Patents by Inventor Ralf Rieske

Ralf Rieske 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: 20210053148
    Abstract: Provided is a parent substrate that includes a central region and an edge region. The edge region surrounds the central region. A detachment layer is formed in the central region. The detachment layer extends parallel to a main surface of the parent substrate. The detachment layer includes modified substrate material. A groove is formed in the edge region. The groove laterally encloses the central region. The groove runs vertically and/or tilted to the detachment layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ralf Rieske, Alexander Binter, Wolfgang Diewald, Bernhard Goller, Heimo Graf, Gerald Lackner, Jan Richter, Roland Rupp, Guenter Schagerl, Marko Swoboda
  • Publication number: 20200398381
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing modifications (9) in the interior of a solid body (1). The method comprises the introduction of laser radiation (14) of a laser (29) into the interior of the solid body (1) via a first surface (8) of the solid body (1). The solid body (1) forms a crystal structure. Modifications (9) are produced at predefined points in a production plane (4) in the interior of the solid body (1) by the laser radiation (14). The modifications (9) are closer to the first surface (8) than to a second surface, the second surface being parallel to the first surface (8). A plurality of linear forms (103) can be produced by the modifications (9). The solid body (1) cracks subcritically in the region of each modification (9). The subcritical cracks have an average crack length of less than 150 ?m orthogonally to the direction of longitudinal extent of the linear form in question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Jan Richter, Ralf Rieske, Marko Swoboda, Albrecht Ullrich
  • Publication number: 20200388538
    Abstract: The present invention therefore relates to a method for separating at least one solid body layer (2) from a donor substrate (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Marko Swoboda, Ralf Rieske, Christian Beyer, Jan Richter
  • Publication number: 20200343147
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided. In an example, a volume portion of the solid body is exposed to light waves of different wavelengths, wherein the light waves are partly reflected at surfaces of the solid body. Light parameters of the reflected light waves are at least partly acquired using a sensor device. Distance information and/or intensity information are/is ascertained from at least a portion of the acquired light parameters. A thickness and/or a transmittance of the solid body in the volume portion are/is determined based upon the distance information and/or the intensity information. Laser radiation is introduced into the volume portion to produce a modification in the interior of the solid body, wherein at least one laser parameter of the laser radiation is set at least depending on the thickness and/or the transmittance such that the modification is at a predefined distance from a surface of the solid body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Ralf RIESKE, Marko Swoboda, Albrecht Ullrich
  • Publication number: 20200254650
    Abstract: The invention relates to a production facility (40) for detaching wafers (2) from donor substrates (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Marko Swoboda, Christian Beyer, Ralf Rieske, Albrecht Ullrich, Jan Richter
  • Publication number: 20200215648
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, according to claim 1, for separating at least one solid body layer (1), particularly a solid body disk, from a donor substrate (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Marko Swoboda, Ralf Rieske, Christian Beyer, Jan Richter
  • Publication number: 20200066542
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for separating at least one solid-body layer (4) from at least one solid body (1). Thereby, the method as claimed in the invention comprises the steps: creating a plurality of modifications (9) by means of laser beams within the interior space of the solid body (1) to form a detachment plane (8), producing a composite structure by arranging or producing layers and/or components (150) on or above an initially exposed surface (5) of the solid body (1), wherein the exposed surface (5) is an integral part of the solid-body layer (4) to be separated, introducing an external force into the solid body (1) for generating tensions within the solid body (1), wherein the external force is so strong that the tensions initialize a crack propagation along the detachment plane (8), wherein the modifications for forming the detachment plane (8) are created before producing the composite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Wolfram Drescher, Marko Swoboda, Ralf Rieske, Christian Beyer, Jan Richter
  • Publication number: 20200051831
    Abstract: A method includes: providing a semiconductor body having a generation plane and crystal lattice planes which intersect the generation plane at intersecting lines; generating modifications in the semiconductor body by multiphoton excitation and which are spaced apart from one another, the modifications altering a physical property of the semiconductor body so as to form subcritical cracks in the generation plane; and separating a solid-state layer from the semiconductor body by connecting the subcritical cracks in the generation plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Christian Beyer, Jan Richter, Ralf Rieske, Marko Swoboda, Albrecht Ullrich
  • Publication number: 20190366586
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for creating modifications in a solid state, wherein a crack guidance region for guiding a crack for separating a solid-state portion, in particular a solid-state layer, from the solid state body, is predetermined by the modifications. The method according to the invention preferably comprises the steps: Moving the solid state (1) relative to a laser processing system, then generating a plurality of laser beams by means of the laser processing system for creating at least one modification, wherein the laser processing system is adjusted for defined focusing of the laser beams continuously as a function of a plurality of parameters, in particular at least two parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Ralf Rieske, Christian Beyer, Christoph Gunther, Jan Richter, Marko Swoboda
  • Publication number: 20190302725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for generating control data for the secondary machining of a solid body (1), in particular wafer, which is modified by means of laser beams (10). The interior of said solid body (1) has multiple modifications (12), said modifications (12) having been produced by means of laser beams (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Marko Swoboda, Ralf Rieske, Jan Richter, Franz Schilling
  • Publication number: 20190099838
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detaching at least one solid body layer (14) from a solid body (1), wherein by means of the modifications (2) a crack guiding region (4) is provided for guiding a crack in order to detach a solid body portion (6), in particular a solid body layer, from the solid body (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Ralf Rieske, Marko Swoboda, Jan Richter
  • Publication number: 20180290232
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for creating a detachment zone in a solid in order to detach a solid portion, especially a solid layer, from the solid, said solid portion that is to be detached being thinner than the solid from which the solid portion has been removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Jan Richter, Christian Beyer, Ralf Rieske
  • Publication number: 20180126484
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for creating a detachment zone (2) in a solid (1) in order to detach a solid portion (12), especially a solid layer (12), from the solid (1), said solid portion (12) that is to be detached being thinner than the solid from which the solid portion (12) has been removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Jan Richter, Christian Beyer, Ralf Rieske
  • Patent number: 9239042
    Abstract: Some examples relate to a system for monitoring the condition of rotor blades at wind turbines. A plurality of sensor nodes can be coupled to a rotor blade. A respective at least one sensor can be present at the individual sensor nodes for the spatially resolved detection of vibrations and/or acoustic waves of the rotor blade and the sensor nodes can be connected via optical fibers to a central supply and reception unit. A light source can be present at the central supply and reception unit and electromagnetic radiation can be conducted from it via an optical fiber to a photovoltaic converter with which the received electromagnetic radiation can be converted into electric energy. The electric energy can be utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Bernd Frankenstein, Bianca Weihnacht, Ralf Rieske, Daniel Fischer
  • Publication number: 20120224966
    Abstract: Some examples relate to a system for monitoring the condition of rotor blades at wind turbines. A plurality of sensor nodes can be coupled to a rotor blade. A respective at least one sensor can be present at the individual sensor nodes for the spatially resolved detection of vibrations and/or acoustic waves of the rotor blade and the sensor nodes can be connected via optical fibers to a central supply and reception unit. A light source can be present at the central supply and reception unit and electromagnetic radiation can be conducted from it via an optical fiber to a photovoltaic converter with which the received electromagnetic radiation can be converted into electric energy. The electric energy can be utilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Bernd Frankenstein, Bianca Weihnacht, Ralf Rieske, Daniel Fischer