Patent ID: 7663155

Claim:
A luminescent diode chip for flip-chip mounting on a carrier which is covered by solder, comprising: a conductive substrate; a semiconductor body comprising a photon-emitting active zone and two opposite sides, one of the two sides being joined to said conductive substrate; a contact, disposed on the other of said two sides of said semiconductor body, to form an electrically conductive connection with the carrier upon the flip-chip mounting of the chip; a solder layer formed on said contact; and insulating means on the chip for electrically insulating the solder layer from free faces of said semiconductor body and free surfaces of said conductive substrate that would be exposed to said solder layer, wherein said insulating means includes a passivation layer that covers said free faces of said semiconductor body, and wherein said insulating means further includes an insulating filling layer, applied to said passivation layer and to said substrate, for filling up the interstice between said substrate and the carrier upon the flip-chip mounting of the chip.