IP Library Granted Patent US 9,366,395
Granted Patent B2
US 9,366,395 · App. 14/119,711 · Granted Jun 14, 2016

Optical element, optoelectronic component and method for the production thereof

Inventors: Kirstin Petersen (Regensburg, DE); Stephan Preuss (Bad Abbach, DE); Markus Pindl (Tegernhelm, DE); Markus Boss (Regensburg, DE); Martin Brandl (Kelheim, DE)
Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
F21K9/50B29C43/021B29D11/0073B29D11/00807H01L24/97H01L33/50H01L33/505H01L33/507H01L33/58B29C43/20H01L25/0753H01L2924/12036H01L2924/12041H01L2924/12042H01L2924/15787H01L2924/181H01L2924/1815H01L2933/0041H01L2933/0058H01L2933/0091
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Patent No.
US 9,366,395
App. No.
14/119,711
Granted
Jun 14, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical element for light outcoupling and/or conversion of light includes a light-emitting semiconductor chip with at least one layer selected from a wavelength conversion layer, a scattering layer, a light outcoupling layer and a lens layer, which each includes a plastics material processable in a compression molding method.

Claims (28)

1. An optical element for light outcoupling and/or conversion of light comprising a light-emitting semiconductor chip with at least one layer selected from a wavelength conversion layer, a scattering layer, a light outcoupling layer and a lens layer, which each comprise a plastics material processable in a compression molding method,

wherein the at least one layer comprises the wavelength conversion layer and the lens layer applied on top of one another,

a transparent material is arranged at least in a sub-region between the scattering layer and wavelength conversion layer, and

the scattering layer comprises at least one recess for arrangement of the light-emitting semiconductor chip, the at least one recess having the form of a through-opening through the scattering layer and extending from a side of the scattering layer remote from the wavelength conversion layer to the wavelength conversion layer.

2. The optical element according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one layer comprises at least one recess for arrangement of the light-emitting semiconductor chip.

3. The optical element according to claim 1 , wherein on a side of the wavelength conversion layer remote from the scattering layer, at least one surface structure is arranged.

4. The optical element according to claim 3 , wherein the surface structure is formed by a surface of the wavelength conversion layer or by a light outcoupling layer.

5. The optical element according to claim 3 , wherein the surface structure comprises lenticular and/or prismatic raised portions and/or recesses.

6. The optical element according to claim 1 , wherein a wavelength conversion layer and a lens layer are applied on top of one another, and the wavelength conversion layer and the lens layer each comprise a plastics material processable in a compression molding method.

7. The optical element according to claim 1 , further comprising a further layer applied on the lens layer and the further layer has a different refractive index.

8. An optoelectronic component comprising a carrier with the light-emitting semiconductor chip and the optical element according to claim 1 .

9. The optoelectronic component according to claim 8 with the optical element, wherein the at least one layer comprises at least one recess for arrangement of the light-emitting semiconductor chip and wherein the wavelength conversion layer and scattering layer are applied on top of one another, and the wavelength conversion layer and the scattering layer each comprise a plastics material processable in a compression molding method and the scattering layer comprises the at least one recess for arrangement of the light-emitting semiconductor chip and the at least one light-emitting semiconductor chip is arranged in the at least one recess.

10. The optoelectronic component according to claim 9 , wherein a plurality of light-emitting semiconductor chips are arranged on the carrier and each of the plurality of light-emitting semiconductor chips is arranged in a recess in a scattering layer of the optical element.

11. The optoelectronic component according to claim 8 , wherein the carrier comprises at least one package with a recess in which the at least one light-emitting semiconductor chip is arranged, and in which a potting compound is arranged which covers the light-emitting semiconductor chip such that the package and potting compound form a planar face on which the optical element is arranged.

12. A method of producing the optical element according to claim 1 , in which a first layer selected from the wavelength conversion layer, the scattering layer, the light outcoupling layer and the lens layer and a second layer are each produced by a compression molding method, wherein

the first layer is produced in a first molding step; and

in a second molding step, the second layer is molded onto the first layer.

13. The method according to claim 12 , in which the first layer is produced in the first molding step in a compression molding device and the second layer is produced in the second molding step in the same compression molding device, wherein the first layer forms part of a mold cavity for production of the second layer.

14. The method according to claim 12 , in which a wavelength conversion layer, a scattering layer and a light outcoupling layer are each produced by a compression molding method as the first, second and third layers, wherein

in a first molding step, the first layer produced is selected from the wavelength conversion layer, the scattering layer and the light outcoupling layer;

in a second molding step, the second layer is molded onto the first layer; and

in a third molding step the third layer is molded onto the first or second layer.

15. A method of producing an optoelectronic component with the optical element according to claim 1 , which is produced using a method in which a first layer selected from a wavelength conversion layer, a scattering layer, a light outcoupling layer and a lens layer and a second layer are each produced by a compression molding method, wherein

the first layer is produced in a first molding step; and

in a second molding step, the second layer is molded onto the first layer;

with a carrier with at least one light-emitting semiconductor chip, which is joined together with the optical element.

16. The method according to claim 15 , in which the optical element is applied after production to the carrier with the at least one light-emitting semiconductor chip.

17. The method according to claim 15 , in which the carrier comprises a plurality of light-emitting semiconductor chips and the carrier with the optical element is singulated after assembly into individual optoelectronic components with, in each case, at least one light-emitting semiconductor chip.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2014
From: PETERSEN, KIRSTIN; PREUSS, STEPHAN; PINDL, MARKUS; BOSS, MARKUS; BRANDL, MARTIN
To: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
Reel/Frame 032334/0419 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 102 350 · May 24, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140168988A1 · Jun 19, 2014