Patents by Inventor Vincent Grolier

Vincent Grolier 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: 20210351228
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a multiplicity of light-emitting modules arranged on a first substrate. Each light-emitting module of the multiplicity of light-emitting modules includes a multiplicity of light-emitting components arranged on a second substrate. The second substrate is electrically connected to the first substrate, and includes a common primary lens for the multiplicity of light-emitting components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Meik WECKBECKER, Vincent GROLIER, Philipp KREUTER, Florian BOESL, Michael JOBST
  • Patent number: 9012940
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor body (1) having an active semiconductor layer sequence (10) and a reflective layer system (20) is described. The reflective layer system (20) comprises a first radiation-permeable layer (21), which adjoins the semiconductor layer sequence (10), and a metal layer (23) on the side of the first radiation-permeable layer (21) facing away from the semiconductor layer sequence (10). The first radiation-permeable layer (21) contains a first dielectric material. Between the first radiation-permeable layer (21) and the metal layer (23) there is disposed a second radiation-permeable layer (22) which contains an adhesion-improving material. The metal layer (23) is applied directly to the adhesion-improving material. The adhesion-improving material differs from the first dielectric material and is selected such that the adhesion of the metal layer (23) is improved in comparison with the adhesion on the first dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Walter, Vincent Grolier, Michael Schmal, Korbinian Perzlmaier, Franz Eberhard
  • Patent number: 8796714
    Abstract: A light emitting diode includes a semiconductor body including an active region that produces radiation, a carrier body fastened to the semiconductor body on an upper side of the semiconductor body, the carrier body including a luminescence conversion material consisting of a ceramic luminescence conversion material, a mirror layer applied to the semiconductor body on an underside of the semiconductor body remote from the upper side, and two contact layers, a first contact layer of the contact layers connected electrically conductively to an n-conducting region of the semiconductor body and a second contact layer of the contact layers connected electrically conductively to a p-conducting region of the semiconductor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductor GmbH
    Inventors: Vincent Grolier, Magnus Ahlstedt, Mikael Ahlstedt, Dieter Eissler
  • Patent number: 8761219
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body containing an active region, a mirror layer, and contact points arranged between the semiconductor body and the mirror layer and providing a spacing D between the semiconductor body and the mirror layer, whereby at least one cavity is formed between the mirror layer and the semiconductor body and the at least one cavity contains a gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Vincent Grolier, Andreas Plössl
  • Patent number: 8598596
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer sequence having at least one doped functional layer having at least one dopant and at least one codopant, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence includes a semiconductor material having a lattice structure, one selected from the dopant and the codopant is an electron acceptor and the other an electron donor, the codopant is bonded to the semiconductor material and/or arranged at interstitial sites, and the codopant at least partly forms no bonding complexes with the dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Vincent Grolier, Lutz Hoeppel, Hans-Jürgen Lugauer, Martin Strassburg, Andreas Biebersdorf
  • Patent number: 8581264
    Abstract: A semiconductor body includes an n-conductive semiconductor layer and a p-conductive semiconductor layer. The p-conductive semiconductor layer contains a p-dopant and the n-conductive semiconductor layer an n-dopant and a further dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Strassburg, Hans-Juergen Lugauer, Vincent Grolier, Berthold Hahn, Richard Floeter
  • Patent number: 8247259
    Abstract: On an epitaxy substrate (1), a layer structure (5, 6, 7) provided for light-emitting diodes or other optoelectronic components using thin-film technology is produced and provided with a first connecting layer (2), which comprises one or a plurality of solder materials. A second connecting layer (3) is applied over the whole area on a carrier (10) and permanently connected to the first connecting layer (2) by means of a soldering process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Vincent Grolier, Andreas Plössl
  • Patent number: 8193070
    Abstract: A method for bonding several layers, which comprise at least one thermally bondable material, by means of a joint layer produced with the aid of thermocompression at least one of the layers comprising a semiconductor material, as well as to a correspondingly manufactured device. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing an organic light-emitting diode and an organic light-emitting diode that is encapsulated between two cover layers with the aid of thermocompression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Vincent Grolier, Andreas Plössl, Marianne Renner
  • Publication number: 20120112226
    Abstract: A light emitting diode includes a semiconductor body including an active region that produces radiation, a carrier body fastened to the semiconductor body on an upper side of the semiconductor body, the carrier body including a luminescence conversion material consisting of a ceramic luminescence conversion material, a mirror layer applied to the semiconductor body on an underside of the semiconductor body remote from the upper side, and two contact layers, a first contact layer of the contact layers connected electrically conductively to an n-conducting region of the semiconductor body and a second contact layer of the contact layers connected electrically conductively to a p-conducting region of the semiconductor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Vincent Grolier, Magnus Ahlstedt, Mikael Ahlstedt, Dieter Eissler
  • Publication number: 20120049228
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor body (1) having an active semiconductor layer sequence (10) and a reflective layer system (20) is described. The reflective layer system (20) comprises a first radiation-permeable layer (21), which adjoins the semiconductor layer sequence (10), and a metal layer (23) on the side of the first radiation-permeable layer (21) facing away from the semiconductor layer sequence (10). The first radiation-permeable layer (21) contains a first dielectric material. Between the first radiation-permeable layer (21) and the metal layer (23) there is disposed a second radiation-permeable layer (22) which contains an adhesion-improving material. The metal layer (23) is applied directly to the adhesion-improving material. The adhesion-improving material differs from the first dielectric material and is selected such that the adhesion of the metal layer (23) is improved in comparison with the adhesion on the first dielectric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Walter, Vincent Grolier, Michael Schmal, Korbinian Perzlmaier, Franz Eberhard
  • Publication number: 20110278641
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer sequence having at least one doped functional layer having at least one dopant and at least one codopant, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence includes a semiconductor material having a lattice structure, one selected from the dopant and the codopant is an electron acceptor and the other an electron donor, the codopant is bonded to the semiconductor material and/or arranged at interstitial sites, and the codopant at least partly forms no bonding complexes with the dopant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Vincent Grolier, Lutz Hoeppel, Hans-Jürgen Lugauer, Martin Strassburg, Andreas Biebersdorf
  • Publication number: 20110164644
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body containing an active region, a mirror layer, and contact points arranged between the semiconductor body and the mirror layer and providing a spacing D between the semiconductor body and the mirror layer, whereby at least one cavity is formed between the mirror layer and the semiconductor body and the at least one cavity contains a gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Vincent Grolier, Andreas Plössl
  • Publication number: 20110073902
    Abstract: A semiconductor body includes an n-conductive semiconductor layer and a p-conductive semiconductor layer. The p-conductive semiconductor layer contains a p-dopant and the n-conductive semiconductor layer an n-dopant and a further dopant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Martin Strassburg, Hans-Juergen Lugauer, Vincent Grolier, Berthold Hahn, Richard Floeter
  • Publication number: 20110053308
    Abstract: On an epitaxy substrate (1), a layer structure (5, 6, 7) provided for light-emitting diodes or other optoelectronic components using thin-film technology is produced and provided with a first connecting layer (2), which comprises one or a plurality of solder materials. A second connecting layer (3) is applied over the whole area on a carrier (10) and permanently connected to the first connecting layer (2) by means of a soldering process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM Opolo Semiconductoros GmbH
    Inventors: Vincent Grolier, Andreas Ploessl
  • Patent number: 7598529
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip (1), to which a layer sequence (2) intended for the production of a soldered connection has been applied. The layer sequence (2) comprises a solder layer (15) and an oxidation prevention layer (17), which follows the solder layer (15) as seen from the semiconductor chip (1). A barrier layer (16) is included between the solder layer (15) and the oxidation prevention layer (17). This prevents a constituent of the solder layer (15) from diffusing through the oxidation prevention layer (17) prior to the soldering operation, where it would effect oxidation that is disadvantageous for producing a soldered connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Ploessl, Stefan Illek, Vincent Grolier
  • Publication number: 20090218591
    Abstract: A method for bonding several layers, which comprise at least one thermally bondable material, by means of a joint layer produced with the aid of thermocompression at least one of the layers comprising a semiconductor material, as well as to a correspondingly manufactured device. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing an organic light-emitting diode and an organic light-emitting diode that is encapsulated between two cover layers with the aid of thermocompression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Vincent Grolier, Andreas Plössl, Marianne Renner
  • Publication number: 20060234482
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip (1), to which a layer sequence (2) intended for the production of a soldered connection has been applied. The layer sequence (2) comprises a solder layer (15) and an oxidation prevention layer (17), which follows the solder layer (15) as seen from the semiconductor chip (1). A barrier layer (16) is included between the solder layer (15) and the oxidation prevention layer (17). This prevents a constituent of the solder layer (15) from diffusing through the oxidation prevention layer (17) prior to the soldering operation, where it would effect oxidation that is disadvantageous for producing a soldered connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Ploessl, Stefan Illek, Vincent Grolier
  • Patent number: D688821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Osram AG
    Inventors: Josef Fuersich, Vincent Grolier, Johannes Hoechtl, Steven Huth, Christoph Krieglmeyer, André Neureiter, Roland Stark