Light-emitting diode chip, display substrate and manufacturing method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12027648-B2
Application number	US-202017417493-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2020
Priority date	Sep 29, 2020
Publication date	Jul 2, 2024
Grant date	Jul 2, 2024

Abstract

A light-emitting diode chip, a display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The light-emitting diode chip includes a first conductive type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer, at least two second conductive type semiconductor layers, and at least two first electrodes; the at least two second conductive type semiconductor layers are at a side of the light-emitting layer away from the first conductive type semiconductor layer, the at least two first electrodes are electrically respectively connected with the at least two second conductive type semiconductor layers. Orthographic projections of the at least two second conductive type semiconductor layers on the first conductive type semiconductor layer are spaced apart from each other, and orthographic projections of the at least two first electrodes on the first conductive type semiconductor layer are spaced apart from each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light-emitting diode chip, comprising:
a first conductive type semiconductor layer;
a light-emitting layer at a side of the first conductive type semiconductor layer;
at least two second conductive type semiconductor layers at a side of the light-emitting layer away from the first conductive type semiconductor layer; and
at least two first electrodes electrically respectively connected with the at least two second conductive type semiconductor layers,
wherein orthographic projections of the at least two second conductive type semiconductor layers on the first conductive type semiconductor layer are spaced apart from each other, and orthographic projections of the at least two first electrodes on the first conductive type semiconductor layer are spaced apart from each other,
the light-emitting diode chip further comprises a base substrate, wherein the first conductive type semiconductor layer, the light-emitting layer, and the second conductive type semiconductor layer are sequentially stacked on the base substrate,
the light-emitting layer and the second conductive type semiconductor layer are partially etched to expose the first conductive type semiconductor layer, the light-emitting diode chip further comprises a first insulation layer located on a side of an exposed portion of the first conductive type semiconductor layer away from the base substrate, the first insulation layer is in direct contact with the exposed portion of the first conductive type semiconductor layer,
an orthographic projection of the light-emitting layer on the base substrate is not overlapped with an orthographic projection of the first insulation layer on the base substrate, and an orthographic projection of the first electrode on the base substrate partially overlaps with the orthographic projection of the first insulation layer on the base substrate.

2. The light-emitting diode chip according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second electrode electrically connected to the first conductive type semiconductor layer,
wherein the second electrode, the first conductive type semiconductor layer, the light-emitting layer, the at least two second conductive type semiconductor layers and the at least two first electrodes constitute at least two light-emitting structures, and the at least two light-emitting structures share the first conductive type semiconductor layer.

3. The light-emitting diode chip according to claim 2 , wherein the second electrode is at a side of the first conductive type semiconductor layer away from the light-emitting layer, and the at least two first electrodes are at a side of the at least two second conductive type semiconductor layers away from the light-emitting layer.

4. The light-emitting diode chip according to claim 2 , wherein both the second electrode and the at least two first electrodes are at a side of the at least two second conductive type semiconductor layers away from the light-emitting layer.

5. The light-emitting diode chip according to claim 4 , wherein the orthographic projections of the at least two first electrodes on the first conductive type semiconductor layer surrounds an orthographic projection of the second electrode on the first conductive type semiconductor layer.

6. The light-emitting diode chip according to claim 1 , wherein a planar shape of the first conductive type semiconductor layer is an N-polygon, and the orthographic projections of the at least two first electrodes on the first conductive type semiconductor layer are respectively on perpendicular bisectors of at least two edges of the N-polygon or on corners of the N-polygon, and the at least two edges are uniformly distributed among all edges of the N-polygon,
an orthographic projection of a second electrode on the first conductive type semiconductor layer is at a center of the N-polygon, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3.

7. The light-emitting diode chip according to claim 1 , wherein a planar shape of the first conductive type semiconductor layer is any one selected from a group consisting of a triangle, a rectangle, a cross shape, a pentagon, a hexagon, and an octagon.

8. The light-emitting diode chip according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the first conductive type semiconductor layer ranges from 3 mil to 5 mil, and a size of the orthographic projection of each of the first electrodes on the first conductive type semiconductor layer is less than 20 microns.

9. A display substrate, comprising:
a substrate; and
a plurality of first light-emitting diode chips on the substrate, wherein each of the plurality of first light-emitting diode chips is the light-emitting diode chip according to claim 1 .

10. The display substrate according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a pixel circuit layer between the substrate and the plurality of first light-emitting diode chips,
wherein the pixel circuit layer comprises a plurality of pixel circuit units, each of the plurality of pixel circuit units comprises a signal output end,
in each of the plurality of first light-emitting diode chips, the at least two first electrodes are respectively connected with the signal output ends of different ones of the plurality of pixel circuit units.

11. The display substrate according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a pixel circuit layer between the substrate and the plurality of first light-emitting diode chips,
wherein the pixel circuit layer comprises a plurality of pixel circuit units, each of the plurality of pixel circuit units comprises a signal output end,
in each of the plurality of first light-emitting diode chips, the at least two first electrodes are respectively connected with the signal output end of a same one of the plurality of pixel circuit units.

12. The display substrate according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a plurality of second light-emitting diode chips on the substrate,
wherein each of the plurality of second light-emitting diode chips is configured to emit light of a first color, and the plurality of first light-emitting diode chips comprise a second color light-emitting diode chip and a third color light-emitting diode chip, the second color light-emitting diode chip is configured to emit light of a second color, and the third color light-emitting diode chip is configured to emit light of a third color, a yield of the second light-emitting diode chip is smaller than a yield of the second color light-emitting diode chip with a same size as the second light-emitting diode chip and smaller than a yield of the third color light-emitting diode chip with the same size as the second light-emitting diode chip.

13. The display substrate according to claim 9 , wherein a planar shape of the first conductive type semiconductor layer is an N-polygon, the orthographic projections of the at least two first electrodes on the first conductive type semiconductor layer are on perpendicular bisectors of at least two edges of the N-polygon or on corners of the N-polygon, the at least two edges are uniformly distributed among all edges of the N-polygon, and an orthographic projection of a second electrode on the first conductive type semiconductor layer is at a center of the N-polygon, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3, and
the plurality of first light-emitting diode chips are arranged in an array along a first direction and a second direction on the substrate.

14. The display substrate according to claim 13 , wherein centers of the first conductive type semiconductor layers of all first light-emitting diode chips arranged in the first direction are approximately on a same straight l

Assignees

• Boe Mled Technology Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ma Junjie
• Sun Haiwei
• Lu Yuanda
• Yang Shanwei
• Qi Linxia
• Xiong Zhijun
• Zhao Jiawei

Classifications

• H10W90/00

  Package configurations · CPC title

• H10H20/8312

  extending at least partially through the bodies · CPC title

• H10H29/142 Primary

  Two-dimensional arrangements, e.g. asymmetric LED layout · CPC title

• H10H20/0364

  of interconnections · CPC title

• H10H20/032

  of electrodes · CPC title