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Granted Patent B2
US 10,446,529 · App. 15/874,720 · Granted Oct 15, 2019

Display device using semiconductor light emitting device

Inventors: Younghak Chang (Seoul, KR); Minwoo Lee (Seoul, KR); Yeonhong Jung (Seoul, KR); Youngje Jo (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H01L25/0753H01L33/007H01L33/0079H01L33/025H01L33/16H01L33/20H01L33/22H01L33/62H01L33/325H01L2933/0025
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Patent No.
US 10,446,529
App. No.
15/874,720
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor light emitting device including a first conductive electrode and a second conductive electrode; a first conductive semiconductor layer on which the first conductive electrode is disposed; a second conductive semiconductor layer overlapping the first conductive semiconductor layer, on which the second conductive electrode is disposed; and an active layer disposed between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer. Further, the second conductive semiconductor layer includes a first layer including a porous material capable of being electro-polished and disposed on an outer surface of the semiconductor light emitting device; a second layer disposed under the first layer and having a lower impurity concentration than the first layer; and a third layer disposed between the second layer and the active layer and having a higher impurity concentration than the second layer.

Claims (49)

1. A display device, comprising:

a substrate; and

a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices on the substrate,

wherein at least one of the semiconductor light emitting devices comprises:

a first conductive electrode and a second conductive electrode;

a first conductive semiconductor layer on which the first conductive electrode is disposed;

a second conductive semiconductor layer overlapping the first conductive semiconductor layer, and on which the second conductive electrode is disposed; and

an active layer disposed between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer, and

wherein the second conductive semiconductor layer comprises:

a first layer including a porous material capable of being electro-polished and disposed on an outer surface of the semiconductor light emitting device;

a second layer disposed under the first layer and having a lower impurity concentration than the first layer; and

a third layer disposed between the second layer and the active layer and having a higher impurity concentration than the second layer.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first layer comprises:

a first region; and

a second region surrounded by the first region, and

wherein the second region includes a plurality of protrusions and has a larger surface roughness than the first region.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the protrusions include a second conductive semiconductor, and have a higher impurity concentration than the first layer.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein part of the protrusions have a cylindrical shape, and an upper surface of the protrusions is a flat cut surface.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein another part of the protrusions have a conical shape, and the upper surface of the protrusions is the flat cut surface.

6. The display device of claim 2 , wherein part of the protrusions have different heights from the first layer.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first layer has a higher impurity concentration than the third layer.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises a wiring substrate having a first electrode corresponding to the first conductive electrode.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the first electrode comprises:

a metal layer; and

an adhesive layer formed between the first conductive electrode and the metal layer to electrically couple the first conductive electrode to the metal layer by pressure or heat.

10. The display device of claim 8 , wherein semiconductor light emitting devices for emitting red, green and blue light are respectively disposed on the first electrode, and

wherein the semiconductor light emitting devices for emitting red, green, and blue light are electrically coupled to first electrodes having different heights.

11. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the wiring substrate further comprises a second electrode corresponding to the second conductive electrode, and

wherein the second electrode comprises:

a metal layer; and

an adhesive layer formed between the second conductive electrode and the metal layer to electrically couple the second conductive electrode to the metal layer by pressure or heat.

12. The display device of claim 8 , further comprising:

a second electrode spaced apart from the wiring substrate and electrically connected to the second conductive electrode.

13. A semiconductor light emitting device, comprising:

a first conductive electrode and a second conductive electrode;

a first conductive semiconductor layer on which the first conductive electrode is disposed;

a second conductive semiconductor layer overlapping the first conductive semiconductor layer, on which the second conductive electrode is disposed; and

an active layer disposed between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer, and

wherein the second conductive semiconductor layer comprises:

a first layer including a porous material capable of being electro-polished and disposed on an outer surface of the semiconductor light emitting device;

a second layer disposed under the first layer and having a lower impurity concentration than the first layer; and

a third layer disposed between the second layer and the active layer and having a higher impurity concentration than the second layer.

14. The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 13 , wherein the first layer comprises:

a first region; and

a second region surrounded by the first region, and

wherein the second region includes a plurality of protrusions and has a larger surface roughness than the first region.

15. The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 14 , wherein the protrusions include a second conductive semiconductor, and have a higher impurity concentration than the first layer.

16. The semiconductor light emitting device of claim 14 , wherein part of the protrusions have a cylindrical shape, and

wherein an upper surface of the protrusions is a flat cut surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2018
From: CHANG, YOUNGHAK; LEE, MINWOO; JUNG, YEONHONG; JO, YOUNGJE
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0116760 · Sep 12, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190081025A1 · Mar 14, 2019