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US 12,376,429 · App. 17/826,548 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Inorganic light emitting diode, display module and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Myunghee Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Taesoon Park (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H10H20/821H01L24/95H01L25/0753H10H20/857H01L24/05H01L24/08H01L24/80H01L25/167H01L2224/05553H01L2224/05571H01L2224/05573H01L2224/05639H01L2224/05644H01L2224/08147H01L2224/80136H01L2224/80203H01L2224/80805H01L2224/95101H01L2224/95136H01L2924/12041H10H20/8252
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Patent No.
US 12,376,429
App. No.
17/826,548
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inorganic light emitting diode is disclosed. The inorganic light emitting diode includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer having a light emitting surface composed of four sides, an active layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, a first electrode coupled to the first semiconductor layer, and a second electrode coupled to the second semiconductor layer, wherein the light emitting surface has a trapezoid shape in which two opposing sides are symmetric with respect to each other.

Claims (60)

1. An inorganic light emitting diode comprising:

a first semiconductor layer;

a second semiconductor layer having a light emitting surface;

an active layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer;

a first electrode coupled to the first semiconductor layer; and

a second electrode coupled to the second semiconductor layer;

wherein the light emitting surface has a trapezoid shape, and two opposing sides of the light emitting surface are symmetric with respect to each other,

wherein a bottom surface of the inorganic light emitting diode is disposed to oppose the light emitting surface, and the first electrode and the second electrode are disposed on the bottom surface of the inorganic light emitting diode, and

wherein a size of the light emitting surface is larger than a size of the bottom surface of the inorganic light emitting diode,

a first side surface and a second side surface which face each other, a third side surface and a fourth side surface which face each other, are included between the light emitting surface and the bottom surface of the inorganic light emitting diode,

wherein the first side, the second side, the third side, and the fourth side are disposed to have an acute angle with respect to the light emitting surface.

2. The inorganic light emitting diode of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting surface comprises:

a first side and a second side that are disposed parallel to each other;

a third side that connects one end of the first side and one end of the second side; and

a fourth side that connects another end of the first side and another end of the second side and is symmetric with respect to the third side.

3. The inorganic light emitting diode of claim 2 ,

wherein the first side and the second side have different lengths from each other.

4. The inorganic light emitting diode of claim 2 ,

wherein the third side is disposed at a first angle with respect to the first side,

wherein the fourth side is disposed at a second angle with respect to the first side, and

wherein the first angle and the second angle are a same acute angle.

5. The inorganic light emitting diode of claim 1 ,

wherein the inorganic light emitting diode has an inverted trapezoidal shape when viewed from a side of the inorganic light emitting diode.

6. The inorganic light emitting diode of claim 1 ,

wherein the inorganic light emitting diode is left and right symmetric when viewed from the side of the inorganic light emitting diode.

7. A display comprising:

a plurality of inorganic light emitting diodes comprising a trapezoidal light emitting surface, and a first electrode and a second electrode are disposed on an opposite surface of the light emitting surface; and

a substrate comprising a plurality of mounting grooves on which the plurality of inorganic light emitting diodes are mounted,

wherein the light emitting surface of the inorganic light emitting diode has a trapezoid shape that is left and right symmetric,

wherein each of the plurality of mounting grooves has a shape corresponding to the light emitting surface of the plurality of inorganic light emitting diodes, and has a size larger than a size of each of the plurality of inorganic light emitting diodes.

8. The display of claim 7 ,

wherein the inorganic light emitting diode has an inverted trapezoidal shape when viewed from a side of the inorganic light emitting diode.

9. A method of manufacturing a display for mounting a plurality of inorganic light emitting diodes on a substrate, the method comprising:

coupling a guide member provided with a plurality of guide holes to a mounting surface of the substrate;

after the guide member is coupled to the substrate, loading the substrate into a container containing liquid;

introducing the plurality of inorganic light emitting diodes having a trapezoidal light emitting surface into the liquid;

aligning the plurality of inorganic light emitting diodes on the substrate through the plurality of guide holes;

bonding the plurality of inorganic light emitting diodes to the substrate; and

separating the substrate from the guide member,

wherein the coupling the guide member to the mounting surface of the substrate comprises:

applying an adhesive to the mounting surface of the substrate, and

aligning the plurality of guide holes to correspond to each pixel area on the mounting surface of the substrate.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

chemically removing the guide member from the mounting surface of the substrate, using a solvent capable of dissolving the guide member.

11. A display panel comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein:

each of the plurality of pixels comprises a plurality of subpixels and at least one thin film transistor;

each of the plurality of subpixels comprises an inorganic light emitting diode; and

the inorganic light emitting diode comprises a light emitting surface having a trapezoid shape,

wherein the light emitting surface of the inorganic light emitting diode comprises:

a first side and a second side that are parallel to each other;

a third side that connects one end of the first side and one end of the second side; and

a fourth side that connects another end of the first side and another end of the second side and is symmetric with respect to the third side.

12. The display panel of claim 11 , wherein the inorganic light emitting diode further comprises:

a first semiconductor layer;

a second semiconductor layer that comprises the light emitting surface; and

an active layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer.

13. The display panel of claim 12 , wherein the inorganic light emitting diode further comprises:

a first electrode coupled to the first semiconductor layer; and

a second electrode coupled to the second semiconductor layer.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the first side and the second side have different lengths from each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2022
From: KIM, MYUNGHEE; PARK, TAESOON
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060390/0086 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0085493 · Jun 30, 2021 · national
KR 10-2021-0127275 · Sep 27, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022004856 · Apr 5, 2022
Related Publication 20230006098A1 · Jan 5, 2023
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