Comprising Resonant Cavity Structure (e.g., Bragg Reflector Pair) (epo) Patents (Class 257/E33.069)
  • Patent number: 8525213
    Abstract: A light emitting device and a light unit including the same are provided. The light emitting device includes a body, a first cavity disposed at a center of the body, the first cavity having an open upper side, a second cavity disposed around an upper portion of the body, the second cavity being spaced from the first cavity, first and second lead electrodes disposed within the first cavity, a light emitting chip disposed on at least one of the first and second lead electrodes, and a first molding member in the first cavity. The second cavity has an upper width greater than a lower width thereof and a side surface of the second cavity is formed of a vertical side surface with respect to a top surface of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung Hwa Park, Joo Seok Lee
  • Patent number: 8519500
    Abstract: An image sensor with at least one correcting lens and a method for fabricating the same are described. The image sensor includes a substrate with an array of microlenses thereon and at least one correcting lens disposed over the substrate covering the microlens array. In the fabricating method, a substrate having formed with a microlens array thereon is provided, and then at least one correcting lens is disposed over the substrate covering the microlens array. The at least one correcting lens can, in use of the image sensor, shift the incident direction of light to a microlens in edge parts of the array of microlenses toward the normal line direction of the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Tsung Lin, Hung-Chao Kao, Ming-I Wang, Kuo-Yuh Yang
  • Patent number: 8513036
    Abstract: A photonic quantum ring (PQR) laser includes an active layer having a multi-quantum-well (MQW) structure and etched lateral face. The active layer is formed to be sandwiched between p-GaN and n-GaN layers epitaxially grown on a reflector disposed over a support substrate. A coating layer is formed over an outside of the lateral faces of the active layer, and upper electrode is electrically connected to an upper portion of the n-GaN layer, and a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) is formed over the n-GaN layer and the upper electrode. Accordingly, the PQR laser is capable of oscillating a power-saving vertically dominant 3D multi-mode laser suitable for a low power display device, prevent the light speckle phenomenon, and generate focus-adjusted 3D soft light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
    Inventors: O Dae Kwon, Mi-Hyang Shin, Seung Eun Lee, Young-Heub Jang, Young Chun Kim, Junho Yoon
  • Patent number: 8492745
    Abstract: An epitaxial structure for an LED is provided. The epitaxial structure includes a patterned epitaxial defect barrier layer disposed over a first portion of a substantially flat substrate to expose a second portion of the substrate. The epitaxial structure also includes a patterned buffer layer over the second portion of the substrate. The epitaxial structure further includes a first semiconductor layer over the patterned buffer layer and the patterned epitaxial defect barrier layer, an active layer over the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer over the active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Aqualite Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongjian Li, Changtao Ai, Jiangbo Li, Caixia Jin, Zhijiang Dong
  • Patent number: 8487332
    Abstract: Blue organic EL elements, which have a shorter lifetime and lower luminance characteristics than green and red ones, have had a problem: particularly when blue elements are used in a light-emitting device capable of modulating light emission colors, light significantly attenuates and characteristics further deteriorates. A dielectric mirror which is selective in wavelength is provided between organic EL elements, and the number of times especially blue light emission from an organic EL element is transmitted through an electrode having a light-transmitting property is reduced as much as possible, so that attenuation of light is suppressed. Thus, a light-emitting device capable of modulation of light emission colors which has a high luminance and a long lifetime can be provided. In the light-emitting device, voltages applied to the organic EL elements, which deteriorate individually, are separately controlled, whereby the color tone can be kept constant for a long period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Aoyama, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 8486738
    Abstract: A light emitting device having auto-cloning photonic crystal structures comprises a substrate, a first semiconductor layer, an active emitting layer, a second semiconductor layer and a saw-toothed multilayer film comprising auto-cloning photonic crystal structures. The saw-toothed multilayer film provides a high reflection interface and a diffraction mechanism to prevent total internal reflection and enhance light extraction efficiency. The manufacturing methods of the light emitting device having auto-cloning photonic crystal structures are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Shiuh Chao, Hao-Min Ku, Chen-Yang Huang
  • Patent number: 8476670
    Abstract: Light emitting devices and methods of manufacturing the light emitting devices. The light emitting devices include a silicon substrate; a metal buffer layer on the silicon substrate, a patterned dispersion Bragg reflection (DBR) layer on the metal buffer layer; and a nitride-based thin film layer on the patterned DBR layer and regions between patterns of the DBR layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-youn Kim, Bok-ki Min, Hyun-gi Hong, Jae-won Lee
  • Patent number: 8471289
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser device includes a Si(100) substrate in which a recess having an opening and a bottom face surrounded by inner wall surfaces is formed, a semiconductor laser element placed on the bottom face, and a translucent sealing glass, mounted on top of the Si(100) substrate, which seals the opening. The laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser element is reflected by a metallic reflective film formed on the inner wall surface and then transmits through the sealing glass so as to be emitted externally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okayama, Yasunori Inoue, Takenori Goto, Kazushi Mori, Yuuki Ota, Naoteru Matsubara
  • Patent number: 8465993
    Abstract: A vertical cavity surface emitting laser that includes: a substrate; a first semiconductor multilayer reflector; an active region; a second semiconductor multilayer reflector; a columnar structure formed from the second semiconductor multilayer reflector to the first semiconductor multilayer reflector; a current narrowing layer formed inside of the columnar structure and having a conductive region surrounded by an oxidization region; a first electrode formed at a top of the columnar structure, electrically connected to the second semiconductor multilayer reflector and defining a beam window; a first insulating film comprised of a material with a first refractive index and formed on the first electrode to cover the beam window; and a second insulating film comprised of a material with a second refractive index and formed on the first insulating film, of which a radius is smaller than a radius of the conductive region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Takeda, Masahiro Yoshikawa, Kazuyuki Matsushita
  • Patent number: 8450763
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes an active layer; at least a portion of the active layer constitutes a gain region. The gain region is continuous from a first end surface and a second end surface. The gain region includes a first portion extending from the first end surface to a first reflective surface in a direction tilted with respect to a normal to the first side surface as viewed two-dimensionally; a second portion extending from the second end surface to the second reflective surface in a direction tilted with respect to a normal to the first side surface as viewed two-dimensionally; and a third portion extending from the first reflective surface to the second reflective surface in a direction tilted with respect to a normal to the first reflective surface as viewed two-dimensionally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masamitsu Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20130105845
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting device including a light emitting structure including a plurality of light emitting regions comprising a first semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second semiconductor layer, a first distributed bragg reflective layer disposed on the light emitting regions, a first electrode unit disposed on the first semiconductor layer in one of the light emitting regions, a second electrode unit disposed on the second semiconductor layer in another of the light emitting regions, an intermediate pad disposed on the first semiconductor layer or the second semiconductor layer in at least still another of the light emitting regions, and at least one connection electrode disposed on the first distributed bragg reflective layer such that the connection electrode sequentially connects the light emitting regions in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8431950
    Abstract: A light emitting device package structure is described. The light emitting device package structure includes a substrate serving as a carrier supporting a light emitting device chip. The substrate and the light emitting device chip have a chip side and a substrate side separately. A first electrode layer is disposed on a first surface of the light emitting device chip and a second electrode layer is disposed on a second surface of the light emitting device chip, in which the first surface and the second surface are not coplanar. A first conductive trace is electrically connected to the first electrode layer and a second conductive trace is electrically connected to the second electrode layer. At least the first conductive trace or the second conductive trace is formed along the chip side and the substrate side simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Inventors: Chia-Lun Tsai, Ching-Yu Ni, Wen-Cheng Chien, Shang-Yi Wu, Cheng-Te Chou
  • Patent number: 8431945
    Abstract: Disclosed are a light emitting device, a light emitting device package, and a lighting system. The light emitting device includes a light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer on, a light transmissive substrate having a refractive index lower than a refractive index of a compound semiconductor layer, and a mirror structure layer having a structure in which a first mirror layer having a first refractive index and a second mirror layer having a second refractive index different from the first refractive index are alternately stacked on each other. The first mirror layer has a thickness of W·?/(4·n1·m), and the second mirror layer has a thickness of W·?/(4·n2·m) in which the W represents a weight constant in a range of about 1.05 to about 1.25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Min Choi, Sun Kyung Kim, Woon Kyung Choi
  • Patent number: 8410507
    Abstract: A luminous means (1) including at least one optoelectronic semiconductor device (2) which emits electromagnetic radiation during operation at at least one first wavelength (L1) and at at least one second wavelength (L2), wherein the first wavelength (L1) and the second wavelength (L2) differ from one another and are below 500 nm, in particular between 200 nm and 500 nm. Furthermore, the luminous means (1) includes at least one conversion means (3) which converts the first wavelength (L1) at least partly into radiation having a different frequency. The radiation spectrum emitted by the luminous means (1) during operation is metameric with respect to a black body spectrum. Such a luminous means makes it possible to choose the first wavelength and the second wavelength in such a way that a high color rendering quality and a high efficiency of the luminous means can be realized simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto SEmiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Stauss, Reiner Windisch, Frank Baumann, Matthias Peter
  • Publication number: 20130045553
    Abstract: A display device includes: an optical cavity portion; and a light emitting layer, wherein a peak wavelength of an internal emission spectrum of the light emitting layer is identical to a peak wavelength of a multiple interference filter spectrum of the optical cavity portion, and wherein a color shift ?uv of white light in the display device at a viewing angle of 60° is less than or equal to 0.015.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sony Corporation
  • Patent number: 8373188
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide light-emitting diodes having a distributed Bragg reflector. A light-emitting diode (LED) according to an exemplary embodiment includes a light-emitting structure arranged on a first surface of a substrate, the light-emitting structure including a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and an active layer interposed between the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer and the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer. A first distributed Bragg reflector is arranged on a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface, the first distributed Bragg reflector to reflect light emitted from the light-emitting structure. The first distributed Bragg reflector has a reflectivity of at least 90% with respect to light of a first wavelength in a blue wavelength range, light of a second wavelength in a green wavelength range, and light of a third wavelength in a red wavelength range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Seoul Opto Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duk Il Suh, Jae Moo Kim, Kyoung Wan Kim, Yeo Jin Yoon, Ye Seul Kim, Sang Hyun Oh, Jin Woong Lee
  • Publication number: 20130034922
    Abstract: A vertical cavity surface emitting laser that includes: a substrate; a first semiconductor multilayer reflector; an active region; a second semiconductor multilayer reflector; a columnar structure formed from the second semiconductor multilayer reflector to the first semiconductor multilayer reflector; a current narrowing layer formed inside of the columnar structure and having a conductive region surrounded by an oxidization region; a first electrode formed at a top of the columnar structure, electrically connected to the second semiconductor multilayer reflector and defining a beam window; a first insulating film comprised of a material with a first refractive index and formed on the first electrode to cover the beam window; and a second insulating film comprised of a material with a second refractive index and formed on the first insulating film, of which a radius is smaller than a radius of the conductive region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Kazutaka Takeda, Masahiro Yoshikawa, Kazuyuki Matsushita
  • Patent number: 8368095
    Abstract: There is provided a nitride semiconductor light emitting device having a light emitting portion coated with a coating film, the light emitting portion being formed of a nitride semiconductor, the coating film in contact with the light emitting portion being formed of an oxynitride. There is also provided a method of fabricating a nitride semiconductor laser device having a cavity with a facet coated with a coating film, including the steps of: providing cleavage to form the facet of the cavity; and coating the facet of the cavity with a coating film formed of an oxynitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Kamikawa, Yoshinobu Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 8367441
    Abstract: Example embodiments herein relate to a nitride semiconductor light emitting device including a coat film formed at a light emitting portion and including an aluminum nitride crystal or an aluminum oxynitride crystal, and a method of manufacturing the nitride semiconductor light emitting device. Also provided is a nitride semiconductor transistor device including a nitride semiconductor layer and a gate insulating film which is in contact with the nitride semiconductor layer and includes an aluminum nitride crystal or an aluminum oxynitride crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Kamikawa, Yoshinobu Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20130026447
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a surface emitting semiconductor light-emitting diode (LED) in which a reflector layer (4) of the first conductivity type is provided between a substrate (2) and a first barrier layer (5). A first contact layer (9) has at least one emitting surface (13) via which radiation emitted by an active layer (6) exits the LED. The emitting surfaces (13) are electrically and optically isolated from one another by surface implanted regions (11) in the first contact layer (9) which are irradiated with electric charge carriers. The areas of the layers located below the emitting surface (13) starting from the first contact layer (9) and proceeding as far as at least through the active layer (6) are electrically and optically isolated with respect to areas of the layers not located below the emitting surface (13) by means of first deep implanted regions (12.1) irradiated with electric charge carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Bernd Kloth, Vera Abrosimova, Torsten Trenkler
  • Patent number: 8349632
    Abstract: Provided is an organic light-emitting display device that can display a full color image by forming a simple structure of light-emitting layers and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light-emitting display device includes a substrate; a first electrode layer formed on the substrate; a second electrode layer which is formed above the first electrode layer and faces the first electrode layer; and a light-emitting layer interposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, wherein the light-emitting layer comprises first and second light-emitting layers respectively corresponding to first and second pixels having different colors from each other, and the first light-emitting layer is commonly formed in the first and second pixels, and the second light-emitting layer is formed in the second pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun-Yeob Lee
  • Patent number: 8349712
    Abstract: The invention inter alia relates to a method of fabricating a layer assembly comprising the steps of: arranging a first layer on top of a carrier; arranging a second layer on top of the first layer; locally modifying the material of the buried first layer and providing at least one modified section in the first layer, wherein the modified material changes or induces mechanical strain in a portion of the second layer which is arranged above the at least one modified section; after locally modifying the material of the buried first layer, depositing a third material on top of the second layer, at least one characteristic of the third material being sensitive to the local mechanical strain in the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Technische Universitat Berlin
    Inventors: André Strittmatter, Andrei Schliwa, Tim David Germann, Udo W. Pohl, Vladimir Gaysler, Jan-Hindrik Schulze
  • Patent number: 8344406
    Abstract: In a light emitting device package and manufacturing method thereof, a multi-layer structure is allocated upon a substrate, of which at least two films with different refractive indices are alternately stacked together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Optoelectronic Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Min-Tsun Hsieh, Wen-Liang Tseng, Lung-Hsin Chen, Chih-Yung Lin, Ching-Lien Yeh, Chi-Wei Liao, Jian-Shihn Tsang
  • Publication number: 20120299040
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor light emitting device including: a light transmissive substrate; a light emitting part; first and second electrodes electrically connected to the first and second conductivity type semiconductor layers, respectively; and a rear reflective part including a reflective metallic layer, and a light transmissive dielectric layer interposed between the light transmissive substrate and the reflective metallic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Tae Hun KIM, Seung Wan CHAE, Yong Il KIM, Seung Jae LEE, Tae Sung JANG, Jong Rak SOHN, Bo Kyoung KIM
  • Patent number: 8319235
    Abstract: A nitride semiconductor light-emitting device including a coating film and a reflectance control film successively formed on a light-emitting portion, in which the light-emitting portion is formed of a nitride semiconductor, the coating film is formed of an aluminum oxynitride film or an aluminum nitride film, and the reflectance control film is formed of an oxide film, as well as a method of manufacturing the nitride semiconductor light-emitting device are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Kamikawa, Yoshinobu Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 8319238
    Abstract: A light emitting device having a high degree of light extraction efficiency includes a substrate, and a light emitting structure disposed on one surface of the substrate, the substrate having an internal reformed region where the index of refraction differs from the remainder the substrate. The ratio of the depth of the reformed region (distance between the other surface of the substrate and the reformed region) to the thickness of the substrate is in a range of between 1/8 and 9/11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Jae Lee, Seong-Deok Hwang, Yu-sik Kim, Sun-Pil Youn
  • Patent number: 8309972
    Abstract: Aspects include electrodes that provide specified reflectivity attributes for light generated from an active region of a Light Emitting Diode (LED). LEDs that incorporate such electrode aspects. Other aspects include methods for forming such electrodes, LEDs including such electrodes, and structures including such LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank T. Shum, William W. So, Steven D. Lester
  • Patent number: 8304796
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting apparatus in which light extraction efficiency of a light-emitting device is improved and viewing angle dependency of an emission color is reduced. The light-emitting apparatus includes a cavity structure and a periodic structure. When guided-wave light is diffracted by the periodic structure in a direction that forms an angle which is larger than 90° and smaller than 180° relative to a guided-wave direction of an optical waveguide in the cavity structure, a wavelength of the diffracted light becomes longer as the diffraction angle increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koichi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20120248481
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention discloses a wafer level light emitting diode package that includes a first substrate having an insulating-reflecting layer and an electrode pattern arranged on a surface of the first substrate, and a conductive via, a terminal on which the first substrate is arranged, a second substrate arranged on the first substrate, the second substrate including a cavity-forming opening, the cavity-forming opening exposing the electrode pattern, and a light-emitting chip arranged on the electrode pattern. The light-emitting chip is a flip-bonded light-emitting structure without a chip substrate, and the conductive via electrically connects the electrode pattern and the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: SEOUL OPTO DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Won Cheol Seo
  • Patent number: 8269241
    Abstract: Semiconductor light emitting devices, such as light emitting diodes, include a substrate, an epitaxial region on the substrate that includes a light emitting region such as a light emitting diode region, and a multilayer conductive stack including a reflector layer, on the epitaxial region. A barrier layer is provided on the reflector layer and extending on a sidewall of the reflector layer. The multilayer conductive stack can also include an ohmic layer between the reflector and the epitaxial region. The barrier layer further extends on a sidewall of the ohmic layer. The barrier layer can also extend onto the epitaxial region outside the multilayer conductive stack. The barrier layer can be fabricated as a series of alternating first and second sublayers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: David B. Slater, Jr., Bradley E. Williams, Peter S. Andrews, John A. Edmond, Scott T. Allen
  • Patent number: 8269242
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor light emitting device. The semiconductor light emitting device includes an n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type semiconductor layer, and an active layer disposed therebetween, and a surface plasmon layer disposed between the active layer and at least one of the n-type and p-type semiconductor layers, including metallic particles and an insulating material, and including a conductive via for electrical connection between the active layer and the at least one of the n-type and p-type semiconductor layers, wherein the metallic particles are enclosed by the insulating material to be insulated from the at least one of the n-type and p-type semiconductor layers. The semiconductor light emitting device can achieve enhanced emission efficiency by using surface plasmon resonance. Using the semiconductor light emitting device, the diffusion of a metal employed for surface plasmon resonance into the active layer can be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Yul Lee, Seong Ju Park, Min Ki Kwon, Chu Young Cho, Chang Hee Cho, Yong Chun Kim, Seung Beom Seo, Myung Goo Cheong, Dong Joon Kim
  • Publication number: 20120228656
    Abstract: [PROBLEM] A light extraction efficiency increases by suppressing a reflection of a semiconductor layer and a transparent substrate. [MEANS FOR SOLVING] A semiconductor light emitting element comprising a semiconductor stack part including a light emitting layer is formed on a main surface of a substrate, a diffractive face that light emitted from the light emitting layer is incident to, that convex portions or concave portions are formed in a period which is longer than optical wavelength of the light and is shorter than coherent length of the light, is formed on a main surface side of the substrate, and a reflective face which reflects light diffracted at the diffractive face and let this light be incident to the diffractive face again is formed on a back surface side of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: EL-SEED Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kamiyama, Motoaki Iwaya, Hiroshi Amano, Isamu Akasaki, Toshiyuki Kondo, Fumiharu Teramae, Tsukasa Kitano, Atsushi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8263989
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device comprises a first nitride semiconductor layer comprising a plurality of concave portions, a reflector in at least one of the concave portions of the first nitride semiconductor layer, and a second nitride semiconductor layer on the first nitride semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hung Seob Cheong
  • Patent number: 8258534
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes an active layer; at least a portion of the active layer constitutes a gain region. The gain region is continuous from a first end surface and a second end surface. The gain region includes a first portion extending from the first end surface to a first reflective surface in a direction tilted with respect to a normal to the first side surface as viewed two-dimensionally; a second portion extending from the second end surface to the second reflective surface in a direction tilted with respect to a normal to the first side surface as viewed two-dimensionally; and a third portion extending from the first reflective surface to the second reflective surface in a direction tilted with respect to a normal to the first reflective surface as viewed two-dimensionally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masamitsu Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 8258529
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a semiconductor substrate, a light emitting portion including an active layer sandwiched between a first cladding layer of a first conductivity type and a second cladding layer of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, a reflective portion provided between the semiconductor substrate and the light emitting portion for reflecting light emitted from the active layer, and a current spreading layer provided on the light emitting portion opposite to the reflective portion and including a concavo-convex portion on a surface thereof. The reflective portion includes a plurality of pair layers each including a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer different from the first semiconductor layer, and the first semiconductor layer has a thickness TA1 defined by formulas (1) and (3), and the second semiconductor layer has a thickness TB1 defined by formulas (2) and (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taichiroo Konno, Nobuaki Kitano
  • Publication number: 20120187424
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to light emitting diodes including a plurality of light emitting cells on a substrate to be suitable for AC driving. The light emitting diode includes a substrate and a plurality of light emitting cell formed on the substrate. Each light emitting cell includes a first region at a boundary of the light emitting cell and a second region opposite to the first region. A first electrode pad is formed in the first region of the light emitting cell. A second electrode pad having a linear shape is disposed to face the first electrode pad while regionally defining a peripheral region together with the boundary of the second region. A wire connects the first electrode pad to the second electrode pad between two adjacent light emitting cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: SEOUL OPTO DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Kyu Kim, So Ra Lee, Ho Jun Suk, Jin Cheol Shin
  • Patent number: 8227825
    Abstract: A high efficiency light emitting diode (LED) comprised of a substrate, a buffer layer grown on the substrate (if such a layer is needed), a first active region comprising primary emitting species (PES) that are electrically-injected, a second active region comprising secondary emitting species (SES) that are optically-pumped by the light emitted from the PES, and photonic crystals, wherein the photonic crystals act as diffraction gratings to provide high light extraction efficiency, to provide efficient excitation of the SES, and/or to modulate the far-field emission pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Frederic S. Diana, Aurelien J. F. David, Pierre M. Petroff, Claude C. A. Weisbuch
  • Patent number: 8227796
    Abstract: A display device includes light emitting elements corresponding to respective colors disposed on a substrate. Each of the light emitting elements corresponding to the respective colors has a cavity structure in which a light emission functioning layer including a light emitting layer is held between a reflecting electrode and a semitransmitting electrode. A cavity order of at least the light emitting element adapted to resonate a light, having the shortest wavelength, of the light emitting elements corresponding to the respective colors is 1, and a cavity order of each of other light emitting elements is 0. The light emission functioning layer except for the light emitting layer is common to the light emitting elements corresponding to the respective colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Reo Asaki, Jiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 8217402
    Abstract: Light-emitting devices and associated methods are provided. The light emitting devices can have a wavelength converting material-coated emission surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Luminus Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Nikolay I. Nemchuk
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8212268
    Abstract: An epitaxial wafer, a light-emitting element, a method of fabricating the epitaxial wafer and a method of fabricating the light-emitting element, which have a high output and a low forward voltage, and can be fabricated without increasing fabricating cost, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventor: Taichiroo Konno
  • 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: 8203155
    Abstract: A multispectral pixel structure is provided that includes a plurality of stacked cavity arrangements for emitting or detecting a plurality of specified wavelengths, wherein each stacked cavity arrangement having a photoactive layer for spectral emission or detection of one of the specified wavelengths. The photoactive layer is positioned within a resonant cavity stack and the resonant cavity stack being positioned between two adjacent mirror stacks. A plurality of coupling-matching layers are positioned between one or more of the stack mirror arrangements for controlling optical phase and coupling strength between emitted or incident light and resonant modes in each of the stacked cavity arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jianfei Wang, Juejun Hu, Anuradha M. Agarwal, Xiaochen Sun, Lionel C. Kimerling
  • Patent number: 8188501
    Abstract: An optical device capable of emitting polarized light includes a light emitting means, two multi-layer optical films disposed above and below the light emitting means and two metal layers. The two metal layers cover the two multi-layer optical layers from the upper and lower sides respectively. Each of the two multi-layer optical films includes at least two films made from materials of different refractive indexes that are stacked in a staggered manner. The optical film formed by the multi-layer optical films and metal layers provides greater reflectance to S-polarized light (TE) and higher absorption to P-polarized light. Light generated by the light emitting means emits diagonally to the optical films and is reflected several times thereof to form S-polarized light (TE) to emit sideward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Inventor: Li-Lin Chen
  • Publication number: 20120119242
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light emitting device includes a support body, a first light emitting portion, a second light emitting portion, and a second reflector. The support body includes a first reflector. The first light emitting portion and the second light emitting portion are provided on the support body and include a light emitting layer. Downward directed light of emission light from the light emitting layer is capable of being reflected upward by the first reflector. The second reflector is interposed between the first light emitting portion and the second light emitting portion, provided on the support body, has a cross-sectional shape expanding downward, and includes a side surface metal layer provided on a side surface of the second reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Katsufumi Kondo
  • Patent number: 8174040
    Abstract: A light emitting device is provided. The light emitting device comprises: a reflective layer; and a semiconductor layer including a light emitting layer on the reflective layer. A distance between the reflective layer and a center of the light emitting layer corresponds to a constructive interference condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sun Kyung Kim
  • Patent number: 8168993
    Abstract: A light emitting device according to the embodiment includes a reflecting layer; an adhesion layer including an oxide-based material on the reflecting layer; an ohmic contact layer on the adhesion layer; and a light emitting structure layer on the ohmic contact layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hwan Hee Jeong
  • 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: 8158995
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor chip is disclosed which emits electromagnetic radiation from its front side (7) during operation, comprising a semiconductor layer sequence (1) having an active region (4) suitable for generating the electromagnetic radiation, and a separately produced TCO supporting substrate (10), which is arranged at the semiconductor layer sequence and has a material from the group of transparent conductive oxides (TCO) and mechanically supports the semiconductor layer sequence (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Ploessl, Ralph Wirth
  • Publication number: 20120085989
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a conductive substrate, a light-emitting structure layer, a metallic reflective layer, a transparent conductive layer, a first patterned dielectric layer, and a second patterned dielectric layer. The light-emitting structure layer, the transparent conductive layer, the metallic reflective layer, and the conductive substrate are sequentially arranged. The first patterned dielectric layer is between the light-emitting structure layer and the transparent conductive layer and includes first structure units separated from one another by a first space. The first portions are located in the first spaces respectively. The second patterned dielectric layer is between the transparent conductive layer and the metallic reflective layer and includes second structure units separated from one another by a second space. The second portions are located in the second spaces respectively. The first and the second portions are not overlapped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: HUGA OPTOTECH INC.
    Inventor: Shiou-Yi Kuo