Patent Publication Number: US-11024608-B2

Title: Structures and methods for electrical connection of micro-devices and substrates

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/937,450, filed on Mar. 27, 2018, entitled Micro-Device Pockets for Transfer Printing, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/937,450 (and this application) claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/477,834, filed Mar. 28, 2017, entitled Micro-Device Pocket for Transfer Printing, pp. 4-57 of which are hereby incorporated by reference. 
     Reference is made to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/422,365 filed Nov. 15, 2016, entitled Micro-Transfer-Printable Flip-Chip Structure and Method, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/811,959, filed Nov. 14, 2017, entitled Micro-Transfer-Printable Flip-Chip Structures and Methods, claims the benefit of Provisional U.S. Patent Application No. 62/422,365. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/811,959 is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates generally to structures and methods for providing micro-integrated circuits on substrates that can be printed using massively parallel transfer printing methods (e.g., micro-transfer printing methods). 
     BACKGROUND 
     Integrated circuits (ICs) are widely used in electronic devices. Integrated circuits are typically formed on a semiconductor wafer using photolithographic processes and then packaged, for example in a ceramic or plastic package, with pins or bumps on the package providing externally accessible electrical connections to the integrated circuit. An unpackaged integrated circuit is often referred to as a die. Each die typically has electrical contact pads on the top of the integrated circuit that are electrically connected to electronic circuits in the integrated circuit. The die is placed in a cavity in the package, the electrical contact pads are wire-bonded to the package pins or bumps, and the package is sealed. Frequently, multiple identical devices are formed in the semiconductor wafer and the wafer is cut (for example by scribing-and-breaking or by sawing the wafer) into separate integrated circuit dies that are each individually packaged. The packages are then mounted and electrically connected on a printed circuit board to make an electronic system. 
     In an alternative flip-chip approach, small spheres of solder (solder bumps) are deposited on the integrated circuit contact pads and the integrated circuit is flipped over so that the top side of the die with the solder bumps is located adjacent to the package or other destination substrate. This approach is particularly useful for packages such as pin-grid array packages because they can require less space than a wire-bond process. However, flipping the integrated circuit over can be difficult for very small integrated circuits having dimensions in the range of microns. Such small integrated circuit dies are not easily handled without loss or damage using conventional pick-and-place or vacuum tools. 
     In some applications, the bare integrated circuit dies are not separately packaged but are placed on a destination substrate and electrically connected on the destination substrate, for example using photolithographic or printed-circuit board methods, to form an electronic system. However, as with flip-chip handling, this can be difficult to accomplish when the integrated circuit dies are small. Nonetheless, an efficient method of transferring bare dies from a relatively small and expensive source substrate (e.g., crystalline semiconductor) to a relatively large and inexpensive destination substrate (e.g., amorphous glass or plastic) is very desirable, since the integrated circuits can provide much higher data processing efficiency than thin-film semiconductor structures formed on large substrates. 
     One approach to handling and placing small integrated circuits (chiplets) uses micro-transfer printing, for example as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 8,722,458, 7,622,367 and 8,506,867, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. In exemplary embodiments of these methods, an integrated circuit is formed on a source wafer, for example a semiconductor wafer, and undercut by etching a gap between a bottom side of the integrated circuit and the wafer. A stamp contacts a top side of the integrated circuit to adhere the integrated circuit to the stamp, the stamp and integrated circuit are transported to a destination substrate, for example a glass or plastic substrate, the integrated circuit is contacted and adhered to the destination substrate, and the stamp removed to “print” the integrated circuit from the source wafer to the destination substrate. Multiple integrated circuits can be “printed” in a common step with a single stamp. The integrated circuits can then be electrically connected using conventional photolithographic or printed-circuit board methods, or both. This technique has the advantage of locating many (e.g., tens of thousands to millions) small integrated circuit devices on a destination substrate in a single print step. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 8,722,458 teaches transferring light-emitting, light-sensing, or light-collecting semiconductor elements from a wafer substrate to a destination substrate using a patterned elastomer stamp whose spatial pattern matches the location of the semiconductor elements on the wafer substrate. 
     In another method, a handle substrate is adhered to the side of the integrated circuits opposite the wafer (the top side), the wafer is removed, for example by grinding, the integrated circuits are adhered to the destination substrate, and the handle substrate is removed. In yet another variation, the handle substrate is the destination substrate and is not removed. In this case, the integrated circuit is flipped over so that the top side of the integrated circuit is adhered to the destination substrate. 
     In yet another method, epitaxial semiconductor layers are formed on a growth substrate, for example a sapphire substrate. A handle substrate is adhered to the top side of the semiconductor layers opposite the growth substrate, and the growth substrate is removed. The flipped semiconductor layers are then processed to form the integrated circuits. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,825,559 describes such a method to make light emitting diodes. 
     None of these flip-chip methods form a flipped integrated circuit that can be micro-transfer printed. Moreover, GaN micro-LEDs are typically formed on sapphire substrates since sapphire has a smaller crystal lattice mismatch with GaN than other materials, such as silicon. Thus, it is desirable to form printable integrated circuit structures, such as micro-LEDs, using a sapphire substrate. However, there is no known available method in the art for reliably undercutting a chiplet formed on a sapphire substrate to enable release of the chiplet without damaging the chiplet (e.g., for micro-transfer printing). 
     There is a need, therefore, for wafer and integrated circuit structures and methods that provide micro-transfer printable integrated circuits and for structures and methods that enable the construction of micro-LED chiplets formed on various substrate, including sapphire, that can be micro-transfer printed. There is also a need for simple and inexpensive methods and structures having a reduced area on a source wafer. 
     SUMMARY 
     A method of micro-transfer printing a micro-device from a support substrate comprises providing the micro-device, forming a pocket in or on the support substrate, providing a release layer over the micro-device or the pocket, optionally providing a base layer on a side of the release layer opposite the micro-device, disposing the micro-device in the pocket with the release layer between the micro-device and the support substrate so that no portion of the support substrate or the optional base layer is in contact with the micro-device, etching the release layer to completely separate and detach the micro-device from the support substrate or the optional base layer, providing a stamp having a conformable stamp post and pressing the stamp post against the separated micro-device to adhere the micro-device to the stamp post, and removing the stamp and micro-device from the support substrate. A surface of the micro-device can be exposed before etching the release layer. 
     In some embodiments, the micro-device is provided on a source substrate, the release layer is disposed on a side of the micro-device opposite the source substrate, the base layer is optionally formed on a side of the release layer opposite the micro-device, the support substrate is adhered to the release layer or optional base layer with a conformable adhesive to form the pocket with the micro-device disposed in the pocket and the release layer between the micro-device and the adhesive, and the source substrate is removed. The release layer, the optional base layer, or both, can be patterned, the source wafer can be removed with laser lift off, and the adhesive can be cured. 
     In some embodiments, the pocket is formed in or on the support substrate, a base layer is optionally formed in the pocket, the release layer is provided in the pocket on the support substrate or the optional base layer, and a micro-device is disposed at least partially in the pocket on the release layer. The release layer, the optional base layer, or both, can be patterned or the pocket can be formed by etching the support substrate. In some embodiments, the support substrate can be coated with a curable material, imprinted, and cured to form the pocket. In another approach, the curable material is cured and etched to form the pocket. The pocket can extend to the support substrate. The micro-device material can be deposited in the pocket and patterned in the pocket to form the micro-device. 
     In some embodiments of the present invention, a micro-transfer printable micro-device structure comprises a support substrate, an adhesive layer having pockets provided on or over the support substrate, an optional base layer provided in the pocket and on a side of the adhesive layer opposite the support substrate, a release layer provided in the pocket and on a side of the adhesive layer or the optional base layer opposite the support substrate, and the micro-device disposed at least partially in the pocket with the release layer between the micro-device and the support substrate so that no portion of the support substrate or optional base layer is in contact with the micro-device. The micro-device can protrude from the pocket, or not. The release layer, the optional base layer, or both can be patterned over the support substrate. A surface of the micro-device can be exposed. 
     In some embodiments, a micro-transfer printable micro-device structure comprises a support substrate having a pocket, an optional base layer provided in the pocket on the support substrate, a release layer provided in the pocket on the support substrate or on a side of the optional base layer opposite the support substrate, and the micro-device disposed at least partially in the pocket with the release layer between the micro-device and the support substrate so that no portion of the support substrate or optional base layer is in contact with the micro-device. The micro-device can protrude from the pocket, or not. The release layer, the optional base layer, or both can be patterned over the support substrate. A surface of the micro-device can be exposed. 
     According to some embodiments of the present invention, a micro-device wafer structure comprises a source wafer, a micro-device formed over the source wafer, a release layer disposed over the entire micro-device at least on a side of the micro-device opposite the source wafer, and an optional base layer disposed on the release layer. The source wafer can be sapphire, the micro-device can comprise a compound semiconductor, and the release layer, the optional base layer, or both can be patterned over the source wafer. 
     In some embodiments of the present invention, a micro-transfer printed micro-device substrate structure comprises a destination substrate, two or more contact pads disposed on the destination substrate, and a micro-transfer printed micro-device. The micro-device has a semiconductor structure and at least two electrical contacts disposed in different planes parallel to the destination substrate on the semiconductor structure. The electrical contacts are in physical and electrical contact with the contact pads. An adhesive layer can be disposed over the destination substrate and in contact with the micro-device so that the micro-device is adhered to the destination substrate. 
     A micro-transfer printable micro-device, according to some embodiments of the present invention, includes a semiconductor structure with at least one side and two or more electrical contacts on the side and two or more electrically separate electrodes. Each electrode is disposed at least partially on the side and extends from the semiconductor structure a distance greater than any other portion of the micro-transfer printable micro-device to form an electrically conductive connection post electrically connected to an electrical contact. A patterned first layer can be disposed on only a portion of the side and a patterned second electrically conductive electrode can be disposed on at least a portion of the side and overlapping only a portion of the first layer to form at least one of the connection posts on the overlapped portion. In a further embodiment, a patterned third layer is disposed on only a portion of the side and a patterned fourth electrically conductive layer is disposed on at least a portion of the side and overlapping only a portion of the third layer to form a connection post on the overlapped portion. The patterned fourth electrically conductive layer is in electrical contact with one of the electrical contacts. The portion of the patterned fourth electrically conductive layer can be exposed and extends beyond any other portion of the micro-transfer printable micro-device that is not a similarly constructed connection post. The first layer and the third layer can be the same layer or the second layer and the fourth layer can be the same layer. The first layer can be a dielectric. 
     In some embodiments of the present invention, a micro-transfer receivable substrate comprises a substrate having one or more contact pads, a patterned first layer disposed on only a portion of the side, and a patterned second electrically conductive layer disposed on at least a portion of the substrate and overlapping only a portion of the first layer to form a spike on the overlapped portion. The patterned second electrically conductive layer is in electrical contact with a contact pad and the portion of the patterned second electrically conductive layer extends beyond any other portion of the substrate that is not a similarly constructed spike. 
     A horizontal light-emitting diode, according to some embodiments of the present invention, includes a semiconductor structure extending along a length greater than a width or thickness having first and second ends at each end of the extent. The first and second ends of the semiconductor structure have a thickness greater than a portion of the semiconductor structure between the first and second ends. A first electrode electrically connects to an electrical contact adjacent to the first end and a second electrode electrically connects to an electrical contact adjacent to the second end. The first and second electrodes are at least partially in the same plane. 
     In some embodiments of the present invention, a light-emitting diode structure comprises a destination substrate having two or more contact pads and a semiconductor structure extending along a length greater than a width or thickness having first and second ends at each end of the extent, the first and second ends of the semiconductor structure having a thickness greater than a portion of the semiconductor structure between the first and second ends. A first electrode electrically connects to an electrical contact adjacent to the first end and a second electrode electrically connects to an electrical contact adjacent to the second end, wherein the first and second electrodes are at least partially in the same plane. The first and second electrodes are adjacent to the destination substrate, the first electrode is electrically connected to one of the contact pads, and the second electrode is electrically connected to another of the contact pads. 
     In one configuration, a light-emitting diode structure comprises a destination substrate having two or more contact pads, a semiconductor structure with at least one side and two or more electrical contacts on the side, and a first electrode electrically separate from a second electrode. Each of the first and second electrodes is disposed at least partially on the side and extend from the semiconductor structure a distance greater than any other portion of the micro-transfer printable micro-device to form an electrically conductive connection post electrically connected to an electrical contact. The first and second electrodes are adjacent to the destination substrate, the first electrode is electrically connected to one of the contact pads, and the second electrode is electrically connected to another of the contact pads. 
     In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a method of transfer printing a micro-device from a support substrate, comprising: providing the micro-device; forming a pocket in, on, or over the support substrate; providing a release layer disposed over the micro-device or in the pocket; disposing the micro-device in the pocket such that the release layer is disposed between the micro-device and the support substrate and no portion of the support substrate is in contact with the micro-device; and etching the release layer to completely separate the micro-device from the support substrate. 
     In certain embodiments, the method comprises forming the pocket in or on the support substrate. In certain embodiments, the method comprises forming the pocket over the support substrate by forming the pocket in or on one or more layers disposed on the support substrate. In certain embodiments, the method comprises a surface of the micro-device is exposed before etching the release layer. 
     In certain embodiments, the method comprises providing the micro-device on a source substrate; disposing the release layer on a side of the micro-device opposite the source substrate; adhering the support substrate to the release layer with a conformable adhesive thereby defining the pocket with the micro-device disposed in the pocket and the release layer between the micro-device and the adhesive; and removing the source substrate. 
     In certain embodiments, the method comprises patterning the release layer. 
     In certain embodiments, the method comprises removing the source wafer with laser lift off. 
     In certain embodiments, the method comprises solidifying, heating, cooling, or curing the adhesive. 
     In certain embodiments, the method comprises providing the micro-device on a source substrate; disposing the release layer on a side of the micro-device opposite the source substrate; forming a base layer on a side of the release layer opposite the micro-device; adhering the support substrate to the base layer with a conformable adhesive thereby defining the pocket with the micro-device disposed in the pocket and the release layer between the micro-device and the adhesive; and removing the source substrate. In certain embodiments, the method comprises patterning the release layer, the base layer, or both. In certain embodiments, the method comprises removing the source wafer with laser lift off. In certain embodiments, the method comprises solidifying, heating, cooling, or curing the adhesive. 
     In certain embodiments, the method comprises forming the pocket in or on the support substrate; 
     providing the release layer in the pocket on the support substrate; and 
     disposing a micro-device at least partially in the pocket and on the release layer. 
     In certain embodiments, the method comprises patterning the release layer. 
     In certain embodiments, the method comprises forming the pocket by etching the support substrate. 
     In certain embodiments, the method comprises (i) coating the support substrate with a curable material; and (ii) either (a) imprinting the curable material to form the pocket and curing the curable material or (b) curing the curable material and etching the pocket. 
     In certain embodiments, the method comprises micro-device material in the pocket and patterning the micro-device material in the pocket to form the micro-device. 
     In certain embodiments, the method comprises forming the pocket in or on the support substrate; forming a base layer in the pocket; providing the release layer in the pocket on the base layer; and disposing a micro-device at least partially in the pocket and on the release layer. In certain embodiments, the method comprises the release layer, the base layer, or both. In certain embodiments, the method comprises the pocket by etching the support substrate. In certain embodiments, the method comprises (i) coating the support substrate with a curable material; (ii) imprinting the curable material to define the pocket; and (iii) curing the curable material or both curing the curable material and etching the pocket. In certain embodiments, the method comprises depositing micro-device material in the pocket and patterning the micro-device material in the pocket to form the micro-device. 
     In certain embodiments, the method comprises providing a stamp comprising a conformable stamp post; pressing the stamp post against the separated micro-device to adhere the micro-device to the stamp post; and removing the stamp and micro-device from the support substrate. 
     In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a transfer printable micro-device structure, comprising: a support substrate; an adhesive layer comprising a pocket provided on or over the support substrate; a release layer disposed in the pocket and on or over a side of the adhesive layer opposite the support substrate; and a micro-device disposed at least partially in the pocket, wherein the release layer is disposed between the micro-device and the support substrate such that no portion of the support substrate is in contact with the micro-device. 
     In certain embodiments, the micro-device protrudes from the pocket. 
     In certain embodiments, the micro-device does not protrude from the pocket. 
     In certain embodiments, the release layer is patterned over the support substrate. 
     In certain embodiments, the release layer is unpatterned over the support substrate. 
     In certain embodiments, a surface of the micro-device is exposed. 
     In certain embodiments, the transfer printable micro-device structure comprises a base layer disposed on the adhesive layer, wherein at least a portion of the base layer is disposed in the pocket, the release layer is disposed on a side of the base layer opposite the support substrate, and no portion of the micro-device is in contact with the base layer. 
     In certain embodiments, the base layer is patterned over the support substrate. In certain embodiments, the base layer is unpatterned over the support substrate. 
     In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a transfer printable micro-device structure, comprising: a support substrate comprising a pocket; a release layer provided in the pocket on the support substrate; and the micro-device disposed at least partially in the pocket with the release layer between the micro-device and the support substrate such that no portion of the support substrate is in contact with the micro-device. 
     In certain embodiments, the micro-device protrudes from the pocket. In certain embodiments, the micro-device does not protrude from the pocket. 
     In certain embodiments, the release layer is patterned over the support substrate. In certain embodiments, the release layer is unpatterned over the support substrate. 
     In certain embodiments, a surface of the micro-device is exposed. 
     In certain embodiments, the transfer printable micro-device structure a base layer disposed on the support substrate, wherein at least a portion of the base layer is disposed in the pocket, the release layer is disposed on a side of the base layer opposite the support substrate, and no portion of the micro-device is in contact with the base layer. 
     In certain embodiments, the base layer is patterned over the support substrate. In certain embodiments, the base layer is unpatterned over the support substrate. 
     In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a micro-device wafer structure, comprising: a source wafer; a micro-device formed over the source wafer; and a release layer disposed over the entire micro-device at least on a side of the micro-device opposite the source wafer. 
     In certain embodiments, a base layer disposed on the release layer on a side of the release layer opposite the micro-device. 
     In certain embodiments, the source wafer is sapphire. 
     In certain embodiments, the micro-device comprises a compound semiconductor. 
     In certain embodiments, the release layer is patterned over the source wafer. In certain embodiments, the base layer is patterned over the source wafer. 
     In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a micro-device wafer structure, comprising: a source wafer comprising a pocket; a release layer disposed at least in the pocket on, over, or in direct contact with the source wafer; and a micro-device formed over, on, or in direct contact with the release layer at least in the pocket, and exclusively in contact with the release layer on a side of the release layer opposite the source wafer. 
     In certain embodiments, the release layer is patterned over the source wafer. 
     In certain embodiments, the micro-device has a thickness that is greater than the depth of the pocket. 
     In certain embodiments, the micro-device has a thickness that is less than or equal to the depth of the pocket. 
     In certain embodiments, the micro-device wafer structure comprises a base layer disposed on the source wafer, wherein at least a portion of the base layer is disposed in the pocket, the release layer is disposed on a side of the base layer opposite the support substrate, and no portion of the micro-device is in contact with the base layer. In certain embodiments, the base layer is patterned over the support substrate. In certain embodiments, the base layer is unpatterned over the support substrate. 
     In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a transfer printed micro-device substrate structure, comprising: a destination substrate; two or more contact pads disposed on the destination substrate; a transfer printed micro-device, the micro-device comprising a semiconductor structure and at least two electrical contacts disposed in different planes parallel to the destination substrate on the semiconductor structure; and wherein the at least two electrical contacts are in physical and electrical contact with the two or more contact pads. 
     In certain embodiments, the transfer printed micro-device substrate structure comprises an adhesive layer disposed over at least a portion of the destination substrate and in contact with the micro-device such that the micro-device is adhered to the destination substrate by the adhesive layer. 
     In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a transfer printable micro-device, comprising: a semiconductor structure with at least one side and two or more electrical contacts on a side of the at least one side; and two or more electrically separate electrodes, each electrode disposed at least partially on the side and extending from the semiconductor structure a distance greater than any other portion of the transfer printable micro-device such that each define an electrically conductive connection post electrically connected to an electrical contact. 
     In certain embodiments, the transfer printable micro-device comprises a patterned first layer disposed on only a portion of the side; and a patterned second electrically conductive electrode disposed on at least a portion of the side, overlapping only a portion of the first layer, and defining at least one of the connection posts on the overlapped portion. 
     In certain embodiments, the transfer printable micro-device comprises a patterned third layer disposed on only a portion of the side; and a patterned fourth electrically conductive layer disposed on at least a portion of the side, overlapping only a portion of the third layer, and defining a connection post on the overlapped portion, wherein the patterned fourth electrically conductive layer is in electrical contact with one of the electrical contacts, wherein the portion of the patterned fourth electrically conductive layer and extends beyond any other portion of the transfer printable micro-device that is not a similarly constructed connection post. 
     In certain embodiments, the first layer and the third layer are a same layer or wherein the second layer and the fourth layer are a same layer. 
     In certain embodiments, the first layer is a dielectric. 
     In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a substrate for receiving transfer printable micro-devices, comprising: a substrate comprising one or more contact pads; a patterned first layer disposed on only a portion of a side of the substrate; and a patterned second electrically conductive layer disposed on at least a portion of the substrate and overlapping only a portion of the first layer, wherein the patterned second electrically conductive layer defines a spike on the overlapped portion, the patterned second electrically conductive layer in electrical contact with one of the one or more contact pads, wherein the portion of the patterned second electrically conductive layer extends beyond any other portion of the substrate that is not a similarly constructed spike. 
     In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a horizontal light-emitting diode, comprising: a semiconductor structure having an extent along a length, wherein the extent has a first end and a second end and the length is greater than a width or thickness of the semiconductor structure, the semiconductor structure having a thickness at each of the first end and the second end that is greater than a thickness of a portion of the semiconductor structure between the first end and the second end; and a first electrode electrically connected to an electrical contact adjacent to the first end and a second electrode electrically connected to an electrical contact adjacent to the second end, wherein the first and second electrodes are at least partially in a common plane. 
     In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a light-emitting diode structure, comprising: a destination substrate comprising two or more contact pads; a semiconductor structure having an extent along a length, wherein the extent has a first end and a second end and the length is greater than a width or thickness of the semiconductor structure, the semiconductor structure having a thickness at each of the first end and the second end that is greater than a thickness of a portion of the semiconductor structure between the first end and the second end; a first electrode electrically connected to an electrical contact adjacent to the first end and a second electrode electrically connected to an electrical contact adjacent to the second end, wherein the first and second electrodes are at least partially in the same plane; and wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are adjacent to the destination substrate, the first electrode is electrically connected to one of the two or more contact pads, and the second electrode is electrically connected to another of the two or more contact pads. 
     In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a light-emitting diode structure, comprising: a destination substrate comprising two or more contact pads; a semiconductor structure with at least one side and comprising two or more electrical contacts disposed on one side of the at least one side; a first electrode electrically separate from a second electrode, each of the first and second electrodes disposed at least partially on the one side and extending from the semiconductor structure a distance greater than any other portion of the semiconductor structure, such that each define an electrically conductive connection post electrically connected to an electrical contact; and wherein the first and second electrodes are adjacent to the destination substrate, the first electrode is electrically connected to one of the two or more contact pads, and the second electrode is electrically connected to another of the two or more contact pads. 
     In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a micro-device structure, comprising: a micro-device comprising a body portion, at least two electrical connections that extend a first distance from the body portion, and a mesa portion that extends a second distance greater than the first distance from the body portion; and a substrate comprising two or more contact pads, the two or more contact pads each extending a distance from the substrate that is equal to or greater than a difference between the first distance and the second distance; wherein each of the at least two electrical connections is in contact with and electrically connected to one of the two or more contact pads. 
     In certain embodiments, the mesa is disposed between the at least two electrical connections. In certain embodiments, the mesa is disposed between at least two of the two or more contact pads. In certain embodiments, the mesa is non-conductive. 
     In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a micro-device and substrate structure, comprising: a destination substrate; one or more contact pads disposed on the destination substrate; a micro-device disposed on or over the destination substrate, the micro-device comprising a device structure and at least one electrical contact disposed on the device structure between the destination substrate and the device structure (e.g., completely between the device structure and the destination substrate), wherein the at least one electrical contact is in direct electrical contact (e.g., and direct physical contact) with the one or more contact pads; a layer of cured adhesive disposed on the destination substrate adhering the micro-device to the destination substrate, the layer of cured adhesive disposed in contact with the one or more contact pads. 
     In certain embodiments, the at least one electrical contact comprises at least two electrical contacts and the at least two electrical contacts are at least partially in a common plane. In certain embodiments, the one or more electrical contacts comprise at least two electrical contacts and wherein the at least two electrical contacts are in different planes. 
     In certain embodiments, the layer of cured adhesive is an electrical insulator. In certain embodiments, the layer of cured adhesive surrounds and is in direct contact with the at least one electrical contact. In certain embodiments, the layer of cured adhesive is in direct contact with the one or more contact pads. In certain embodiments, the layer of cured adhesive covers the one or more contact pads, the at least one electrical contact, or both, except where the at least one electrical contact is in contact with the one or more contact pads. 
     In certain embodiments, the at least one electrical contact comprises an electrically conductive electrical-contact material and the one or more contact pads comprise an electrically conductive contact-pad material, and wherein the electrical-contact material and the contact-pad material are the only conductive materials in contact with the at least one electrical contact and the one or more contact pads. 
     In certain embodiments, the at least one electrical contact comprises metal, the one or more contact pads comprise metal, or both. 
     In certain embodiments, the layer of cured adhesive comprises one or more of a thermoset resin, a UV-curable resin, and a cross-linked resin. 
     In certain embodiments, each electrical contact of the at least one electrical contacts is held in compressive contact with at least one of the one or more contact pads by the layer of cured adhesive. In certain embodiments, the layer of cured adhesive has a residual tensile stress. 
     In certain embodiments, (i) each of the at least one electrical contact is substantially planar, (ii) each of the one or more contact pads is substantially planar, or (iii) both (i) and (ii). 
     In certain embodiments, the at least one electrical contact comprises one or more protrusions. 
     In certain embodiments, the micro-device is tilted (e.g., as a result of being disposed on or over the destination substrate using a flip-chip method). 
     In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a method of making a micro-device and substrate structure, comprising: providing a destination substrate and one or more contact pads disposed on the destination substrate; coating at least a portion of the destination substrate and the one or more contact pads with a layer of curable adhesive; providing a micro-device comprising a device structure and at least one electrical contact disposed on the device structure; disposing the micro-device on the layer of curable adhesive (e.g., a curable electrically-insulating adhesive) with the at least one electrical contact between the device structure and the destination substrate (e.g., completely between the device structure and the destination substrate) and with the at least one electrical contact aligned with the one or more contact pads; and curing the layer of curable adhesive to form a layer of cured adhesive thereby directly electrically contacting (e.g., and directly physically contacting) the at least one electrical contact with the one or more contact pads. 
     In certain embodiments, the micro-device is disposed by micro-transfer printing. In certain embodiments, the micro-device is disposed by a die sorter, a die bonder, a pick-and-place machine, or a chip shooter. 
     In certain embodiments, curing the layer of curable adhesive shrinks the curable adhesive and pulls the least one electrical contact into direct electrical contact with the one or more contact pads (e.g., and also direct physical contact). In certain embodiments, curing the layer of curable adhesive shrinks the curable adhesive thereby at least partially (e.g., completely) removing the curable adhesive from between the least one electrical contact and the one or more contact pads. In certain embodiments, the curable adhesive flows during the curing. 
     In certain embodiments, an orientation of the micro-device is flipped during disposition of the micro-device on the layer of curable adhesive. 
    
    
     
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       The foregoing and other objects, aspects, features, and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent and better understood by referring to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: 
         FIGS. 1A-1J  are successive cross sections illustrating sequential steps in an exemplary method according to illustrative embodiments of the present invention and illustrating a semiconductor structure according to illustrative embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIGS. 2A-2K  are successive cross sections illustrating sequential steps in another exemplary method according to illustrative embodiments of the present invention and illustrating another semiconductor structure according to illustrative embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIG. 3  is a flow diagram illustrating exemplary embodiments of the present invention including those described in  FIGS. 1A-1J and 2A-2K ; 
         FIGS. 4A-4B  are successive cross sections illustrating sequential steps in an exemplary method according to some embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIG. 5  is a cross section illustrating a semiconductor device with an ablation layer in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIGS. 6A-6G  are successive cross sections illustrating sequential steps in an exemplary method according to some embodiments of the present invention and illustrating a semiconductor structure according to some embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIG. 7  is a flow diagram illustrating exemplary embodiments of the present invention including the exemplary method and structures illustrated in  FIGS. 6A-6G ; 
         FIGS. 8A-8B  are successive cross sections illustrating sequential steps in a method of the present invention and illustrating a semiconductor structure of the present invention; 
         FIGS. 9A-9G  are cross sections illustrating various release and base layer structures according to various embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIGS. 10A-10E  are cross sections illustrating a variety of completed semiconductor devices with a corresponding variety of connection post structures in accordance with embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIGS. 11A-11C  are successive cross sections illustrating sequential steps in a method of the present invention describing the use of overlapping layers to form connection posts; 
         FIGS. 12A-12E  are successive cross sections illustrating sequential steps according to embodiments of the present invention describing the use of physical vapor deposition to form connection posts; 
         FIGS. 13A-13D  are a set of micrographs showing various connection posts made using physical vapor deposition according to embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIGS. 14A-14B  are a cross section and corresponding plan view of a micro-device having connection posts according to embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIG. 14C  is a cross section of a micro-device of  FIGS. 14A-14B  micro-transfer printed onto a destination substrate in some embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIG. 15  is a cross section illustrating micro-transfer-printed completed semiconductor devices and a destination substrate with a connection post structure in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 16  is a cross section illustrating micro-transfer-printed completed semiconductor devices with a connection post structure and a destination substrate in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 17  is a cross section illustrating a completed semiconductor device with a connection post structure and a destination substrate in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIGS. 18A-18F  are schematic cross sections of a micro-device and destination substrate structure, respectively, according to embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIG. 18G  is a plan view and corresponding cross section of a micro-device having an electrical contact or contact pad according to some embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIGS. 19A-19B  are micrographs of the structure illustrated in  FIG. 18D ; 
         FIGS. 20A-20D  are cross sections illustrating a variety of completed semiconductor devices with a corresponding variety of co-planar electrode structures in accordance with embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIG. 20E  is a cross section of the  FIG. 20B  micro-device micro-transfer printed to a destination substrate according to some embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIGS. 21A-21D  are cross sections illustrating a method of making a micro-device according to some embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIG. 22  is a cross section of a micro-device structure according another embodiment of the present invention; and 
         FIG. 23  is a flow diagram illustrating exemplary methods according to certain embodiments of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     The features and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent from the detailed description set forth below when taken in conjunction with the drawings, in which like reference characters identify corresponding elements throughout. In the drawings, like reference numbers generally indicate identical, functionally similar, and/or structurally similar elements. The figures are not drawn to scale since the variation in size of various elements in the Figures is too great to permit depiction to scale. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention provides, inter alia, structures and methods for making transfer printable (e.g., micro-transfer printable) micro-devices having a reduced area on a source substrate and reduced potential for particulate contamination in the transfer printing process. A reduction in source substrate area reduces material costs and increases transfer density. A reduction in particulate contamination increases print yields. Micro-transfer printable micro-devices of the present invention can be, for example, a variety of semiconductor structures, including a diode, a light-emitting diode (LED), a laser, a photo-diode, a photo-transistor, a transistor, or an integrated circuit. 
     The present invention also provides, inter alia, structures and methods to enable micro-transfer printing of flipped integrated circuits adhered to a handle substrate. By forming completed semiconductor devices before the removal of a support or growth substrate, photolithographic processing steps that would otherwise disable or destroy release layers and structures needed for micro-transfer printing are performed before the construction of the release layer. Thus, in some embodiments, once a support or growth substrate is removed, a release layer can be etched and completed semiconductor devices transfer printed (e.g., micro-transfer printed) without exposing the completed semiconductor device or release layer to destructive photolithographic process steps. Completed semiconductor micro-devices are otherwise functional devices that do not necessarily, but can, include electrical conductors necessary for providing electrical power to the completed semiconductor devices. 
     Referring to the sequential cross sections of  FIGS. 1A-1J  and also to the flow diagram of  FIG. 3 , in an exemplary method according to some embodiments of the present invention, a source substrate  10  is provided in step  100  and a semiconductor layer  20  disposed on the source substrate  10  in step  105  ( FIG. 1A ). Referring to  FIG. 1B , the semiconductor layer  20  is processed in step  110  to form a completed semiconductor structure  22  (forming a micro-device  22 ). A source substrate  10  can be a native substrate for a semiconductor layer  20  or micro-device  22 . In some embodiments, a micro-device  22  is not a semiconductor structure. The step  110  processing can include adding other materials, patterning materials, doping, etching, forming structures, and other photolithographic or integrated circuit processes. The completed semiconductor structure  22  can include an electrical contact  25  for providing electrical power to the micro-device  22  and a patterned dielectric layer  24  to encapsulate and insulate portions of the semiconductor structure  22 . 
     In various embodiments, a source substrate  10  can be glass, plastic, semiconductor, silicon, compound semiconductor, sapphire (e.g., aluminum oxide or Al 2 O 3 ), ceramic, quartz, silicon, GaAs, GaN, InP, SiC, GaP, GaSb, AlN, MgO, or other substrates suitable for photolithographic processing. A source substrate  10  can be substantially transparent, for example 50%, 70%, or 90% transparent to visible, UV, or IR electromagnetic radiation, or to laser radiation. A source substrate  10  can include multiple layers, can include one or more semiconductor layers, can be a growth substrate, or can include a growth or semiconductor seed layer on which the one or more semiconductor layers  20  are formed or disposed. A source substrate  10  can be crystalline or have a crystalline layer. A source substrate  10  and semiconductor layer  20  can be a single unified structure with defined layers. 
     One or more semiconductor layers  20  can be organic or inorganic, can be crystalline or polycrystalline, can be a semiconductor, can be a compound semiconductor, or can be doped or implanted, for example with p or n doping to provide desired electrical structures and functions, or can include one or more of GaN, Si, InP, SiGe, and GaAs. One or more semiconductor layers  20  can be formed or disposed in step  105  using photolithographic processes including, for example, evaporation or sputtering, or formed or disposed using one of various methods of chemical vapor deposition. In some embodiments, a source substrate  10  is a semiconductor substrate and disposing one or more semiconductor layers  20  in, on, or over the source substrate  10  (e.g., as in step  105 ) includes doping or implanting a portion or layer of the semiconductor substrate (source substrate  10 ) to form the one or more semiconductor layers  20 . In some embodiments, disposing the one or more semiconductor layers  20  in, on, or over the source substrate  10  (step  105 ) includes growing the one or more semiconductor layers  20  on the source substrate  10  or on a growth layer on the source substrate  10 , for example using epitaxial techniques. In some such embodiments, the source substrate  10  is a crystalline semiconductor substrate or sapphire substrate. 
     The one or more semiconductor layers  20  can be processed in step  110  using photolithographic methods, for example including evaporation, sputtering, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), physical vapor deposition (PVD), annealing, or masking using photoresist, exposure to patterned radiation, and etching. Semiconductor layers  20  can be patterned and structured and additional layers and structures can be formed on or in the one or more semiconductor layers  20 , for example patterned dielectric layers  24  or patterned conductors such as electrical contacts  25  formed, as shown in  FIG. 1B . Electrical contacts  25  can be a metalized portion of one or more of the semiconductor layers  20  or a patterned metal layer over one or more of the semiconductor layers  20  (e.g., with Ag, Al, Ni, Ti, Au, Pd, W, or metal alloys) or simply a designated portion of one or more of the semiconductor layers  20 . Electrical contact  25  portions of a completed semiconductor micro-device  22  to which electrical connections can be made and power and signals provided to operate the completed micro-device  22 . Semiconductor layers  20  and any additional layers and structures necessary to function form the completed semiconductor micro-device  22 . A plurality of completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  can be disposed on a source substrate  10 , as shown. 
     A completed semiconductor micro-device  22  includes all of the elements necessary to function but does not necessarily include electrical connections (electrodes) to external power or signal sources that enable device operation, or necessarily include protective layers.  FIG. 1B  illustrates a horizontal LED structure with shaped, structured, doped, and optionally implanted semiconductor layers  20 , a patterned dielectric layer  24  that defines vias, and two electrical contacts  25  through which electrical power can be transmitted to the semiconductor layers  20  to cause the completed semiconductor micro-device  22  to operate. In certain embodiments, a completed semiconductor micro-device  22  is formed by all of the photolithographic steps, such as processing and patterning steps, to make the completed semiconductor micro-device  22  functional. Although illustrated as a horizontal LED structure, the functional completed semiconductor micro-device  22  in  FIG. 1B  can be an integrated circuit and can be a device that provides a desired electronic, optical, thermal, mechanical, magnetic, electric field, photonic, opto-electronic effect or circuit operation when provided with power but does not necessarily include the interconnections necessary to provide power or control signals, such as electrical power or control signals. In certain embodiments, a completed semiconductor micro-device  22  is an integrated circuit and can be a device that provides a desired electronic, optical, thermal, mechanical, magnetic, electric field, photonic, opto-electronic effect or circuit operation when provided with power but does not necessarily include the interconnections necessary to provide power or control signals, such as electrical power or control signals. 
     In step  115  and referring to  FIG. 1C , a release layer  30  is disposed over, on, and in contact with the completed semiconductor structure  22  and in contact with the source substrate  10  (or layers formed on the source substrate  10 ), for example by coating, evaporation, sputtering, or vapor deposition. A release layer  30  can be blanket coated (unpatterned) or patterned and can be a sacrificial layer and include a material that is differentially etchable from portions of the completed semiconductor structure  22  with which the release layer  30  is in contact. In some embodiments, a release layer  30  completely covers the exposed portion of the completed semiconductor structure  22 . A release layer  30  can be formed or disposed using photolithographic methods and materials and can include germanium, Si, TiW, Al, Ti, a lift-off resist, or other polymers. In various embodiments, a release layer  30  material can etch in developer, is not photo-active, or can etch at a higher temperature than photo-active materials such as photo-resists (e.g., greater than 200° C., 300° C., or 400° C.). Once etched, a release layer  30  can define a gap  32  (e.g., between a layer or substrate and a completed micro-device  22 ) or space formed, for example, by etching the patterned release layer  30  material. 
     Referring to  FIG. 1D , in step  125  a conformable and curable bonding layer  40  is disposed over the release layer  30 . The bonding layer  40  covers and conforms to the micro-device  22  and release layer  30  to provide a planarized bonding layer planar side  42  on a side of the bonding layer  40  opposite the release layer  30 . A bonding layer  40  can be, for example, an adhesive, a curable resin, epoxy, SU-8, a metal layer, a metal alloy layer, a solder layer, or AuSn. The side of the bonding layer  40  adjacent to the release layer  30  is a bonding layer non-planar side  44 . The micro-device  22  and release layer  30  shown in  FIG. 1D  therefore form an indentation or depression in the bonding layer  40  that is referred to herein as a pocket  12 . As used herein, a pocket  12  can be formed in any layer, such as, for example, a support substrate  50 , a bonding layer  40 , or a base layer  60 . One or more layers can be disposed in the pocket  12 . Because the release layer  30  is disposed completely over the micro-device  22 , the pocket  12  has an area over the source substrate  10  greater than the micro-device  22  surface area over the source substrate  10  (e.g., wherein the area of the pocket  12  is defined by the area of the micro-device  22  and the area of the corresponding release layer  30  projected onto the source substrate  10 ) and a volume greater than the volume of the micro-device  22 . In certain embodiments, because a release layer  30  completely covers a micro-device  22 , no portion of a bonding layer  40  is in direct contact with the micro-device  22  (e.g., as in  FIG. 1F ). Depending on, for example, the patterning of a release layer  30 , a bonding layer  40  can, but does not necessarily, directly contact a source substrate  10 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 1E , in step  130  a support substrate  50  is provided and in step  135  the support substrate  50  is adhered to the bonding layer planar side  42  of the bonding layer  40 . In some embodiments, a bonding layer  40  is coated on the release layer  30  (as shown in  FIG. 1D ) and a support substrate  50  adhered to the bonding layer  40 . In some embodiments, a bonding layer  40  is coated on a support substrate  50  and a release layer  30  adhered to the bonding layer  40  (not shown) with a micro-device  22  and source substrate  10 . In either of these cases, a pocket  12  is formed in a bonding layer  40  in which a micro-device  22  is disposed with a release layer  30  between the micro-device  22  and a support substrate  50  and, moreover, no portion of the support substrate  50  is in contact with the micro-device  22 . 
     A support substrate  50  can be substantially transparent, for example 50%, 70%, or 90% transparent to visible, UV, or IR electromagnetic radiation, or to laser radiation. Referring to  FIG. 3 , the support substrate  50  is located in contact with the bonding layer  40  and bonded to the release layer  30  and the completed semiconductor micro-devices  22 , for example, by curing the bonding layer  40  in step  135  ( FIG. 1E ) by heating, by cooling, or by providing electromagnetic radiation to the bonding layer  40 , for example through the support substrate  50 , or otherwise solidifying the bonding layer  40 . Curing a bonding layer  40  can include forming a chemical reaction in the material of the bonding layer  40  or hardening the bonding layer  40 , or by facilitating a phase change from a liquid to a solid (as with a solder). The bonding layer  40  can be cured by exposing the bonding layer  40  material to light or heat (for example if the bonding layer  40  is a UV-curable resin) or by exposing the bonding layer  40  to heat to melt a metal or metal alloy, disposing a structure in contact with the melted metal or metal alloy, and then cooling the metal. Thus, in some embodiments of the present invention, a metal or metal alloy bonding layer  40  is deposited, heated to melt the metal bonding layer  40  to a liquid, a support substrate  50  or release layer  30  is brought into contact with the melted liquid metal bonding layer  40 , and the melted metal bonding layer  40  is cooled to a solid to adhere the bonding layer  40  to the support substrate  50  or release layer  30 . 
     In step  140  and as shown in  FIG. 1F , the source substrate  10  is removed, for example, by one or more of laser liftoff, ablation, laser ablation, etching, and grinding. In some embodiments, both grinding and another removal technique, such as etching, are used. For example, a source substrate  10  can be transparent to laser light and a laser can heat a layer of the source substrate  10 , a semiconductor layer  20 , or a micro-device  22  and ablate the heated material to separate the micro-device  22  from the source substrate  10 . The removal of the source substrate  10  exposes at least a portion of the release layer  30 . 
     Next, referring to  FIG. 1G , in step  150  the structure can be inverted (as shown compared to  FIG. 1F ) and the release layer  30  is etched to remove the sacrificial material in the release layer  30 , for example by etching with H 2 O 2 , XeF 2 , HCl, HF, TMAH (trimethylammonium hydroxide), or oxygen plasma. The selection of etchant can depend on the material of a patterned release layer  30 . For example, H 2 O 2  or XeF 2  can be used with a Ge, W, or TiW release layer  30 , XeF 2  can be used with a Si release layer  30 , HCl acid mixtures can be used with an Al or Ti release layer  30 , TMAH-based developers can be used with a lift-off resist release layer  30 , and oxygen plasma can be used with polyimide, epoxy, PMMA, or other organic release layers  30 . An etchant can be benign to materials found in or exposed on the surface of a completed semiconductor micro-device  22 . In certain embodiments, after etching, the release layer  30  defines a gap  32  or space between portions of a completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  and a bonding layer  40 . 
     Referring again to  FIG. 1G , because the micro-device  22  is completely covered by the release layer  30  (step  115   FIG. 1C ), the micro-device  22  is completely detached and separated from the support substrate  50  and bonding layer  40 . There is no tether or other structural component that connects the micro-device  22  to the support substrate  50 . The micro-device  22  can fall into and touch the pocket  12 , as shown, but the micro-device  22  is not structurally connected or attached to the pocket  12 . Because the pocket  12  is larger than the micro-device  22 , the micro-device  22  can move within the pocket  12  and is not strictly aligned or held in place with respect to the support substrate  50 , but the range of movement is limited by the pocket  12  size. 
     As used herein, an area of a pocket  12  for a micro-device  22  (e.g., over a substrate such as a source substrate  10  or support substrate  50 ) is the maximal planar area covered by the micro-device  22  and corresponding portion of a release layer  30  in a plane parallel to a surface of the micro-device  22  (e.g., projected onto the substrate). An area of a pocket  12  does not include area attributable to a layer in the pocket  12  other than a release layer  30  and a micro-device  22 . As used herein, a micro-device  22  area is the maximal planar area covered by the micro-device  22  exclusively in the plane that the pocket  12  area is measured. In general, a plane used to calculate a pocket  12  area and corresponding micro-device  22  area is a plane of a substrate (e.g., a source substrate  10  or support substrate  50 ) and, therefore, the respective maximal areas are the respective projected areas over the substrate. For example, in certain embodiments, micro-devices  22  are disposed in an array on (e.g., over) a substrate and a release layer  30  is a continuous layer of material that is between each of the micro-devices  22  and the substrate, such that the corresponding portion of the release layer  30  used in calculating a pocket area is an area of the release layer  30  defined by a unit cell of the array. For example, one dimension of a corresponding portion of a release layer  30  that defines a pocket  12  area (e.g., unit cell area) is shown as width W p  in the cross-sectional views of  FIGS. 1D, 2G, 6F, and 8A . In some embodiments, a release layer  30  is patterned such that a material of the release layer  30  is not continuous and a pocket  12  area is the maximal planar area corresponding to a corresponding micro-device  22  and a continuous portion of material of the patterned release layer adjacent to (e.g., disposed in contact with) the corresponding micro-device  22 . The terms “area of a micro-device” and “micro-device area” are used interchangeably herein, as are the terms “area of a pocket” and “pocket area”. 
     As used herein, a volume of a pocket  12  for a micro-device  22  is the volume of the micro-device  22  and volume of a corresponding portion of a release layer  30  taken together, where the corresponding portion of the release layer  30  is defined as it is for calculation of the pocket  12  area. The volume of a micro-device  22  is the amount of space occupied by the micro-device  22 . The terms “volume of a micro-device” and “micro-device volume” are used interchangeably herein, as are the terms “volume of a pocket” and “pocket volume”. A volume of a pocket  12  does not include volume attributable to any layer that may disposed in the pocket  12  other than a release layer  30  and micro-device  22 . 
     In some embodiments, a pocket  12  has an area (e.g., over a source substrate  10 ) that is less than or equal to 200%, less than or equal to 150%, less than or equal to 120%, or less than or equal to 110% of the area of a micro-device  22 . In some embodiments, a pocket  12  has a volume that is less than or equal to 200%, less than or equal to 150%, less than or equal to 120%, or less than or equal to 110% of the volume of a micro-device  22 . In some embodiments, a pocket  12  has a volume greater the volume of a micro-device  22  and a micro-device  22  is completely within the pocket  12 . In some embodiments, a micro-device  22  has a surface that is aligned or parallel or at least partially in a plane with an exposed portion of a bonding layer  40  opposite a support substrate  50 . A support substrate  50  can be oriented so that a micro-device  22  falls into a pocket  12  due to the force of gravity. A micro-device  22  can also adhere to the sides or bottom of a pocket  12  (e.g., bonding layer  40  or support substrate  50 ) by molecular forces, such as van der Waal&#39;s forces. 
     In some embodiments, the absence of a tether or corresponding anchor area reduces the area over a source substrate  10  required to form patterned (e.g., completed) micro-devices  22 , enabling, for example, one or more of (i) a denser arrangement of micro-devices  22  arranged closer together over a source substrate  10 , (ii) a reduction in the materials cost of the micro-devices  22  and (iii) a reduction in the number of source substrates  10 . In some embodiments in which a release layer  30  is unpatterned, an even more dense arrangement is possible, further reducing costs, for example as shown in  FIGS. 1F and 2G . 
     As shown in  FIG. 1H , in step  160  the micro-devices  22  can be micro-transfer printed to a destination substrate (provided in step  155 ) with an elastomeric stamp  80  having stamp posts  82 . The stamp post  82  has a surface that is conformable and compliant so that the stamp post surface can deform and compress to press against the micro-device  22 , despite the orientation of the micro-device  22  within the pocket  12 . Since the micro-device  22  is separated and detached from the support substrate  50  and bonding layer  40 , the micro-device  22  can be located in a variety of positions and orientations at a variety of angles within the pocket  12  and a surface of the micro-device  22  may not be parallel to the stamp post  82  surface (e.g., may be slightly tilted). Thus, in certain embodiments, the deformation of a compliant surface of a stamp post  82  accommodates an orientation of a micro-device  22  (e.g., when it is tilted) in a pocket  12  and adheres the micro-device  22  to a stamp post  82  so that when the stamp  80  is removed from the support substrate  50  over or in which the pocket  12  exists, the micro-device  22  remains adhered to the stamp post  82  and is also removed from the support substrate  50  (e.g., and bonding layer  40  as shown in  FIG. 1I ). 
     Referring to  FIG. 1J , the completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  are brought into aligned contact with a destination substrate  90  by micro-transfer printing from the support substrate and adhered to the destination substrate  90 . In some embodiments, electrical contacts  25  of a completed semiconductor micro-device  22  are electrically connected to contact pads  92  formed or disposed on a destination substrate  90 . A destination substrate  90  can have a non-planar surface with a topography that complements a non-planar semiconductor structure surface of a completed semiconductor micro-device  22 . Contact pads  92  of a destination substrate  90  can be electrically connected to an electrical circuit, for example through electrical conductors on the destination substrate  90  (not shown), to provide electrical power and signals to the completed semiconductor micro-device  22 . 
     In some embodiments of the present invention and referring to  FIGS. 2A-2K , an exemplary method of making a transfer-printing source structure  99  (e.g., micro-transfer-printing source structure  99 ) suitable for transfer printing (e.g., micro-transfer printing) can include additional steps and structures compared to the process and transfer-printing source structure  99  described with respect to  FIGS. 1A-1G . Referring to  FIG. 2A  and again to  FIG. 3 , the source substrate  10  is provided in step  100  but includes a removal layer  26 . A source substrate  10  can be one or more of sapphire, quartz, silicon, GaAs, GaN, InP, SiC, GaP, GaSb, AlN, and MgO. A source substrate  10  can be a growth substrate, can have a semiconductor seed layer, or can be a semiconductor layer  20 . 
     A removal layer  26  can be an ablation layer or an etch-stop layer and can be a layer of the source substrate  10  or a layer disposed on the source substrate  10 . In some embodiments, a removal layer  26  is a portion of a semiconductor layer  20 . Ablation and etch-stop layers are generally known in the art and can include SiO x  or SiN x  deposited by plasma-enhanced CVD (PECVD) or organic layers with or without particles. Additional layers, such as buffer layers (e.g., C—GaN, AlGaN, or doped GaN) or one or more semiconductor growth layers can be provided as well. 
     One or more semiconductor layers  20  are disposed in, on, or over the source substrate  10  in step  105  ( FIG. 2A ). The one or more semiconductor layers  20  can be processed in step  110  to make a completed semiconductor micro-device  22  ( FIG. 2B ) with electrical contacts  25  and patterned dielectric layers  24  over or in contact with the removal layer  26 , as described with respect to  FIGS. 1A and 1B . A completed semiconductor micro-device  22  can include one or more of a semiconductor material, a compound semiconductor material, GaN, Si, InP, SiGe, and GaAs. 
     Referring next to  FIG. 2C , a patterned or unpatterned release layer  30  is formed or disposed on or over the completed semiconductor micro-device  22  in step  115  and is at least partially in contact with the removal layer  26 . A patterned or unpatterned release layer  30  can include germanium, Si, TiW, Al, Ti, a lift-off resist, or other polymers and, when etched, can be a gap  32  or space. 
     In some embodiments, a removal layer  26  (e.g., an ablation or etch-stop layer) is a portion, but only a portion, of the completed semiconductor micro-device  22 . In some embodiments, a transfer-printing source structure  99  includes a removal layer  26  in contact with a completed semiconductor micro-device  22  and is disposed on or over, or is a part of, a source substrate  10 . In some embodiments, a source substrate  10  is in contact with a completed semiconductor micro-device  22  or a removal layer  26  and the removal layer  26  is in contact with the completed semiconductor micro-device  22 . 
     An optional base layer  60  is disposed on the release layer  30  in optional step  120 . An optional base layer  60  can be deposited using photolithographic methods such as evaporation, sputtering, plating, vapor deposition, atomic layer deposition (ALD), or coating and can include organic or inorganic materials such as SiNx, SiOx, copper, nickel, or other materials. An optional base layer  60  can be blanket coated or patterned and can be in contact with a portion of a removal layer  26 , or not. 
     An optional base layer  60  can be non-planar, patterned, structured or shaped, can be a stiffener that is less flexible or harder than, for example, a release layer  30 , bonding layer  40  or support substrate  50 , can stiffen a transfer-printing source structure  99 , or can include multiple layers of different materials that can be selected and formed to control acoustic or mechanical vibrations. In some embodiments, a release layer  30  is unpatterned and a base layer  60  is a blanket layer in contact with the release layer  30  (e.g., as shown in  FIG. 2D ). In some embodiments (not shown), a release layer  30  is patterned to expose a portion of a removal layer  26  and a base layer  60  is partially in contact with the removal layer  26 . An optional base layer  60  can also be patterned to expose a portion of the removal layer  26  (not shown). In embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 2A-2K , the optional base layer  60  and release layer  30  are unpatterned but in certain embodiments either or both are patterned. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 2D and 2E , a conformable and curable bonding layer  40  is disposed on the optional base layer  60  (as shown) or on the removal layer  26  (if the release layer  30  and optional base layer  60  are patterned, not shown), in step  125  and the support substrate  50  is provided in step  130 . The conformable and curable bonding layer  40  can have a substantially planar side  42  opposite a non-planar side  44  closer to the completed semiconductor micro-device  22 . A support substrate  50  can be substantially transparent, for example 50%, 70%, or 90% transparent to visible, UV, or IR electromagnetic radiation or to laser radiation. A bonding layer  40  can be, for example, a curable resin, a cured resin, epoxy, SU-8, a metal layer, a metal alloy layer, a solder layer, or AuSn. 
     The support substrate  50  is contacted to the bonding layer  40  ( FIG. 2E ) and bonded to the completed semiconductor micro-devices  22 , for example by curing the curable bonding layer  40  in step  135  ( FIG. 2F ), for example by providing time, heat, cooling, or electromagnetic radiation to the bonding layer  40 , for example through the support substrate  50 . The material of the base layer  60  provided in optional step  120  can be selected to prevent unwanted interactions between the release layer  30  etching chemistry and the bonding layer  40 . For example, a certain etchant that is suitable for etching a release layer  30  might also undesirably etch a bonding layer  40 , compromising a micro-transfer printing process for a completed semiconductor micro-device  22  without the presence of an optional base layer  60 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 2G , the source substrate  10  is removed in step  140 . The source substrate  10  can be removed by laser ablating the removal layer  26  or a portion of the completed semiconductor micro-device  22 , causing a mechanical or acoustic shock wave to propagate through the completed semiconductor micro-device  22 . In some embodiments, a removal layer  26  is exposed to electromagnetic radiation  70  (for example from a laser) through a source substrate  10  and to which the source substrate  10  is at least partially transparent to decompose at least a portion of the removal layer  26 . The removal layer  26 , for example an ablation layer, absorbs and is heated by the electromagnetic radiation  70  and evaporates or sublimes (sublimates) to a gas or plasma that forcefully dissociates the source substrate  10  from the removal layer  26 . 
     Ablation layers are generally known in the art and can be selected to complement a source substrate  10  or layer materials formed on or in the source substrate  10 . An ablation layer can be a portion of the source substrate  10  or can be the same material as is found in semiconductor layers  20  or a portion of the semiconductor layers  20 , for example GaN. Moreover, GaN can serve as an ablation layer for sapphire or AlN source substrates  10 . GaNAs or InGaNAsSb can be included in ablation layers or materials grown on GaAs substrates. InGaAs, InGaAsP, AlInGaAs, or AlInGaAsP can be included in ablation layers or materials grown on InP substrates. Black chromium can be an ablation layer. Ablation layers can include organic materials such as vaporizable polymer or materials that incorporate light-absorbing particles such as carbon black or oxidized chromium and that can absorb electromagnetic radiation  70 , facilitate ablation layer heating, and ablate of the layer. 
     Typically, laser ablation transfers momentum to a surface and, in some embodiments of the present invention, can form a shock wave (an acoustic or mechanical pulse of high pressure) that passes into and through the completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  and can damage the completed semiconductor micro-devices  22 . To reduce or avoid damage from a shock wave, in some embodiments, a base layer  60 , and, optionally, to some extent a bonding layer  40  and release layer  30 , has a thickness and layer material shape or structure to disperse, deflect, reflect, or absorb the shock wave and prevent or mitigate damage to a completed semiconductor micro-devices  22 . A base layer  60  can have a plurality of layers and different materials. The layers, materials, and structure of a base layer  60  can be specifically designed to prevent or mitigate damage to a completed semiconductor micro-devices  22 . Germanium is one option for a release layer  30  and has a large acoustic impedance and can therefore effectively reflect or redirect the shock wave. Thus, in some embodiments of the present invention, laser ablation can be used to remove a source substrate  10  and exposes at least a portion of the release layer  30  (e.g., as shown in  FIG. 2G ). 
     As shown in  FIG. 2H  (inverted from  FIG. 2G ), the release layer  30  is removed in step  150 , for example by etching as described above with respect to  FIG. 1G . After etching, the release layer  30  forms a gap  32  or space between some portions of the completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  and the base layer  60 . The micro-devices  22  are completely separated from the base layer  60  and the support substrate  50 . 
     Once the release layer  30  is etched, the completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  can be micro-transfer printed in step  160  to a destination substrate  90  provided in step  155 , as illustrated in  FIGS. 21 and 2J , with a stamp  80  having stamp posts  82  that align with and then can deform, compress, press against, and adhere to the completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  and is then separated from the support substrate  50  ( FIG. 2K ). The completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  are brought into aligned contact with a destination substrate  90  and micro-transfer printed to the destination substrate  90 , as shown and described with respect to  FIG. 1J . 
     Referring next to  FIG. 4A , in some embodiments, semiconductor layer(s)  20  are formed in a source substrate  10 , for example by doping or implanting the source substrate  10  form a layer on or in the top of the source substrate  10  in step  105  that is the semiconductor layer(s)  20 . The semiconductor layer(s)  20  can be processed in step  110  to form the completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  ( FIG. 4B ). Thus, forming the semiconductor layer(s)  20  in step  105  can include forming a layer on the source substrate  10  ( FIGS. 1A, 2A ) or forming a layer in the source substrate  10  ( FIG. 4B ). 
     In some embodiments, and as shown in  FIG. 5 , a removal layer  26  is a portion of a completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  and possibly other layers or a portion of a source substrate  10  (in which case the removal layer  26  includes a portion or layer of the source substrate  10 ). For example, ablation can remove the portion of the structure indicated with the heavy dashed rectangle in  FIG. 5 . Thus, in the exemplary embodiment of  FIG. 5 , removing the source substrate  10  (step  140 ) comprises exposing the semiconductor layer  20  or completed semiconductor micro-device  22  to electromagnetic radiation  70  through the source substrate  10  to decompose a portion of the semiconductor layer(s)  20  or completed semiconductor micro-device  22  and form a shock wave in the micro-transfer-printing source structure  99 . The base layer  60 , if present, can at least partially disperse, reflect, deflect, or absorb the shock wave. In some embodiments, the removal layer  26  is a portion of, or a layer on, the source substrate  10  ( FIG. 2A ). The exemplary embodiments described in  FIGS. 1A-1J and 2A-2K  use a flip-chip approach to micro-transfer printing the micro-devices  22  with the side of the micro-devices  22  opposite the source substrate  10  in contact with the destination substrate  90 . In some embodiments, another side of micro-devices  22  is micro-transfer printed into contact with a destination substrate  90 . 
     Referring to the flow diagram of  FIG. 7  and the successive cross section illustrations of  FIGS. 6A-6G , an exemplary method according to some embodiments of the present invention includes providing a support substrate  50  in step  130  ( FIG. 6A ). In some such embodiments, the support substrate  50  can also be a source substrate  10  or native substrate on which the micro-devices  22  are formed. In step  102 , pockets  12  are formed in the support substrate  50 , as shown in  FIG. 6B . In some embodiments, pockets  12  are etched in a support substrate  50 . In some embodiments, a layer, for example a polymer layer, is coated over a support substrate  50 . Pockets  12  can be micro-imprinted in the layer and then the layer can be cured or the pockets  12  can be patterned (e.g., etched) in the layer to expose the support substrate  50 . In some embodiments, pockets  12  can be etched only partially through the layer. In some such embodiments, a layer can be a part of a support substrate  50 . 
     In optional step  120  and as shown in  FIG. 6C , an optional base layer  60  is optionally deposited, coated, or formed and optionally patterned over a support substrate  50  and in the pockets  12 . In step  115  and as shown in  FIG. 6D , the release layer  30  is similarly deposited, coated, or formed and optionally patterned. Next, in step  105  and as shown in  FIG. 6E , the semiconductor layer  20  is deposited, including any initial seed layer. The semiconductor layer  20  can be patterned, or not. In step  110 , the semiconductor layer  20  is processed to form the semiconductor structure micro-devices  22  ( FIG. 6F ) within the pockets  12  and in contact only with the release layer  30 . Referring to  FIG. 6G , in step  150  the release layer  30  is etched to separate and detach the semiconductor micro-devices  22  from the support substrate  50  and optional base layer  60 . The micro-devices  22  can fall into the pockets  12  (in a non-flipped configuration) and then be transfer printed (e.g., micro-transfer printed) (step  160 ) to a provided destination substrate  90  (step  155 ) as described above. Steps  105 ,  110 ,  115 ,  120 ,  130 ,  150 ,  155 , and  160  are similar to those described with respect to  FIG. 3 , and can use the same methods and materials. 
     In some embodiments in which an optional base layer  60  is absent, the structure of  FIG. 8A  corresponds to that of  FIG. 6F  and the structure of  FIG. 8B  corresponds to that of  FIG. 6G . In both  FIGS. 8A and 8B , no base layer  60  is present and the structures are otherwise similar to those of  FIGS. 6F and 6G . 
     The exemplary method shown in  FIGS. 6A-6G  does not require a source substrate  10  in addition to a support substrate  50  or a bonding layer  40  but, because the micro-devices  22  are formed over the release layer  30 , the materials used in the semiconductor layer  20  can be different from those provided over a source substrate  10 . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 9A-9E , the optional base layer  60  and the release layer  30  can be patterned in different arrangements. Referring to  FIG. 6D , the optional base layer  60  and the release layer  30  are blanket coated and unpatterned over the support substrate  50  and pockets  12 . Referring to  FIG. 9A , the optional base layer  60  is blanket coated and unpatterned over the support substrate  50  and pockets  12  and the release layer  30  is patterned and present only on the sides and bottom within the pockets  12 . As shown in  FIG. 9B , the optional base layer  60  is blanket coated and unpatterned over the support substrate  50  and pockets  12  and the release layer  30  is patterned and present only on the bottom of the pockets  12 . Referring to  FIG. 9C , the optional base layer  60  and the release layer  30  are patterned and present only on the bottom of the pockets  12 . Referring to  FIG. 9D , the optional base layer  60  is patterned and present only on the bottom of the pockets  12  and the release layer  30  is patterned and present on the sides and bottom of the pockets  12 . Referring to  FIG. 9E , the optional base layer  60  is patterned and present only on the bottom of the pockets  12  and the release layer  30  is blanket coated and unpatterned over the support substrate  50  and pockets  12 . Referring to  FIG. 9F , the optional base layer  60  and the release layer  30  are patterned and present only on the sides and the bottom of the pockets  12 . Referring to  FIG. 9G , the optional base layer  60  is patterned and present only on the sides and the bottom of the pockets  12  and the release layer  30  is patterned and present only on the bottom of the pockets  12 . These various configurations can contain micro-devices  22  and control a release and separation process from an optional base layer  60  and a support substrate  50  for different materials and micro-devices  22 . 
     In various embodiments of the present invention, a micro-device  22  is disposed completely within a pocket  12 , has a surface coincident with the top of a support substrate  50  (as shown), or protrudes from a pocket  12  (not shown). In some embodiments, a pocket  12  has a volume that is less than the volume of the micro-device  22  and the micro-device  22  protrudes from the pocket  12  after the micro-device  22  is released from the pocket  12 . Thus, in some embodiments of the present invention the pockets  12  can have a volume greater than, the same as, or less than the volume of the micro-devices  22 . In some embodiments, a micro-device  22  has a surface that is aligned or parallel or at least partially in a plane with an exposed portion of a bonding layer  40  opposite a support substrate  50 . In certain embodiments, these various configurations can control the process by which a micro-device  22  is constructed, released, or micro-transfer printed. 
     Pockets  12  can constrain movement of untethered and detached micro-devices  22  after a release layer  30  is etched. In some embodiments, in order to effectively micro-transfer print micro-devices  22  from pockets  12 , stamp posts  82  must have an extent large enough to successfully contact and adhere to the exposed surface of the micro-devices  22  despite any variation in the location of the micro-devices  22  in the pockets  12 . Furthermore, the variation in position of micro-devices  22  in pockets  12  can be complemented by the size of contact pads  92  on a destination substrate  90 . The difference in size between micro-devices  22  and pockets  12  can be used to determine (e.g., correspond to) a size of contact pads  92  on a destination substrate  90 . Furthermore, the separation between electrical contacts  25  of micro-devices  22  should be greater than the difference in size between the micro-devices  22  and pockets  12  in one or more corresponding dimension(s) to avoid electrically connecting the wrong electrical contact  25  to a contact pad  92 . In some embodiments, a stamp post  82  has an area and dimensional extent smaller than the corresponding area and dimensional extent of a pocket  12  over a support substrate  50  so that the stamp post  82  can extend into the pocket  12  to contact a micro-device  22 . In some embodiments, a stamp post  82  has an area greater than the area of a contact surface of a micro-device  22  surface (e.g., that was opposite a release layer  30 ), for example if the micro-device  22  protrudes from its pocket  12 , and a stamp post  82  with an area larger than the surface area of the pocket  12  can be used. 
     In general, an exemplary method for micro-transfer printing a micro-device  22  from a support substrate  50 , according to some embodiments of the present invention, includes the steps of providing a micro-device  22 , forming a pocket  12  in or on a support substrate  50 , providing a release layer  30  over the micro-device  22  or the pocket  12 , disposing the micro-device  22  in the pocket  12  with the release layer  30  between the micro-device  22  and the support substrate  50  so that no portion of the support substrate  50  is in contact with the micro-device  22 , etching the release layer  30  to completely separate the micro-device  22  from the support substrate  50 , providing a stamp  80  having a conformable stamp post  82  and pressing the stamp post  82  against the separated micro-device  22  to adhere the micro-device  22  to the stamp post  82 , and removing the stamp  80  and micro-device  22  from the support substrate  50 . In some embodiments, for example, the steps of disposing the semiconductor layer  20  (step  105 ) and forming the micro-devices  22  (step  110  processing the semiconductor layer  20 ), forming the release layer  30  (step  115 ), and disposing the optional base layer  60  (step  120 ) can be reversed (as shown in  FIGS. 3 and 7 ). 
     According to some embodiments of the present invention and as illustrated in  FIGS. 1F-1G and 2G-2H , a transfer-printing source structure  99  suitable for transfer printing (e.g., micro-transfer printing) (e.g., made by a method described above) includes a support substrate  50 , a conformable, cured bonding layer  40  disposed on and in contact with the support substrate  50 , an optional base layer  60  disposed on and in contact with the bonding layer  40 , a release layer  30  disposed on and in contact with the cured bonding layer  40  or the optional base layer  60 , and a micro-device  22  on and in contact with the release layer  30 . 
     In the exemplary embodiment shown in  FIG. 6F , a transfer-printing source structure  99  suitable for transfer printing (e.g., micro-transfer printing) (e.g., made by a method described above) includes a support substrate  50 , an optional base layer  60  disposed on and in contact with the support substrate  50 , a release layer  30  disposed on and in contact with the support substrate  50  or the base layer  60 , and a micro-device  22  on and in contact with the release layer  30 . In the embodiment shown in  FIG. 8A , a transfer-printing source structure  99  suitable for transfer printing (e.g., micro-transfer printing) (e.g., made by a method described above) includes a support substrate  50 , a release layer  30  disposed on and in contact with the support substrate  50 , and a micro-device  22  in a pocket  12  on and in contact with the release layer  30 . In some embodiments, any of the release layer  30 , the optional base layer  60 , or both are patterned over the support substrate  50 . 
     A support substrate  50 , a release layer  30 , and an optional base layer  60  can define or form one or more pockets  12  in a bonding layer  40  in each of which a micro-device  22  is disposed. In some embodiments, the release layer  30  completely separates the micro-devices  22  from the optional base layer  60 , the bonding layer  40  if present, and the support substrate  50  so that the micro-devices  22  are not in direct contact with any of the optional base layer  60 , the bonding layer  40  if present, and the support substrate  50 . When the release layer  30  is etched, the micro-devices  22  are detached from the optional base layer  60 , the bonding layer  40  if present, and the support substrate  50  and can fall into the pockets  12 . In some embodiments, a micro-device  22  protrudes from a pocket  12 . In some embodiments, a micro-device  22  is completely within a pocket  12  or has a surface at the top of the pocket  12 . Thus, a micro-device  22  can have a thickness that is greater than the depth of a pocket  12  or a thickness that is less than or equal to the depth of the pocket  12 . In some embodiments, a pocket  12  constrains the movement of a micro-device  22  during the etch process to the physical extent of the pocket  12  so that micro-devices  22  remain in corresponding pockets  12 , facilitating, for example, the micro-transfer printing of the micro-devices from the pockets  12  to a destination substrate  90 . 
     In some embodiments of the present invention, and referring to  FIGS. 1C and 2C , a micro-device wafer structure  98  comprises a source substrate  10  (e.g., source wafer  10 ), a micro-device  22  disposed on, over, or in direct contact with the source substrate  10 , a release layer  30  disposed over the entire micro-device  22  on a side of the micro-device  22  opposite the source substrate  10 , and an optional base layer  60  disposed on the release layer  30  on a side of the release layer  30  opposite the micro-device  22  ( FIG. 2C ). A source substrate  10  can be sapphire and a micro-device  22  can comprise a compound semiconductor. A source substrate  10  can be a wafer to which devices (e.g., micro-devices  22 ) are native and on which the devices are formed. 
     An exemplary micro-device wafer structure  98  is illustrated in  FIG. 6F  and comprises a source substrate  10  (e.g., source wafer  10 ) including a pocket  12 , an optional base layer  60  disposed on the release layer  30  in the pocket  12  on the source wafer  10 , a release layer  30  disposed over the optional base layer or at least the pocket  12  on the source wafer  10 , and a micro-device  22  exclusively in contact with the release layer on a side of the release layer  30  opposite the source substrate  10 . 
     In some embodiments of the present invention (not shown), the completed semiconductor micro-device  22  has a semiconductor structure with a planar surface adjacent to a release layer  30  opposite a source substrate  10  so that electrical contacts  25  are in a common plane. Such a structure can be found, for example in an integrated circuit with a substantially rectangular cross section. This arrangement facilitates electrical connection between the electrical contacts  25  and contact pads  92 . Since the contact pads  92  are likewise in a common plane on a surface of a destination substrate  90 , the electrical contacts  25  can both contact the contact pads  92  at the same time. 
     However, in some embodiments and as illustrated in  FIGS. 1C and 2C , a completed semiconductor micro-device  22  has a semiconductor structure with a non-planar surface adjacent to a release layer  30  and opposite a source substrate  10  so that electrical contacts  25  are not in a common plane. Thus, in some embodiments, the structure or arrangement of a completed semiconductor micro-device  22  or destination substrate  90  is modified or adjusted in order to form an electrical connection between the completed semiconductor micro-device  22  and contact pads  92  on the destination substrate  90  when the completed semiconductor micro-device  22  is micro-transfer printed to the destination substrate  90 . 
     In some embodiments and as shown in  FIG. 1J , a destination substrate  90  has a non-planar surface with a topography that complements the non-planar semiconductor structure surface. In the exemplary embodiment shown in  FIG. 1J , the contact pads  92  (which provide at least a portion of the surface topography of the destination substrate  90 ) have different heights that correspond to the different locations of the non-planar semiconductor structure surface, in particular the different heights of the electrical contacts  25  of the completed semiconductor structures  22  over the destination substrate  90 , so that the contact pads  92  can readily make electrical connections with the electrical contacts  25 . (In this Figure, the topography in  FIG. 1J  and the differences in heights are exaggerated for clarity.) 
     In some embodiments and as shown in  FIGS. 10A-10E , the structure of semiconductor micro-devices  22  is modified or adapted. Referring to  FIG. 10A , the semiconductor micro-device  22  includes a possibly non-semiconductor structure (the electrodes  27 ) electrically connected to the electrical contacts  25  on a side  28  of the semiconductor micro-device  22  opposite the source substrate  10  (e.g., as shown in  FIG. 1B ) or support substrate  50  (e.g., as shown in  FIG. 6F ). Exposed portions of the electrodes  27  together form at least a portion of a common planar surface for the semiconductor micro-device  22  and form electrical contacts  25  for the electrodes  27 . The electrodes  27  are electrically connected to the electrical contacts  25  and, when flipped and micro-transfer printed onto a destination substrate  90  (e.g., as shown in  FIG. 15 , described further below), the exposed portions of the electrodes  27  are in contact with and can readily electrically connect to planar contact pads  92  on the destination substrate  90 . Since the electrical contacts  25  are not in a common plane, each of the electrodes  27  have a different thickness, D L , D S , as shown, to provide a surface that is in a common plane. The electrodes  27  can be electrically conductive and made of metal or a conductive metal oxide and can be formed using conventional photolithographic methods, for example deposition (e.g., by evaporation or sputtering) and patterning (e.g., by pattern-wise etching). Different thicknesses D L , D S  can be achieved by multiple deposition and patterning steps. 
     In some embodiments, referring to  FIG. 10B , each electrical contact  25  is electrically connected to a connection post  29 . In some embodiments, an electrode  27  is electrically connected to each electrical contact  25  and a connection post  29  is electrically connected to each electrode  27 . In some embodiments, an electrode  27  includes or forms a connection post  29 . Connection posts  29  can be electrically conductive and, for example, can be made of metal or a conductive metal oxide, as can electrodes  27  and made using photolithographic methods and materials. Connection posts  29  can be made of the same material(s) as electrodes  27  and can be made in common steps or processes. Connection posts  29  and corresponding electrode  27  can be a common structure so that the connection posts  29  each include and electrode  27  or the electrode  27  includes the connection post  29 . 
     In some embodiments, a completed semiconductor micro-device  22  includes an electrical contact  25  on the side of the completed semiconductor micro-device  22  adjacent to a source substrate  10  or an electrical contact  25  on the side of the completed semiconductor micro-device  22  adjacent to a release layer  30 . Each electrical contact  25  can include an electrically conductive connection post  29 . In some embodiments, each completed semiconductor micro-device  22  can include an electrode  27  electrically connected to each electrical contact  25  and a connection post  29  electrically connected to each electrode  27 . In some embodiments, an electrode  27  includes or forms a connection post  29  or the connection post  29  includes or forms an electrode  27 . In some embodiments, connection posts  29  are exposed and protrude from a surface of a completed semiconductor micro-device  22  farther than any other elements of the micro-device  22  and, when micro-transfer printed to a destination substrate  90 , can electrically connect to contact pads  92  on a destination substrate  90 . 
     In some embodiments, and to facilitate electrically connecting connection posts  29  to contact pads  92 , a connection post  29  has a first surface adjacent to a surface of a completed semiconductor micro-device  22  (a bottom of the connection post  29 ) and a second opposing surface (a top of the connection post  29 ). The second opposing surface (top) has a smaller area or dimension D S  than an area or dimension D L  of the first surface (bottom), so that, for example, the connection posts  29  can have a relatively sharp point and can form a spike, as shown in  FIG. 10B . In some embodiments, a connection post  29  is cylindrical or has a constant rectangular cross section parallel to a surface of a completed semiconductor micro-device  22  (not shown). Furthermore, a connection post  29  can have a height that is greater than a dimension of the first surface (bottom) or the connection post  29  can have a height that is greater than a dimension of the second opposing surface (top). Thus, a connection post  29  can have an elongated aspect ratio, a height that is greater than a width, and a sharp point. Referring to  FIG. 10C , connection posts  29  can have different heights or dimensions D S , D L  so different connection posts  29  have a common projection distance from a completed semiconductor micro-device  22 . Referring to  FIG. 10D , the structures of  FIGS. 10A and 10B  are combined to provide connection posts  29  that have a common projection distance from a completed semiconductor micro-device  22  using different electrode  27  thicknesses D S , D L  and common connection post  29  sizes. Referring to  FIG. 10E , a semiconductor structure  20  has a thin portion  13  separating thicker first and second end portions  15 ,  16  of the semiconductor structure  20  on which connection posts  29  are formed. 
     Thus, in some embodiments of the present invention, a micro-transfer printable micro-device  22  comprises a semiconductor structure  20  with at least one side  28  and two or more electrical contacts  25  on the side  28 . Two or more electrically separate electrodes  27  are disposed at least partially on the side  28  and extend from the semiconductor structure  20  a distance greater than any other portion of the micro-transfer printable micro-device  22  to form an electrically conductive connection post  29  electrically connected to an electrical contact  25 . 
     Connection posts  29  can be formed by repeated masking and deposition processes that build up three-dimensional structures. In some embodiments, connection posts  29  are made of one or more high elastic modulus metals, such as tungsten. As used herein, a high elastic modulus is an elastic modulus sufficient to maintain the function and structure of a connection post  29  when pressed into a destination substrate  90  contact pad  92 . Connection posts  29  can be made by etching one or more layers of electrically conductive metal or metal oxide evaporated or sputtered on a side of semiconductor layers  20  opposite the source substrate  10 . Connection posts  29  can have a variety of aspect ratios and typically have a peak area smaller than a base area. Connection posts  29  can have a sharp point that is capable of embedding in or piercing destination substrate  90  contact pads  92 . Semiconductor devices with protruding connection posts  29  generally are discussed in U.S. Pat. No. 8,889,485, whose description of connection posts is incorporated by reference herein. 
     In some embodiments of the present invention, connection posts  29  are made with overlapping structures formed on underlying layers. Referring to  FIG. 11A , in an exemplary method a substrate  10  is provided and a first layer patterned on the side  28  of the source substrate  10 , for example a patterned dielectric layer  24  (e.g., as shown in  FIG. 11B ) having a first extent A over the source substrate  10 . Referring to  FIG. 11C , a second patterned layer, for example an electrical contact  25 , having a second extent B is patterned over the source substrate  10  side  28 . The first and second extents A, B only partially overlap. The overlapping portion of the electrical contact  25  forms a connection post  29 . Note that the connection post  29  could form a point or be a ridge, a rectangle, a ring, or other non-point shape. The process can be repeated to form a second connection post  29  using third and fourth layers or the same steps can be used to construct multiple connection posts  29  by forming multiple overlapping portions of the first and second layers. 
     In some embodiments, connection posts  29  are formed by physical vapor deposition through a template mask  14 , as shown in the successive cross sections A-E of  FIG. 12 . Referring to  FIG. 12 , a substrate (e.g., destination substrate  90  or source substrate  10 ) has an electrical connection (e.g., contact pad  92  or electrical contact  25 ) on a surface and a template mask  14  structure, for example a pair of polymer re-entrant structures ( FIG. 12A ), formed on either side of the electrical connection. A suitable material, such as a metal for example, aluminum, gold, silver, titanium, tin, tungsten or combinations of metals is physically evaporated over the substrate, electrical connection and template mask  14 . As physical vapor deposition proceeds, a connection post  29  is formed as material condenses and deposits on the electrical connection. Material also deposits on the template mask  14  structure, narrowing the opening between the template masks  14 , and thus also narrowing the top of the connection post  29  to form a spike ( FIGS. 12B-12D , the dashed lines indicate the original pre-deposition template mask  14 ). Once the connection post  29  is completed, the template mask  14  is removed, for example by laser lift-off or other photolithographic methods. The area of material deposition can be controlled using conventional patterning methods, for example including photoresist deposition, patterning, and stripping. 
     Connection posts  29  constructed using physical vapor deposition are shown in  FIGS. 13A-13D .  FIGS. 13A and 13B  are micrographs of circular and linear connection posts  29 , respectively.  FIGS. 13C and 13D  are cross sections of the connection posts  29 , showing a sharp spike with a base diameter of 2.7 μm and a height of 6.4 μm. In certain embodiments, connection posts  29  have a height that is greater than or equal to 2, 4, 10, 20, 50, or 100 times a base dimension (e.g., diameter). Connection posts  29  can have various shapes, such as radially symmetric, linear (blade-like), pyramidal, or ring-shaped depending on the shape of the template mask  14 . 
     Referring to the cross section of  FIG. 14A  and corresponding plan view of  FIG. 14B , the LED micro-device  22  includes a connection post  29  formed by the overlap of the p-metal layer  23  and the electrical contact  25  on the left side, and a connection post  29  formed by the overlap of the patterned dielectric layer  24 , the contact  17 , and the electrical contact  25  on the right side.  FIG. 14C  illustrates the micro-device  22  micro-transfer printed to a destination substrate  90  with an adhesive layer  94  adhering the micro-device  22  electrical contacts  25  in electrical contact with the contact pads  92 . 
     Thus, according to some embodiments of the present invention, referring to  FIG. 14C , a light-emitting diode structure comprises a destination substrate  90  having two or more contact pads  92  and a semiconductor structure  20  with at least one side  28  and two or more electrical contacts  25  on the side  28 . A first electrode  27 A is electrically separate from a second electrode  27 B. Each of the first and second electrodes  27 A,  27 B is disposed at least partially on the side  28  and extends from the semiconductor structure  20  a distance greater than any other portion of the micro-transfer printable micro-device  22  to form an electrically conductive connection post  29  electrically connected to an electrical contact  25 . The first and second electrodes  27 A,  27 B are adjacent to the destination substrate  90 . The first electrode  27 A is electrically connected to one of the contact pads  92  and the second electrode  27 B is electrically connected to another of the contact pads  92 . By adjacent is meant that the first and second electrodes  27 A,  27 B are closer to the destination substrate  90  and the contact pads  92  than the semiconductor structure  20  or any other portion of the micro-device  22 . By electrically separate is meant that the first and second electrodes  27 A,  27 B are not directly electrically connected, but could be indirectly electrically connected, for example through the semiconductor layer  20 . 
     Overlapping patterned structures can also be used to construct connection posts  29  on a destination substrate  90  (e.g., as shown in  FIG. 1J ).  FIG. 15  illustrates a destination substrate  90  with a patterned dielectric layer  96  and contact pads  92  extending over a portion of the dielectric layer  96  to form connection posts  29 . An adhesive layer  94  is coated over the destination substrate  90  to adhere a micro-device  22  with electrical contacts  25  to the destination substrate  90  in alignment with the contact pads  92 . A stamp  80  with a stamp post  82  micro-transfer prints the micro-device  22  to the destination substrate  90 . An advantage of this arrangement is that the coated adhesive will, under the influence of gravity, tend to flow away from the connection post  29  peaks, thereby reducing the thickness of the adhesive layer  94  over the connection posts  29  and facilitating an electrical connection through the adhesive layer  94  by micro-transfer printing the micro-devices  22 . 
     Thus, in various embodiments, a completed semiconductor micro-device  22  includes a semiconductor structure with a non-planar surface adjacent to a release layer  30 . The completed semiconductor micro-device  22  can include a non-semiconductor structure (e.g., an electrode  27 ) in contact with the non-planar semiconductor structure surface adjacent to the release layer  30  so that the non-semiconductor structure forms at least a portion of a planar surface for the completed semiconductor micro-device  22 . As is shown in  FIG. 10A , because electrodes  27 A,  27 B are in a common plane on a completed semiconductor micro-device  22  and the top or bottom surfaces of the completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  are substantially parallel to a destination substrate  90 , the electrodes  27 A,  27 B can readily make contact with contact pads  92  and destination substrate  90  connection posts  29 . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 16 and 17 , in some embodiments of the present invention, the completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  of either of  FIG. 10C  or  FIG. 10D  is illustrated with the destination substrate  90  onto which the completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  are micro-transfer printed. As shown in  FIG. 16 , the completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  are micro-transfer printed onto the destination substrate  90  so that the connection posts  29  are aligned with and will pierce or otherwise electrically connect with the contact pads  92  of the destination substrate  90 . As is also shown in  FIGS. 10B-10E , because connection posts  29  or electrodes  27  extend a common projection distance from a completed semiconductor micro-device  22  and the top or bottom surfaces of the completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  are substantially parallel to a destination substrate  90  (e.g., when printing), the connection posts  29  can readily make contact with contact pads  92  on or in the destination substrate  90 . 
     Thus, in some embodiments of the present invention, a light-emitting diode structure comprises a destination substrate  90  having two or more contact pads  92  and a semiconductor layer  20  with at least one side  28  and two or more electrical contacts  25  on the side. A first electrode  27 A is electrically separate from a second electrode  27 B; each of the first and second electrodes  27 A,  27 B is disposed at least partially on the side  28  and extends from the semiconductor structure  20  a distance greater than any other portion of the micro-transfer printable micro-device  22  to form an electrically conductive connection post  29  electrically connected to an electrical contact  25 . The first and second electrodes  27 A,  27 B are adjacent to the destination substrate  90 . The first electrode  27 A is electrically connected to one of the contact pads  92  and the second electrode  27 B is electrically connected to another of the contact pads  92 . By adjacent is meant that the first and second electrodes  27 A,  27 B are closer to the destination substrate  90  and the contact pads  92  than the semiconductor structure  20  or any other portion of the micro-device  22 . By electrically separate is meant that the first and second electrodes  27 A,  27 B are not directly electrically connected, but could be indirectly electrically connected, for example through the semiconductor layer  20 . 
     Referring to the detail of  FIG. 17 , the completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  (e.g., corresponding to the configuration of  FIG. 10B ) have top or bottom surfaces that are not substantially parallel to the destination substrate  90  (e.g., after printing) because the connection posts  29  do not project a common distance from the completed semiconductor micro-device  22 . However, because the size of the completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  over the destination substrate  90  is relatively large compared to the difference in protrusion distance of the connection posts  29 , the completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  can be successfully printed onto the destination substrate  90  and successfully make an electrical connection to the contact pads  92 . The completed semiconductor micro-device  22  is only slightly tilted or angled with respect to a surface of the destination substrate  90  (e.g., less than 30 degrees tilted, less than 20 degrees tilted, less than 10 degrees tilted, or less than 5 degrees tilted). 
     In some embodiments, referring to  FIG. 22 , a micro-device structure comprises a micro-device  22  having a body portion  22 B, at least two electrical connections (connection post  29 ) that extend a first distance D L  from the body portion  22 B, and a mesa portion  22 M that extends a second distance D S  greater than the first distance D L  from the body portion  22 B. A substrate (destination substrate  90 ) has at least two contact pads  92 , the two contact pads extending a distance from the substrate (destination substrate  90 ) that is equal to or greater than a difference between the first distance D L  and the second distance D S . Each of the at least two electrical connections (connection posts  29 ) is in contact with and electrically connected to one of the at least two contact pads  92 . The mesa  22 M can be between the two electrical connections connection posts  29 ), can be between two contact pads  92 , or can be non-conductive. 
       FIGS. 10-17  illustrate some exemplary embodiments of the present invention with connection posts  29  for making micro-transfer printable electrical connections between a micro-device  22  and contact pads  92  on a destination substrate  90 . In some embodiments, micro-devices  22  having electrical contacts  25  that are not in a common plane and are without connection posts  29  ( FIG. 18A ) are micro-transfer printed in an inverted configuration ( FIG. 18B ) with a stamp  80  and adhered to a destination substrate  90  with contact pads  92  electrically connected to the electrical contacts  25  ( FIG. 18C ). The stamp  80  is removed and the adhesive  94  cured ( FIG. 18D ). Referring to  FIG. 18E  and  FIG. 18F , the adhesive  94  is removed from areas other than those of the micro-devices  22 , for example with oxygen plasma, before the adhesive is cured.  FIG. 18F  locates both of the electrical contacts  25  on top of the contact pads  92 . An advantage of some such embodiments of the present invention is that micro-devices  22  have exposed semiconductor structures without patterned insulating or dielectric layers  24  can be made with fewer processing steps and transfer printed (e.g., micro-transfer printed) and electrically connected to contact pads  92  on a destination substrate  90 , as shown in  FIGS. 18A-18D . Thus, according to some embodiments of the present invention, a micro-transfer printed micro-device substrate structure comprises a destination substrate  90  having two or more contact pads  92  disposed on the destination substrate  90  and a micro-transfer printed micro-device  22 . The micro-device  22  has a semiconductor structure and at least two electrical contacts  25  disposed in different planes on the semiconductor structure. The electrical contacts  25  are in physical and electrical contact with the contact pads  92 . An adhesive layer  94  can be disposed over the destination substrate  90  and in contact with the micro-device  22  so that the micro-device  22  is adhered to the destination substrate  90 . 
     Because the two electrical contacts  25  or electrodes  27  of the LED micro-device  22  are not in a common plane, the micro-device  22  can rotate on the conformable stamp post  82  when contacting the destination substrate  90  and contact pads  92  (e.g., as shown in  FIG. 18C ). This rotation can cause a corner of the electrodes  27  or electrical contacts  25  to contact the contact pads  92  or a corner of the contact pads  92  to contact the electrodes  27  or electrical contacts  25  of the micro-device  22 , decreasing the contact area and increasing the pressure and thereby improving the electrical contact between the electrodes  27  or electrical contacts  25  and the contact pads  92 . In some embodiments of the present invention, either or both of contact pads  92  and electrical contacts  25  or electrodes  27  have a jagged or sawtooth outline to increase one or more of the number of corners, the likelihood of micro-transfer printing onto a corner, and the consequent contact pressure at the corners (e.g., as shown in  FIG. 18G , which has a plan view on the left and cross section on the right). 
     The structure shown in  FIG. 18D  using an LED micro-device  22  as shown in  FIG. 18A  without the patterned dielectric layer  24  (e.g., as shown in  FIG. 1B ) has been constructed and successfully tested.  FIGS. 19A and 19B  show the inverted micro-device  22  micro-transfer printed to a destination substrate  90  with contact pads  92  in physical and electrical contact with the LED micro-device  22  electrical contacts  25 . An adhesive layer  94  adheres the LED micro-device  22  to the destination substrate  90 . Electrical power applied to wires electrically connected to the contact pads  92  caused the LED micro-device  22  to emit light. 
       FIGS. 18-19  illustrate some exemplary embodiments of the present invention with electrical contacts  25  that are not in a common plane. In some embodiments, for example related to  FIG. 10A  and referring to  FIGS. 20A-20D , surfaces at opposing edges of the completed semiconductor micro-device  22  are in a common plane. A first one of the electrical contacts  25  is located at the bottom of a well, pit, or depression in the completed semiconductor micro-device  22  and is electrically connected to a first electrode  27 A. A second electrode  27 B is in electrical contact with a second electrical contact  25  electrically separate from the first electrical contact  25 . The first electrode  27 A has a greater height D L  than the height D S  of the second electrode  27 B so that exposed portions of the first and second electrodes  27 A,  27 B together are in a common plane. The electrodes  27  are in contact with and electrically connected to the electrical contacts  25 . Exposed portions of the first and second electrodes  27 A,  27 B are used to make electrical contact to external electrical conductors, such as the contact pads  92  on the destination substrate  90 . The first and second electrodes  27 A and  27 B are separated by a greater distance in  FIG. 20B  than in  FIG. 10A or 20A . Referring to  FIG. 20C , the electrodes  27  are both present in a common plane and patterned dielectric structure  24  on the top surface of the completed semiconductor structure  22 . In this exemplary embodiment, a first electrical contact  25  is located in a first plane in the completed semiconductor micro-device  22  and is electrically connected to a first electrode  27 A and a second electrical contact  25  is located in a second plane different from the first plane and is electrically connected to a second electrode  27 B, and the second electrode  27 B extends onto the first plane. 
       FIG. 20D  illustrates a micro-device  22  that does not require a patterned dielectric insulator to protect the semiconductor structure but relies on a high resistance through the semiconductor material to avoid shorts between the electrical contacts  25 .  FIG. 20E  illustrates the structure shown in  FIG. 20B  micro-transfer printed to a destination substrate  90  in an inverted arrangement, so that the first and second electrodes  27 A,  27 B are adjacent to the destination substrate  90  and the first electrode  27 A is electrically connected to one of the contact pads  92  and the second electrode  27 B is electrically connected to another of the contact pads  92 . By adjacent is meant that the first and second electrodes  27 A,  27 B are closer to the destination substrate  90  and the contact pads  92  than the semiconductor structure  20  or any other portion of the micro-device  22 . By electrically separate is meant that first and second electrodes  27 A,  27 B are not directly electrically connected (e.g., shorted), but could be indirectly electrically connected, for example through semiconductor layer  20 . 
     Thus, in some embodiments (e.g., as shown in  FIG. 20A ), a horizontal light-emitting diode comprises a semiconductor structure  20  extending along a length L greater than a width or thickness having first and second ends  15 ,  16  at each end of the extent. The first and second ends  15 ,  16  of the semiconductor structure have a thickness greater than a thin portion  13  of the semiconductor structure  20  between the first and second ends  15 ,  16 . A first electrode  27 A is electrically connected to an electrical contact  25  adjacent to the first end  15  and a second electrode  27 B is electrically connected to an electrical contact  25  adjacent to the second end  16 . By adjacent is meant that no other electrical contact  25  is closer to the first or second end  15 ,  16  so that the adjacent electrical contact  25  is the closest electrical contact  25 . The first and second electrical contacts  25  are at least partially in the same plane. The plane can be parallel to a surface of the semiconductor structure  20 , for example a light-emitting surface or the surface on which the first or second electrical contacts  25  are disposed. 
     The  FIGS. 10A-10D and 20A-20E  are not necessarily to scale and in some embodiments the first and second electrodes  27 A and  27 B are separated by relatively greater distances than those illustrated in the Figures. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 21A-21D , an LED micro-device  22  can be made by providing a substrate  10  with a semiconductor layer  20  ( FIG. 21A  and corresponding to  FIGS. 1A, 2A , and  FIG. 3  steps  100 ,  105 , for example). The semiconductor layer  20  has a p/n junction  21  formed across the semiconductor layer  20 , for example made by implanting or doping the semiconductor layer  20  as the semiconductor layer  20  is deposited. As shown in  FIG. 21B , the semiconductor layer  20  is patterned to form a first mesa  18  and a patterned p-metal layer  23  is formed on the semiconductor layer  20  first mesa  18 . The p-metal layer  23  can be any metal with a suitable work function for injecting holes into the semiconductor layer  20  (an anode) and can also serve as a reflective mirror for any photons generated within the LED micro-device  22 . The first mesa  18  and p-metal layer  23  can be formed using photolithographic methods and materials known in the integrated circuit arts. Referring to  FIG. 21C , a second mesa  19  is formed in the semiconductor layer  20  and an optional ohmic or reflective contact  17  for injecting electrons into the semiconductor layer  20  (a cathode) is optionally patterned on the semiconductor layer  20 . As shown in  FIG. 21D , electrical contacts  25  (or electrodes) are then patterned on the p-metal layer  23  and the optional contact  17  (if present) or semiconductor layer  20  (if not present). The electrical contacts  25  provide electrical connection to the LED micro-device  22  and, when supplied with electrical power, cause the LED micro-device  22  to emit light that is reflected by the p-metal layer  23  and, optionally, by the contact  17 . In some embodiments, the unpatterned portion of the semiconductor layer  20  serves as the removal layer  26  (also shown in  FIG. 2B ). The patterning process corresponds to step  110  of  FIG. 9  and the process then continues in step  115  and as illustrated in  FIG. 2C . 
     In some embodiments of the present invention, for example as illustrated in  FIGS. 18F and 20E , a micro-device and substrate structure comprises a destination substrate  90 , one or more contact pads  92  disposed on the destination substrate  90 , and a micro-device  22  disposed on or over the destination substrate  90 . The micro-device  22  can comprise a device structure  20  (for example, a semiconductor structure  20  as shown in  FIG. 20D ) and at least one electrical contact  25  disposed on the device structure  20  and located between the destination substrate  90  and the device structure  20 . The at least one electrical contact  25  is in direct electrical contact with the one or more contact pads  92 . In some embodiments, the at least one electrical contact  25  is in direct physical and electrical contact with the one or more contact pads  92 , for example as shown in  FIGS. 18A-18F . In some embodiments, an electrode  27  (for example, as shown in  FIG. 20D ) is electrically connected to each of at least one electrical contact  25  and electrodes  27  are in direct physical and electrical contact with the one or more contact pads  92 , for example as shown in  FIGS. 20A-20E . A layer  94  of cured adhesive is disposed on the destination substrate  90  adhering the micro-device  22  to the destination substrate  90 . The layer  94  of cured adhesive is disposed in direct physical contact with the one or more contact pads  92 . In some embodiments, the layer  94  of cured adhesive is in direct physical contact with the at least one electrical contact  25  or in direct physical contact with any electrodes  27  that are in electrical contact with the at least one electrical contact  25 . 
     In some embodiments of the present invention, and as shown in  FIGS. 20A-20E , the at least one electrical contact  25  comprises at least two electrical contacts  25  and the at least two electrical contacts  25  are at least partially in a common plane. In some embodiments, the at least two electrical contacts  25  are in different planes, for example as shown in  FIGS. 18A-18G . According to some embodiments, at least one electrical contact  25  is disposed between a device structure  20  and a destination substrate  90  (and one or more contact pads  92 ). Thus, a micro-device  22  can be provided or disposed in a flip-chip configuration, for example as shown in  FIGS. 1A-1I  and  FIGS. 2A-2K . For example, an orientation of a micro-device  22  may be flipped during disposition of the micro-device  22  on a layer  94  of curable adhesive (e.g., relative to an orientation is which the micro-device  22  was formed). In some embodiments, a micro-device  22  is tilted (e.g., relative to a destination substrate  90 ) (e.g., as a result of being disposed using a flip-chip method). Exemplary tilted micro-devices  22  are shown in  FIGS. 18D-18F . A tilted micro-device  22  disposed on or over a destination substrate  90  can have an upper surface that is not substantially parallel to the surface of the destination substrate  90  on or over which the micro-device  22  is disposed. 
     In certain embodiments of the present invention, a layer  94  of cured adhesive is an electrical insulator. In certain embodiments, a layer  94  of cured adhesive comprises one or more of a thermoset resin, a UV-curable resin, and a cross-linked resin, any one of which can be an electrical insulator. 
     As shown in  FIG. 20E , in some embodiments of the present invention, a layer  94  of cured adhesive surrounds and is in direct physical contact with at least one electrical contact  25 . Similarly, in some embodiments of the present invention, a layer  94  of cured adhesive is in direct physical contact with one or more contact pads  92 . Thus, in some configurations of the present invention, a layer  94  of cured adhesive covers one or more contact pads  92 , at least one electrical contact  25 , or both the one or more contact pads  92  and the at least one electrical contact  25 , except where the at least one electrical contact  25  is in direct physical contact with the one or more contact pads  92 . In some embodiments, a layer  94  of cured adhesive is present on only a portion of one or more contact pads  92 , or only a portion of at least one electrical contact  25 , or both, for example on only a portion of a surface or on one or more sides of the one or more contact pads  92  and/or the at least one electrical contact  25 . 
     In some embodiments of the present invention, at least one electrical contact  25  is in direct electrical contact with one or more contact pads  92  without the use of any other conductive materials, for example without the use of solder, and the at least one electrical contact  25 , or an electrode  27  electrically connected to the at least one electrical contact  25 , is in direct physical contact with the one or more contact pads  92  so as to exclude any other materials from the physical contact, for example to exclude the layer  94  of cured adhesive. Thus, in some embodiments, at least one electrical contact  25  comprises an electrically conductive electrical-contact material and one or more contact pads  92  comprise an electrically conductive contact-pad material. In some embodiments, the electrical-contact material and the contact-pad material are the only conductive materials in contact with the at least one electrical contact  25  and the one or more contact pads  92 . In some embodiments of the present invention, at least one electrical contact  25  comprises metal, one or more contact pads  22  comprise metal, or both the at least one electrical contact  25  and the one or more contact pads  92  comprise metal. 
     Each electrical contact  25  of at least one electrical contact  25  can be held in compressive contact with at least one of one or more contact pads  22  by a layer  94  of cured adhesive. Moreover, in some embodiments, a layer  94  of cured adhesive can have a residual tensile stress. 
     In some embodiments of the present invention, for example as shown in  FIGS. 18F and 20E , each of at least one electrical contact  25  is substantially planar, wherein one or more contact pads  92  are each substantially planar, or both. In some embodiments, at least one electrical contact  25  comprises one or more protrusions such as connection posts  29 , for example as shown in  FIGS. 10A-10D, 16, and 22 . Protrusions (e.g., connection posts  29 ) can extend from a planar portion of at least one electrical contact  25 . 
     According to some embodiments of the present invention and as illustrated in  FIG. 23 , a method of making a micro-device and substrate structure comprises providing a destination substrate  90  and one or more contact pads  92  disposed on the destination substrate  90  (step  155 , also in  FIGS. 3 and 7 ). In step  165 , at least a portion of the destination substrate  92  and the one or more contact pads  92  is coated with a layer  94  of curable adhesive. In some embodiments, all of the one or more contact pads  92  are completely coated with the layer  94  of curable adhesive. 
     In step  170 , a micro-device  22  (e.g., comprising a device structure  20 ) and at least one electrical contact  25  disposed on the device structure  20  is provided. The micro-device  20  is disposed on the layer  94  of curable adhesive with the at least one electrical contact  25  between the device structure  20  and the destination substrate  90  and with the at least one electrical contact  25  aligned with the one or more contact pads  92  in step  175 . In step  180 , the layer  94  of curable adhesive is cured to form a layer  94  of cured adhesive thereby directly electrically contacting the at least one electrical contact  25  with the one or more contact pads  92  and physically contacting the at least one electrical contact  25 , electrode  27 , or protrusion  29  to the one or more contact pads  92 . 
     In some embodiments of the present invention and as shown in  FIGS. 1J, 15, 16, 18B, and 18C , a micro-device  22  is disposed by micro-transfer printing (for example with a stamp) or by a die sorter, a die bonder, a pick-and-place machine, or a chip shooter. 
     In some embodiments of the present invention, curing the layer  94  of curable adhesive shrinks the curable adhesive and pulls the least one electrical contact  25 , protrusion  29 , or electrode  27  into direct physical and electrical contact with the one or more contact pads  92 . Shrinking the curable adhesive can also remove the curable adhesive from between the least one electrical contact  25  and the one or more contact pads  22 . The curable adhesive can flow during the curing process, facilitating the movement of the adhesive away from or out of the contact area between the at least one electrical contact  25 , protrusion  29 , or electrode  27  and the one or more contact pads  92 . Curing the layer  94  of adhesive material can be accomplished, for example, by heating the layer  94  of adhesive material or exposing the layer  94  of adhesive material to electromagnetic radiation, such as ultra-violet radiation. In certain embodiments, a layer  94  of curable adhesive can be disposed by, for example, drop-casting, spin-coating, or doctor-blading. 
     In some embodiments, the p and n layers of the semiconductor layer  20  are reversed and the injection metals chosen to suit the corresponding doped layers. 
     Transfer printable (e.g., micro-transfer printable) completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  made by methods in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention include a variety of semiconductor structures, including a diode, a light-emitting diode (LED), a laser, a photo-diode, a photo-transistor, a transistor, or an integrated circuit. 
     Completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  can have a variety of different sizes suitable for micro-transfer printing. For example, the completed semiconductor micro-devices  22  can have at least one of a width from 2 to 5 μm, 5 to 10 μm, 10 to 20 μm, or 20 to 50 μm, a length from 2 to 5 μm, 5 to 10 μm, 10 to 20 μm, or 20 to 50 μm, and a height from 2 to 5 μm, 4 to 10 μm, 10 to 20 μm, or 20 to 50 μm. 
     Methods of forming micro-transfer printable structures are described, for example, in the paper “AMOLED Displays using Transfer-Printed Integrated Circuits” (Journal of the Society for Information Display, 2011, DOI #10.1889/JSID19.4.335, 1071-0922/11/1904-0335, pages 335-341) and U.S. Pat. No. 8,889,485, referenced above. For a discussion of micro-transfer printing techniques see U.S. Pat. Nos. 8,722,458, 7,622,367 and 8,506,867, of which the disclosure of micro-transfer printing techniques (e.g., methods and structures) in each is hereby incorporated by reference. Micro-transfer printing using compound micro-assembly structures and methods can also be used with certain embodiments of the present invention, for example, as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/822,868, filed Aug. 10, 2015, entitled Compound Micro Assembly Strategies and Devices, from which the description of compound micro-assembly structures and methods is hereby incorporated by reference. A micro-device  22  can be a compound micro-system or portion thereof (e.g., device thereof). Additional details useful in understanding and performing aspects of some embodiments of the present invention are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/743,981, filed Jun. 18, 2015, entitled Micro Assembled LED Displays and Lighting Elements, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. 
     As is understood by those skilled in the art, the terms “over” and “under” are relative terms and can be interchanged in reference to different orientations of the layers, elements, and substrates included in the present invention. For example, a first layer on a second layer, in some implementations means a first layer directly on and in contact with a second layer. In other implementations, a first layer on a second layer includes a first layer and a second layer with another layer therebetween. 
     Having described certain implementations of embodiments, it will now become apparent to one of skill in the art that other implementations incorporating the concepts of the disclosure may be used. Therefore, the disclosure should not be limited to certain implementations, but rather should be limited only by the spirit and scope of the following claims. 
     Throughout the description, where apparatus and systems are described as having, including, or comprising specific components, or where processes and methods are described as having, including, or comprising specific steps, it is contemplated that, additionally, there are apparatus, and systems of the disclosed technology that consist essentially of, or consist of, the recited components, and that there are processes and methods according to the disclosed technology that consist essentially of, or consist of, the recited processing steps. 
     It should be understood that the order of steps or order for performing certain action is immaterial so long as the disclosed technology remains operable. Moreover, two or more steps or actions in some circumstances can be conducted simultaneously. The invention has been described in detail with particular reference to certain embodiments thereof, but it will be understood that variations and modifications can be effected within the spirit and scope of the invention. 
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         A first extent 
         B second extent 
         D S  thickness/dimension 
         D L  thickness/dimension 
         L length 
         W P  pocket width/unit cell width 
           10  source substrate/source wafer 
           12  pocket 
           13  thin portion 
           14  template mask 
           15  first end 
           16  second end 
           17  ohmic/reflective contact 
           17  first mesa 
           18  second mesa 
           19  semiconductor layer/semiconductor structure/device structure 
           20  p/n junction 
           22  completed semiconductor structure/micro-device 
           22 B micro-device body 
           22 M micro-device mesa 
           23  p-metal/mirror 
           24  dielectric layer 
           25  electrical contact 
           26  removal layer 
           27 ,  27 A,  27 B electrode 
           28  side 
           29  connection post/protrusion 
           30  release layer 
           32  gap 
           40  bonding layer 
           42  bonding layer planar side 
           44  bonding layer non-planar side 
           50  support substrate 
           60  base layer 
           70  electromagnetic radiation 
           80  stamp 
           90  stamp post 
           92  destination substrate 
           92  contact pad 
           94  adhesive layer 
           96  dielectric layer 
           98  micro-device wafer structure 
           99  micro-transfer-printing source structure 
           100  provide source substrate step 
           102  form pockets in source substrate step 
           105  dispose semiconductor layer step 
           110  optional process semiconductor layer step 
           115  form release layer step 
           120  optional provide base layer step 
           125  dispose bonding layer step 
           130  provide support substrate step 
           135  bond support substrate step 
           140  remove source substrate step 
           150  etch release layer step 
           155  provide destination substrate step 
           160  micro-transfer print semiconductor device to destination substrate step 
           165  coat adhesive layer step 
           170  provide micro-device step 
           175  dispose micro-device step 
           180  cure adhesive layer step