SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE
A semiconductor light-emitting device comprises a semiconductor stack having a first surface, wherein the first surface comprises multiple protrusion portions and multiple concave portions; a first electrode on the first surface and electrically connecting with the semiconductor stack; a second electrode on the first surface and electrically connecting with the semiconductor stack; and a transparent conduction layer conformally covering the first surface and between the first electrode and the semiconductor stack, wherein the first electrode comprises a first bonding portion and a first extending portion, and the first extending portion is between the first bonding portion and the transparent conduction layer and conformally covers the transparent conduction layer.
This application is continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/546,571, filed on Nov. 18, 2014, which claims the right of priority of TW Application No. 102141996, filed on Nov. 18, 2013, and the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELDThe application is related to a structure of a semiconductor light-emitting device.
DESCRIPTION OF BACKGROUND ARTLight-emitting diode (LED) has been applied to the optical display device, traffic signs, data storage device, communication device, lighting device and medical equipment. As
Besides, the above-mentioned LED can be further connected to other device to form a light-emitting apparatus.
A semiconductor light-emitting device comprises a semiconductor stack having a first surface, wherein the first surface comprises multiple protrusion portions and multiple concave portions; a first electrode on the first surface and electrically connecting with the semiconductor stack; a second electrode on the first surface and electrically connecting with the semiconductor stack; and a transparent conduction layer conformally covering the first surface and between the first electrode and the semiconductor stack, wherein the first electrode comprises a first bonding portion and a first extending portion, and the first extending portion is between the first bonding portion and the transparent conduction layer and conformally covers the transparent conduction layer.
The first surface 13 of the semiconductor stack 1 has multiple protrusion portions 131 and multiple concave portions 132 alternately arranged, and each of the multiple protrusion portions 131 comprises a plateau 1313 and at least one bevel 1312, wherein an inclined angle θ between 15 and 75 degrees is formed between the bevel 1312 and the bottom surface of the concave portion 132, and each of the multiple protrusion portions 131 has a height between 500 nm and 5000 nm relative to the concave portion 132. On each of the plateaus 1313, there is at least one contacting structure 2 arranged for ohmically contacting the first semiconductor layer 11. In the embodiment, the material of the contacting structure 2 comprises Ge, Be, Au, Ni, Pd, Zn or the alloy thereof.
A transparent conduction layer 3 conformally covers the first surface 13 and electrically contacts the contacting structure 2. The material of the transparent conduction layer 3 comprises ITO, InO, SnO, CTO, ATO, AZO, ZTO, ZnO, or GaP.
A first electrode 4 is formed on the first surface 13. The first electrode 4 comprises a first extending portion 41, a first bonding portion 43, and a first connecting portion 42. The first connecting portion 42 is formed on a first side 15 of the semiconductor stack 1 for connecting the first extending portion 41 and the first bonding portion 43, wherein the first extending portion 41 conformally covers and ohmically contacts the transparent conduction layer 3. Because the first extending portion 41 conformally covers the transparent conduction layer 3, the first extending portion 41 has a concave-convex surface 410. The first extending portion 41 is made of metal with high reflectivity for reflecting the light emitted from the active layer 10 to exit from the second surface 14, and meanwhile, the concave-convex surface 410 is able to concentrate the reflected light along the vertical direction H. A first insulating layer 61 is formed between the first extending portion 41 and the first bonding portion 43, covers the first extending portion 41, and extends to cover a second side 16 of the semiconductor stack 1. The first insulating layer 61 fills the concave-convex surface 411 of the first extending portion 41, wherein the concave-convex surface 411 is formed by the first extending portion 41 being conformal to the first surface 13. The material of the first bonding portion 43 and the first connecting portion 42 is different from the material of the first extending portion 41. The material of the first bonding portion 43 and the first connecting portion 42 comprises Ti, W, Pt, Ni, Sn, Au or the alloy thereof; the first extending portion 41 comprises metals with high reflectivity, such as Ag, Au, Al, Ni, Sn, Cu, Ti, Pt, stacks thereof or the alloy thereof; the material of first insulating layer 61 comprises organic material, such as Sub, BCB, PFCB, epoxy, acrylic resin, COC, PMMA, PET, PC, polyetherimide and Fluorocarbon Polymer, inorganic material, such as silicone and glass, or dielectric material, such as Al2O3, SiNx, SiO2, TiO2 and MgF2.
A second electrode 5 comprises a second extending portion 51 on the second surface 14, a second bonding portion 53 on the first surface 13, and a second connecting portion 52 on the second side 16 of the semiconductor stack 1 for connecting the second extending portion 51 and the second bonding portion 53. The second surface 14 of the semiconductor stack 1 has multiple recesses 141, wherein the multiple recesses 141 are corresponding to the multiple concave portions 132 of the first surface 13 in the vertical direction H. The second extending portion 51 is disposed in the multiple recesses 141 to ohmically contact the second semiconductor layer 12, and the second bonding portion 53 is on the first surface 13 and isolated from the first extending portion 41 and the transparent conduction layer 3 by the first insulating layer 61. There is a gap 7 between the second bonding portion 53 and the first bonding portion 43 to separate second bonding portion 53 and the first bonding portion 43, wherein the width of the gap 7 is between 70 μm and 250 μm. As the shape of the semiconductor light-emitting device is a square with four 12 mil sides and the area of the semiconductor light-emitting device is 144 square mil, the total area of the first bonding portion 43 and the second bonding portion 53 is between 15%˜80% of the area of the semiconductor light-emitting device, and, in other words, the area of the first bonding portion 43 and the second bonding portion 53 is between 21.6 and 115.2 square mil. As the shape of the semiconductor light-emitting device is a square with four 28 mil sides and the area of the semiconductor light-emitting device is 784 square mil, the total area of the first bonding portion 43 and the second bonding portion 53 is between 60%˜92% of the area of the semiconductor light-emitting device, and, in other words, the total area of the first bonding portion 43 and the second bonding portion 53 is between 470.4 and 721.28 square mil. As the shape of the semiconductor light-emitting device is a square with four 40 mil sides and the area of the semiconductor light-emitting device is 1600 square mil, the total area of the first bonding portion 43 and the second bonding portion 53 is between 75%˜95% of the area of the semiconductor light-emitting device, and, in other words, the total area of the first bonding portion 43 and the second bonding portion 53 is between 900 and 1520 square mil. The second connecting portion 52 is on the second side 16 of the semiconductor stack 1 and isolated from the second side 16 by the first insulating layer 61. As
An adhesive layer 9 covers the second surface 14, the second extending portion 51, and the second connecting portions 52. A substrate 8 is adhered to the second surface 14 by using the adhesive layer 9, and the light emitted from the active layer 10 is able to penetrate the substrate 8 and the adhesive layer 9. The material of the adhesive layer 9, which is transparent to the light emitted from the active layer 10, comprises organic material, such as Sub, BCB, PFCB, epoxy, acrylic resin, COC, PMMA, PET, PC, polyetherimide and Fluorocarbon Polymer, inorganic material, such as silicone and glass, or dielectric material, such as Al2O3, SiNx, SiO2, TiO2 and MgF2. The material of the substrate 8, which is transparent to the light emitted from the active layer 10, comprises GaAs, GaP, GaN, sapphire, diamond, glass, quartz, acryl, ZnO or MN.
In another embodiment, a transparent conductive layer (not shown) can be arranged between the adhesive layer 9 and the second surface 14 and electrically connects with the second semiconductor layer 12 and the second extending portion 51 for improving electrical current spreading transversely so the area of the second extending portion 51 is reduced, or can even replace the second extending portion 51 to reduce the shading area of the second extending portion 51 and increase the light extracting efficiency. The material of the transparent conductive layer comprises ITO, InO, IZO, SnO, CTO, ATO, AZO, ZTO, ZnO, or GaP.
Second EmbodimentAs
Next, a portion of the second side 16 of the semiconductor stack 1 is removed by wet etching or dry etching to form a vacancy 161 and expose a portion of the second extending portion 51, and the first surface 13 is lithographically etched such that the first surface 13 has multiple protrusion portions 131 and multiple concave portions 132 alternately arranged, wherein each protrusion portion 131 comprises a plateau 1313 and at least one bevel 1312, and an inclined angle θ between 15 and 75 degrees is formed between the bevel 1312 and the bottom surface of the concave portion 132. Then at least one contacting structure 2 arranged on the each protrusion portion 131 for ohmically contacting the first semiconductor layer 11. In the embodiment, the material of the contacting structure 2 comprises Ge, Be, Au, Ni, Pd, Zn or the alloy thereof.
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A transparent conduction layer 3 is on the first surface 13 of the first semiconductor layer 11 to cover the first surface 13. The material of the transparent conduction layer 3 comprises ITO, InO, SnO, CTO, ATO, AZO, ZTO, ZnO, or GaP.
A first electrode 4 is formed on the first surface 13. The first electrode 4 comprises a first extending portion 41, a first bonding portion 43, and a first connecting portion 42. The first connecting portion 42 is on a first side 15 of the semiconductor stack 1 for connecting the first extending portion 41 and the first bonding portion 43, wherein the first extending portion 41 conformally covers and ohmically contacts the transparent conduction layer 3. The first extending portion 41 is made of metal with high reflectivity for reflecting the light emitted from the active layer 10 to exit from the second surface 14 of the second semiconductor layer 12. A first insulating layer 61 is on the first extending portion 41 to cover a portion of the first extending portion 41 and extend to cover the second side 16 of the semiconductor stack 1. The first connecting portion 42 is on a portion of the first extending portion 41 which is uncovered by the first insulating layer 61 and directly contacts the first extending portion 41. The first bonding portion 43 is on the first connecting portion 42. In the embodiment, the area of the first bonding portion 43 is smaller than the area of the first connecting portion 42, and the material of the first bonding portion 43 is different from the material of the first connecting portion 42. The material of the first bonding portion 43 and the first connecting portion 42 comprises Ti, W, Pt, Ni, Sn, Au or the alloy thereof; the first extending portion 41 comprises metal with high reflectivity, such as Ag, Au, Al, Ni, Sn, Cu, Ti, Pt, stacks thereof or the alloy thereof; the material of first insulating layer 61 comprises organic material, such as Sub, BCB, PFCB, epoxy, acrylic resin, COC, PMMA, PET, PC, polyetherimide and Fluorocarbon Polymer; inorganic material, such as silicone and glass; dielectric material, such as Al2O3, SiNx, SiO2, TiO2, and MgF2. Multiple contacting structures 54 are on the second surface 14 of the semiconductor stack 1 and ohmically contact the second semiconductor layer 12. An adhesive layer 9 is on the second surface 14 and covers all of the multiple contacting structures 54. The adhesive layer 9 comprises a first adhesive layer 91 and a second adhesive layer 92, wherein the first adhesive layer 91 directly contacts the multiple contacting structures 54 and the second surface 14 and protrudes from the first side 15 or the second side 16 of the semiconductor stack 1. The second adhesive layer 92 is arranged on the first adhesive layer 91 and adheres to the first adhesive layer 91. The material of the multiple contacting structures 54 comprises Au, Ge, Be, Ni, Pd, Zn or the alloy thereof. The first adhesive layer 91 is made of transparent and electrically conductive material which comprises ITO, InO, IZO, SnO, CTO, ATO, AZO, ZTO, ZnO, or GaP. The second adhesive layer 92 is made of the material which has good adhesion and transparent to the light emitted from the active layer 10, wherein the material of the second adhesive layer 92 comprises organic material, such as Sub, BCB, PFCB, epoxy, acrylic resin, COC, PMMA, PET, PC, polyetherimide and Fluorocarbon Polymer; or inorganic material, such as silicone.
A second electrode 5 comprises a second connecting portion 52 and a second bonding portion 53. The second connecting portion 52 on the first insulating layer 61 covers a portion of the first surface 13, extends to cover the second side 16 and directly contacts the first adhesive layer 91, wherein the first insulating layer 61 is able to prevent the second connecting portion 52 from directly contacting the first extending portion 41, the transparent conduction layer 3 and the semiconductor stack 1. The second bonding portion 53 is arranged on the first surface 13 and directly contacts the second connecting portion 52. The material of the second connecting portion 52 and the second bonding portion 53 comprises Ti, W, Pt, Ni, Sn, Au or the alloy thereof. The first bonding portion 43 and the second bonding portion 53 are used for importing the electrical current to make the active layer 10 emitting a light. As the first semiconductor layer 11 is a p-type semiconductor and the second semiconductor layer 12 is an n-type semiconductor, the electrical current enters the first bonding portion 43, then is conducted and distributed by the first connecting portion 42, the first extending portion 41, and the transparent conduction layer 3, and uniformly enters the semiconductor stack 1. And then, the electrical current is conducted by the multiple contacting structures 54 and the first adhesive layer 91 to the second connecting portion 52 and the second bonding portion 53, and finally exits from the second bonding portion 53.
In another embodiment, the surface 531 of the second bonding portion 53 and the surface 431 of the first bonding portion 43 are on the same horizontal plane. There is a gap 7 between the second bonding portion 53 and the first bonding portion 43 to separate second bonding portion 53 and the first bonding portion 43, wherein the width of the gap 7 is between 70 μm and 250 μm. As the shape of the semiconductor light-emitting device is a square with four 12 mil sides and the area of the semiconductor light-emitting device is 144 square mil, the total area of the first bonding portion 43 and the second bonding portion 53 is between 15%˜80% of the area of the semiconductor light-emitting device, and, in other words, the total area of the first bonding portion 43 and the second bonding portion 53 is between 21.6 and 115.2 square mil. As the shape of the semiconductor light-emitting device is a square with four 28 mil sides and the area of the semiconductor light-emitting device is 784 square mil, the total area of the first bonding portion 43 and the second bonding portion 53 is between 60%˜92% of the area of the semiconductor light-emitting device, and, in other words, the total area of the first bonding portion 43 and the second bonding portion 53 is between 470.4 and 721.28 square mil. As the shape of the semiconductor light-emitting device is a square with four 40 mil sides and the area of the semiconductor light-emitting device is 1600 square mil, the total area of the first bonding portion 43 and the second bonding portion 53 is between 75%˜95% of the area of the semiconductor light-emitting device, and, in other words, the total area of the first bonding portion 43 and the second bonding portion 53 is between 900 and 1520 square mil.
A substrate 8 is adhered to the second surface 14 by using the adhesive layer 9, and the light emitted from the active layer 10 is able to penetrate the substrate 8 and the adhesive layer 9. The material of the substrate 8, which is transparent to the light emitted from the active layer 10, comprises GaAs, GaP, GaN, sapphire, diamond, glass, quartz, acryl, ZnO or MN. In the embodiment, the first adhesive layer 91 is IZO (the refractive index is about 2.1), the second adhesive layer 92 is BCB (the refractive index is about 1.5), and the substrate 8 is glass (the refractive index is smaller than 1.5). As the light emitted from the active layer 10 sequentially passes through the first adhesive layer 91, the second adhesive layer 92, and the substrate 8, since the refractive indices decreases sequentially, the chance of total internal reflection can be reduced.
Although the present application has been explained above, it is not the limitation of the range, the sequence in practice, the material in practice, or the method in practice. Any modification or decoration for present application is not detached from the spirit and the range of such.
Claims
1. A method of forming a semiconductor light-emitting device, comprising:
- providing a semiconductor stack for emitting a light and having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the first surface comprises multiple protrusion portions and multiple concave portions;
- providing a first electrode on the first surface and electrically connecting with the semiconductor stack;
- providing a second electrode on the first surface and electrically connecting with the semiconductor stack;
- providing a transparent layer covering the first surface and between the first electrode and the semiconductor stack; and
- providing a transparent substrate on the second surface;
- wherein the light penetrates the transparent substrate,
- wherein the first electrode comprises a first bonding portion and a first extending portion, and the first extending portion is between the first bonding portion and the transparent layer and covers the transparent layer, and
- wherein the protrusion portion is between 500 nm and 5000 nm in height.
2. The method according to according to claim 1, further comprising providing an insulating layer covering the first extending portion and a first side of the semiconductor stack, wherein the insulating layer is between the first extending portion and the first bonding portion.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the first electrode further comprises a first connecting portion passing through the insulating layer and electrically connecting the first bonding portion and the first extending portion.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the first connecting portion is on the second side of the semiconductor stack opposite to the first side.
5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the first bonding portion and the first connecting portion comprise a first material, the first extending portion comprises a second material, the first material comprises Ti, Pt, Ni, Sn, Au or the alloy thereof, and the second material comprises Ag, Au, Al, Ni, Sn, Cu, Ti, Pt or the alloy thereof.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the protrusion portion comprises a plateau and a bevel, the concave portion comprises a bottom surface, and an angle between the bevel and the bottom surface is between 15 and 75 degrees.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second electrode comprises a second bonding portion and a second extending portion, wherein the second bonding portion is on the first surface and the second extending portion is on the second surface.
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the second bonding portion and the first bonding portion have the same area.
9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the total area of the first bonding portion and the second bonding portion is between 15% and 95% of the area of the semiconductor light-emitting device.
10. The method according to claim 7, further comprising providing an insulating layer on the first surface, wherein the insulating layer is between the semiconductor stack and the second bonding portion.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the second electrode further comprises a second connecting portion electrically connecting the second bonding portion and the second extending portion, and the second electrode is on a first side of the semiconductor stack, wherein the insulating layer is between the second connecting portion and the semiconductor stack.
12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the second extending portion comprises Au, Be, Ge, Ni, Pd, Zn, or the alloy thereof.
13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the second extending portion comprises ITO, InO, SnO, CTO, ATO, AZO, ZTO, or ZnO.
14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the second bonding portion and the second connecting portion comprise a fourth material and the fourth material comprises Ti, W, Pt, Ni, Sn, Au or the alloy thereof.
15. The method according to claim 7, wherein the second extending portion comprises multiple extending electrodes which are parallel to each other corresponding to the multiple concave portions, and the multiple protrusion portions do not overlap with the multiple extending electrodes in the direction perpendicular to the stacking direction.
16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the second surface comprises multiple concaves and the multiple extending electrodes are in the multiple concaves respectively.
17. A method of forming a semiconductor light-emitting device, comprising:
- providing a semiconductor stack for emitting a light and having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;
- lithographically etching the first surface to form multiple protrusion portions and multiple concave portions;
- providing multiple contacting structures on the multiple protrusion portions and ohmically contacting the semiconductor stack;
- providing a first electrode on the first surface and ohmically contacting the multiple contacting structures;
- providing a second electrode on the first surface and electrically connecting with the semiconductor stack;
- providing a transparent layer to cover the first surface and between the first electrode and the semiconductor stack; and
- adhering a transparent substrate on the second surface;
- wherein the multiple contacting structures comprise Au, Be, Ge, Ni, Pd, Zn or the alloy thereof,
- wherein the light penetrates the transparent substrate, and
- wherein the first electrode comprises a first bonding portion and a first extending portion, and the first extending portion is between the first bonding portion and the transparent layer and covers the transparent layer.
18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the protrusion portion comprises a plateau and a bevel, the concave portion comprises a bottom surface, and an angle between the bevel and the bottom surface is between 15 and 75 degrees.
19. The method according to claim 17, further comprising forming an insulating layer to cover the first extending portion and a first side of the semiconductor stack, wherein insulating layer is between the first extending portion and the first bonding portion.
20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the first electrode further comprises a first connecting portion passing through the insulating layer and electrically connecting the first bonding portion and the first extending portion.
Type: Application
Filed: Dec 28, 2017
Publication Date: May 24, 2018
Inventors: Yi-Ming CHEN (Hsinchu), Tsung-Hsien YANG (Hsinchu)
Application Number: 15/857,092