LED pixel device having chip stack structure

1. An LED pixel device comprising a first light-transmitting substrate, a second light-transmitting substrate overlying the first light-transmitting substrate, a third light-transmitting substrate overlying the second light-transmitting substrate, a first light-emitting cell underlying the first light-transmitting substrate, a second light-emitting cell interposed between the first light-transmitting substrate and the second light-transmitting substrate, and a third light-emitting cell interposed between the second light-transmitting substrate and the third light-transmitting substrate wherein the first light-emitting cell, the second light-emitting cell, and the third light-emitting cell emit light of different wavelengths,

wherein the first light-transmitting substrate, the second light-transmitting substrate, and the third light-transmitting substrate comprise a first n layer, a second n layer, and a third n layer, respectively, and the first light-emitting cell, the second light-emitting cell, and the third light-emitting cell comprise a first p layer, a second p layer, and a third p layer, respectively,

wherein the LED pixel device further comprises a first electrode pad, a second electrode pad, a third electrode pad, and a fourth electrode pad underlying the first light-transmitting substrate,

wherein the first p layer is directly connected to the first electrode pad, the second p layer is connected to the second electrode pad through a first interconnection, the third p layer is connected to the third electrode pad through a second interconnection, the first n layer is directly connected to the fourth electrode pad, and the second n layer and the third n layer are connected in common to the fourth electrode pad through a third interconnection,

wherein the bottom surfaces of the first electrode pad, the second electrode pad, the third electrode pad, and the fourth electrode pad lie in the same plane, the second electrode pad has the same thickness as the third electrode pad, and the first electrode pad and the fourth electrode pad have thicknesses different from those of the second electrode pad and the third electrode pad, and

wherein the amount of light emitted from the first light-emitting cell is larger than that emitted from the second light-emitting cell.

2. The LED pixel device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-emitting cell, the second light-emitting cell, and the third light-emitting cell are located in different regions when viewed from above.

3. The LED pixel device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-emitting cell, the second light-emitting cell, and the third light-emitting cell are located at different heights so as not to overlap one another.

4. The LED pixel device according to claim 1 , wherein at least two of the distances between the central axes of the first electrode pad and the second electrode pad, between the central axes of the second electrode pad and the third electrode pad, and between the central axes of the third electrode pad and the fourth electrode pad are identical.

5. The LED pixel device according to claim 1 , wherein the first interconnection comprises a via penetrating the first light-transmitting substrate while being isolated from the first n layer.

6. The LED pixel device according to claim 1 , wherein the second interconnection comprises a via sequentially penetrating the second light-transmitting substrate and the first light-transmitting substrate while being isolated from the first n layer and the second n layer.

7. The LED pixel device according to claim 1 , wherein the third interconnection comprises a via connected to the first n layer, the second n layer, and the third n layer while penetrating at least the second light-transmitting substrate and the first light-transmitting substrate.

8. The LED pixel device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-emitting cell is a blue light-emitting cell, the second light-emitting cell is a green light-emitting cell, and the third light-emitting cell is a red light-emitting cell.

9. The LED pixel device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-transmitting substrate is a sapphire substrate, the first n layer and the first p layer are portions of a gallium nitride epilayer grown on the sapphire substrate, and a first active layer emitting blue light is formed between the first n layer and the first p layer.

10. The LED pixel device according to claim 1 , wherein the second light-transmitting substrate is a sapphire substrate, the second n layer and the second p layer are portions of a gallium nitride epilayer grown on the sapphire substrate, and a second active layer emitting green light is formed between the second n layer and the second p layer.

11. The LED pixel device according to claim 1 , wherein the third light-transmitting substrate is a light-transmitting carrier substrate, the third n layer and the third p layer are portions of a gallium arsenide epilayer bonded to the light-transmitting carrier substrate, and a third active layer emitting red light is formed between the third n layer and the third p layer.