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US20110012150A1 US12/674,356 US67435608A US2011012150A1 US 20110012150 A1 US20110012150 A1 US 20110012150A1 US 67435608 A US67435608 A US 67435608A US 2011012150 A1 US2011012150 A1 US 2011012150A1
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  • the present disclosure relates to a light-emitting device and a method for fabricating the same.
  • a light-emitting diode is a semiconductor light-emitting device that converts an electrical current to light.
  • the wavelength of light emitted from the LED is determined depending on a semiconductor material used to fabricate the LED. This is because the wavelength of the emitted light corresponds to a band gap of the semiconductor material, which is defined as an energy difference between electrons in the valence band and electrons in the conduction band.
  • the brightness of the LED gradually increases, and the LED is being used as a light source for a display, a light source for a vehicle, a light source for illumination. Also, it is possible to realize an LED with high efficiency emitting white light, by using a fluorescent material or combining a variety of color LEDs.
  • the brightness of the LED depends on various conditions such as a structure of an active layer, a light extraction structure that can effectively extract light to the outside, a chip size, and a kind of a molding member surrounding the LED.
  • Embodiments provide a light-emitting device having a new structure, and a method for fabricating the same.
  • Embodiments also provide a light-emitting device with enhanced light extraction efficiency, and a method for fabricating the same.
  • a light-emitting device comprises: a second conductive type semiconductor layer; an active layer on the second conductive type semiconductor layer; a first conductive type semiconductor layer on the active layer; and a nonconductive semiconductor layer on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, the nonconductive semiconductor layer comprising a light extraction structure.
  • a light-emitting device comprises: a second conductive type semiconductor layer; an active layer on the second conductive type semiconductor layer; a first conductive type semiconductor layer on the active layer; a nonconductive semiconductor layer on the first conductive type semiconductor layer; and a light extraction layer comprising a light extraction structure on the nonconductive semiconductor layer.
  • a method for fabricating a light-emitting device comprises: forming a nonconductive semiconductor layer on a substrate; forming a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer on the nonconductive semiconductor layer; forming a second electrode layer on the second conductive type semiconductor layer; removing the substrate; and forming a light extraction structure on the nonconductive semiconductor layer.
  • Embodiments can provide a light-emitting device having a new structure, and a method for fabricating the same.
  • embodiments can provide a light-emitting device with enhanced light extraction efficiency, and a method for fabricating the same.
  • FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a lateral type light-emitting device according to a first embodiment.
  • FIG. 2 is a view illustrating a vertical type light-emitting device according to a second embodiment.
  • FIGS. 3 to 7 are views illustrating the arrangement of unit patterns having a hole structure or a pillar structure in a plane.
  • FIGS. 8 to 10 are graphs showing simulation results of light extraction efficiency while varying structural factors of the vertical type light-emitting device shown in FIG. 2 .
  • FIGS. 11 to 14 are views illustrating a light-emitting device and a method for fabricating the same according to a third embodiment.
  • FIGS. 15 and 16 are views illustrating a light-emitting device and a method for fabricating the same according to a fourth embodiment.
  • FIGS. 17 and 18 are views illustrating a light-emitting device and a method for fabricating the same according to a fifth embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a lateral type light-emitting device according to a first embodiment.
  • FIG. 2 is a view illustrating a vertical type light-emitting device according to a second embodiment.
  • the lateral type light-emitting device includes a substrate 10 , an undoped gallium nitride (GaN) layer 24 on the substrate 10 , a light-emitting semiconductor layer 20 on the undoped GaN layer 24 , and an ohmic contact layer 30 on the light-emitting semiconductor layer 20 .
  • GaN gallium nitride
  • the light-emitting semiconductor layer 20 includes a first conductive type semiconductor layer 23 , an active layer 22 , and a second conductive type semiconductor layer 21 .
  • the light-emitting semiconductor layer 20 may be formed of GaN-based materials.
  • the second conductive type semiconductor layer 21 may be a p-type semiconductor layer.
  • the second conductive type semiconductor layer 21 may be an n-type semiconductor layer.
  • a first electrode layer 110 may be formed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer 23
  • a second electrode layer 120 may be formed on the ohmic contact layer 30 .
  • a GaN-based material layer including the undoped GaN layer 24 and the light-emitting semiconductor layer 20 grows on the substrate 10 .
  • the substrate 10 may employ a sapphire substrate of which a refractive index is lower than that of the GaN-based material layer. Since the GaN-based material layer has a thickness of about 5 ⁇ m, it may be regarded as a waveguide structure having a variety of higher modes.
  • the ohmic contact layer 30 is formed on the second conductive type semiconductor layer 21 .
  • the ohmic contact layer 30 may include a transparent electrode formed of indium tin oxide (ITO) or the like.
  • the maximum etchable depth equals to the sum of thicknesses of both the ohmic contact layer 30 and the second conductive type semiconductor layer 21 .
  • the sum of the thicknesses of the ohmic contact layer 30 and the second conductive type semiconductor layer 21 is in a range of 100 nm to 300 nm. Accordingly, the etchable depth is limited to the range of 100 nm to 300 nm so that it is difficult to form the photonic crystal 40 with good light extraction efficiency.
  • the vertical type light-emitting device includes a second electrode layer 50 , and a light-emitting semiconductor layer 20 on the second electrode layer 50 .
  • the light-emitting semiconductor layer 20 includes a first conductive type semiconductor layer 23 , an active layer 22 , and a second conductive type semiconductor layer 21 .
  • a first electrode layer may be formed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer 23 so as to supply a power to the active layer 22 together with the second electrode layer 50 .
  • a GaN-based material layer is formed on the substrate, and thereafter the substrate is removed through a laser absorption method.
  • the second electrode layer 50 provided with multi-layered thin films is formed under the second conductive type semiconductor layer 21 .
  • the second electrode layer 50 may act as a reflection layer and an electrode at the same time.
  • the second electrode layer 50 may have a multilayered stricture configured with an ohmic contact layer, a reflection layer and a conductive substrate, or may include a metal such as nickel (Ni) and silver (Ag).
  • the second electrode layer 50 is formed by removing the substrate, which differs from the lateral type light-emitting device.
  • the vertical type light-emitting device has such an advantageous merit that the photonic crystal 40 allowing light extraction efficiency to be increased can be easily introduced because the first conductive type semiconductor layer 23 is disposed on the active layer 22 .
  • the n-type GaN layer formed on the active layer 22 is formed thicker than the p-type GaN layer, and thus the maximum etchable depth is great when introducing the photonic crystal 40 .
  • the fact the maximum etchable depth is great provides an advantage that it is less restrictive to form the photonic crystal 40 .
  • the vertical type light-emitting device has such a characteristic that a distance between the active layer 22 and the second electrode layer 50 is shorter than the wavelength of light emitted from the active layer 22 .
  • the vertical type light-emitting device has a characteristic that the thickness of the second conductive type semiconductor layer 21 is shorter than the wavelength of light.
  • the active layer 22 is disposed in the vicinity of the second electrode layer 50 , it is possible to control a radiation pattern using the reflective behavior of the second electrode layer 50 , and to improve the light extraction efficiency as well.
  • the light extraction efficiency is closely related to diffraction efficiency.
  • the diffraction efficiency may be changed due to a lattice constant of a unit pattern in the photonic crystal 40 having a hole or pillar structure, e.g., structural factors such as a size (diameter) of the unit pattern, a depth or height of the unit pattern, and an arrangement of the unit patterns in a plane.
  • FIGS. 3 to 7 are views illustrating the arrangement of unit patterns having a hole structure or a pillar structure in a plane.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates that a plurality of unit patterns 41 are arranged in the shape of a rectangular lattice.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates that a plurality of unit patterns 41 are arranged in the shape of a triangle lattice.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates that a plurality of unit patterns 41 are arranged in the shape of an Archimedean lattice.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates that a plurality of unit patterns 41 are arranged pseudo-randomly where an average distance between the plurality of unit patterns 41 is constant.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates that a plurality of unit patterns 41 are randomly arranged.
  • the arrangement of the unit patterns 41 in a plane as shown in FIGS. 3 to 7 affects the diffraction efficiency, leading to a change in light extraction efficiency.
  • FIGS. 8 to 10 are graphs showing simulation results of light extraction efficiency while varying structural factors of the vertical type light-emitting device as illustrated in FIG. 2 .
  • the unit patterns 41 i.e., a lattice constant is changed under the condition that a hole of which a radius is 250 nm and a depth is 225 nm is used as the unit pattern 41 , it can be observed that the maximum light extraction efficiency can be achieved at around 800 nm. At this time, the relative enhancement of the light extraction efficiency is up to about 2 times.
  • the etch depth is limited to a range of 100 nm to 300 nm in the lateral type light-emitting device of FIG. 1 , the light extraction efficiency may be decreased when a lattice constant is 1,000 nm or more.
  • the etch depth of a hole can be increased to 450 nm or more in the vertical type light-emitting device of FIG. 2 , and thus the light extraction efficiency is not greatly decreased although the lattice constant (a) is changed.
  • FIGS. 11 to 14 are views illustrating a light-emitting device and a method for fabricating the same according to a third embodiment.
  • a nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 , a light-emitting semiconductor layer 20 , and a second electrode layer 50 are formed on a substrate 10 .
  • the light-emitting semiconductor layer 20 includes a first conductive type semiconductor layer 23 , an active layer 22 , and a second conductive type semiconductor layer 21 .
  • the second electrode layer 50 includes an ohmic contact layer 51 , a reflection layer 52 and a conductive substrate 53 .
  • the conductive substrate 53 may be formed of at least one of titanium (Ti), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), aluminum (Al), platinum (Pt), gold (Au) and tungsten (W).
  • the reflection layer 52 may be formed of a metal including at least one of Ag, aluminum (Al), copper (Cu) and Ni.
  • the ohmic contact layer 51 may include a transparent electrode layer.
  • the ohmic contact layer 51 may be formed of at least one of ITO, ZnO, RuO x , TiO x and IrO x .
  • the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 means a semiconductor layer formed of a material having an electrical conductivity lower than the first and second conductive type semiconductor layers 23 and 21 .
  • the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 may be an undoped GaN layer.
  • the substrate 10 is removed from the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 .
  • the substrate 10 may be removed through a laser absorption method.
  • the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 and the first conductive type semiconductor layer 23 are selectively removed, thereby exposing a portion of the first conductive type semiconductor layer 23 in an upper direction. Thereafter, a first electrode layer 60 is formed on the exposed portion of the first conductive type semiconductor layer 23 .
  • a photonic crystal 40 is formed on the top surface of the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 .
  • the photonic crystal 40 is a light extraction structure including variously shaped patterns that can increase the light extraction efficiency.
  • the photonic crystal 40 is formed by selectively etching the top surface of the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 in a hole or pillar form.
  • the light extraction efficiency can be further increased if the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 is etched to a depth of ⁇ /n or more.
  • n represents the refractive index of the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24
  • represents the wavelength of light emitted from the active layer 22 .
  • the etch depth i.e., ⁇ /n or more, is also applicable to other embodiments.
  • the photonic crystal 40 is formed on the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 while the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 disposed between the first conductive type semiconductor layer 23 and the substrate 10 is not removed.
  • the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 has a thickness of 500 nm to 2,000 nm so that it is possible to form unit patterns having various etch depths.
  • FIG. 14 is a plan view of the light-emitting device of FIG. 13 , illustrating the shape and arrangement of the photonic crystal 40 and the first electrode layer 60 .
  • the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 when the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 is formed thinly, it is also possible to form the photonic crystal 40 by selectively etching the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 and the first conductive type semiconductor layer 23 .
  • FIGS. 15 and 16 are sectional views illustrating a light-emitting device and a method for fabricating the same according to a fourth embodiment.
  • duplicate description that has been made in the third embodiment will be omitted.
  • a substrate 10 is removed, and light extraction layers 25 and 26 are then formed on the nonconductive semiconductor layer, as illustrated in FIG. 12 .
  • the light extraction layers 25 and 26 , the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 , and the first conductive type semiconductor layer 23 are selectively removed to thereby form a first electrode 60 .
  • top surfaces of the light extraction layers 25 and 26 are selectively etched to form a photonic crystal 40 .
  • the light extraction layers 25 and 26 may be formed of a material of which a refractive index is equal to or greater than that of the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 .
  • the light extraction layers 25 and 26 may be formed of TiO 2 or Si 3 N 4 .
  • the refractive indices of the light extraction layers 25 and 26 are higher than that of the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 , the light extraction efficiency may be further improved. Since the light extraction layers 25 and 26 are formed on the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 , they do not affect electrical properties of the light-emitting device.
  • FIG. 15 illustrates that the photonic crystal 40 is formed in the shape of a hole
  • FIG. 16 illustrates that the photonic crystal 40 is formed in the shape of a hemisphere.
  • the photonic crystal 40 may be formed by selectively etching the light extraction layers 25 and 26 and the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 .
  • FIGS. 17 and 18 are sectional views illustrating a light-emitting device and a method for fabricating the same according to a fifth embodiment.
  • duplicate description that has been made in the fourth embodiment will be omitted.
  • a substrate 10 is removed, and first and second light extraction layers 27 and 28 are then formed on the nonconductive semiconductor layer, as illustrated in FIG. 12 .
  • the first light extraction layer 27 , the second light extraction layer 28 , the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 , and the first conductive type semiconductor layer 23 are selectively removed to thereby form a first electrode 60 . Further, the first and second light extraction layers 27 and 28 are selectively etched to form a photonic crystal 40 .
  • the first and second light extraction layers 27 and 28 are then formed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer 23 after the substrate 10 and the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 are removed.
  • the second light extraction layer 28 , the first light extraction layer 27 and the first conductive type semiconductor layer 23 are selectively removed to thereby form the first electrode 60 .
  • the first and second light extraction layers 27 and 28 are selectively etched to form the photonic crystal 40 .
  • the first and second light extraction layers 27 and 28 shown in FIGS. 17 and 18 may be nonconductive.
  • the first light extraction layer 27 has a first refractive index
  • the second light extraction layer 28 has a second refractive index lower than the first refractive index.
  • the first refractive index of the first light extraction layer 27 is equal to or greater than those of the first conductive type semiconductor layer 23 and the nonconductive semiconductor layer 24 .
  • the first light extraction layer 27 may be formed of TiO 2 or Si 3 N 4
  • the second light extraction layer may be formed of SiO 2 .
  • the photonic crystal 40 is formed by etching two kinds of light extraction layers having different refractive indices
  • the photonic crystal 40 may be formed by etching three or more kinds of light extraction layers simultaneously.
  • the first light extraction layer 27 with the first refractive index and the second light extraction layer 28 with the second refractive index are formed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer 23 , which can further improve the light extraction efficiency.
  • the light-emitting device can be used as a light source of various electronic devices as well as lighting apparatuses.

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