Abstract: There is provided a nitride semiconductor device.

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: A nitride-based semiconductor light emitting device having an improved structure in which light extraction efficiency is improved and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The nitride-based semiconductor light emitting device comprises an n-clad layer, an active layer, and a p-clad layer, which are sequentially stacked on a substrate, wherein the n-clad layer comprises a first clad layer, a second clad layer, and a light extraction layer interposed between the first clad layer and the second clad layer and composed of an array of a plurality of nano-posts, the light extraction layer diffracting or/and scattering light generated in the active layer.

Abstract: There is provided a nitride semiconductor device.

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 nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting device having an improved structure to enhance light extraction efficiency, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method includes the operations of sequentially forming an n-clad layer, an active layer, and a p-clad layer on a substrate; forming a plurality of masking dots on an upper surface of the p-clad layer; forming a p-contact layer having a rough surface on portions of the p-clad layer between the masking dots; forming a rough n-contact surface of the n-clad layer having the same rough shape as the rough shape of the p-contact layer by dry-etching from a portion of the upper surface of the p-contact layer to a desired depth of the n-clad layer; forming an n-electrode on the rough n-contact surface; and forming a p-electrode on the p-contact layer.

Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) and a method are provided for fabricating the a LED with an improved structure for better light emitting efficiency and better light output performance.

Abstract: Provided is a nitride-based semiconductor light emitting device having increased efficiency and power characteristics and method of manufacturing the same. The method may include forming a sacrificial layer on a substrate, forming a passivation layer on the sacrificial layer, forming a plurality of masking dots of a metal nitride on the passivation layer, laterally epitaxially growing a nitride-based semiconductor layer on the passivation layer using the masking dots as masks, forming a semiconductor device on the nitride-based semiconductor layer, and wet etching the sacrificial layer to separate and/or remove the substrate from the semiconductor device.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device comprising: a transparent substrate; an electron injection layer of N-type GaN-based semiconductor; an active layer on the electron injection layer; a hole injection layer of P-type GaN-based semiconductor on the active layer; a first electrode structure on the hole injection layer; a second electrode structure on the electron injection layer; and a circuit substrate flip-chip bonded with the electrode structures, wherein the first electrode structure comprises a contact metal structure which is mesh- or island-shaped on the hole injection layer to expose a surface portion of the hole injection layer, and a reflective layer which covers the contact metal structure and the exposed surface portion of the hole injection layer, at least an upper portion of the reflective layer being made of silver (Ag) or aluminum (Al), an area ratio of the contact metal structure to the first electrode structure satisfies a following inequality: 0.4?Apd/Atotal<1.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting device having increased efficiency and increased output properties. The method may include forming a sacrificial layer having a wet etching property on a substrate, forming a protective layer on the sacrificial layer, protecting the sacrificial layer in a reaction gas atmosphere for crystal growth, and facilitating epitaxial growth of a semiconductor layer to be formed on the protective layer, forming a semiconductor device including an n-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer on the protective layer, and removing the substrate from the semiconductor device by wet etching the sacrificial layer.

Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) and a method are provided for fabricating the a LED with an improved structure for better light emitting efficiency and better light output performance.

Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) and a method are provided for fabricating the a LED with an improved structure for better light emitting efficiency and better light output performance.

Abstract: A nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting device having an improved structure to enhance light extraction efficiency, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method includes the operations of sequentially forming an n-clad layer, an active layer, and a p-clad layer on a substrate; forming a plurality of masking dots on an upper surface of the p-clad layer; forming a p-contact layer having a rough surface on portions of the p-clad layer between the masking dots; forming a rough n-contact surface of the n-clad layer having the same rough shape as the rough shape of the p-contact layer by dry-etching from a portion of the upper surface of the p-contact layer to a desired depth of the n-clad layer; forming an n-electrode on the rough n-contact surface; and forming a p-electrode on the p-contact layer.

Abstract: A nitride-based semiconductor light emitting device having an improved structure in which light extraction efficiency is improved and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The nitride-based semiconductor light emitting device comprises an n-clad layer, an active layer, and a p-clad layer, which are sequentially stacked on a substrate, wherein the n-clad layer comprises a first clad layer, a second clad layer, and a light extraction layer interposed between the first clad layer and the second clad layer and composed of an array of a plurality of nano-posts, the light extraction layer diffracting or/and scattering light generated in the active 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 light emitting diode (LED) and a method are provided for fabricating the a LED with an improved structure for better light emitting efficiency and better light output performance.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device comprising: a transparent substrate; an electron injection layer of N-type GaN-based semiconductor; an active layer on the electron injection layer; a hole injection layer of P-type GaN-based semiconductor on the active layer; a first electrode structure on the hole injection layer; a second electrode structure on the electron injection layer; and a circuit substrate flip-chip bonded with the electrode structures, wherein the first electrode structure comprises a contact metal structure which is mesh- or island-shaped on the hole injection layer to expose a surface portion of the hole injection layer, and a reflective layer which covers the contact metal structure and the exposed surface portion of the hole injection layer, at least an upper portion of the reflective layer being made of silver (Ag) or aluminum (Al), an area ratio of the contact metal structure to the first electrode structure satisfies a following inequality: 0.4?Apd/Atotal<1.

Abstract: A monolithic white light emitting device is provided. An active layer in the monolithic white light emitting device is doped with silicon or rare earth metal that forms a sub-band. The number of active layers included in the monolithic white light emitting device is one or two. When two active layers are included in the monolithic white light emitting device, a cladding layer is interposed between the two active layers. According to this light emission structure, white light can be emitted by a semiconductor, so a phosphor is not necessary. The monolithic white light emitting device is easily manufactured at a low cost and applied to a wide range of fields compared with a conventional white light emitting device that needs a help of a phosphor.

Abstract: Provided is a nitride semiconductor light emitting diode and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes sequentially forming a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer on a substrate, in-situ depositing a mask layer on a region of the surface of the second semiconductor layer, and selectively growing a third semiconductor layer formed in a textured structure on the second semiconductor layer by depositing a semiconductor material on the second semiconductor layer and the mask layer.