Patent ID: 7160478

Claim:
A method for producing an electronic component, the method comprising: providing at least one die on a wafer, the at least one die having at least one sensor-technologically active and/or emitting device on at least a first side; producing at least one patterned support having at feast one structure which is functional for the at feast one sensor-technologically active and/or emitting device; joining the wafer with the at least one patterned support so that the first side faces the at least one patterned support; producing plated-through holes through the wafer by inserting passages into the wafer and subsequently filling the passages with a conducting material; and separating the at least one die from the wafer so that the electronic component comprises at least one semiconductor element having the at least one sensor-technologically active and/or emitting device on the first side and the at least one patterned support covering the first side, the patterned support having at least one structure that is functional for the sensor-technologically active and/or emitting device.