Abstract: A gallium nitride (GaN)-based compound semiconductor device having a structure improving a surface characteristic of a thin film growing on a substrate is provided. The GaN-based compound semiconductor device includes an AlxInyGa1?x?yN substrate (0?x?1, 0?y?1, and 0?x+y?1) whose surface inclines toward a predetermined direction at an off-angle of greater than 0° and less than 1° with respect to the (0001) plane, and a GaN-based compound semiconductor layer grown on the surface of the substrate.

Abstract: An LED package module according to an aspect of the invention may include: a substrate having predetermined electrodes thereon; a plurality of LED chips mounted onto the substrate, separated from each other at predetermined intervals, and electrically connected to the electrodes; a first color resin portion molded around at least one of the plurality of LED chips; a second color resin portion molded around all of the LED chips except for the LED chip around which the first color resin portion is molded, and having a different color from the first color resin portion; and a third color resin portion encompassing both the first color resin portion and the second color resin portion and having a different color from the first color resin portion and the second color resin portion. Accordingly, a reduction in luminous efficiency of an LED caused by yellowing is prevented to thereby increase luminous efficiency and achieve a reduction in size.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting diode having a textured structure and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor light emitting diode includes a first semiconductor layer formed into a textured structure, an intermediate layer formed between the textured structures of the patterned first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a third semiconductor layer sequentially formed on the first semiconductor layer and the intermediate layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides an LED package including: a heat discharge body provided with a plurality of radially protruding heat discharge fins at an outer circumferential surface and molding material filled spaces between the heat discharge fins; a package body which is received on a top surface of the heat discharge body and has a cavity; a pair of lead frames extended from upper parts of the heat discharge body to both sides thereof; and an LED chip mounted inside the cavity.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting diode having a textured structure and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor light emitting diode includes a first semiconductor layer formed into a textured structure, an intermediate layer formed between the textured structures of the patterned first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a third semiconductor layer sequentially formed on the first semiconductor layer and the intermediate layer.

Abstract: A Pendeo-epitaxy growth substrate and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The Pendeo-epitaxy growth substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of pattern areas formed on the substrate in a first direction for Pendeo-epitaxy growth, and at least one solution blocking layer contacting the plurality of pattern areas and formed on the substrate in a second direction, thereby preventing contamination of a semiconductor device due to air gaps and reducing the percentage defects of the semiconductor device during a Pendeo-epitaxy growth process.

Abstract: There is provided a method of growing a nitride single crystal. A method of growing a nitride single crystal according to an aspect of the invention may include: growing a first nitride single crystal layer on a substrate; forming a dielectric pattern having an open area on the first nitride single crystal layer, the open area exposing a part of an upper surface of the first nitride single crystal layer; and growing a second nitride single crystal layer on the first nitride single crystal layer through the open area while the second nitride single crystal layer grows to be equal to or larger than a height of the dielectric pattern, wherein the height of the dielectric pattern is greater than a width of the open area so that dislocations in the second nitride single crystal layer move laterally, collide with side walls of the dielectric pattern, and are terminated.

Abstract: There is provided a GaN-based semiconductor light emitting device including: a substrate; and an n-type GaN-based semiconductor layer, an active layer and a p-type GaN-based semiconductor layer sequentially deposited on the substrate, wherein the active layer includes: a first barrier layer including AlxInyGa1?x?yN, where 0<x<1, 0<y<1, and 0<x+y<1; a second barrier layer having an energy band higher than an energy band of the first barrier layer and including one of InxGa1?xN, where 0<x<0.2, and GaN; a well layer including InxGa1?xN, where 0<x<1; a third barrier layer including one of InxGa1?xN, where 0<x<0.2 and GaN; and a lattice mismatch relaxation layer including one of AlxInyGa1?x?yN, where 0<x<1, 0<y<1, and 0<x+y<1, AlxGa1?xN, where 0<x<1, and GaN, the lattice mismatch relaxation layer having a lattice constant greater than a lattice constant of the well layer and smaller than a lattice constant of the p-type GaN-based semiconductor layer.

Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor light emitting device having a nano pattern and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor light emitting device. The semiconductor light emitting device includes: a semiconductor layer comprising a plurality of nano patterns, wherein the plurality of nano patterns are formed inside the semiconductor layer; and an active layer formed on the semiconductor layer. The optical output efficiency is increased and inner defects of the semiconductor light emitting device are reduced.

Abstract: A method of growing a semi-polar nitride single crystal thin film. The method includes forming a semi-polar nitride single crystal base layer on an m-plane hexagonal system single crystal substrate, forming a dielectric pattern layer on the semi-polar nitride single crystal base layer, and growing the semi-polar nitride single crystal thin film on the semi-polar nitride single crystal base layer having the dielectric pattern layer in a lateral direction. The growing of the semi-polar nitride single crystal thin film in a lateral direction includes primarily growing the semi-polar nitride single crystal thin film in the lateral direction such that part of a growth plane on the semi-polar nitride single crystal base layer has an a-plane, and secondarily growing the semi-polar nitride single crystal thin film in the lateral direction such that sidewalls of the primarily grown semi-polar nitride single crystal thin film are combined to have a (11 22) plane.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor laser diode. The method includes the steps of: preparing a GaN substrate having an a-plane or m-plane GaN layer formed thereon; forming a plurality of laser diode structures on the GaN layer; etching the GaN substrate such that a cutting reference line is formed in a groove shape along the crystal surface of the a-plane or m-plane, not a main plane; and cutting the GaN substrate along the cutting reference line so as to form a mirror surface of the semiconductor laser diode, the mirror surface coinciding with the crystal surface of the a-plane or m-plane, not the main plane.

Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor light emitting device. A method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor light emitting device according to an aspect of the invention may include: nitriding a surface of an m-plane sapphire substrate; forming a high-temperature buffer layer on the m-plane sapphire substrate; depositing a semi-polar (11-22) plane nitride thin film on the high-temperature buffer layer; and forming a light emitting structure including a first nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second nitride semiconductor layer on the semi-polar (11-22) plane nitride thin film.

Abstract: A ridge-waveguide semiconductor laser diode with an improved current injection structure is provided. The ridge-waveguide semiconductor laser diode includes: a substrate; a lower multi-semiconductor layer formed on the substrate; an active layer formed on the lower multi-semiconductor layer; an upper multi-semiconductor layer having a ridge portion and formed on the active layer; and an upper electrode formed on the upper multi-semiconductor layer, wherein the upper electrode covers at least one side surface of the ridge portion.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor opto-electronic device that may comprise an active layer including a quantum well and a barrier layer on a substrate, upper and lower waveguide layers on and underneath the active layer, respectively, and upper and lower clad layers on and underneath the upper and lower waveguide layers, respectively. The semiconductor opto-electronic device may further comprise an upper optical confinement layer (OCL) between the active layer and the upper waveguide layer and having an energy gap smaller than the energy gap of the upper waveguide layer and equal to or larger than the energy gap of the barrier layer, and a lower OCL between the active layer and the lower waveguide layer and having an energy gap smaller than the energy gap of the lower waveguide layer and equal to or smaller than the energy gap of the barrier layer. Also provided is a method of fabricating the semiconductor opto-electronic device.

Abstract: A semiconductor substrate includes a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer is formed of II-VI-group semiconductor material, III-V-group semiconductor material, or II-VI-group semiconductor material and III-V-group semiconductor material. At least one amorphous region and at least one crystalloid region are formed in the first semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer is formed on the first semiconductor layer and is crystal-grown from the at least one crystalloid region. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate includes preparing a growth substrate; crystal-growing the first semiconductor layer on the growth substrate; forming the at least one amorphous region and the at least one crystalloid region in the first semiconductor layer; and forming a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer using the at least one amorphous region as a mask and the at least one crystalloid region as a seed.

Abstract: A nitride-based semiconductor light emitting device having a structure capable of improving optical output performance, and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. The active layer may include a first barrier layer formed of InxGa(1-x)N (0.01?x?0.05) on a n-type semiconductor layer, a first diffusion barrier layer formed of InyGa(1-y)N (0?y?0.01) on the first barrier layer, and doped with an anti-defect agent including at least one of an N (nitrogen) element and a Si (silicon) element, a quantum well layer formed of InzGa(1-z)N (0.25?z?0.35) on the first diffusion barrier layer, a second diffusion barrier layer formed of InyGa(1-y)N (0?y?0.01) on the quantum well layer, and doped with an anti-defect agent including at least one of an N element and a Si element, and a second barrier layer formed of InxGa(1-x)N (0.01?x?0.05) on the second diffusion barrier layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device including an active layer is provided. The light-emitting device includes an active layer between an n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer. The active layer includes a quantum well layer formed of Inx1Ga(1?x1)N, where 0<x1?1, barrier layers formed of Inx2Ga(1?x2)N, where 0?x2<1, on opposite surfaces of the quantum well layer, and a diffusion preventing layer formed between the quantum well layer and at least one of the barrier layers. Due to the diffusion preventing layer between the quantum well layer and the barrier layers in the active layer, the light emission efficiency increases.

Abstract: A Pendeo-epitaxy growth substrate and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The Pendeo-epitaxy growth substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of pattern areas formed on the substrate in a first direction for Pendeo-epitaxy growth, and at least one solution blocking layer contacting the plurality of pattern areas and formed on the substrate in a second direction, thereby preventing contamination of a semiconductor device due to air gaps and reducing the percentage defects of the semiconductor device during a Pendeo-epitaxy growth process.

Abstract: A laser display device is provided which includes: a light source emitting at least one laser beam; a light modulation unit for modulating the laser beam emitted from the light source according to an image signal; a scanning unit scanning the laser beam modulated in the light modulation unit in a main scanning direction and in a sub-scanning direction; and an image unit in which an image is formed having a phosphor layer in which excitation light is generated by a laser beam scanned by the scanning unit.

Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor light emitting device having a nano pattern and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor light emitting device. The semiconductor light emitting device includes: a semiconductor layer comprising a plurality of nano patterns, wherein the plurality of nano patterns are formed inside the semiconductor layer; and an active layer formed on the semiconductor layer. The optical output efficiency is increased and inner defects of the semiconductor light emitting device are reduced.