Production of optoelectronic components

1. A method for producing optoelectronic components, comprising:

provision of a metal carrier, the carrier comprising a front side and a rear side opposite to the front side;

front-side removal of carrier material, so that the carrier comprises carrier sections protruding in a region of the front side and depressions arranged between them;

formation of a plastic body adjoining carrier sections, the plastic body comprising a first plastic material and a second plastic material, and the first plastic material being a reflective plastic material;

arranging of optoelectronic semiconductor chips on carrier sections;

rear-side removal of carrier material in a region of the depressions, so that the carrier is structured into separate carrier sections; and

carrying out singulation, the plastic body being severed between separate carrier sections and singulated optoelectronic components comprising at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip being formed,

wherein prestructuring of the carrier is carried out by the front-side removal of carrier material, the formation of the plastic body comprising the first and second plastic material is carried out on the prestructured carrier, and the rear-side removal of carrier material in order to structure the carrier into separate carrier sections is carried out after the formation of the plastic body comprising the first and second plastic material,

wherein the optoelectronic semiconductor chips are embedded in the plastic body, wherein the formation of the plastic body comprises arranging the first and second plastic material, the first plastic material being arranged in the depressions of the carrier before the arranging of the optoelectronic semiconductor chips in such a way that the first plastic material is flush with carrier sections protruding in the region of the front side, and the second plastic material being arranged on the first plastic material, the optoelectronic semiconductor chips and carrier sections in the form of a continuous layer covering the optoelectronic semiconductor chips after the arranging of the optoelectronic semiconductor chips, so that all of the optoelectronic semiconductor chips are collectively covered by and embedded in the continuous layer of the second plastic material.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein through-holes are formed in the carrier before the formation of the plastic body and before the structuring of the carrier into separate carrier section, and wherein the formation of the plastic body is carried out in such a way that the plastic body comprises anchoring sections arranged in the through-holes.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one of the following is present:

after the structuring of the carrier into separate carrier sections, a metal wetting layer is formed on a rear side and on side flanks of carrier sections, or

after the structuring of the carrier into separate carrier sections, an antiwetting layer is formed on side flanks and a metal wetting layer is formed on a rear side of carrier sections.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the arranging of the optoelectronic semiconductor chips on carrier sections is carried out before the rear-side removal of carrier material.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the following is present;

the front-side removal and the rear-side removal of carrier material is carried out by means of etching; and/or

the optoelectronic semiconductor chips are radiation-emitting semiconductor chips.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the carrier is provided with a rear-side etching mask on the rear side and the rear-side removal of carrier material in order to structure the carrier into separate carrier sections is carried out by etching using the rear-side etching mask, the etching comprising selectively etching the carrier at positions that are not covered with the rear-side etching mask.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the singulation is carried out in such a way that each optoelectronic component formed by the singulation comprises a plastic package body constituted of the first and the second plastic material, wherein the plastic package body forms a front side and a lateral circumferential surface of the respective optoelectronic component, and wherein the front side is formed exclusively by the second plastic material and the lateral circumferential surface is formed by the first and the second plastic material.

8. A method for producing optoelectronic components, comprising:

provision of a metal carrier, the carrier comprising a front side and a rear side opposite to the front side;

front-side removal of carrier material, so that the carrier comprises carrier sections protruding in a region of the front side and depressions arranged between them;

formation of a plastic body adjoining carrier sections;

arranging of optoelectronic semiconductor chips on carrier sections;

structuring of the carrier into separate carrier sections by rear-side removal of carrier material in a region of the depressions; and

carrying out singulation, the plastic body being severed between separate carrier sections and singulated optoelectronic components comprising at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip being formed,

wherein prestructuring of the carrier is carried out by the front-side removal of carrier material, the formation of the plastic body is carried out on the prestructured carrier and before the structuring of the carrier into separate carrier sections, and the structuring of the carrier into separate carrier sections is carried out after the formation of the plastic body, and

wherein through-holes are formed in the carrier before the formation of the plastic body and before the structuring of the carrier into separate carrier sections, and wherein the formation of the plastic body is carried out in such a way that the plastic body comprises anchoring sections arranged in the through-holes.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein through-holes merging into depressions are formed in the region of the depressions of the carrier.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein through-holes are formed inside carrier sections protruding in the region of the front side of the carrier.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein through-holes are formed with a shape widening in steps in a region of the rear side of the carrier.

12. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the formation of the plastic body is carried out in such a way that the anchoring sections of the plastic body are flush with the carrier at the rear side.

13. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein one of the following is present:

the arranging of the optoelectronic semiconductor chips on carrier sections is carried out before the structuring of the carrier into separate carrier sections and the optoelectronic semiconductor chips are arranged on carrier sections of the carrier protruding in the region of the front side; or

wherein the arranging of the optoelectronic semiconductor chips on carrier sections is carried out after the structuring of the carrier into separate carrier sections and the optoelectronic semiconductor chips are arranged on separate carrier sections.