Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Led Co., Ltd.

Seung Beom Seo

Dong Joon Kim

Yong Chun Kim

Jeong Tak Oh

Sang Heon Han

Dong Yul Lee

Seong Ju Park

Hyun Wook Shim

Sang Won Kang

Min Ki Kwon

Chu Young Cho

Myung Goo Cheong

Chang Hee Cho

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 is provided a nitride semiconductor light emitting device including: an n-type semiconductor region; an active layer formed on the n-type semiconductor region; a p-type semiconductor region formed on the active layer; an n-electrode disposed in contact with the n-type semiconductor region; a p-electrode formed on the p-type semiconductor region; and at least one intermediate layer formed in at least one of the n-type semiconductor region and the p-type semiconductor region, the intermediate layer disposed above the n-electrode, wherein the intermediate layer is formed of a multi-layer structure where at least three layers with different band gaps from one another are deposited, wherein the multi-layer structure includes one of an AlGaN layer/GaN layer/InGaN layer stack and an InGaN layer/GaN layer/AlGaN layer stack.

Nitride semiconductor light emitting device

Growing community of inventors

Gyunggi-do, South Korea

Seung Beom Seo