Abstract:
A light emitting diode includes an n-type semiconductor layer disposed on a substrate; a p-type semiconductor layer disposed on a portion of the n-type semiconductor layer; an active layer disposed between the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer and generating light through recombination of electrons and holes; an ohmic contact layer disposed on the p-type semiconductor layer and including an indium tin oxide (ITO) layer doped with a metal, a transparent conductive layer disposed on the ohmic contact layer to a different thickness than the ohmic contact layer and including an undoped ITO layer, and a reflective layer disposed on the transparent conductive layer and including an oxide layer. Accordingly, the light emitting diode exhibits excellent current-voltage characteristics through improvement in reliability and electrical conductivity of the ohmic contact layer while improving luminous efficacy through the reflective layer formed of an oxide.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a light emitting diode including a plurality of light emitting diode elements and a method of fabricating the same. The light emitting diode includes: a substrate; a plurality of light emitting diode elements disposed on the substrate; interconnection lines connecting the light emitting diode elements to each other, wherein the plurality of light emitting diode elements comprise outer light emitting diode elements aligned along an edge of the substrate, each of the outer light emitting diode elements comprises an inner face directed towards an adjacent light emitting diode element and an outer face disposed adjacent the edge of the substrate and directed towards an outside of the substrate, and the inner face of at least one of the outer light emitting diode elements comprises a more gently slanted side surface than the outer face thereof.
Abstract:
A light emitting diode includes light emitting cells disposed on a substrate and interconnections connecting the light emitting cells to each other. Each of the light emitting cells includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, an active layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and a transparent electrode layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer, wherein the first and second semiconductor layers have different conductivity types. The interconnections include a common cathode commonly connecting first and second light emitting cells of the light emitting cells, the first and second light emitting cells share the first semiconductor layer, the transparent electrode layer is continuously disposed between the first and second light emitting cells, and the common cathode is electrically connected to the first and second light emitting cells through the transparent electrode layer.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a semiconductor light emitting device which has superior lateral light extraction efficiency, and to a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor light emitting device includes a sapphire substrate and a light emitting structure formed on an upper surface of the sapphire substrate and including a plurality of nitride epitaxial layers including an active layer which produces light, wherein at least one side surface of the light emitting structure is formed as an inclined surface which creates an acute angle relative to the upper surface of the sapphire substrate. In some embodiments, at least one modification region can be formed in a horizontal direction on at least one side surface of the sapphire substrate using laser irradiation.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a light emitting diode and a method of fabricating the same. The light emitting diode includes a GaN substrate having a plurality of through-holes; a GaN-based semiconductor stack structure placed on the substrate and including a first conductive-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive-type semiconductor layer; and a first electrode electrically connected to the first conductive-type semiconductor layer via the through-holes. The light emitting diode can reduce crystal defects and prevent reduction in light emitting area.
Abstract:
A light emitting diode chip and a light emitting diode package including the same. The light emitting diode chip includes a substrate, a light emitting diode section disposed on the substrate, an inverse parallel diode section disposed on the substrate and connected inversely parallel to the light emitting diode section. In the light emitting diode chip, the light emitting diode section is disposed together with the inverse parallel diode section.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming an insulation pattern including a mask region and an open region on a gallium nitride substrate, growing gallium nitride semiconductor layers to cover the insulation pattern, and patterning the semiconductor layers to form a plurality of semiconductor stacks separated from each other, the plurality of semiconductor stacks being electrically isolated from the gallium nitride substrate by the insulation pattern.
Abstract:
Provided are a substrate having concave-convex patterns, a light-emitting diode (LED) including the substrate, and a method of fabricating the LED. The LED includes a substrate, and concave-convex patterns disposed in an upper surface of the substrate and having convexes and concaves defined by the convexes. Unit light-emitting device having a first conductive semiconduct or layer, an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate in sequence is present.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a light emitting diode (LED) comprising a light emitting stacked structure and an electrode structure formed to have a pattern on the light emitting stacked structure. The electrode structure of the LED includes a cluster of reflectors disposed along the pattern on the light emitting stacked structure, and a pad material layer formed to entirely cover the reflectors.
Abstract:
Provided are a light emitting diode (LED) and a method of fabricating the same. The LED includes a unit chip. The unit chip includes a substrate, and a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer which are sequentially stacked on the substrate. A concavo-convex structure having the shape of irregular vertical lines is disposed in a side surface of the unit chip.