IP Library Granted Patent US 11,309,351
Granted Patent B2
US 11,309,351 · App. 16/792,557 · Granted Apr 19, 2022

Micro light-emitting diode and manufacturing method of micro light-emitting diode

Inventors: Katsuji Iguchi (Sakai, JP); Hidenori Kawanishi (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H01L27/156H01L33/007H01L33/06H01L33/32H01L33/38H01L2933/0016
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Patent No.
US 11,309,351
App. No.
16/792,557
Granted
Apr 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A micro light-emitting diode includes a first micro light-emitting diode including a first light-emitting layer and emitting light at a first wavelength, and a second micro light-emitting diode including the first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer emitting light at a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength, in which the second light-emitting layer is a nitride semiconductor layer doped with a second rare earth element, and a nitride semiconductor of the first micro light-emitting diode and the nitride semiconductor of the second micro light-emitting diode are separated from each other.

Claims (34)

1. A micro light-emitting diode comprising:

a first micro light-emitting diode including a first light-emitting layer that emits light of a first wavelength; and

a second micro light-emitting diode including the first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer that emits light of a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength,

wherein:

the first micro light-emitting diode and the second micro light-emitting diode are both made of a nitride semiconductor;

the second light-emitting layer is a nitride semiconductor layer doped with a first rare earth element; and

the nitride semiconductor of the first micro light-emitting diode and the nitride semiconductor of the second micro light-emitting diode are separated from each other;

wherein side walls of the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer are covered with a high-resistance nitride semiconductor layer.

2. A micro light-emitting diode comprising:

a first micro light-emitting diode including a first light-emitting layer that emits light of a first wavelength; and

a second micro light-emitting diode including the first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer that emits light of a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength,

wherein:

the first micro light-emitting diode and the second micro light-emitting diode are both made of a nitride semiconductor;

the second light-emitting layer is a nitride semiconductor layer doped with a first rare earth element; and

the nitride semiconductor of the first micro light-emitting diode and the nitride semiconductor of the second micro light-emitting diode are separated from each other;

wherein the first light-emitting layer is a nitride semiconductor layer doped with a second rare earth element.

3. A micro light-emitting diode comprising:

a first micro light-emitting diode that includes a first light-emitting layer containing a first rare earth element and emits light at a first wavelength; and

a second micro light-emitting diode that includes a second light-emitting layer containing a second rare earth element and emits light at a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength,

wherein the first micro light-emitting diode and the second micro light-emitting diode are both made of a nitride semiconductor, and

the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer are both covered with an electrode layer in a plan view.

4. The micro light-emitting diode according to claim 3 , wherein the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer are spaced apart by a separation groove.

5. The micro light-emitting diode according to claim 4 , wherein a high-resistance nitride semiconductor layer is between the first light-emitting layer and a side wall of the separation groove and between the second light-emitting layer and a side wall of the separation groove.

6. The micro light-emitting diode according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a third micro light-emitting diode that includes a third light-emitting layer containing a third rare earth element and emits light at a third wavelength longer than the second wavelength,

wherein the third micro light-emitting diode is made of a nitride semiconductor, and the third light-emitting layer is covered with an electrode layer in a plan view.

7. A manufacturing method of a micro light-emitting diode comprising:

forming a nitride semiconductor layer including a first light-emitting layer that emits light of a first wavelength;

forming a second light-emitting layer by doping a first rare earth element, the second light-emitting layer emitting light of a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength; and

separating the nitride semiconductor layer into a first micro light-emitting diode that includes the first light-emitting layer and emits light at the first wavelength and a second micro light-emitting diode that includes the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer and emits light at the second wavelength.

8. A manufacturing method of a micro light-emitting diode comprising:

forming a first micro light-emitting diode that includes a first light-emitting layer containing a first rare earth element and emits light at a first wavelength, the first micro light-emitting diode formed with a nitride semiconductor;

forming a second micro light-emitting diode that includes a second light-emitting layer containing a second rare earth element and emits light at a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength, the second micro light-emitting diode formed with a nitride semiconductor; and

covering the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer with an electrode layer in a plan view.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2025
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SHARP FUKUYAMA LASER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 071863/0508 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2020
From: IGUCHI, KATSUJI; KAWANISHI, HIDENORI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 051831/0953 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62808097 · Feb 20, 2019
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