Patents by Inventor Torsten Baade

Torsten Baade 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: 10074619
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component device includes first and second electrodes; a first optoelectronic component electrically coupled to the first and second electrodes; and a first electrically conductive section electrically coupled to the first electrode, and a second electrically conductive section electrically coupled to the second electrode; wherein the first and second electrically conductive sections are arranged electrically in parallel with the first optoelectronic component; wherein the first and second electrically conductive sections are arranged and configured relative to one another such that, beyond a response voltage applied over the first and second conductive sections, a discharge path is formed between the first and second conductive sections; and wherein the response voltage has as its value a value formed greater than the threshold voltage value of the first optoelectronic component and less than or equal to the value of the breakdown voltage of the first optoelectronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Baade, Jörg Erich Sorg
  • Patent number: 9882097
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body that emits primary light, and a luminescence conversion element that emits secondary light by wavelength conversion of at least part of the primary light, wherein the luminescence conversion element has a first lamina fixed to a first partial region of an outer surface of the semiconductor body, the outer surface emitting primary light, and leaving free a second partial region of the outer surface, the luminescence conversion element has a second lamina fixed to a surface of the first lamina facing away from the semiconductor body and spaced apart from the semiconductor body, the first lamina is at least partly transmissive to the primary radiation, a section of the second lamina covers at least the second partial region, and at least the section of the second lamina is absorbent and/or reflective and/or scattering for the primary radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Eisert, Torsten Baade, Michael Zitzlsperger
  • Patent number: 9564566
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes a housing having an electrically conductive first contact section, and an optoelectronic semiconductor chip arranged on the first contact section, wherein the optoelectronic semiconductor chip and the first contact section are at least partly covered by a first layer including a silicone, a second layer including SiO2 is arranged at a surface of the first layer, the second layer has a thickness of 10 nm to 1 ?m, and a third layer is arranged above the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Patrick Kromotis, Emanuel Hofmann, Ludwig Peyker, Torsten Baade, Simone Kiener, Kristin Grosse
  • Patent number: 9564560
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes a semiconductor chip that emits a primary radiation in the short-wave blue spectral range at a dominant wavelength of less than approximately 465 nm; and a phosphor that converts at least part of the primary radiation into a longer-wave secondary radiation in the green spectral range at a dominant wavelength of between approximately 490 nm and approximately 550 nm and at least partly surrounds the semiconductor chip, wherein a mixed light composed of primary radiation and secondary radiation has a dominant wavelength at wavelengths of approximately 460 nm to approximately 480 nm such that a luminous flux of the mixed light is up to 130% greater than a luminous flux in an optoelectronic component without a phosphor having the same dominant wavelength in a range of 460 nm to 480 nm, and the phosphor is arranged in a lamina that bears directly on the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Baade, Kristin Groβe
  • Publication number: 20160343917
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body that emits primary light, and a luminescence conversion element that emits secondary light by wavelength conversion of at least part of the primary light, wherein the luminescence conversion element has a first lamina fixed to a first partial region of an outer surface of the semiconductor body, the outer surface emitting primary light, and leaving free a second partial region of the outer surface, the luminescence conversion element has a second lamina fixed to a surface of the first lamina facing away from the semiconductor body and spaced apart from the semiconductor body, the first lamina is at least partly transmissive to the primary radiation, a section of the second lamina covers at least the second partial region, and at least the section of the second lamina is absorbent and/or reflective and/or scattering for the primary radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Dominik Eisert, Torsten Baade, Michael Zitzlsperger
  • Patent number: 9444022
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body that emits primary light, and a luminescence conversion element that emits secondary light by wavelength conversion of at least part of the primary light, wherein the luminescence conversion element has a first lamina fixed to a first partial region of an outer surface of the semiconductor body, the outer surface emitting primary light, and leaves free a second partial region of the outer surface, the luminescence conversion element has a second lamina fixed to a surface of the first lamina facing away from the semiconductor body and spaced apart from the semiconductor body, the first lamina is at least partly transmissive to the primary radiation, a section of the second lamina covers at least the second partial region, and at least the section of the second lamina is designed to be absorbent and/or reflective and/or scattering for the primary radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Eisert, Torsten Baade, Michael Zitzlsperger
  • Publication number: 20160190410
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes a housing having an electrically conductive first contact section, and an optoelectronic semiconductor chip arranged on the first contact section, wherein the optoelectronic semiconductor chip and the first contact section are at least partly covered by a first layer including a silicone, a second layer including SiO2 is arranged at a surface of the first layer, the second layer has a thickness of 10 nm to 1 ?m, and a third layer is arranged above the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Patrick Kromotis, Emanuel Hofmann, Ludwig Peyker, Torsten Baade, Simone Kiener, Kristin Grosse
  • Publication number: 20160149092
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes a semiconductor chip that emits a primary radiation in the short-wave blue spectral range at a dominant wavelength of less than approximately 465 nm; and a phosphor that converts at least part of the primary radiation into a longer-wave secondary radiation in the green spectral range at a dominant wavelength of between approximately 490 nm and approximately 550 nm and at least partly surrounds the semiconductor chip, wherein a mixed light composed of primary radiation and secondary radiation has a dominant wavelength at wavelengths of approximately 460 nm to approximately 480 nm such that a luminous flux of the mixed light is up to 130% greater than a luminous flux in an optoelectronic component without a phosphor having the same dominant wavelength in a range of 460 nm to 480 nm, and the phosphor is arranged in a lamina that bears directly on the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Torsten Baade, Kristin Große
  • Patent number: 9269866
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes a semiconductor chip, and a phosphor at least partly surrounding the semiconductor chip, wherein 1) the semiconductor chip emits a primary radiation in a short-wave blue spectral range at a dominant wavelength of less than approximately 465 nm, and wherein the phosphor converts at least part of the primary radiation into a longer-wave secondary radiation in a green spectral range at a dominant wavelength of approximately 490 nm to approximately 550 nm, and 2) a mixed light composed of primary radiation and secondary radiation has a dominant wavelength at wavelengths of approximately 460 nm to approximately 480 nm such that luminous flux of the mixed light is up to 130% greater than luminous flux of an optoelectronic component without a phosphor having the same dominant wavelength of 460 nm to 460 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Baade, Kristin Groβe
  • Publication number: 20150255693
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component device includes first and second electrodes; a first optoelectronic component electrically coupled to the first and second electrodes; and a first electrically conductive section electrically coupled to the first electrode, and a second electrically conductive section electrically coupled to the second electrode; wherein the first and second electrically conductive sections are arranged electrically in parallel with the first optoelectronic component; wherein the first and second electrically conductive sections are arranged and configured relative to one another such that, beyond a response voltage applied over the first and second conductive sections, a discharge path is formed between the first and second conductive sections; and wherein the response voltage has as its value a value formed greater than the threshold voltage value of the first optoelectronic component and less than or equal to the value of the breakdown voltage of the first optoelectronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Torsten Baade, Jörg Erich Sorg
  • Publication number: 20140117396
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body that emits primary light, and a luminescence conversion element that emits secondary light by wavelength conversion of at least part of the primary light, wherein the luminescence conversion element has a first lamina fixed to a first partial region of an outer surface of the semiconductor body, the outer surface emitting primary light, and leaves free a second partial region of the outer surface, the luminescence conversion element has a second lamina fixed to a surface of the first lamina facing away from the semiconductor body and spaced apart from the semiconductor body, the first lamina is at least partly transmissive to the primary radiation, a section of the second lamina covers at least the second partial region, and at least the section of the second lamina is designed to be absorbent and/or reflective and/or scattering for the primary radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Eisert, Torsten Baade, Michael Zitzlsperger
  • Publication number: 20130193469
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes a semiconductor chip, and a phosphor at least partly surrounding the semiconductor chip, wherein 1) the semiconductor chip emits a primary radiation in a short-wave blue spectral range at a dominant wavelength of less than approximately 465 nm, and wherein the phosphor converts at least part of the primary radiation into a longer-wave secondary radiation in a green spectral range at a dominant wavelength of approximately 490 nm to approximately 550 nm, and 2) a mixed light composed of primary radiation and secondary radiation has a dominant wavelength at wavelengths of approximately 460 nm to approximately 480 nm such that luminous flux of the mixed light is up to 130% greater than luminous flux of an optoelectronic component without a phosphor having the same dominant wavelength of 460 nm to 460 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Torsten Baade, Kristin Grosse
  • Patent number: 8461616
    Abstract: According to at least one embodiment of the semiconductor arrangement, the latter comprises a mounting side, at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip with mutually opposing chip top and bottom, and at least one at least partially radiation-transmissive body with a body bottom, on which the semiconductor chip is mounted such that the chip top faces the body bottom. Moreover, the semiconductor arrangement comprises at least two electrical connection points for electrical contacting of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip, wherein the connection points do not project laterally beyond the body and with their side remote from the semiconductor chip delimit the semiconductor arrangement on the mounting side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Zeiler, Reiner Windisch, Stefan Gruber, Markus Kirsch, Julius Muschaweck, Torsten Baade, Herbert Brunner, Steffen Köhler
  • Publication number: 20110266571
    Abstract: According to at least one embodiment of the semiconductor arrangement, the latter comprises a mounting side, at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip with mutually opposing chip top and bottom, and at least one at least partially radiation-transmissive body with a body bottom, on which the semiconductor chip is mounted such that the chip top faces the body bottom. Moreover, the semiconductor arrangement comprises at least two electrical connection points for electrical contacting of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip, wherein the connection points do not project laterally beyond the body and with their side remote from the semiconductor chip delimit the semiconductor arrangement on the mounting side thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Zeiler, Reiner Windisch, Stefan Gruber, Markus Kirsch, Julius Muschaweck, Torsten Baade, Herbert Brunner, Steffen Köhler