IP Library Granted Patent US 8,692,269
Granted Patent B2
US 8,692,269 · App. 13/589,974 · Granted Apr 8, 2014

Light emitting device

Inventor: Tae Yun Kim (Gwangju-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,692,269
App. No.
13/589,974
Granted
Apr 8, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a light emitting device. A light emitting diode comprises a light emitting device comprises a plurality of N-type semiconductor layers including a first N-type semiconductor layer and a second N-type semiconductor layer on the first N-type semiconductor layer, an active layer on the second N-type semiconductor layer, and a P-type semiconductor layer on the active layer, wherein the first N-type semiconductor layer comprises a Si doped Nitride layer and the second N-type semiconductor layer comprises a Si doped Nitride layer, and wherein the first and second N-type semiconductor layers have a Si impurity concentration different from each other.

Claims (39)

1. A light emitting device comprising:

a plurality of N-type semiconductor layers including a first N-type semiconductor layer and a second N-type semiconductor layer on the first N-type semiconductor layer;

an undoped GaN layer on the second N-type semiconductor layer;

an active layer on the undoped GaN layer; and

a P-type semiconductor layer on the active layer,

wherein the first N-type semiconductor layer comprises a Si doped Nitride layer and the second N-type semiconductor layer comprises a Si doped Nitride layer,

wherein the first and second N-type semiconductor layers have a Si impurity concentration different from each other, and

wherein at least one of the first and second N-type semiconductor layers comprises an N-type GaN layer.

2. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second N-type semiconductor layer has a Si impurity concentration lower than a Si impurity concentration of the first N-type semiconductor layer.

3. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the undoped GaN layer is between the second N-type semiconductor layer and the active layer.

4. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second N-type semiconductor layers comprise an N-type GaN layer.

5. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second N-type semiconductor layer has a dislocation density lower than a dislocation density of the first N-type semiconductor layer.

6. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first electrode on a first portion of the second N-type semiconductor layer and a second electrode on the P-type semiconductor layer.

7. The light emitting device according to claim 6 , further comprising an ohmic electrode layer between the second electrode layer and the P-type semiconductor layer.

8. A light emitting device comprising:

a plurality of N-type semiconductor layers including a first N-type semiconductor layer and a second N-type semiconductor layer on the first N-type semiconductor layer;

an active layer on a first portion of the second N-type semiconductor layer;

an undoped GaN layer between the second N-type semiconductor layer and the active layer;

a P-type semiconductor layer on the active layer;

a first electrode on a second portion of the second N-type semiconductor layers; and

a second electrode on the P-type semiconductor layer,

wherein the first N-type semiconductor layer comprises a Si doped Nitride layer and the second N-type semiconductor layer comprises a Si doped Nitride layer,

wherein the first and second N-type semiconductor layers have a Si impurity concentration different from each other, and

wherein the first and second N-type semiconductor layers comprise an N-type GaN layer.

9. The light emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein the second N-type semiconductor layer has a Si impurity concentration lower than a Si impurity concentration of the first N-type semiconductor layer.

10. The light emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein the second N-type semiconductor layer has a dislocation density lower than a dislocation density of the first N-type semiconductor layer.

11. The light emitting device according to claim 8 , further comprising an ohmic electrode layer between the second electrode layer and the P-type semiconductor layer.

12. A light emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a first N-type semiconductor layer including a GaN layer on the substrate;

a second N-type semiconductor layer including a GaN layer on the first N-type semiconductor layer;

an undoped GaN layer on the second N-type semiconductor layer;

an active layer on the undoped GaN layer;

a P-type GaN layer on the active layer; and

a first electrode on a first portion of the second N-type semiconductor layer and a second electrode on the P-type GaN layer,

wherein the first and second N-type semiconductor layers have a Si impurity concentration different from each other, and

wherein the second N-type semiconductor layer has a Si impurity concentration lower than a Si impurity concentration of the first N-type semiconductor layer.

13. The light emitting device according to claim 12 , wherein the second N-type semiconductor layer has a dislocation density lower than a dislocation density of the first N-type semiconductor layer.

14. The light emitting device according to claim 12 , further comprising an ohmic electrode layer between the second electrode layer and the P-type GaN layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2022
From: SUZHOU LEKIN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
To: FOCUS LIGHTINGS TECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061255/0210 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2021
From: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
To: SUZHOU LEKIN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056366/0335 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2007-0039534 · Apr 23, 2007 · national
Continuity (3)
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