Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080290360 | Silicon-Based Light Emitting Diode Using Side Reflecting Mirror - A silicon light emitting diode capable of effectively utilizing light radiated toward the lateral side of a substrate by including a side reflecting mirror is provided. The silicon-based light emitting diode includes a p-type silicon substrate having a plurality of grooves, a light emitting diode layer formed on each of the grooves of the silicon substrate, the light emitting diode layer including an active layer, an n-type doped layer, and a transparent electrode layer, and a metal electrode including a lower metal electrode formed on the bottom surface of the p-type silicon substrate and an upper metal electrode formed on the top surface of the transparent electrode layer. The lateral surface of each of the grooves is separated from the light emitting diode layer and used as a reflecting mirror The lateral surface is referred to as the side reflecting mirror. | 11-27-2008 |
20080296593 | Silicon Light Emitting Device - Provided is a highly-efficient silicon light emitting device including an improved structure by which more light of the light emitted toward the lateral side of the light emitting device is emitted toward the front side thereof than conventional light emitting devices so as to improve the brightness. The silicon light emitting device includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting structures formed on the substrate, each of the light emitting structures comprising an active layer, and a metal electrode comprising a lower metal electrode formed below the substrate and an upper metal electrode formed on the light emitting structures. The light emitting structures have column shapes whose vertical cross-sections are inverse trapezoid. | 12-04-2008 |
20080303018 | Silicon-Based Light Emitting Diode for Enhancing Light Extraction Efficiency and Method of Fabricating the Same - Due to the indirect transition characteristic of silicon semiconductors, the light extraction efficiency of a silicon-based light emitting diode is lower than that of a compound semiconductor-based light emitting diode. For this reason, there are difficulties in practically using and commercializing silicon-based light emitting diodes developed so far. Provided is a silicon-based light emitting including: a substrate with a lower electrode layer on a lower surface thereof; a lower doped layer that is formed on an upper surface of the substrate and supplies carriers to an emitting layer; the emitting layer that is a silicon semiconductor layer including silicon quantum dots or nanodots formed on the lower doped layer and has a light-emitting characteristic; an upper doped layer that is formed on the emitting layer and supplies carriers to the emitting layer; an upper electrode layer formed on the upper doped layer; and a surface structure including a surface pattern formed on the upper electrode layer, a surface structure including an upper electrode pattern and an upper doped pattern formed by patterning the upper electrode layer and the upper doped layer, or a surface structure including the surface pattern, the upper electrode pattern, and upper doped pattern, wherein the surface structure enhances the light extraction efficiency of light emitted from the emitting layer according to geometric optics. | 12-11-2008 |
20090032836 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DIODE THAT USES SILICON NANO DOT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a semiconductor light emitting diode that uses a silicon nano dot and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor light emitting diode includes a light emitting layer that emits light; a hole injection layer formed on the light emitting layer; an electron injection layer formed on the light emitting layer to face the hole injection layer; a metal layer that comprises a metal nano dot and is formed on the electron injection layer; and a transparent conductive electrode formed on the metal layer. Amorphous silicon nitride that includes the silicon nano dot is used as the light emitting layer. | 02-05-2009 |
20090242913 | SILICON BASED LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - Provided is a highly efficient silicon-based light emitting diode (LED) including a Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR), an n-type doping layer, and a p-type substrate structure. The silicon-based LED includes: a substrate having a p-type mesa substrate structure; an active layer that is formed on the substrate and has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a first reflective layer facing the first surface of the active layer; a second reflective layer that is located on either side of the p-type substrate structure and faces the second surface of the active layer; an n-type doping layer sandwiched between the active layer and the first reflective layer; a first electrode electrically connected to the n-type doping layer; and a second electrode electrically connected to the p-type substrate structure. | 10-01-2009 |
20110018006 | MICRO-SIZED SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE HAVING EMITTING LAYER INCLUDING SILICON NANO-DOT, SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE ARRAY INCLUDING THE MICRO-SIZED SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE MICRO-SIZED SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - A micro-sized semiconductor light-emitting diode includes an emission material layer formed on a silicon substrate, and including a silicon nano-dot; a hole injecting layer and an electron injecting layer that face each other, wherein the hole injecting layer and an electron injecting layer are formed between the emission material layer; a transparent conductive electrode layer formed on the electron injecting layer; and a first electrode and a second electrode that respectively inject a current in the hole injecting layer and the transparent conductive electrode layer from the outside. | 01-27-2011 |