Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Led., Ltd.

Min Ki Kwon

Seong Ju Park

Yong Chun Kim

Je Won Kim

Dong Yul Lee

Ja Yeon Kim

Dong Joon Kim

Dong Ju Lee

Sang Jun Lee

Jeong Tak Oh

Sang Heon Han

Bang Won Oh

Sun Woon Kim

Seok Min Hwang

Sang Won Kang

Jae Ho Han

Seung Beom Seo

Joo Young Cho

Chu Young Cho

Myung Goo Cheong

Chang Hee Cho

Min Suk Oh

Dae Kyu Hwang

There is provided a nitride semiconductor light emitting device including an active layer of a multi quantum well structure, the nitride semiconductor light emitting device including: a substrate; and a buffer layer, an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer sequentially stacked on the substrate, wherein the active layer is formed of a multi quantum well structure where a plurality of barrier layers and a plurality of well layers are arranged alternately with each other, and at least one of the plurality of barrier layers includes a first barrier layer including a p-doped barrier layer doped with a p-dopant and an undoped barrier layer.

Nitride semiconductor light emitting device

There is provided a photonic crystal light emitting device including: a light emitting structure including first and second conductivity type semiconductor layers and an active layer interposed therebetween; a transparent electrode layer formed on the second conductivity type semiconductor layer, the transparent electrode layer having a plurality of holes arranged with a predetermined size and period so as to form a photonic band gap for light emitted from the active layer, whereby the transparent electrode layer includes a photonic crystal structure; and first and second electrode electrically connected to the first conductivity type semiconductor layer and the transparent electrode layer, respectively. The photonic crystal light emitting device has a transparent electrode layer formed of a photonic crystal structure defined by minute holes, thereby improved in light extraction efficiency.

Photonic crystal light emitting device and manufacturing method of the same

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.

Semiconductor light emitting device having surface plasmon layer

There are provided a method of manufacturing a zinc oxide semiconductor, and a zinc oxide semiconductor manufactured using the method. A metal catalyst layer is formed on a zinc oxide thin film that has an electrical characteristic of a n-type semiconductor, and a heat treatment is performed thereon so that the zinc oxide thin film is modified into a zinc oxide thin film having an electrical characteristic of a p-type semiconductor. Hydrogen atoms existing in the zinc oxide thin film are removed by a metal catalyst during the heat treatment. Accordingly, the hydrogen atoms existing in the zinc oxide thin film are removed by the metal catalyst and the heat treatment, and the concentration of holes serving as carriers is increased. That is, an n-type zinc oxide thin film is modified into a highly-concentrated p-type zinc oxide semiconductor.

Zinc oxide semiconductor and method of manufacturing the same

There is provided a photonic crystal light emitting device including: a substrate; a plurality of nano rod light emitting structures formed on the substrate to be spaced apart from one another, each of the nano rod light emitting structures including a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer; and first and second electrodes electrically connected to the first and second conductivity type semiconductor layers, respectively, wherein the nano rod light emitting structures are arranged with a predetermined size and period so as to form a photonic band gap for light emitted from the active layer, whereby the nano rod light emitting structures define a photonic crystal structure. In the photonic crystal light emitting device, the nano rod light emitting structures are arranged to define a photonic crystal to enhance light extraction efficiency.

Photonic crystal light emitting device

Provided is a method of manufacturing a nitride-based semiconductor LED including sequentially forming an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer on a substrate; forming a Pd/Zn alloy layer on the p-type nitride semiconductor layer; heat-treating the p-type nitride semiconductor layer on which the Pd/Zn alloy layer is formed; removing the Pd/Zn alloy layer formed on the p-type nitride semiconductor layer; mesa-etching portions of the p-type nitride semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the n-type nitride semiconductor layer such that a portion of the upper surface of the n-type nitride semiconductor layer is exposed; and forming an n-electrode and a p-electrode on the exposed n-type nitride semiconductor layer and the p-type nitride semiconductor layer, respectively.

Method of manufacturing nitride-based semiconductor light emitting diode

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Jeollabuk-do, South Korea

Min Ki Kwon