IP Library Granted Patent US 9,362,466
Granted Patent B2
US 9,362,466 · App. 14/493,257 · Granted Jun 7, 2016

Contacting an optoelectronic semiconductor component through a conversion element and corresponding optoelectronic semiconductor component

Inventors: Hans-Christoph Gallmeier (Regensburg, DE); Michael Kruppa (Regensburg, DE); Raimund Schwarz (Regensburg, DE); Guenter Spath (Regensburg, DE)
Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
H01L33/507H01L33/50H01L33/62H01L33/38H01L2224/48091H01L2224/48465H01L2933/0033H01L2933/0041H01L2933/0066
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Patent No.
US 9,362,466
App. No.
14/493,257
Granted
Jun 7, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing an optoelectronic semiconductor component, comprising: providing a semiconductor chip in a composite wafer, comprising an active side for emitting a primary radiation and a contact terminal which is arranged on the active side; depositing a coupling element on the active side; attaching a luminescence conversion element, for converting part of the primary radiation into a secondary radiation, to the coupling element.

Claims (38)

1. A method for manufacturing an optoelectronic semiconductor component, comprising:

providing a semiconductor chip in a composite wafer, the semiconductor chip comprising an active side for emitting a primary radiation and a contact terminal which is arranged on the active side, wherein the composite wafer is an artificial wafer comprising sorted semiconductor chips, the sorted semiconductor chips comprising the provided semiconductor chip;

depositing a coupling element on the active side of the provided semiconductor chip; and

attaching a luminescence conversion element, for converting part of the primary radiation into a secondary radiation, to the coupling element.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sorted semiconductor chips are sorted and arranged in the artificial wafer according to their respective spectral loci.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

providing a processed semiconductor wafer comprising semiconductor chips;

separating the processed semiconductor wafer to provide separated semiconductor chips;

determining spectral loci of the semiconductor chips of the processed semiconductor wafer before or after the separation;

sorting the semiconductor chips of the processed semiconductor wafer according to the spectral locus; and

arranging the sorted semiconductor chips of the processed semiconductor wafer in the artificial wafer on the basis of the determined spectral loci so as to obtain the artificial wafer comprising the sorted semiconductor chips.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3 ,

wherein the step relating to attaching the luminescence conversion element includes depositing a luminescence conversion element that extends over a plurality of semiconductor chips of the sorted semiconductor chips within the artificial wafer.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising cutting the luminescence conversion element to size on each semiconductor chip of the plurality of semiconductor chips of the sorted semiconductor chips within the artificial wafer.

6. The method of claim 3 ,

wherein sorting the semiconductor chips of the processed semiconductor wafer is carried out in order to provide a group of semiconductor chips having a similar spectral locus within a predefined tolerance, and

wherein the group of semiconductor chips is arranged in a domain of the artificial wafer.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

assigning luminescence conversion elements to the group of semiconductor chips; and

depositing the assigned luminescence conversion elements on semiconductor chips of the group of semiconductor chips.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

assigning the luminescence conversion element to the group of semiconductor chips; and

depositing the luminescence conversion element on the semiconductor chips of the group of semiconductor chips such that the luminescence conversion element covers the semiconductor chips of the group of semiconductor chips.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

cutting the luminescence conversion element to size on each semiconductor chip of the semiconductor chips of the group of semiconductor chips.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the luminescence conversion element is selected according to a spectral locus of the provided semiconductor chip.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the coupling element comprises at least one of the following materials:

glass,

silicone,

aluminum oxide, or

an adhesive.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising exposing the contact terminal.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the exposure of the contact terminal is effected by means of laser ablation.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the exposure of the contact terminal is effected by means of a photolithographic process.

15. A method for manufacturing an optoelectronic semiconductor component, comprising:

providing a semiconductor chip in a composite wafer, the semiconductor chip comprising an active side for emitting a primary radiation and a contact terminal which is arranged on the active side, wherein the composite wafer is an artificial wafer comprising receptacles into which semiconductor chips are installed, the semiconductor chips comprising the provided semiconductor chip;

depositing a coupling element on the active side of the provided semiconductor chip; and

attaching a luminescence conversion element, for converting part of the primary radiation into a secondary radiation, to the coupling element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2020
From: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
To: OSRAM OLED GMBH
Reel/Frame 051467/0906 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2009 048 401 · Oct 6, 2009 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13500685
Related Publication 20150008471A1 · Jan 8, 2015