LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

• US 20120305959A1
• Filed: 09/23/2011
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chi Mei Lighting Technology Corp. (InnoLux Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Lighting Technology Corp. (InnoLux Corporation)
• Inventors: Yu, Kuo-Hui, Chu, Chang-Hsin, Wu, Chi-Lung, Chiou, Shin-Jia, Lin, Chung-Hsin, Chang, Jui-Chun
• Application Number:
  US13/241,667
• Publication Number:
  US 20120305959A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 257/98
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/16145 the bodies being stacked
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/48091 Arched
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/48463 the connecting portion on the bonding area of the semiconductor or solid-state body being a ball bond
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 25/0756 Stacked arrangements of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/00014 the subject-matter covered by the group, the symbol of which is combined with the symbol of this group, being disclosed without further technical details
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/0002 Not covered by any one of groups H01L24/00, H01L24/00 and H01L2224/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/19107 off-chip wires
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2933/0016 relating to electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/0093 Wafer bonding; Removal of the growth substrate
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/08 with a plurality of light emitting regions, e.g. laterally discontinuous light emitting layer or photoluminescent region integrated within the semiconductor body H01L27/15 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/20 with a particular shape, e.g. curved or truncated substrate
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/38 with a particular shape
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/382 the electrode extending partially in or entirely through the semiconductor body

Abstract

A light-emitting diode (LED) device, includes a substrate, having a first and a second surfaces, a first bonding layer, disposed on the first surface, a first epitaxial structure, having a third and a fourth surfaces and comprising a first and a second groove, wherein the first epitaxial structure comprises a second electrical type semiconductor layer, an active layer and a first electrical type semiconductor layer sequentially stacked on the first bonding layer, and the first groove extends from the fourth surface to the first electrical type semiconductor layer via the active layer, the second groove extends from the fourth surface to the third surface, a first electrical type conductive branch, a first electrical type electrode layer, an insulating layer, filled in the first and the second grooves, and a second electrical type electrode layer, electrically connected to the second electrical type semiconductor layer.

Claims

1. A light-emitting diode (LED) device, comprising:

a substrate, having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other;

a first bonding layer, disposed on the first surface;

a first epitaxial structure, having a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to each other and comprising a first groove and a second groove, wherein the first epitaxial structure comprises a second electrical type semiconductor layer, an active layer and a first electrical type semiconductor layer sequentially stacked on the first bonding layer, and the first groove extends from the fourth surface to the first electrical type semiconductor layer via the active layer, the second groove extends from the fourth surface to the third surface, and the first electrical type semiconductor layer and the second electrical type semiconductor layer have different electrical type;

a first electrical type conductive branch, disposed on the first electrical type semiconductor layer in the first groove;

a first electrical type electrode layer, disposed in the second groove, coplanar with the third surface and connected to the first electrical type conductive branch;

an insulating layer, filled in the first groove and the second groove; and

a second electrical type electrode layer, electrically connected to the second type electrical semiconductor layer.

2. The LED device according to claim 1, wherein the second electrical type electrode layer is disposed on the second surface of the substrate, and the substrate is a conductive substrate.

3. The LED device according to claim 1, wherein:

the first epitaxial structure further comprises a third groove extending from the fourth surface to the third surface, and the insulating layer is further filled in the third groove;

the second electrical type electrode layer is disposed in the third groove and coplanar with the third surface; and

the LED device further comprises a conductive layer electrically connected to the second electrical type electrode layer and the second electrical type semiconductor layer.

4. The LED device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a first conductive lead, electrically connected to the first electrical type electrode layer and a first electrode of an external power supply; and

a second conductive lead, electrically connected to the second electrical type electrode layer and a second electrode of the external power supply.

5. The LED device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second bonding layer, disposed between the substrate and the first bonding layer;

a first conductive lead, electrically connected to the first electrical type electrode layer and a first electrode of an external power supply; and

a second conductive lead, electrically connected to the second bonding layer and a second electrode of the external power supply.

6. The LED device according to claim 1, further comprising a reflective layer disposed on the first electrical type electrode layer and the first electrical type conductive branch.

7. The LED device according to claim 1, further comprising a second electrical type contact layer disposed between the first bonding layer and the second electrical type semiconductor layer.

8. The LED device according to claim 1, further comprising a non-doped semiconductor layer disposed on the first electrical type semiconductor layer, wherein the third surface of the first epitaxial structure is one surface of the non-doped semiconductor layer.

9. The LED device according to claim 1, further comprising a light enhancement layer disposed on a non-doped semiconductor layer, where a refractive index of the light enhancement layer is greater than the refractive index of air but is smaller than the refractive index of the non-doped semiconductor layer.

10. The LED device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first transparent conductive layer, disposed on the third surface;

a second epitaxial structure, having a fifth surface and a sixth surface opposite to each other and comprising a third groove and a fourth groove, wherein the second epitaxial structure comprises another second electrical type semiconductor layer, another active layer and another first electrical type semiconductor layer sequentially stacked on the first transparent conductive layer, the third groove extends from the sixth surface to the another first electrical type semiconductor layer via the another active layer, and the fourth groove extends from the sixth surface to the fifth surface;

a plurality of first bonding pads, bonded between the first transparent conductive layer and the first epitaxial structure;

another first electrical type conductive branch, disposed on the another first electrical type semiconductor layer in the third groove;

another first electrical type electrode layer, disposed in the fourth groove, coplanar with the fifth surface, and connected to the another first electrical type conductive branch; and

another insulating layer, filled in the third groove and the fourth groove.

11. The LED device according to claim 10, wherein one of the first bonding pads passes through a connection lead in space between the another first electrical type electrode layer and the first electrical type conductive branch, and another one of the first bonding pads passes through a connection lead in space between the another first electrical type conductive branch and the first electrical type semiconductor layer.

12. The LED device according to claim 10, further comprising:

a second transparent conductive layer, disposed on the fifth surface;

a third epitaxial structure, having a seventh surface and an eighth surface opposite to each other and comprising a fifth groove and a sixth groove, wherein the third epitaxial structure comprises still another second electrical type semiconductor layer, still another active layer and still another first electrical type semiconductor layer sequentially stacked on the second transparent conductive layer, the fifth groove extends from the eighth surface to the still another first electrical type semiconductor layer via the still another active layer, and the sixth groove extends from the eighth surface to the seventh surface;

a plurality of second bonding pads, bonded between the second transparent conductive layer and the second epitaxial structure;

still another first electrical type conductive branch, disposed on the still another first electrical type semiconductor layer in the fifth groove;

still another first electrical type electrode layer, disposed in the sixth groove, coplanar with the seventh surface and connected to the still another first electrical type conductive branch; and

still another insulating layer, filled in the fifth groove and the sixth groove.

13. The LED device according to claim 12, wherein one of the second bonding pads passes through a connection lead in space between the still another first electrical type electrode layer and the another first electrical type conductive branch, and another one of the second bonding pads passes through a connection lead in space between the still another first electrical type conductive branch and the another first electrical type semiconductor layer.

14. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting diode (LED) device, comprising:

forming a first epitaxial structure on a first substrate, wherein the first epitaxial structure comprises a first electrical type semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second electrical type semiconductor layer sequentially stacked on the first substrate, and the first epitaxial structure comprises a first groove and a second groove, the first groove and the second groove respectively extend from the second electrical type semiconductor layer to the first electrical type semiconductor layer and the first substrate;

forming a first electrical type conductive branch and a first electrical type electrode layer respectively on the first electrical type semiconductor layer in the first groove and on the first substrate in the second groove;

forming an insulating layer filled in the first groove and the second groove;

forming a first bonding layer on the second electrical type semiconductor layer and the insulating layer;

bonding a second substrate to the first bonding layer; and

removing the first substrate.

15. The method for manufacturing an LED device according to claim 14, further comprising a step of forming a second electrical type electrode layer, wherein the step of forming the second electrical type electrode layer is performed after the step of removing the first substrate, the second electrical type electrode layer and the first bonding layer are respectively located on two opposite sides of the second substrate, and the second substrate is a conductive substrate.

16. The method for manufacturing an LED device according to claim 14, wherein:

the first epitaxial structure further comprises a third groove extending from the second electrical type semiconductor layer to the first substrate;

the method for manufacturing the LED device further comprises forming a second electrical type electrode layer, the step of forming the second electrical type electrode layer comprises forming the second electrical type electrode layer on the first substrate in the third groove before the step of forming the insulating layer;

the step of forming the insulating layer comprises filling the insulating layer in the third groove, and forming an opening that exposes a part of the second electrical type electrode layer in the insulating layer of the third groove; and

the method for manufacturing the LED device further comprises forming a conductive layer covering the insulating layer and filling up the opening after the step of forming the insulating layer.

17. The method for manufacturing an LED device according to claim 16, after the step of removing the first substrate, further comprising:

forming a first conductive lead electrically connected to the first electrical type electrode layer and a first electrode of an external power supply; and

forming a second conductive lead electrically connected to the second electrical type electrode layer and a second electrode of the external power supply.

18. The method for manufacturing an LED device according to claim 14, wherein the step of bonding the second substrate to the first bonding layer comprises:

forming a second bonding layer on the second substrate; and

bonding the first epitaxial structure to the second substrate by using the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer.

19. The method for manufacturing an LED device according to claim 18, after the step of removing the first substrate, further comprising:

forming a first conductive lead electrically connected to the first electrical type electrode layer and a first electrode of an external power supply; and

forming a second conductive lead electrically connected to the second bonding layer and a second electrode of the external power supply.

20. The method for manufacturing an LED device according to claim 14, further comprising:

forming a second epitaxial structure, wherein the second epitaxial structure has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, the second epitaxial structure comprises another second electrical type semiconductor layer, another active layer and another first electrical type semiconductor layer sequentially stacked, the second epitaxial structure comprises a third groove and a fourth groove, the third groove and the fourth groove respectively extend from the second surface to the another first electrical type semiconductor layer and the first surface via the another active layer;

forming another first electrical type conductive branch on the another first electrical type semiconductor layer in the third groove;

forming another first electrical type electrode layer in the fourth groove, wherein the another first electrical type electrode layer is coplanar with the first surface, and connected to the another first electrical type conductive branch;

filling another insulating layer in the third groove and the fourth groove;

forming a first transparent conductive layer on the second surface;

forming a plurality of first bonding pads on the first transparent conductive layer; and

bonding the first transparent conductive layer and the first epitaxial structure by using the first bonding pads.

21. The method for manufacturing an LED device according to claim 20, further comprising:

forming a third epitaxial structure, wherein the third epitaxial structure has a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to each other, the third epitaxial structure comprises still another second electrical type semiconductor layer, still another active layer and still another first electrical type semiconductor layer sequentially stacked, the third epitaxial structure comprises a fifth groove and a sixth groove, the fifth groove and the sixth groove respectively extend from the fourth surface to the still another first electrical type semiconductor layer and the third surface via the still another active layer;

forming still another first electrical type conductive branch on the still another first electrical type semiconductor layer in the fifth groove;

forming still another first electrical type electrode layer in the sixth groove, wherein the still another first electrical type electrode layer is coplanar with the third surface, and connected to the still another first electrical type conductive branch;

filling still another insulating layer in the fifth groove and the sixth groove;

forming a second transparent conductive layer on the fourth surface;

forming a plurality of second bonding pads on the second transparent conductive layer; and

bonding the second transparent conductive layer and the second epitaxial structure by using the second bonding pads.