Patents by Inventor Tobias Meyer

Tobias Meyer 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).

  • Optoelectronic semiconductor device and method of operating an optoelectronic semiconductor device
    Patent number: 11309459
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer sequence including an active zone that generates radiation by electroluminescence; a p-electrode and an n-electrode; an electrically insulating passivation layer on side surfaces of the semiconductor layer sequence; and an edge field generating device on the side surfaces on a side of the passivation layer facing away from the semiconductor layer sequence at the active zone, wherein the edge field generating device is configured to generate an electric field at least temporarily in an edge region of the active zone so that, during operation, a current flow through the semiconductor layer sequence is controllable in the edge region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Clemens Vierheilig, Philipp Kreuter, Rainer Hartmann, Michael Binder, Tobias Meyer
  • µ-LED, µ-LED DEVICE, DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR THE SAME
    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
  • Laser microscope with ablation function
    Patent number: 11262312
    Abstract: An exemplary laser microscope can be provided, comprising at least one first laser source which emits at least one (e.g., pulsed) excitation beam, a scanning optical configuration (e.g., configured to scan the excitation beam over the surface of a sample), a focusing optical configuration (e.g., configured to focus the excitation beam onto the sample), and at least one detector configured to detect light emitted by the sample due to an optical effect in response to the excitation beam. A second laser source facilitates a pulsed ablation beam for a local ablation of the material of the sample. The ablation beam can be guided to the sample via the scanning and focusing optical configurations. The first and second laser sources can be fed by a mutual continuous wave pump laser and/or a mutual pulsed pump laser. The first laser source can emit pulses with at least two different wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignees: LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR PHOTONISCHE TECHNOLOGIEN E.V., FRIEDRICH-SCHILLER-UNIVERSITAT JENA
    Inventors: Jürgen Popp, Michael Schmitt, Tobias Meyer-Zedler, Stefan Nolte, Roland Ackermann, Jens Limpert
  • Generating synchronized laser pulses at variable wavelengths
    Patent number: 11211762
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for generating laser pulses. It is an object of the invention to provide a method for generating synchronized laser pulse trains at variable wavelengths (e.g., for coherent Raman spectroscopy/microscopy), wherein the switching time for switching between different wavelengths should be in the sub-?s range. For this purpose the apparatus according to the invention comprises a pump laser (1), which emits pulsed laser radiation at a specified wavelength, an FDML laser (3), which emits continuous wave laser radiation at a cyclically variable wavelength, and a nonlinear conversion medium (4), in which the pulsed laser radiation of the pump laser (1) and the continuous wave laser radiation of the FDML laser (3) are superposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Leibniz-Institut Für Photonische Technologien E.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Gottschall, Jens Limpert, Andreas Tünnermann, Tobias Meyer, Jürgen Popp
  • Device and system for controlling missiles and kill vehicles operated with gel-like fuels
    Patent number: 11084605
    Abstract: Apparatus for trajectory control and/or position control of a missile (99), comprising a controllable gas generator (109, 200) with a fuel flow control valve (124, 213), an injector head (112, 202), a combustion chamber (111) and at least one outflow nozzle (103, 204) or at least one throttle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: BAYERN-CHEMIE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR FLUGCHEMISCHE ANTRIEBE MBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Ramsel, Pedro Caldas-Pinto, Karl Wieland Naumann, Helmut Niedermaier, Tobias Meyer, Albert Thumann, Susanne Risse
  • NOVEL ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LAYERS OF THE SAME
    Publication number: 20210225597
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for producing layers of an electronic device and to a method for producing electronic devices. The method comprises co-firing a plurality of different overlapping or superposed films comprising metal oxides, precursors of the aforementioned and/or carbon, in addition to organic components. The method renders the manufacturing process of such electronic devices more efficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Anand Verma, David Martineau, Frank Nuesch, Jacob Heier, Tobias Meyer
  • LASER MICROSCOPE WITH ABLATION FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20210223183
    Abstract: An exemplary laser microscope can be provided, comprising at least one first laser source which emits at least one (e.g., pulsed) excitation beam, a scanning optical configuration (e.g., configured to scan the excitation beam over the surface of a sample), a focusing optical configuration (e.g., configured to focus the excitation beam onto the sample), and at least one detector configured to detect light emitted by the sample due to an optical effect in response to the excitation beam. A second laser source facilitates a pulsed ablation beam for a local ablation of the material of the sample. The ablation beam can be guided to the sample via the scanning and focusing optical configurations, The first and second laser sources can be fed by a mutual continuous wave pump laser- and/or a mutual pulsed pump laser. The first laser source can emit pulses with at least two different wavelengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Jürgen POPP, Micheal SCHMITT, Tobias MEYER, Stefan NOLTE, Roland ACKERMANN, Jens LIMPERT
  • Novel Electronic Device and Method for Slot-Die Depositing Layers of the Same
    Publication number: 20210210685
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for deposition layers of an electronic device by slot-die deposition. Preferably, the method comprises slot-die deposition of formulation for providing compact inorganic layers, mesoporous inorganic layers, a carbon layer and a layer comprising organic-inorganic perovskite. In a preferred embodiment, the layers of a monolithic perovskite solar cell are entirely deposited by slot-die deposition. The method renders the manufacturing process of such electronic devices more efficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicants: EMPA EIDGENÖSSISCHE MATERIALPRÜFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT, SOLARONIX S.A.
    Inventors: Anand VERMA, David MARTINEAU, Frank NÜESCH, Jacob HEIER, Tobias MEYER
  • Method for locating a functional brain tissue by electrical stimulation
    Patent number: 10993620
    Abstract: A method for locating a functional brain tissue by electrical stimulation includes performing electrical stimulations of different areas of the brain tissue to activate brain tissue regions identifying the functional brain tissue, recording an image or a video sequence of the brain tissue during and/or after a stimulation, comparing the recorded image or the video sequence with a reference image or a reference video sequence recorded without stimulation to determine a position of the brain tissue region that is activated by the stimulation. At least two stimulations of a plurality of electrical stimulations are performed, one directly after the other or simultaneously, and the recording of an image or a video sequence of the portion of brain tissue takes place during and/or after each performance of one of the at least two stimulations or during and/or after the simultaneous performance of the at least two stimulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Tobias Meyer, Martin Oelschlaegel, Ute Morgenstern, Stephan B. Sobottka, Gabriele Schackert
  • µ-LED, µ-LED DEVICE, DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20210104574
    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 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Martin BEHRINGER, Andreas BIEBERSDORF, Ruth BOSS, Erwin LANG, Tobias MEYER, Alexander PFEUFFER, Marc PHILIPPENS, Julia STOLZ, Tansen VARGHESE, Sebastian WITTMANN, Siegfried HERRMANN, Berthold HAHN, Bruno JENTZSCH, Korbinian PERZLMAIER, Peter STAUSS, Petrus SUNDGREN, Jens MUELLER, Kerstin NEVELING, Frank SINGER, Christian MUELLER
  • GENERATING SYNCHRONIZED LASER PULSES AT VARIABLE WAVELENGTHS
    Publication number: 20210091527
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for generating laser pulses. It is an object of the invention to provide a method for generating synchronized laser pulse trains at variable wavelengths (e.g., for coherent Raman spectroscopy/microscopy), wherein the switching time for switching between different wavelengths should be in the sub-?s range. For this purpose the apparatus according to the invention comprises a pump laser (1), which emits pulsed laser radiation at a specified wavelength, an FDML laser (3), which emits continuous wave laser radiation at a cyclically variable wavelength, and a nonlinear conversion medium (4), in which the pulsed laser radiation of the pump laser (1) and the continuous wave laser radiation of the FDML laser (3) are superposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicants: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V., Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena, Leibniz-lnstitut Für Photonische Technologien E.V.
    Inventors: Thomas GOTTSCHALL, Jens LIMPERT, Andreas TÜNNERMANN, Tobias MEYER, Jürgen POPP
  • COMPONENT, COMPONENT GROUP AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME
    Publication number: 20210043796
    Abstract: Optoelectronic components, groups of optoelectronic components, and methods for producing a component or a plurality of optoelectronic components are provided. The method may include providing a growth substrate having a buffer layer arranged thereon. The buffer layer may be structured in such a way that it has a plurality of the openings which are spaced apart from one another in lateral directions. A plurality of semiconductor bodies may be formed in the openings, wherein in the areas of the openings, the buffer layer has subregions which are arranged in a vertical direction between the growth substrate and the semiconductor bodies. The growth substrate may be detached from the semiconductor bodies. The buffer layer may be removed at least in the areas of the subregions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Rainer HARTMANN, Clemens VIERHEILIG, Tobias MEYER, Andreas RUECKERL, Tilman SCHIMPKE, Michael BINDER
  • Method, computer-accessible medium and system for providing property measurement on a biological tissue sample
    Patent number: 10769782
    Abstract: Exemplary method, computer-accessible medium and system can be provided for determining the presence or absence of a local and/or global property of a biological tissue sample. Thus, it is possible to obtain at least one image of the sample, search the image(s) for a presence of at least one particular feature that is contained in a pre-defined set of features, and assign, to the particular feature(s). It is possible to compute, with a computer processor, at least one discriminant value that is a function of the pronunciation index that is weighted with a particular weight. The weight of each pronunciation index is a measure for a relevance of the corresponding feature with respect to the property. It is possible to determine whether the property is present in at least one part of the biological tissue sample depending on whether the discriminant value exceeds a pre-defined threshold and/or and optimized threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien e.V., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
    Inventors: Jürgen Popp, Thomas Bocklitz, Olga Chernavskaia, Tobias Meyer
  • Optoelectronic semiconductor chip
    Patent number: 10651342
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip is disclosed. In an embodiment an optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body comprising a first semiconductor structure, a second semiconductor structure and an active region between the first and the second semiconductor structure and a plurality of recesses, each penetrating at least one of the semiconductor structures and the active region, wherein a cover surface of the active region is a continuous surface, and wherein at least in some of the recesses, surfaces of the recesses are completely covered with an electrically insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Zeisel, Michael Binder, Jens Ebbecke, Tobias Meyer
  • METHOD FOR LOCATING A FUNCTIONAL BRAIN TISSUE BY ELECTRICAL STIMULATION
    Publication number: 20200100678
    Abstract: A method for locating a functional brain tissue by electrical stimulation includes performing electrical stimulations of different areas of the brain tissue to activate brain tissue regions identifying the functional brain tissue, recording an image or a video sequence of the brain tissue during and/or after a stimulation, comparing the recorded image or the video sequence with a reference image or a reference video sequence recorded without stimulation to determine a position of the brain tissue region that is activated by the stimulation. At least two stimulations of a plurality of electrical stimulations are performed, one directly after the other or simultaneously, and the recording of an image or a video sequence of the portion of brain tissue takes place during and/or after each performance of one of the at least two stimulations or during and/or after the simultaneous performance of the at least two stimulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Tobias Meyer, Martin Oelschlaegel, Ute Morgenstern, Stephan B. Sobottka, Gabriele Schackert
  • OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200044117
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer sequence including an active zone that generates radiation by electroluminescence; a p-electrode and an n-electrode; an electrically insulating passivation layer on side surfaces of the semiconductor layer sequence; and an edge field generating device on the side surfaces on a side of the passivation layer facing away from the semiconductor layer sequence at the active zone, wherein the edge field generating device is configured to generate an electric field at least temporarily in an edge region of the active zone so that, during operation, a current flow through the semiconductor layer sequence is controllable in the edge region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Clemens Vierheilig, Philipp Kreuter, Rainer Hartmann, Michael Binder, Tobias Meyer
  • Optoelectronic semiconductor chip
    Patent number: 10522699
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip is disclosed. In an embodiment a chip includes an active zone with a multi-quantum-well structure, wherein the multi-quantum-well structure includes multiple quantum-well layers and multiple barrier layers, which are arranged sequentially in an alternating manner along a growth direction and which each extend continuously over the entire multi-quantum-well structure, wherein seen in a cross-section parallel to the growth direction, the multi-quantum-well structure has at least one emission region and multiple transport regions, wherein the quantum-well layers and the barrier layers are thinner in the transport regions than in the emission region, wherein, along the growth direction, the transport regions have a constant width, and wherein the quantum-well layers and the barrier layers are oriented parallel to one another in the emission region and in the transport regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Asako Hirai, Tobias Meyer, Philipp Drechsel, Peter Strauß, Anna Nirschl, Alvaro Gomez-Iglesias, Tobias Niebling, Bastian Galler
  • Optoelectronic semiconductor chip and method for the production thereof
    Patent number: 10475951
    Abstract: A method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip is disclosed. A substrate is provided and a first layer is grown. An etching process is carrying out to initiate V-defects. A second layer is grown and a quantum film structure is grown. An optoelectronic semiconductor chip is also disclosed. The method can be used to produce the optoelectronic semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Löffler, Tobias Meyer, Adam Bauer, Christian Leirer
  • Optoelectronic semiconductor chip and method for fabrication thereof
    Patent number: 10418355
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip is disclosed. In an embodiment the optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a first semiconductor layer sequence having a plurality of microdiodes, and a second semiconductor layer sequence having an active region. The first semiconductor layer sequence and the second semiconductor layer sequence are based on a nitride compound semiconductor material, the first semiconductor layer sequence is before the first semiconductor layer sequence in the direction of growth, and the microdiodes form an ESD protection for the active region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Rainer Butendeich, Alexander Walter, Matthias Peter, Tobias Meyer, Tetsuya Taki, Hubert Maiwald
  • Optoelectronic Semiconductor Chip
    Publication number: 20190259911
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip is disclosed. In an embodiment an optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body comprising a first semiconductor structure, a second semiconductor structure and an active region between the first and the second semiconductor structure and a plurality of recesses, each penetrating at least one of the semiconductor structures and the active region, wherein a cover surface of the active region is a continuous surface, and wherein at least in some of the recesses, surfaces of the recesses are completely covered with an electrically insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Roland Zeisel, Michael Binder, Jens Ebbecke, Tobias Meyer