IP Library Granted Patent US 9,202,970
Granted Patent B2
US 9,202,970 · App. 14/056,278 · Granted Dec 1, 2015

Light emitting device and light emitting device package having the same

Inventors: Jae Hoon Choi (Seoul, KR); Buem Yeon Lee (Seoul, KR); Ki Young Song (Seoul, KR); Rak Joon Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
H01L33/06H01L33/007H01L33/12H01L33/22B82Y20/00H01L21/0237H01L21/0254H01L21/02444H01L21/02472H01L21/02502H01L21/02513H01L33/42Y10S977/734Y10S977/95
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Patent No.
US 9,202,970
App. No.
14/056,278
Granted
Dec 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting device includes a nano-structure, a first semiconductor layer on the nano-structure, an active layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer on the active layer. The nano-structure includes a graphene layer provided under the first semiconductor layer to make contact with the first semiconductor layer; and a plurality of nano-textures extending from a top surface of the graphene layer to the first semiconductor layer and in contact with the first semiconductor layer.

Claims (52)

1. A light emitting device comprising:

a nano-structure;

a first semiconductor layer provided over the nano-structure;

an active layer provided over the first semiconductor layer;

a second conductive semiconductor layer provided over the active layer; and

a substrate disposed under the nano-structure,

wherein the nano-structure comprises:

a graphene layer provided under the first semiconductor layer and in contact with the first semiconductor layer; and

a plurality of nano-textures extending from a top surface of the graphene layer in a direction toward the first semiconductor layer and in contact with the first semiconductor layer, and

wherein the graphene layer comprises a plurality of openings, and a portion of the first semiconductor layer makes contact with a top surface of the substrate through each opening of the graphene layer.

2. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor layer comprises an N type semiconductor layer, and the nano-structure is connected to the N type semiconductor layer.

3. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor layer comprises a buffer layer on the nano-structures and an N type semiconductor layer on the buffer layer, and the nano-textures are contacted with the buffer layer and the N type semiconductor layer.

4. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a lower portion of the first semiconductor layer is contacted with the top surface of the graphene layer through a region between the nano-textures.

5. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the nano-textures comprise zinc oxide (ZnO).

6. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the graphene layer is contacted with a top surface of the substrate.

7. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein each of the nano-textures has a lattice constant between a lattice constant of the substrate and a lattice constant of the first semiconductor layer.

8. The light emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising at least one of a transparent conductive layer and a reflective layer on the second conductive semiconductor layer.

9. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor layer comprises a first conductive semiconductor layer, and is electrically connected to the nano-structure, and the graphene layer comprises a transparent electrode.

10. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein each nano-texture has a width in a range of 5 nm to 500 nm, and has a height in a range of 10 nm to 3 μm.

11. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein each nano-texture has a width in a range of 5 nm to 500 nm.

12. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein each nano-texture has a height in a range of 10 nm to 3 μm.

13. A light emitting device comprising:

a nano-structure;

a first semiconductor layer provide over the nano-structure;

an active layer provide over the first semiconductor layer;

a second conductive semiconductor layer provide over the active layer; and

a substrate disposed under the nano-structure,

wherein the nano-structure comprises:

a graphene layer provide under the first semiconductor layer and in contact with the first semiconductor layer;

a plurality of nano-textures extending from a top surface of the graphene layer in a direction toward the first semiconductor layer and in contact with the first semiconductor layer, and

wherein the graphene layer comprises a plurality of graphene patterns spaced apart from each other, and the nano-textures are disposed on the graphene patterns, respectively.

14. The light emitting device of claim 13 , wherein the first semiconductor layer is disposed between the graphene patterns and the substrate, and disposed in a region between the graphene patterns contacted with the graphene patterns disposed under a region between the substrate and the nano-textures.

15. The light emitting device of claim 13 , further comprising a first conductive semiconductor layer between the first semiconductor layer and the active layer,

wherein the first semiconductor layer comprises a buffer layer, and the buffer layer makes contact with the top surface of the substrate, a top surface of the graphene patterns, and the nano-textures.

16. The light emitting device of claim 13 , wherein an interval between the graphene patterns is in a range of 0.1 μm to 100 μm.

17. A light emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a nano-structure on the substrate;

a first semiconductor layer disposed on the nano-structure;

a first electrode on a first region of the first semiconductor layer;

an active layer disposed on a top surface of the first semiconductor layer;

a second conductive semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer; and

a second electrode on the second conductive semiconductor layer,

wherein the nano-structure comprises:

a graphene layer disposed under the first semiconductor layer and contacted with the first semiconductor layer; and

a plurality of nano-textures extending from a top surface of the graphene layer in a direction toward the first semiconductor layer and contacted with the first semiconductor layer,

wherein a portion of the nano-structure overlaps with the first electrode in a vertical direction, and

wherein the graphene layer comprises a plurality of openings, and a portion of the first semiconductor layer makes contact with a top surface of the substrate through each opening of the graphene layer.

18. The light emitting device of claim 17 , wherein the first semiconductor layer comprises an N type semiconductor layer, and the nano-structure is connected to the N type semiconductor layer, and

wherein a lower portion of the first semiconductor layer is contacted with the top surface of the graphene layer through a region between the nano-textures.

19. The light emitting device of claim 17 , wherein the first semiconductor layer comprises a buffer layer on the nano-structures and an N type semiconductor layer on the buffer layer, and the nano-textures are contacted with the buffer layer and the N type semiconductor layer.

20. The light emitting device of claim 17 , wherein each nano-texture has a width in a range of 5 nm to 500 nm, and has a height in a range of 10 nm to 3 μm.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: SUZHOU LEKIN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
To: FAIRLIGHT INNOVATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 068839/0745 →
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 Oct 17, 2013
From: CHOI, JAE HOON; LEE, BUEM YEON; SONG, KI YOUNG; CHOI, RAK JUN
To: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031426/0044 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2012-0116006 · Oct 18, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0116007 · Oct 18, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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