Patent ID: 8564012

Claim:
A method for manufacturing an optoelectronic apparatus including first and second packaged optoelectronic semiconductor devices (POSDs), wherein each POSD includes one or more optoelectronic elements encapsulated by a light transmissive molding compound, wherein each POSD includes a top surface, a bottom surface and a peripheral surface extending between the top and bottom surfaces, and wherein each POSD includes electrical contacts on its bottom surface, the method comprising: (a) attaching the bottom surfaces of the first and second POSDs to a carrier substrate so that there is a space between the first and second POSDs; (b) molding an opaque molding compound around portions of the first and second POSDs attached to the carrier substrate, so that the peripheral surfaces of the first and second POSDs are surrounded by the opaque molding compound, the space between the first and second POSDs is filled with the opaque molding compound, and the first and second POSDs are attached to one another by the opaque molding compound; and (c) removing the carrier substrate so that the electrical contacts on the bottom surfaces of the first and second POSDs are exposed.