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US 12,315,865 · App. 17/480,802 · Granted May 27, 2025

Light-emitting diode display device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Junhee Choi (Seongnam-si, KR); Jinjoo Park (Yongin-si, KR); Kiho Kong (Suwon-si, KR); Junghun Park (Yongin-si, KR); Eunsung Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L33/08H01L27/156H01L33/005H01L33/382
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,315,865
App. No.
17/480,802
Filed
Sep 21, 2021
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2891
USPC
257/79
Abstract

A display device includes an ion implantation region, a first semiconductor layer, an active layer under the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer under the active layer. The ion implantation region includes a plurality of ions and partitions the active layer into a plurality of light-emitting regions, and an average ion concentration ratio of each of the light-emitting regions is 2 to 15.

Claims (52)

1. A display device comprising:

a first semiconductor layer;

an active layer under the first semiconductor layer;

a second semiconductor layer under the active layer; and

an ion implantation region comprising a plurality of ions, the ion implantation region partitioning the active layer into a plurality of light-emitting regions,

wherein an average ion concentration ratio of the plurality of light-emitting regions is 2 to 15,

wherein the depth of an ion concentration peak where a concentration of implanted ions is the maximum is less than the thickness of the second semiconductor layer and the depth of the ion concentration peak is greater than a distance from a position of the ion concentration peak to a driving layer direction surface of the active layer.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the average ion concentration ratio of the plurality of light-emitting regions is 4 to 10.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein an ion concentration ratio of each of the plurality of light-emitting regions is 20 or less.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting regions comprises a continuous section having a length of 1 μm or more in which an ion concentration ratio is 5 or less.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of ions has a mass greater than a mass of a nitrogen ion.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of ions comprises Ar ions.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the ion implantation region is formed at a process temperature of 75° C. to 130° C.

8. A display device comprising:

a first semiconductor layer;

an active layer under the first semiconductor layer;

a second semiconductor layer under the active layer; and

an ion implantation region in the second semiconductor layer and the active layer to form a first light-emitting region separated from a second light-emitting region,

wherein a concentration peak of ions implanted into the ion implantation region is located at a level below an upper surface of the second semiconductor layer and wherein the depth of an ion concentration peak where a concentration of implanted ions is the maximum is less than the thickness of the second semiconductor layer and the depth of the ion concentration peak is greater than a distance from a position of the ion concentration peak to a driving layer direction surface of the active layer, and

wherein an average ion concentration ratio of the first light-emitting region and the second light-emitting region is 2 to 15.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the ion implantation region has an ion distribution that gradually increases and then decreases from a surface of the second semiconductor layer in a direction toward the active layer.

10. The display device of claim 8 , wherein each ion of the ions implanted in the ion implantation region has a mass greater than a mass of a nitrogen ion.

11. The display device of claim 8 , wherein ions implanted in the ion implantation region comprise Ar ions.

12. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the first semiconductor layer comprises an n-type semiconductor layer, and

wherein the second semiconductor layer comprises a p-type semiconductor layer.

13. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a display device configured to output image information; and a processor configured to control an operation of the display device and transmit image information to the display device,

wherein the display device comprises:

a first semiconductor layer;

an active layer under the first semiconductor layer;

a second semiconductor layer under the active layer; and

an ion implantation region comprising a plurality of ions, the ion implantation region partitioning the active layer into a plurality of light-emitting regions, the ion implantation region separating the plurality of light-emitting regions from each other,

wherein the depth of an ion concentration peak where a concentration of implanted ions is the maximum is less than the thickness of the second semiconductor layer and the depth of the ion concentration peak is greater than a distance from a position of the ion concentration peak to a driving layer direction surface of the active layer,

wherein an average ion concentration ratio of the plurality of light-emitting regions is 2 to 15.

14. The electronic apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the average ion concentration ratio of the plurality of light-emitting regions is 4 to 10.

15. The electronic apparatus of claim 13 , wherein an ion concentration ratio of each of the plurality of light-emitting regions is 20 or less.

16. The electronic apparatus of claim 13 , wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting regions comprises a continuous section having a length of 1 μm or more in which an ion concentration ratio is 5 or less.

17. The electronic apparatus of claim 13 , wherein each ion of the plurality of ions has a mass greater than a mass of a nitrogen ion.

18. The electronic apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of ions comprises Ar ions.

19. A display device comprising:

a semiconductor layer; an active layer on the semiconductor layer; and

a plurality of ions in the semiconductor layer and the active layer,

wherein a light-emitting region of the display device comprises a first portion of the semiconductor layer and a second portion of the active layer, the second portion being directly in contact with the first portion, and the light-emitting region includes a first light-emitting sub-region and a second light-emitting sub-region;

a second semiconductor layer under the active layer, and

wherein a concentration of the plurality of ions in the light-emitting region is less than a concentration of the plurality of ions in a non-light-emitting region of the display device,

wherein the non-light emitting region separates the first light-emitting sub-region from the second light-emitting sub-region, and

wherein the depth of an ion concentration peak where a concentration of implanted ions is the maximum is less than the thickness of the second semiconductor layer and the depth of the ion concentration peak is greater than a distance from a position of the ion concentration peak to a driving layer direction surface of the active layer,

wherein an average ion concentration ratio of the light-emitting region is 2 to 15.

20. The display device of claim 19 , further comprising:

another semiconductor layer on the active layer;

a first electrode in the another semiconductor layer above the non-light-emitting region; and

a second electrode under the light-emitting region and contacting the semiconductor layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2021
From: CHOI, JUNHEE; PARK, JINJOO; KONG, KIHO; PARK, JUNGHUN; LEE, EUNSUNG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2020-0165077 · Nov 30, 2020 · national
KR 10-2021-0030392 · Mar 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63081568 · Sep 22, 2020
Related Publication 20220093824A1 · Mar 24, 2022
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