Patents by Inventor Stephan Kaiser

Stephan Kaiser 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: 7696078
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrical contact of an optoelectronic semiconductor chip (1), comprising providing a mirror layer (2), comprised of a metal or metal alloy, over the semiconductor chip; providing a protective layer (3) over said mirror layer; providing a layer sequence of a barrier layer and a coupling layer (5) over said protective layer; and providing a solder layer (8) over said layer sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Stein, Michael Fehrer, Johannes Baur, Matthias Winter, Andreas Ploessl, Stephan Kaiser, Berthold Hahn, Franz Eberhard
  • Patent number: 7655488
    Abstract: Method for fabricating a semiconductor chip which emits electromagnetic radiation, wherein to improve the light yield of semiconductor chips which emit electromagnetic radiation, a textured reflection surface is integrated on the p-side of a semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip has an epitaxially produced semiconductor layer stack based on GaN, which comprises an n-conducting semiconductor layer, a p-conducting semiconductor layer and an electromagnetic radiation generating region which is arranged between these two semiconductor layers. The surface of the p-conducting semiconductor layer which faces away from the radiation-generating region is provided with three-dimensional pyramid-like structures. A mirror layer is arranged over the whole of this textured surface. A textured reflection surface is formed between the mirror layer and the p-conducting semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Osram GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Bader, Dominik Eisert, Berthold Hahn, Stephan Kaiser
  • Patent number: 7655741
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of vinyl chloride copolymers involves free radical suspension polymerization or emulsion polymerization of a mixture of vinyl chloride, epoxide-containing vinyl monomers and further comonomers copolymerizable therewith, wherein a) from 49.5 to 90% by weight of vinyl chloride, b) from 0.01 to 0.7% by weight of epoxide-containing vinyl monomers and c) from 9.5 to 50% by weight of further comonomers copolymerizable with a) and b) are polymerized, the data in % by weight totaling 100% by weight, and from 0.001 to 0.1% by weight of one or more aliphatic or alicyclic, saturated or unsaturated dicarboxylic acids having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or aliphatic and alicyclic, saturated and unsaturated hydroxymono-, hydroxydi- and hydroxytricarboxylic acids having 3 to 10 carbon atoms and 1 to 4 hydroxyl groups are added during or after the polymerization, and the vinyl chloride copolymer is isolated as a solid resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Stephan Kaiser, Robert Hohenadel, Karl Weber, Franz Zenk, Claudia Strohmeier
  • Patent number: 7649266
    Abstract: For semiconductor chips (1) using thin film technology, an active layer sequence (20) is applied to a growth substrate (3), on which a reflective electrically conductive contact material layer (40) is then formed. The active layer sequence is patterned to form active layer stacks (2), and reflective electrically conductive contact material layer (40) is patterned to be located on each active layer stack (2). Then, a flexible, electrically conductive foil (6) is applied to the contact material layers as an auxiliary carrier layer, and the growth substrate is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Ploessl, Stephan Kaiser, Volker Härle, Berthold Hahn
  • Publication number: 20090321016
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of epoxy-modified vinyl chloride-vinyl ester copolymers in the form of the solid resins involves aqueous, free radical polymerization of a mixture comprising a) from 50 to 90% by weight of vinyl chloride, b) from 5 to 25% by weight of epoxide-containing vinyl monomers and c) from 5 to 25% by weight of one or more vinyl esters of straight-chain or branched alkylcarboxylic acids having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, d) from 0 to 40% by weight of further comonomers copolymerizable with a), b) and c), the data in % by weight summing to 100% by weight, and subsequent drying of the aqueous dispersions obtained thereby, polymerization being effected by means of suspension polymerization in the presence of aldehyde regulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Stephan Kaiser, Karl Weber
  • Publication number: 20090311847
    Abstract: Presented is a method for producing an optoelectronic component. The method includes separating a semiconductor layer based on a III-V-compound semiconductor material from a substrate by irradiation with a laser beam having a plateau-like spatial beam profile, where individual regions of the semiconductor layer are irradiated successively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Michael FEHRER, Berthold HAHN, Volker HARLE, Stephan KAISER, Frank OTTE, Andreas PLOSSL
  • Publication number: 20090257466
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, the optoelectronic semiconductor component includes an optically active area that is formed with a crystalline semiconductor material that contains at least one of the substances gallium or aluminum. Furthermore, the semiconductor component contains at least one facet on the optically active area. Furthermore, the semiconductor component contains at least one boundary layer, containing sulfur or selenium, with a thickness of up to five monolayers, wherein the boundary layer is located on the facet. Such a semiconductor component has a high destruction threshold relative to the optical powers that occur during operation of the semiconductor component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Franz Eberhard, Berthold Hahn, Stephan Kaiser, Bernd Mayer
  • Patent number: 7588998
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor component, in particular a thin-film component, a semiconductor layer being separated from a substrate by irradiation with a laser beam having a plateaulike spatial beam profile. Furthermore, the semiconductor layer, prior to separation, is applied to a carrier with an adapted thermal expansion coefficient. The method is suitable in particular for semiconductor layers containing a nitride compound semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductor GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Fehrer, Berthold Hahn, Volker Härle, Stephan Kaiser, Frank Otte, Andreas Plössl
  • Publication number: 20090145120
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a circuit arrangement for controlling and regulating the supply of pressure medium to at least two hydraulic consumers, which are assigned in each case a directional valve for setting the flow and a setpoint signal source, by means of a pump with a variable displacement, which can be regulated by means of a displacement controller. The pump displacement is regulated according to the flow required by the setpoint signals. The individual load pressure of the consumers and of the consumer having the highest load pressure are determined. The directional valve of the highest loaded consumer is controlled to a valve-spool position y1, with y1=K·y1,max=const., which lies by a factor K, with 0<K<1, below the valve-spool position y1,max representing the maximum opening of the directional valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: SAUER-DANFOSS INC.
    Inventors: Hans Esders, Stephan Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20090130787
    Abstract: Method for fabricating a semiconductor chip which emits electromagnetic radiation, wherein to improve the light yield of semiconductor chips which emit electromagnetic radiation, a textured reflection surface is integrated on the p-side of a semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip has an epitaxially produced semiconductor layer stack based on GaN, which comprises an n-conducting semiconductor layer, a p-conducting semiconductor layer and an electromagnetic radiation generating region which is arranged between these two semiconductor layers. The surface of the p-conducting semiconductor layer which faces away from the radiation-generating region is provided with three-dimensional pyramid-like structures. A mirror layer is arranged over the whole of this textured surface. A textured reflection surface is formed between the mirror layer and the p-conducting semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Stefan Bader, Dominik Eisert, Berthold Hahn, Stephan Kaiser
  • Patent number: 7446341
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting semiconductor component having a semiconductor body (1), which has an active zone (2), in which, for the purpose of electrical contact connection, a patterned contact layer (3) is applied on a surface of the semiconductor body. Interspaces (4) are distributed over the contact layer (3) and are provided for the purpose of forming free areas (5) on the surface which are not covered by the contact layer (3). The free areas (5) are covered with a mirror (6). The separation of the two functions of contact connection and reflection makes it possible to achieve a particularly high performance of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Osram GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Bader, Michael Fehrer, Wilhelm Stein, Stephan Kaiser, Volker Harle, Berthold Hahn
  • Patent number: 7442966
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip which emits electromagnetic radiation is presented. The chip includes an epitaxially produced semiconductor layer stack based on nitride semiconductor material, which includes an n-conducting semiconductor layer, a p-conducting semiconductor layer, and an electromagnetic radiation generating region, which is arranged between these two semiconductor layers. The chip further includes a base on which the semiconductor layer stack is arranged, and a mirror layer, which is arranged between the semiconductor layer stack and the base. The n-conducting semiconductor layer faces away from the base, and the n-conducting semiconductor layer or an outcoupling layer located on the n-conducting semiconductor layer has a radiation-outcoupling surface which, in turn, includes planar outcoupling sub-surfaces, which are positioned obliquely with respect to a main plane of the radiation-generating region and each form an angle of between 15° and 70° with this plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Osram GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Bader, Dominik Eisert, Berthold Hahn, Stephan Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20080221292
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymers in the form of their solid resins by means of free-radically initiated suspension polymerization in aqueous medium of 70% to 90% by weight of vinyl chloride, 10% to 30% by weight of vinyl acetate and, if desired, further comonomers copolymerizable therewith, characterized in that 0.1% to 5% by weight of a vinyl acetate-vinyl chloride copolymer soluble in ethyl acetate is introduced as an initial charge, the amounts in % by weight being based in each case on the total weight of the comonomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: WACKER POLYMER SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Kaiser, Claudia Strohmeier, Franz Zenk
  • Publication number: 20080093611
    Abstract: A method for micropatterning a radiation-emitting surface of a semiconductor layer sequence for a thin-film light-emitting diode chip. The semiconductor layer sequence is grown on a substrate. A mirror layer is formed or applied on the semiconductor layer sequence, which reflects back into the semiconductor layer sequence at least part of a radiation that is generated in the semiconductor layer sequence during the operation thereof and is directed toward the mirror layer. The semiconductor layer sequence is separated from the substrate by means of a lift-off method, in which a separation zone in the semiconductor layer sequence is at least partly decomposed in such a way that anisotropic residues of a constituent of the separation zone, in particular a metallic constituent of the separation layer, remain at the separation surface of the semiconductor layer sequence, from which the substrate is separated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Berthold Hahn, Stephan Kaiser, Volker Harle
  • Patent number: 7242025
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting semiconductor component has a semiconductor body containing a nitride compound semiconductor, and a contact metallization layer disposed on a surface of the semiconductor body. In this case, the contact metallization layer is covered with a radiation-transmissive, electrically conductive contact layer. The radiation generated is coupled out through the contact metallization layer or through openings in the contact metallization layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Eisert, Stephan Kaiser, Michael Fehrer, Berthold Hahn, Volker Härle
  • Publication number: 20070117235
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrical contact of an optoelectronic semiconductor chip (1), comprising providing a mirror layer (2), comprised of a metal or metal alloy, over the semiconductor chip; providing a protective layer (3) over said mirror layer; providing a layer sequence of a barrier layer and a coupling layer (5) over said protective layer; and providing a solder layer (8) over said layer sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Wilhelm Stein, Michael Fehrer, Johannes Baur, Matthias Winter, Andreas Ploessl, Stephan Kaiser, Berthold Hahn, Franz Eberhard
  • Publication number: 20070034888
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip which emits electromagnetic radiation is presented. The chip includes an epitaxially produced semiconductor layer stack based on nitride semiconductor material, which includes an n-conducting semiconductor layer, a p-conducting semiconductor layer, and an electromagnetic radiation generating region, which is arranged between these two semiconductor layers. The chip further includes a base on which the semiconductor layer stack is arranged, and a mirror layer, which is arranged between the semiconductor layer stack and the base. The n-conducting semiconductor layer faces away from the base, and the n-conducting semiconductor layer or an outcoupling layer located on the n-conducting semiconductor layer has a radiation-outcoupling surface which, in turn, includes planar outcoupling sub-surfaces, which are positioned obliquely with respect to a main plane of the radiation-generating region and each form an angle of between 15° and 70° with this plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Stefan Bader, Dominik Eisert, Berthold Hahn, Stephan Kaiser
  • Patent number: 7164158
    Abstract: An electrical contact for an optoelectronic device which includes a mirror layer (2) of a metal or a metal alloy, a protective layer (3), which serves for reducing the corrosion of the mirror layer (2), a barrier layer (4), a coupling layer (5), and a solder layer (8). A contact of this type is distinguished by high reflectivity, good ohmic contact with respect to the semiconductor, good adhesion on the semiconductor and good adhesion of the layers forming the contact with one another, good thermal stability, high stability with respect to environmental influences, and also solderability and patternability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Stein, Michael Fehrer, Johannes Baur, Matthias Winter, Andreas Ploessl, Stephan Kaiser, Berthold Hahn, Franz Eberhard
  • Publication number: 20060246687
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor component, in which a semiconductor layer (2) is separated from a substrate (1) by irradiation with laser pulses (6), the pulse duration of the laser pulses (6) being less than or equal to 10 ns. The laser pulses (6) have a spatial beam profile (7) with a flank slope chosen to be gentle enough to prevent cracks in the semiconductor layer (2) that arise as a result of thermally induced lateral stresses, during the separation of semiconductor layer (2) and substrate (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Kaiser, Volker Harle, Berhold Hahn
  • Patent number: 7129528
    Abstract: Semiconductor chip which emits electromagnetic radiation, and method for fabricating it. To improve the light yield of semiconductor chips which emit electromagnetic radiation, a textured reflection surface (131) is integrated on the p-side of a semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip has an epitaxially produced semiconductor layer stack (1) based on GaN, which comprises an n-conducting semiconductor layer (11), a p-conducting semiconductor layer (13) and an electromagnetic radiation generating region (12) which is arranged between these two semiconductor layers (11, 13). The surface of the p-conducting semiconductor layer (13) which faces away from the radiation-generating region (12) is provided with three-dimensional pyramid-like structures (15). A mirror layer (40) is arranged over the whole of this textured surface. A textured reflection surface (131) is formed between the mirror layer (40) and the p-conducting semiconductor layer (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Osram GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Bader, Dominik Eisert, Berthold Hahn, Stephan Kaiser