IP Library Granted Patent US 7,989,239
Granted Patent B2
US 7,989,239 · App. 12/470,976 · Granted Aug 2, 2011

Light emitting diode and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,989,239
App. No.
12/470,976
Granted
Aug 2, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting diode having high light extraction efficiency and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The LED includes a semiconductor multiple layer including an active layer; a transparent electrode layer formed on the semiconductor multiple layer; and refraction field unit embedded in the transparent electrode layer and formed of a material having a different refractive index than the transparent electrode layer. The method of manufacturing the LED includes: crystallizing and growing a semiconductor multiple layer having an active layer on a substrate; evaporating a first transparent electrode layer onto the semiconductor multiple layer; forming a plurality of grooves in the first transparent electrode layer by patterning and etching the first transparent electrode layer; and evaporating a second transparent electrode layer onto the first transparent electrode layer at an angle to the grooves to form cavities filled with air between the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer.

Claims (7)

1. A method of manufacturing an LED comprising:

forming a semiconductor multiple layer having an active layer on a substrate;

evaporating a first transparent electrode layer onto the semiconductor multiple layer;

forming a plurality of grooves in the first transparent electrode layer by patterning and etching the first transparent electrode layer; and

evaporating a second transparent electrode layer onto the first transparent electrode layer at an angle to the grooves to form refraction field unit formed of cavities with air between the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the refraction field unit comprises a plurality of refraction regions arranged at predetermined intervals in the transparent electrode layer.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the interval of the refraction regions is at least 0.5 times the wavelength of light generated by the active layer.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Aug 7, 2012
From: SAMSUNG LED CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028744/0272 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2010
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG LED CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024723/0532 →