KR102016515B1 - Light emittng device and light emitting device including the same - Google Patents
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Abstract
Embodiments include a substrate; A light emitting structure disposed on the substrate, the light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, and an active layer formed between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer; And an intermediate layer between the light emitting structure and the substrate, and a plurality of air voids disposed between the intermediate layer and the light emitting structure.
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Embodiments relate to a light emitting device and a light emitting device package including the same.
Group 3-5 compound semiconductors, such as GaN and AlGaN, are widely used for optoelectronics and electronic devices due to many advantages, such as having a wide and easy to adjust band gap energy.
In particular, light emitting devices such as a light emitting diode or a laser diode using a group 3-5 or 2-6 compound semiconductor material of a semiconductor are developed using thin film growth technology and device materials such as red, green, blue and ultraviolet light. Various colors can be realized, and efficient white light can be realized by using fluorescent materials or combining colors.Low power consumption, semi-permanent life, fast response speed, safety and environment compared to conventional light sources such as fluorescent and incandescent lamps can be realized. Has the advantage of affinity.
Therefore, a white light emitting device that can replace a fluorescent light bulb or an incandescent bulb that replaces a Cold Cathode Fluorescence Lamp (CCFL) constituting a backlight of a transmission module of an optical communication means and a liquid crystal display (LCD) display device. Applications are expanding to diode lighting devices, automotive headlights and traffic lights.
In the conventional light emitting device, a light emitting structure including a buffer layer, a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer is formed on a substrate made of sapphire or the like, and the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer are formed. The first electrode and the second electrode are respectively disposed on the top.
The light emitting device emits light having energy determined by an energy band inherent in a material in which an electron injected through a first conductive semiconductor layer and holes injected through a second conductive semiconductor layer meet each other to form an active layer. The light emitted from the active layer may vary depending on the composition of the material forming the active layer, and may be blue light, ultraviolet (UV), deep ultraviolet (Deep UV), or the like.
When the above-described light emitting device, in particular, the horizontal light emitting device is disposed in a flip chip type in a package, light emitted from the active layer may pass through the conductive semiconductor layer, the buffer layer, and the substrate in order to be emitted to the outside. .
At this time, the light passing through the different materials and reflected back toward the active layer may reduce the light extraction efficiency of the light emitting device package, dislocations generated between the different materials is the quality of the light emitting structure in the manufacturing process of the light emitting device. Can be reduced.
The embodiment improves the light efficiency of the light emitting device and prevents the quality of the light emitting device from being degraded due to the potential generated between different materials.
Embodiments include a substrate; A light emitting structure disposed on the substrate, the light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, and an active layer formed between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer; And an intermediate layer between the light emitting structure and the substrate, and a plurality of air voids disposed between the intermediate layer and the light emitting structure.
The light emitting structure and the intermediate layer may be heterogeneous materials, and the active layer may emit any one of ultraviolet rays, near ultraviolet rays, and deep ultraviolet rays.
Air voids may be disposed from the inside of the intermediate layer to the inside of the light emitting structure.
The first conductive semiconductor layer may be an AlGaN layer doped with an n-type dopant, and the air void may be disposed even inside the AlGaN layer.
The intermediate layer may be an AlN layer, the intermediate layer comprising a first AlN layer and a second AlN layer, and the air void may be started from the interior of the second AlN layer.
The first AlN layer and the second AlN layer may be formed by varying growth conditions.
An area having the largest width of the air voids may be disposed at a boundary between the intermediate layer and the light emitting structure, and dislocations may occur from an interface between the intermediate layer and the light emitting structure in the peripheral area of each air void.
The potential may converge in the light emitting structure above the air void.
On top of the air voids, the materials of the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer laterally grown around the air voids may be joined, and the air voids may be random in at least one of size, shape and arrangement.
Another embodiment provides a light emitting device package in which the above-described light emitting device is disposed in a flip chip type.
In the light emitting device according to the present embodiment, the potential is converged by the air voids formed between the dissimilar materials in the growth process to improve the quality, and the air voids disposed between the dissimilar materials in the light emitting device package refract light to be emitted to the outside. The light efficiency can be improved. In addition, air voids may be formed at the interface of the double material to reduce the contact area of the dissimilar material to mitigate strain due to lattice mismatch.
1 is a view showing an embodiment of a light emitting device,
2 is a view showing an embodiment of a light emitting device package,
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating light transmission in region 'A' of FIG. 2,
4A to 4E are views illustrating one embodiment of a manufacturing process of the light emitting device of FIG. 1;
5 is a view showing an embodiment of a lighting device in which a light emitting element is disposed;
6 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of an image display device in which a light emitting device is disposed.
Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings an embodiment of the present invention that can specifically realize the above object.
In the description of the embodiment according to the present invention, when described as being formed on the "on or under" of each element, the above (on) or below (on) or under) includes both two elements being directly contacted with each other or one or more other elements are formed indirectly between the two elements. In addition, when expressed as “on” or “under”, it may include the meaning of the downward direction as well as the upward direction based on one element.
1 is a view showing an embodiment of a light emitting device.
In the
The
The
When the
Although not shown, an undoped GaN layer may be disposed between the
A plurality of
The
The first
When the first conductivity
When the
The
The
The second
When the second
Although not shown, an electron blocking layer may be disposed between the
When the
The
In the
2 is a view showing an embodiment of a light emitting device package.
In the present embodiment, the
In the light emitting
When the light emitted from the
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating light transmission in region 'A' of FIG. 2.
The
In FIG. 3, the region having the largest width of the
The shape of the
4A to 4E are views illustrating a manufacturing process of the light emitting device of FIG. 1.
First, as shown in FIG. 4A, an intermediate layer including a plurality of
That is, when the first
The v-pit may be formed by differently growing growth conditions of the third
In addition, the third
V-pit structure can be formed in the third
As shown in FIG. 4B, the first
In addition, the first
At this time, dislocations may occur at the interface between the
The dotted line g represents the growth direction of AlGaN forming the first conductivity-
The air voids 130 may grow in a v-pit structure in the
In addition, unlike the region illustrated by S 1 , in the region illustrated by S 2 , the first
As shown in FIG. 4C, the
The
The second
As shown in FIG. 4D, a mesa is etched from a side surface of the first conductive
As illustrated in FIG. 4E, the
The light emitting device package may be mounted as one or a plurality of light emitting devices according to the above embodiments, but is not limited thereto.
A plurality of light emitting device packages according to the embodiment may be arranged on a substrate, and a light guide plate, a prism sheet, a diffusion sheet, or the like, which is an optical member, may be disposed on an optical path of the light emitting device package. The light emitting device package, the substrate, and the optical member may function as a light unit. Another embodiment may be implemented as a display device, an indicator device, or a lighting system including the semiconductor light emitting device or the light emitting device package described in the above embodiments, and for example, the lighting system may include a lamp or a street lamp. . Hereinafter, a head lamp and a backlight unit will be described as an embodiment of the lighting system in which the above-described light emitting device package is disposed.
5 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a head lamp including a light emitting device package.
The
As described above, the light emitting device used in the light emitting
6 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of an image display device including a light emitting device package.
As shown, the
The light source module includes a light emitting
The
The
The
The
In the
In the present embodiment, the
The liquid crystal display panel (Liquid Crystal Display) may be disposed on the
The
The liquid crystal display panel used in the display device uses a transistor as an active matrix method as a switch for adjusting a voltage supplied to each pixel.
The front surface of the
In the light emitting device disposed in the image display device according to the present embodiment, the potential is converged by the air voids formed between the dissimilar materials in the growth process to improve the quality, and the air voids disposed between the dissimilar materials in the light emitting device package are lighted. By refracting the light emitted to the outside can be improved light efficiency. In addition, air voids may be formed at the interface of the double material to reduce the contact area of the dissimilar material to mitigate strain due to lattice mismatch.
Although the above description has been made based on the embodiments, these are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present invention. Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may not have been exemplified above without departing from the essential characteristics of the present embodiments. It will be appreciated that many variations and applications are possible. For example, each component specifically shown in the embodiment can be modified. And differences relating to such modifications and applications will have to be construed as being included in the scope of the invention defined in the appended claims.
100: light emitting element 110: substrate
220: intermediate layer 130: air void
140: light emitting
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200: light emitting device packages 221 and 222: first and second electrodes
231, 232: solder
400: head lamp 410: light emitting device module
402: reflector 403: shade
404: lens 500: display device
510: bottom cover 520: reflector
530: circuit board module 540: light guide plate
550, 560: first and second prism sheet 570: panel
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Disposed on the substrate, and formed between a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, and the first conductivity type semiconductor layer and the second conductivity type semiconductor layer, and among ultraviolet, near and deep ultraviolet rays; A light emitting structure comprising an active layer emitting any one; And
An intermediate layer disposed on a portion of the light emitting structure and a portion of the substrate, the intermediate layer comprising the substrate and a dissimilar material;
A plurality of air voids (random) of at least one of the size, shape and arrangement are disposed between the intermediate layer and the light emitting structure,
The intermediate layer and the light emitting structure include Al,
The Al composition of the intermediate layer is higher than the Al composition of the light emitting structure,
End portions of the lower portions of the plurality of air voids are disposed in an intermediate region of the intermediate layer, and end portions of the upper portions of the plurality of air voids are disposed in an intermediate region of the first conductive semiconductor layer.
The light emitting device is a region in which the width of the air void is the maximum, disposed at the boundary between the intermediate layer and the light emitting structure.
And an electron blocking layer having a superlattice structure disposed between the active layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer.
The first conductive semiconductor layer is an AlGaN layer doped with an n-type dopant, and the air void is disposed even inside the AlGaN layer.
The intermediate layer is an AlN layer light emitting device.
The intermediate layer includes a first AlN layer in contact with an upper surface of the substrate and a second AlN layer in contact with an upper surface of the first AlN layer, wherein the first AlN layer and the second AlN layer are formed under different growth conditions. Wherein the intermediate region of the intermediate layer is the second AlN layer.
And a dislocation from the interface between the intermediate layer and the light emitting structure in the peripheral region of each air void.
And the potential converges in the light emitting structure on the air void.
And a material of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer laterally grown around the air voids on the air voids.
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