JPH01143276A - Light emitting diode - Google Patents

Light emitting diode

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JPH01143276A
JPH01143276A JP62300924A JP30092487A JPH01143276A JP H01143276 A JPH01143276 A JP H01143276A JP 62300924 A JP62300924 A JP 62300924A JP 30092487 A JP30092487 A JP 30092487A JP H01143276 A JPH01143276 A JP H01143276A
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sphere
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Hideyo Hasumi
蓮見 秀世
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NEC Corp
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NEC Corp
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To make radiated light to be reflected by an electrode for becoming parallel light able to be taken out from the outgoing surface to the outside through a reflection preventive film by processing at least one part region of the surface on the opposite side of a light output taking-out surface into a curved shape so that a luminous range may be the position of a focal point of a concave mirror besides by coating its surface with a metal having a good reflection factor. CONSTITUTION:An n-type InP clad layer 102, a p-type In0.55Ga0.45As0.3P0.7 active layer 103, a p-type InP clad layer 104, and an n-type In0.4Ga0.6As0.2P0.8 cap layer 105 are formed on an InP substrate 101 by a liquid phase or gaseous phase growth method, while a luminous region 107 having a diameter of about 20mum is formed inside the active layer 103. The distance l from the luminous region 107 to the tip part 112 of a sphere 111 is 1/2 of a curvature radius of the sphere 111, while being processed to have 200mum of the curvature radius of the sphere 111 and 100mum of the distance l. Thereby, the luminous region 107 is to position on a focal point of a concave mirror.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 〔産業上の利用分野〕 本発明は、発光ダイオードに関し、特に平行光線を取り
出せる発光ダイオード構造に関する。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a light emitting diode, and more particularly to a light emitting diode structure that can extract parallel light rays.

〔従来の技術〕[Conventional technology]

光通信用に使用される発光ダイオードは、発光出力の光
フアイバー内への入力を効率的且つ容易に行なえること
が望ましい。しかし、従来の発光ダイオードは第3図に
示すように出射面25及び出射面に対向する裏面26は
平坦であった。このため第3図に示す如く、発光ダイオ
ード21の出射面25上に球レンズ22を接着すること
により、はぼ平行に近いビーム23を実現し、光ファイ
バーとの結合を容易ならしむる方法が採られていた。
It is desirable for light emitting diodes used for optical communications to be able to efficiently and easily input light emitting output into an optical fiber. However, in the conventional light emitting diode, as shown in FIG. 3, the light emitting surface 25 and the back surface 26 facing the light emitting surface are flat. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 3, a method has been adopted in which a ball lens 22 is bonded onto the output surface 25 of the light emitting diode 21 to realize a nearly parallel beam 23 and facilitate coupling with an optical fiber. It was getting worse.

〔発明が解決しようとする問題点〕[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

上述した従来の方法は、発光ダイオード上に球レンズを
直接に接着している為、球レンズの中心と発光ダイオー
ド中の発光領域24が同一光軸上に位置するように、球
レンズの位置を10μm程度以下の精度に制御すること
が必要であり、作業歩留を低下させたり、位置合わせの
為に、長時間を要するという欠点を有していた。
In the conventional method described above, the ball lens is bonded directly onto the light emitting diode, so the position of the ball lens must be adjusted so that the center of the ball lens and the light emitting region 24 in the light emitting diode are located on the same optical axis. It is necessary to control the method to an accuracy of about 10 μm or less, which has disadvantages such as lowering the work yield and requiring a long time for positioning.

〔問題点を解決するための手段〕[Means for solving problems]

本発明になる発光ダイオードは、発光領域か凹面鏡の焦
点の位置になるように、光出力取り出し面の反対側の面
を曲面状に加工し且つその表面を反射率の良好な金属で
被覆する事により、容易に平行ビーみを得ることのでき
る構造を有している。
The light emitting diode according to the present invention has the surface opposite to the light output extraction surface processed into a curved shape so that the light emitting region is located at the focal point of the concave mirror, and the surface is coated with a metal having good reflectance. This structure allows parallel beams to be easily obtained.

〔実施例〕〔Example〕

次に、本発明について図面を参照して説明する。第1図
は、本発明の一実施例の縦断面図である。101はn型
InP基板、102はn型InPクラッド層、103は
p型I n 0.55G a 0−45A S o、3
 P O,7活性層、104はp型TnPクラッド層、
105はn型I n O,4G a 0,6 A S 
0−2P0.8キャップ層であり、各層102〜105
は液相もしくは気相成長法によりInP基板101上に
形成されている。106はp+型型数散層あり、活性層
103内に直径20μm程度の発光領域107を形成し
ている。108は反射防止膜、109.110はそれぞ
れp側及びn側の電極である。111は、InP基板面
に化学エツチングにより形成された球面状の領域である
。この構成において、発光領域107と球面111の先
端部112との距離eは球面111の曲率半径の1/2
になっている0本実施例においては、球面111の曲率
半径200μm、距M113は100μmに加工されて
いる。このようにすれば、発光領域107は球面111
により構成される凹面鏡の焦点に位置することになる。
Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention. 101 is an n-type InP substrate, 102 is an n-type InP cladding layer, 103 is a p-type In 0.55G a 0-45A So, 3
PO, 7 active layer, 104 p-type TnP cladding layer,
105 is n-type I n O, 4G a 0,6 A S
0-2P0.8 cap layer, each layer 102-105
is formed on the InP substrate 101 by liquid phase or vapor phase growth. Reference numeral 106 is a p+ type scattering layer, and a light emitting region 107 with a diameter of about 20 μm is formed in the active layer 103. 108 is an antireflection film, and 109 and 110 are p-side and n-side electrodes, respectively. Reference numeral 111 denotes a spherical region formed on the InP substrate surface by chemical etching. In this configuration, the distance e between the light emitting region 107 and the tip 112 of the spherical surface 111 is 1/2 of the radius of curvature of the spherical surface 111.
In this embodiment, the radius of curvature of the spherical surface 111 is 200 μm, and the distance M113 is 100 μm. In this way, the light emitting region 107 becomes the spherical surface 111
It is located at the focal point of a concave mirror constructed by .

上記実施例では基板裏面が凸状になるように球面を形成
し、積層構造表面側から光を取り出す構造となっている
が、積層構造表面に球面を形成し、基板裏面側から光を
取り出す構造としてもよい、また、実施例では基板裏面
の一部領域のみが球面になっているが必要ならば基板裏
面全面を球面にしてもよい、この他、ステムにマウント
しやすい構造とする目的で、第2図に示すように基板1
01に穴120を設けて、この穴120の底部に球面1
11を設ける構造としてもよい。また、この球面は、球
面以外の曲面、例えば放物面、双曲面等としてもよい。
In the above example, a spherical surface is formed so that the back surface of the substrate is convex, and light is extracted from the surface side of the laminated structure. Also, in the example, only a part of the back surface of the board is spherical, but if necessary, the entire back surface of the board may be made spherical.In addition, for the purpose of making the structure easy to mount on the stem, Substrate 1 as shown in FIG.
A hole 120 is provided in 01, and a spherical surface 1 is provided at the bottom of this hole 120.
11 may be provided. Moreover, this spherical surface may be a curved surface other than a spherical surface, such as a paraboloid or a hyperboloid.

発光領域のみに電流が流れる電流狭窄構造は、実施例で
は拡散層を設けたプレーナ型としたが、他の構造、例え
ばメサ構造等、どのような構造としても本発明は適用で
きる。
Although the current confinement structure in which current flows only in the light emitting region is a planar type provided with a diffusion layer in the embodiment, the present invention can be applied to any other structure such as a mesa structure.

〔発明の効果〕〔Effect of the invention〕

前記実施例の構造を採用することにより、発光領域によ
り放射された光は曲面上に付着させる電極により反射さ
れて平行光線となり、反射防止膜を通して出射面から外
部に取り出される。
By employing the structure of the above embodiment, the light emitted by the light emitting region is reflected by the electrode attached on the curved surface to become parallel light beams, which are then extracted to the outside from the output surface through the antireflection film.

また、発光領域と球面先端の位置合わせは、通常のホト
リソグラフィーの技術により1〜2μmの精度で容易に
実現可能であり、高い歩留で製造することができる。
Further, alignment between the light emitting region and the spherical tip can be easily achieved with an accuracy of 1 to 2 μm using ordinary photolithography technology, and manufacturing can be performed with a high yield.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

第1図、第2図は本発明の一実施例を示す縦断面図、第
3図は従来の技術になる発光ダイオードの一例を示す断
面図である。 101 ・−・n型InP基板、102−・−n型In
Pクラッド層、103−p型I n 、)、55G a
 、)、45A sQ、2 Po、8キャップ層、10
6−= p++拡散領域、107・・・発光領域、10
8・・・反射防止膜、109・・・p側拡散領域、10
7・・・発光領域、108・・・反射防止膜、109・
・・p側電極、110・・・n側電極、111・・・球
面、112・・・球面の先端、21・・・発光ダイオー
ド、22・・・球レンズ、23・・・平行ビーム、24
・・・発光領域、25・・・出射面、26・・・裏面。
1 and 2 are longitudinal sectional views showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing an example of a conventional light emitting diode. 101...n-type InP substrate, 102-...-n-type In
P cladding layer, 103-p type I n , ), 55G a
), 45A sQ, 2 Po, 8 cap layers, 10
6-=p++ diffusion region, 107... light emitting region, 10
8... Antireflection film, 109... p-side diffusion region, 10
7... Light emitting region, 108... Antireflection film, 109.
...p-side electrode, 110...n-side electrode, 111...spherical surface, 112...tip of spherical surface, 21...light emitting diode, 22...spherical lens, 23...parallel beam, 24
. . . Light emitting area, 25 . . . Output surface, 26 . . . Back surface.

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims]  電流注入により発光する発光領域を少くとも備え、前
記発光領域が凹面鏡の焦点の位置になるように、光出力
取り出し面の反対側の面の少くとも一部領域を曲面状に
加工し且つその表面を反射率の良好な金属で被覆したこ
とを特徴とする発光ダイオード。
At least a light emitting region that emits light by current injection, and at least a part of the surface opposite to the light output extraction surface is processed into a curved shape so that the light emitting region is at the focal point of the concave mirror, and the surface thereof is curved. A light emitting diode characterized by being coated with a metal having good reflectivity.
JP62300924A 1987-11-27 1987-11-27 Light emitting diode Pending JPH01143276A (en)

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JP62300924A JPH01143276A (en) 1987-11-27 1987-11-27 Light emitting diode

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JPH01143276A true JPH01143276A (en) 1989-06-05

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