be controlled electrically independently of each other, the carrier includes a plurality of control units configured to drive the pixels, all pixels of a first group are free of a conversion unit and are configured to emit the primary light, all pixels of a second group of pixels include exactly one conversion unit each and are configured to emit the at least one secondary light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Isabel Otto, Alexander F. Pfeuffer, Britta Göötz, Norwin von Malm
  • Publication number: 20230006417
    Abstract: A laser light source may include an arrangement of surface-emitting semiconductor lasers to which a voltage is applied such that an operating current is below the threshold current and an intrinsic emission of the surface-emitting semiconductor laser is prevented. The laser light source also comprises a first semiconductor laser which emits radiation that enters the surface-emitting semiconductor laser such that induced emission takes place via the injection locking mechanism and the individual surface-emitting semiconductor lasers emit laser light having the same wavelength and polarisation direction as the irradiated radiation. The emission frequency of the first semiconductor laser can be changed by changing the operating current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventor: Norwin VON MALM
  • Publication number: 20220199868
    Abstract: In an embodiment a method for manufacturing an optoelectronic semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor body having an active region configured to generate electromagnetic radiation and a coupling-out surface along a main radiation direction, forming a mask layer having a plurality of recesses on the coupling-out surface on the semiconductor body, depositing metallic separators in the recesses and applying a wavelength conversion element to the coupling-out surface of the semiconductor body such that the metallic separators are at least partially embedded therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Britta Göötz, Norwin von Malm
  • Patent number: 11316077
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting device includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer that emits a primary radiation during operation, a decoupling surface on a surface of the semiconductor layer sequence, a wavelength conversion layer on a side of the semiconductor layer sequence facing away from the decoupling surface, containing at least one conversion material that converts the primary radiation into secondary radiation, and a mirror layer on the side of the wavelength conversion layer facing away from the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the at least one conversion material is electrically conductive and/or embedded in an electrically conductive matrix material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Britta Göötz, Norwin von Malm
  • Patent number: 11309461
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing an optoelectronic semiconductor device are disclosed. In an embodiment, an optoelectronic semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body having an active region configured to generate electromagnetic radiation and a coupling-out surface along a main radiation direction, and a wavelength conversion element having conversion regions, the conversion regions optically separated from one another by metallic separators, wherein the wavelength conversion element is arranged downstream of the semiconductor body in the main radiation direction of the active region, wherein the active region comprises a plurality of independently controllable emission regions, and wherein the emission regions are at least partially aligned with the conversion regions and explicitly assigned to the conversion regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Britta Göötz, Norwin von Malm
  • Publication number: 20210384395
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting component is disclosed. In an embodiment a radiation-emitting component includes a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip and a transparent joining layer mechanically stably connecting the radiation-emitting semiconductor chip with a carrier, wherein the transparent joining layer comprises a matrix material in which a plurality of nanoparticles are located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Norwin von Malm, Reinhard Streitel, Kathy Schmidtke
  • Patent number: 11081620
    Abstract: A method of producing a semiconductor component includes applying an auxiliary carrier at a first side of a semiconductor body, the auxiliary carrier having a first lateral coefficient of thermal expansion, and applying a connection carrier at a second side of the semiconductor body facing away from the auxiliary carrier, the connection carrier having a second lateral coefficient of thermal expansion, wherein the semiconductor body is grown on a growth substrate different from the auxiliary carrier, the first and the second lateral coefficient of thermal expansion differ by at most 50%, and the growth substrate is removed prior to application of the auxiliary carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Plössl, Norwin von Malm, Dominik Scholz, Christoph Schwarzmaier, Martin Rudolf Behringer, Alexander F. Pfeuffer
  • Publication number: 20210210661
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component includes a primary light source including a carrier and a semiconductor layer sequence mounted thereon and configured to generate primary light, and at least one conversion unit of at least one semiconductor material adapted to convert the primary light into at least one secondary light, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence and the converter unit are separate elements, the semiconductor layer sequence includes a plurality of pixels, the pixels are configured to be controlled electrically independently of each other, the carrier includes a plurality of control units configured to drive the pixels, all pixels of a first group are free of a conversion unit and are configured to emit the primary light, all pixels of a second group of pixels include exactly one conversion unit each and are configured to emit the at least one secondary light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Isabel Otto, Alexander F. Pfeuffer, Britta Göötz, Norwin von Malm
  • Publication number: 20210154918
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component and a 3D printer are disclosed. In an embodiment the component includes a carrier and a plurality of individually controllable pixels, wherein the pixels are mounted on the carrier and are formed from at least one semiconductor material, and wherein the pixels are configured to emit radiation having a wavelength of maximum intensity of 470 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Nikolaus Gmeinwieser, Norwin von Malm
  • Patent number: 11018283
    Abstract: A method of producing optoelectronic semiconductor components including providing a primary light source having a carrier and a semiconductor layer sequence mounted thereon that generates primary light (B), wherein the semiconductor layer sequence is structured into a plurality of pixels that can be driven electrically independently of each other, and the carrier includes a plurality of control units that drive the pixels, providing at least one conversion unit adapted to convert the primary light (B) into at least one secondary light (G, R), wherein the conversion unit is grown continuously from at least one semiconductor material, structuring the conversion unit, wherein portions of the semiconductor material are removed in accordance with the pixels, and applying the conversion unit to the semiconductor layer sequence so that the remaining semiconductor material is uniquely assigned to a portion of the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Isabel Otto, Alexander F. Pfeuffer, Britta Göötz, Norwin von Malm
  • Patent number: 11011683
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component and a method for producing an optoelectronic component are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: David O'Brien, Norwin von Malm, Jörg Frischeisen, Angela Eberhardt, Florian Peskoller