IP Library Granted Patent US 8,648,383
Granted Patent B2
US 8,648,383 · App. 13/627,617 · Granted Feb 11, 2014

Light emitting device and light emitting device package having the same

Inventors: Woo Sik Lim (Gwangju, KR); Sung Ho Choo (Gwangju, KR); Byeong Kyun Choi (Siheung-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,648,383
App. No.
13/627,617
Granted
Feb 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a light emitting device and a light emitting device package having the same. The light emitting device includes a light emitting structure including a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer, a first electrode disposed in an opening portion of the light emitting structure and contacted with a portion of the first conductive type semiconductor layer, an insulating layer covering the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the insulating layer and connected to the second conductive type semiconductor layer, a first electrode layer under the second electrode.

Claims (49)

1. A light emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a light emitting structure on the substrate, the light emitting structure including a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer on the active layer;

an opening portion disposed in the light emitting structure;

a first electrode disposed in the opening portion and contacted with a portion of the first conductive type semiconductor layer;

an insulating layer covering the first electrode;

a second electrode on the insulating layer and connected to a portion of the second conductive type semiconductor layer; and

a first electrode layer between the second electrode and the second conductive type semiconductor layer,

wherein the first conductive type semiconductor layer includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall,

wherein the opening portion includes a first opening adjacent to the first sidewall and a second opening adjacent to the second sidewall,

wherein a width of the first opening is greater than a width of the second opening.

2. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the second electrode is vertically overlapped with the first electrode.

3. The light emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising a second electrode layer on a top surface of the insulating layer.

4. The light emitting device claim 3 , wherein the second electrode layer is vertically overlapped with the first electrode.

5. The light emitting device of claim 4 , wherein the second electrode layer and the second electrode directly contact the top surface of the insulating layer.

6. The light emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising a second pad connected to the second electrode.

7. The light emitting device of claim 6 , wherein a portion of the first electrode layer is interposed between the second electrode and the second pad.

8. The light emitting device of claim 7 , wherein the second pad directly contacts with the second electrode, the first electrode layer, and the second conductive type semiconductor layer.

9. The light emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising a first pad on the first electrode.

10. The light emitting device of claim 8 , wherein the first electrode is embedded in the light emitting structure.

11. A light emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a light emitting structure on the substrate, the light emitting structure including a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer on the active layer;

an opening portion disposed in the light emitting structure;

a first electrode disposed in the opening portion and contacted with a portion of the first conductive type semiconductor layer;

an insulating layer covering the first electrode;

a second electrode on the insulating layer and connected to the second conductive type semiconductor layer; and

a first electrode layer including a reflective electrode layer between the second electrode and the second conductive type semiconductor layer,

wherein the first conductive type semiconductor layer includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall,

wherein the opening portion is disposed in the first conductive type semiconductor layer,

wherein the opening portion includes a first opening adjacent to the first sidewall and a second opening adjacent to the second sidewall,

wherein the second opening is extended more closely to the second sidewall than to the first sidewall toward a center direction of the first conductive type semiconductor layer.

12. The light emitting device of claim 11 , wherein a first portion of the second electrode is offset from the first electrode.

13. The light emitting device of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes includes at least one of a straight-line pattern, a curved pattern, a mixture pattern of the straight-line pattern and the curved pattern, plural patterns branching from one pattern, a polygonal shape pattern, a lattice shape pattern, a dot shape pattern, a diamond shape pattern, a parallelogram shape pattern, a mesh shape pattern, a stripe shape pattern, a cross shape pattern, a star-shape pattern, a circular shape pattern, and a mixture pattern thereof.

14. The light emitting device of claim 11 , wherein the first and second electrodes are vertically overlapped with each other by at least 60%.

15. The light emitting device of claim 11 , further comprising a second electrode layer on a top surface of the insulating layer.

16. The light emitting device claim 15 , wherein the second electrode layer is vertically overlapped with the first electrode.

17. The light emitting device of claim 16 , wherein the second electrode layer and the second electrode directly contact the top surface of the insulating layer.

18. The light emitting device of claim 11 , further comprising a second pad connected to the second electrode.

19. The light emitting device of claim 18 , wherein a portion of the first electrode layer is interposed between the second electrode and the second pad.

20. A light emitting device package comprising:

a body;

a plurality of lead electrodes on the body;

a light emitting device electrically connected to the lead electrodes; and

a molding member covering the light emitting device,

wherein the light emitting device includes a substrate; a light emitting structure on the substrate, the light emitting structure including a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer on the active layer; an opening portion disposed in the light emitting structure; a first electrode disposed in the opening portion and contacted with a portion of the first conductive type semiconductor layer; an insulating layer covering the first electrode; a second electrode on the insulating layer and connected to a portion of the second conductive type semiconductor layer; and a first electrode layer between the second electrode and the second conductive type semiconductor layer,

wherein the first conductive type semiconductor layer includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall,

wherein the opening portion includes a first opening adjacent to the first sidewall and a second opening adjacent to the second sidewall,

wherein a width of the first opening is greater than a width of the second opening.

Assignments (1)
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 10-2009-0044290 · May 21, 2009 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12783638 · May 20, 2010
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