Radiation-emitting semiconductor chip, method for producing a plurality of radiation-emitting semiconductor chips and optoelectronic component having a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip

1. A radiation-emitting semiconductor chip having:

an epitaxial semiconductor layer sequence, which emits electromagnetic radiation during operation,

a transparent carrier, onto which the epitaxial semiconductor layer sequence is applied, wherein

the carrier comprises a first main surface facing the semiconductor layer sequence, a second main surface facing away from the semiconductor layer sequence and a lateral flank arranged between the first main surface and the second main surface, and

the lateral flank comprises a sawtooth-shaped out-coupling structure, which is formed in a targeted manner from singulation traces,

wherein each structural element of the sawtooth-shaped out-coupling structure comprises a first surface and a second surface,

wherein the first surface runs parallel to the first main surface and/or to the second main surface of the carrier, and the second surface encloses an acute opening angle with the first surface,

wherein the opening angle points in the direction of the first main surface of the carrier or in the direction of the second main surface of the carrier.

2. The radiation-emitting semiconductor chip according to claim 1 , in which the lateral flank is inclined along its entire length in the vertical direction relative to a normal of the first main surface and/or the second main surface of the carrier.

3. The radiation-emitting semiconductor chip according to claim 1 , in which the out-coupling structure comprises a plurality of similar structural elements, which are arranged in a regular and/or periodic pattern.

4. The radiation-emitting semiconductor chip according to claim 1 , wherein the saw-tooth structure comprises rounded edges.

5. The radiation-emitting semiconductor chip according to claim 1 , in which the carrier comprises one of the following materials: sapphire, gallium arsenide, silicon, gallium nitride, silicon carbide.

6. An optoelectronic component, in which one or more radiation-emitting semiconductor chip(s) according to claim 1 is/are arranged in a component housing.

7. A method for producing a plurality of radiation-emitting semiconductor chips comprising the following steps:

providing an epitaxial semiconductor layer sequence, which emits electromagnetic radiation during operation, wherein the epitaxial semiconductor layer sequence is applied onto a transparent carrier,

singulating of the composite composed of the epitaxial semiconductor layer sequence and the carrier into a plurality of radiation-emitting semiconductor chips,

wherein a lateral flank of the carrier is provided in a targeted manner with singulation traces, which are designed as out-coupling structures, which are designed as sawtooth-shaped out-coupling structures,

wherein each structural element of the sawtooth-shaped out-coupling structure comprises a first surface and a second surface,

wherein the first surface runs parallel to the first main surface and/or to the second main surface of the carrier, and the second surface encloses an acute opening angle with the first surface,

wherein the opening angle points in the direction of the first main surface of the carrier or in the direction of the second main surface of the carrier.

8. The method according to claim 7 , in which a dry chemical etching method is used for singulating the composite into semiconductor chips.

9. The method according to claim 7 , in which a dry chemical etching method and a passivation step of the areas of the lateral flank of the carrier formed by the dry chemical etching method are used alternately for singulating the composite into semiconductor chips.

10. The method according to claim 7 , in which the saw-tooth structure has rounded edges.