Abstract:
A semiconductor light emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer, an active layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer to emit ultraviolet light, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer, and a first electrode disposed on the first semiconductor layer and being in Ohmic contact with a portion of the first semiconductor layer, the first electrode including a contact electrode including aluminum (Al) and at least one other material and having a first region adjacent to the first semiconductor layer and a second region, with each region having an Al composition ratio defined by the amount of Al relative to the amount of the at least one other material, wherein the Al composition ratio of the first region is greater than the Al composition ratio of the second region, and a metal layer disposed on the contact electrode.
Abstract:
An ultraviolet light-emitting diode includes: a substrate; an n-type semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate; a mesa disposed on the n-type semiconductor layer and including an active layer and a p-type semiconductor layer; an n-ohmic contact layer contacting the n-type semiconductor layer; a p-ohmic contact layer contacting the p-type semiconductor layer; an n-bump electrically connected to the n-ohmic contact layer; and a p-bump electrically connected to the p-ohmic contact layer, wherein the mesa includes a plurality of branches, the n-ohmic contact layer surrounds the mesa and is disposed in a region between the branches, each of the n-bump and the p-bump covers an upper surface and a side surface of the mesa, and the p-bump covers at least two of the branches among the plurality of branches. Therefore, an optical output can be increased by reducing light loss, and a forward voltage can be lowered.
Abstract:
An ultraviolet light-emitting device including a substrate, a first conductive type semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, a mesa disposed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer and including a second conductive type semiconductor layer and an active layer disposed between the semiconductor layers, a first contact electrode contacting the exposed first conductive type semiconductor layer around the mesa, a second contact electrode contacting the second conductive type semiconductor layer on the mesa, a passivation layer covering the first contact electrode, the mesa, and the second contact electrode and having openings disposed above the first and second contact electrodes, and first and second bump electrodes electrically connected to the first and second contact electrodes through the openings of the passivation layer, in which the mesa has depressions in plan view, and the first and second bump electrodes cover the openings and a portion of the passivation layer.
Abstract:
A light emitting diode including a first conductive type semiconductor layer, a mesa disposed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, the mesa including an active layer and a second conductive type semiconductor layer, a reflective electrode disposed on the mesa and configured to be in ohmic-contact with the second conductive type semiconductor layer, a current spreading layer disposed on the mesa and the reflective electrode, the current spreading layer including a first portion configured to be in ohmic-contact with an upper surface of the first conductive type semiconductor layer, a first n-contact region spaced apart from a second n-contact region with the mesa disposed between the first and second n-contact regions, and an insulation layer including a first opening exposing the reflective electrode between the first and second n-contact regions. The first and second n-contact regions have a second opening that exposes the first conductive type semiconductor layer.
Abstract:
An ultraviolet (UV) photo-detecting device, including: a substrate; a first nitride layer disposed on the substrate; a second nitride layer disposed between the first nitride layer and the substrate; a light absorption layer disposed on the first nitride layer; and a Schottky junction layer disposed on the light absorption layer.
Abstract:
A photo-detecting device includes a first nitride layer, a light absorption layer disposed on the first nitride layer, and a Schottky junction layer disposed on the light absorption layer. According to a photoluminescence (PL) properties measurement of the photo-detecting device, a first peak light intensity is greater than a second peak light intensity, and the first peak light intensity is a peak light intensity of light emitted from the light absorption layer, and the second peak light intensity is a peak light intensity of light emitted from the first nitride layer.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a light-emitting diode (LED) chip including forming an LED on a first substrate, the LED including an N-type and a P-type semiconductor layer, the LED being formed to expose surfaces of the N-type and P-type semiconductor layers, forming bumps respectively electrically connected to the N-type and P-type semiconductor layers, forming electrode pads corresponding to the bumps on a second substrate, aligning the LED chip and the second substrate so that the bumps respectively correspond to the electrode pads, and increasing a temperature of the bumps to a first temperature, applying a pressure to the first and second substrates, and increasing the temperature of the bumps to a second temperature for a first time period while maintaining the pressure, and maintaining the second temperature from the first time period to a second time period while maintaining the pressure, and then releasing the pressure and cooling the bumps.
Abstract:
An ultraviolet (UV) photo-detecting device, including: a first nitride layer; a secondary light absorption layer disposed on the first nitride layer; a primary light absorption layer disposed on the secondary light absorption layer; and a Schottky junction layer disposed on the primary light absorption layer. The secondary light absorption layer includes a nitride layer having lower band-gap energy than the primary light absorption layer.
Abstract:
A light emitting device including a substrate, a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a mesa including a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer and an active layer, first and second contact electrodes respectively contacting the first and second conductivity-type semiconductor layers, a passivation layer covering the first and second contact electrodes, the mesa, and including first and second openings, and first and second bump electrodes electrically connected to the first and second contact electrodes, respectively, in which the first and second bump electrodes are disposed on the mesa, the passivation layer is disposed between the first bump electrode and the second contact electrode, the first contact electrode includes a reflective material, and a portion of the first opening is surrounded with a side surface of the mesa, and another portion of the first opening is not surrounded with the side surface of the mesa.
Abstract:
A deep UV light emitting diode includes a substrate, an n-type semiconductor layer located on the substrate, a mesa disposed on the n-type semiconductor layer, and including an active layer and a p-type semiconductor layer, an n-ohmic contact layer in contact with the n-type semiconductor layer, a p-ohmic contact layer in contact with the p-type semiconductor layer, an n-bump electrically connected to the n-ohmic contact layer, and a p-bump electrically connected to the p-ohmic contact layer. The mesa includes a plurality of vias exposing a first conductivity type semiconductor layer.