IP Library Granted Patent US 7,989,830
Granted Patent B2
US 7,989,830 · App. 11/663,941 · Granted Aug 2, 2011

Optoelectronic thin-film chip

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Patent No.
US 7,989,830
App. No.
11/663,941
Granted
Aug 2, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optoelectronic thin-film chip is specified, comprising at least one radiation-emitting region ( 8 ) in an active zone ( 7 ) of a thin-film layer ( 2 ) and a lens ( 10, 12 ) disposed downstream of the radiation-emitting region ( 8 ). The lens is formed by at least one partial region of the thin-film layer ( 2 ), the lateral extent (Φ) of the lens ( 10, 12 ) being greater than the lateral extent of the radiation-emitting region (δ). A method for producing such an optoelectronic thin-film chip is furthermore specified.

Claims (19)

1. An optoelectronic thin-film chip, comprising:

at least one radiation-emitting region in an active zone of a thin-film layer;

a carrier, to which the thin-film layer is applied;

at least one current coupling-in region arranged between the carrier and the thin-film layer;

a lens disposed on a side of the active zone opposite the carrier, said lens formed by at least one partial region of the thin-film layer, a lateral extent of the lens being greater than a lateral extent of the radiation-emitting region; and

at least one depression in an interface of the thin-film layer which faces the carrier, wherein the at least one depression at least partly surrounds the current coupling-in region.

2. The optoelectronic thin-film chip as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a plurality of radiation-emitting regions, wherein precisely one lens is disposed on a side of the active zone opposite the carrier for each radiation-emitting region.

3. The optoelectronic thin-film chip as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lateral extent of the lens is greater than a lateral extent of the current coupling-in region.

4. The optoelectronic thin-film chip as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the lens is formed at a surface of the thin-film layer which is remote from the carrier.

5. The optoelectronic thin-film chip as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lateral extent of the lens is between 30 and 100 μm.

6. The optoelectronic thin-film chip as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a lateral extent of the current coupling-in region is between 1 and 80 μm.

7. The optoelectronic thin-film chip as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the distance between radiation-emitting region and a base point of the lens is between 1 and 50 μm.

8. The optoelectronic thin-film chip as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the depression is between 1 and 20 μm deep.

9. The optoelectronic thin-film chip as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the depression tapers in a direction of a surface of the thin-film layer which is remote from the carrier, and inner walls of the depression form an angle of between 10 and 90° with the carrier.

10. A method for producing a thin-film chip as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:

producing at least one lens on a surface of a thin-film layer which is remote from a carrier.

11. The method for producing a thin-film chip as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the lens is produced by means of an etching process.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2020
From: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
To: OSRAM OLED GMBH
Reel/Frame 051467/0906 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2007
From: STREUBEL, KLAUS; WIRTH, RALPH
To: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
Reel/Frame 020262/0889 →