Including Nitride (e.g., Gan) (epo) Patents (Class 257/E33.025)
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Patent number: 7871843Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide a high-output type nitride light emitting device. The nitride light emitting device comprises an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, a p-type nitride semiconductor layer and an active layer therebetween, wherein the light emitting device comprises a gallium-containing nitride semiconductor layer prepared by crystallization from supercritical ammonia-containing solution in the nitride semiconductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2008Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignees: Ammono. Sp. z o.o., Nichia CorporationInventors: Robert Dwilinski, Roman Doradzinski, Jerzy Garczynski, Leszek Sierzputowski, Yasuo Kanbara
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Patent number: 7872269Abstract: Provided is a gallium nitride semiconductor light emitting element capable of stabilizing a drive voltage by reducing carrier depletion attributable to spontaneous polarization and piezo polarization generated at the interface between an AlGaN semiconductor layer and a GaN semiconductor layer. A gallium nitride semiconductor crystal 2 including a light emitting region is formed on the R plane of a sapphire substrate 1. In addition, in another constitution, a gallium nitride semiconductor crystal 2 is formed on the A plane of a GaN substrate 3 or on the M plane of a GaN substrate 4. The growth surface of these gallium nitride semiconductor crystals 2 are not an N (nitrogen) polar face or a Ga polar face but are non-polar faces. This can decrease the strength of an electric field caused by spontaneous polarization and piezo polarization generated at the interface of GaN/AlGaN at the p side. Thus, carrier depletion can be avoided.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2006Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: ROHM Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ken Nakahara
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Patent number: 7868316Abstract: There is provided a nitride semiconductor device.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2009Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., LtdInventors: Suk Ho Yoon, Ki Ho Park, Joong Kon Son
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Publication number: 20110001158Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a Ill-nitride semiconductor light emitting device, comprising: a substrate with a plurality of protrusions formed thereon, each of the plurality of protrusions having three acute portions and three obtuse portions; and a plurality of Ill-nitride semiconductor layers formed over the substrate and including an active layer for generating light by recombination of electrons and holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2008Publication date: January 6, 2011Applicant: EPIVALLEY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chang Tae Kim, Tae Hee Lee, Gi Yeon Nam
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Publication number: 20100327311Abstract: There are provided a group III nitride semiconductor light emitting device which is constituted of a substrate, an intermediate layer formed thereon having a favorable level of orientation properties, and a group III nitride semiconductor formed thereon having a favorable level of crystallinity, and having excellent levels of light emitting properties and productivity; a production method thereof; and a lamp, the group III nitride semiconductor light emitting device configured so that at least an intermediate layer 12 composed of a group III nitride compound is laminated on a substrate 11, and an n-type semiconductor layer 14 having a base layer 14a, a light emitting layer 15 and a p-type semiconductor layer 16 are sequentially laminated on the intermediate layer 12, wherein when components are separated, based on a peak separation technique using an X-ray rocking curve of the intermediate layer 12, into a broad component having the full width at half maximum of 720 arcsec or more and a narrow component,Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2008Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Hiroaki Kaji, Hisayuki Miki
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Publication number: 20100314640Abstract: Light emitting devices include a gallium nitride-based epitaxial structure that includes an active light emitting region and a gallium nitride-based outer layer, for example gallium nitride. A indium nitride-based layer, such as indium gallium nitride, is provided directly on the outer layer. A reflective metal layer or a transparent conductive oxide layer is provided directly on the indium gallium nitride layer opposite the outer layer. The indium gallium nitride layer forms a direct ohmic contact with the outer layer. An ohmic metal layer need not be used. Related fabrication methods are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Inventors: Michael John Bergmann, Daniel Carleton Driscoll, David Todd Emerson
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Publication number: 20100314633Abstract: A wafer of light emitting diodes (LEDs) is laser scribed to produce a laser scribing cut. Then, the wafer is cleaned, for example by wet etching, to reduce scribe damage. Then, electrical contact layers for the LEDs are formed on the wafer that has been cleaned. Alternatively, the scribing cut may be produced by multiple etches before contact formation. Related LEDs are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2009Publication date: December 16, 2010Inventors: Matthew Donofrio, Winston T. Parker, Michael John Bergmann, Steven Scott Gilmore, Jay Thomas Norman, Kevin Shawne Schneider
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Patent number: 7851821Abstract: A group III nitride semiconductor device having a gallium nitride based semiconductor film with an excellent surface morphology is provided. A group III nitride optical semiconductor device 11a includes a group III nitride semiconductor supporting base 13, a GaN based semiconductor region 15, an active layer active layer 17, and a GaN semiconductor region 19. The primary surface 13a of the group III nitride semiconductor supporting base 13 is not any polar plane, and forms a finite angle with a reference plane Sc that is orthogonal to a reference axis Cx extending in the direction of a c-axis of the group III nitride semiconductor. The GaN based semiconductor region 15 is grown on the semipolar primary surface 13a. A GaN based semiconductor layer 21 of the GaN based semiconductor region 15 is, for example, an n-type GaN based semiconductor, and the n-type GaN based semiconductor is doped with silicon.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2010Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Kyono, Yusuke Yoshizumi, Yohei Enya, Katsushi Akita, Masaki Ueno, Takamichi Sumitomo, Takao Nakamura
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Publication number: 20100308339Abstract: Provided are a light emitting device (LED), a light emitting device package and a lighting system including the same. The LED includes a light emitting structure having a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, an active layer on the second semiconductor layer, and a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type on the active layer, a current blocking layer below the second semiconductor layer, a second electrode below the second semiconductor layer, and a first electrode on the first semiconductor layer. The current blocking layer includes a non second conductive region.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2010Publication date: December 9, 2010Inventors: Sung Min Hwang, Gyeong Geun Park
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Publication number: 20100301379Abstract: A method for manufacturing a Group III nitride semiconductor of the present invention includes a sputtering step of forming a single-crystalline Group III nitride semiconductor on a substrate by a reactive sputtering method in a chamber in which a substrate and a Ga element-containing target are disposed, wherein said sputtering step includes respective substeps of: a first sputtering step of performing a film formation of the Group III nitride semiconductor while setting the temperature of the substrate to a temperature T1; and a second sputtering step of continuing the film formation of the Group III nitride semiconductor while lowering the temperature of the substrate to a temperature T2 which is lower than the temperature T1.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2008Publication date: December 2, 2010Inventors: Yasunori Yokoyama, Hisayuki Miki
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Patent number: 7842531Abstract: A gallium nitride-based device has a first GaN layer and a type II quantum well active region over the GaN layer. The type II quantum well active region comprises at least one InGaN layer and at least one GaNAs layer comprising 1.5 to 8% As concentration. The type II quantum well emits in the 400 to 700 nm region with reduced polarization affect.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2009Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Lehigh UniversityInventors: Nelson Tansu, Ronald A. Arif, Yik Khoon Ee
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Publication number: 20100295054Abstract: The semiconductor light-emitting element includes a group III nitride semiconductor multilayer structure having an active layer containing In as well as a p-type layer and an n-type layer stacked to hold the active layer therebetween. The group III nitride semiconductor multilayer structure is made of a group III nitride semiconductor having a major surface defined by a nonpolar plane whose offset angle in a c-axis direction is negative. A remarkable effect is attained when the emission wavelength of the active layer is not less than 450 nm. In the group III nitride semiconductor constituting the group III nitride semiconductor multilayer structure, the offset angle ? in the c-axis direction preferably satisfies ?1°<?<0°.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2008Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Kuniyoshi Okamoto, Hiroaki Ohta
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Publication number: 20100289047Abstract: Provided is a light emitting element capable of improving light extraction efficiency and suppressing the nonuniformity of emission intensity distribution over the entire surface of a light extraction surface. The light emitting element is provided with a semiconductor multilayer body having an n-type semiconductor layer and an emission layer and a p-type semiconductor layer, and an electrode pad connected to the p-type semiconductor layer. The semiconductor multilayer body has a large number of projections on one main surface thereof through which the light from the emission layer is emitted. The main surface of the semiconductor multilayer body has a first region located in the vicinity of the electrode pad, and a second region being further separated from the electrode pad than the first region. The interval between the projections in the second region is smaller than that in the first region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2008Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki Kawaguchi, Kazuhiro Nishizono
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Patent number: 7829443Abstract: The present invention relates to the growing of nitride semiconductors, applicable for a multitude of semiconductor devices such as diodes, LEDs and transistors. According to the method of the invention nitride semiconductor nanowires are grown utilizing a CVD based selective area growth technique. A nitrogen source and a metal-organic source are present during the nanowire growth step and at least the nitrogen source flow rate is continuous during the nanowire growth step. The V/III-ratio utilized in the inventive method is significantly lower than the V/III-ratios commonly associated with the growth of nitride based semiconductor.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2008Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: QuNano ABInventors: Werner Seifert, Damir Asoli, Zhaoxia Bi
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Publication number: 20100276700Abstract: A light emitting diode is disclosed that includes a support structure and a Group III nitride light emitting active structure mesa on the support structure. The mesa has its sidewalls along an indexed crystal plane of the Group III nitride. A method of forming the diode is also disclosed that includes the steps of removing a substrate from a Group III nitride light emitting structure that includes a sub-mount structure on the Group III nitride light emitting structure opposite the substrate, and thereafter etching the surface of the Group III nitride from which the substrate has been removed with an anisotropic etch to develop crystal facets on the surface in which the facets are along an index plane of the Group III nitride. The method can also include etching the light emitting structure with an anisotropic etch to form a mesa with edges along an index plane of the Group III nitride.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: JOHN A. EDMOND, David B. Slater, JR., Hua Shuang Kong, Matthew Donofrio
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Publication number: 20100270531Abstract: Band-edge aligned carrier blocking layers are introduced into wurtzite or zinc blende Gallium Nitride based diode laser and LEDs in order to prevent thermionic emission and the overflow of carriers at elevated operating temperatures. These blocking layers are located in the direct vicinity of the active zone of the light emitter, and are designed with material composition such that one of the band-edges of the layers is, either partially or fully, aligned with that of adjacent barrier or waveguide layer. This invention proposes GaN based QW structure with a AlGaN(AsPSb) electron-blocking layer on the p-side of quantum well and (InGa)AlN as hole-blocking layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2009Publication date: October 28, 2010Inventor: Ashmeet K. Samal
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Publication number: 20100270560Abstract: Embodiments of an LED disclosed has an emitter layer shaped to a controlled depth or height relative to a substrate of the LED to maximize the light output of the LED and to achieve a desired intensity distribution. In some embodiments, the exit face of the LED may be selected to conserve radiance. In some embodiments, shaping the entire LED, including the substrate and sidewalls, or shaping the substrate alone can extract 100% or approximately 100% of the light generated at the emitter layers from the emitter layers. In some embodiments, the total efficiency is at least 90% or above. In some embodiments, the emitter layer can be shaped by etching, mechanical shaping, or a combination of various shaping methods. In some embodiments, only a portion of the emitter layer is shaped to form the tiny emitters. The unshaped portion forms a continuous electrical connection for the LED.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2010Publication date: October 28, 2010Inventors: Dung T. Duong, Paul N. Winberg, Matthew R. Thomas, Elliot M. Pickering, Muhammad Khizar
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Patent number: 7820463Abstract: A light emitting device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an n-type cladding layer; a p-type cladding layer; an active layer interposed between the n-type cladding layer and the p-type cladding layer; and an ohmic contact layer contacting the p-type cladding layer or the n-type cladding layer and comprising a first film that comprises a transparent conductive zinc oxide having a one-dimensional nano structure, wherein the one-dimensional nano structure is at least one selected from a nano-column, a nano rod, and a nano wire.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2008Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: June O Song
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Patent number: 7821018Abstract: A GaN-based semiconductor light-emitting device 1 includes a stacked body 10A having the component layers 12 that include an n-type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer and a p-type semiconductor layer each formed of a GaN-based semiconductor, sequentially stacked and provided as an uppermost layer with a first bonding layer 14 made of metal and a second bonding layer 33 formed on an electroconductive substrate 31, adapted to have bonded to the first bonding layer 14 the surface thereof lying opposite the side on which the electroconductive substrate 31 is formed, made of a metal of the same crystal structure as the first bonding layer 14, and allowed to exhibit an identical crystal orientation in the perpendicular direction of the bonding surface and the in-plane direction of the bonding surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2007Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Hiroshi Osawa, Takashi Hodota
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Publication number: 20100264447Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device including a substrate, an electrode and a light emitting region is provided. The substrate may have protruding portions formed in a repeating pattern on substantially an entire surface of the substrate while the rest of the surface may be substantially flat. The cross sections of the protruding portions taken along planes orthogonal to the surface of the substrate may be semi-circular in shape. The cross sections of the protruding portions may in alternative be convex in shape. A buffer layer and a GaN layer may be formed on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: Nichia CorporationInventors: Isamu NIKI, Motokazu Yamada, Masahiko Sano, Shuji Shioji
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Publication number: 20100264445Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device including a substrate, an electrode and a light emitting region is provided. The substrate may have protruding portions formed in a repeating pattern on substantially an entire surface of the substrate while the rest of the surface may be substantially flat. The cross sections of the protruding portions taken along planes orthogonal to the surface of the substrate may be semi-circular in shape. The cross sections of the protruding portions may in alternative be convex in shape. A buffer layer and a GaN layer may be formed on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: Nichia CorporationInventors: Isamu NIKI, Motokazu Yamada, Masahiko Sano, Shuji Shioji
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Patent number: 7816705Abstract: A method of fabricating semiconductor devices, such as GaN LEDs, on insulating substrates, such as sapphire. Semiconductor layers are produced on the insulating substrate using normal semiconductor processing techniques. Trenches that define the boundaries of the individual devices are then formed through the semiconductor layers and into the insulating substrate, beneficially by using inductive coupled plasma reactive ion etching. The trenches are then filled with an easily removed layer. A metal support structure is then formed on the semiconductor layers (such as by plating or by deposition) and the insulating substrate is removed. Electrical contacts, a passivation layer, and metallic pads are then added to the individual devices, and the individual devices are then diced out.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2009Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jong-Lam Lee, In-Kwon Jeong, Myung Cheol Yoo
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Publication number: 20100258813Abstract: A light emitting diode of the invention via laser scribing method is used to build up the mesh texture on the backside of the sapphire of light emitting diodes. Then high reflectivity and thermal conductivity metals are deposited onto the mesh structure. Since the multiple-reflection from the texture, the light extraction efficiency will be increased. Meanwhile, the high thermal conductivity metal filled into the sapphire also lead to the better heat dissipation within the light emitting diodes, it will decrease the junction temperature and avoid the thermal effect to reduce light efficiency and the lifetime.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2009Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: Chung Yuan Christian UniversityInventors: Yeeu-Chang Lee, Ko-Tao Lee
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Patent number: 7808010Abstract: A nitride semiconductor light emitting device comprises a first nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer of a single or multiple quantum well structure formed on the first nitride semiconductor layer and including an InGaN well layer and a multilayer barrier layer, and a second nitride semiconductor layer formed on the active layer. A fabrication method of a nitride semiconductor light emitting device comprises: forming a buffer layer on a substrate, forming a GaN layer on the buffer layer, forming a first electrode layer on the GaN layer, forming an InxGa1-xN layer on the first electrode layer, forming on the first InxGa1-xN layer an active layer including an InGaN well layer and a multilayer barrier layer for emitting light, forming a p-GaN layer on the active layer, and forming a second electrode layer on the p-GaN layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2005Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Suk Hun Lee
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Publication number: 20100244040Abstract: A group-III nitride compound semiconductor light-emitting device, a method of manufacturing the group-III nitride compound semiconductor light-emitting device, and a lamp. The method includes the steps of: forming an intermediate layer (12) made of a group-III nitride compound on a substrate (11) by activating and reacting gas including a group-V element with a metal material in plasma; and sequentially forming an n-type semiconductor layer (14), a light-emitting layer (15), and a p-type semiconductor layer (16) each made of a group-III nitride compound semiconductor on the intermediate layer (12). Nitrogen is used as the group-V element, and the thickness of the intermediate layer (12) is in the range of 20 to 80 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2007Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Yasunori Yokoyama, Hisayuki Miki
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Patent number: 7804100Abstract: A device structure includes a III-nitride wurtzite semiconductor light emitting region disposed between a p-type region and an n-type region. A bonded interface is disposed between two surfaces, one of the surfaces being a surface of the device structure. The bonded interface facilitates an orientation of the wurtzite c-axis in the light emitting region that confines carriers in the light emitting region, potentially increasing efficiency at high current density.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2005Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignees: Philips Lumileds Lighting Company, LLC, Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Jonathan J. Wierer, Jr., M. George Craford, John E. Epler, Michael R. Krames
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Publication number: 20100237384Abstract: The present invention discloses a light device and a fabrication method thereof. An object of the present invention is to provide the light device and the fabrication method thereof an electric/thermal/structural stability is obtained, and a P-type electrode and an N-type electrode can be simultaneously formed. In order to achieve the above object, the inventive light device includes: a GaN-based layer; a high concentration GaN-based layer formed on the GaN-based layer; a first metal-Ga compound layer formed on the high concentration GaN-based layer; a first metal layer formed on the first metal-Ga compound layer; a third metal-Al compound layer formed on the first metal layer; and a conductive oxidation preventive layer formed on the third metal-Al compound layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Inventors: Sung Ho Choo, Ja Soon Jang
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Patent number: 7799585Abstract: Light-emitting device methods are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2008Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Luminus Devices, Inc.Inventors: Alexei A. Erchak, John W. Graff, Michael Gregory Brown, Scott W. Duncan, Milan S. Minsky
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Patent number: 7800126Abstract: A light emitting device including a III-V group compound semiconductor includes a first stacked body and a second stacked body. The first stacked body includes a III-V group compound semiconductor stacked body, and a reflection layer, a first diffusion suppressing layer and a first metal layer formed on one main surface of the III-V group compound semiconductor stacked body. The second stacked body includes a semiconductor substrate and a second metal layer. The first stacked body and the second stacked body are joined by the first metal layer and the second metal layer, and by the first diffusion suppressing layer, diffusion of atoms between the reflection layer and the first metal layer is suppressed. Therefore, a III-V group compound semiconductor device having high efficiency of light emission to the outside per chip and manufacturing method thereof can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2005Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kensaku Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20100230714Abstract: A method for producing a gallium nitride based compound semiconductor light emitting device that is excellent in terms of light emission efficiency and is also capable of operating at a low driving voltage, a gallium nitride based compound semiconductor light emitting device, and a lamp using the device are provided, and the method for producing a gallium nitride based compound semiconductor light emitting device includes a first crystal growth step in which an n-type semiconductor layer 13, a light emitting layer 14, and a first p-type semiconductor layer 15 which are formed of a gallium nitride based compound semiconductor are laminated in this order on a substrate 11; and a second crystal growth step in which a second p-type semiconductor layer 16 formed of a gallium nitride based compound semiconductor is further laminated thereon; and also has an uneven pattern forming step in which an uneven pattern is formed on the surface of the first p-type semiconductor layer 15 before the first crystal growth stepType: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2007Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Hironao Shinohara, Noritaka Muraki, Hiroshi Osawa
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Publication number: 20100230685Abstract: Provided are a light emitting device, a light emitting device package and a lighting system including the same. The light emitting device (LED) comprises a light emitting structure comprising a second conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a first conductive type semiconductor layer and a first electrode over the light emitting structure. A portion of the light emitting structure is sloped at a predetermined angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: HYUN KYONG CHO, HYUN DON SONG, CHANG HEE HONG, HYUNG GU KIM
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Patent number: 7795050Abstract: A nitride-based light emitting device is manufactured by using a single-crystal nitride-based semiconductor substrate. A seed material layer is deposited on a first substrate where organic residues including a natural oxide layer are removed from an upper surface of the first substrate. A multifunctional substrate is grown from the seed material layer. The single-crystal nitride-based semiconductor layer including a nitride-based buffer layer is formed on the multifunctional substrate. The seed material layer primarily assists the growth of the multifunctional substrate, which is essentially required for the growth of the single-crystal nitride-based semiconductor substrate. The multifunctional substrate is prepared in the form of a single-crystal layer or a poly-crystal layer having a hexagonal crystalline structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2009Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: June O Song
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Patent number: 7795630Abstract: A semiconductor device, which includes an active layer made of a first semiconductor layer formed on a substrate, is designed so that a first oxidized area made of an oxide layer is formed on the active layer. The first oxidized area further aids in reducing a reactive current so that it becomes possible to achieve a semiconductor device having superior device characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2004Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hisashi Nakayama, Tetsuzo Ueda, Masaaki Yuri, Toshiyuki Takizawa
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Patent number: 7791101Abstract: Light emitting devices include a gallium nitride-based epitaxial structure that includes an active light emitting region and a gallium nitride-based outer layer, for example gallium nitride. A indium nitride-based layer, such as indium gallium nitride, is provided directly on the outer layer. A reflective metal layer or a transparent conductive oxide layer is provided directly on the indium gallium nitride layer opposite the outer layer. The indium gallium nitride layer forms a direct ohmic contact with the outer layer. An ohmic metal layer need not be used. Related fabrication methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2008Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Michael John Bergmann, Daniel Carleton Driscoll, David Todd Emerson
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Publication number: 20100219418Abstract: LED devices incorporating diamond materials and methods for making such devices are provided. One such method may include forming epitaxially a substantially single crystal SiC layer on a substantially single crystal Si wafer, forming epitaxially a substantially single crystal diamond layer on the SiC layer, doping the diamond layer to form a conductive diamond layer, removing the Si wafer to expose the SiC layer opposite to the conductive diamond layer, forming epitaxially a plurality of semiconductor layers on the SiC layer such that at least one of the semiconductive layers contacts the SiC layer, and coupling an n-type electrode to at least one of the semiconductor layers such that the plurality of semiconductor layers is functionally located between the conductive diamond layer and the n-type electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Inventor: Chien-Min Sung
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Publication number: 20100219431Abstract: A light source and method for making the same are disclosed. The light source includes a substrate and a light emitting structure that is deposited on the substrate. A barrier divides the light emitting structure into first and second segments that are electrically isolated from one another. A serial connection electrode connects the first segment in series with the second segment. A first blocking diode between the light emitting structure and the substrate prevents current from flowing between the light emitting structure and the substrate when the light emitting structure is emitting light. The barrier extends through the light emitting structure into the first blocking diode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Inventors: Ghulam Hasnain, Steven D. Lester, Syn-Yem Hu, Jeff Ramer
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Publication number: 20100219394Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for fabricating a group III-V nitride structure with an ohmic-contact layer. The method involves fabricating a group III-V nitride structure with a p-type layer. The method further involves depositing an ohmic-contact layer on the p-type layer without first annealing the p-type layer. The method also involves subsequently annealing the p-type layer and the ohmic-contact layer in an annealing chamber at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined period of time, thereby reducing the resistivity of the p-type layer and the ohmic contact in a single annealing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2007Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: LATTICE POWER (JIANGXI) CORPORATIONInventors: Fengyi Jiang, Li Wang, Wenqing Fang, Chunlan Mo
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Publication number: 20100216272Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light emitting device. The light emitting device includes an n-type nitride semiconductor layer; an active layer on the n-type semiconductor layer, an AlN/GaN layer of a super lattice structure formed by alternately growing an AlN layer and a GaN layer on the active layer, and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer on the AlN/GaN layer of the super lattice structure. At least one of the AlN layer and the GaN layer is doped with a p-type dopant. A method for manufacturing the light emitting device is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: SEOUL OPTO DEVICE CO., LTD.Inventors: Gyu Beom Kim, Sang Joon Lee, Chang Suk Han, Kwang Choong Kim
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Publication number: 20100213476Abstract: The present invention provides a group-III nitride compound semiconductor light-emitting device having high productivity and good emission characteristics, a method of manufacturing a group-III nitride compound semiconductor light-emitting device, and a lamp. The method of manufacturing a group-III nitride compound semiconductor light-emitting device includes: a pre-process of performing plasma processing on a substrate (11); a sputtering process of forming an intermediate layer (12) made of at least a group-III nitride compound on the substrate (11) using a sputtering method after the pre-process; and a process of sequentially forming an n-type semiconductor layer (14) including an underlying layer (14a), a light-emitting layer (15), and a p-type semiconductor layer (16) on the intermediate layer (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2007Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Yasunori Yokoyama, Hiromitsu Sakai, Hisayuki Miki
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Patent number: 7781796Abstract: A nitride semiconductor laser element includes a substrate and a nitride semiconductor layer in which a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer are laminated in this order on the substrate. At least one of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer includes a first section forming recessed and raised portions and a second section embedding the recessed and raised portions of the first section. A region with a higher aluminum mixed crystal ratio than the second section that embeds the recessed and raised portions is disposed on top faces of the raised portions. The nitride semiconductor layer defines resonant planes, and the recessed and raised portions are formed in a shape of stripes that extend substantially parallel to the resonant planes.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2007Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Nichia CorporationInventors: Shingo Masui, Kazutaka Tsukayama
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Publication number: 20100207097Abstract: A nitride semiconductor light emitting device includes a substrate, a first conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of V-pits placed in a top surface thereof, a silicon compound formed in the vertex region of each of the V-pits, an active layer disposed on the first conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer and including depressions conforming to the shape of the plurality of V-pits, and a second conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer. The nitride semiconductor light emitting device, when receiving static electricity achieves high resistance to electrostatic discharge (ESD) since current is concentrated in the V-pits and the silicon compound placed on dislocations caused by lattice defects.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2009Publication date: August 19, 2010Inventors: Jeong Tak Oh, Yong Chun Kim, Dong Joon Kim, Dong Ju Lee
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Publication number: 20100207123Abstract: A light emitting device is provided. The light emitting device may include a plurality of light emitting elements formed on a first common electrode, each light emitting element having a first conductive layer formed over the first common electrode. The light emitting device may also include an active layer formed over the first conductive layer, a second conductive layer formed over the active layer, and an insulator formed between adjacent light emitting elements. A plurality of electrodes may be respectively formed on the plurality of light emitting elements, and a second common electrode may couple the plurality electrodes. Such a light emitting structure may improve emission characteristics, heat dissipation and high temperature reliability.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2010Publication date: August 19, 2010Inventor: Hyun Don SONG
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Patent number: 7777217Abstract: In a method for making an inclusion-free uniformly semi-insulating GaN crystal, an epitaxial nitride layer is deposited on a substrate. A 3D nucleation GaN layer is grown on the epitaxial nitride layer by HVPE under a substantially 3D growth mode, wherein a surface of the nucleation layer is substantially covered with pits and the aspect ratio of the pits is essentially the same. A GaN transitional layer is grown on the nucleation layer by HVPE under a condition that changes the growth mode from the substantially 3D growth mode to a substantially 2D growth mode. After growing the transitional layer, a surface of the transitional layer is substantially pit-free. A bulk GaN layer is grown on the transitional layer by HVPE. After growing the bulk layer, a surface of the bulk layer is smooth and substantially pit-free. The GaN is doped with a transition metal during at least one of the foregoing GaN growth steps.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2006Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Kyma Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Edward A. Preble, Denis Tsvetkov, Andrew D. Hanser, N. Mark Williams, Xueping Xu
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Publication number: 20100200864Abstract: A semiconductor component has a plurality of GaN-based layers, which are preferably used to generate radiation, produced in a fabrication process. In the process, the plurality of GaN-based layers are applied to a composite substrate that includes a substrate body and an interlayer. A coefficient of thermal expansion of the substrate body is similar to or preferably greater than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the GaN-based layers, and the GaN-based layers are deposited on the interlayer. The interlayer and the substrate body are preferably joined by a wafer bonding process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2009Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: Osram GmbHInventors: Stefan BADER, Dominik Eisert, Berthold Hahn, Volker Härle
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Patent number: 7772607Abstract: A GaN-series light emitting diode with high light efficiency utilizes a p-type semiconductor layer having a textured surface structure. The optical waveguide effect can be interrupted and formation of hexagonal shaped pits defect can be reduced due to the textured structure. The p-type semiconductor layer is formed on a light emitting layer and includes a p-type cladding layer, p-type transitional layer, and p-type ohmic contact layer. During the manufacturing of the GaN-series LED, the tension and compression of strain is controlled while the p-type cladding layer and the p-type transition layer are formed. Through the control of the epitaxial growth process, it is attained that the surface of the p-type semiconductor layer is textured to increase external quantum efficiency and the operation life of the light emitting device.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2006Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Supernova Optoelectronics CorporationInventors: Mu-Jen Lai, Schang-Jin Hon
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Patent number: 7768030Abstract: A GaN layer is grown on a sapphire substrate, an SiO2 film is formed on the GaN layer, and a GaN semiconductor layer including an MQW active layer is then grown on the GaN layer and the SiO2 film using epitaxial lateral overgrowth. The GaN based semiconductor layer is removed by etching except in a region on the SiO2 film, and a p electrode is then formed on the top surface of the GaN based semiconductor layer on the SiO2 film, to join the p electrode on the GaN based semiconductor layer to an ohmic electrode on a GaAs substrate. An n electrode is formed on the top surface of the GaN based semiconductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2008Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuhiko Hayashi, Takashi Kano
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Patent number: 7763486Abstract: A nitride semiconductor stacked structure having good working efficiency includes a p-type nitride semiconductor layer of low resistance, which is formed from an organometallic compound, compounds including Group V elements, including ammonia and a hydrazine derivative, and a p-type impurity material on a substrate. The p-type nitride layer has a carbon concentration not higher than 1×1018 cm?3.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2007Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akihito Ohno, Masayoshi Takemi, Nobuyuki Tomita
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Patent number: 7754504Abstract: A method for making a light-emitting diode, which including the steps of: providing a substrate having at least one recessed portion on one main surface and growing a first nitride-based III-V group compound semiconductor layer through a state of making a triangle in section having a bottom surface of the recessed portion as a base thereby burying the recessed portion; laterally growing a second nitride-based III-V group compound semiconductor layer from the first nitride-based III-V group compound semiconductor layer over the substrate; and successively growing a third nitride-based III-V group compound semiconductor layer of a first conduction type, an active layer and a fourth nitride-based III-V group compound semiconductor layer of a second conduction type on the second nitride-based III-V group compound semiconductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Akira Ohmae, Shigetaka Tomiya, Yuki Maeda, Michinori Shiomi, Takaaki Ami, Takao Miyajima, Katsunori Yanashima, Takashi Tange, Atsushi Yasuda
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Patent number: 7755094Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor light emitting device comprises a substrate, a mask seed layer formed on the substrate and comprising a II group element, a nitride layer formed on the mask seed layer and comprising a III group element, a first conductive semiconductor layer on the nitride layer, an active layer on the first conductive layer, and a second conducive semiconductor layer on the active layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2008Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyung Jun Kim, Hyo Kun Son
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Patent number: 7755097Abstract: A light emitting device having a light extraction structure, which is capable of achieving an enhancement in light extraction efficiency and reliability, and a method for manufacturing the same. The light emitting device includes a semiconductor layer having a multi-layered structure including a light emission layer; and a light extraction structure formed on the semiconductor layer in a pattern having unit structures. Further, the wall of each of the unit structures is sloped at an angle of ?45° to +45° from a virtual vertical line being parallel to a main light emitting direction of the light emitting device.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2007Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignees: LG Electronics Inc., LG Innotek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sun Kyung Kim