IP Library Granted Patent US 8,436,383
Granted Patent B2
US 8,436,383 · App. 13/027,644 · Granted May 7, 2013

Light emitting device, light emitting device package, and lighting system

Inventor: Han Wook Jung (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,436,383
App. No.
13/027,644
Granted
May 7, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a light emitting device and a light emitting device package. The light emitting device includes a first conductive type semiconductor layer including P-type dopants and having a plurality of holes, an electrode connected to the first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer under the first conductive type semiconductor layer, a second conductive type semiconductor layer under the active layer, and an electrode layer under the second conductive type semiconductor layer.

Claims (31)

1. A semiconductor light emitting device comprising:

a first conductive type semiconductor layer including a P-type dopant, the first conductive type semiconductor layer having a plurality of holes that penetrate the first conductive type semiconductor layer;

a first electrode layer disposed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer;

an active layer under the first conductive type semiconductor layer;

a second conductive type semiconductor layer including an N-type dopant, the second conductive type semiconductor layer disposed under the active layer;

a second electrode layer disposed under the second conductive type semiconductor layer; and

an insulating material disposed in the plurality of holes of the first conductive type semiconductor layer,

wherein each of the plurality of holes has a depth equal to a thickness of the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and

wherein the insulating material has a height equal to the thickness of the first conductive type semiconductor layer,

wherein the insulating material contacts the active layer.

2. The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a pattern is formed on a top surface of the first conductive type semiconductor layer.

3. The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode layer includes a transparent electrode layer on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and the second electrode layer includes at least one of a reflective electrode layer and a conductive support member under the second conductive type semiconductor layer.

4. The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode layer includes at least one of a reflective electrode layer and a conductive support member disposed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and the second electrode layer includes a transparent electrode layer disposed under the second conductive type semiconductor layer.

5. The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein at least 40% of a top surface of the first conductive type semiconductor layer is exposed.

6. The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive type semiconductor layer includes a P-type nitride semiconductor doped with the P-type dopant, and the second conductive type semiconductor layer includes an N-type nitride layer doped with the N-type dopant.

7. The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the holes is disposed under a region of the first electrode layer.

8. The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive type semiconductor layer includes AlN or AlGaN.

9. The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 8 , wherein the holes are disposed at an irregular interval or a regular interval on a whole region of the first conductive type semiconductor layer.

10. The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 8 , wherein a portion of at least one of the holes includes an air gap.

11. The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 10 , wherein the air gap is disposed to be closer to the active layer than a top surface of the first conductive type semiconductor layer.

12. The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 3 , wherein the transparent electrode layer is provided in a concave-convex layer.

13. A semiconductor light emitting device comprising:

a first conductive type semiconductor layer including a P-type dopant, the first conductive type semiconductor layer having a plurality of holes that penetrate the first conductive type semiconductor layer;

a first electrode layer disposed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer;

an active layer under the first conductive type semiconductor layer;

a second conductive type semiconductor layer including an N-type dopant, the second conductive type semiconductor layer disposed under the active layer;

a second electrode layer disposed under the second conductive type semiconductor layer;

an insulating material disposed in the plurality of holes of the first conductive type semiconductor layer; and

wherein each of the plurality of holes has a depth equal to a thickness of the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and

wherein the insulating material has a height equal to the thickness of the first conductive type semiconductor layer,

wherein the first conductive type semiconductor layer includes a second semiconductor layer and a third semiconductor layer that are alternately stacked.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2025
From: SUZHOU LEKIN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
To: BOE HC SEMITEK LIMITED(HENGQIN)
Reel/Frame 070521/0027 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2021
From: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
To: SUZHOU LEKIN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056366/0335 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2011
From: JUNG, HAN WOOK
To: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 025810/0039 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0014060 · Feb 17, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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