A1InGaP LED having reduced temperature dependence

Details A1InGaP LED having reduced temperature dependence A1InGaP LED having reduced temperature dependence

2011-01-04

2011-01-04

Ngo, Ngan (Department: 2893)

Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode

Incoherent light emitter structure

With heterojunction

C257S097000, C257SE33024

Reexamination Certificate

active

07863631

ABSTRACT:
To increase the lattice constant of AlInGaP LED layers to greater than the lattice constant of GaAs for reduced temperature sensitivity, an engineered growth layer is formed over a substrate, where the growth layer has a lattice constant equal to or approximately equal to that of the desired AlInGaP layers. In one embodiment, a graded InGaAs or InGaP layer is grown over a GaAs substrate. The amount of indium is increased during growth of the layer such that the final lattice constant is equal to that of the desired AlInGaP active layer. In another embodiment, a very thin InGaP, InGaAs, or AlInGaP layer is grown on a GaAs substrate, where the InGaP, InGaAs, or AlInGaP layer is strained (compressed). The InGaP, InGaAs, or AlInGaP thin layer is then delaminated from the GaAs and relaxed, causing the lattice constant of the thin layer to increase to the lattice constant of the desired overlying AlInGaP LED layers. The LED layers are then grown over the thin InGaP, InGaAs, or AlInGaP layer.

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