IP Library Granted Patent US 9,515,224
Granted Patent B2
US 9,515,224 · App. 14/662,149 · Granted Dec 6, 2016

Semiconductor light-emitting device

Inventors: Kyung Wook Hwang (Hwaseong-si, KR); Joong Kon Son (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L33/24H01L33/007H01L33/10H01L33/12H01L33/46
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Patent No.
US 9,515,224
App. No.
14/662,149
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a substrate, a first reflective layer disposed on the substrate and including first openings, a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer grown in and extending from the first openings and connected on the first reflective layer, a second reflective layer disposed on the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer and including second openings having lower surfaces disposed to be spaced apart from upper surfaces of the first openings, and a plurality of light-emitting nanostructures including nanocores extending from the second openings and formed of a first conductivity-type semiconductor material, and active layers and second conductivity-type semiconductor layers sequentially disposed on the nanocores.

Claims (21)

1. A semiconductor light-emitting device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first reflective layer disposed on the substrate and including first openings;

a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer grown in and extending from the first openings and connected on the first reflective layer;

a second reflective layer disposed on the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer and including second openings having lower surfaces disposed to be spaced apart from upper surfaces of the first openings; and

a plurality of light-emitting nanostructures including nanocores extending from the second openings and formed of a first conductivity-type semiconductor material, and active layers and second conductivity-type semiconductor layers sequentially disposed on the nanocores.

2. The semiconductor light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first reflective layer includes a pillar-shaped distributed Bragg reflector extending perpendicular to the substrate, and

the pillar-shaped distributed Bragg reflector is surrounded by the first openings.

3. The semiconductor light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first openings have a pillar shape extending perpendicular to the substrate, and

the first reflective layer includes a distributed Bragg reflector surrounding the first openings.

4. The semiconductor light-emitting device of claim 3 , wherein areas of the upper surfaces of the first openings are greater than areas of the lower surfaces of the second openings.

5. The semiconductor light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the second reflective layer includes a distributed Bragg reflector surrounding the second openings.

6. The semiconductor light-emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a third reflective layer disposed below the first reflective layer and including third openings having upper surfaces disposed to be spaced apart from lower surfaces of the first openings; and

a first conductivity-type semiconductor bottom layer grown in and extending from the third openings and connected on the third reflective layer.

7. The semiconductor light-emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising a buffer layer disposed on the substrate.

8. The semiconductor light-emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising a first electrode disposed on the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer.

9. The semiconductor light-emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising a contact electrode layer disposed on the plurality of light-emitting nanostructures and the second reflective layer.

10. The semiconductor light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of a portion of the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer formed on the first reflective layer is less than that of the first reflective layer.

11. The semiconductor light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is silicon (Si) substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2015
From: HWANG, KYUNG WOOK; SON, JOONG KON
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0110660 · Aug 25, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160056336A1 · Feb 25, 2016