IP Library Granted Patent US 7,408,566
Granted Patent B2
US 7,408,566 · App. 10/970,637 · Granted Aug 5, 2008

Semiconductor device, LED print head and image-forming apparatus using same, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,408,566
App. No.
10/970,637
Granted
Aug 5, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor thin film piece device, a plurality of semiconductor thin film pieces ( 14 ) are selected from among the semiconductor thin film pieces ( 14 ) formed on a first substrate ( 35 ), and bonded to a first set of predetermined area on a second substrate ( 12 ). Subsequently, a plurality of semiconductor thin film pieces are selected from the remaining semiconductor thin film pieces ( 14 ), and bonded to a second set of predetermined area.

Claims (19)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor thin-film piece,

a substrate; and

a bonding layer provided on a surface of the substrate, said bonding layer having a surface which is wider than the semiconductor thin-film piece, and to which the semiconductor thin-film is bonded, wherein

said surface of said bonding layer is substantially flat; and

said surface of said bonding layer is higher than any other part of the substrate.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor thin-film piece has a light-emitting semiconductor element, the substrate comprises a Si substrate, and includes a chip area in which a drive circuit for driving said light-emitting element is formed, wherein said semiconductor thin-film piece is bonded in the chip area.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said bonding layer is a metal layer.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said bonding layer is an insulating layer.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said bonding layer is a semiconductor layer.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said bonding layer is a laminate of a metal layer and an insulation film layer.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein said bonding layer comprises an interconnection layer.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein said bonding layer has an uppermost layer which is metal.

9. An LED print head comprising a semiconductor device according to claim 1 .

10. An image-forming apparatus comprising an LED print head according to claim 9 , and a photosensitive drum disposed facing said LED print head.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said semiconductor thin-film piece layer comprises a compound semiconductor epitaxial layer or inorganic semiconductor layer.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein said compound semiconductor epitaxial layer is formed of GaAsP, InP, AlGaInP, InGaAsP, GaN, InGaN, or AlGaN.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein said inorganic semiconductor layer is formed of monocrystalline silicon layer or polycrystalline silicon layer.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said substrate is formed of silicon, glass, ceramic, metal, plastic or quartz.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Mar 14, 2022
From: OKI DATA CORPORATION
To: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059365/0145 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2004
From: OGIHARA, MITSUHIKO; FUJIWARA, HIROYUKI; ABIKO, ICHIMATSU; SAKUTA, MASAAKI
To: OKI DATA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016085/0582 →