IP Library Granted Patent US 11,848,406
Granted Patent B2
US 11,848,406 · App. 17/685,058 · Granted Dec 19, 2023

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

Inventors: Roland Heinrich Enzmann (Penang, MY); Hubert Halbritter (Dietfurt, DE); Martin Rudolf Behringer (Regensburg, DE)
Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
H01L33/58H01L33/0095H01L33/46H01L33/62H01L2933/0058
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Patent No.
US 11,848,406
App. No.
17/685,058
Granted
Dec 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radiation-emitting semiconductor device ( 1 ) is specified, comprising a semiconductor body ( 2 ) having an active region ( 20 ) provided for generating radiation, a carrier ( 3 ) on which the semiconductor body is arranged and an optical element ( 4 ), wherein the optical element is attached to the semiconductor body by a direct bonding connection. Furthermore, a method for producing of radiation-emitting semiconductor devices is specified.

Claims (33)

1. A radiation-emitting semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor body having an active region provided for generating radiation;

a carrier on which the semiconductor body is arranged; and an optical element, wherein:

the optical element is attached to the semiconductor body with a direct bonding connection,

the active region is divided into a plurality of segments and the optical element extends continuously over the plurality of segments, and

the optical element has one or more optical segments for each segment.

2. The radiation-emitting semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier and the optical element terminate flush with a side surface delimiting the radiation-emitting semiconductor device.

3. The radiation-emitting semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the segments are externally electrically controlled independently of one another.

4. The radiation-emitting semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical segments are each formed identically in terms of beam shaping.

5. The radiation-emitting semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical segments differ from one another in terms of beam shaping.

6. The radiation-emitting semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a mirror region is arranged between the active region and the optical element.

7. The radiation-emitting semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the mirror region is arranged between the active region and direct bonding connection.

8. The radiation-emitting semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the mirror region is arranged between the direct bonding connection and the optical element.

9. The radiation-emitting semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein:

a contact for external electrical contacting of the radiation-emitting semiconductor device is arranged on a side of the semiconductor body facing the optical element;

the direct bonding connection is adjacent to an auxiliary bonding layer on a side facing the semiconductor body; and

the auxiliary bonding layer completely covers the contact and in places has a greater vertical extent than the contact.

10. The radiation-emitting semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the radiation-emitting semiconductor device has two contacts for external electrical contacting on a side of the carrier facing away from the optical element.

11. A radiation-emitting semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor body having an active region provided for generating radiation;

a carrier on which the semiconductor body is arranged; and an optical element, wherein:

the optical element is attached to the semiconductor body with a direct bonding connection;

a contact for external electrical contacting of the radiation-emitting semiconductor device is arranged on a side of the semiconductor body facing the optical element;

the direct bonding connection is adjacent to an auxiliary bonding layer on a side facing the semiconductor body; and

the auxiliary bonding layer completely covers the contact and in places has a greater vertical extent than the contact.

12. The radiation-emitting semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the direct bonding connection is formed between the auxiliary bonding layer and a further auxiliary bonding layer.

13. The radiation-emitting semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein the auxiliary bonding layer and the further auxiliary bonding layer each contain an oxide.

14. A radiation-emitting semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor body having an active region provided for generating radiation;

a carrier on which the semiconductor body is arranged; and an optical element, wherein:

the optical element is attached to the semiconductor body with a direct bonding connection,

the active region is divided into a plurality of segments and the optical element extends continuously over the plurality of segments,

a mirror region is arranged between the active region and the optical element.

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 Mar 2, 2022
From: ENZMANN, ROLAND HEINRICH; HALBRITTER, HUBERT; BEHRINGER, MARTIN RUDOLF
To: OSRAM OLED GMBH
Reel/Frame 059150/0801 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102017122325.8 · Sep 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16650100
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