Patents by Inventor Rainer Butendeich

Rainer Butendeich 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: 11611022
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component may include a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip configured to emit electromagnetic radiation and a phosphor mixture. The excitation spectrum may have a peak wavelength ranging from 435 nm to 460 nm. The phosphor mixture may have three phosphors configured to emit electromagnetic radiation in different spectral ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Osram OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Peter Bertram, David O'Brien, Rainer Butendeich
  • Patent number: 11542431
    Abstract: A phosphor combination may include a first phosphor and a second phosphor. The second phosphor may be a red-emitting quantum dot phosphor. The phosphor combination may optionally include a third phosphor that is a red-emitting phosphor with the formula (MB) (TA)3-2x(TC)1+2xO4-4xN4x:E. A conversion element may include the phosphor combination. An optoelectronic device may include the phosphor combination and a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Rainer Butendeich, Philipp Pust, David O'Brien, Ion Stoll, Marcus Adam
  • Publication number: 20210238477
    Abstract: The invention relates to a luminescent material having the formula (MB) (TA) 3?2x (TC) 1+2xO4?4xN4x:E, wherein: —TA is selected from a group of monovalent metals, including Li, Na, Cu, Ag and combinations thereof; —MB is selected from a group of divalent metals including Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Zn and combinations thereof; —TC is selected from a group of trivalent metals including B, Al, Ga, In, Y, Fe, Cr, Sc, rare earth metals and combinations thereof; —E is selected from a group including Eu, Mn, Ce, Yb and combinations thereof, and wherein 0<x<0.875. A phosphor combination may include a first phosphor and a second phosphor. The second phosphor may be a red-emitting quantum dot phosphor. The phosphor combination may optionally include a third phosphor that is a red-emitting phosphor with the formula (MB) (TA)3?2x(TC)1+2xO4?4xN4x:E. A conversion element may include the phosphor combination. An optoelectronic device may include the phosphor combination and a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Rainer Butendeich, Philipp Pust, David O'Brien, Ion Stoll, Marcus Adam
  • Patent number: 10868223
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes a semiconductor chip that emits primary radiation from the blue spectral region, a conversion element including at least three phosphors each converting the primary radiation into secondary radiation, wherein the first phosphor emits secondary radiation from the green spectral region, the second phosphor emits secondary radiation from the red spectral region, the third phosphor is a potassium-silicon-fluoride phosphor that emits secondary radiation from the red spectral region, and the component has an Ra value of at least 80 and an R9 value of at least 75, and emits white mixed radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Butendeich, Alexander Baumgartner
  • Publication number: 20200287102
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component may include a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip configured to emit electromagnetic radiation and a phosphor mixture. The excitation spectrum may have a peak wavelength ranging from 435 nm to 460 nm. The phosphor mixture may have three phosphors configured to emit electromagnetic radiation in different spectral ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Ralph Peter Bertram, David O'Brien, Rainer Butendeich
  • Patent number: 10638578
    Abstract: A method of operating a semiconductor light source, wherein the semiconductor light source includes at least one first light source that generates blue light; at least one second light source that generates bluish-white light; at least one third light source that produces greenish-white light; at least one fourth light source that generates red light, wherein no further light sources are present, the light sources can be controlled independently of one another, the light sources are operated in a continuous wave mode and not by pulse width modulation, and the semiconductor light source is operated such that all in all white mixed light having a tunable correlated color temperature is generated, and each of the light sources is operated exclusively with at least 5% of an intended maximum current in the switched-on state of the semiconductor light source so that an undercurrent operation of the light sources is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Butendeich, Stefan Illek
  • Patent number: 10446723
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic element comprising a semiconductor chip (12) that emits a blue-green light (4) during operation and has at least one light passage surface (12a) through which the blue-green light (4) emitted during operation passes and comprising a conversion element (3) which comprises fluorescent particles (31), in particular fluorescent particles of only one type, and which is arranged on the light passage surface (12a) at least in some areas. The fluorescent particles (31) at least partly convert the blue-green light (4) into a red light (5), and the optoelectronic element emits a white mixed light (6) which contains non-converted components of the blue-green light (4) and components of the red light (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Rainer Butendeich, Ion Stoll, Martin Mandl, Martin Strassburg
  • Patent number: 10418355
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip is disclosed. In an embodiment the optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a first semiconductor layer sequence having a plurality of microdiodes, and a second semiconductor layer sequence having an active region. The first semiconductor layer sequence and the second semiconductor layer sequence are based on a nitride compound semiconductor material, the first semiconductor layer sequence is before the first semiconductor layer sequence in the direction of growth, and the microdiodes form an ESD protection for the active region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Rainer Butendeich, Alexander Walter, Matthias Peter, Tobias Meyer, Tetsuya Taki, Hubert Maiwald
  • Patent number: 10388828
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body with a semiconductor layer sequence. An active region intended for generating radiation is arranged between an n-conductive multilayer structure and a p-conductive semiconductor layer. A doping profile is formed in the n-conductive multilayer structure which includes at least one doping peak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Peter, Tobias Meyer, Alexander Walter, Tetsuya Taki, Juergen Off, Rainer Butendeich, Joachim Hertkorn
  • Publication number: 20190229244
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes a semiconductor chip that emits primary radiation from the blue spectral region, a conversion element including at least three phosphors each converting the primary radiation into secondary radiation, wherein the first phosphor emits secondary radiation from the green spectral region, the second phosphor emits secondary radiation from the red spectral region, the third phosphor is a potassium-silicon-fluoride phosphor that emits secondary radiation from the red spectral region, and the component has an Ra value of at least 80 and an R9 value of at least 75, and emits white mixed radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Rainer Butendeich, Alexander Baumgartner
  • Publication number: 20190051788
    Abstract: A light source is disclosed. In an embodiment a light source includes at least one first semiconductor emitter for generating first light, at least one second semiconductor emitter for generating second light, the second light having a different color than the first light, a light mixing body configured to produce a mixed light from the first and second lights and a detector on the light mixing body, the detector configured to determine a color locus of the mixed light, wherein the first and second semiconductor emitters are arranged along a line and have different distances from the detector, wherein the light mixing body is arranged on side surfaces of the first and second semiconductor emitters and in projection onto the side surfaces at least partially covers each of the side surfaces, so that the detector receives light from each of the first and second semiconductor emitters through the light mixing body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Frank Singer, Alexander Linkov, Stefan Illek, Rainer Butendeich, Christoph Koller, Thomas Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20190021150
    Abstract: A method of operating a semiconductor light source, wherein the semiconductor light source includes at least one first light source that generates blue light; at least one second light source that generates bluish-white light; at least one third light source that produces greenish-white light; at least one fourth light source that generates red light, wherein no further light sources are present, the light sources can be controlled independently of one another, the light sources are operated in a continuous wave mode and not by pulse width modulation, and the semiconductor light source is operated such that all in all white mixed light having a tunable correlated color temperature is generated, and each of the light sources is operated exclusively with at least 5% of an intended maximum current in the switched-on state of the semiconductor light source so that an undercurrent operation of the light sources is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Rainer Butendeich, Stefan Illek
  • Patent number: 9972748
    Abstract: A method for producing a thin-film semiconductor body is provided. A growth substrate is provided. A semiconductor layer with funnel-shaped and/or inverted pyramid-shaped recesses is epitaxially grown onto the growth substrate. The recesses are filled with a semiconductor material in such a way that pyramid-shaped outcoupling structures arise. A semiconductor layer sequence with an active layer is applied on the outcoupled structures. The active layer is suitable for generating electromagnetic radiation. A carrier is applied onto the semiconductor layer sequence. At least the semiconductor layer with the funnel-shaped and/or inverted pyramid-shaped recesses is detached, such that the pyramid-shaped outcoupling structures are configured as projections on a radiation exit face of the thin-film semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Leirer, Anton Vogl, Andreas Biebersdorf, Rainer Butendeich, Christian Rumbolz
  • Publication number: 20170365751
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic element comprising a semiconductor chip (12) that emits a blue-green light (4) during operation and has at least one light passage surface (12a) through which the blue-green light (4) emitted during operation passes and comprising a conversion element (3) which comprises fluorescent particles (31), in particular fluorescent particles of only one type, and which is arranged on the light passage surface (12a) at least in some areas. The fluorescent particles (31) at least partly convert the blue-green light (4) into a red light (5), and the optoelectronic element emits a white mixed light (6) which contains non-converted components of the blue-green light (4) and components of the red light (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Rainer BUTENDEICH, Ion STOLL, Martin MANDL, Martin STRASSBURG
  • Publication number: 20170338217
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip is disclosed. In an embodiment the optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a first semiconductor layer sequence having a plurality of microdiodes, and a second semiconductor layer sequence having an active region. The first semiconductor layer sequence and the second semiconductor layer sequence are based on a nitride compound semiconductor material, the first semiconductor layer sequence is before the first semiconductor layer sequence in the direction of growth, and the microdiodes form an ESD protection for the active region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Rainer Butendeich, Alexander Walter, Matthias Peter, Tobias Meyer, Tetsuya Taki, Hubert Maiwald
  • Publication number: 20170324001
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body with a semiconductor layer sequence. An active region intended for generating radiation is arranged between an n-conductive multilayer structure and a p-conductive semiconductor layer. A doping profile is formed in the n-conductive multilayer structure which includes at least one doping peak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Matthias Peter, Tobias Meyer, Alexander Walter, Tetsuya Taki, Juergen Off, Rainer Butendeich, Joachim Hertkorn
  • Patent number: 9799797
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body with a semiconductor layer sequence. An active region intended for generating radiation is arranged between an n-conductive multilayer structure and a p-conductive semiconductor layer. A doping profile is formed in the n-conductive multilayer structure which includes at least one doping peak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Peter, Tobias Meyer, Alexander Walter, Tetsuya Taki, Juergen Off, Rainer Butendeich, Joachim Hertkorn
  • Patent number: 9761576
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip has a first semiconductor layer sequence which comprises a multiplicity of microdiodes, and a second semiconductor layer sequence which comprises an active region. The first semiconductor layer sequence and the second semiconductor layer sequence are based on a nitride compound semiconductor material, the first semiconductor layer sequence is before the first semiconductor layer sequence in the direction of growth, and the microdiodes form an ESD protection for the active region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Butendeich, Alexander Walter, Matthias Peter, Tobias Meyer, Tetsuya Taki, Hubert Maiwald
  • Patent number: 9746141
    Abstract: An arrangement (1) for generating white light (5), having at least two light-emitting diodes, wherein the first diode (2) is designed to generate blue light, wherein a conversion element (4) is associated with the first diode, wherein the conversion element is designed to convert a part of the blue light from the first diode into green light, and wherein the conversion element is designed to convert a part of the blue light from the first diode into red light, wherein the second diode (3) is provided to emit red light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Butendeich, Matthias Sabathil
  • Patent number: 9583670
    Abstract: A luminescence conversion element for wavelength conversion of primary electromagnetic radiation into secondary electromagnetic radiation includes first luminescent material particles that, when excited by the primary electromagnetic radiation, emit a first electromagnetic radiation, a peak wavelength of which is at least 515 nm to at most 550 nm of a green region of the electromagnetic spectrum; second luminescent material particles that, when excited by the primary electromagnetic radiation, emit a second electromagnetic radiation, a peak wavelength of which is at least 595 nm to at most 612 nm of a yellow-red region of the electromagnetic spectrum; and third luminescent material particles that, when excited by the primary electromagnetic radiation, emit a third electromagnetic radiation, a peak wavelength of which is at least 625 nm to at most 660 nm of a red region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductor GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Butendeich, Hailing Cui, Reiner Windisch, Jörg Frischeisen, Stefan Lange