Light emitting device having common N-electrode

• US 7,897,982 B2
• Filed: 06/16/2008
• Issued: 03/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Ao, Jin-Ping, Ono, Yasuo, Sakai, Shiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Sefer; A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen; Dilinh P
• Application Number:
  US12/139,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20080246040A1
• Time in Patent Office: 988 Days
• Field of Search: 257 12- 13, 257/79, 257 82- 85, 257 88- 90, 257 92- 97, 257/103, 257/164, 257/76, 257/E51.023, 257/E21.381, 257/E27.121, 257/E33.023
• US Class Current: 257/88
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/24 of an individual high density interconnect connector
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 27/15 including semiconductor components having potential barriers, specially adapted for light emission
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 27/153 in a repetitive configuration, e.g. LED bars
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 27/156 two-dimensional arrays
• 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 33/32 containing nitrogen
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/38 with a particular shape
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/42 Transparent materials
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/62 Arrangements for conducting electric current to or from the semiconductor body, e.g. lead-frames, wire-bonds or solder balls

Abstract

A light-emitting device operating on a high drive voltage and a small drive current. LEDs (1) are two-dimensionally formed on an insulating substrate (10) of e.g., sapphire monolithically and connected in series to form an LED array. Two such LED arrays are connected to electrodes (32) in inverse parallel. Air-bridge wiring (28) is formed between the LEDs (1) and between the LEDs (1) and electrodes (32). The LED arrays are arranged zigzag to form a plurality of LEDs (1) to produce a high drive voltage and a small drive current. Two LED arrays are connected in inverse parallel, and therefore an AC power supply can be used as the power supply.

Claims

1. A light emitting device comprising a plurality of GaN-based light emitting elements formed on an insulating substrate,

wherein the plurality of light emitting elements are monolithically formed,

wherein the plurality of light emitting elements form two groups and, within each of the two groups, the light emitting elements are connected in series,

wherein an array of the two groups of light emitting elements has at least two common n electrodes, and wherein one of the two common n-electrodes and two light emitting elements form an approximately square shape.

2. The light emitting device of claim 1, further comprising:

a first electrode and a second electrode arranged on the insulating substrate,

wherein only one of the common n electrodes is directly connected to either the first electrode or the second electrode.

3. The light emitting device of claim 1, further comprising a first array comprising a first portion of the two groups of serially connected light emitting elements and a second array comprising a second portion of the two groups of serially connected light emitting elements,

wherein the first electrode is directly connected to the first array and the second electrode is connected to the second array.

4. The light emitting device of claim 3, wherein the two groups of serially connected light emitting elements extend in a first direction, and

the first portion of the two groups is arranged adjacent to the second portion of the two groups in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

5. The light emitting device of claim 1, wherein the two groups of serially connected light emitting elements extend in a first direction, and

the common n electrodes each connect two light emitting elements which are not parallel from each other in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

6. The light emitting device of claim 1, wherein each of the two common electrodes is formed along a common edge of two triangularly shaped light emitting elements.