Display device and method for producing a display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9899418-B2
Application number	US-201314652089-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 29, 2013
Priority date	Dec 14, 2012
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

The invention relates to a display device, comprising a layer stack, which comprises a semiconductor layer sequence having an active region for producing radiation and comprises a circuit layer. The semiconductor layer sequence forms a plurality of pixels. For each pixel, a respective switch connected in an electrically conductive manner to the pixel is formed in the circuit layer. The invention further relates to a method for producing a display device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display device having a layer stack, which comprises a semiconductor layer sequence having an active region provided for generating radiation and comprises a circuit layer,
wherein the semiconductor layer sequence forms a plurality of pixels and a switch is formed in the circuit layer for each pixel, the switch being electrically conductively connected to the respective pixel,
wherein the active region is subdivided into individual segments each forming a pixel,
wherein the segments are electrically contacted along a circumference of the segments, and
wherein the display device is free of a cohesive connection between the semiconductor layer sequence and the circuit layer.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit layer comprises a polycrystalline semiconductor material or an amorphous semiconductor material having a charge carrier mobility of at least 100 cm 2 /Vs for at least one charge carrier type.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor layer sequence and the circuit layer comprise along a lateral direction in each case a periodically repeating structure having a unit cell, and
wherein in the lateral direction an extent of the unit cell of the circuit layer is equal to an extent of the unit cell of the circuit layer.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the pixels in each case completely cover the assigned switches in a plan view of the display device.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the layer stack comprises a mirror layer arranged between the semiconductor layer sequence and the circuit layer.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor layer sequence is fixed to a carrier and the circuit layer is arranged between the semiconductor layer sequence and the carrier.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the active region extends continuously over the pixels.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the active region is subdivided into individual segments each forming a pixel.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the segments are electrically contacted along a circumference of the segments.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor layer sequence has at least one recess which extends from the circuit layer through the active region.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein each pixel has at least one recess which extends from the circuit layer through the active region.

12. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the pixels on one side of the active region are connected to a common connecting layer.

13. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the common connection layer extends over the whole area over a radiation exit surface of the semiconductor layer sequence.

14. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the active region is formed between a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer, and the first semiconductor layer at least regionally covers a side surface of the second semiconductor layer.

15. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least in part a radiation conversion element is disposed downstream of the pixels in the emission direction.

16. A projection device comprising a display device according to claim 1 and comprising an optical element disposed downstream of the display device in the emission direction.

17. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a connection layer for electrically connecting the pixels,
wherein the connection layer runs at least in regions between the active regions of two adjacent segments.

18. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a connection layer provided for electrically conductively connecting the pixels,
wherein the connection layer covers a side face of the active regions.

19. A display device having a layer stack, which comprises a semiconductor layer sequence having an active region provided for generating radiation and comprises a circuit layer,
wherein the semiconductor layer sequence forms a plurality of pixels and a switch is formed in the circuit layer for each pixel, the switch being electrically conductively connected to the respective pixel,
wherein the display device is free of a cohesive connection between the semiconductor layer sequence and the circuit layer,
wherein the semiconductor layer sequence comprises a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer,
wherein the active region is arranged between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer,
wherein the active region is subdivided into a plurality of segments each segment forming one pixel,
wherein the second semiconductor layer is electrically contacted by means of a connection layer, and
wherein the connection layer extends in a lateral direction at least in regions between active regions of two adjacent segments.

20. The display device according to claim 18 , wherein the connection layer does not cover a center of the active regions.

21. The display device according to claim 19 , wherein the connection layer electrically connects to the second semiconductor layer laterally beside the active region.

Assignees

• Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh

Inventors

• Pfeuffer Alexander F
• Von Malm Norwin

Classifications

• H10W90/00 Primary

  Package configurations · CPC title

• H01L25/0753

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L33/24

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L33/385

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L25/167

  Electricity · mapped topic