IP Library Granted Patent US 9,847,047
Granted Patent B2
US 9,847,047 · App. 14/979,543 · Granted Dec 19, 2017

Display pixel with redundant element and display panel

Inventors: Ming-Hsien Wu (Tainan, TW); Yen-Hsiang Fang (New Taipei, TW); Yao-Jun Tsai (Taoyuan, TW)
Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
G09G3/006H01L27/156G09G2300/0439G09G2320/0233G09G2320/0295H01L33/38
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Patent No.
US 9,847,047
App. No.
14/979,543
Granted
Dec 19, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display pixel suitable for being arranged on a carrier is provided. The display pixel includes a plurality of light-emitting diode chips. The light-emitting diode chips are disposed on and electrically connected to the carrier. Each of the light-emitting diode chips respectively serves as a sub-pixel and includes a semiconductor device layer, and the semiconductor device layer includes a display light-emitting mesa and at least one redundant light-emitting mesa. During a period of driving each of the light-emitting diode chips, one of the display light-emitting mesa and the at least one redundant light-emitting mesa in each of the light-emitting diode chips is capable of emitting light. A display panel including a plurality of the display pixels mentioned above is also provided.

Claims (37)

1. A display pixel adapted to be arranged on a carrier, the display pixel comprising:

a plurality of light-emitting diode chips arranged on and electrically connected to the carrier, each of the light-emitting diode chips respectively acting as a sub-pixel and comprising a semiconductor device layer in a single light-emitting diode chip among the light-emitting diode chips, the semiconductor device layer comprising a display light-emitting mesa and at least one redundant light-emitting mesa, wherein during a period of driving each of the light-emitting diode chips, one of the display light-emitting mesa and the at least one redundant light-emitting mesa in each of the light-emitting diode chips is capable of emitting light; the redundant light-emitting mesa configured to emit light in place of the display light-emitting mesa when the display light-emitting mesa is disabled.

2. The display pixel as recited in claim 1 , wherein a side length of each of the light-emitting diode chips is shorter than or equal to 100 micrometers.

3. The display pixel as recited in claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor device layer in each of the light-emitting diode chips comprises:

a first-type doped semiconductor layer;

a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer separated from each other and arranged on a portion of the first-type doped semiconductor layer; and

a second-type doped semiconductor layer comprising a first semiconductor pattern and a second semiconductor pattern separated from each other, wherein the first semiconductor pattern is located on the first light-emitting layer, the second semiconductor pattern is located on the second light-emitting layer, the first semiconductor pattern and the first light-emitting layer constitute at least one portion of the display light-emitting mesa, and the second semiconductor pattern and the second light-emitting layer constitute at least one portion of the at least one redundant light-emitting mesa.

4. The display pixel as recited in claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting diode chips emit a plurality of color beams.

5. A display panel comprising:

a carrier;

a plurality of display pixels adapted to be arranged on the carrier, each display pixel comprising:

a plurality of light-emitting diode chips arranged on and electrically connected to the carrier, each of the light-emitting diode chips respectively acting as a sub-pixel and comprising a semiconductor device layer in a single light-emitting diode chip among the light-emitting diode chips, the semiconductor device layer comprising a display light-emitting mesa and at least one redundant light-emitting mesa, wherein during a period of driving each of the light-emitting diode chips, one of the display light-emitting mesa and the at least one redundant light-emitting mesa in each of the light-emitting diode chips is capable of emitting light; the redundant light-emitting mesa configured to emit light in place of the display light-emitting mesa when the display light-emitting mesa is disabled;

wherein the plurality of display pixels are arranged in an array on the carrier.

6. The display panel as recited in claim 5 , wherein the carrier comprises a circuit board or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuit.

7. The display panel as recited in claim 5 , wherein a side length of each of the light-emitting diode chips is shorter than or equal to 100 micrometers.

8. The display panel as recited in claim 7 , wherein the carrier comprises a circuit board or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuit.

9. The display panel as recited in claim 5 , wherein the semiconductor device layer in each of the light-emitting diode chips comprises:

a first-type doped semiconductor layer;

a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer separated from each other and arranged on a portion of the first-type doped semiconductor layer; and

a second-type doped semiconductor layer comprising a first semiconductor pattern and a second semiconductor pattern separated from each other, wherein the first semiconductor pattern is located on the first light-emitting layer, the second semiconductor pattern is located on the second light-emitting layer, the first semiconductor pattern and the first light-emitting layer constitute at least one portion of the display light-emitting mesa, and the second semiconductor pattern and the second light-emitting layer constitute at least one portion of the at least one redundant light-emitting mesa.

10. The display panel as recited in claim 9 , wherein the carrier comprises a circuit board or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuit.

11. The display panel as recited in claim 5 , wherein the light-emitting diode chips emit a plurality of color beams.

12. The display panel as recited in claim 11 , wherein the carrier comprises a circuit board or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuit.

13. A method of driving a display panel, comprising:

providing a display panel, the display panel comprising a carrier and a plurality of display pixels arranged in an array on the carrier, each display pixel comprising:

a plurality of light-emitting diode chips arranged on and electrically connected to the carrier, each of the light-emitting diode chips respectively acting as a sub-pixel and comprising a semiconductor device layer in a single light-emitting diode chip among the light-emitting diode chips, the semiconductor device layer comprising a display light-emitting mesa and at least one redundant light-emitting mesa, wherein during a period of driving each of the light-emitting diode chips, one of the display light-emitting mesa and the at least one redundant light-emitting mesa in each of the light-emitting diode chips is capable of emitting light; the redundant light-emitting mesa configured to emit light in place of the display light-emitting mesa when the display light-emitting mesa is disabled;

driving the display pixels by the carrier and detecting whether the display light-emitting mesas in the display pixels perform a display function normally; and

if at least one of the display pixels is deemed as an abnormal display pixel, disabling the display light-emitting mesa in the abnormal display pixel and enabling the at least one redundant light-emitting mesa in the abnormal display pixel.

14. The method as recited in claim 13 , wherein each of the display pixels comprises a wafer-level chip scale package.

15. The method as recited in claim 13 , wherein a method of detecting whether the display light-emitting mesas in the display pixels perform the display function normally comprises: measuring a current-voltage correlation of the display light-emitting mesas to determine whether abnormal open circuit or short circuit occurs in each of the display light-emitting mesas.

16. The method as recited in claim 13 , wherein a control circuit of the carrier detects whether the display light-emitting mesas in the display pixels perform the display function normally.

17. The method as recited in claim 13 , wherein a side length of each of the light-emitting diode chips is shorter than or equal to 100 micrometers.

18. The method as recited in claim 13 , wherein the semiconductor device layer in each of the light-emitting diode chips comprises:

a first-type doped semiconductor layer;

a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer separated from each other and arranged on a portion of the first-type doped semiconductor layer; and

a second-type doped semiconductor layer comprising a first semiconductor pattern and a second semiconductor pattern separated from each other, wherein the first semiconductor pattern is located on the first light-emitting layer, the second semiconductor pattern is located on the second light-emitting layer, the first semiconductor pattern and the first light-emitting layer constitute at least one portion of the display light-emitting mesa, and the second semiconductor pattern and the second light-emitting layer constitute at least one portion of the at least one redundant light-emitting mesa.

19. The method as recited in claim 13 , wherein the light-emitting diode chips emit a plurality of color beams.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2015
From: WU, MING-HSIEN; FANG, YEN-HSIANG; TSAI, YAO-JUN
To: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 037362/0280 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 104140731 A · Dec 4, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170162091A1 · Jun 8, 2017