Patent ID: 7560741

Claim:
A light emitting semiconductor component with at least one thin-film light emitting diode chip which is applied on a chip carrier having electrical connecting conductors and an epitaxial semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence is arranged on a carrier and comprises: (a) an n-conducting semiconductor layer, a p-conducting semiconductor layer and an electromagnetic radiation generating region arranged between these two semiconductor layers; (b) at least one semiconductor layer with at least one micropatterned, rough area; (c) a coupling-out area essentially defined by a main area facing away from the carrier; (d) a housing frame arranged on one of the chip carrier and a housing bottom which is different than the chip carrier, the housing bottom including a plurality of electrical connecting conductors to which the chip carrier is applied and electrically connected such that a housing cavity is defined in which the thin-film light emitting diode is arranged; and (e) a radiation-transmissive covering plate arranged to essentially at least one of cover and close an opening of the housing cavity; wherein a reflective layer is arranged at a main area of the semiconductor facing toward the carrier, which reflective layer reflects at least one part of the electromagnetic radiation generated in the semiconductor sequence layer back into the semiconductor sequence layer, and the coupling-out area adjoins at least one element of the group consisting of a region filled with gas, a region filled with a vacuum, and a luminescence conversion material wavelength-converting at least one part of an electromagnetic radiation emitted by the thin-film light emitting diode chip and adjoining the region filled with gas or the vacuum; the epitaxial semiconductor layer sequence generates electromagnetic radiation at a wavelength in the UV range; the thin-film light emitting diode chip has a thickness of less than 100 μm inclusive; and wherein at least one part of the luminescence conversion material is applied to at least one of two main areas of the covering plate, the luminescence conversion material completely covering one of the main areas of the covering plate.