IP Library Granted Patent US 9,887,328
Granted Patent B2
US 9,887,328 · App. 14/328,048 · Granted Feb 6, 2018

Semiconductor light emitting device and method for manufacturing same

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Patent No.
US 9,887,328
App. No.
14/328,048
Granted
Feb 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a semiconductor layer, a sealing member configured to cover a lower surface of the semiconductor layer and a side surface of the semiconductor layer to protrude to be higher than an upper surface of the semiconductor layer at a side of the semiconductor layer, a fluorescer layer provided above the semiconductor layer and the sealing member, and an insulating film provided between the sealing member and the semiconductor layer and between the sealing member and the fluorescer layer. A corner of a protruding portion of the sealing member is rounded.

Claims (19)

1. A semiconductor light emitting device, comprising:

a semiconductor layer that includes a p-type layer and an n-type layer;

a sealing member configured to cover a lower surface and a side surface of the semiconductor layer;

a fluorescer layer provided above the semiconductor layer and the sealing member, the fluorescer layer including

a main material made of a resin, and

fluorescer particles dispersed in the main material; and

a passivation film having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being provided on the lower surface and the side surface of the semiconductor layer, and between the semiconductor layer and the sealing member, the second portion being higher than the entire semiconductor layer, being provided between the sealing member and the fluorescer layer, and extending to get away from the semiconductor layer along a surface of the sealing member facing the fluorescer layer, and

the passivation film free from being provided at an outer circumferential portion of the semiconductor light emitting device,

wherein the fluorescer layer includes a first region facing the semiconductor layer and a second region facing a protruding portion of the sealing member, the first region protrudes to be lower than the second region,

wherein the second portion of the passivation film is in direct contact with a side surface of the first region of the fluorescer layer and in direct contact with a lower surface of the second region of the fluorescer layer, and

wherein the second portion of the passivation film has a top major surface and a bottom major surface, the bottom major surface in the second portion of the passivation film is higher than the semiconductor layer, is higher than a lowest portion of the first region of the fluorescer layer, and is provided between the sealing member and the side surface of the first region and the lower surface of the second region of the fluorescer layer.

2. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive layer provided between the semiconductor layer and the fluorescer layer.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing member is configured to protrude to be higher than an upper surface of the semiconductor layer at a side of the semiconductor layer.

4. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising an electrode connected to the semiconductor layer,

the sealing member being configured to cover a lower surface and a side surface of a structural body made of the semiconductor layer and the electrode,

the sealing member including:

a metal portion; and

a resin portion, and

an end portion of the metal portion extending onto an end portion of the electrode with the passivation film interposed.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2018
From: TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046986/0159 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2018
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046364/0164 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2014
From: TOMIZAWA, HIDEYUKI; KOJIMA, AKIHIRO; SHIMADA, MIYOKO; AKIMOTO, YOSUKE; MUKAIDA, HIDEKO; ENDO, MITSUYOSHI; FURUYAMA, HIDETO; SUGIZAKI, YOSHIAKI; FUJIMURA, KAZUO; ITO, SHINYA; NUNOTANI, SHINJI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 033287/0953 →