Patent ID: 7102215

Claim:
An optoelectronic surface-mountable structural element comprising: an optoelectronic chip, a chip carrier part, at least three external connections, and a connection part disposed at a safe distance from said chip carrier part and a casing encasing said chip carrier part, said connection part and partial areas of said at least three external connections, said optoelectronic chip being heat-conductively connected to said chip carrier part and having an electrical contact electrically conductively connected to said connection part; and said casing having a first main surface, a second main surface disposed opposite said first main surface and side surfaces, within said casing said at least three external connections are connected with said chip carrier part and run toward the outside of said casing separately from each other and project from said casing on at least two of said side surfaces of said casing at different places at a distance from each other, and outside said casing said at least three external connections are configured so that said optoelectronic surface-mountable structural element is surface mountable.