Sony Corporation

Yuichiro Kikuchi

Yoshiaki Watanabe

Tomonori Hino

Nobukata Okano

Tatsuo Ohashi

Hisayoshi Kuramochi

Masahiro Murayama

Yoshinori Ishiai

There is provided a semiconductor light emitting element that is excellent in reliability and is capable of being driven by a lower voltage and a semiconductor light emitting device that includes the semiconductor light emitting element. The semiconductor light emitting element includes: a semiconductor layer; an electrode layer; a metal layer that contains a hydrogen storage metal; and a plated layer in order.

Semiconductor light emitting element and semiconductor light emitting device

A method of manufacturing a light emitting device, including the steps of: (A) sequentially forming a first compound semiconductor layer of a first conduction type, an active layer, and a second compound semiconductor layer of a second conduction type different from said first conduction type, over a substrate; and (B) exposing a part of said first compound semiconductor layer, forming a first electrode over said exposed part of said first compound semiconductor layer and forming a second electrode over said second compound semiconductor layer, wherein said method further includes, subsequent to said step (B), the step of: (C) covering at least said exposed part of said first compound semiconductor layer, an exposed part of said active layer, an exposed part of said second compound semiconductor layer, and a part of said second electrode with an SOG layer.

Light emitting device and method of manufacturing the same

Herein disclosed a method of manufacturing a light emitting device, including the steps of: (A) sequentially forming a first compound semiconductor layer of a first conduction type, an active layer, and a second compound semiconductor layer of a second conduction type different from said first conduction type, over a substrate; and (B) exposing a part of said first compound semiconductor layer, forming a first electrode over said exposed part of said first compound semiconductor layer and forming a second electrode over said second compound semiconductor layer, wherein said method further includes, subsequent to said step (B), the step of: (C) covering at least said exposed part of said first compound semiconductor layer, an exposed part of said active layer, an exposed part of said second compound semiconductor layer, and a part of said second electrode with an SOG layer.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yuichiro Kikuchi