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- the present invention relates to an optical analyzer that irradiates a sample with light and detects transmitted light, reflected light, scattered light, fluorescence, and the like obtained from the sample.
- LEDs As a liquid chromatograph (LC) detector, an optical analyzer such as an ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer or a photodiode array detector is often used.
- LEDs are being used as light sources for optical analyzers. LEDs have a relatively narrow peak width in the emission spectrum, so they are not well suited for applications where wavelength scanning is performed over a wide wavelength range, but a spectrophotometer or fluorometer that irradiates a sample with light of a specific wavelength. It is suitable for optical analyzers such as.
- the LED has advantages that it is much cheaper than various conventionally used light sources and has a long life and high reliability.
- FIG. 7 A schematic configuration of an absorptiometer using an LED as a light source is shown in FIG. 7 (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
- Measurement light emitted from an LED (for example, a deep ultraviolet LED) 71 that is a light source is applied to the flow cell 72.
- the measurement light passes through the sample solution in the flow cell 72, it receives absorption according to the type and amount of components in the sample solution.
- the light after receiving such absorption enters the photodetector 73, and the photodetector 73 outputs a detection signal corresponding to the amount of the light.
- a signal processing unit not shown
- the absorbance of the sample is calculated from the detection signal.
- Patent Document 2 describes that a flow cell made of silicon oxide or the like is formed using a semiconductor manufacturing process. By using a miniaturization technique based on a semiconductor manufacturing process, a low-capacity flow cell can be formed with high dimensional accuracy.
- Such a low-capacity flow cell itself is small and lightweight, which is convenient for reducing the size and weight of the absorptiometer.
- the optical axes of the light source and the photodetector must be manually set during assembly so that the optical axis of the measurement light passes through a predetermined position in the flow cell. Adjustments need to be made, and such adjustments become more difficult the smaller the flow cell. For this reason, not only is it troublesome to assemble the apparatus, but also an operator skilled in assembling is required. Even if the flow cell is miniaturized, there is a limit to miniaturization of the apparatus due to the restrictions on the size of the light source and photodetector components.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an optical analyzer that is smaller and lighter than conventional ones and that does not require manual adjustment of the optical axis or the like. There is to do.
- An optical analyzer made to solve the above problems is as follows. a) a substrate made of a transparent or translucent material used as a substrate for a compound semiconductor element, an oxide semiconductor element, or an organic semiconductor element, in which a flow path through which a sample solution flows is formed; b) a semiconductor light emitting unit that irradiates the sample solution in the flow path with light formed on the surface of the substrate by a semiconductor manufacturing process; c) a semiconductor light receiving portion formed by a semiconductor manufacturing process at a position where the light from the sample solution in the flow channel reaches the surface of the base and the irradiation light from the semiconductor light emitting portion; It is characterized by having.
- the transparent or translucent material used as a substrate for a compound semiconductor element, an oxide semiconductor element, or an organic semiconductor element is typically sapphire (aluminum oxide single crystal: Al 2 O 3 ).
- various materials such as aluminum nitride (AlN), bismuth germanium oxide (Bi 4 Ge 3 O 12 ), diamond, aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, and zinc oxide can be used.
- AlN aluminum nitride
- Bi 4 Ge 3 O 12 bismuth germanium oxide
- diamond aluminum oxide
- silicon carbide silicon carbide
- zinc oxide aluminum oxide
- transparent or “translucent” as used herein does not need to have a light-transmitting property with respect to a wide range of wavelengths, and has a light-transmitting property with respect to a specific wavelength (the wavelength of light emitted by the semiconductor light emitting unit). It is enough. Moreover, it is desirable that the refractive index is high.
- a straight tube having a predetermined inner diameter or a flow path having a shape other than that is formed inside a base made of sapphire, for example.
- This flow path may be formed by mechanical drilling, or a groove is formed on a very flat surface of one or both of two substrates by chemical processing such as mechanical processing or etching.
- a flow path may be formed inside by bonding two substrates together so that the groove is inside.
- the semiconductor light emitting unit is, for example, an LED formed on the surface of a substrate by a semiconductor manufacturing process of a compound semiconductor.
- a thin film layer such as gallium nitride (GaN) may be formed by crystal growth on the surface of a substrate made of sapphire, and an LED structure such as an active layer may be formed on the gallium nitride layer.
- the semiconductor light receiving portion is also a photodiode formed by a semiconductor manufacturing process of a compound semiconductor on the surface of a substrate made of sapphire, for example.
- a thin film layer such as gallium nitride may be formed on the surface of the substrate by crystal growth or the like, and a pn junction for light reception may be formed in the gallium nitride layer.
- a pn junction type a Schottky junction type or a photo-conductive type light receiving element may be used.
- the semiconductor light emitting unit and the semiconductor light receiving unit are disposed, for example, so as to face each other with the flow path in the substrate sandwiched in the orthogonal direction or the oblique direction.
- the semiconductor light emitting unit When a driving current is supplied to the semiconductor light emitting unit, the semiconductor light emitting unit emits light of a predetermined wavelength to the substrate side. This light is transmitted through a transparent or translucent substrate, and is irradiated to the sample solution flowing in the flow path inside the substrate. The transmitted light absorbed by the components in the sample solution passes through the transparent or translucent substrate and reaches the semiconductor light receiving unit. The semiconductor light receiving unit generates a detection signal corresponding to the amount of light that has reached. Thereby, in the optical analyzer according to the present invention, a detection signal reflecting the absorption by the sample solution flowing in the flow path inside the substrate in which the semiconductor light emitting unit and the semiconductor light receiving unit are integrated can be obtained.
- materials used as substrates for compound semiconductor elements, oxide semiconductor elements, or organic semiconductor elements exhibit a high refractive index. For this reason, light is likely to be totally reflected at the interface between the substrate made of such a material and air. Therefore, when the light passing through the flow path hits the interface between the substrate and air at a certain angle or more, it is totally reflected and returns to the inside of the substrate. If such total reflection is used, light can be incident on the semiconductor light-receiving portion after having passed through the flow path a plurality of times. Thereby, the absorbance can be obtained with high accuracy even for a sample having a small degree of light absorption.
- the optical analyzer according to the present invention can measure not only the absorbance but also the fluorescence intensity.
- the semiconductor light emitting unit may be a super luminescence diode (SLD) or a laser diode (LD) instead of an LED.
- the semiconductor light receiving unit may be a phototransistor or the like instead of a photodiode.
- not only one semiconductor light receiving unit but also a plurality of semiconductor light receiving units are provided, and the signals obtained by the plurality of semiconductor light receiving units are added together, or one of the signals obtained by the plurality of semiconductor light receiving units is selectively extracted. May be. Further, when the semiconductor light emitting unit is selectively turned on / off, a time-division operation in which each of the plurality of semiconductor light emitting units is repeatedly turned on / off in order may be performed.
- the semiconductor manufacturing process is an organic semiconductor manufacturing process including a solution process. That is, the semiconductor manufacturing process here is a semiconductor manufacturing process regardless of whether it is an inorganic substance or an organic substance.
- the light source, the flow path through which the sample solution flows, that is, the flow cell, and the photodetector are integrated, and the light source and the photodetector are formed on the surface of the substrate on which the flow path is formed. It is formed with high positional accuracy by a semiconductor manufacturing process. Therefore, manual adjustment of the optical axis at the time of assembly, which is essential in the conventional apparatus, is unnecessary, and highly sensitive measurement can be achieved without the need for such adjustment.
- the gap between the light source and the flow cell and the gap between the flow cell and the photodetector are both wall surfaces of the flow path, so there is no unnecessary gap between these elements. Therefore, the apparatus can be miniaturized. Furthermore, as described above, since the refractive index of the material generally used for the substrate of the compound semiconductor element, oxide semiconductor element, or organic semiconductor element is high and total reflection is likely to occur at the interface between the base and air, Diffusion of light can be suppressed.
- an element or circuit that can be made of a compound semiconductor, an oxide semiconductor, or an organic semiconductor such as a drive circuit of a semiconductor light emitting unit or an amplifier that amplifies a signal obtained by a semiconductor light receiving unit.
- a drive circuit of a semiconductor light emitting unit or an amplifier that amplifies a signal obtained by a semiconductor light receiving unit. can be mounted on a substrate on which a flow path is formed.
- Various optical elements can also be manufactured on the same substrate.
- the lens can have a refractive index distribution using a refractive index dispersion material such as a photonic polymer.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an optical analyzer according to the present embodiment, where (a) is a cross-sectional view in a plane including the center line of the flow path, and (b) is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA ′ in (a).
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an optical analyzer according to the present embodiment, where (a) is a cross-sectional view in a plane including the center line of the flow path, and (b) is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA ′ in (a).
- the optical analyzer 1A of the present embodiment has a base 2 made of sapphire used as a material for a substrate for a compound semiconductor element, and a cylindrical straight tubular flow path 3 is formed inside the rectangular parallelepiped base 2. Yes.
- a compound semiconductor element substrate may be appropriately cut and used.
- the flow path 3 may be perforated by, for example, mechanical processing including laser processing.
- the sample solution eluted from the LC column outlet is supplied to the flow path 3 at a substantially constant flow rate.
- sapphire is used as the material of the substrate 2, but it is a material used for a substrate for a compound semiconductor element, an oxide semiconductor element, or an organic semiconductor element, and is transparent or translucent, that is, a predetermined
- the material that can be used is not limited to sapphire as long as the material has a property of transmitting light having a wavelength or wavelength band.
- aluminum nitride, bismuth germanium oxide, or the like that is generally available as a single crystal substrate may be used. Further, a diamond substrate or the like may be used.
- the LED 4 is formed on the base 2 as a semiconductor light emitting part on one of two surfaces (upper surface and lower surface in the example of FIG. 1) which are opposite to each other with the flow path 3 in the base 2.
- a photodiode 5 is formed on the base 2 as a semiconductor light receiving part on the other of the two surfaces. These are all formed on the substrate 2 by a standard manufacturing process of a compound semiconductor.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an example of the LED 4.
- An n-type gallium nitride thin film layer (n-GaN layer) 41 is formed on the surface of the substrate 2 by crystal growth, and an active layer 42 which is a multilayer film of, for example, indium gallium nitride (InGaN) and gallium nitride is formed thereon.
- an active layer 42 which is a multilayer film of, for example, indium gallium nitride (InGaN) and gallium nitride is formed thereon.
- p-GaN layer p-type gallium nitride thin film layer
- the p-GaN layer 43 and a part of the active layer 42 are removed, and electrodes 45 and 46 are formed on the exposed n-GaN layer 41 and the p-GaN layer 43, respectively.
- a protective film is formed on the entire element surface, a contact hole is formed in a part of the protective film on the electrodes 45 and 46, and wiring is provided to the electrodes 45 and 46 through the contact holes. Connected.
- the active layer 42 When the driving current is supplied through this wiring, the active layer 42 emits light. This light is emitted to both the space side (upper side in FIG. 5) and the substrate 2 side (lower side in FIG. 5), but almost the entire upper surface of the p-GaN layer 43 is covered with the electrode 46, The electrode 46 functions as a reflective layer. Therefore, the light emitted upward from the active layer 42 is reflected by the electrode 46 and turns downward. Therefore, the light is efficiently emitted to the base 2 side.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic sectional view of an example of the photodiode 5.
- n-GaN layer n-type gallium nitride thin film layer
- p-GaN layer p-type gallium nitride thin film layer
- the p-GaN layer 53 and the light receiving layer 52 are partially removed, and electrodes 55 and 56 are formed on the exposed n-GaN layer 51 and the p-GaN layer 53, respectively.
- a protective film is formed on the whole, a contact hole is formed in a part of the protective film on the electrodes 55 and 56, and wiring is connected to the electrodes 55 and 56 through the contact hole.
- the structure of the LED 4 and the photodiode 5 made of a compound semiconductor is not limited to this, and various modifications are possible. What is important is that the LED 4 efficiently emits light to the base 2 side, and the photodiode 5 efficiently receives and photoelectrically converts the light transmitted through the base 2.
- the positions of the LEDs 4 and the photodiodes 5 are such that the optical axis of the light emitted from the LEDs 4 and incident on the photodiodes 5 is substantially orthogonal to the flow path 3. It has been established. Therefore, the light emitted from the LED 4 and transmitted through the substrate 2 passes through the sample solution in the flow path 3 in the radial direction of the flow path 3. In the meantime, the light absorbed by the sample solution further passes through the substrate 2 and reaches the photodiode 5, and the photodiode 5 generates a detection signal corresponding to the amount of received light.
- the LED 4 emits light over a certain area
- the photodiode 5 also has a light receiving surface with a certain area. Therefore, not only the light orthogonal to the flow path 3 but also the light obliquely crossed at a certain angle reaches the photodiode 5, but there is no problem in calculating the absorbance because there is no temporal variation of the optical path. .
- the LED 4 is integrated as the light source and the photodiode 5 is integrated as the photodetector 2 with the flow path 3 formed therein. Since both the LED 4 and the photodiode 5 are formed on the substrate 2 with high positional accuracy by a semiconductor manufacturing process, troublesome optical axis adjustment as in the conventional apparatus is unnecessary. In addition, since there is no extra space other than the base 2 between the LED 4 and the flow path 3 and between the photodiode 5 and the flow path 3, the overall size of the device is very small, small and light. Can be realized.
- the LED 4 and the photodiode 5 are not provided at positions opposed to each other in the radial direction across the flow path 3, but as shown in FIGS. You may make it arrange
- the optical analyzer 1B shown in FIG. 2 light emitted from the LED 4 toward the substrate 2 in the oblique direction with a predetermined angle ⁇ passes through the sample solution in the flow path 3.
- the photodiode 5 is reached.
- the optical path length in the sample solution is longer than in the case of the configuration of FIG.
- light having an angle smaller than ⁇ is also emitted from the LED 4, but they are not reflected at the interface between the base 2 and the air, and are thus emitted to the outside through the base 2.
- the optical analysis apparatus 1C shown in FIG. 3 among the light emitted from the LED 4 to the base 2 side, the light that hits the interface between the base 2 and the air at an angle greater than a predetermined angle is reflected at the interface. Therefore, the light that has passed through the base 2 while being reflected twice or more at the interface between the base 2 and air reaches the photodiode 5. The light traverses the sample solution in the flow path 3 a plurality of times, and the optical path length increases accordingly. At the interface between the photodiode 5 and the substrate 2, the reflection conditions are different from those at the interface between the substrate 2 and air.
- the optical path length in the sample solution can be increased by appropriately determining the positions of the LED 4 and the photodiode 5.
- the flow path 3 is a straight tube, but the flow path 3 can have various shapes.
- the shape of the flow path 3 is U-shaped.
- LED4 and the photodiode 5 are provided so that the center linear part of the U-shaped flow path 3 may be pinched
- the flow path 3 having the shape as shown in FIG. 4 it is difficult to manufacture the flow path 3 having the shape as shown in FIG. 4 by simple machining.
- grooves are formed on one or both surfaces of two substrates by chemical processing such as mechanical processing or etching, and the two substrates are formed so that the grooves are on the inside. Can be pasted together.
- the LED 4 and the photodiode 5 are formed on the substrate 2 such as sapphire, but another semiconductor light emitting unit such as a super luminescence diode or a laser diode may be formed instead of the LED 4. Further, a semiconductor light receiving portion such as a phototransistor may be formed in place of the photodiode 5. Furthermore, not only the semiconductor light emitting unit and the semiconductor light receiving unit, but also other elements and circuits that can be manufactured by the manufacturing process of the compound semiconductor may be provided on the substrate 2 together. For example, a driving circuit that supplies a driving current to the LED 4, such as a current source and its control circuit, an amplifier that amplifies a signal detected by the photodiode 5, and the like may be mounted on the substrate 2. Furthermore, an optical element such as a lens can also be provided on the substrate 2.
- the signals obtained from the plurality of photodiodes are added to form one detection signal, or signals obtained from a plurality of photodiodes. One of them may be selectively taken out and used as a detection signal.
- the optical analyzer according to the present invention can be configured to detect fluorescence emitted from a sample.
- light emitted from the LED 4 may be used as excitation light, and a photodiode capable of selectively detecting the wavelength band of the fluorescence excited by the excitation light and emitted from the sample may be used.
- the light source and the photodetector are formed of an organic semiconductor instead of a general compound semiconductor or oxide semiconductor.
- the above-described embodiment is merely an example of the present invention, and it is apparent that the present invention is encompassed by the claims of the present application even if appropriate modifications, corrections and additions are made within the scope of the present invention.
- Optical analyzer 2 ... Base 3 ... Channel 4 ... LED 41, 51 ... n-GaN layer 42 ... active layers 43, 53 ... p-GaN layers 45, 46, 55, 56 ... electrode 5 ... photodiode 52 ... light receiving layer
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光源であるLED(例えば深紫外LED)71から出射した測定光はフローセル72に照射される。測定光はフローセル72中の試料溶液を通過する際に、該試料溶液中の成分の種類や量に応じた吸収を受ける。そうした吸収を受けたあとの光が光検出器73に入射し、光検出器73はその光の光量に応じた検出信号を出力する。そして、図示しない信号処理部において、検出信号から試料による吸光度を算出する。
a)化合物半導体素子用、酸化物半導体素子用、又は有機半導体素子用の基板として用いられる透明又は半透明の材料から成り、その内部に試料溶液が流通する流路が形成されてなる基体と、
b)前記基体の表面に半導体製造プロセスにより形成された、前記流路中の試料溶液に対し光を照射する半導体発光部と、
c)前記基体の表面であって前記半導体発光部による照射光に対する前記流路中の試料溶液からの光が到達する位置に半導体製造プロセスにより形成された半導体受光部と、
を備えることを特徴としている。
なお、ここでいう透明又は半透明とは、幅広い波長に対して透光性を有している必要はなく、特定の波長(半導体発光部による発光光の波長)に対し透光性を有していれば十分である。また、望ましくは、屈折率が高いほうがよい。
さらにまた、本発明に係る光学分析装置では、例えば半導体発光部の駆動回路や半導体受光部で得られた信号を増幅する増幅器など、化合物半導体、酸化物半導体又は有機物半導体で作製可能な素子や回路を、流路が形成されている基体に実装することができる。また、各種の光学素子も同一基体上に作製可能である。例えばレンズについては、フォトニックポリマーなどの屈折率分散材料を用いて屈折率分布を持たせることができる。それによって、電気回路や光学系の機能を取り込んだ高機能な光学分析ユニットを提供することができる。
図1は本実施例の光学分析装置の概略構成図であり、(a)は流路の中心線を含む平面での断面図、(b)は(a)中のA-A’矢視線断面図である。
ここでは、基体2の材料としてサファイアを用いているが、化合物半導体素子用、酸化物半導体素子用、又は有機半導体素子用の基板に用いられる材料であって、透明又は半透明、つまりは所定の波長又は波長帯域の光を透過させる特性を有する材料であれば、使用可能な材料はサファイアに限らない。例えば、単結晶基板として一般に入手可能である、窒化アルミニウム、ビスマスゲルマニウムオキサイド、などでもよい。また、ダイヤモンド基板などでもよい。
図5はLED4の一例の概略断面図である。
基体2の表面には、n型の窒化ガリウム薄膜層(n-GaN層)41が結晶成長により形成され、その上に例えばインジウム窒化ガリウム(InGaN)と窒化ガリウムの多層膜である活性層42が形成され、さらにその上にp型の窒化ガリウム薄膜層(p-GaN層)43が形成される。そのあと、p-GaN層43及び活性層42の一部が除去され、露出したn-GaN層41の上とp-GaN層43の上とにそれぞれ電極45、46が形成される。さらに、図5では図示していないが、素子表面全体に保護膜が形成され、電極45、46の上の一部の保護膜にコンタクトホールが形成され、コンタクトホールを通して電極45、46に配線が接続される。
基体2の表面には、例えばn型の窒化ガリウム薄膜層(n-GaN層)51が結晶成長により形成され、その上に低バンドギャップのGaN系結晶層が受光層52としてが形成され、さらにその上にp型の窒化ガリウム薄膜層(p-GaN層)53が形成され、それによってダブルヘテロ接合構造が形成されている。p-GaN層53及び受光層52の一部は除去され、露出したn-GaN層51の上とp-GaN層53の上とにそれぞれ電極55、56が形成される。さらに、図5では図示していないが、全体に保護膜が形成され、電極55、56の上の一部の保護膜にコンタクトホールが形成され、コンタクトホールを通して電極55、56に配線が接続される。
さらにまた、上記実施例は本発明の一例にすぎず、本発明の趣旨に沿った範囲で適宜変形や修正、追加を行っても本願特許請求の範囲に包含されることは明らかである。
2…基体
3…流路
4…LED
41、51…n-GaN層
42…活性層
43、53…p-GaN層
45、46、55、56…電極
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- a)化合物半導体素子用、酸化物半導体素子用、又は有機半導体素子用の基板として用いられる透明又は半透明の材料から成り、その内部に試料溶液が流通する流路が形成されてなる基体と、
b)前記基体の表面に半導体製造プロセスにより形成された、前記流路中の試料溶液に対し光を照射する半導体発光部と、
c)前記基体の表面であって前記半導体発光部による照射光に対する前記流路中の試料溶液からの光が到達する位置に半導体製造プロセスにより形成された半導体受光部と、
を備えることを特徴とする光学分析装置。 - 請求項1に記載の光学分析装置であって、
前記基体はサファイアから成ることを特徴とする光学分析装置。 - 請求項1又は2に記載の光学分析装置であって、
前記半導体受光部は、前記半導体発光部による照射光が前記流路中の試料溶液を透過して到達する位置に設けられていることを特徴とする光学分析装置。
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