Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Incoherent light emitter structure – With particular semiconductor material
Patent
1999-06-08
2000-10-17
Meier, Stephen D.
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Incoherent light emitter structure
With particular semiconductor material
H01L 3300
Patent
active
061335894
ABSTRACT:
A light-emitting diode (LED) and a method of making the device utilize a thick multi-layered epitaxial structure that increases the light extraction efficiency of the device. The LED is an aluminum-gallium-indium-nitride (AlGaInN)-based LED. The thick multi-layered epitaxial structure increases the light extraction efficiency of the device by increasing the amount of emitted light that escapes the device through the sides of the thick multi-layered epitaxial structure. The LED includes a substrate, a buffer layer, and the thick multi-layered epitaxial structure. In the preferred embodiment, the substrate is a sapphire substrate having a textured surface. The textured surface of the substrate randomized light impinges the textured surface, so that an increased amount of emitted light may escape the LED as output light. The multi-layered epitaxial structure includes an upper AlGaInN region, an active region, and a lower AlGaInN region. The upper and lower AlGaInN regions include multiple epitaxial layers of AlGaInN. The upper AlGaInN region is made of p-type AlGaInN epitaxial layers, while the lower AlGaInN region is made of n-type AlGaInN epitaxial layers and undoped epitaxial layers. The undoped epitaxial layers may be layers of AlGaInN or other AlGaInN-based material. The multi-layered epitaxial structure has an approximate thickness of 4 micrometers or greater. In one embodiment, the thickness of the multi-layered epitaxial structure is approximately 7 micrometers. In another embodiment, the thickness of the multi-layered epitaxial structure is approximately 15 micrometers.
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Krames Michael Ragan
Martin Paul Scott
Tan Tun Sein
Leiterman Rachael V.
LumiLeds Lighting U.S., LLC
Meier Stephen D.
Ogonowsky Brian D.
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