PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15770334
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["257", "098000"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to an optoelectronic component ( 100 ) comprising a semiconductor layer sequence ( 1 ) having an active layer ( 10 ), wherein the active layer ( 10 ) is designed to produce or absorb electromagnetic radiation in intended operation. Furthermore, the component ( 100 ) comprises a first contact structure ( 11 ) and a second structure ( 12 ), by means of which the semiconductor layer sequence ( 1 ) can be electrically contacted in intended operation. In operation, a voltage is applied to the contact structures ( 11, 12 ), wherein an operation-related voltage difference ΔUbet between the contact structures ( 11, 12 ) arises. When the voltage difference is increased, a first arc-over occurs in or on the component ( 100 ) between the two contact structures ( 11, 12 ). A spark gap ( 3 ) between the contact structures ( 11, 12 ), which arises in the event of the first arc-over, passes predominantly through a surrounding medium in the form of gas or vacuum and/or through a potting. The first arc-over occurs at a voltage difference of 2·ΔUbet at the earliest.

Claim (Index 18):
A method for operating an optoelectronic semiconductor chip comprising the steps:\n A) providing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip having a first contact structure and a second contact structure, wherein the semiconductor chip further comprises a radiation side for coupling or decoupling the electromagnetic radiation into or out of the semiconductor chip, a rear side opposite of the radiation side, at least one transverse side connecting the radiation side and the rear side, and a carrier carrying the semiconductor layer sequence between the semiconductor layer sequence and the rear side; B) electrically contacting the optoelectronic semiconductor chip via the first and second contact structures; C) switching on and off of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip by controlled switching on and off of a current flow through the optoelectronic semiconductor chip, wherein\n in the switched-on state of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip an intended voltage difference \u0394U bet  is applied between the two contact structures and the optoelectronic semiconductor chip emits electromagnetic radiation, \n in the switched-on and/or switched-off state, voltage peaks occur at the semiconductor chip in which the voltage difference between the two contact structures increases to values greater than \u0394U bet , \n during some voltage peaks, a first electrical flashover forms in or on the semiconductor chip between the two contact structures, \n a spark gap produced between the contact structures during the first flashover runs predominantly through a surrounding medium in the form of gas or vacuum and/or through a potting around the semiconductor chip, \n the first flashover occurs at the earliest at a voltage difference of 2\u00b7\u0394U bet . the spark gap occurs in the region of the rear side or in the region of the radiation side or in the region of the transverse side.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 42.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.51807
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15573466', '15553565', '14763157', '15573820', '16065000']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.909182425714694
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.464929111818671
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8647570943250917
- Mean Citation Score: 160.968508
- Max Citation Score: 169.26384
- Similarity Product: 134.35015439781188

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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