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US 12,622,099 · App. 17/501,672 · Granted May 5, 2026

Semiconductor light emitting device and light emitting device package including the same

Inventor: Youngwoo Yoon (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H10H20/82H10H20/856H10H20/812H10H20/825H10H20/8312H10H20/8314H10H20/851
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Patent No.
US 12,622,099
App. No.
17/501,672
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor light emitting device is provided. The semiconductor light emitting device includes: a substrate structure; a light emitting structure including a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer sequentially provided on the substrate structure, wherein a hole penetrates through the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer and the active layer to expose the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and uneven portions are provided on a surface of the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer; a dam structure provided adjacent a portion of the light emitting structure on the substrate structure; a first electrode provided between the substrate structure and the light emitting structure, and connected to the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer; and a second electrode provided in the hole between the substrate structure and the light emitting structure, and connected to the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer. The first conductivity-type semiconductor layer extends through the light emitting structure and the dam structure.

Claims (53)

1 . A semiconductor light emitting device comprising:

a substrate structure comprising a conductive structure;

a light emitting structure comprising a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer sequentially provided on the substrate structure, wherein the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer comprises an upper surface and a lower surface, the active layer is provided on the upper surface of the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a hole penetrates through the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer and the active layer to expose the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and uneven portions are provided on a surface of the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer;

a dam structure provided adjacent a portion of the light emitting structure on the substrate structure, wherein the dam structure comprises a conductivity-type semiconductor layer;

a wavelength conversion portion provided on the light emitting structure and in contact with an upper surface of the dam structure;

a first electrode provided between the substrate structure and the lower surface of the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and connected to the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer; and

a second electrode provided in the hole between the substrate structure and the light emitting structure, and connected to the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer,

wherein the dam structure comprises an outer side surface that is substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate structure.

2 . The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the active layer extends through the light emitting structure and the dam structure, and

wherein the lower surface of the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer is between the substrate structure and the upper surface of the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer.

3 . The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the dam structure and the light emitting structure have substantially similar heights.

4 . The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode is provided between the light emitting structure and the second electrode.

5 . The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode comprises a connection electrode extending to a side of the light emitting structure, and

wherein the semiconductor light emitting device further comprises an electrode pad provided on the connection electrode.

6 . The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the outer side surface of the dam structure and a side surface of the wavelength conversion portion are substantially coplanar.

7 . The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first electrode and the second electrode extends between the substrate structure and the dam structure.

8 . The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 7 , wherein the second electrode is electrically connected to the conductive structure of the substrate structure.

9 . The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a height of the dam structure is less than a height of the light emitting structure.

10 . The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a width of an upper portion of the dam structure is equal to a width of a lower portion of the dam structure.

11 . A light emitting device package comprising:

a package substrate including a wiring layer provided on an upper surface of the package substrate;

a semiconductor light emitting device provided on the package substrate;

a wavelength conversion portion provided on the semiconductor light emitting device; and

a reflective resin portion provided on the package substrate adjacent the semiconductor light emitting device and the wavelength conversion portion, and in contact with the upper surface of the package substrate,

wherein the semiconductor light emitting device comprises:

a substrate structure comprising a conductive structure;

a light emitting structure comprising a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer sequentially provided on the substrate structure, wherein the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer comprises an upper surface and a lower surface, the active layer is provided on the upper surface of the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a hole penetrates through the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer and the active layer to expose the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and uneven portions are provided on a surface of the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer;

a dam structure provided adjacent a portion of the light emitting structure on the substrate structure, wherein the dam structure comprises a conductivity-type semiconductor layer;

a first electrode provided between the substrate structure and the lower surface of the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and connected to the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer; and

a second electrode provided in the hole between the substrate structure and the light emitting structure and connected to the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer,

wherein an external side surface of the dam structure is in contact with the reflective resin portion, and

wherein a width of an upper portion of the dam structure is equal to a width of a lower portion of the dam structure.

12 . The light emitting device package of claim 11 , wherein an internal side surface of the reflective resin portion is in contact with a side surface of the wavelength conversion portion and the external side surface of the dam structure.

13 . The light emitting device package of claim 11 , wherein the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer extend through the dam structure and the light emitting structure.

14 . The light emitting device package of claim 13 , wherein in the dam structure, the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer has a substantially planar upper surface.

15 . The light emitting device package of claim 11 , further comprising an adhesive layer provided between the light emitting structure and the wavelength conversion portion, wherein the adhesive layer is in contact with the dam structure.

16 . A light emitting device package comprising:

a package substrate;

a semiconductor light emitting device provided on the package substrate;

a wavelength conversion portion provided on the semiconductor light emitting device; and

a reflective resin portion provided on the package substrate adjacent the semiconductor light emitting device and the wavelength conversion portion, and in contact with an upper surface of the package substrate,

wherein the semiconductor light emitting device comprises:

a substrate structure comprising a conductive structure;

a light emitting structure comprising a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and an active layer on the substrate structure, wherein the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer comprises an upper surface and a lower surface, the active layer is provided on the upper surface of the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer provided between the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer and the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer;

a dam structure provided adjacent a portion of the light emitting structure on the substrate structure, wherein the dam structure comprises a conductivity-type semiconductor layer;

a first electrode provided between the substrate structure and the lower surface of the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and connected to the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer; and

a second electrode provided between the substrate structure and the light emitting structure, and connected to the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer,

wherein the dam structure is provided between the light emitting structure and the reflective resin portion, and

wherein a height of the dam structure is equal to or less than a height of the light emitting structure.

17 . The light emitting device package of claim 16 , wherein uneven portions are provided on an upper surface of the light emitting structure, and the dam structure has a planar upper surface.

18 . The light emitting device package of claim 16 , wherein the dam structure is connected to the light emitting structure.

19 . The light emitting device package of claim 16 , wherein the dam structure includes an outer side surface that is substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate structure.

20 . The light emitting device package of claim 16 , wherein a width of an upper portion of the dam structure is equal to a width of a lower portion of the dam structure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2021
From: YOON, YOUNGWOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057798/0379 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0176694 · Dec 16, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220190201A1 · Jun 16, 2022
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