ELECTROLUMINESCENT BODY

摘要

The invention relates to an electroluminescent component (1), especially an LED chip, which has a compact design and a high external efficiency. The electroluminescent component (1) comprises a substrate (2); a plurality of radiation-decoupling elements, disposed side by side at a distance to one another on the substrate (2) and comprising an active laminated stack (7) with an emission zone (8); and a contact element (9) on every radiation decoupling element (4). According to the invention, the contact elements (9), whose width (b') is smaller than the width (b) of the radiation decoupling elements (4), are disposed in the center of the radiation decoupling elements (4), and the width (b) of the radiation decoupling elements (4), at a given height (h), is selected to be sufficiently small for a substantial amount of the light (11) emitted laterally of the emission zone (8) to be decoupled directly through the lateral faces (12) of the radiation decoupling elements (4).