Patents by Inventor Tilman Schlenker

Tilman Schlenker 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: 10297469
    Abstract: A method for producing an electronic component and an electronic component, having barrier layers for the encapsulation of the component. The method involves providing a substrate (1) with at least one functional layer (22), and an electronic component, applying at least one first barrier layer (3) on the functional layer (22) by way of plasmaless atomic layer deposition (PLALD), and applying at least one second barrier layer (4) on the functional layer (22) by way of plasma-enhanced chemical v0apor deposition (PECVD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Schmid, Tilman Schlenker, Heribert Zull, Ralph Paetzold, Markus Klein, Karsten Heuser
  • Patent number: 10026625
    Abstract: A device that includes a component and an encapsulation arrangement for the encapsulation of the component with respect to moisture and/or oxygen, wherein the encapsulation arrangement has a first layer and thereabove a second layer on at least one surface of the component, the first layer and the second layer each comprise an inorganic material, and the second layer is arranged directly on the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Schmid, Tilman Schlenker, Heribert Zull, Ralph Paetzold, Markus Klein, Karsten Heuser
  • Patent number: 9768360
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes at least one inorganic optoelectronically active semiconductor component having an active region that emits or receives light during operation, and a sealing material directly applied by atomic layer deposition, wherein the semiconductor component is applied on a carrier, the carrier includes electrical connection layers, the semiconductor component electrically connects to one of the electrical connection layers via an electrical contact element, and the sealing material completely covers in a hermetically impermeable manner and directly contacts all exposed surfaces including sidewall and bottom surfaces of the semiconductor component and the electrical contact element and all exposed surfaces of the carrier apart from an electrical connection region of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Fehrer, Alfred Lell, Martin Müller, Tilman Schlenker, Sönke Tautz, Uwe Strauβ
  • Patent number: 9685633
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting component includes a substrate on which a functional layer stack is applied, the stack including a first electrode, an organic functional layer stack thereover including an organic light-emitting layer and a translucent second electrode thereover, and a translucent halogen-containing thin-film encapsulation arrangement over the translucent second electrode, wherein a translucent protective layer having a refractive index of more than 1.6 is arranged directly on a translucent second electrode between the translucent second electrode and the thin-film encapsulation arrangement, and the thin-film encapsulation arrangement is arranged directly on the translucent protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Lang, Marc Philippens, Tilman Schlenker, Richard Baisl
  • Patent number: 9647186
    Abstract: A method for producing an electronic component comprising barrier layers for the encapsulation of the component comprises, in particular, the following steps: providing a substrate with at least one functional layer, applying at least one first barrier layer on the functional layer via plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD), and applying at least one second barrier layer on the functional layer by means of plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), where the at least one first barrier layer is applied at a temperature of less than 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Schmid, Tilman Schlenker, Heribert Zull, Ralph Paetzold, Markus Klein, Karsten Heuser
  • Patent number: 9601721
    Abstract: An organic electronic device and a method of making an organic electronic device are provided. An embodiment of an electronic device includes a substrate, an active layer disposed on the substrate and a thin-layer encapsulation disposed on the active layer. The device further includes a first adhesive layer disposed on the thin-layer encapsulation, wherein the first adhesive layer comprises a getter material and a covering layer disposed on the first adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Lang, Richard Baisl, Tilman Schlenker, Doreen Heppner, Michael Popp, Evelyn Trummer-Sailer
  • Patent number: 9583729
    Abstract: A method for producing an electronic component with at least one first electrode zone (21) and one second electrode zone (23), which are separated from one another by an insulator (9) and each comprise at least one sublayer of a first electrically conductive material. Also disclosed is an electronic component, which may be produced using the disclosed method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Andrew Ingle, Tilman Schlenker, Karsten Heuser
  • Publication number: 20170005234
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes at least one inorganic optoelectronically active semiconductor component having an active region that emits or receives light during operation, and a sealing material directly applied by atomic layer deposition, wherein the semiconductor component is applied on a carrier, the carrier includes electrical connection layers, the semiconductor component electrically connects to one of the electrical connection layers via an electrical contact element, and the sealing material completely covers in a hermetically impermeable manner and directly contacts all exposed surfaces including sidewall and bottom surfaces of the semiconductor component and the electrical contact element and all exposed surfaces of the carrier apart from an electrical connection region of the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Fehrer, Alfred Lell, Martin Müller, Tilman Schlenker, Sönke Tautz, Uwe Strauß
  • Patent number: 9508903
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes at least one inorganic optoelectronically active semiconductor component having an active region that emits or receives light during operation, and a sealing material applied by atomic layer deposition on at least one surface region, the sealing material covering the surface region in a hermetically impermeable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Fehrer, Alfred Lell, Martin Müller, Tilman Schlenker, Sönke Tautz, Uwe Strauβ
  • Patent number: 9502682
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device is provided which comprises a functional layer stack (6), an encapsulation layer (7) provided for encapsulating the layer stack, and at least one metal layer (8), wherein the functional layer stack comprises at least one organic active layer (63), which emits electromagnetic radiation when the device is in operation, the encapsulation layer completely covers the at least one organic active layer when viewed in plan view onto the layer stack, and the metal layer is arranged on a side of the encapsulation layer remote from the layer stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Tilman Schlenker, Andrew Ingle, Marc Philippens
  • Publication number: 20160322605
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting component includes a substrate on which a functional layer stack is applied, the stack including a first electrode, an organic functional layer stack thereover including an organic light-emitting layer and a translucent second electrode thereover, and a translucent halogen-containing thin-film encapsulation arrangement over the translucent second electrode, wherein a translucent protective layer having a refractive index of more than 1.6 is arranged directly on a translucent second electrode between the translucent second electrode and the thin-film encapsulation arrangement, and the thin-film encapsulation arrangement is arranged directly on the translucent protective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Erwin Lang, Marc Philippens, Tilman Schlenker, Richard Baisl
  • Patent number: 9472781
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to a method for producing an optoelectronic component. The method may include providing an optoelectronic component comprising a dielectric layer on or above an electrically conductive layer, wherein the dielectric layer is designed for sealing the electrically conductive layer substantially hermetically impermeably with regard to water, wherein the dielectric layer has diffusion channels, and closely closing the dielectric layer, wherein at least some of the diffusion channels in the dielectric layer are closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Andrew Ingle, Marc Philippens, Tilman Schlenker
  • Publication number: 20160300985
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device and a method for producing an optoelectronic device are disclosed. The optoelectronic device includes an optoelectronic semiconductor chip and a conversion element arranged on the optoelectronic semiconductor chip. The conversion element includes a matrix material which includes a glass frit, a first phosphor, embedded in the glass frit, and cavities and a second phosphor arranged in the cavities of the matrix material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Britta Göötz, Tilman Schlenker, Jürgen Moosburger
  • Patent number: 9419244
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting component includes a substrate on which a functional layer stack is applied, the stack including a first electrode, an organic functional layer stack thereover including an organic light-emitting layer and a translucent second electrode thereover, and a translucent halogen-containing thin-film encapsulation arrangement over the translucent second electrode, wherein a translucent protective layer having a refractive index of more than 1.6 is arranged directly on the translucent second electrode between the translucent second electrode and the thin-film encapsulation arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Lang, Marc Philippens, Tilman Schlenker, Richard Baisl
  • Publication number: 20160043339
    Abstract: A method for producing an electronic component with at least one first electrode zone (21) and one second electrode zone (23), which are separated from one another by an insulator (9) and each comprise at least one sublayer of a first electrically conductive material. Also disclosed is an electronic component, which may be produced using the disclosed method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew INGLE, Tilman Schlenker, Karsten Heuser
  • Patent number: 9203029
    Abstract: A method for producing an electronic component with at least one first electrode zone (21) and one second electrode zone (23), which are separated from one another by an insulator (9) and each comprise at least one sublayer of a first electrically conductive material. Also disclosed is an electronic component, which may be produced using the disclosed method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Andrew Ingle, Tilman Schlenker, Karsten Heuser
  • Patent number: 9196866
    Abstract: An organic optoelectronic device has a first substrate, on which a functional layer stack having at least one first electrode, thereabove an organic functional layer and thereabove a second electrode is arranged. A encapsulating arrangement includes a second substrate, on which a connecting material and at least one spacer facing the functional layer stack are applied. The connecting material is arranged between the first and second substrate and mechanically connects the first and second substrate together. The functional layer stack is enclosed by the connecting material in a frame-like manner. At least one of the first and second electrode includes at least one opening, above which the at least one spacer is arranged and which has a larger lateral dimension that the spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Tilman Schlenker, Marc Philippens
  • Patent number: 9172057
    Abstract: An encapsulation structure for an optoelectronic component, may include: a thin-film encapsulation for protecting the optoelectronic component against chemical impurities; an adhesive layer formed on the thin-film encapsulation; and a cover layer formed on the adhesive layer and serving for protecting the thin-film encapsulation and/or the optoelectronic component against mechanical damage, wherein the adhesive layer is formed such that particle impurities situated at the surface of the thin-film encapsulation are at least partly enclosed by the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Baisl, Dirk Becker, Thomas Dobbertin, Doreen Heppner, Benjamin Krummacher, Erwin Lang, Tilman Schlenker, Christian Schmid
  • Publication number: 20150295204
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device is provided which comprises a functional layer stack (6), an encapsulation layer (7) provided for encapsulating the layer stack, and at least one metal layer (8), wherein the functional layer stack comprises at least one organic active layer (63), which emits electromagnetic radiation when the device is in operation, the encapsulation layer completely covers the at least one organic active layer when viewed in plan view onto the layer stack, and the metal layer is arranged on a side of the encapsulation layer remote from the layer stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Tilman Schlenker, Andrew Ingle, Marc Philippens
  • Publication number: 20150270509
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to a method for producing an optoelectronic component. The method may include providing an optoelectronic component comprising a dielectric layer on or above an electrically conductive layer, wherein the dielectric layer is designed for sealing the electrically conductive layer substantially hermetically impermeably with regard to water, wherein the dielectric layer has diffusion channels, and closely closing the dielectric layer], wherein at least some of the diffusion channels in the dielectric layer are closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Andrew Ingle, Marc Philippens, Tilman Schlenker