Inverted light emitting diode
AssigneeEpistar Corporation
InventorsLee Biing-Jye, Jou Ming-Jiunn, Jacob C. Tarn, Chuan-Ming Chang, Liu Chia-Cheng
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Abstract
A nitride light emitting diode is fabricated on a transparent sapphire substrate. The LED is then mounted upside-down on a conductive silicon substrate with a bottom electrode to serve as the output terminal for the cathode of the LED. The LED die is partially etched to expose the anode of the LED, where a top electrode is formed. In comparison with conventional LED structure with both electrodes located on top of the die, moving one electrode to the bottom allows more light to be transmitted upward and reflects the light incident downward. For equal amount of light emission, the new structure occupies less area.
Claims4
An inverted light emitting diode comprising:
- a conducting substrate having a first surface and a partially etched second surface;
- a first electrode formed on said first surface;
- a first type electrode contact layer formed on an unetched portion of said second surface;
- a first soldering layer formed over said first type electrode for connecting to the ohmic contact layer of said light emitting diode;
- an insulating layer formed on said partially etched second surface;
- a metal layer formed on said insulating layer;
- a second electrode formed on a section of said metal layer;
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- a second soldering layer formed over a second section of said metal layer for connecting the second ohmic contact layer of said light emitting diode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.