Direct-bonded LED structure contacts and substrate contacts
US11329034B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 3, 2020 |
| Grant date | May 10, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 17, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10H20/857
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Direct-bonded LED arrays and applications are provided. An example process fabricates a LED structure that includes coplanar electrical contacts for p-type and n-type semiconductors of the LED structure on a flat bonding interface surface of the LED structure. The coplanar electrical contacts of the flat bonding interface surface are direct-bonded to electrical contacts of a driver circuit for the LED structure. In a wafer-level process, micro-LED structures are fabricated on a first wafer, including coplanar electrical contacts for p-type and n-type semiconductors of the LED structures on the flat bonding interface surfaces of the wafer. At least the coplanar electrical contacts of the flat bonding interface are direct-bonded to electrical contacts of CMOS driver circuits on a second wafer. The process provides a transparent and flexible micro-LED array display, with each micro-LED structure having an illumination area approximately the size of a pixel or a smallest controllable element of an image represented on a high-resolution video display.
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