Patents by Inventor Tilman Rügheimer

Tilman Rügheimer 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: 20240295803
    Abstract: A laser light source arrangement for a laser projection device includes a laser diode array. The laser diode array includes a first light group with at least one first laser diode and a second light group with at least one second laser diode. The first laser diode and the second laser diode include spectrally different emission maxima. The first laser diode includes an emission maximum in a wavelength range of 440-462 nm. The second laser diode includes an emission maximum in a wavelength range of 462-472 nm. The laser diode array is accommodated in a housing in such a way that the beam paths of the first laser diode and the second laser diode extend spatially separated within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventor: Tilman RUEGHEIMER
  • Publication number: 20240275125
    Abstract: The disclosed optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a carrier, a semiconductor layer sequence on the carrier having at least one active zone for generating radiation, a layer of high optical refractive index on an output coupling facet of the semiconductor layer sequence for the output coupling of radiation, and a coating of low optical refractive index directly on an outer side of the layer of high optical refractive index for the total internal reflection of the radiation, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence is configured to guide the radiation in the active zone perpendicularly to a growth direction of the semiconductor layer sequence, and the layer of high optical refractive index is configured to deflect the radiation at the outer side parallel to the growth direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: ams-OSRAM International GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert HALBRITTER, Sven GERHARD, Bruno JENTZSCH, Tilman RÜGHEIMER, Christoph WALTER
  • Publication number: 20240204476
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optoelectronic semiconductor component including at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip in an interior of a housing; the housing has a base part and a top part, the base part is a ceramic support, the top part is made of one or more glass materials, a connection layer that is made of a solder glass is arranged between the base part and the top part, and the ceramic support includes a connection portion with a nickel-containing surface which is in direct contact with the solder glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: ams-OSRAM International GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Hirn, Martin Nömer, Hannes Walther, Tilman Rügheimer, Roland Hüttinger, Elmar Baur, Ralf Wombacher
  • Publication number: 20240192578
    Abstract: A projector includes a first optoelectronic semiconductor chip for generating a first radiation having a first color. The projector also includes a second optoelectronic semiconductor chip for generating a second radiation-having a second color. The projector further includes a wavelength conversion element which is configured to generate a third radiation having a third color from a first portion of the first radiation. The projector additionally includes beam splitter. The projector also includes a scattering plate. The wavelength conversion element is configured to fully convert the first portion of the first radiation. The beam splitter is configured to branch off a second portion of the first radiation upstream of the wavelength conversion element. The scattering plate is arranged in a beam path of the second portion of the first radiation at a point at which the first portion has already been branched off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Jörg Erich SORG, Tilman RÜGHEIMER, Christoph WALTER
  • Patent number: 11979000
    Abstract: Surface-emitting semiconductor laser chip (1) comprising a carrier (20), a layer stack (10) arranged on the carrier (20) and having a layer plane (L) extending perpendicularly to the stacking direction (R), a front side contact (310) and a rear side contact (320), in which in operation a predetermined distribution of a current density (I) is achieved by means of current constriction in the layer stack (10), wherein in the carrier (20) an electrical through-connection (200) is provided, which extends from a bottom surface (20a) of the carrier (20) facing away from the layer stack (10) to a surface of the carrier (20) facing the layer stack (10), and the distribution of the current density (I) is significantly influenced by the shape and size of the cross-section of the through-connection (200) parallel to the layer plane (L) on the surface facing the layer stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Tilman Rügheimer, Hubert Halbritter
  • Publication number: 20240097407
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laser diode arrangement for a laser projection device, comprising a carrier; a laser diode array arranged on the carrier, comprising a first light group having a plurality of first laser diodes and a second light group having a plurality of second laser diodes, said first light emitting group emitting polarized electromagnetic radiation having a first polarization direction and said second light emitting group emitting polarized electromagnetic radiation having a second polarization direction, said first polarization direction and said second polarization direction being perpendicular to each other, the invention being characterized in that said first light emitting group comprises at least one first laser housing accommodating at least one first laser diode and said second light emitting group comprises at least one second laser housing accommodating at least one second laser diode; and the number of first laser diodes of the laser diode array is at least twice the number of second
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: ams-OSRAM International GmbH
    Inventor: Tilman Rügheimer
  • Patent number: 11735682
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor body including a substrate having a first thickness, wherein the first semiconductor body includes a first active zone that generates or receives radiation, and a second semiconductor body having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness and including a tear-off point is arranged on the substrate and connected in an electrically conducting manner to the first semiconductor body, wherein the second semiconductor body includes a second active zone that generates or receives radiation, and the second active zone generates radiation and the first active zone detects the radiation, and the first semiconductor body includes contacts on its underside for connection to the semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Tilman Ruegheimer, Hubert Halbritter
  • Patent number: 11513275
    Abstract: The invention relates to various aspects of a ?-LED or a ?-LED array for augmented reality or lighting applications, in particular in the automotive field. The ?-LED is characterized by particularly small dimensions in the range of a few ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Brick, Jean-Jacques Drolet, Hubert Halbritter, Laura Kreiner, Thomas Schwarz, Tilman Ruegheimer, Frank Singer
  • Patent number: 11501681
    Abstract: In an embodiment an arrangement includes a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel includes at least two subpixels of each color, wherein each color is defined by a predefined target color location, wherein each subpixel comprises an optoelectronic component defined by a color location, wherein the color locations of the optoelectronic components of each color is chosen such that during operation of the optoelectronic components the predefined target color location is met for each color, wherein the optoelectronic components for each color are of identical design, and a controller configured to commonly control the optoelectronic components of a color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Tilman Rügheimer, Hubert Halbritter
  • Patent number: 11480723
    Abstract: The invention relates to various aspects of a ?-LED or a ?-LED array for augmented reality or lighting applications, in particular in the automotive field. The ?-LED is characterized by particularly small dimensions in the range of a few ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Brick, Jean-Jacques Drolet, Hubert Halbritter, Laura Kreiner, Thomas Schwarz, Tilman Ruegheimer, Frank Singer
  • Patent number: 11404402
    Abstract: A component assembly includes an intermediate carrier, a plurality of components and a plurality of anchoring elements. The components have at least two electrical devices and an insulating layer. At least one of the electrical devices is an optoelectronic semiconductor chip. The insulating layer is between the electrical devices of a same component. The at least two electrical devices of the same component are arranged next to one another and enclosed laterally by the insulating layer. The at least two electrical devices and the insulating layer of the same component are integral parts of a self-supporting and mechanically stable unit. The self-supporting and mechanically stable unit and the anchoring elements fix the positions of the components on the intermediate carrier. The components that are self-supporting and mechanically stable units are detachable from the intermediate carrier, and the anchoring elements release the components under mechanical load when the latter are removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Tilman Rügheimer, Thomas Schwarz, Lutz Höppel, Andreas Plößl, Alexander F. Pfeuffer
  • Publication number: 20220102583
    Abstract: The invention relates to various aspects of a ?-LED or a ?-LED array for augmented reality or lighting applications, in particular in the automotive field. The ?-LED is characterized by particularly small dimensions in the range of a few ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Thorsten BAUMHEINRICH, Martin BEHRINGER, Andreas BIEBERSDORF, Ruth BOSS, Michael BRANDL, Peter BRICK, Jean-Jacques DROLET, Hubert HALBRITTER, Laura KREINER, Erwin LANG, Andreas LEBER, Tobias MEYER, Alexander PFEUFFER, Marc PHILIPPENS, Jens RICHTER, Thomas SCHWARZ, Paul TA, Tansen VARGHESE, Xue WANG, Sebastian WITTMANN, Julia STOLZ, Karsten DIEKMANN, Karl ENGL, Siegfried HERRMANN, Berthold HAHN, Stefan ILLEK, Bruno JENTZSCH, Korbinian PERZLMAIER, Ines PIETZONKA, Andreas RAUSCH, Kilian REGAU, Tilman RUEGHEIMER, Simon SCHWALENBERG, Christopher SOELL, Peter STAUSS, Petrus SUNDGREN, Hoa VU, Christopher WIESMANN, Georg BOGNER, Patrick HOERNER, Christoph KLEMP, Jens MUELLER, Kerstin NEVELING, Jong PARK, Christine RAFAEL, Frank SINGER, Kanishk CHAND, Felix FEIX, Christian MUELLER, Eva-Maria RUMMEL, Nicole HEITZER, Marie ASSMANN, Christian BERGER, Ana KANEVCE
  • Publication number: 20210405277
    Abstract: The invention relates to various aspects of a ?-LED or a ?-LED array for augmented reality or lighting applications, in particular in the automotive field. The ?-LED is characterized by particularly small dimensions in the range of a few ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Peter BRICK, Jean-Jacques DROLET, Hubert HALBRITTER, Laura KREINER, Thomas SCHWARZ, Tilman RUEGHEIMER, Frank SINGER
  • Publication number: 20210405276
    Abstract: The invention relates to various aspects of a ?-LED or a ?-LED array for augmented reality or lighting applications, in particular in the automotive field. The ?-LED is characterized by particularly small dimensions in the range of a few ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Peter BRICK, Jean-Jacques DROLET, Hubert HALBRITTER, Laura KREINER, Thomas SCHWARZ, Tilman RUEGHEIMER, Frank SINGER
  • Patent number: 11156759
    Abstract: The invention relates to various aspects of a ?-LED or a ?-LED array for augmented reality or lighting applications, in particular in the automotive field. The ?-LED is characterized by particularly small dimensions in the range of a few ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Brick, Jean-Jacques Drolet, Hubert Halbritter, Laura Kreiner, Thomas Schwarz, Tilman Ruegheimer, Frank Singer
  • Publication number: 20210209991
    Abstract: In an embodiment an arrangement includes a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel includes at least two subpixels of each color, wherein each color is defined by a predefined target color location, wherein each subpixel comprises an optoelectronic component defined by a color location, wherein the color locations of the optoelectronic components of each color is chosen such that during operation of the optoelectronic components the predefined target color location is met for each color, wherein the optoelectronic components for each color are of identical design, and a controller configured to commonly control the optoelectronic components of a color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Tilman Rügheimer, Hubert Halbritter
  • Publication number: 20210183834
    Abstract: A component assembly includes an intermediate carrier, a plurality of components and a plurality of anchoring elements. The components have at least two electrical devices and an insulating layer. At least one of the electrical devices is an optoelectronic semiconductor chip. The insulating layer is between the electrical devices of a same component. The at least two electrical devices of the same component are arranged next to one another and enclosed laterally by the insulating layer. The at least two electrical devices and the insulating layer of the same component are integral parts of a self-supporting and mechanically stable unit. The self-supporting and mechanically stable unit and the anchoring elements fix the positions of the components on the intermediate carrier. The components that are self-supporting and mechanically stable units are detachable from the intermediate carrier, and the anchoring elements release the components under mechanical load when the latter are removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Tilman RÜGHEIMER, Thomas SCHWARZ, Lutz HÖPPEL, Andreas PLÖßL, Alexander F. PFEUFFER
  • Publication number: 20210050710
    Abstract: Surface-emitting semiconductor laser chip (1) comprising a carrier (20), a layer stack (10) arranged on the carrier (20) and having a layer plane (L) extending perpendicularly to the stacking direction (R), a front side contact (310) and a rear side contact (320), in which in operation a predetermined distribution of a current density (I) is achieved by means of current constriction in the layer stack (10), wherein in the carrier (20) an electrical through-connection (200) is provided, which extends from a bottom surface (20a) of the carrier (20) facing away from the layer stack (10) to a surface of the carrier (20) facing the layer stack (10), and the distribution of the current density (I) is significantly influenced by the shape and size of the cross-section of the through-connection (200) parallel to the layer plane (L) on the surface facing the layer stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Tilman Rügheimer, Hubert Halbritter
  • Patent number: 10886704
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, the semiconductor laser (1) comprises a semiconductor layer sequence (2). The semiconductor layer sequence (2) contains an n-type region (23), a p-type region (21) and an active zone (22) lying between the two. A laser beam is produced in a resonator path (3). The resonator path (3) is aligned parallel to the active zone (22). In addition, the semiconductor laser (1) contains an electrical p-contact (41) and an electrical n-contact (43) each of which is located on the associated region (21, 23) of the semiconductor layer sequence (2) and is configured to input current directly into the associated region (21, 23). The n-contact (43) extends from the p-type region (21) through the active zone (22) and into the n-type region (23) and is located, when viewed from above, next to the resonator path (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Singer, Norwin Von Malm, Tilman Ruegheimer, Thomas Kippes
  • Publication number: 20200287072
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor body including a substrate having a first thickness, wherein the first semiconductor body includes a first active zone that generates or receives radiation, and a second semiconductor body having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness and including a tear-off point is arranged on the substrate and connected in an electrically conducting manner to the first semiconductor body, wherein the second semiconductor body includes a second active zone that generates or receives radiation, and the second active zone generates radiation and the first active zone detects the radiation, and the first semiconductor body includes contacts on its underside for connection to the semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Tilman Ruegheimer, Hubert Halbritter