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Lighting apparatus including an optoelectronic component

US9559266B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

OSRAM GmbH · DE

Inventors

Ralph Wirth · Lappersdorf, DE
Axel Kaltenbacher · Ingolstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 7, 2014
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 7, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH10H20/8514
WIPO fieldSemiconductors
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an illumination device (1) specifically a packaged LED (2), which is embedded in a casing body leaving the bottom side of the LED (2) exposed; on the bottom side, a contacting element (7) is vacuum deposited onto the LED (2), which contacting element protrudes laterally above the LED (2) and allows on a macroscopic level for an electric contacting of the LED (2), namely by connection of flat surfaces, such as welding.

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