Micro assembled LED displays and lighting elements

An inorganic light-emitting diode comprising:

• a conduction layer having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first conduction layer edge, and a second conduction layer edge;
• an inorganic light-emitting layer disposed directly on and in contact with a portion of the top surface of the conduction layer, the inorganic light-emitting layer having a first light-emitting layer edge and a second light-emitting layer edge, wherein the conduction layer comprises a cantilever extension that extends beyond the second light-emitting layer edge to the second conduction layer edge;
• a first metal terminal comprising a metal disposed directly on and in contact with a portion of the inorganic light-emitting layer and extending over and covering the first light-emitting layer edge and the first conduction layer edge;
• a second metal terminal comprising the metal disposed directly on and in contact with a top surface of the cantilever extension of the conduction layer and extending directly over and covering the second conduction layer edge and covering at least a portion of the light-emitting layer,
• wherein the first metal terminal and the second metal terminal are reflective and a current supplied between the first metal terminal and the second metal terminal causes the inorganic light-emitting layer to emit light such that the inorganic light-emitting diode emits a majority of externally emitted light away from the first metal terminal and the second metal terminal;
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• a patterned dielectric layer disposed directly on and in contact with the inorganic light-emitting layer and the conduction layer, wherein:
• the patterned dielectric layer electrically isolates (i) the first metal terminal from the second metal terminal, (ii) the inorganic light-emitting layer from the second metal terminal and (iii) the first metal terminal from the conduction layer,
• the first metal terminal and the second metal terminal cover only a portion of the light-emitting layer and the conduction layer,
• the first metal terminal and the second metal terminal are separated by a horizontal separation distance of from 1 μm to 10 μm, the first metal terminal and the second metal terminal together have a combined length greater than the horizontal separation distance,
• the inorganic light-emitting diode has a width from 1 μm to 10 μm,
• the inorganic light-emitting diode has a length greater than twice the horizontal separation distance,
• the length is greater than the width,
• the length is measured in a same direction as the horizontal distance,
• the width is measured in a direction perpendicular to and in a same plane as the length, and
• the length is greater than the horizontal distance and spans the first metal terminal and the second metal terminal.