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Method of providing an optoelectronic element with a non-protruding lens

  • US 7,332,784 B2
  • Filed: 06/27/2006
  • Issued: 02/19/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A mold tool for an optoelectronic device comprising:

  • a first mold piece having a surface that defines a first cavity and that defines an aperture within said first cavity;

    a second mold piece having a surface which defines a second cavity, said first cavity cooperating with said second cavity to at least partially form a molding compound into a predetermined shape; and

    an ejector pin movably located within said aperture to facilitate removal of said compound from said first cavity, wherein said predetermined shape comprising a generally flat surface and a generally contoured surface at least partially within and not extending above said flat surface, said contoured surface including a lens surrounded by a trough, at least a portion of said trough including a sidewall opposite said lens, said predetermined shape embedding at least one optoelectronic element.

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