The disclosure relates to the field of luminescence and display technologies, and particularly to a solid-state light-emitting device and a production method thereof, and a display device.
A micro light-emitting diode (micro-LED) chip typically refer to a semiconductor light-emitting diode (LED) chip with a length, a width, and a thickness less than 100 microns (m), and with a growth substrate removed. The micro-LED chip usually includes one PN structure, which means that a commonly used structure of the micro-LED chip is a single PN structure. The micro-LED chip is a current-mode device that requires a large driving current (also known as working current) in micro-LED display devices, which results in high heating and power consumption of circuits. Therefore, how to reduce the driving current of the micro-LED chip while maintaining brightness to reduce power consumption is currently a technical problem that needs to be solved.
Therefore, in order to overcome at least some of the defects and deficiencies of the related art, embodiments of the disclosure provide a solid-state light-emitting device and a production method thereof, and a display device.
Specifically, in an aspect, an embodiment of the disclosure provides a solid-state light-emitting device, for example including: multiple light-emitting components, and the multiple light-emitting components are sequentially stacked in a vertical direction and connected in series to form a stacked light-emitting structure. Each light-emitting component includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first semiconductor layer, a source layer and a second semiconductor layer, and the first semiconductor layer, the source layer and the second semiconductor layer are sequentially stacked between the first electrode and the second electrode in the vertical direction. In addition, the first electrode of one of every adjacent two light-emitting components of the multiple light-emitting components is bonded to the second electrode of the other of the adjacent two light-emitting components in the vertical direction to form an electrical connection of the adjacent two light-emitting components.
In an embodiment, the first electrode of the light-emitting component disposed at a bottom of the stacked light-emitting structure in the vertical direction includes a planar metal electrode, and the second electrode of the light-emitting component disposed at a top of the stacked light-emitting structure in the vertical direction includes multiple punctate electrodes or multiple strip-shaped electrodes.
In an embodiment, the first electrode of the light-emitting component disposed at a bottom of the stacked light-emitting structure in the vertical direction includes a planar metal electrode, and the second electrode of the light-emitting component disposed at a top of the stacked light-emitting structure in the vertical direction includes a planar transparent electrode.
In an embodiment, shapes of the bonded first and second electrodes are the same, and each of the bonded first and second electrodes includes multiple punctate electrodes or multiple strip-shaped electrodes.
In an embodiment, each of the bonded first and second electrodes includes a strip-shaped electrode group, and the strip-shaped electrode group of the first electrode is perpendicular with the strip-shaped electrode group of the second electrode to form a vertical grid connection of the bonded first and second electrodes.
In an embodiment, a gap is defined between every adjacent two light-emitting components due to thicknesses of the first electrode and the second electrode, and a transparent material is filled in the gap.
In an embodiment, the multiple light-emitting components are multiple light-emitting components with same colors.
In an embodiment, the multiple light-emitting components are multiple light-emitting components with different colors.
In an embodiment, each light-emitting component is a micro-LED chip, the source layer is a multi-quantum well layer, and a length, a width, and a height of the micro-LED chip are all less than 100 μm.
In another aspect, an embodiment of the disclosure provides a display device, for example including a driving substrate and multiple display pixels disposed on the driving substrate and electrically connected to the driving substrate. Each display pixel includes multiple sub-pixels with different colors, and each sub-pixel utilizes the solid-state light-emitting device mentioned above.
In an embodiment, the driving substrate is a passive matrix driving substrate or an active matrix driving substrate.
In another aspect, an embodiment of the disclosure provides a production method of a solid-state light-emitting device, for example including the following steps:
In an embodiment, the face-to-face bonding is utilized a metal bonding process.
In an embodiment, a shape of the third electrode is consistent with a shape of the second electrode, and the third electrode and the second electrode each include multiple punctate electrodes or multiple strip-shaped electrodes.
In an embodiment, each of the third electrode and the second electrode includes a strip-shaped electrode group, and the strip-shaped electrode group of the third electrode is perpendicular with the strip-shaped electrode group of the second electrode to form a vertical grid connection.
In an embodiment, the first light-emitting component and the second light-emitting component of each stacked light-emitting structure are light-emitting components with same colors.
In an embodiment, the first light-emitting component and the second light-emitting component of each stacked light-emitting structure are light-emitting components with different colors.
As described above, the embodiment of the disclosure provides the solid-state light-emitting device with stacked structures in series, which can reduce the driving current while maintaining the luminous brightness, thereby reducing power consumption. In addition, when the light-emitting component is micro-LED and applied to passive matrix display devices (or passive drive display devices) or active matrix display devices (or active drive display devices), a stacked series structure is formed in advance, so that the difficulty of massive transfer will not be increased, and the goal of reducing power consumption can be achieved. Moreover, due to a stacked arrangement of light-emitting components in the vertical direction, the stacked arrangement does not increase the occupied space on the driving substrate, which means that the stacked arrangement does not reduce the resolution, i.e., pixels per inch (PPI).
In order to more clearly illustrate technical solutions of embodiments of the disclosure, the accompanying drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings according to these drawings without creative effort.
In order to make the purposes, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of the disclosure clearer, the following will provide a clear and complete description of the technical solutions in the embodiments of the disclosure in conjunction with the attached drawings. Apparently, the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the disclosure, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments described in the disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor belong to the scope of protection of the disclosure.
It should be noted that all directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, top, bottom) are only used to explain the relative position relationship, motion situation, etc. between components in a specific posture (as shown in the attached drawings) in the embodiments of the disclosure. If the specific posture changes, the directional indication also changes accordingly. In addition, the term “vertical” in the embodiments and claims of the disclosure refers to an angle of 90° or a deviation of −5° to +5° between two components, while the term “parallel” refers to an angle of 0° or a deviation of −5° to +5° between two components.
In the embodiments of the disclosure, descriptions involving “first” and “second” are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying their relative importance or implying the number of indicated technical features. Therefore, features limited to “first” and “second” can explicitly or implicitly include at least one of these features.
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The light-emitting component 11 includes a first electrode 11p such as a p electrode, a second electrode 11n such as an n electrode, a first semiconductor layer 111 such as an n-type semiconductor layer, a source layer 113 such as a multiple quantum well layer and a second semiconductor layer 115 such as a p-type semiconductor layer; and the first semiconductor layer 111, the source layer 113 and the second semiconductor layer 115 are sequentially stacked between the first electrode 11p and the second electrode 11n in the vertical direction.
Analogously, the light-emitting component 12 includes a first electrode 12p such as a p electrode, a second electrode 12n such as an n electrode, a first semiconductor layer 121 such as an n-type semiconductor layer, a source layer 123 such as a multiple quantum well layer and a second semiconductor layer 125 such as a p-type semiconductor layer; and the first semiconductor layer 121, the source layer 123 and the second semiconductor layer 125 are sequentially stacked between the first electrode 12p and the second electrode 12n in the vertical direction.
Analogously, the light-emitting component 1M-1 includes a first electrode 1M-1p such as a p electrode, a second electrode 1M-1n such as an n electrode, a first semiconductor layer 1M-11 such as an n-type semiconductor layer, a source layer 1M-13 such as a multiple quantum well layer and a second semiconductor layer 1M-15 such as a p-type semiconductor layer; and the first semiconductor layer 1M-11, the source layer 1M-13 and the second semiconductor layer 1M-15 are sequentially stacked between the first electrode 1M-1p and the second electrode 1M-1n in the vertical direction.
Analogously, the light-emitting component 1M includes a first electrode 1Mp such as a p electrode, a second electrode 1Mn such as an n electrode, a first semiconductor layer 1M1 such as a n-type semiconductor layer, a source layer 1M3 such as a multiple quantum well layer and a second semiconductor layer 1M5 such as p-type semiconductor layer; and the first semiconductor layer 1M1, the source layer 1M3 and the second semiconductor layer 1M5 are sequentially stacked between the first electrode 1Mp and the second electrode 1Mn in the vertical direction.
In addition, in the vertical direction, the light-emitting component 11 and the light-emitting component 12 are adjacent two light-emitting components, and the light-emitting component 1M-1 and the light-emitting component 1M are adjacent two light-emitting components. For the light-emitting component 11 and the light-emitting component 12, the first electrode 12p of the light-emitting component 12 and the second electrode 11n of the light-emitting component 11 are bonded to form an electrical connection, and for the light-emitting component 1M-1 and the light-emitting component 1M, the first electrode 1Mp of the light-emitting component 1M and the second electrode 1M-in of the light-emitting component 1M-1 are bonded to form an electrical connection. In short, in the stacked light-emitting structure, the first electrode of one of every adjacent two light-emitting components is bonded to the second electrode of the other of the adjacent two light-emitting components to form the electrical connection. A bonding process utilized to bond in the embodiment may be a metal bonding process. For example, the first electrode and the second electrode are bonded through a pure tin (Sn) layer, a gold tin (Sn/Au) layer, a titanium copper (Ti/Cu) layer, or an aluminum nickel gold (Al/Ni/Au) layer under heating and pressure conditions. Certainly, other bonding connection methods can also be used between the electrodes of every adjacent two light-emitting components, as long as there is a transparent area in the middle of the light-emitting unit and the light from the light-emitting component at the bottom is not completely blocked.
In the embodiment, the electrode connection between every adjacent two light-emitting components can be bonded in a limited area at four corners or edges of the light-emitting components. As shown in
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Furthermore, it is worth noting that the light-emitting components 11, 12, 1M-1 and 1M of the stacked light-emitting structure of the solid-state light-emitting device 10 can be multiple light-emitting components with same colors, such as all red light-emitting components, all blue light-emitting components, all green light-emitting components, or other light-emitting components with the same colors, thereby forming a monochromatic series high-voltage light-emitting device as a whole. Certainly, in other embodiments of the disclosure, the light-emitting components 11, 12, 1M-1 and 1M of the stacked light-emitting structure of the solid-state light-emitting device 10 can be multiple light-emitting components with different colors, such as a mixture of the red light-emitting component, the green light-emitting component, and the blue light-emitting component, which can generate multi-spectral light with red, green, and blue colors, thereby forming a multi-color series high-voltage light-emitting device as a whole.
In addition, in a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, the light-emitting components 11, 12, 1M-1 and 1M are all micro-LED chips, all the source layers 113, 123, 1M-13 and 1M3 are multi-quantum well layers, and lengths, widths, and heights of the micro light-emitting diode chips are all less than 100 μm.
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To facilitate a clearer understanding of the solid-state light-emitting device 10 of the embodiment, a production method of the solid-state light-emitting device 10 is briefly described with reference to
In addition, it is worth noting that the second electrode 1Mn of the topmost light-emitting component 1M in the stacked light-emitting structure of the solid-state light-emitting device 10 of this embodiment is not limited to the multiple punctate electrodes or the multiple strip-shaped electrodes as shown in
More specifically, the driving substrate 81 is provided with multiple electrode structures (
From the above, it can be seen that the display device 80 of the embodiment uses a monochromatic series high-voltage light-emitting device, such as a monochromatic series high-voltage micro-LED chip, as its single sub-pixel. Compared to the related art that uses the micro-LED chip with a single PN structure as the sub-pixel, the display device 80 of the embodiment can reduce the driving current while maintaining a certain brightness, and thus the power consumption of the display device is reduced. In addition, during the production process of the display device 80, the solid-state light-emitting device 10 is a stacked series structure formed in advance, therefore, the difficulty of the massive transfer will not be increased. Furthermore, since the light-emitting components in the solid-state light-emitting device 10 are sequentially stacked in the vertical direction, the occupied space on the driving substrate 81 will not be increased, and the resolution, i.e., PPI will not be reduced.
Furthermore, it can be understood that the embodiments are only exemplary illustrations of the disclosure. On the premise that the technical features do not conflict, the structures are not contradictory, and the purposes of the disclosure are not violated, the technical solutions of various embodiments can be arbitrarily combined and used in combination.
Finally, it should be noted that the embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the disclosure, not to limit the disclosure. Although the disclosure has been described in detail with reference to the embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that they can still modify the technical solutions recorded in the embodiments or equivalently replace some of the technical features. And these modifications or replacements do not separate the essence of the corresponding technical solutions from the spirit and scope of the various embodiments of the disclosure.
This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2021/134061, filed on Nov. 29, 2021. The international Application claims priority from Chinese patent application No. 202111435195.9, filed on Nov. 29, 2021. The entire contents of the above-mentioned applications are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
| Number | Date | Country | |
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| Parent | PCT/CN2021/134061 | Nov 2021 | US |
| Child | 18391852 | US |