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Granted Patent B2
US 12,015,106 · App. 17/834,452 · Granted Jun 18, 2024

Display device using semiconductor light emitting device surrounded by conductive electrode and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Junghoon Kim (Seoul, KR); Byoungkwon Cho (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H01L33/38H01L24/95H01L25/0753H01L33/24H01L33/44H01L33/62H01L2224/95085H01L2224/95133H01L2924/12041H01L2933/0016H01L2933/0025H01L2933/0066
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Patent No.
US 12,015,106
App. No.
17/834,452
Granted
Jun 18, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a semiconductor light emitting device disposed on a substrate and having a first conductive electrode disposed on a first upper portion of the semiconductor light emitting device and a second conductive electrode disposed on a second upper portion of the semiconductor light emitting device, a passivation layer disposed on the semiconductor light emitting device, a first electrode electrically connected to the first conductive electrode, and a second electrode electrically connected to the second conductive electrode. A part of the second electrode overlaps with a part of the first conductive electrode with the passivation layer interposed therebetween.

Claims (31)

1. A display device, comprising:

a semiconductor light emitting device disposed on a substrate, and having a first conductive electrode disposed on a first upper portion of the semiconductor light emitting device, and a second conductive electrode disposed on a second upper portion of the semiconductor light emitting device;

a passivation layer disposed on the semiconductor light emitting device;

a first electrode electrically connected to the first conductive electrode; and

a second electrode electrically connected to the second conductive electrode,

wherein a part of the second electrode overlaps with a part of the first conductive electrode with the passivation layer interposed therebetween, and

wherein a bottom surface of the first conductive electrode is disposed at a position higher than a top surface of the second conductive electrode in a thickness direction of the semiconductor light emitting device.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first second conductive electrode is surrounded by the first conductive electrode.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive electrode is disposed on an upper edge of the semiconductor light emitting device, and the second conductive electrode is disposed on an upper central portion of the semiconductor light emitting device.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the passivation layer is extended from a side surface of the semiconductor light emitting device in a width direction of the semiconductor light emitting device, and disposed to cover portions of the first and second conductive electrodes.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive electrode is disposed in a recessed portion of the semiconductor light emitting device.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor light emitting device comprises:

a first conductivity type semiconductor layer disposed below the first conductive electrode;

a second conductivity type semiconductor layer disposed below the second conductive type electrode; and

an active layer disposed between the first and second conductivity type semiconductor layers.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein a height of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer is greater than a height of the second conductive electrode.

8. The display device of claim 6 , wherein a height of the second conductive electrode is greater than a height of the active layer.

9. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the top surface of the second conductive electrode is disposed at the position lower than a top surface of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer in the thickness direction of the semiconductor light emitting device.

10. The display device of claim 1 , where the first electrode and the second electrode are disposed perpendicularly to each other.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a shape of the first conductive electrode is different from a shape of the second conductive electrode.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the passivation layer is different from thicknesses of the first and second electrodes.

13. A display device, comprising:

a semiconductor light emitting device disposed, and including a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer disposed between the first and second conductivity type semiconductor layers, a first conductive electrode electrically connected to the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, and a second conductive electrode connected to the second conductive semiconductor layer;

a first electrode electrically connected to the first conductive electrode;

a second electrode electrically connected to the second conductive electrode; and

a passivation layer disposed on the semiconductor light emitting device,

wherein a part of the second electrode overlaps with a part of the first conductive electrode with the passivation layer interposed therebetween, and

wherein a bottom surface of the first conductive electrode is disposed at a position higher than a top surface of the second conductive electrode in a thickness direction of the semiconductor light emitting device.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the second conductive electrode is surrounded by the first conductive electrode.

15. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the second conductive electrode is disposed in a recessed portion of the semiconductor light emitting device.

16. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the top surface of the second conductive electrode is disposed at the position lower than a top surface of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer in the thickness direction of the semiconductor light emitting device.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0128470 · Oct 25, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16774787 · Jan 28, 2020
Continuation 16415541 · May 17, 2019
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