Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yeon Woo Seo

Jung Sub Kim

Dae Myung Chun

Han Kyu Seong

Young Jin Choi

Jae Hyeok Heo

Dong Gun Lee

Jin Sub Lee

Sam Mook Kang

Soo Jeong Choi

Byung Kyu Chung

Jung-sub Kim

Denis Sannikov

There is provided a semiconductor light emitting device including a first conductivity-type semiconductor base layer and a plurality of light emitting nanostructures disposed to be spaced apart from one another on the first conductivity-type semiconductor base layer, each light emitting nanostructure including a first conductivity-type semiconductor core, an active layer, an electric charge blocking layer, and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, respectively, wherein the first conductivity-type semiconductor core has different first and second crystal planes in crystallographic directions.

Semiconductor light emitting device

A nanostructure semiconductor light emitting device includes: a base layer formed of a first-conductivity type nitride semiconductor material; and a plurality of light emitting nanostructures disposed on the base layer to be spaced apart from each other, wherein each of the plurality of light emitting nanostructures includes: a nanocore formed of a first conductivity-type nitride semiconductor material, an active layer disposed on a surface of the nanocore and including a quantum well which is divided into first and second regions having different indium (In) composition ratios in a thickness direction thereof; and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer, and an In composition ratio in the first region is higher than an In composition ratio in the second region.

Nanostructure semiconductor light emitting device

There is provided a nanostructure semiconductor light emitting device including: a base layer formed of a first conductivity-type nitride semiconductor; and a plurality of light emitting nanostructures disposed to be spaced apart from one another on the base layer, wherein each of the plurality of light emitting nanostructures includes a nanocore formed of a first conductivity-type nitride semiconductor; a stress control layer disposed on a surface of the nanocore and including a nitride semiconductor containing indium; an active layer disposed on the stress control layer; a second conductivity-type nitride semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer; and a defect blocking layer disposed on at least a portion of the stress control layer and including a nitride semiconductor layer having a lattice constant lower than that of the stress control layer.

There is provided a nanostructure semiconductor light-emitting device including a base layer formed of a first conductivity-type semiconductor, an insulating layer disposed on the base layer and having a plurality of openings, and a plurality of light-emitting nanostructures disposed the plurality of openings, respectively. Each of light-emitting nanostructures includes a nanocore formed of a first conductivity-type semiconductor, and an active layer and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer sequentially disposed on a surface of the nanocore. The plurality of light-emitting nanostructures are formed through the same growth process and divided into n groups (where n is an integer of two or more), each of which having at least two light-emitting nanostructures. At least one of a diameter, a height, and a pitch of the nanocores is different by group so that the active layers emit light having different wavelengths by group.

Nanostructure semiconductor light-emitting device

There is provided a nanostructure semiconductor light emitting device including a base layer formed of a first conductivity-type nitride semiconductor and a plurality of light emitting nanostructures disposed to be spaced apart from one another on the base layer. Each of the plurality of light emitting nanostructures includes a nanocore formed of the first conductivity-type nitride semiconductor, a stress control layer disposed on a surface of the nanocore and including a nitride semiconductor containing indium, an active layer disposed on the stress control layer and including a nitride semiconductor containing indium, and a second conductivity-type nitride semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer.

A nanostructure semiconductor light emitting device may include a first conductivity-type semiconductor base layer, a mask layer disposed on the base layer and having a plurality of openings exposing portions of the base layer, a plurality of light emitting nanostructures disposed in the plurality of openings, and a polycrystalline current suppressing layer disposed on the mask layer. At least a portion of the polycrystalline current suppressing layer is disposed below the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer. Each light emitting nanostructure includes a first conductivity-type semiconductor nanocore, an active layer, and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer.

A method of manufacturing a light emitting device having a plurality of nano-light emitting structures is provided. The method comprises depositing a first conductivity-type semiconductor material on a substrate to form a base layer. A mask having a plurality of openings is formed on the base layer. The first conductivity-type nitride semiconductor material is deposited in the openings of the mask to form a plurality of nanocores having a main portion bounded by the mask and an exposed tip portion. A current blocking layer is deposited on the tip portion of the nanocores. A portion of the mask is removed to expose the main portion of the nanocore. An active material layer is deposited on the plurality of nanocores. A second conductivity-type nitride semiconductor layer is deposited on the active material layer.

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Yeon Woo Seo