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).
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Patent number: 8698178Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 10, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Lutz Höppel, Norwin von Malm
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Publication number: 20140098556Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor module includes a plurality of light-emitting areas, which emit light when in operation. At least two abutting lateral edges of at least one light-emitting area are arranged at an angle of more than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees to each other. Further embodiments relate to a display having a plurality of such modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2012Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventors: Norwin von Malm, Georg Bogner, Joachim Reill, Stefan Grötsch
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Publication number: 20140085169Abstract: A display device includes a multiplicity of pixels, at least one connection carrier, and a multiplicity of inorganic light-emitting diode chips. The connection carrier includes a multiplicity of switches. Each pixel contains at least one light-emitting diode chip. Each light-emitting diode chip is mechanically fixed and electrically connected to the connection carrier. Each switch is designed for driving at least one light-emitting diode chip and the light-emitting diode chips are imaging elements of the display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventors: Stefan Illek, Norwin von Malm, Tilman Ruegheimer
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Publication number: 20140061703Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a carrier including a carrier element having a mounting side; one electrically conductive n-type wiring layer arranged at the mounting side; a structured, electrically conductive contact layer having a p-side and n-side contact region and arranged at a side of the n-type wiring layer facing away from the carrier element; at least one insulation region electrically insulating the p-side contact region from the n-side contact region; at least one electrically insulating spacer layer arranged at a side of the n-type wiring layer facing away from the carrier element in a vertical direction between the p-side contact region and the n-type wiring layer, wherein the n-side contact region and the n-type wiring layer electrically conductively connect to one another, and the p-side contact region and the spacer layer border the n-side contact region in a lateral direction; an optoelectronic structure connected to the carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GmbHInventor: Norwin Von Malm
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Publication number: 20140061667Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip including a semiconductor body of semiconductor material, an outcoupling face arranged downstream of the semiconductor body in an emission direction and a mirror layer, wherein the semiconductor body includes an active layer that generates radiation, the mirror layer is arranged on the side of the semiconductor body remote from the outcoupling face, and a gap between the active layer and the mirror layer is set such that radiation emitted by the active layer towards the outcoupling face interferes with radiation reflected at the mirror layer such that the semiconductor chip features an emitted radiation pattern with a selected direction in the forward direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Norwin von Malm, Alexander Linkov, Norbert Linder
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Publication number: 20130328066Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2011Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Matthias Sabathil, Alexander Linkov, Christopher Kölper, Martin Strassburg, Norwin von Malm
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Publication number: 20130299867Abstract: A light-emitting diode chip includes at least two semiconductor bodies, each semiconductor body including at least one active area that generates radiation, a carrier having a top side and an underside facing away from the top side, and an electrically insulating connector arranged at the top side of the carrier, wherein the electrically insulating connector is arranged between the semiconductor bodies and the top side of the carrier, the electrically insulating connector imparts a mechanical contact between the semiconductor bodies and the carrier, and at least some of the semiconductor bodies electrically connect in series with one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2011Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Stefan Illek, Ulrich Steegmüller, Norwin von Malm
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Patent number: 8577218Abstract: An illumination device contains a light-emitting semiconductor chip containing a plurality of individually drivable emission regions. The illumination device furthermore contains an optical element designed to shape light emitted by the emission regions to form a beam of rays. The illumination device is designed such that different beam profiles of the beam of rays can be set by the individually drivable emission regions.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2010Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Norwin von Malm, Jürgen Moosburger, Ulrich Streppel, Michael Brandl, Stefan Morgott
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Publication number: 20130228819Abstract: 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 minor 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: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventors: Karl Engl, Markus Maute, Andreas Weimar, Lutz Hoeppel, Patrick Rode, Juergen Moosburger, Norwin von Malm
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Publication number: 20130229793Abstract: What is specified is: a lighting apparatus, with a piezoelectric transformer (1), which has a mounting face (10), on which at least two output-side connection points (11) are arranged, and at least one substrateless light-emitting diode (2), which is designed to generate electromagnetic radiation, wherein the at least one substrateless light-emitting diode (2) is fitted at least indirectly to the mounting face (10) and fastened mechanically to the mounting face (10), and the at least one substrateless light-emitting diode (2) is electrically conductively connected to at least two of the output-side connection points (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventors: Siegfried Herrmann, Norwin Von Malm, Lutz Höppel
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Publication number: 20130207156Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Jürgen Moosburger, Christoph Neureuther, Norwin von Malm
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Patent number: 8492182Abstract: A light-emitting semiconductor chip is provided, the semiconductor chip comprising a semiconductor body having a pixel region with at least two electrically isolated sub-regions, each sub-region comprising an active layer, which generates electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range during operation, a separately manufactured ceramic conversion die over a radiation emission area of at least one sub-region, said conversion die being configured to convert radiation of the first wavelength range into electromagnetic radiation of a second wavelength range, wherein a width of the conversion die does not exceed 100 ?m. Further, a method for the production of a light-emitting semiconductor chip and method for the production of a conversion die are provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignees: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH, OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.Inventors: Norwin Von Malm, Madis Raukas, Darshan Kundaliya
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Patent number: 8487329Abstract: A conversion layer (5) is vapor-deposited onto the light-emitting surface. The conversion layer (5) may comprise a vapor-depositable matrix material and a vapor-depositable converter material, which may in particular both comprise low molecular weight organic compounds. A multilayer structure (3), which contains the layers provided for generating radiation, may likewise be built up from low molecular weight organic compounds, such that all the compounds may be applied in the same vapor deposition installation.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2008Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventor: Norwin Von Malm
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Publication number: 20130140598Abstract: A method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip is specified, comprising the following steps: providing an n-conducting layer (2), arranging a p-conducting layer (4) on the n-conducting layer (2), arranging a metal layer sequence (5) on the p-conducting layer (4),arranging a mask (6) at that side of the metal layer sequence (5) which is remote from the p-conducting layer (4),in places removing the metal layer sequence (5) and uncovering the p-conducting layer (4) using the mask (6), and in places neutralizing or removing the uncovered regions (4a) of the p-conducting layer (4) as far as the n-conducting layer (2) using the mask (6), wherein the metal layer sequence (5) comprises at least one mirror layer (51) and a barrier layer (52), and the mirror layer (51) of the metal layer sequence (5) faces the p-conducting layer (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventors: Lutz Höppel, Norwin Von Malm
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Publication number: 20130134881Abstract: A light-emitting diode arrangement includes a piezoelectric transformer having at least one output connection position, and a high-voltage light-emitting diode including a high-voltage light-emitting diode chip including at least two active regions connected in series with one another, wherein the high-voltage light-emitting diode is electrically connected to the output connection position of the piezo transformer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Norwin Von Malm, Hubert Maiwald, Robert Kraus, Patrick Rode, Ralph Wirth
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Publication number: 20130099272Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body, having an n-conducting region and a p-conducting region, and a single n-type contact element, via which the n-conducting region can be electrically contact-connected through the p-conducting region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventor: Norwin von Malm
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Publication number: 20130043496Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2011Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventors: Matthias Sabathil, Norwin von Malm, Lutz Hoeppel, Stefan Illek, Bernd Barchmann, Patrick Rode
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Patent number: 8330348Abstract: An apparatus device such as a light source is disclosed which has an OLED device and a structured luminescence conversion layer deposited on the substrate or transparent electrode of said OLED device and on the exterior of said OLED device. The structured luminescence conversion layer contains regions such as color-changing and non-color-changing regions with particular shapes arranged in a particular pattern.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2006Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Dirk Berben, Homer Antoniadis, Frank Jermann, Benjamin Claus Krummacher, Norwin Von Malm, Martin Zachau
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Publication number: 20120299049Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip has a first semiconductor functional region with a first terminal and a second terminal. A contact structure electrically contacts the optoelectronic semiconductor chip. The contact structure is connected electrically conductively to the first semiconductor functional region. The contact structure has a disconnectable conductor structure. An operating current path is established via the first terminal of the first semiconductor functional region and the second terminal if the conductor structure is not disconnected. This path is interrupted if the conductor structure is disconnected. Alternatively, an operating current path is established via the first terminal of the first semiconductor functional region and the second terminal if the conductor structure is disconnected. The conductor structure connects the first terminal to the second terminal and short circuits the first semiconductor functional region if the conductor structure is not disconnected.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2010Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBHInventors: Patrick Rode, Lutz Höppel, Norwin von Malm, Matthias Sabathil, Jürgen Moosburger
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Patent number: 8314547Abstract: An optoelectronic device comprises an organic layer sequence (1), which emits an electromagnetic radiation (15) having a first wavelength spectrum during operation, and also a structured layer (2) which is disposed downstream of the organic layer sequence (1) in the beam path of the electromagnetic radiation (15) emitted by the organic layer sequence (1) and has first and second regions (2A, 2B). In this case, the first regions (2A) each have a wavelength conversion layer (3) designed to convert at least partially electromagnetic radiation (15) having the first wavelength spectrum into an electromagnetic radiation (16) having a second wavelength spectrum. Furthermore, the second regions (2B) each have a filter layer (4), which is opaque to an electromagnetic radiation having a third wavelength spectrum, which corresponds to at least one part of the second wavelength spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2008Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Markus Klein, Norwin Von Malm, Benjamin Claus Krummacher