Patents by Inventor Sven Murano

Sven Murano 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: 9178173
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic light emitting device that includes a layered structure including a substrate, a bottom electrode and a top electrode, wherein the bottom electrode is closer to the substrate than the top electrode, the region between the bottom electrode and the top electrode defining an electronically active region, wherein the electronically active region includes a scattering layer having a thickness of less than 50 nm; and an organic light emitting device additionally having at least one light emitting layer in the electronically active region, and this device can also include a specific chemical compound outside of the electronically active region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: NOVALED AG
    Inventors: Jan Birnstock, Martin Vehse, Tobias Canzler, Senthilkumar Madasamy, Omrane Fadhel, Domagoj Pavicic, Carsten Rothe, Sven Murano
  • Patent number: 9112175
    Abstract: The invention relates to an organic component, in particular a light-emitting organic component, having an electrode (1; 2) and a counter electrode (2; 1) and also an arrangement of organic layers (3) which is arranged between the electrode (1; 2) and the counterelectrode (2; 1) and which is in electrical contact with the electrode (1; 2) and the counterelectrode (2; 1), the arrangement of organic layers (3) comprising charge carrier transport layers (4, 8) for transporting charge carriers injected from the electrode (1; 2) and from the counterelectrode (2; 1) into the arrangement of organic layers (3), and with an injection layer (5; 9) made from a molecular doping material being formed in the arrangement of organic layers (3) between the electrode (1; 2) and a charge carrier transport layer (4; 8) arranged opposite to the electrode (1; 2), which injection layer is in contact with the charge carrier transport layer (4; 8) arranged opposite to the electrode (1; 2), the molecular doping material having a molec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Novaled AG
    Inventors: Sven Murano, Jan Birnstock, Ansgar Werner, Martin Vehse, Michael Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20140332794
    Abstract: The invention relates to an organic light emitting device, in a layered structure, comprising a substrate, a bottom electrode, a top electrode, wherein the bottom electrode is closer to the substrate than the top electrode, an electrically active region, the electrically active region comprising one or more organic layers and being provided between and in electrical contact with the bottom electrode and the top electrode, a light emitting region provided in the electrically active region, and a roughening layer, the roughening layer being provided as non-closed layer in the electrically active region and providing an electrode roughness to the top electrode by roughening the top electrode on at least one an inner side facing the electrically active region and an outer side of the top electrode facing away from the electrically active region. Furthermore, a further organic light emitting device, and a method of producing an organic light emitting device are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Jan Birnstock, Sven Murano, Domagoj Pavicic, Mauro Furno, Thomas Rosenow
  • Publication number: 20140326310
    Abstract: The invention relates to an organic photovoltaic device, in a layered structure, comprising a substrate, a bottom electrode, a top electrode, wherein the bottom electrode is closer to the substrate than the top electrode, an electronically active region, the electronically active region being provided between and being in electrical contact with the bottom electrode and the top electrode, a light absorbing region provided in the electronically active region, and at least one of a non-flat layer provided in the electronically active region, and an electronically inactive non-flat layer provided between the substrate and the bottom electrode. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of producing a photovoltaic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Sven Murano, Jan Birnstock, Steffen Pfuetzner, Ansgar Werner, Michael Hofmann, Tobias Canzler, Rudolf Lessmann
  • Publication number: 20140225523
    Abstract: An arrangement and method is provided for operating a light-emitting device, wherein, a pulsed current is generated with a pulse frequency by a driver circuit, which has a clock pulse generator providing clock pulse signals for current pulsing, and a light-emitting device, which functionally couples to the driver circuit and which is formed with one or a plurality of organic light-emitting diodes, is loaded with the pulsed current with a pulse frequency of approximately 10 kHz to approximately 100 kHz, wherein: T_PWM<(T_rise+T_fall) and wherein T_PWM indicates the pulse length for the clock pulse signals generated by the clock pulse generator of the driver circuit and T_rise and also T_fall indicate the pulse rise time and the pulse fall time for the current pulses present at the one or the plurality of organic light-emitting diodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Novaled GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Coym, Sven Murano, Oliver Langguth
  • Publication number: 20130320307
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic light emitting device comprising a layered structure including a substrate, a bottom electrode and a top electrode, wherein the bottom electrode is closer to the substrate than the top electrode, the region between the bottom electrode and the top electrode defining an electronically active region, wherein the electronically active region comprises a scattering layer having a thickness of less than 50 nm; and an organic light emitting device additionally having at least one light emitting layer in the electronically active region, and this device further comprising a specific chemical compound outside of the electronically active region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: NOVALED AG
    Inventors: Jan Birnstock, Martin Vehse, Tobias Canzler, Senthilkumar Madasamy, Omrane Fadhel, Domagoj Pavicic, Carsten Rothe, Sven Murano
  • Patent number: 8466457
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light-emitting organic component, in particular a light-emitting organic diode, having an electrode and a counter electrode and an organic region arranged between the electrode and the counter electrode, the organic region being formed between the electrode and the counter electrode with a uniform material composition over its planar expansion, the electrode being formed by comb-shaped sub-electrodes electrically shorted among each other for which the comb-shaped electrode sections protruding from a respective comb-shaped electrode connecting section are arranged intermeshing with the organic region at least in an overlap region. Furthermore, the invention relates to an array with a serial connection of several light-emitting organic components and an electrode structure for an electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Novaled AG
    Inventors: Jan Birnstock, Sven Murano, Oliver Langguth
  • Publication number: 20120201038
    Abstract: The invention relates to a luminaire, in particular a table luminaire, having a luminaire body formed from a fibre-reinforced material and at least one lighting element, which is arranged on the luminaire body in an assigned lighting element holder and embodied as an OLED lighting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Novaled AG
    Inventors: Jan Birnstock, Sven Murano, Torsten Coym, Holger Storck, Steffen Goebel, Sebastian Wolfram, Kai Gilge
  • Patent number: 8203263
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light-emitting organic component, in particular a light-emitting organic diode, having an electrode and a counter electrode and an organic region located between the electrode and the counter electrode, the electrode having electrode sections, each of which are implemented at least partially overlapping and in contact with the organic region and which are electrically connected with each other by means of one or more further electrode sections, forming the electrode, and the electrode having an electrical safety structure allocated to the electrode sections. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for the production of a light-emitting organic component, an array with several light-emitting organic components and an electrode structure for an electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Novaled AG
    Inventors: Oliver Langguth, Stephan Rentenberger, Sven Murano, Philipp Wellmann
  • Publication number: 20110204343
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light-emitting organic component, in particular a light-emitting organic diode, having an electrode and a counter electrode and an organic region arranged between the electrode and the counter electrode, the organic region being formed between the electrode and the counter electrode with a uniform material composition over its planar expansion, the electrode being formed by comb-shaped sub-electrodes electrically shorted among each other for which the comb-shaped electrode sections protruding from a respective comb-shaped electrode connecting section are arranged intermeshing with the organic region at least in an overlap region. Furthermore, the invention relates to an array with a serial connection of several light-emitting organic components and an electrode structure for an electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: NOVALED AG
    Inventors: Jan Birnstock, Sven Murano, Oliver Langguth
  • Patent number: 7986090
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light-emitting component, in particular organic light-emitting diode, having an electrode and a counterelectrode and an organic region—arranged between the electrode and the counterelectrode—with a light-emitting organic region, which comprises an emission layer and a further emission layer and which, upon application of an electrical voltage to the electrode and the counterelectrode, is formed in a manner emitting light in a plurality of colour ranges in the visible spectral range, optionally through to white light, in which case the emission layer comprises a fluorescent emitter which emits light predominantly in the blue or in the blue-green spectral range; the further emission layer comprises one or a plurality of phosphorescent emitters emitting light predominantly in the non-blue spectral range; a triplet energy for an energy level of a triplet state of the fluorescent emitter in the emission layer is greater than a triplet energy for an energy level of a triplet state of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Novaled AG
    Inventors: Martin Pfeiffer, Gregor Schwartz, Sven Murano, Jan Birnstock
  • Publication number: 20110089820
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light-emitting organic component, in particular a light-emitting organic diode, having an electrode and a counter electrode and an organic region located between the electrode and the counter electrode, the electrode having electrode sections, each of which are implemented at least partially overlapping and in contact with the organic region and which are electrically connected with each other by means of one or more further electrode sections, forming the electrode, and the electrode having an electrical safety structure allocated to the electrode sections. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for the production of a light-emitting organic component, an array with several light-emitting organic components and an electrode structure for an electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: NOVALED AG
    Inventors: Oliver Langguth, Stephan Rentenberger, Sven Murano, Philipp Wellmann
  • Patent number: 7915815
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent light-emitting component, in particular organic light-emitting diode, having a transparent layer arrangement in which are formed, on a substrate in a stack, planar electrodes and an organic region arranged between the planar electrodes, which organic region comprises a light-emitting layer, made from one or a plurality of organic materials. For at least one direction of incidence, a transmittance of the transparent layer arrangement for at least one wavelength subrange in the visible spectral range is greater than 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Novaled AG
    Inventors: Jan Birnstock, Sven Murano, Martin Vehse
  • Patent number: 7830089
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device comprising a layer structure of organic layers, wherein said layer structure comprises a p-n-junction between an n-type doped organic layer provided as an organic matrix material doped with an n-type dopant and a p-type doped organic layer provided as a further organic matrix material doped with a p-type dopant, and wherein the n-type dopant and the p-type dopant both are molecular dopants, a reduction potential of the p-type dopant is equal or larger than about 0 V vs. Fc/Fc+, and an oxidation potential of the n-type dopant is equal or smaller than about ?1.5 V vs. Fc/Fc+.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Novaled AG
    Inventors: Sven Murano, Jan Birnstock, Ansgar Werner, Markus Burghart
  • Publication number: 20090267490
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent light-emitting component, in particular organic light-emitting diode, having a transparent layer arrangement in which are formed, on a substrate in a stack, planar electrodes and an organic region arranged between the planar electrodes, which organic region comprises a light-emitting layer, made from one or a plurality of organic materials. For at least one direction of incidence, a transmittance of the transparent layer arrangement for at least one wavelength subrange in the visible spectral range is greater than 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: NOVALED AG
    Inventors: Jan Birnstock, Sven Murano, Martin Vehse
  • Publication number: 20090230844
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light-emitting component, in particular organic light-emitting diode, having an electrode and a counterelectrode and an organic region—arranged between the electrode and the counterelectrode—with a light-emitting organic region, which comprises an emission layer and a further emission layer and which, upon application of an electrical voltage to the electrode and the counterelectrode, is formed in a manner emitting light in a plurality of colour ranges in the visible spectral range, optionally through to white light, in which case the emission layer comprises a fluorescent emitter which emits light predominantly in the blue or in the blue-green spectral range; the further emission layer comprises one or a plurality of phosphorescent emitters emitting light predominantly in the non-blue spectral range; a triplet energy for an energy level of a triplet state of the fluorescent emitter in the emission layer is greater than a triplet energy for an energy level of a triplet state of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: NOVALED AG
    Inventors: Martin Pfeiffer, Gregor Schwarz, Sven Murano, Jan Birnstock
  • Patent number: 7589463
    Abstract: The invention refers to a top-emitting device, particularly organic light-emitting diode having a layer arrangement applied on a substrate, which layer arrangement comprises a bottom electrode arranged on the substrate and a top electrode through which a light emission is effected, and also a stack of organic layers arranged between the bottom electrode and the top electrode where, at the bottom electrode, a surface facing towards the stack of organic layers is formed in light-reflecting fashion at least in a partial region and being provided with a surface structure that defines a reflection of light generated in the stack of organic layers at the bottom electrode, and where the surface structure is formed by means of mechanical shaping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Novaled AG
    Inventors: Sven Murano, Jan Birnstock
  • Publication number: 20090045728
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device comprising a layer structure of organic layers, wherein said layer structure comprises a p-n-junction between an n-type doped organic layer provided as an organic matrix material doped with an n-type dopant and a p-type doped organic layer provided as a further organic matrix material doped with a p-type dopant, and wherein the n-type dopant and the p-type dopant both are molecular dopants, a reduction potential of the p-type dopant is equal or larger than about 0 V vs. Fc/Fc+, and an oxidation potential of the n-type dopant is equal or smaller than about ?1.5 V vs. Fc/Fc+.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Sven Murano, Jan Birnstock, Ansgar Werner, Markus Burghart
  • Publication number: 20090009071
    Abstract: The invention relates to an organic component, in particular a light-emitting organic component, having an electrode (1; 2) and a counter electrode (2; 1) and also an arrangement of organic layers (3) which is arranged between the electrode (1; 2) and the counterelectrode (2; 1) and which is in electrical contact with the electrode (1; 2) and the counterelectrode (2; 1), the arrangement of organic layers (3) comprising charge carrier transport layers (4, 8) for transporting charge carriers injected from the electrode (1; 2) and from the counterelectrode (2; 1) into the arrangement of organic layers (3), and with an injection layer (5; 9) made from a molecular doping material being formed in the arrangement of organic layers (3) between the electrode (1; 2) and a charge carrier transport layer (4; 8) arranged opposite to the electrode (1; 2), which injection layer is in contact with the charge carrier transport layer (4; 8) arranged opposite to the electrode (1; 2), the molecular doping material having a molec
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Sven Murano, Jan Birnstock, Ansgar Werner, Martin Vehse, Michael Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20090009072
    Abstract: The invention relates to an organic light emitting device comprising an anode (2); a cathode (4); and a plurality of organic electroluminescent units (3.1, . . . , 3.m; m?2) provided upon each other in a stack or an inverted stack between said anode (2) and said cathode (4) each of said organic electroluminescent units (3.1, . . . , 3.m) comprising an electroluminescent zone; wherein at least some of the organic electroluminescent units (3.2, . . . , 3.m) comprise a p-type doped hole transporting-layer and/or an n-type doped electron-transporting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Philipp Wellmann, Sven Murano, Ansgar Werner, Gufeng He