Method of manufacturing a opto-electronic component with narrow aperture angle

A process for manufacturing an opto-electronic component having a narrow aperture angle comprising the steps of;

• mounting a semiconductor chip on a support strip;
• making electrical contacts between said semiconductor chip and said support strip;
• connecting a discrete reflector to said support strip by gluing such that said semiconductor chip is facing said reflector and is at its focal point;
• and
• subsequent to said connecting step, forming a housing to enclose at least the reflector.

Method for manufacture of an opto-coupler having a narrow aperture angle and made up of an opto-emitter and an opto-detector comprising the steps of:

• mounting a semiconductor emitter chip and a semiconductor detector chip on respectively different support strips;
• making electrical contacts between each respective semiconductor chip and an associated respective support strip;
• connecting a respective discrete reflector, each provided with a conductive coating, to the respective support strips such that each semiconductor chip is facing and is at the focal point of the associated respective one of the reflectors;
• connecting the metal coating of each reflector in an electrically conducting manner to one of two part-strips of the associated respective support strip carrying the respective emitter chip or detector chip to form an opto-emitter and an opto-detector, respectively;
• positioning the opto-emitter and the opto-detector so that the respective semiconductor chips and reflectors face one another;
• and,
• embedding the reflectors, the chips and the juxtaposed portions of the support strips in a translucent material to form a housing.