Optoelectronic Semiconductor Chip, Display Comprising a Semiconductor Chip of this Type, and Use of a Semiconductor Chip of this Type or of a Display

An optoelectronic semiconductor chip comprising:

• a semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer configured to generate radiation,
• wherein the semiconductor chip can be operated in a first operating mode and in a second operating mode,
• wherein the semiconductor layer sequence emits radiation in the first operating mode,
• wherein the semiconductor layer sequence emits no radiation in the second operating mode, and
• wherein the semiconductor layer sequence is operated in a forward direction in the first operating mode and in a reverse direction in the second operating mode.

An optoelectronic semiconductor chip comprising:

• a semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer configured to generate radiation,
• wherein the semiconductor chip can be operated in a first operating mode and in a second operating mode,
• wherein the semiconductor layer sequence emits radiation in the first operating mode,
• wherein the semiconductor layer sequence emits no radiation in the second operating mode,
• wherein, in the first operating mode, a first operating current flows in a forward direction through the semiconductor layer sequence,
• wherein, in the second operating mode, a second operating current flows in a reverse direction;
• and
• wherein the semiconductor layer sequence is operated in the forward direction in the first operating mode and in the reverse direction in the second operating mode;
• and
• wherein an absolute value of a current intensity of the second operating current is at most 10% of an absolute value of the current intensity of the first operating current.

A method for operating a semiconductor chip in a first operating mode and in a second operating mode being different from the first operating mode,

• wherein the semiconductor chip comprises a semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer provided for generating radiation,
• wherein in the first operating mode, the semiconductor chip is operated by a first operating current flowing in the forward direction through the semiconductor layer sequence, so that the semiconductor emits radiation;
• wherein in the second operating mode, the semiconductor chip is operated by a second operating current flowing in the reverse direction, so that the semiconductor does not emit radiation;
• and
• wherein an absolute value of a current intensity of the second operating current is at most 10% of an absolute value of the current intensity of the first operating current.