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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor light emitting diode, comprising: a first reflective layer provided on an opposite side of an active layer with respect to a first semiconductor layer, the first reflective layer reflecting light generated in the active layer; And a second reflective layer which is provided on the opposite side of the active layer with respect to the second semiconductor layer and reflects light generated in the active layer, changes a path of light generated from the active layer, (Lateral Light-Extraction Enhancer) is provided in the semiconductor light emitting diode.
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The present disclosure relates generally to semiconductor light emitting diodes, and more particularly to semiconductor light emitting diodes capable of controlling the amount of light emitted upward.
Here, the semiconductor light emitting diode refers to a semiconductor optical device that generates light through recombination of electrons and holes, for example, a group III nitride semiconductor light emitting diode. The Group III nitride semiconductor is made of a compound of Al (x) Ga (y) In (1-x-y) N (0? X? 1, 0? Y? 1, 0? X + y? A GaAs-based semiconductor light-emitting diode used for red light emission, and the like.
Herein, the background art relating to the present disclosure is provided, and these are not necessarily meant to be known arts.
1 is a diagram showing an example of a semiconductor light emitting device disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 5,264,715, wherein a semiconductor light emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer 300 (for example, an n-type semiconductor layer) A second semiconductor layer 500 (e.g., a p-type semiconductor layer), and
The semiconductor light emitting device includes a
This will be described later in the Specification for Implementation of the Invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Herein, a general summary of the present disclosure is provided, which should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present disclosure. of its features).
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a semiconductor light emitting diode comprising: an active layer that generates light through recombination of electrons and holes; an active layer that is provided above the active layer, A plurality of semiconductor layers provided below the first semiconductor layer and the active layer and including a second semiconductor layer having a second conductivity different from the first conductivity; A first reflective layer provided on an opposite side of the active layer with respect to the first semiconductor layer and having a first reflectivity so as to reflect light generated in the active layer; And a second reflective layer provided on the opposite side of the active layer with respect to the second semiconductor layer and reflecting the light generated in the active layer, And a second reflective layer having a second reflectance lower than the first reflectivity of the first reflective layer.
This will be described later in the Specification for Implementation of the Invention.
1 is a view showing an example of a semiconductor light emitting device disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 5,264,715,
2 is a view showing an example of a semiconductor light emitting device disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 6,563,142,
3 is a view showing an example of a semiconductor light emitting diode according to the present disclosure,
FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of the overall shape of the semiconductor light emitting diode shown in FIG. 3,
5 is a view showing another example of a semiconductor light emitting diode according to the present disclosure,
6 is a view showing another example of the semiconductor light emitting diode according to the present disclosure,
7 is a view showing a change in reflectance according to an angle in accordance with a change in the structure of a reflection layer.
The present disclosure will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
3 is a diagram showing an example of a semiconductor light emitting diode according to the present disclosure. The semiconductor light emitting diode includes a first semiconductor layer 30 (for example, n-type GaN), an active layer for generating light by recombination of electrons and holes (For example, InGaN / (In) GaN multiple quantum well structure) 40, a second semiconductor layer 50 (for example, p-type GaN), and a
(1) As a first feature of the semiconductor light emitting diode according to the present disclosure, a semiconductor light emitting diode has a
(2) As a second feature of the semiconductor light emitting diode according to the present disclosure, at least one of the
(3) As a third feature of the semiconductor light emitting diode according to the present disclosure, the semiconductor light emitting diode has the light transmitting
(4) As a fourth characteristic of the semiconductor light emitting diode according to the present disclosure, the
(5) As a fifth characteristic of the semiconductor light emitting diode according to the present disclosure, the semiconductor light emitting diode constitutes the
(6)
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the overall shape of the semiconductor light emitting diode shown in FIG. 3. The semiconductor light emitting diode has a hexahedral shape as a whole. The
5 is a view showing another example of the semiconductor light emitting diode according to the present disclosure, wherein the semiconductor light emitting diode includes a
For example, in the case where the semiconductor light emitting diode is a semiconductor light emitting diode that emits light with a wavelength of 450 nm, and the
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(L means SiO 2 , H means optical thickness indicating TiO 2 , wavelength is 450 nm, and simulation results are shown in FIG. 7 while reducing the number of cycles of 0.25 L / 0.25 H. In this case, It means that the reference angle is 0 ° in the vertical direction of the DBR and 90 ° is the angle in the horizontal direction.)
By setting the number of pairs thereof to four or more, the
It is also possible to construct a distributed Bragg reflector with materials with small refractive index differences and to adjust the reflectance. For example, a distributed Bragg reflector can be constructed with combinations such as SiN / TiO 2 , Ta 3 O 5 / TiO 2 , SiO 2 / SiN, SiO 2 / Al 2 O 3 .
It is also possible to use the adjustment of the number of pairs constituting the distributed Bragg reflector and the adjustment of the difference of the refractive index between the layers constituting the distributed Bragg reflector.
6 is a diagram showing another example of the semiconductor light emitting diode according to the present disclosure, in which the semiconductor light emitting element includes at least one
FIG. 7 is a graph showing changes in reflectance according to an angle according to a change in the structure of a reflective layer. The conditions are as described above, and the reflectance decreases as the number of pairs decreases. In the above case, the ratio of the upper and the side of the light through the variation of the layer corresponding to 450 nm is exemplified in the DBR, and the change of the upper and lower power The ratio can be adjusted. This means that the gist of the present disclosure means that it is possible to control the difference in the amount of light between the upper side and the lateral side through combination and modification of the constituent elements of the DBR, and the present invention is not limited to this example.
Various embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below.
(1) A semiconductor light emitting diode comprising: an active layer which generates light through recombination of electrons and holes; a first semiconductor layer provided above the active layer and having a first conductivity; and a second semiconductor layer provided below the active layer, 2. A semiconductor device comprising: a plurality of semiconductor layers having a second semiconductor layer having conductivity; A first reflective layer provided on an opposite side of the active layer with respect to the first semiconductor layer, the first reflective layer reflecting light generated in the active layer; And a second reflective layer which is provided on the opposite side of the active layer with respect to the second semiconductor layer and reflects light generated in the active layer, changes a path of light generated from the active layer, (Lateral Light-Extraction Enhancer) is provided on the semiconductor light-emitting diode. The Lateral Light-Extraction Enhancer is a light-path-changing structure in which light is scattered to increase the efficiency of light emitted to the side of the semiconductor light-emitting diode, or light is reflected by the semiconductor light-emitting diode The efficiency of emitting light to the side of the semiconductor light emitting diode may be increased or the length of the side may be increased to increase the probability that light is emitted. Alternatively, light may be emitted from the side of the semiconductor light emitting diode To increase the efficiency of emission to the outside.
(2) A semiconductor light emitting diode comprising: an active layer which generates light through recombination of electrons and holes; a first semiconductor layer provided above the active layer and having a first conductivity; and a second semiconductor layer provided below the active layer, 2. A semiconductor device comprising: a plurality of semiconductor layers having a second semiconductor layer having conductivity; A first reflective layer provided on an opposite side of the active layer with respect to the first semiconductor layer and having a first reflectivity so as to reflect light generated in the active layer; And a second reflective layer provided on the opposite side of the active layer with respect to the second semiconductor layer and reflecting the light generated in the active layer, And a second reflective layer having a second reflectance lower than the first reflectivity. Here, the second reflectance is lower than the first reflectivity, which means that when the reflectance of the material (s) constituting the second reflective layer is lower than that of the substance (s) constituting the first reflective layer, Even if the reflectance of the substance (s) is equal to or higher than that of the substance (s) constituting the first reflective layer, the amount of reflection of the second reflective layer is smaller than the amount of reflection of the first reflective layer ≪ / RTI >
(3) The semiconductor light emitting diode according to
(4) The first reflective layer and the second reflective layer each have a distributed Bragg reflector, and the number of pairs of distributed Bragg reflectors of the second reflective layer is smaller than the number of pairs of distributed Bragg reflectors of the first reflective layer. Semiconductor light emitting diode.
(5) The first reflective layer and the second reflective layer each have a distributed Bragg reflector, and the difference in the refractive indexes of the materials constituting the distributed Bragg reflector of the second reflective layer is smaller than the refractive index difference of the materials constituting the distributed Bragg reflector of the first reflective layer Wherein the semiconductor light emitting diode is a semiconductor light emitting diode.
(6) The semiconductor light emitting diode according to (6), wherein the second reflective layer has an opening through which a part of the light generated in the active layer passes through the second reflective layer and is emitted upward.
(7) The semiconductor light-emitting diode according to any one of (1) to (7), wherein the second reflective layer is made of metal.
(8) The semiconductor light emitting diode according to any one of (1) to (5), wherein the second reflective layer reflects light of 50% or more. With this configuration, the semiconductor light emitting diode can be a semiconductor light emitting diode having a stronger side emission.
(9) The semiconductor light-emitting diode according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the second reflective layer reflects 80% or more of light.
(10) A semiconductor light emitting diode comprising a light scattering surface between a second reflective layer and a plurality of semiconductor layers.
(11) A semiconductor light-emitting diode comprising a light-transmissive material layer between a second reflective layer and a plurality of semiconductor layers.
According to one semiconductor light emitting diode according to the present disclosure, the amount of light emitted upward can be controlled.
According to another semiconductor light emitting diode according to the present disclosure, it is possible to improve the light emission to the side.
According to another semiconductor light emitting diode according to the present disclosure, it is possible to reduce the interference phenomenon caused by the reflective film.
According to another semiconductor light emitting diode according to the present disclosure, a flip chip type side light emitting semiconductor light emitting diode can be realized.
According to another semiconductor light emitting diode according to the present disclosure, a semiconductor light emitting diode having a light scattering surface in a flip chip can be realized.
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A first semiconductor layer provided above the active layer and having a first conductivity and a second semiconductor layer provided below the active layer and having a second conductivity different from the first conductivity, A plurality of semiconductor layers,
A first reflective layer provided on an opposite side of the active layer with respect to the first semiconductor layer and having a first reflectivity so as to reflect light generated in the active layer; And,
A second reflective layer provided on the opposite side of the active layer with respect to the second semiconductor layer and reflecting the light generated in the active layer, the first reflective layer having a first reflectance such that a part of light generated in the active layer passes through the second reflective layer, And a second reflective layer having a second reflectance lower than that of the second reflective layer.
And the second reflective layer has a distributed Bragg reflector.
Wherein the first reflective layer and the second reflective layer each have a distributed Bragg reflector and the number of pairs of distributed Bragg reflectors of the second reflective layer is smaller than the number of pairs of distributed Bragg reflectors of the first reflective layer. .
The first reflective layer and the second reflective layer each have a distributed Bragg reflector and the difference in the refractive indexes of the materials constituting the distributed Bragg reflector of the second reflective layer is smaller than the refractive index difference of the materials constituting the distributed Bragg reflector of the first reflective layer. Semiconductor light emitting diode.
And the second reflective layer has an opening so that a part of the light generated in the active layer passes through the second reflective layer and is emitted upward.
And the second reflective layer is made of metal.
And the second reflective layer reflects 50% or more of light.
And the second reflective layer reflects 80% or more of light.
And a light scattering surface between the second reflective layer and the plurality of semiconductor layers.
And a light-transmissive material layer between the second reflective layer and the plurality of semiconductor layers.
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