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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2010
Hong Jae Yoo, Ansan-si, KR;
Kyung Hee YE, Ansan-si, KR;
Hong Jae Yoo, Ansan-si, KR;
Kyung Hee Ye, Ansan-si, KR;
Seoul Opto Device Co., Ltd., Ansan-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein are gallium nitride based light emitting diodes having interlayers with high dislocation density and a method of fabricating the same. The light emitting diode includes: a substrate; a buffer layer disposed on the substrate; an n-type contact layer disposed on the buffer; a p-type contact layer disposed on the n-type contact layer; an active layer interposed between the n-type contact layer and the p-type contact layer; a first lower semiconductor layer interposed between the buffer layer and the n-type contact layer; and a first interlayer interposed between the first lower semiconductor layer and the n-type contact layer, wherein the first interlayer has lower dislocation density than the buffer layer and higher dislocation density than the first lower semiconductor layer. This way, the interlayers with higher dislocation density prevent dislocations formed within the first lower semiconductor layer from being transferred to the n-type contact layer.