Patent ID: 8044474

Claim:
An optoelectronic module, comprising: a housing, a carrier element having electrical connection electrodes and electrical lines; at least one semiconductor component for emitting or detecting electromagnetic radiation, said semiconductor component being applied on the carrier element, being electrically connected to connection electrodes of the carrier element and being encapsulated with a casting compound whose outer surface forms a radiation coupling area, wherein the outer surface is remote from the housing; at least one optical device assigned to the semiconductor component; and a connecting layer made of a radiation-transmissive, deformable material arranged in a gap between the radiation coupling area of the semiconductor component and the optical device, the connecting layer being at least partly cured, wherein after the connecting layer is applied, the optical device and the semiconductor component are fixed relative to one another and pressed against one another, thereby squeezing the at least partly cured connecting layer arranged therebetween, wherein the connecting layer contacts both the radiation coupling area of the semiconductor component and the optical device, and wherein the squeezed connecting layer generates an opposing force that strives to press the optical device and the radiation coupling area of the semiconductor component apart.