IP Library Granted Patent US 11,824,142
Granted Patent B2
US 11,824,142 · App. 16/969,748 · Granted Nov 21, 2023

Radiation-emitting component and method for producing a radiation-emitting component

Inventors: Luca Haiberger (Regensburg, DE); Sam Chou (Regensburg, DE)
Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
H01L33/486H01L33/60H01L33/50H01L2933/0041H01L2933/0058H01L2933/0091
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Patent No.
US 11,824,142
App. No.
16/969,748
Granted
Nov 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radiation-emitting component ( 1 ) is specified with a carrier ( 2 ) having a cavity ( 9 ), a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip ( 3 ) which is arranged on a bottom surface delimiting the cavity ( 9 ) and which is configured to generate primary electromagnetic radiation, and a first reflector layer ( 6 ) arranged above a top surface of the semiconductor chip ( 3 ), wherein the carrier ( 2 ) is transparent in places to the primary electromagnetic radiation, and the semiconductor chip ( 3 ) is spaced apart from at least one side surface delimiting the cavity ( 9 ).

Claims (63)

1. Radiation-emitting component with

a carrier having a cavity,

a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip which is arranged on a bottom surface delimiting the cavity and which is configured to generate primary electromagnetic radiation, and

a first reflector layer arranged above a top surface of the semiconductor chip,

wherein

the carrier has at least one side wall and a bottom,

the side wall has a top surface forming a top surface of the carrier and the bottom has a top surface forming the bottom surface delimiting the cavity,

the top surface of the side wall and the top surface of the bottom are connected by at least one side surface of the carrier facing the cavity,

the carrier is transparent in places to the primary electromagnetic radiation,

the semiconductor chip is spaced apart from the at least one side surface delimiting the cavity,

the top surface of the carrier extends obliquely to a the bottom surface delimiting the cavity, and

the first reflector layer is in direct contact to the top surface of the carrier which extends obliquely to the bottom surface delimiting the cavity.

2. Radiation-emitting component according to claim 1 , in which the semiconductor chip and the first reflector layer are arranged inside the cavity.

3. Radiation-emitting component according to claim 1 ,

in which a conversion layer is arranged between the semiconductor chip and the first reflector layer and is configured to convert a part of the primary radiation into secondary radiation.

4. Radiation-emitting component according to claim 1 ,

in which a second reflector layer completely surrounds at least one side surface of the semiconductor chip in lateral directions.

5. Radiation-emitting component according to claim 4 ,

in which the second reflector layer is in direct contact with the at least one side surface of the semiconductor chip.

6. Radiation-emitting component according to claim 1 ,

in which the carrier has at least two contact surfaces on a bottom surface and the semiconductor chip is electrically conductively contacted via the at least two contact surfaces.

7. Radiation-emitting component according to claim 1 ,

in which the carrier has a reflective part and a transparent part.

8. Radiation-emitting component according to claim 7 , in which

the reflecting part of the carrier comprises a side wall and a bottom, and

a top surface of the side wall of the reflecting part of the carrier extends obliquely to a bottom surface of the bottom of the reflecting part of the carrier, wherein the parts are formed in one piece.

9. Radiation-emitting component according to claim 8 ,

in which a top surface of the transparent part of the carrier extends obliquely to the bottom surface of the bottom of the reflecting carrier.

10. Radiation-emitting component according to claim 1 , in which the cavity is formed by the at least one side wall and the bottom, which are each part of the carrier of the radiation-emitting component.

11. Radiation-emitting component according to claim 1 , in which the first reflector layer is arranged on the top surface of the carrier.

12. Radiation-emitting component according to claim 1 , in which

the side wall has a transparent part and a reflective part,

the reflective part of the side wall is formed in one piece with the bottom,

a top surface of the reflective part extends obliquely to the bottom surface delimiting the cavity,

the transparent part of the side wall is arranged on the top surface of the reflective part which extends obliquely to the bottom surface delimiting the cavity, and

a top surface of the transparent part is the top surface of the carrier which extends obliquely to the bottom surface delimiting the cavity.

13. Method for producing a radiation-emitting component with the following steps:

providing a carrier having a cavity,

applying a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip to the carrier, at a bottom surface delimiting the cavity, wherein the semiconductor chip is spaced apart from at least one side surface delimiting the cavity, and

applying a first reflector layer above the semiconductor chip, wherein

the carrier has at least one side wall and a bottom,

the side wall has a top surface forming a top surface of the carrier and the bottom has a top surface forming the bottom surface delimiting the cavity,

the top surface of the side wall and the top surface of the bottom are connected by the at least one side surface of the carrier facing the cavity,

the top surface of the carrier extends obliquely to the bottom surface delimiting the cavity, and

the first reflector layer is in direct contact to the top surface of the carrier which extends obliquely to the bottom surface delimiting the cavity.

14. Method according to claim 13 ,

wherein after the application of the semiconductor chip, a second reflector layer is applied, wherein the second reflector layer covers a side surface of the semiconductor chip.

15. Method according to claim 14 ,

wherein after the application of the second reflector layer, a conversion layer is applied to the semiconductor chip and to the second reflector layer.

16. Radiation-emitting component with

a carrier having a cavity,

a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip which is arranged on a bottom surface delimiting the cavity and which is configured to generate primary electromagnetic radiation, and

a first reflector layer arranged above a top surface of the semiconductor chip,

wherein

the carrier has at least one side wall and a bottom,

the side wall has a top surface forming a top surface of the carrier and the bottom has a top surface forming the bottom surface delimiting the cavity,

the top surface of the side wall and the top surface of the bottom are connected by at least one side surface of the carrier facing the cavity,

the primary electromagnetic radiation exits through at least one transparent side wall of the carrier,

the carrier is transparent in places to the primary electromagnetic radiation,

the semiconductor chip is spaced apart from the at least one side surface delimiting the cavity,

the top surface of the carrier extends obliquely to the bottom surface delimiting the cavity,

the at least one side surface facing the cavity comprises at least one step, and

the first reflector layer is in direct contact to the top surface of the carrier which extends obliquely to the bottom surface delimiting the cavity.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Feb 17, 2026
From: OSRAM OLED GMBH
To: AMS-OSRAM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 074881/0104 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2020
From: HAIBERGER, LUCA; CHOU, SAM
To: OSRAM OLED GMBH
Reel/Frame 053832/0081 →