Patent ID: 8031992

Claim:
An optoelectronic module, comprising: a leadframe having a top surface and a bottom surface with an aperture extending from the top surface to the bottom surface and electrical contact areas on the bottom surface; a carrier element having a substantially transparent body with a top surface and a bottom surface and having its bottom surface being located on the top surface of the leadframe and covering the aperture; and an optoelectronic component having a top surface and a light emitting and/or receiving bottom surface and having its bottom surface being located on the top surface of the carrier element so as to be oriented over the aperture of the leadframe, wherein the optoelectronic component is electrically connected to the leadframe and is oriented to emit and/or receive light through the body of the carrier element and through the aperture of the leadframe, wherein the leadframe, the carrier element and the optoelectronic component are surrounded at least partly with a plastic, and wherein the body of the carrier element comprises a material that is substantially transparent at least with respect to the light emitted and/or received by the optoelectronic component.