COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT

Abstract

The invention relates to a component comprising a first part, a second part, a housing body, and a first electrode, wherein the housing body encloses the first electrode in lateral directions at least in some regions. The first electrode has a front face and a rear face facing away from the front face, and the front and rear faces are free of a cover produced by a material of the housing body at least in some regions. The first part is arranged on the front face, and the second part is arranged on the rear face, and both the first and second parts are connected to the first electrode in an electrically conductive manner. The first electrode is designed to be continuous and is arranged between the first part and the second part in the vertical direction. Also described is a method for producing the component.

Claims

1.-15. (canceled)

16. A component comprising a first part, a second part, a housing body and a first electrode, wherein the housing body encloses the first electrode in lateral directions at least in regions, the first electrode comprises a front side and a rear side facing away from the front side, the front side and the rear side being free of coverage by a material of the housing body at least in regions, the first part is arranged on the front side and is electrically conductively connected to the first electrode, the second part is arranged on the rear side and is electrically conductively connected to the first electrode, the first electrode is formed to be continuous and is arranged between the first part and the second part in the vertical direction, and the housing body comprises two cavities, the cavities respectively being formed as an opening of the housing body and being fully enclosed by the housing body in lateral directions, bottom surfaces of the cavities respectively being formed in regions by surfaces of the continuous first electrode, of a second electrode and of the housing body, and the first part and the second part respectively being arranged in one of the two cavities, a mounting surface for the first or second part being formed exclusively by an uncovered surface of the first electrode, and the uncovered surface being free of coverage by the housing body in plan view.

17. The component as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first electrode is formed in one piece.

18. The component as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first part and the second part respectively adjoin the first electrode directly at most except for a connection layer.

19. The component as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first electrode is fully enclosed by the housing body in lateral directions and is configured to be electrically contactable on the front-side main surface or on the rear-side main surface of the component.

20. The component as claimed in claim 16, wherein all side surfaces of the component are formed by side surfaces of the housing body, and wherein all side surfaces of the component are free of an electrically conductive material or free of electrical connection positions of the component.

21. The component as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first part or the second part is a light-emitting semiconductor chip.

22. The component as claimed in claims 16, wherein the first part is a light-emitting semiconductor chip and the second part is a sensor.

23. The component as claimed in claim 16, which comprises a second electrode which is electrically conductively connected to the first part and/or to the second part, both the first electrode and the second electrode directly adjoining the housing body.

24. The component as claimed in claim 23,wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are formed from the same material.

25. The component as claimed in claim 16, which comprises a front-side main surface and a rear-side main surface, wherein the main surfaces delimit the component in vertical directions, the front-side main surface is formed in regions by a front side of the housing body, and the rear-side main surface is formed in regions by a rear side of the housing body.

26. The component as claimed in claim 25, wherein the first electrode is fully enclosed by the housing body in lateral directions and is configured to be electrically contactable on the front-side main surface or on the rear-side main surface of the component.

27. The component as claimed in claim 16, which comprises side surfaces, wherein all side surfaces of the component are formed by side surfaces of the housing body, and wherein all side surfaces of the component are free of an electrically conductive material or free of electrical connection positions of the component.

28. The component as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first electrode is electrically contactable on a side surface of the housing body or a side surface of the component.

29. A method for producing a component as claimed in claim 16, comprising the following steps: providing a lead frame having the first electrode; forming the housing body by means of a molding method, so that the first electrode is laterally enclosed by the housing body in such a way that the first electrode comprises the front side and the rear side facing away from the front side; fixing the first part on the front side of the first electrode after formation of the housing body; and fixing the second part on the rear side of the first electrode after formation of the housing body.

30. A method for producing a component as claimed in claim 16, comprising the following steps: providing a lead frame having the first electrode; fixing the first part on the front side of the first electrode; fixing the second part on the rear side of the first electrode; and forming a housing body by means of a film-assisted molding method after fixing of the parts, so that the first electrode is laterally enclosed by the housing body in such a way that the front side and the rear side of the first electrode are respectively free of coverage by the material of the housing body in regions in plan view.

Description

[0037] Further preferred embodiments and refinements of the component and of the method may be found from the exemplary embodiments explained below in connection with FIGS. 1A to 5E, in which:

[0038] FIGS. 1A, 1B and 1C show one exemplary embodiment of a component in a sectional view, in a plan view of a front side of the component and in a plan view of a rear side of the component,

[0039] FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C show one exemplary embodiment of a housing of a component in a three-dimensional sectional view, in a plan view of a front side of the housing and in a plan view of a rear side of the housing,

[0040] FIGS. 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E and 3F show schematic representations of some method steps of one exemplary embodiment of a method for producing a component, and

[0041] FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C show a further exemplary embodiment of a component in a sectional view, in a plan view of a front side of the component and in a plan view of a rear side of the component, and

[0042] FIGS. 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D and 5E show schematic representations of some method steps of a further exemplary embodiment of a method for producing a component.

[0043] Elements which are the same or of the same type, or which have the same effect, are provided with the same references in the figures. The figures are respectively schematic representations and are therefore not necessarily true to scale. Rather, relatively small elements, and in particular layer thicknesses, may be represented exaggeratedly large for illustration.

[0044] FIG. 1A schematically represents a component 10 in a sectional view. The component comprises a housing 12. In vertical directions, the component 10 comprises a front-side main surface 10V and a rear-side main surface 10R facing away from the front-side main surface 10V. In particular, the front-side main surface 10V and the rear-side main surface 10R are formed in regions by surfaces of the housing 12.

[0045] The housing 12 comprises a housing body 2. In particular, the front-side main surface 10V and the rear-side main surface 10R of the component 10 are formed by surfaces of the housing body 2. The component 10 comprises vertically extending side surfaces 10S, the vertical side surfaces 10S connecting the front-side main surface 10V to the rear-side main surface 10R. In particular, all side surfaces 10S of the component 10 are formed only by side surfaces 2S of the housing body 2 or of the housing 12. The front-side main surface 10V of the component 10 may be formed in regions by a front side 2V of the housing body 2. The rear-side main surface 10R of the component 10 may be formed in regions by a rear side 2R of the housing body 2.

[0046] The component 10 comprises a multiplicity of parts 1, in particular a multiplicity of electrical parts 1. The part 1 may be a radiation-emitting or radiation-detecting semiconductor chip. The part 1 may also be a sensor, for instance a light sensor, or an integrated-circuit chip for the control of a sensor or of an optoelectronic semiconductor chip.

[0047] In FIG. 1A, the component 10 comprises a first part 1A and a second part 1B. Preferably, the component 10 comprises at least one part 1A or 1B which is an optoelectronic semiconductor chip, in particular a light-emitting semiconductor chip.

[0048] According to FIG. 1A, the component 10 comprises at least one cavity 2K. The cavity 2K, or the first cavity 2KA, is in particular an opening of the housing body 2 or of the housing 12. In lateral directions, the cavity 2K is fully enclosed by the main body 2. The first part 1A is arranged in the first cavity 2KA.

[0049] The component 10 comprises a first electrode 31. The first electrode 31 is, in particular, a portion of a lead frame 3, the lead frame 3 being adapted for electrical contacting of the part 1, in particular of the first part 1A. The lead frame 3 may comprise a second electrode 32, which is represented only in regions in FIG. 1A. By means of the first electrode 31 and the second electrode 32, the first part 1A may be externally electrically contacted. For example, the first part 1A is arranged directly, for instance except for a connection layer 5, on the first electrode 31. By means of an electrical connection 4, for instance by means of a connection wire or bond wire 4, the first part 1A may be electrically conductively connected to the second electrode 32.

[0050] The component 10 or the housing body 2 comprises a second cavity 2KB, in which the second part 2B is arranged. The second cavity 2KB is open toward the rear side 2R of the housing body 2 or toward the rear-side main surface 10R of the component 10. The first cavity 2KA, in which the first part 2A is arranged, is open toward the front side 2V of the housing body 2, or toward the front-side main surface 10V, of the component 10.

[0051] The first electrode 31 is enclosed at least in regions or fully by the housing body 2 in the lateral directions. It is possible for the first electrode 31 to be exposed in regions in the first cavity 2KA and/or in the second cavity 2KB, or to be uncovered by the housing body 2 in regions in plan view. In FIG. 1A, the first electrode 31 is arranged in regions between the first cavity 2KA and the second cavity 2KB in the vertical direction. In a plan view of the first electrode 31, the first cavity 2KA and the second cavity 2KB have overlaps. In particular, the first cavity 2KA and the second cavity 2KB are vertically separated from one another only by the first electrode 31.

[0052] The first cavity 2KA comprises a bottom surface 2B. In particular, the bottom surface 2B is formed in regions by a surface 31F of the first electrode 31. In FIG. 1A, the bottom surface 2B of the first cavity 2KA is formed in regions by a front side 31V of the first electrode 31. A bottom surface 2B of the second cavity 2KB is formed in regions by a rear side 31R of the first electrode 31. It is possible for the bottom surface 2B of the cavity 2K to be formed in regions by a surface of the housing body 2, by the surface 31F of the first electrode 31 and/or by a surface 32F of the second electrode 32.

[0053] For example, the bottom surface 2B of the first cavity 2KA may be formed in regions by the front side 31V of the first electrode 31, by the front side 2V of the housing body 2 and by the front side 32V of the second electrode 32. The bottom surface 2B of the second cavity 2KB, on the other hand, may be formed in regions by the rear side 31R of the first electrode 31, by the rear side 32R of the second electrode 32 and in regions by the rear side 2R of the housing body 2.

[0054] The housing body 2 is molded around the first electrode 31 in such a way that, in regions, the front side 31V and the rear side 31R of the first electrode are exposed or not covered by the housing body 2 in the regions of the cavities 2K in plan view. In other words, the first electrode 31 is at least in regions not covered by a material of the housing body 2 in the regions of the cavities 2K. The subregions of the first electrode 31 that are uncovered by the housing body 2 in the regions of the cavities 2K may be used as a mounting surface for the parts 1, 1A and 1B. It is possible for the mounting surface for the parts 1 to be formed only by an uncovered surface of the electrode 31, the uncovered surface being free of coverage by the housing body 2 in plan view.

[0055] According to FIG. 1A, the front side 31V and the rear side 31R of the first electrode 31 are used as a respective mounting surface for the first part 1A and for the second part 1B, respectively. In contrast to FIG. 1A or 1B, a multiplicity of first parts 1A may be arranged on the front side 31V of the first electrode 31 and/or a multiplicity of second parts 1B may be arranged on the rear side 31R of the first electrode 31. It is possible for a multiplicity of parts 1 to be arranged in a common cavity 2K, for instance 2KA or 2KB.

[0056] According to FIG. 1A, the first electrode 31 is configured in such a way that the first electrode 31 is electrically contactable outside the cavities 2K on the front side 2V of the housing body 2 or on the front-side main surface 10V of the component 10. On the front-side main surface 10V or on the front side 2V of the housing body 2, the component 10 comprises a first connection position 41, which in particular is assigned to a first electrical polarity of the component 10 or of the part 1, 1A and/or 1B. The first connection position 41 may be a partial surface of the first electrode 31. As an alternative, it is possible for the first connection position 41 to be a surface of a contact layer, which is in electrical contact with the first electrode 31.

[0057] On the front-side main surface 10V or on the front side 2V of the housing body 2, the component 10 comprises a second connection position 42. In particular, the second connection position 42 is assigned to a second electrical polarity of the component 10 or of the part 1, 1A and/or 1B. In a similar way to the first connection position 41, the second connection position 42 may be located outside the cavities 2K. The second connection position may be a surface of the second electrode 32. As an alternative, it is possible for the second connection position 42 to be formed by a surface of a different contact layer, which is in electrical contact with the first electrode 32.

[0058] The second connection position 42 represented in FIG. 1A may be a second connection position 42A of the first part 1A. It is possible for the component 10 to comprise a further second connection position 42, which is for instance formed as a second connection position 42B of the second part 1B, on the front-side main surface 10V or on the front side 2V of the housing body 2.

[0059] It is possible for the second connection position 42A and the further second connection position 42B to be electrically insulated from one another. The first part 1A and the second part 1B may comprise the same first electrode 31 and the same first connection position 41 but different second connection positions 42A and 42B. In this case, the first part 1A and the second part 1B may be connected and/or controlled independently of one another. As an alternative, it is possible for the first part 1A and the second part 1B to comprise both the same first connection position 41 and the same second connection position 42.

[0060] In FIG. 1A, the first connection position 41 and the second connection position 42 are arranged on the front-side main surface of the part 10, or on the front side 2V of the housing body 2, in particular outside the cavity 2K. The component 10 is electrically contactable via the front side 2V or via the front-side main surface 10V. The rear-side main surface 10R of the component 10 or the rear side 2R of the housing body 2 may be free of electrical connection positions of the component 10. In contrast to FIG. 1A, it is possible for all connection positions 41 and 42 to be located on the rear-side main surface 10R of the component or on the rear side 2R of the housing body 2. The front side 2V of the housing body 2 or the front-side main surface 10V of the component 10 may be free of the connection positions 41 and 42. According to FIG. 1A, all side surfaces 10S of the component 10 and/or all side surfaces 2S of the housing body 2 may be free of an electrically conductive material and/or free of electrical connection positions 41 and 42.

[0061] The part 1, 1A or 1B may comprise a connection layer 40, the connection layer 40 being arranged on a surface of the part 1 facing away from the first electrode 31. For example, the connection layer 40 is a radiation-transmissive electrically conductive layer, for instance an ITO layer. By means of an electrical connection 4, for instance a connection wire or a bond wire, the connection layer 40 or another electrical contact position of the part 1 may be electrically conductively connected to the second electrode 32. In the regions of the cavities 2K, the second electrode 32 may be electrically contactable and/or exposed in regions.

[0062] The second electrode 32 may comprise a first subregion 32A and a second subregion 32B (FIGS. 1B and 1C). The first subregion 32A and the second subregion 32B may be electrically insulated from one another. For example, the first subregion 32A is adapted for electrical contacting of the first part 1A and is, in particular, freely accessible in regions on the bottom surface 2B of the first cavity 2KA (FIG. 1B). The first subregion 32A may be electrically contactable outside the first cavity 2KA via the second connection position 42A. The second subregion 32B may be adapted for electrical contacting of the second part 1B. For example, the second subregion 32B is freely accessible in regions on the bottom surface 2B of the second cavity 2KA (FIG. 1C). The second subregion 32B may be electrically contactable outside the second cavity 2KA via the second further connection position 42B (FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C).

[0063] The cavities 2K, in particular the first cavity 2KA and/or the second cavity 2KB, may according to FIG. 1A be filled with an encapsulation 7. In a plan view of the bottom surface 2B, the encapsulation 7 may fully cover the first part 1A and/or the second part 1B. For example, the encapsulation 7 is flush with the front side 2V or with the rear side 2R of the housing body 2 outside the cavity 2K in the vertical direction. In the regions of the cavities 2K, the front-side main surface 10V or the rear-side main surface 10R of the component may be formed in regions by a surface of the encapsulation 7. The encapsulation 7 may be configured to be radiation-transmissive. If the part 1A or 1B is not adapted for generation or for detection of electromagnetic radiation, it is also conceivable for the encapsulation 7 to be configured to be radiation-opaque.

[0064] It is possible for radiation-scattering and/or radiation-reflecting particles to be embedded in the encapsulation 7. The encapsulation 7 may comprise phosphor particles, which are adapted in particular to convert electromagnetic radiation of a first peak wavelength into electromagnetic radiation of a second peak wavelength, the first peak wavelength being less than the second peak wavelength, for example less by at least 30 nm, 70 nm or by at least 150 nm.

[0065] During operation of the component 10, the first part 1A and/or the second part 1B may be adapted to emit electromagnetic radiation in the visible, ultraviolet or in the infrared spectral range. For example, the first part 1A and/or the second part 1B may be adapted to emit electromagnetic radiation of a first peak wavelength, which is partially converted by phosphor particles into electromagnetic radiation of a second peak wavelength.

[0066] It is possible for the part 1 to comprise a converter layer 6 which is arranged indirectly or, in particular, directly on a surface of the part 1 facing away from the first electrode 31. The converter layer 6 may comprise phosphor particles. The encapsulation 7 may in this case be free of phosphor particles.

[0067] In FIG. 1B, the exemplary embodiment of a component 10 represented in FIG. 1A is represented in a plan view of the front side 2V of the housing body 2. In contrast to FIG. 1A, the encapsulation 7 is not represented in FIG. 1B. Unlike in FIG. 1A or FIG. 2B, the electrical connection positions 41, 42, 42A or 42B are not represented in FIG. 1B.

[0068] According to FIG. 1B, the bottom surface 2B of the first cavity 2KA is formed in regions from surfaces of the first electrode 31, of the second electrode 32 and of the front side 2V of the housing body 2. In other words, the first electrode 31 and the second electrode 32, in particular the first subregion 32A of the second electrode 32, are exposed in regions inside the cavity 2KA. In a plan view of the front side 2V of the housing body 2, the first electrode 31 and the second electrode 32 are laterally separated by a subregion of the housing body 2. This subregion of the housing body 2 may be bridged by an electrical connection 4, for instance a wire connection, the electrical connection 4 for example electrically connecting the connection layer 40 or a contact position of the part 1 to the second electrode 32, in particular to the first subregion 32A of the second electrode 32.

[0069] In FIG. 1C, the exemplary embodiment of a component 10 represented in FIG. 1A is represented in a plan view of the rear side 2R of the housing body 2. The structure, represented in FIG. 1C, of the component 10 on the rear side corresponds substantially to the structure, represented in FIG. 1A, of the component 10 on the front side. In contrast thereto, a second subregion 32B of the second electrode 32 is exposed and/or electrically contactable in regions in the second cavity 2KB. By means of an electrical connection 4, for instance a wire connection, the second subregion 32B or the second electrode 32 may be electrically conductively connected to a connection layer 40 or a contact position of the second part 1B.

[0070] It is possible for at least 40%, 50%, 60%, 70% or at least 80% of the entire bottom surface 2B of the cavity 2K, for instance of the first cavity 2KA or of the second cavity 2KB, to be formed by a surface 31F of the first electrode 31, and/or surface 31F of the second electrode 32, exposed in the cavity 2K.

[0071] FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C represent a housing 12 for a part 10, represented for instance in FIGS. 1A, 1B and 1C, schematically in a three-dimensional sectional view, in a plan view of a front side of the housing 12, and in a plan view of a rear side of the housing 12, respectively. In particular for reasons of clarity, no parts 1 are represented in FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C.

[0072] In FIG. 2A, the second subregion 32A and/or the second connection position 42A of the second electrode 32 are/is electrically contactable on the front side 2V of the housing body 2. The second subregion 32A and the second connection position 42A are expediently electrically conductively connected to one another, for instance by a further subregion, which is in particular embedded in the housing body 2, of the second electrode 32. In plan view, the second connection position 42A is located outside the cavity 2K. The second electrode 32, in particular the second subregion 32A of the second electrode 32, is electrically contactable and/or at least in regions uncovered by the housing body 2 in the region of the cavity 2K. In a similar way to the second electrode 32, the first electrode 31 is in particular electrically contactable both inside and outside the cavity 2K on the front side 2V or on the rear side 2R of the housing body 2. Outside the cavity 2K, the component 10 or the housing 12 comprises the first connection position 41 on the front side 2V. The first connection position 41 is arranged on a first edge region of the housing body 2. The second connection position 42 or 42A is arranged on a second edge region of the housing body 2 opposite to the first edge region.

[0073] The exemplary embodiment of a housing 12 represented in FIG. 2B corresponds to the exemplary embodiment of a housing 12 represented in FIG. 2A. In contrast thereto, a further second connection position 42B is represented. The second connection position 42A and the further second connection position 42B are, in particular, arranged next to one another on the second edge region of the housing body 2.

[0074] FIG. 2C represents the housing 12 in a plan view of the rear side 2R of the housing body 2. The second electrode comprises a second subregion 32B. The second subregion 32B is not covered by the housing body 2 at least in regions inside the second cavity 2KB. Outside the second cavity 2KB, the rear side 2R is in particular free of connection positions 41, 42, 42A and/or 42B.

[0075] FIGS. 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D and 3F schematically represent some method steps for the production of a component 10, for instance represented in FIG. 1A.

[0076] According to FIG. 3A, a lead frame 3 having a first, in particular continuous, electrode 31 and a second electrode 32 is provided. A housing body 2 is, for example, applied by means of a molding method onto the lead frame 3 in such a way that the first electrode 31 and the second electrode 32 are enclosed, in particular fully enclosed, laterally. In this case, a front side 31V and/or a rear side 31R of the first electrode 31 may be free of coverage by a material of the housing body 2 at least in regions. The housing body 12 represented in FIG. 3A for the component 10 corresponds substantially to the housing 12 represented in FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C for a component 10.

[0077] According to FIG. 3A, a first part 1A is fixed inside the first cavity 2KA on the front side 31V of the first electrode 31. In particular, the first part 1A is in electrical contact with the first electrode 31. For example, the first part 1A comprises a contact position which faces toward the first electrode 31 and is in electrical contact with the first electrode 31.

[0078] According to FIG. 3B, a wire connection is formed between a first subregion 32A of the second electrode 32 and a connection layer 40 or a further contact position, facing away from the first electrode 31, of the first part 1A. A converter layer 6 and/or an encapsulation 7 may be applied onto the first part 1A, in particular after electrical connection of the first part 1A to the first electrode 31 and to the second electrode 32. For example, the encapsulation 7 may fully fill the first cavity 2KA.

[0079] In a similar way to the mechanical fixing and electrical contacting of the first part 1A, according to FIGS. 3D, 3E and 3F a second part 1B is mechanically fixed and electrically contacted on a rear side 31R of the first electrode 31. By means of an electrical connection, for instance a wire connection, the second part 1B may be electrically conductively connected to a second subregion 32B of the second electrode 32. In a similar way to the first part 1A, the second part 1B may be covered by a converter layer 6 or by an encapsulation 7. The encapsulation 7 may cover the second cavity 2KB partially or fully.

[0080] FIG. 4A shows a further exemplary embodiment of a component 10. The exemplary embodiment of a component 10 represented in FIG. 4A corresponds substantially to the exemplary embodiment of a component 10 represented in FIG. 1A. In contrast thereto, the part 1, 1A or 1B partially covers both the first electrode 31 and the second electrode 32 in a plan view of the lead frame 3. In plan view, the part 1, 1A or 1B may bridge a region of the housing body 2 arranged between the electrodes 31 and 32.

[0081] In particular, the first part 1A fully fills the first cavity 2KA. The second part 1B may fully fill the second cavity 2KB. It is possible for the component 10 to comprise a multiplicity of parts 1, the parts 1 respectively fully filling a cavity 2K associated with them. In other words, the parts 1 may respectively be fully enclosed laterally by the housing body 2. In particular, the parts 1, 1A and/or 1B of the component 10 directly adjoin the housing body 2 in the lateral directions. The part 1, 1A or 1B may be configured as a surface-mountable part. Such a part 1 comprises, in particular, contact positions that are arranged only on a rear side, facing toward the electrodes 31 and 31, of the part 1.

[0082] As a further difference from the exemplary embodiment of a component 10 represented in FIGS. 1A, 1B and 1C, the first electrode 31 and/or the second electrode 32 may protrude laterally beyond the side surface 2S of the housing body 2. It is also possible for the first electrode 31 and/or the second electrode 32 to extend laterally as far as a side surface 2S of the housing body 2. The first electrode 31 and/or the second electrode 32 may be configured to be electrically contactable on the side surface 2S of the housing body 2 or on a side surface 10S of the component 10. The lateral connection position 41 of the first electrode 31 and the second connection positions 42, 42A and 42B of the second electrode 32 are schematically represented, for instance, in FIG. 4B in a plan view of the front-side main surface 10V of the component 10. The connection positions 41, 42A and 42B are respectively arranged on a side surface 2S or 10S.

[0083] According to FIG. 4B, the component may comprise a multiplicity of first parts 1A. The first parts 1A are respectively arranged in a cavity 2K. By means of the first connection position 41 and the second connection position 42A, the first part 1A or the multiplicity of first parts 1A may be electrically contacted.

[0084] FIG. 4C represents the component 10 represented in FIG. 4A in a plan view of the rear-side main surface 10R of the component 10. The component 10 comprises a multiplicity of second parts 1B. The second parts 1B are respectively arranged in a cavity 2K or 2KB. The second part 1B or the multiplicity of second parts 1B may be electrically contacted via the first connection position 41 and via the further second connection position 42B.

[0085] FIGS. 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D and 5E show some method steps of a further exemplary embodiment of a method for producing a component 10.

[0086] According to FIG. 5A, a lead frame 3 is provided. Preferably, the lead frame 3 has a minimum vertical thickness of about 75 m or 100 m. For example, the vertical layer thickness of the lead frame is between 75 m and 500 m inclusive, preferably between 100 m and 350 m inclusive or between 150 m and 250 m inclusive.

[0087] The lead frame 3 may be structured into a first electrode 31 and a second electrode 32, or into a multiplicity of first electrodes 31 and a multiplicity of second electrodes 32. For example, an etching method or a mechanical method is suitable for this. For an individual component 10, the first electrode 31 is in particular formed to be continuous or in one piece. For an individual component 10, the second electrode 32 may be formed to be continuous and in one piece. As an alternative, it is possible for the second electrode 32 to comprise a first subregion 32A and a second subregion 32B laterally separated from the first subregion 32A.

[0088] According to FIG. 5B, the lead frame 3, which in particular is originally configured to be continuous, may be structured in such a way that the first electrode 31 is separated from the second electrode 32 by material removal. A front side 31V and/or a rear side 31R of the first electrode 31 may assume the shape of a step. The first electrode 31 comprises, in particular, two such steps. It is possible for the second electrode 32 to comprise at least one such step. The step has, in particular, a vertical height of between 25 m and 200 m inclusive, for instance between 50 m and 175 m inclusive or between 75 m and 125 m inclusive.

[0089] According to FIG. 5C, a first part 1A is mechanically fastened on a front side 31V of the first electrode 31 and on a front side 32V of the second electrode 32. A mounting surface for the first part comprises a partial surface of the front side 31V of the first electrode 31 and a partial surface of the front side 32V of the second electrode 32. The first part 1A may be a surface-mountable part, so that during the mechanical fixing on the electrodes 31 and 32 the first part 1A is already electrically conductively connected to them.

[0090] In a similar way to the first part 1A, a second part 1B may be mechanically fixed and electrically contacted on a rear side 31R of the first electrode 31 and on a rear side 32R of the second electrode 32. In a plan view of the lead frame 3, the first part 1A and/or the second part 1B may have overlaps both with the first electrode 31 and with the second electrode 32. A lateral intermediate region between the electrodes 31 and 32 is in plan view bridged, for instance, by the first part 1A or by the second part 1B. In particular, the first electrode 31 forms a common electrode for the first part 1A and the second part 1B. In contrast to FIG. 5C, a multiplicity of first parts 1A and/or a multiplicity of second parts 1B may be fastened on the lead frame 3.

[0091] The exemplary embodiment of a method step represented in FIG. 5D corresponds substantially to the method step represented in FIG. 5C. In contrast thereto, the parts 1, 1A and 1B respectively comprise a converter layer 6. The converter layer 6 is arranged on a surface of the part 1 facing away from the electrodes 31 and 32.

[0092] According to FIG. 5E, a housing body 2 is formed, in particular by means of a film-assisted molding method, for instance after the fixing of the parts 1. The first electrode 31 and/or the second electrode 32 may be laterally enclosed by the housing body 2, in such a way that the first electrode 31 and/or the second electrode 32 protrude/protrudes laterally beyond a side surface 2S of the housing body 2 in regions. In a plan view of the front-side main surface 10V of the component 10 or of the rear-side main surface 10R of the component 10, the first electrode 31 and/or the second electrode 32 may be free of coverage by a material of the housing body 2 in regions. The uncovered regions of the first electrode 31 and/or of the second electrode 32 may in turn be covered, in particular fully covered, by the first part 1A or by the second part 1B.

[0093] The method described in FIGS. 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E and 3F and the method described in FIGS. 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D and 5E for producing a component 10 are also suitable for the production of a multiplicity of components 10. In this case, a housing panel may be produced, the housing panel being singulated in order to produce a multiplicity of components 10. The side surfaces 2S of the housing body 2 or the side surfaces 10S of the component 10 may comprise method-specific singulation tracks.

[0094] The priority of German Patent Application 10 2018 100 946.1 is claimed, the disclosure content of which is incorporated here by reference.

[0095] By the description of the invention with the aid of the exemplary embodiments, the invention is not restricted to the latter. Rather, the invention comprises any new feature and any combination of features, which in particular includes any combination of features in the claims, even if this feature or this combination itself is not explicitly specified in the claims or exemplary embodiments.

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[0096] 10 component [0097] 10V front-side main surface of the component [0098] 10R rear-side main surface of the component [0099] 10S side surface of the component [0100] 12 housing of the component [0101] 1 part [0102] 1A first part [0103] 1B second part [0104] 2 housing body [0105] 2K cavity of the housing body [0106] 2KA cavity/first cavity [0107] 2KB cavity/second cavity [0108] 2B bottom surface of the cavity [0109] 2V front side of the housing body [0110] 2R rear side of the housing body [0111] 2S side surface of the housing body [0112] 3 lead frame [0113] 31 first electrode [0114] 31F surface of the first electrode [0115] 31V front side of the first electrode [0116] 31R rear side of the first electrode [0117] 32 second electrode [0118] 32A first subregion of the second electrode [0119] 32B second subregion of the of the second electrode [0120] 32F surface of the second electrode [0121] 32V front side of the second electrode [0122] 32R rear side of the second electrode [0123] 4 electrical connection/connection wire/bond wire [0124] 40 connection layer [0125] 41 first connection position [0126] 42 second connection position [0127] 42A second connection position of the first part [0128] 42B second connection position of the second part [0129] 5 connection layer [0130] 6 converter layer [0131] 7 encapsulation