Radiation-emitting semiconductor device

A radiation-emitting semiconductor device comprising:

• a housing body having a chip mounting area;
• a wire connection region arranged at the chip mounting area;
• a wire electrically conductively connecting the wire connection region to the radiation-emitting semiconductor chip;
• a chip connection region;
• a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip;
• and
• a light-absorbing material, wherein
• the radiation-emitting semiconductor chip is fixed to the chip connection region,
• the wire connection region is covered with the light-absorbing material at the first selected locations at which it is not covered by the wire,
• the chip connection region is covered with the light-absorbing material at first selected locations at which said chip connection region is not covered by the radiation-emitting semiconductor chip,
• the radiation-emitting semiconductor chip is free of the light-absorbing material in second selected locations,
• the housing body has a cavity in which the at least one radiation-emitting semiconductor chip is arranged,
• the chip mounting area is a surface of the housing body which abuts the cavity, and
• the chip mounting area is free of the light-absorbing material at third selected locations remote from the chip connection region.