IP Library Granted Patent US 9,293,674
Granted Patent B2
US 9,293,674 · App. 14/176,375 · Granted Mar 22, 2016

Light emitting device including light emitting element, outer connection electrodes and resin layer

Inventors: Takeshi Kususe (Tokushima, JP); Toshiaki Ogawa (Anan, JP); Shunsuke Minato (Anan, JP); Nodoka Oyamada (Fujiyoshida, JP)
Assignees: NICHIA CORPORATION; CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
H01L33/62H01L24/96H01L33/38H01L33/505H01L33/54H01L33/382H01L33/46H01L2924/12036H01L2924/181
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Patent No.
US 9,293,674
App. No.
14/176,375
Granted
Mar 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device has a light emitting element, and a resin layer; the light emitting element includes a semiconductor laminated body in which a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer are laminated in sequence, a second electrode connected to the second semiconductor layer on an upper surface of the second semiconductor layer that forms an upper surface of the semiconductor laminated body, and a first electrode connected to the first semiconductor layer on an upper surface of the first semiconductor layer in which a portion of the second semiconductor layer on one surface of the semiconductor laminated body is removed and a portion of the first semiconductor layer is exposed; and the resin layer is configured to cover at least a side surface of the light emitting element, and an upper surface of the resin layer is lower than the upper surface of the semiconductor laminated body.

Claims (36)

1. A light emitting device comprising:

a light emitting element;

a first outer connection electrode and a second outer connection electrode; and

a resin layer, wherein

the light emitting element includes

a substrate,

a semiconductor laminated body in which a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer are laminated on the substrate in sequence from a first side to a second side of the light emitting device,

a second electrode connected to the second semiconductor layer on a surface of the second semiconductor layer on the second side, and

a first electrode connected to the first semiconductor layer on a surface of the first semiconductor layer on the second side, the surface of the first semiconductor layer being exposed by removal of a portion of the second semiconductor layer of the semiconductor laminated body from the second side,

the first outer connection electrode and the second outer connection electrode are respectively connected to the first electrode and the second electrode of the light emitting element,

the resin layer covers at least a part of a side surface of the light emitting element so as to cover at least a part of a side surface of the substrate and a side surface of the semiconductor laminated body, and

a position of a surface of the resin layer farthest to the second side is disposed closer to the first side than a position of a surface of the semiconductor laminated body farthest to the second side.

2. The light emitting device of according to claim 1 , wherein

the resin layer is a layer which includes a fluorescent material or a filler.

3. The light emitting device of according to claim 1 , wherein

the resin layer exposes a portion of a side surface of the semiconductor laminated body.

4. The light emitting device of according to claim 1 , wherein

mounting surfaces of the first outer connection electrode and the second outer connection electrode share a same plane or an approximately same plane.

5. The light emitting device of according to claim 1 , wherein

the first electrode includes a first ohmic electrode that is in contact with the first semiconductor layer, and a first electrode layer that is connected to at least a portion of the first ohmic electrode, and

the second electrode includes a second ohmic electrode that is in contact with the second semiconductor layer, and a second electrode layer that is connected to at least a portion of the second ohmic electrode.

6. The light emitting device of according to claim 5 , further comprising

an insulating film that includes through-holes and is disposed on the first ohmic electrode and the second ohmic electrode, and

the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer are respectively connect with the first ohmic electrode and the second ohmic electrode through the through-holes.

7. The light emitting device of according to claim 5 , further comprising

an interlayer insulating film that includes through-holes and is disposed on the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and

the first outer connection electrode and the second connection electrode are respectively connect with the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer through the through-holes.

8. The light emitting device of according to claim 5 , wherein

the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer respectively have a connection portion, and

an extension portion that extends from the connection portion and narrows from the connection portion in a plane view.

9. The light emitting device of according to claim 1 , wherein

the first electrode and the exposed first semiconductor layer are disposed on an inner side of the semiconductor laminated body in a plane view.

10. The light emitting device of according to claim 1 , wherein

the first outer connection electrode and the second outer connection electrode are respectively disposed to cover an area above the second semiconductor layer from an area above the first semiconductor layer.

11. The light emitting device of according to claim 1 , further comprising

a second resin layer that contains a fluorescent material on a surface of the light emitting element on the first side.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 17, 2018
From: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.; CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
To: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045084/0858 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2014
From: KUSUSE, TAKESHI; OGAWA, TOSHIAKI; MINATO, SHUNSUKE; OYAMADA, NODOKA
To: NICHIA CORPORATION; CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032182/0172 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-024746 · Feb 12, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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