KR20110082268A - Nitride semiconductor light emitting device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a nitride semiconductor light emitting device, and an aspect of the present invention relates to an n-type and p-type nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer formed between the n-type and p-type nitride semiconductor layers, and the n-type nitride semiconductor layer and the It is formed in at least one of a position corresponding to the active layer and a position corresponding to the p-type nitride semiconductor layer and the active layer, and dispersed in the host material and the host material made of a nitride semiconductor to form a heterojunction interface with the host material The present invention provides a nitride semiconductor light emitting device including a current diffusion layer having a cluster formed of a material having a greater bandgap energy than the host material.
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The present invention relates to a nitride semiconductor light emitting device, and more particularly, to a nitride semiconductor light emitting device having improved electrical characteristics and external light extraction efficiency.
A semiconductor light emitting device is a semiconductor device capable of generating light of various colors based on recombination of electrons and holes at junctions of p and n type semiconductors when a current is applied. Such semiconductor light emitting devices have a number of advantages, such as long lifespan, low power supply, excellent initial driving characteristics, high vibration resistance, etc., compared to filament based light emitting devices. In particular, in recent years, group III nitride semiconductors capable of emitting light in a blue series short wavelength region have been in the spotlight.
The nitride single crystal constituting the light emitting device using the group III nitride semiconductor is formed on a specific growth substrate, such as a sapphire or SiC substrate. However, in the case of using an insulating substrate such as sapphire, the arrangement of electrodes is greatly limited. That is, in the conventional nitride nitride semiconductor light emitting device, since the electrodes are generally arranged in the horizontal direction, the current flow becomes narrow. Due to such a narrow current flow, the operating voltage (Vf) of the light emitting device is increased, the current efficiency is lowered, and at the same time, there is a problem of being vulnerable to electrostatic discharge. In order to solve this problem, several methods have been proposed to improve the current spreading function in the light emitting device.
One of them is a method of inducing lateral flow of current by introducing a current blocking layer into the semiconductor layer, but in order to insert heterogeneous materials, for example, dielectric materials such as SiO 2 into the nitride semiconductor. Additional processes are required, and there is a problem that adversely affects the crystallinity. Alternatively, a structure in which an undoped semiconductor layer is inserted into the n-type and p-type semiconductor layers may be used, which uses a phenomenon in which electron mobility is relatively increased in the undoped semiconductor layer. However, even when the undoped semiconductor layer is used, there is a problem in that the current dissipation effect is insufficient due to the substantial difference in electron mobility.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a nitride semiconductor light emitting device capable of maintaining operating voltage characteristics while employing a high resistance region for improving the current spreading function.
In order to achieve the above object, one aspect of the present invention,
n-type and p-type nitride semiconductor layers, an active layer formed between the n-type and p-type nitride semiconductor layers, a position corresponding to the n-type nitride semiconductor layer and the active layer, and between the p-type nitride semiconductor layer and the active layer It is formed in at least one of the positions corresponding to, and has a host material consisting of a nitride semiconductor and the cluster is dispersed in the host material to form a heterojunction interface with the host material and a material having a greater band gap energy than the host material It provides a nitride semiconductor light emitting device comprising a current diffusion layer.
Another aspect of the invention,
a nitride semiconductor layer formed on at least one of an n-type and p-type nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer formed between the n-type and p-type nitride semiconductor layer, the n-type nitride semiconductor layer, and the p-type nitride semiconductor layer; It provides a nitride semiconductor light emitting device comprising a current diffusion layer formed in the host material and the host material formed within the host material to form a heterojunction interface with the host material and having a cluster of a material having a greater bandgap energy than the host material.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the host material may be an undoped semiconductor.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the host material is made of GaN, the cluster may be made of AlGaN or AlN.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the host material is made of InGaN, the cluster may be made of GaN or AlN.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the cluster may have a nano size.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the cluster may have a pyramid shape.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the cluster may be arranged in two dimensions.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the cluster has a plurality of two-dimensional array structure, the plurality of two-dimensional array structure may be formed spaced apart from each other in the thickness direction of the current diffusion layer.
In an embodiment, the n-type electrode formed on one surface of the n-type nitride semiconductor layer exposed by removing a portion of the p-type nitride semiconductor layer and the active layer and the p-type electrode formed on an upper surface of the p-type nitride semiconductor layer It may further include.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the n-type and p-type nitride semiconductor layers may further include n-type and p-type electrodes respectively formed on surfaces opposite to the active layer.
In the case of the nitride semiconductor light emitting device according to the present invention, the current dispersion characteristics may be improved by the effect of increasing the electron mobility at the heterojunction interface by interposing a current diffusion layer inside the light emitting device. Furthermore, by optimizing the internal structure of the current spreading layer, the operating voltage is not increased according to the adoption of the current spreading layer.
1 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a nitride semiconductor light emitting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a region A around the current diffusion layer included in the nitride semiconductor light emitting device of FIG. 1.
3 shows conduction band energy levels at the heterojunction interface of the nitride semiconductor layer.
4 and 5 are cross-sectional views schematically showing a semiconductor light emitting device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of an area B surrounding the current spreading layer of the nitride semiconductor light emitting device of FIG. 5.
7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a semiconductor light emitting device according to still another embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
However, embodiments of the present invention may be modified in various other forms, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below. In addition, the embodiments of the present invention are provided to more completely explain the present invention to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the shape and size of elements in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity, and the elements denoted by the same reference numerals in the drawings are the same elements.
1 is a cross-sectional view schematically illustrating a nitride semiconductor light emitting device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of an area A around the current diffusion layer provided in the nitride semiconductor light emitting device of FIG. 1. 1 and 2, in the nitride semiconductor
The
The n-type and p-type
The current spreading
However, in such heterojunctions, it is necessary to use a material having a relatively large energy band gap, such as AlGaN, which may act as a barrier to the progression of the carrier, thereby causing an increase in operating voltage. In addition, as the heterojunction interface increases, the stress generated at the interface may also increase, which may also contribute to an increase in operating voltage. In this embodiment, in order to minimize such a problem, the substance with a large energy band gap was employ | adopted in cluster form. In this case, the
As shown in FIG. 2, a
The
Meanwhile, in the embodiment of FIG. 1, the current spreading
First, in the semiconductor
Next, in the semiconductor
Meanwhile, in the above embodiments, only the light emitting device in which the electrode is arranged in the horizontal structure has been described, and the current dispersion enhancement effect is a more important problem in the horizontal structure. Adoption is also possible.
7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a semiconductor light emitting device according to still another embodiment of the present invention. In the semiconductor
The present invention is not limited by the above-described embodiment and the accompanying drawings, but is intended to be limited by the appended claims. Accordingly, various forms of substitution, modification, and alteration may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention described in the claims, which are also within the scope of the present invention. something to do.
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An active layer formed between the n-type and p-type nitride semiconductor layers; And
And formed in at least one of a position corresponding to the n-type nitride semiconductor layer and the active layer and a position corresponding to the p-type nitride semiconductor layer and the active layer, and are dispersed in the host material made of a nitride semiconductor and the host material. A current diffusion layer forming a heterojunction interface with the host material and including a cluster of a material having a bandgap energy greater than that of the host material;
Nitride semiconductor light emitting device comprising a.
An active layer formed between the n-type and p-type nitride semiconductor layers; And
It is formed in at least one of the inside of the n-type nitride semiconductor layer and the p-type nitride semiconductor layer, and formed in the host material and the host material made of a nitride semiconductor to form a heterojunction interface with the host material than the host material A current spreading layer having a cluster made of a material having a high band gap energy;
Nitride semiconductor light emitting device comprising a.
And the host material is an undoped semiconductor.
The host material is made of GaN, the cluster is a nitride semiconductor light emitting device, characterized in that made of AlGaN or AlN.
The host material is made of InGaN, the cluster is a nitride semiconductor light emitting device, characterized in that made of GaN or AlN.
The cluster is a nitride semiconductor light emitting device, characterized in that having a nano size.
The cluster is a nitride semiconductor light emitting device, characterized in that having a pyramid shape.
The cluster is nitride semiconductor light emitting device, characterized in that arranged in two dimensions.
The cluster is provided with a plurality of two-dimensional array structure, the plurality of two-dimensional array structure nitride semiconductor light emitting device, characterized in that formed spaced apart from each other in the thickness direction of the current diffusion layer.
And an n-type electrode formed on one surface of the n-type nitride semiconductor layer exposed by removing a portion of the p-type nitride semiconductor layer and the active layer and a p-type electrode formed on an upper surface of the p-type nitride semiconductor layer. Nitride semiconductor light emitting device.
The n-type and p-type nitride semiconductor light emitting device further comprises n-type and p-type electrode formed on the surface opposite to the active layer in the semiconductor layer.
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