KR101382801B1 - Semiconductor light emitting device and fabrication method thereof - Google Patents
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An embodiment of the present invention relates to a semiconductor light emitting device and a manufacturing method thereof.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a semiconductor light emitting device includes: a semiconductor layer having a concave-convex surface having a concave-convex surface; It includes a light emitting structure in which each layer is formed in an uneven shape on the semiconductor layer of the uneven surface.
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An embodiment of the present invention relates to a semiconductor light emitting device and a manufacturing method thereof.
Generally, a semiconductor light emitting device has a light emitting region covering ultraviolet, blue, and green regions. In particular, the GaN-based nitride semiconductor light emitting device has been widely applied to blue / green LED optical devices, high-speed switching devices such as MESFET (Metal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) and HEMT (Hetero junction Field-Effect Transistors) .
1 is a view showing a conventional semiconductor light emitting device.
1, the semiconductor
When the voltage is applied to the p-
The semiconductor
In the conventional semiconductor light emitting device, a large amount of light emitted from the active layer does not easily escape to the outside of the light emitting device, and causes a total reflection therein, thereby circulating and disappearing.
An embodiment of the present invention provides a semiconductor light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same, by forming a concave-convex structure for a reflector layer and a light emitting structure on a substrate to improve light extraction efficiency.
An embodiment of the present invention provides a semiconductor light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same, by providing an active layer having an inclined concave-convex structure, to recombine electrons and holes in the active layer more efficiently.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a semiconductor light emitting device includes: a semiconductor layer having a concave-convex surface having a concave-convex surface; It includes a light emitting structure in which each layer is formed in an uneven shape on the semiconductor layer of the uneven surface.
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of forming a semiconductor layer of the uneven surface; And forming a light emitting structure in which each layer has an uneven structure on the semiconductor layer of the uneven surface.
According to a semiconductor light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same according to an embodiment of the present invention, by reflecting, scattering or refracting the light emitted from the inside of the semiconductor light emitting device, by reducing the total internal reflection ratio, light extraction efficiency and external quantum efficiency Can improve.
In addition, it is possible to improve the optical characteristics and reliability of the semiconductor light emitting device.
In addition, due to the inclined structure of the active layer, the emission area may be enlarged and doubled, and electrons and holes may be recombined more efficiently, thereby increasing internal quantum efficiency.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2 is a view illustrating a semiconductor light emitting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 2, the semiconductor
The
A
The
The uneven
The
The
A buffer layer (not shown) may be formed between the
The light emitting structure having the uneven structure is formed on the
The first
The
Conductive cladding layers may be formed on both sides of the
The second
When the semiconductor
In addition, the semiconductor light emitting device may be implemented in a pn junction structure or an np junction structure, and may be formed in a structure such as npn or pnp by forming a third conductive semiconductor layer on the second
Meanwhile, a manufacturing process of the semiconductor light emitting device according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7.
3 is a cross-sectional view of the mask layer formed on the substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a side cross-sectional view showing a mask pattern according to the etching of the mask layer of FIG.
3 and 4, the
Here, the
5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a
Referring to FIG. 5, a
The uneven
The uneven
Referring to FIG. 6, the
The cross-sectional shape of the
Here, a GaN buffer layer may be formed between the uneven
As shown in FIG. 7, a light emitting structure having an uneven structure is formed on the
The first
Here, FIG. 10 is a planar SEM photograph of the first
The
The second
8 is a diagram illustrating a structure of an
Referring to FIG. 8, the
In addition, by forming the semiconductor layers 120, 130, 140, and 150 having an uneven structure, the reflection and scattering of light may be induced, thereby reducing the total internal reflection ratio and improving the extraction efficiency of the light emitting device. As a result, the external quantum efficiency can be improved.
11 and 12 illustrate SEM photographs and cathode luminescence (CL) images at the same positions of planes of the first conductive semiconductor layer or the uneven surface semiconductor layer according to the embodiment of the present invention.
In the SEM image of FIG. 11, the uneven structure is honeycomb-shaped, and has a connection structure of a hexagonal pyramidal concave region and a hexagonal linear iron region (a plane perpendicular to the c-axis). Since light is better extracted from the inclined surface of the concave-convex region of the concave-convex structure, the extraction efficiency of the LED can be increased. As shown in FIG. 12, when the electron beam is irradiated from the outside, most of the light emitted from GaN of the second conductive semiconductor layer is emitted in the inclined region. At this time, the light extraction efficiency is higher than the planar region in the inclined region. As shown in the drawing, most of the GaN bandedge emitting light (eg, 364 nm) is extracted through the inclined surface of the uneven structure semiconductor surface.
13 and 14 are planar SEM photographs and CL images of the first conductive semiconductor layer or the semiconductor layer of the uneven surface having uneven surfaces of different sizes of the present invention. That is, the uneven structure of FIGS. 13 and 14 has a smaller or irregular size than the uneven structure of FIGS. 11 and 12, and the iron surface is relatively increased in the uneven structure. As shown in FIGS. 13 and 13, most of GaN bandedge emitting light (eg, 364 nm) is extracted through the inclined surface of the uneven structure semiconductor surface in the CL image. In other words, it can be seen that light extraction efficiency is higher in the hexagonal pyramidal yaw region than in the iron region. FIG. 13 also shows that the area of the plane perpendicular to the c-axis is wider and the inclined plane inclined from the c-axis is narrower than in FIG. 11. Accordingly, the region of the quantum well layer grown on the inclined surface may also be narrowed. In the inclined quantum well layer, the electric field due to the polarization phenomenon is weak, so that electrons and holes in the active layer can be recombined more efficiently.
Therefore, when comparing FIG. 11 and FIG. 13, the light extraction efficiency can be increased as the concave region of each layer, particularly the active layer, of the light emitting structure is wider than the iron region.
15 is a diagram illustrating a first modified example of the semiconductor
A
When the
16 is a second modified example of the semiconductor
Referring to FIG. 16, in the semiconductor
In this modification, the crystallinity of the semiconductor layer under the light emitting structure may be improved, and the geometric shape may be modified, thereby improving luminous efficiency and reliability.
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood that various modifications and applications not illustrated in the drawings are possible.
For example, each component specifically shown in the embodiments of the present invention can be modified and implemented. It is to be understood that all changes and modifications that come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.
In the description of the embodiments according to the present invention, each layer (film), region, pattern or structure is referred to as being "on" or "under" a substrate, each layer Quot; on "and" under "include both the meaning of" directly "and" indirectly ". In addition, the criteria for above or below each layer will be described with reference to the drawings.
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood that various modifications and applications not illustrated in the drawings are possible.
For example, each component specifically shown in the embodiments of the present invention can be modified and implemented. It is to be understood that all changes and modifications that come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.
1 is a side sectional view of a conventional semiconductor light emitting device.
2 is a side cross-sectional view of a semiconductor light emitting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 to 7 are cross-sectional views illustrating a process of manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a view showing the structure of an active layer in a semiconductor light emitting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a planar SEM photograph of the semiconductor layer on the uneven surface of the semiconductor light emitting device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a planar SEM photograph of the first conductive semiconductor layer in the semiconductor light emitting device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
11 and 12 are planar SEM photographs and CL images of a semiconductor layer before growth of an active layer in the semiconductor light emitting device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
13 and 14 are planar SEM photographs and CL images of another structure of the semiconductor layer before the active layer is grown in the semiconductor light emitting device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
15 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a first modified example of the semiconductor light emitting device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
16 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a second modified example of the semiconductor light emitting device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
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100,100A, 100B: semiconductor light emitting device
110 substrate 112112a mask pattern
114: buffer layer 120: semiconductor layer on uneven surface
122: first semiconductor layer 124: second semiconductor layer
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