Patent ID: 8013526

Claim:
An encapsulated sealed optoelectronic device comprising: an active device; a seal surrounding the active device and forming a sealed region; and a getter structure within the sealed region, wherein the getter structure comprises: a first layer of a reactive material disposed in an encapsulated sealed optoelectronic device, the reactive material substantially more reactive than at least one device material to: matter desorbed from at least one surface of the device, matter from a space within the device, and matter permeating into the space within the device from outside the device; and a second layer of an inert material disposed on the first layer, wherein the second layer is a different material from the seal and the inert material is meltable in response to energy, wherein the second layer is arranged so that after melting of the inert material the active device is at least partially coated with the inert material and melting modifies a shape of the inert material inside of the sealed optoelectronic device.