With Heterojunction Patents (Class 257/90)
  • Patent number: 8269233
    Abstract: This application related to an opto-electrical device, comprising a first ACLED having a first n-type semiconductor layer, a first light emitting layer, a first p-type semiconductor layer, a first p-type electrode and a first n-type electrode; a second ACLED having a second n-type semiconductor layer, a second light emitting layer, a second p-type semiconductor layer, a second p-type electrode and a second n-type electrode, wherein each of the first ACLED and the second ACLED are vertical stack structure and is connected in anti-parallel manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Yo Chen, Yen-Wen Chen, Shu-Ting Hsu, Tsung Xian Lee
  • Patent number: 8259257
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel and the back light device for emitting the light from a light source to the liquid crystal panel through a lens. The light source includes a first LED for emitting the light of a first color, a second LED for emitting the light of a second color, a third LED for emitting the light of a third color, a fourth LED for emitting the light of the third color, a fifth LED for emitting the light of the second color, and a sixth LED for emitting the light of the first color. The first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth LEDs are arranged on the wiring board in such a manner as to offset the deviation of the light distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Akiba, Ikuo Hiyama, Kiyomi Nakamura, Yoshinori Aono, Makoto Tsumura, Akitoyo Konno, Norihiro Uemura
  • Patent number: 8243769
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device downsized by devising arrangement of connection pads is provided. A second light emitting device is layered on a first light emitting device. The second light emitting device has a stripe-shaped semiconductor layer formed on a second substrate on the side facing to a first substrate, a stripe-shaped p-side electrode supplying a current to the semiconductor layer, stripe-shaped opposed electrodes that are respectively arranged oppositely to respective p-side electrodes of the first light emitting device and electrically connected to the p-side electrodes of the first light emitting device, connection pads respectively and electrically connected to the respective opposed electrodes, and a connection pad electrically connected to the p-side electrode. The connection pads are arranged in parallel with the opposed electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Furushima, Abe Hiroaki, Kudou Hisashi, Fujimoto Tsuyoshi, Kentaro Aoshima
  • Patent number: 8243770
    Abstract: Emissive quantum photonic imagers comprised of a spatial array of digitally addressable multicolor pixels. Each pixel is a vertical stack of multiple semiconductor laser diodes, each of which can generate laser light of a different color. Within each multicolor pixel, the light generated from the stack of diodes is emitted perpendicular to the plane of the imager device via a plurality of vertical waveguides that are coupled to the optical confinement regions of each of the multiple laser diodes comprising the imager device. Each of the laser diodes comprising a single pixel is individually addressable, enabling each pixel to simultaneously emit any combination of the colors associated with the laser diodes at any required on/off duty cycle for each color. Each individual multicolor pixel can simultaneously emit the required colors and brightness values by controlling the on/off duty cycles of their respective laser diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Ostendo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hussein S. El-Ghoroury, Robert G. W. Brown, Dale A. McNeill, Huibert DenBoer, Andrew J. Lanzone
  • Patent number: 8227820
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting diode, and method of fabricating same, wherein an indium (In)-containing light-emitting layer, as well as subsequent device layers, is deposited on a textured surface. The resulting device is a phosphor-free white light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Rajat Sharma, Paul Morgan Pattison, John Francis Kaeding, Shuji Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8217401
    Abstract: A light-emitting device that improves the injection efficiency of electrons or holes by providing electrons or holes to an emitting layer using nano size needles, including a first electrode with a first polarity a second electrode with a second polarity opposite to the first polarity an emitting layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode to emit light and a plurality of conductive needles inserted in the first electrode and extending toward the emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noe-jung Park, Sung-hoon Lee, Hyo-sug Lee, Young-Gu Jin
  • Patent number: 8207548
    Abstract: An LED array chip (2), which is one type of a semiconductor light emitting device, includes an array of LEDs (6), a base substrate (4) supporting the array of the LEDs (6), and a phosphor film (48). The array of LEDs (6) is formed by dividing a multilayer epitaxial structure including a light emitting layer into a plurality of portions. The phosphor film (48) covers an upper surface of the array of the LEDs (6) and a part of every side surface of the array of LEDs (6). Here, the part extends from the upper surface to the light emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Nagai
  • Patent number: 8203157
    Abstract: A lighting device including an LED chip having a light emitting surface, and being configured to emit a light from the light emitting surface, a mounting substrate being configured to mount the LED chip, a first color conversion member including a first light transmissive material and a first phosphor, the first phosphor being excited by the light which is emitted from the LED chip, thereby giving off a first light having a wavelength which is longer than a wavelength of the light emitted from the LED chip, the first color conversion member being directly disposed on the light emitting surface of the LED chip, a second color conversion member including a second light transmissive material and a second phosphor, the second phosphor being excited by the light which is emitted from the LED chip, thereby giving off a second light having a wavelength which is longer than the wavelength of the light emitted from the LED chip, the second color conversion member being shaped to have a dome-shape, wherein the LED chip
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Suzuki, Kenichiro Tanaka, Youji Urano
  • Patent number: 8174033
    Abstract: A light emission device includes a plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements and a supporting substrate on which the plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements are flip-chip mounted. Each of the plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements has a substantially rectangular shape which has a first side and a second side different from the first side. Light emitted from a first element end face on the first side is stronger than light emitted from a second element end face on the second side. Each first side of each of the plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements faces each other substantially in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori Yoneda, Akiyoshi Kinouchi, Hirofumi Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 8174008
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate and a plurality of pixel rows. The pixel rows are arranged on the substrate. Each of the pixel rows includes a first sub-pixel row having a plurality of first sub-pixels, a second sub-pixel row having a plurality of second sub-pixels, and a third sub-pixel row having a plurality of third sub-pixels. In the mth pixel row, each first sub-pixel includes a first structure layer, the first structure layers are separated from each other and each corresponds to one first sub-pixel. In the (m+n)th pixel row, the first sub-pixels include a first common structure layer, the first common structure layer corresponds to a plurality of first sub-pixels in a same row. The first structure layer and the first common structure layer commonly act as an organic functional layer or an electrode layer, and m, n are each a positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan-Ming Chiang, Wen-Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 8154034
    Abstract: In a method for fabricating a vertical light emitting device, the separation or lift-off of the substrate from the light emitting diode structure formed thereon is facilitated by forming voids at the interface between the substrate and the light emitting diode structure where the separation or lift-off occurs. A substrate assembly contains a substrate and an epitaxial layer, and voids are formed at the interface between the substrate and the epitaxial layer in a controlled manner. A light emitting diode structure is then formed on the epitaxial layer, followed by attaching the light emitting diode structure to a superstrate, separating the substrate from the epitaxial layer, and forming a conductive layer and a contact pad in place of the substrate, so as to form a vertical light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Invenlux Limited
    Inventors: Jianping Zhang, Chunhui Yan
  • Patent number: 8148741
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided comprising a first potential well located within a pn junction and a second potential well not located within a pn junction. The potential wells may be quantum wells. The semiconductor device is typically an LED, and may be a white or near-white light LED. The semiconductor device may additionally comprise a third potential well not located within a pn junction. The semiconductor device may additionally comprise absorbing layers surrounding or closely or immediately adjacent to the second or third quantum wells. In addition, graphic display devices and illumination devices comprising the semiconductor device according to the present invention are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. Miller, Michael A. Haase, Xiaoguang Sun
  • Patent number: 8148180
    Abstract: A method of forming ohmic contacts on a light emitting diode that features a surface treatment of a substrate includes exposing a surface of a p-type gallium nitride layer to an acid-containing solution and a buffered oxide etch process. A quantum well is formed in a gallium nitride substrate and a layer of p-type gallium nitride is deposited over the quantum well. The surface of the p-type gallium nitride is exposed to an acid-containing solution and then a buffered oxide etch process is performed to provide an etched surface. A metal stack including a layer of silver disposed between layers of platinum is then deposited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sorra, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Felker, Nicholas Andrew Vickers
  • Patent number: 8148713
    Abstract: A yellow Light Emitting Diode (LED) with a peak emission wavelength in the range 560-580 nm is disclosed. The LED is grown on one or more III-nitride-based semipolar planes and an active layer of the LED is composed of indium (In) containing single or multi-quantum well structures. The LED quantum wells have a thickness in the range 2-7 nm. A multi-color LED or white LED comprised of at least one semipolar yellow LED is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sato, Hirohiko Hirasawa, Roy B. Chung, Steven P. DenBaars, James S. Speck, Shuji Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8143613
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device having multiple separate emissive layers is provided. Each emissive layer may define an exciton formation region, allowing exciton formation to occur across the entire emissive region. By aligning the energy levels of each emissive layer with the adjacent emissive layers, exciton formation in each layer may be improved. Devices incorporating multiple emissive layers with multiple exciton formation regions may exhibit improved performance, including internal quantum efficiencies of up to 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventor: Stephen R. Forrest
  • Patent number: 8129729
    Abstract: A light-emitting device operating on a high drive voltage and a small drive current. LEDs (1) are two-dimensionally formed on an insulating substrate (10) of e.g., sapphire monolithically and connected in series to form an LED array. Two such LED arrays are connected to electrodes (32) in inverse parallel. Air-bridge wiring (28) is formed between the LEDs (1) and between the LEDs (1) and electrodes (32). The LED arrays are arranged zigzag to form a plurality of LEDs (1) to produce a high drive voltage and a small drive current. Two LED arrays are connected in inverse parallel, and therefore an AC power supply can be used as the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiro Sakai, Jin-Ping Ao, Yasuo Ono
  • Patent number: 8120011
    Abstract: The present application relates to an opto-electronic device. The opto-electronic device includes a first light-emitting structure and a second light-emitting structure. The first light-emitting structure is capable of generating a first light having a first wavelength. The second light-emitting structure is capable of generating a second light having a second wavelength. The first light-emitting structure includes a nanorod structure having a first active layer, and the first active layer can absorb the second light to generate the first light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventor: Ta-Cheng Hsu
  • Patent number: 8110849
    Abstract: A light emitting device is provided. The light emitting device comprises a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer, and an InNO layer. The active layer is disposed on the first conductive semiconductor layer. The second conductive semiconductor layer is disposed on the active layer. The InNO layer is disposed on the second conductive semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang Kyun Shim
  • Patent number: 8106378
    Abstract: A p-type semiconductor barrier layer is provided in the vicinity of undoped quantum dots, and holes in the p-type semiconductor barrier layer are injected in advance in the ground level of the valence band of the quantum dots. Lowering the threshold electron density of conduction electrons in the ground level of the conduction band of quantum dots in this way accelerates the relaxation process of electrons from an excited level to the ground level in the conduction band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hideaki Saito
  • Patent number: 8097502
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor light emitting device. The semiconductor light emitting device includes a substrate, at least two light emitting cells located on the substrate and formed by stacking semiconductor material layers, a reflection layer and a transparent insulating layer sequentially stacked between the light emitting cells, and a transparent electrode covering the upper surface of the light emitting cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung LED Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jeong-wook Lee
  • Patent number: 8076681
    Abstract: A high-efficiency, white organic electroluminescent device has such a structure that its emission layer is obtained by laminating sub-emission layers of red, green, and blue, respectively. The green sub-emission layer contacting a hole transport layer has a delayed fluorescent material, and the red sub-emission layer has a phosphorescent light emitting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshifumi Mori, Koichi Suzuki, Akira Tsuboyama, Satoru Shiobara, Kenichi Ikari
  • Patent number: 8049231
    Abstract: Emissive quantum photonic imagers comprised of a spatial array of digitally addressable multicolor pixels. Each pixel is a vertical stack of multiple semiconductor laser diodes, each of which can generate laser light of a different color. Within each multicolor pixel, the light generated from the stack of diodes is emitted perpendicular to the plane of the imager device via a plurality of vertical waveguides that are coupled to the optical confinement regions of each of the multiple laser diodes comprising the imager device. Each of the laser diodes comprising a single pixel is individually addressable, enabling each pixel to simultaneously emit any combination of the colors associated with the laser diodes at any required on/off duty cycle for each color. Each individual multicolor pixel can simultaneously emit the required colors and brightness values by controlling the on/off duty cycles of their respective laser diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Ostendo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hussein S. El-Ghoroury, Robert G. W. Brown, Dale A. McNeill, Huibert DenBoer, Andrew J. Lanzone
  • Patent number: 8039846
    Abstract: Disclosed are a light emitting diode having a thermal conductive substrate and a method of fabricating the same. The light emitting diode includes a thermal conductive insulating substrate. A plurality of metal patterns are spaced apart from one another on the insulating substrate, and light emitting cells are located in regions on the respective metal patterns. Each of the light emitting cells includes a P-type semiconductor layer, an active layer and an N-type semiconductor layer. Meanwhile, metal wires electrically connect upper surfaces of the light emitting cells to adjacent metal patterns. Accordingly, since the light emitting cells are operated on the thermal conductive substrate, a heat dissipation property of the light emitting diode can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Seoul Opto Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8035115
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a substrate; and a plurality of semiconductor thin films formed on said substrate, each of said semiconductor thin films having a pn-junction, and electrodes of p-type and n-type for injecting carriers to the pn-junction, wherein said semiconductor thin films are formed so that all or a part of said pn-junctions are connected serially. As different from a semiconductor thin film constituted of a single pn-junction, the light emission with the invented semiconductor apparatus is the summation of the light emission intensities of the entire pn-junctions, so that the light emitting intensity can be increased largely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Ogihara, Takahito Suzuki, Hiroshi Kurokawa, Taishi Kaneto
  • Patent number: 8035118
    Abstract: A nitride semiconductor light-emitting device includes a layered portion emitting light on a substrate. The layered portion includes an n-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer. The periphery of the layered portion is inclined, and the surface of the n-type semiconductor layer is exposed at the periphery. An n electrode is disposed on the exposed surface of the n-type semiconductor layer. This device structure can enhance the emission efficiency and the light extraction efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Kususe, Takahiko Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 8026531
    Abstract: To provide a light emitting device in which generation of cross talk between adjacent light emitting elements is suppressed, even when the light emitting device uses a light emitting element having high current efficiency. Also, to provide a light emitting device having high display quality even when the light emitting device uses a light emitting element having high current efficiency. The light emitting device has a pixel portion including a plurality of light emitting elements, wherein each of the plurality of light emitting elements includes a plurality of light emitting bodies provided between a first electrode and a second electrode and a conductive layer formed between the plurality of light emitting bodies, wherein the conductive layer is provided for each light emitting element, and wherein an edge portion of the conductive layer is covered with the plurality of light emitting bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8022422
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes pixel electrodes disposed on a first base substrate, a second base substrate which faces the first base substrate, color pixels disposed on the second base substrate, the color pixels correspond to the pixel electrodes in a one-to-one correspondence, each color pixel partially covers the corresponding pixel electrode, a common electrode disposed on the second base substrate to cover the pixel electrodes and an electrophoretic layer including a plurality of electrophoretic particles, the electrophoretic layer being interposed between the pixel electrodes and the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Il Kim, Son-Uk Lee, Nam-Seok Roh, Jeong-Kuk Lee
  • Patent number: 8017254
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device of multi-photon emission mode which includes plural light emission layers and at least one charge generation layer between a pair of electrodes, arranged in a film thickness direction thereof, wherein the charge generation layer includes at least one p-doped layer and at least one n-doped layer, and further includes an alkali metal layer and a layer containing a hole transport material between the p-doped layer and the n-doped layer. An organic electroluminescence device of multi-photon emission mode exhibiting little unevenness in luminance even in a large-area format electroluminescence device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Yuichiro Itai
  • Patent number: 7994711
    Abstract: An active matrix light emitting device of which luminance characteristic does not vary among light emitting elements of respective pixels, and which can be realized even in a high definition display panel is disclosed. In the light emitting device, a light emitting material is interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode electrically connected to an auxiliary wiring, not only in a peripheral portion but also in a pixel portion. A layer containing the light emitting material comprises a first buffer layer, a light emitting layer, and a second buffer layer. In the pixel portion, either one or both of the first and the second buffer layer are interposed between the auxiliary wiring and the second electrode where the second electrode and the auxiliary wiring are electrically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Nakamura, Noriko Shibata
  • Patent number: 7994524
    Abstract: A vertical structured Light Emitting Diode (LED) array using wafer level bonding. The process bonds two or more LED arrays vertically to produce light mixing in a small footprint. The vertically bonded LED array contains through substrate vias and a plurality of metal posts coated with solder to form an internal cavity between the LED layers. This LED array structure is intrinsically hermetically sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Inventors: David Yaunien Chung, Thomas Taoming Chung
  • Patent number: 7985971
    Abstract: A method of making a thin gallium-nitride (GaN)-based semiconductor structure is provided. According to one embodiment of the invention, the method includes the steps of providing a substrate; sequentially forming one or more semiconductor layers on the substrate; etching a pattern in the one or more semiconductor layers; depositing a dielectrics layer; forming a photoresist on a portion of the dielectrics layer, wherein the portion of the dielectrics layer is deposited on the one or more semiconductor layers; depositing a primer; removing the photoresist layer, wherein the primer on the photoresist is also removed; depositing a superhard material, wherein the superhard material forms in the pattern; and removing the substrate. Accordingly, the superhard material may be selectively deposited in only areas where the superhard material is desired. Vertical GaN-based light emitting devices may then be formed by cutting the semiconductor structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Cai, Hung Shen Chu, Shengmei Zheng, Ka Wah Chan
  • Patent number: 7964887
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a transparent substrate having first and second surfaces, a semiconductor layer provided on the first surface, a first light emission layer provided on the semiconductor layer and emitting first ultraviolet light including a wavelength corresponding to an energy larger than a forbidden bandwidth of a semiconductor of the semiconductor layer, a second light emission layer provided between the first light emission layer and the semiconductor layer, absorbing the first ultraviolet light emitted from the first light emission layer, and emitting second ultraviolet light including a wavelength corresponding to an energy smaller than the forbidden bandwidth of the semiconductor of the semiconductor layer, and first and second electrodes provided to apply electric power to the first light emission layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Yasuo Ohba
  • Patent number: 7956367
    Abstract: A light-emitting device operating on a high drive voltage and a small drive current. LEDs (1) are two-dimensionally formed on an insulating substrate (10) of e.g., sapphire monolithically and connected in series to form an LED array. Two such LED arrays are connected to electrodes (32) in inverse parallel. Air-bridge wiring (28) is formed between the LEDs (1) and between the LEDs (1) and electrodes (32). The LED arrays are arranged zigzag to form a plurality of LEDs (1) to produce a high drive voltage and a small drive current. Two LED arrays are connected in inverse parallel, and therefore an AC power supply can be used as the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiro Sakai, Jin-Ping Ao, Yasuo Ono
  • Patent number: 7952110
    Abstract: A light source is provided comprising an LED component having an emitting surface, which may comprise: i) an LED capable of emitting light at a first wavelength; and ii) a re-emitting semiconductor construction which comprises a second potential well not located within a pn junction having an emitting surface; or which may alternately comprise a first potential well located within a pn junction and a second potential well not located within a pn junction; and which additionally comprises a converging optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Michael A. Haase
  • Patent number: 7935974
    Abstract: The invention relates to a monolithic white light emitting device using wafer bonding or metal bonding. In the invention, a conductive submount substrate is provided. A first light emitter is bonded onto the conductive submount substrate by a metal layer. In the first light emitter, a p-type nitride semiconductor layer, a first active layer, an n-type nitride semiconductor layer and a conductive substrate are stacked sequentially from bottom to top. In addition, a second light emitter is formed on a partial area of the conductive substrate. In the second light emitter, a p-type AlGaInP-based semiconductor layer, an active layer and an n-type AlGaInP-based semiconductor layer are stacked sequentially from bottom to top. Further, a p-electrode is formed on an underside of the conductive submount substrate and an n-electrode is formed on a top surface of the n-type AlGaInP-based semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung LED Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Ho Kim, Masayoshi Koike, Kyeong Ik Min, Myong Soo Cho
  • Publication number: 20110095260
    Abstract: A light emitting device may include a semiconductor light emitting diode which may include a first nitride semiconductor layer doped as an n-type, a second nitride semiconductor layer doped as a p-type, and a first active layer provided between the first and second nitride semiconductor layers, and a nano light emitting diode array in which a plurality of nano light emitting diodes may be arranged on the semiconductor light emitting diode so as to be separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventor: Taek Kim
  • Patent number: 7928462
    Abstract: A light emitting device having a vertical structure, a package thereof and a method for manufacturing the same, which are capable of damping impact generated in a substrate separation process, and achieving an improvement in mass productivity, are disclosed. The method includes growing a semiconductor layer having a multilayer structure over a substrate, forming a first electrode on the semiconductor layer, separating the substrate including the grown semiconductor layer into unit devices, bonding each of the separated unit devices on a sub-mount, separating the substrate from the semiconductor layer, and forming a second electrode on a surface of the semiconductor layer exposed in accordance with the separation of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jun-Ho Jang, Geun ho Kim
  • Patent number: 7923745
    Abstract: An LED chip package structure with high-efficiency light-emitting effect includes a substrate unit, a light-emitting unit, and a package colloid unit. The substrate unit has a substrate body, and a positive electrode trace and a negative electrode trace respectively formed on the substrate body. The light-emitting unit has a plurality of LED chips arranged on the substrate body, and each LED chip has a positive electrode side and a negative electrode side respectively and electrically connected with the positive electrode trace and the negative electrode trace of the substrate unit. The package colloid unit has a plurality of package colloids respectively covered on the LED chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Harvatek Corporation
    Inventors: Bily Wang, Jonnie Chuang, Wen-Kuei Wu
  • Patent number: 7910935
    Abstract: Disclosed is a group-III nitride-based light emitting diode. The group-III nitride-based light emitting diode includes a substrate, an n-type nitride-based cladding layer formed on the substrate, a nitride-based active layer formed on the n-type nitride-based cladding layer, a p-type nitride-based cladding layer formed on the nitride-based active layer, and a p-type multi-layered ohmic contact layer formed on the p-type nitride-based cladding layer and including thermally decomposed nitride. The thermally decomposed nitride is obtained by combining nitrogen (N) with at least one metal component selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), indium (In) and tin (Sn). An ohmic contact characteristic is enhanced at the interfacial surface of the p-type nitride-based cladding layer of the group-III nitride-based light emitting device, thereby improving the current-voltage characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae-Yeon Seong
  • Patent number: 7906787
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nitride micro light emitting diode (LED) with high brightness and a method of manufacturing the same. The present invention provides a nitride micro LED with high brightness and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein a plurality of micro-sized luminous pillars 10 are formed in a substrates, a gap filling material such as SiO2, Si3N4, DBR(ZrO2/SiO2HfO2/SiO2), polyamide or the like is filled in gaps between the micro-sized luminous pillars, a top surface 11 of the luminous pillar array and the gap filling material is planarized through a CMP processing, and then a transparent electrode 6 having a large area is formed thereon, so that all the luminous pillars can be driven at the same time. In addition, the present invention provides a nitride micro LED with high brightness in which uniformity in formation of electrodes on the micro-sized luminous pillars array is enhanced by employing a flip-chip structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Inventor: Sang-Kyu Kang
  • Patent number: 7899103
    Abstract: Provided is a side light emitting type semiconductor laser diode in which a dielectric layer is formed on an active layer. The side light emitting type semiconductor laser diode includes an n-clad layer, an n-light guide layer, an active layer and a p-light guide layer sequentially formed on a substrate, and a dielectric layer with a ridge structure formed on the p-light guide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung LED Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han-youl Ryu, Kyoung-ho Ha
  • Patent number: 7888687
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electrode that can produce powerful light emission with low driving voltage, without reducing crystallinity. The electrode for a semiconductor light emitting device has a structure with an n-type or p-type electrode and an opposing p-type or n-type electrode on the same side of the light emitting device. Both electrodes comprise a bonding pad and a transparent conductive layer. Preferably, the light emitting device is a GaN-based semiconductor light emitting device. The material of the transparent conductive layer is a metal oxide such as ITO, or a metal such as Al, Ni.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventor: Hisayuki Miki
  • Patent number: 7884386
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a semiconductor light-emitting element including a first multilayer reflector, an active layer having a light-emitting region, and a second multilayer reflector in the stated order; a semiconductor light-detecting element disposed opposite the first multilayer reflector in relation to the semiconductor light-emitting element and including a light-absorbing layer configured to absorb light emitted from the light-emitting region; a transparent substrate disposed between the semiconductor light-emitting element and the semiconductor light-detecting element; a first metal layer having a first opening in a region including a region opposite the light-emitting region and bonding the semiconductor light-emitting element and the substrate; and a second metal layer having a second opening in a region including a region opposite the light-emitting region and bonding the semiconductor light-detecting element and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Masui, Rintaro Koda, Osamu Maeda, Takahiro Arakida, Terukazu Naruse, Naoki Jogan
  • Patent number: 7884380
    Abstract: This invention discloses a light emitting semiconductor device including a light-emitting structure and an external optical element. The optical element couples to the light-emitting structure circumferentially. In addition, the refractive index of the external optical element is greater than or about the same as that of a transparent substrate of the light-emitting structure, or in-between that of the transparent substrate and the encapsulant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventor: Min-Hsun Hsieh
  • Patent number: 7880185
    Abstract: In an LED array chip (2), LEDs (6) are connected together in series by a bridging wire (30). The LEDs (6) each have a semiconductor multilayer structure (8-18) including a light emitting layer (14). Here, the semiconductor multilayer structure (8-18) is epitaxially grown on a front surface of an SiC substrate (4). A phosphor film (48) covers the LEDs (6). Two power supply terminals (36 and 38), which are electrically independent from each other, are formed on a back surface of the SiC substrate (4). The power supply terminal (36) is connected to a cathode electrode (32) of an LED (6a) at a lower potential end by a bridging wire (40) and a plated-through hole (42). The power supply terminal (38) is connected to an anode electrode (34) of an LED (6d) at a higher potential end by a bridging wire (44) and a plated-through hole (46).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Nagai
  • Patent number: 7875882
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a matrix. A scan signal is made to flow into a gate signal line and a data signal is made to flow into a source signal line so that the data signal is applied to a source electrode and the scan signal is supplied to a gate electrode of a control TFT arranged at a portion where the both signal lines intersect when viewed from above. Thus, when the control TFT is turned ON, a drive TFT having a gate electrode connected to the drain electrode is turned ON, so that current is supplied from a power supply line via the source electrode and the drain electrode of the drive TFT to an organic EL element and the organic EL element emits light. A holding capacity is present between the control TFT and the drive TFT. Even when the scan signal becomes LOW level and the control TFT turns OFF, the gate potential of the drive TFT is held for a predetermined period of time by the holding capacity and the organic EL element continues to emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Tottori Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Satoshi Morita, Shinichiro Tanaka, Osamu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7863633
    Abstract: The solid-state imaging device of the present invention includes: photodiodes which are two-dimensionally arranged; light condensers each of which condenses light and is provided in a position to correspond to two of the photodiodes which are adjacent to each other; and separating units each of which separates the light entering through the light condensers into first light having a wavelength within a predetermined range, and second light having a wavelength out of the predetermined range, and is provided in a position to correspond to one of the light condensers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: PANASONIC Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Kato
  • Patent number: 7847304
    Abstract: An LED array includes a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of first LED portions formed integrally on a surface of the semiconductor substrate. The first LED portions emit light of a predetermined color. The LED array includes a plurality of second LED portions fixed to the semiconductor substrate and are disposed corresponding to the first LED portions. The second LED portions emit light whose color is different from the first LED portions. The second LED portions are so disposed that active layers of the second LED portions are substantially at the same height as active layers of the first LED portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventors: Masumi Taninaka, Masumi Koizumi, Hiroshi Hamano
  • Patent number: 7833633
    Abstract: Disclosed is a full color organic electroluminescence display device, comprising a substrate; a first electrode; organic film layers including red, green and blue emission layers and an electron transporting layer; and a second electrode. The thickness of the electron transporting layer, which is preferably formed as a common layer, is different in the red and green emission regions from that in the blue emission region so that the device has an excellent purity of color and improved luminous efficiency of red and green colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Yeob Lee, Yong-Joong Choi
  • Patent number: 7821018
    Abstract: A GaN-based semiconductor light-emitting device 1 includes a stacked body 10A having the component layers 12 that include an n-type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer and a p-type semiconductor layer each formed of a GaN-based semiconductor, sequentially stacked and provided as an uppermost layer with a first bonding layer 14 made of metal and a second bonding layer 33 formed on an electroconductive substrate 31, adapted to have bonded to the first bonding layer 14 the surface thereof lying opposite the side on which the electroconductive substrate 31 is formed, made of a metal of the same crystal structure as the first bonding layer 14, and allowed to exhibit an identical crystal orientation in the perpendicular direction of the bonding surface and the in-plane direction of the bonding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Osawa, Takashi Hodota