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: 20150137701
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component device includes a first group of optoelectronic components including at least one first optoelectronic component, wherein the at least one first optoelectronic component provides electromagnetic radiation of a first color valence, a second group of optoelectronic components including at least one second optoelectronic component, wherein the at least one second optoelectronic component provides electromagnetic radiation of a second color valence, and a phase dimmer, wherein the phase dimmer is designed in such a way that a first operating mode and a second operating mode are provided, wherein the phase dimmer actuates the first and the second group of optoelectronic components in such a way that, in the first operating mode, a first array of optoelectronic components of the optoelectronic component device is energized and, in the second operating mode, a second array of optoelectronic components of the optoelectronic component device is energized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Bernhard Siessegger, Hubert Maiwald, Marijan Kostrun, Philip E. Moskowitz, Warren P. Moskowitz, Norwin von Malm
  • Publication number: 20150129901
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip and a method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip are disclosed. In an embodiment an optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a support having a support top side, a semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer for generating electromagnetic radiation, wherein the active layer is located between an n-type n-layer and a p-type p-layer of the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence, as seen in a plan view of the support top side, is patterned into emitter regions arranged next to one another and electrical conductor tracks located on a side of the semiconductor layer sequence facing away from the support, where the electrical conductor tracks include contact surfaces. The chip further includes an n-contact point and a p-contact point for electrically contacting the semiconductor chip, wherein the emitter regions are electrically connected in series via the at least two conductor tracks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Lutz Höppel, Norwin von Malm
  • Patent number: 9029878
    Abstract: A lighting device with front carrier, rear carrier and plurality of light-emitting diode chips, which when in operation emits light and releases waste heat, wherein rear carrier is covered at least in selected locations by front carrier, light-emitting diode chips are arranged between rear carrier and front carrier to form array, light-emitting diodes are contacted electrically by rear and/or front carrier and immobilized mechanically by rear carrier and front carrier, front carrier is coupled thermally conductively to light-emitting diode chips and includes light outcoupling face remote from light-emitting diode chips, which light outcoupling face releases some of waste heat released by light-emitting diode chips into surrounding environment, each light-emitting diode chip is actuated with electrical nominal power of 100 mW or less when lighting device is in operation and has light yield of 100 lm/W or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Sabathil, Norwin von Malm, Lutz Hoeppel, Stefan Illek, Bernd Barchmann, Patrick Rode
  • Patent number: 9012926
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting semiconductor component includes a light-emitting diode chip with at least two emission regions that can be operated independently of each other and at least two differently designed conversion elements. During operation of the light-emitting diode chips each of the emission regions is provided for generating electromagnetic primary radiation. Each emission region has an emission surface by which at least part of the primary radiation is decoupled from the light-emitting diode chip. The conversion elements are provided for absorbing at least part of the primary radiation and for re-emitting secondary radiation. The differently designed conversion elements are disposed downstream of different emission surfaces. An electric resistance element is connected in series or parallel to at least one of the emission regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductor GmbH
    Inventors: Norwin von Malm, Ralph Wirth
  • Publication number: 20150097198
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a surface light source includes one or a more optoelectronic semiconductor chips having a radiation main side for generating a primary radiation. A scattering body is disposed downstream of the radiation main side along a main emission direction of the semiconductor chips. The scatting body is designed for scattering the primary radiation. A main emission direction of the scattering body is oriented obliquely with respect to the main emission direction of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Illek, Matthias Sabathil, Alexander Linkov, Thomas Bleicher, Norwin von Malm, Wolfgang Mönch
  • Patent number: 8987708
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component comprises an organic layer sequence (1), which emits an electromagnetic radiation (15) having a first wavelength spectrum during operation, and also a dielectric layer sequence (2) and a wavelength conversion region (3) in the beam path of the electromagnetic radiation (15) emitted by the organic layer sequence (1). The wavelength conversion region (3) is configured to convert at least partially electromagnetic radiation having the first wavelength spectrum into an electromagnetic radiation (16) having a second wavelength spectrum. The dielectric layer sequence (2) is arranged in the beam path of the electromagnetic radiation (15) emitted by the organic layer sequence between the organic layer sequence (1) and the wavelength conversion region (3) and is at least partially opaque to an electromagnetic radiation having a third wavelength spectrum, which corresponds to at least one part of the second wavelength spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Schindler, Benjamin Claus Krummacher, Norwin Von Malm, Dirk Berben, Frank Jermann, Martin Zachau
  • Patent number: 8974679
    Abstract: A method of producing an optoelectronic component comprises the steps of: A) providing a radiation-emitting layer sequence (1) having an active zone (13), which emits electromagnetic primary radiation when in operation, B) providing a first wavelength conversion layer (2), which converts the primary radiation at least partially into electromagnetic secondary radiation, and C) arranging the first wavelength conversion layer (2) on the radiation-emitting layer sequence (1) in the beam path of the primary radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventor: Norwin Von Malm
  • Patent number: 8969900
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer stack having an active layer that generates radiation, and a radiation emission side, and a conversion layer disposed on the radiation emission side of the semiconductor layer stack, wherein the conversion layer converts at least a portion of the radiation, which is emitted by the active layer, into radiation of a different wavelength, the radiation emission side of the semiconductor layer stack has a first nanostructuring, and the conversion layer is disposed in this first nanostructuring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Sabathil, Alexander Linkov, Christopher Kölper, Martin Straβburg, Norwin von Malm
  • Publication number: 20150028754
    Abstract: LED devices are provided that include LED chips on LED chip carriers. The LED device can in turn be housed in a package, such as a small-outline transistor (SOT) package or a radial LED device package. A single LED device or a serial connection of a plurality of such LED devices can be operated directly from an AC (line) voltage or a rectified version thereof. In some example embodiments, switching circuitry is integrated into the LED chip carrier for controlling current flow through the LED(s) in response to, for example, a brightness regulating control signal. Numerous example embodiments of the monolithic LED devices are provided, including manufacturing processes as well as various example packages for such LED devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Siessegger, Norwin von Malm, Phil Moskowitz, Warren Moskowitz
  • Publication number: 20150014716
    Abstract: A display device with a semiconductor layer sequence includes an active region provided for generating radiation and a plurality of pixels. The display device also includes a carrier. The active region is arranged between a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer sequence includes at least one recess, which extends from a major face of the semiconductor layer sequence facing the carrier through the active region into the first semiconductor layer and is provided for electrical contacting of the first semiconductor layer. The carrier includes a plurality of switches, which are each provided for controlling at least one pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: Norwin von Malm
  • Patent number: 8878227
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a carrier and a semiconductor body having a semiconductor layer sequence, the semiconductor body arranged on the carrier wherein an emission region and a detection region are formed in the semiconductor body having the semiconductor layer sequence; the semiconductor layer sequence includes an active region arranged between a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer and provided in the emission region to generate radiation; the first semiconductor layer is arranged on the side of the active region facing away from the carrier; and the emission region has a recess extending through the active region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Moosburger, Christoph Neureuther, Norwin von Malm
  • Publication number: 20140319547
    Abstract: A method of producing a plurality of optoelectronic semiconductor chips includes a) providing a layer composite assembly having a principal plane which delimits the layer composite assembly in a vertical direction, and includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active region that generates and/or detects radiation, wherein a plurality of recesses extending from the principal plane in a direction of the active region are formed in the layer composite assembly; b) forming a planarization layer on the principal plane such that the recesses are at least partly filled with material of the planarization layer; c) at least regionally removing material of the planarization layer to level the planarization layer; and d) completing the semiconductor chips, wherein for each semiconductor chip at least one semiconductor body emerges from the semiconductor layer sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Patrick Rode, Lutz Hoeppel, Norwin von Malm, Stefan Illek, Albrecht Kieslich, Siegfried Herrmann
  • Patent number: 8866175
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer sequence and a carrier substrate. A first and a second electrical contact layer are arranged at least in regions between the carrier substrate and the semiconductor layer sequence and are electrically insulated from one another by an electrically insulating layer. A mirror layer is arranged between the semiconductor layer sequence and the carrier substrate. The mirror layer adjoins partial regions of the first electrical contact layer and partial regions of the electrically insulating layer. The partial regions of the electrically insulating layer which adjoin the mirror layer are covered by the second electrical contact layer in such a way that at no point do they adjoin a surrounding medium of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Engl, Markus Maute, Andreas Weimar, Lutz Hoeppel, Patrick Rode, Juergen Moosburger, Norwin von Malm
  • Publication number: 20140283903
    Abstract: A photovoltaic semiconductor chip comprising a semiconductor body which comprises a semiconductor layer sequence with an active region provided to generate electrical energy. The active region is formed between a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type and a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type. The semiconductor body is disposed on a carrier body. The first semiconductor layer is disposed on the side of the second semiconductor layer facing away from the carrier body. The semiconductor body comprises a recess which extends from the carrier body through the second semiconductor layer. A first connection structure is disposed between the carrier body and the semiconductor body and is connected in an electrically conductive manner in the recess to the first semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Norwin von Malm, Hans-Juergen Lugauer
  • Patent number: 8816585
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode arrangement has a frame-shaped piezo transformer having at least one output-side connection, and having a light-emitting diode module that generates electromagnetic radiation, which module is disposed within the frame-shaped piezo transformer and electrically connects to the output-side connection of the piezo transformer by at least one output-side electrical conductor, wherein radiation emitted by the light-emitting diode module in the direction of the piezo transformer is reflected at the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Patrick Rode, Norwin von Malm, Lutz Höppel
  • Publication number: 20140225149
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component includes an optoelectronic semiconductor chip and an optical element. A connecting layer includes a transparent oxide arranged between the semiconductor chip and the optical element. The connecting layer directly adjoins the semiconductor chip and the optical element and fixes the optical element on the semiconductor chip. A method for fabricating an optoelectronic semiconductor component is furthermore specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Sabathil, Andreas Ploessl, Norwin von Malm, Alexander Linkov, Lutz Hoeppel, Christopher Koelper
  • Publication number: 20140145227
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode chip includes a semiconductor body including a radiation-generating active region, at least two contact locations electrically contacting the active region, a carrier and a connecting medium arranged between the carrier and the semiconductor body, wherein the semiconductor body includes roughening on outer surfaces facing the carrier, the semiconductor body mechanically connects to the carrier by the connecting medium, the connecting medium locally directly contacts the semiconductor body and the carrier, and the at least two contact locations are arranged on the upper side of the semiconductor body facing away from the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Lutz Höppel, Norwin von Malm, Matthias Sabathil
  • Publication number: 20140145610
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode arrangement has a frame-shaped piezo transformer having at least one output-side connection, and having a light-emitting diode module that generates electromagnetic radiation, which module is disposed within the frame-shaped piezo transformer and electrically connects to the output-side connection of the piezo transformer by at least one output-side electrical conductor, wherein radiation emitted by the light-emitting diode module in the direction of the piezo transformer is reflected, at the latter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Patrick Rode, Norwin von Malm, Lutz Höppel
  • Patent number: 8716724
    Abstract: An optoelectronic projection device which generates a predefined image during operation, including a semiconductor body having an active layer that generates electromagnetic radiation and a radiation exit side and is an imaging element of the projection device, wherein, to electrically contact the semiconductor body, a first contact layer and a second contact layer are arranged at a rear side of the semiconductor body, the rear side lying opposite the radiation exit side, and are electrically insulated from one another by a separating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Norwin von Malm, Klaus Streubel, Patrick Rode, Karl Engl, Lutz Höppel, Jürgen Moosburger
  • Patent number: 8698178
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component includes a carrier and at least one semiconductor layer sequence. The semiconductor layer sequence includes at least one active layer. The semiconductor layer sequence is furthermore mounted on the carrier. The semiconductor component furthermore includes a metal mirror located between the carrier and the semiconductor layer sequence. The carrier and the semiconductor layer sequence project laterally beyond the metal mirror. The metal mirror is laterally surrounded by a radiation-transmissive encapsulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Lutz Höppel, Norwin von Malm