US 12,107,193 B2
Nanorod type mirco-LED, pixel plate including the same, and display device and electronic devices including the pixel plate
Dongho Kim, Seoul (KR); and Junhee Choi, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/195,121.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0147089 (KR), filed on Nov. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0140200 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. H01L 33/44 (2010.01); H01L 25/075 (2006.01); H01L 27/12 (2006.01); H01L 33/06 (2010.01); H01L 33/24 (2010.01); H01L 33/38 (2010.01); H01L 33/62 (2010.01)
CPC H01L 33/44 (2013.01) [H01L 25/0753 (2013.01); H01L 27/1214 (2013.01); H01L 33/06 (2013.01); H01L 33/24 (2013.01); H01L 33/38 (2013.01); H01L 33/62 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nanorod type micro-light emitting diode (LED) comprising:
a nanorod stack structure comprising a first semiconductor layer, a multi-quantum well layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an electrode layer sequentially stacked in a vertical direction and emitting light from a side surface of the nanorod stack structure, the side surface facing a horizontal direction perpendicular to the vertical direction, wherein each of a side surface of the electrode layer and a side surface of the second semiconductor layer extends in the vertical direction, and the side surface of the electrode layer is in line with the side surface of the second semiconductor layer; and
a functional material layer configured to cover the side surface of the nanorod stack structure and to enhance the light emission through the side surface of the nanorod stack structure by increasing a total internal reflection angle of the nanorod stack structure,
wherein the functional material layer is in contact with the side surface of the electrode layer and has a refractive index between a refractive index of the nanorod stack structure and a refractive index of air, and comprises a plurality of material layers having a refractive index distribution in which a refractive index decreases as a distance from the side surface of the nanorod stack structure increases.