Shape Or Structure (e.g., Shape Of Epitaxial Layer) (epo) Patents (Class 257/E33.005)
  • Publication number: 20120187365
    Abstract: Provided are a light emitting device, a method of fabricating the light emitting device, a light emitting device package, and a lighting system. The light emitting device comprises a first conductive type semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer over the first conductive type semiconductor layer, an electron blocking layer over the light emitting layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer over the electron blocking layer. The electron blocking layer comprises a pattern having a height difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Pil JEONG, Jung Hyun HWANG, Chong Cook KIM, Sung Jin SON
  • Publication number: 20120190147
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor optical element having an active layer containing quantum dots, in which density of the quantum dots in a resonator direction in a portion of the active layer in which density of photons is high, relative to the density of the quantum dots in a portion of the active layer in which the density of photons is relatively low, includes forming the quantum dots in the active layer so that the distribution density is uniform in a resonator direction; and diffusing or implanting an impurity non-uniformly in the resonator direction in the active layer in which quantum dots are uniformly distributed, thereby disordering some of the quantum dots and forming a non-uniform density distribution of the quantum dots in the resonator direction in the active layer
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhisa TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 8227280
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device including a substrate, an electrode and a light emitting region is provided. The substrate may have protruding portions formed in a repeating pattern on substantially an entire surface of the substrate while the rest of the surface may be substantially flat. The cross sections of the protruding portions taken along planes orthogonal to the surface of the substrate may be semi-circular in shape. The cross sections of the protruding portions may in alternative be convex in shape. A buffer layer and a GaN layer may be formed on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Isamu Niki, Motokazu Yamada, Masahiko Sano, Shuji Shioji
  • Publication number: 20120175592
    Abstract: A light-emitting device is disclosed. The light-emitting device comprises an epitaxial structure comprising a lower cladding layer of first conductivity type, an active layer comprising InGaN or AlGaInN on the lower cladding layer, and an upper cladding layer of second conductivity type on the active layer; a tunneling structure on the epitaxial structure comprising a first tunneling layer of second conductivity type with a doping concentration greater than 6×1019/cm3 on the upper cladding layer, and a second tunneling layer of first conductivity type with a doping concentration greater than 6×1019/cm3 on the first tunneling layer; and a current spreading layer of first conductivity type comprising AlInN on the tunneling structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Chi-Wei LU, Meng-Lun Tsai
  • Patent number: 8217399
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include LEDs that promote photon tunneling. One embodiment of an LED device can have a quantum well layer adapted to generate light having a wavelength, a p-doped alloy layer on a first side of the quantum well layer and an n-doped alloy layer on the other side of the quantum well layer. The device can also include an electrode electrically connected to the p-doped alloy layer and an electrode electrically connected to the n-doped alloy layer. According to one embodiment the thickness of the n-doped alloy layer is less than the wavelength of light generated by the quantum well layer to allow light generated by the quantum well layer to tunnel to the medium (e.g., air). In another embodiment, the entire layer structure can have a thickness that is less than the wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Illumitex, Inc.
    Inventors: Dung T. Duong, William Gregory Flynn
  • Patent number: 8217410
    Abstract: Vertical cavity light emitting sources that utilize patterned membranes as reflectors are provided. The vertical cavity light emitting sources have a stacked structure that includes an active region disposed between an upper reflector and a lower reflector. The active region, upper reflector and lower reflector can be fabricated from single or multi-layered thin films of solid states materials (“membranes”) that can be separately processed and then stacked to form a vertical cavity light emitting source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignees: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Zhenqiang Ma, Weidong Zhou
  • Patent number: 8217405
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode includes a substrate, a compound semiconductor layer including a p-n junction-type light-emitting part formed on the substrate, an electric conductor disposed on the compound semiconductor layer and formed of an electrically conductive material optically transparent to the light emitted from the light-emitting part and a high resistance layer possessing higher resistance than the electric conductor and provided in the middle between the compound semiconductor layer and the electric conductor. In the configuration of a light-emitting diode lamp, the electric conductor and the electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer on the side opposite to the electric conductor across the light-emitting layer are made to assume an equal electric potential by means of wire bonding. The light-emitting diode abounds in luminance and excels in electrostatic breakdown voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Ryouichi Takeuchi, Atsushi Matsumura, Takashi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20120171792
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a pixel array is provided. A first metal layer is formed over a substrate. The metal layer is patterned to form a plurality of data lines and a plurality of drain patterns adjacent to each data line. The data lines and the drain patterns are separated from each other. An oxide semiconductor layer and a first insulation layer covering the oxide semiconductor layer are formed over the substrate. A second metal layer is formed on the first insulation layer and patterned to form a plurality of scan lines intersected with the data lines and the drain patterns. By using the scan lines as a mask, the oxide semiconductor layer and the first insulation layer are patterned to form a plurality of oxide semiconductor channels located under each scan line. Each oxide semiconductor channel is located between one data line and one drain pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yung-Hui Yeh, Chih-Ming Lai, Chun-Cheng Cheng
  • Publication number: 20120164773
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor lighting chip includes steps of: providing a substrate; forming a first etching layer on the substrate; forming a connecting layer on the first etching layer; forming a second etching layer on the connecting layer; forming a lighting structure on the second etching layer; and etching the first etching layer, the connecting layer, the second etching layer and the lighting structure, wherein an etching rate of the first etching layer and the second etching layer is lager than that of the connecting layer and the lighting structure, thereby to form the connecting layer and the lighting structure each with an inverted frustum-shaped structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: PO-MIN TU, SHIH-CHENG HUANG, TZU-CHIEN HUNG, YA-WEN LIN
  • Publication number: 20120161100
    Abstract: An LED includes a substrate, an N-type GaN layer, an insulation layer, an N-type GaN nano-wire layer, a quantum well layer and a P-type GaN nano-wire layer. The N-type GaN layer and the insulation layer are arranged on the substrate in turn. At least one groove is formed on a top surface of the insulation layer, therefore, part of the N-type GaN layer is exposed. The N-type GaN nano-wire layer is formed on the groove of the insulation layer, and part of the N-type GaN nano-wire layer is protruded from the insulation layer. The quantum well layer and the P-type GaN nano-wire layer are coated on the part of the N-type GaN nano-wire layer which is protruded from the insulation layer. The present invention also relates to a method for making an LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: CHIA-LING HSU
  • Publication number: 20120162089
    Abstract: Variations in capacitances of semiconductor circuit elements, such as pixel TFTs, of touch screens can be reduced or eliminated by selectively doping different regions of the semiconductor circuit element. For example, the semiconductor circuit element can include a semiconductive channel of a transistor, such as a pixel TFT. A dopant concentration profile of the semiconductive channel can be selected to reduce or eliminate variations in a gate-to-drain capacitance caused by voltage variations at the drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventor: Shih Chang CHANG
  • Publication number: 20120161101
    Abstract: A water-stable semiconductor nanocrystal complex that is stable and has high luminescent quantum yield. The water-stable semiconductor nanocrystal complex has a semiconductor nanocrystal core of a III-V semiconductor nanocrystal material and a water-stabilizing layer. A method of making a water-stable semiconductor nanocrystal complex is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Daniel LANDRY, Wei LUI, Adam PENG
  • Publication number: 20120153339
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode chip structure including a conductive substrate, a semiconductor stacking layer and a patterned seed crystal layer is provided. The conductive substrate has a surface. The surface has a first region and a second region alternately distributed over the surface. The semiconductor stacking layer is disposed on the conductive substrate, and the surface of the conductive substrate faces the semiconductor stacking layer. The patterned seed crystal layer is disposed on the first region of the surface of the conductive substrate and between the conductive substrate and the semiconductor stacking layer. The patterned seed crystal layer separates the semiconductor stacking layer from the first region. The semiconductor stacking layer covers the patterned seed crystal layer and the second region, and is electrically connected to the conductive substrate through the second region. A fabrication method of the light-emitting diode chip structure is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: Lextar Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: JUN-RONG CHEN, CHI-WEN KUO, KUN-FU HUANG, JUI-YI CHU, KUO-LUNG FANG
  • Patent number: 8202753
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) having a vertical structure and a method for fabricating the same. The light emitting diode (LED) having a vertical structure includes a support layer; a first electrode formed on the support layer; a plurality of semiconductor layers formed on the first electrode; a conductive semiconductor layer formed on the plurality of semiconductor layers, and provided with an outer surface having a tilt angle of a designated degree; and a second electrode formed on the conductive semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Wook Kim, Jae Wan Choi, Hyun Kyong Cho, Jong Ho Na, Jun Ho Jang
  • Publication number: 20120138974
    Abstract: There is provided a light emitting device package including: a substrate having a circuit pattern formed on at least one surface thereof and including an opening; a wavelength conversion layer formed by filling at least a portion of the opening with a wavelength conversion material; and at least one light emitting device disposed on a surface of the wavelength conversion layer and electrically connected to the circuit pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Cheol Jun YOO, Young Hee Song, Seong Deok Hwang, Sang Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 8193545
    Abstract: A nitride semiconductor light emitting device comprises a first nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer of a single or multiple quantum well structure formed on the first nitride semiconductor layer and including an InGaN well layer and a multilayer barrier layer, and a second nitride semiconductor layer formed on the active layer. A fabrication method of a nitride semiconductor light emitting device comprises: forming a buffer layer on a substrate, forming a GaN layer on the buffer layer, forming a first electrode layer on the GaN layer, forming an InxGa1?xN layer on the first electrode layer, forming on the first InxGa1?xN layer an active layer including an InGaN well layer and a multilayer barrier layer for emitting light, forming a p-GaN layer on the active layer, and forming a second electrode layer on the p-GaN layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Suk Hun Lee
  • Publication number: 20120132890
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes an active layer including a quantum barrier and a quantum well, a first conductive type semiconductor layer disposed at one side of the active layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer disposed at the other side of the active layer, wherein the first conductive type semiconductor layer or the second conductive type semiconductor layer includes a main barrier layer, and the main barrier layer includes a plurality of sub barrier layers and a basal layer disposed between the plurality of sub barrier layers. The plurality of sub barrier layers includes a first section in which energy band gaps of the plurality of sub barrier layers are increased and a second section in which energy band gaps of the plurality of sub barrier layers are decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Yong Seon SONG, Yong Tae MOON
  • Publication number: 20120132931
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an LED module includes a substrate, an interconnect layer, a light emitting diode (LED) package, and a reflection member. The interconnect layer is provided on the substrate. The LED package is mounted on the interconnect layer. The reflection member is provided on a region in the substrate where the LED package is not mounted and has a property of reflecting light emitted from the LED package. The LED package includes a first lead frame, a second lead frame, an LED chip, and a resin body. The first lead frame and the second lead frame are arranged apart from each other on the same plane. The LED chip is provided above the first lead frame and the second lead frame, with one terminal connected to the first lead frame and one other terminal connected to the second lead frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Inoue, Kazuhisa Iwashita, Teruo Takeuchi, Gen Watari, Tetsuro Komatsu, Tatsuo Tonedachi
  • Publication number: 20120126277
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a conductive layer functioning as a first electrode, an electroluminescent layer, and a conductive layer functioning as a second electrode, and further includes an insulating material filling a defect portion in the electroluminescent layer so that the defect portion is sealed. In the light-emitting element, the conductive layer functioning as a second electrode overlaps with the conductive layer functioning as a first electrode with the electroluminescent layer and the insulating material interposed therebetween and is in contact with a top surface of the electroluminescent layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Koichiro Tanaka, Hisao Ikeda, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8183575
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (“LED”) using an electrical conductive and optical transparent or semi-transparent layer to improve overall light output is disclosed. The device includes a first conductive layer, an active layer, a second conductive layer, an electrical conductive and optical transparent or semi-transparent layer, and electrodes. In one embodiment, the electrical conductive and optical transparent or semi-transparent layer has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is overlain the second conductive layer. The second surface includes a pattern which contains thick regions and thin regions for facilitating light passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Farmer, Steve Lester
  • Patent number: 8183587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to light emitting diodes, LEDs. In particular the invention relates to a LED comprising a nanowire as an active component. The nanostructured LED according to the embodiments of the invention comprises a substrate and at an upstanding nanowire protruding from the substrate. A pn-junction giving an active region to produce light is present within the structure. The nanowire, or at least a part of the nanowire, forms a wave-guiding section directing at least a portion of the light produced in the active region in a direction given by the nanowire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: QuNano AB
    Inventors: Lars Ivar Samuelson, Bo Pedersen, Bjorn Jonas Ohlsson
  • Patent number: 8183667
    Abstract: A device includes an epitaxially grown crystalline material within an area confined by an insulator. A surface of the crystalline material has a reduced roughness. One example includes obtaining a surface with reduced roughness by creating process parameters which result in the dominant growth component of the crystal to be supplied laterally from side walls of the insulator. In a preferred embodiment, the area confined by the insulator is an opening in the insulator having an aspect ratio sufficient to trap defects using an ART technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ji-Soo Park
  • Publication number: 20120120478
    Abstract: Electro-optical components are disclosed having intersubband transitions by quantum confinement between two Group III nitride elements, typically by means of GaN/AlN. Related devices or systems are also disclosed including such components, as well as to a method for manufacturing such a component. Such a component includes at least one active area that includes at least two so-called outer barrier layers surrounding one or more N-doped quantum well structures, and said quantum well structure(s) are each surrounded by two barrier areas that are unintentionally doped at a thickness of at least five monoatomic layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE PARIS-SUD 11
    Inventors: François Julien, Anatole Lupu, Maria Tchernycheva, Laurent Nevou
  • Publication number: 20120119187
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a GaN based nitride based light emitting device improved in Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) tolerance (withstanding property) and a method for fabricating the same including a substrate and a V-shaped distortion structure made of an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer on the substrate and formed with reference to the n-type nitride semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG LED CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sang Won KANG, Yong Chun KIM, Dong Hyun CHO, Jeong Tak OH, Dong Joon KIM
  • Publication number: 20120119188
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus manufacturing method is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor apparatus having a peak wavelength of PL emission of greater than or equal to 1.2 ?m at a temperature of 300K. The manufacturing method is provided with: a first forming process of forming a buffer layer (120) including GaAs on a semiconductor substrate (110); a second forming process of making quantum dots (131) including InAs self-form on the formed buffer layer; and a third forming process of forming a cap layer (140) including GaAs to cover the formed quantum dots. A second growth temperature is less than a first growth temperature, wherein the first growth temperature is a temperature in making the quantum dots self-form in the second forming process and the second growth temperature is a temperature in forming the cap layer in the third forming process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Sawado, Katsumi Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20120119246
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to structures of LED components that integrate thermoelectric devices with LEDs on LED emitter substrates for cooling the LEDs. The present disclosure also related to methods for integrating LED dies with thermoelectric elements. The LED component includes an LED emitter substrate with a cavity in a downward facing surface of the LED emitter substrate and thermal vias that extend from a bottom of the cavity to an area close to an upward facing surface of the LED emitter substrate. The device also includes thermoelectric elements disposed in the cavity where the thermoelectric elements connect with their corresponding thermal vias. The device further includes a thermoelectric substrate in the cavity to electrically connect to the thermoelectric elements. The device further includes an LED die on the upward facing surface of the LED emitter substrate such that the LED die is opposite the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Kuang Yu, Hsing-Kuo Hsia
  • Publication number: 20120119186
    Abstract: A light emitting device may include a light emitting structure that includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and an active layer between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, wherein the active layer includes a light emitting layer adjacent to the second semiconductor layer and that includes a well layer and a barrier layer and a super-lattice layer between the light emitting layer and the first semiconductor layer, the super-lattice layer including at least six pairs of a first layer and a second layer, wherein a composition of the first layer includes indium (In) and the second layer includes indium (In), and the composition of the first layer is different from the composition of the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Jongpil Jeong, Sanghyun Lee, Seonho Lee, Hosang Yoon
  • Publication number: 20120112162
    Abstract: A nitride based light emitting device is disclosed. More particularly, a nitride based light emitting device capable of improving light emitting efficiency and reliability thereof is disclosed. The nitride based light emitting device includes a first conductive semiconductor layer connected to a first electrode, a second conductive semiconductor layer connected to a second electrode, an active layer located between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer and having a quantum well structure, a first insertion layer located in at least one of a boundary between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the active layer and a boundary between the second conductive semiconductor layer and the active layer, and a second insertion layer located adjacent to the first insertion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventor: Johng Eon SHIN
  • Publication number: 20120104426
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to leadless LED packages and LED displays utilizing white ceramic casings and thin/low profile packages with improved color mixing and structural integrity. In some embodiments, the improved color mixing is provided, in part, by the white ceramic package casing, which can help reflect light emitted from each LED in many directions away from the device. The non-linear arrangement of the LEDs can also contribute to improved color-mixing. The improved structural integrity can be provided by various features in the bond pads that cooperate with the casing for a stronger package structure. Moreover, in some embodiments the thinness/low profile of each package is attributed to its leadless structure, with the bond pads and electrodes electrically connected via through-holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Alex Chi Keung Chan, Charles Chak Hau Pang, Victor Yue Kwong Lau
  • Publication number: 20120097921
    Abstract: Disclosed re-emitting semiconductor constructions (RSCs) may provide full-color RGB or white-light emitting devices that are free of cadmium. Some embodiments may include a potential well that comprises a III-V semiconductor and that converts light of a first photon energy to light of a smaller photon energy, and a window that comprises a II-VI semiconductor having a band gap energy greater than the first photon energy. Some embodiments may include a potential well that converts light having a first photon energy to light having a smaller photon energy and that comprises a II-VI semiconductor that is substantially Cd-free. Some embodiments may include a potential well that comprises a first III-V semiconductor and that converts light having a first photon energy to light having a smaller photon energy, and a window that comprises a second III-V semiconductor and that has a band gap energy greater than the first photon energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Terry L. Smith, Michael A. Haase, Thomas J. Miller, Xiaoguang Sun
  • Publication number: 20120099048
    Abstract: A light-emitting element unit which can improve color purity of light emitted from a color filter is provided. A display device with high color purity and high color reproducibility is provided. The light-emitting element unit includes a wiring board, a light-emitting element chip provided over the wiring board, a micro optical resonator provided over the wiring board and at the periphery of the light-emitting element chip, and a phosphor layer covering the light-emitting element chip and the micro optical resonator. The display device includes a display panel having a coloring layer and a backlight module having the light-emitting element unit. Examples of the display panel include: a liquid crystal panel; and a display panel including an opening portion provided over a first substrate, MEMS moving over the opening portion in the lateral direction, and a second substrate provided with a coloring layer in a portion corresponding to the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yoshiharu Hirakata
  • Patent number: 8164084
    Abstract: A light-emitting device with a tunneling structure and a current spreading layer is disclosed. It includes an electrically conductive permanent substrate, an adhesive layer, an epitaxial structure, a tunneling structure and a current spreading layer. The adhesive layer is on the electrically conductive permanent substrate. The epitaxial structure on the adhesive layer at least comprises an upper cladding layer, an active layer, and a lower cladding layer. The tunneling structure on the epitaxial structure comprises a first conductivity type semiconductor layer with a first doping concentration and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer with a second doping concentration. The current spreading layer is on the tunneling structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Chi-Wei Lu, Meng-Lun Tsai
  • Patent number: 8163577
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a p-type semiconductor layer, an n-type semiconductor layer, and an active region between the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer. A non-transparent feature, such as a wire bond pad, is on the p-type semiconductor layer or on the n-type semiconductor layer opposite the p-type semiconductor layer, and a reduced conductivity region is in the p-type semiconductor layer or the n-type semiconductor layer and is aligned with the non-transparent feature. The reduced conductivity region may extend from a surface of the p-type semiconductor layer opposite the n-type semiconductor layer towards the active region and/or from a surface of the n-type semiconductor layer opposite the p-type semiconductor layer towards the active region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: David Todd Emerson, Kevin Haberern, Michael John Bergmann, David B. Slater, Jr., Matthew Donofrio, John Edmond
  • Publication number: 20120091460
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate; a gate wire including a gate electrode and a first capacitor electrode formed on the substrate; a gate insulating layer formed on the gate wire; a semiconductor layer pattern formed on the gate insulating layer, and including an active region overlapping at least a part of the gate electrode and a capacitor region overlapping at least a part of the first capacitor electrode; an etching preventing layer formed on a part of the active region of the semiconductor layer pattern; and a data wire including a source electrode and a drain electrode formed over the active region of the semiconductor layer from over the etching preventing layer, and separated with the etching preventing layer therebetween, and a second capacitor electrode formed on the capacitor region of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joung-Keun Park, Jae-Hyuk Jang
  • Publication number: 20120091481
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element and a support substrate. The light-emitting element has an insulating layer and first and second vertical conductors passing through the insulating layer. The support substrate has a substrate part and first and second through electrodes and is disposed on the insulating layer. The first through electrode passes through the substrate part with one end connected to an opposing end of the first vertical conductor, while the second through electrode passes through the substrate part with one end connected to an opposing end of the second vertical conductor. The opposing ends of the first and second vertical conductors are projected from a surface of the insulating layer and connected to the ends of the first and second through electrode inside the support substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: NAPRA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigenobu Sekine, Yurina Sekine, Yoshiharu Kuwana, Kazutoshi Kamibayashi
  • Patent number: 8158987
    Abstract: A transparent-substrate light-emitting diode (10) has a light-emitting layer (133) made of a compound semiconductor, wherein the area (A) of a light-extracting surface having formed thereon a first electrode (15) and a second electrode (16) differing in polarity from the first electrode (15), the area (B) of a light-emitting layer (133) formed as approximating to the light-extracting surface and the area (C) of the back surface of a light-emitting diode falling on the side opposite the side for forming the first electrode (15) and the second electrode (16) are so related as to satisfy the relation of A>C>B. The light-emitting diode (10) of this invention, owing to the relation of the area of the light-emitting layer (133) and the area of the back surface (23) of the transparent substrate and the optimization of the shape of a side face of the transparent substrate (14), exhibits high brightness and high exoergic property never attained heretofore and fits use with an electric current of high degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Wataru Nabekura, Ryouichi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 8158983
    Abstract: A substrate-free semiconducting sheet has an array of semiconducting elements dispersed in a matrix material. The matrix material is bonded to the edge surfaces of the semiconducting elements and the substrate-free semiconducting sheet is substantially the same thickness as the semiconducting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Goldeneye, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl W. Beeson, Scott M. Zimmerman, William R. Livesay, Richard L. Ross
  • Publication number: 20120085986
    Abstract: The light-emitting diode element of this invention includes: an n-type GaN substrate (7), of which the principal surface (7a) is an m plane; and a multilayer structure on the principal surface (7a) of the substrate (7), which includes an n-type semiconductor layer (2), an active layer (3) on a first region (2a) of the upper surface of the n-type semiconductor layer (2), a p-type semiconductor layer (4), an anode electrode layer (5), and a cathode electrode layer (6) on a second region (2b) of the upper surface of the n-type semiconductor layer (2). These layers (2, 3, 4) have all been grown epitaxially through an m-plane growth. The n-type dopant concentration in the substrate (7) and n-type semiconductor layer (2) is 1×1018 cm?3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junko Iwanaga, Toshiya Yokogawa, Atsushi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20120080659
    Abstract: In the nitride based semiconductor optical device, the strained well layers extend along a reference plane tilting at a tilt angle ? from the plane that is orthogonal to a reference axis extending in the direction of the c-axis. A gallium nitride based semiconductor layer is adjacent to a light-emitting layer with a negative piezoelectric field and has a band gap larger than that of a barrier layer. The direction of the piezoelectric field in the well layer is directed in a direction from the n-type layer to the p-type layer, and the piezoelectric field in the gallium nitride based semiconductor layer is directed in a direction from the p-type layer to the n-type layer. Consequently, the valence band, not the conduction band, has a dip at the interface between the light-emitting layer and the gallium nitride based semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki UENO, Yohei Enya, Takashi Kyono, Katsushi Akita, Yusuke Yoshizumi, Takamichi Sumitomo, Takao Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20120080660
    Abstract: A light emitting diode is disclosed. The disclosed light emitting diode includes a light emitting structure including a first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer. The first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, active layer, and second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer are disposed to be adjacent to one another in a same direction. The active layer includes well and barrier layers alternately stacked at least one time. The well layer has a narrower energy bandgap than the barrier layer. The light emitting diode also includes a mask layer disposed in the first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a first electrode disposed on the first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and a second electrode disposed on the second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer. The first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer is formed with at least one recess portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Myung Hoon JUNG, Hyun chul Lim, Sul Hee Kim, Rak Jun Choi
  • Publication number: 20120081495
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an organic EL device includes a substrate, a first translucent insulating film, a second translucent insulating film, a first electrode, a second electrode, and an emitting layer. The substrate has a first index of refraction. The first translucent insulating film is on the substrate, and the first insulating film has a second index of refraction higher than the first index of refraction. The second translucent insulating film is on the first insulating film, and the second insulating film has a third index of refraction lower than the second index of refraction. The first electrode is on the second insulating film, and the first electrode has a fourth index of refraction higher than the third index of refraction. The second electrode is facing the first electrode. The emitting layer is between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Toshiba Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Kubota, Satoshi Okutani, Masuyuki Oota
  • Patent number: 8148744
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device including a substrate, an electrode and a light emitting region is provided. The substrate may have protruding portions formed in a repeating pattern on substantially an entire surface of the substrate while the rest of the surface may be substantially flat. The cross sections of the protruding portions taken along planes orthogonal to the surface of the substrate may be semi-circular in shape. The cross sections of the protruding portions may in alternative be convex in shape. A buffer layer and a GaN layer may be formed on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Isamu Niki, Motokazu Yamada, Masahiko Sano, Shuji Shioji
  • Publication number: 20120075546
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and the method for manufacturing the same. A transparent electrode layer serving as a pixel electrode is laid out and simultaneously, a transparent electrode layer is laid out on top of a thin-film transistor (TFT) acting as a shift register. The transparent electrode layer can mask the influence of the common voltage of the common voltage electrode layer on the TFT. Therefore, the shift in the I-V characteristics of the TFT can be prevented due to the common voltage of the common voltage electrode layer. In this way, not only power consumption of the TFT in operation can be reduced to increase the life span of the TFT, but also power chips can be prevented from malfunctioning due to an overabundant flow of electric current which causes display abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Chengming He, Shihchyn Lin
  • Publication number: 20120076164
    Abstract: A microwave circuit includes at least one inductive portion and at least one capacitive portion and having a resonance frequency, the microwave circuit including a material which acts as a dielectric for the capacitive portion, characterized in that the material acting as a dielectric includes an active region that is an electrically pumped semiconductor heterostructure having at least two energy levels whose energy separation is close to the resonance frequency of the microwave circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: ETH ZURICH
    Inventors: Christoph Walther, Jerome Faist, Giacomo Scalari, Maria Amanti, Mattias Beck, Markus Geiser
  • Publication number: 20120074383
    Abstract: A LED device is provided. The LED device has a conductive carrier substrate, a light-emitting structure, a plurality of pillar structures, a dielectric layer, a first electrode and a second electrode. The light-emitting structure is located on the conductive carrier substrate. The pillar structures are located on the light-emitting structure. The dielectric layer is to cover a sidewall of the pillar structure. The first electrode is located over the pillar structure, and the second electrode is located on the conductive carrier substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Po-Chun Liu, Chu-Li Chao, Yih-Der Guo
  • Publication number: 20120068151
    Abstract: The invention is applicable for use in conjunction with a light-emitting semiconductor structure that includes a semiconductor active region of a first conductivity type containing a quantum size region and having a first surface adjacent a semiconductor input region of a second conductivity type that is operative, upon application of electrical potentials with respect to the active and input regions, to produce light emission from the active region. A method is provided that includes the following steps: providing a semiconductor output region that includes a semiconductor auxiliary layer of the first conductivity type adjacent a second surface, which opposes the first surface of the active region, and providing the auxiliary layer as a semiconductor material having a diffusion length for minority carriers of the first conductivity type material that is substantially shorter than the diffusion length for minority carriers of the semiconductor material of the active region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventor: Gabriel Walter
  • Patent number: 8138510
    Abstract: A gallium nitride (GaN) light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided, the method including sequentially forming a buffer layer and a first nitride layer on a silicon substrate, and forming a plurality of patterns by dry etching the first nitride layer. Each pattern includes a pair of sidewalls facing each other. A reflective layer is deposited on the first nitride layer so that one sidewall of the pair is exposed by the reflective layer. An n-type nitride layer that covers the first nitride layer is formed by horizontally growing an n-type nitride from the exposed sidewall, and a GaN-based light emitting structure layer is formed on the n-type nitride layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-jo Tak, Jun-youn Kim, Hyun-gi Hong, Jae-won Lee, Hyung-su Jeong
  • Publication number: 20120061691
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device comprises: a light-emitting array comprising a first light-emitting unit and a second light-emitting unit electrically connected in serial with the first light-emitting unit; at least two first bonding pads formed on the first light-emitting unit; and at least two second bonding pads formed on the second light-emitting unit. One of the two first bonding pads is in a floating level, and one of the two second bonding pads is in a floating level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Chao-Hsing CHEN, Chien-Kai Chung, Hui-Chen Yeh, Yi-Wen Ku
  • Patent number: 8134174
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode and a method for manufacturing the same are described. The light-emitting diode includes a bonding substrate, a first conductivity type electrode, a bonding layer, an epitaxial structure, a second conductivity type electrode, a growth substrate and an encapsulant layer. The first conductivity type electrode and the bonding layer are respectively disposed on two surfaces of the bonding substrate. The epitaxial structure includes a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer. A trench is set around the epitaxial structure and extends from the second conductivity type semiconductor layer to the first conductivity type semiconductor layer. The second conductivity type electrode is electrically connected to the second conductivity type semiconductor layer. The growth substrate is disposed on the epitaxial structure and includes a cavity exposing the epitaxial structure and the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Chi Mei Lighting Technology Group.
    Inventors: Kuohui Yu, Chienchun Wang, Changhsin Chu, Menghsin Li
  • Publication number: 20120056155
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device includes a structural body, a first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer. The structural body includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, and a light emitting layer between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The first electrode layer includes a metal portion, a plurality of first opening portions, and at least one second opening portion. The metal portion has a thickness of not less than 10 nanometers and not more than 200 nanometers along a direction from the first semiconductor layer toward the second semiconductor layer. The plurality of first opening portions each have a circle equivalent diameter of not less than 10 nanometers and not more than 1 micrometer. The at least one second opening portion has a circle equivalent diameter of more than 1 micrometer and not more than 30 micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koji Asakawa, Akira Fujimoto, Ryota Kitagawa, Takanobu Kamakura, Shinji Nunotani, Eishi Tsutsumi, Masaaki Ogawa