Color mixing monolithically integrated light-emitting diode pixels
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of Michigan
InventorsPei-Cheng Ku, Kunook Chung, Brandon Demory
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Abstract
Additive color mixing across the visible spectrum was demonstrated from a light emitting diode (LED) pixel comprising of red, green, and blue subpixels monolithically integrated and enabled by local strain engineering. The device was fabricated using a top-down approach on a metal-organic chemical vapor deposition-grown sample consisting of a typical LED epitaxial stack. The three color subpixels were defined in a single lithographic step. The device was characterized for its electrical properties and emission spectra under an uncooled condition, which is desirable in practical applications. The color mixing was controlled by pulse width modulation and the degree of color control was also characterized.
Claims16
A multi-color light device, comprising:
- a substrate;
- two or more subpixels formed on the substrate, each subpixel includes one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) and each light emitting diode is a nanopillar, such that diameter of the nanopillars between the two or more subpixels is different and the diameter of nanopillars within a given subpixel is the same;
- a plurality of lens, such that a lens is formed over top of each of the light emitting diodes in the two or more subpixels and each lens is configured to have its focal point in an active region of corresponding nanopillar;
- wherein the active region of the nanopillars are in shape of a disc and the active region of the nanopillars have same material composition and same thickness across the two or more subpixels;
- and
- a controller independently coupled to the light emitting diodes in each of the two or more subpixels and configured to supply driving signals to the light emitting diodes in each of the two or more subpixels, where the driving signals are pulse width modulated, such that magnitude of driving signals is the same amongst the two or more subpixels and duty cycles of the driving signals are adjustable independently amongst the two or more subpixels.
A multi-color light device, comprising:
- a substrate;
- three subpixels formed on the substrate, each subpixel includes one or more nanopillars serving as light emitting diodes (LEDs), such that diameter of the nanopillars within a given subpixel is the same and diameter of nanopillars differs between the three subpixels;
- a plurality of lens, such that a lens is formed over top of each of the light emitting diodes in the three subpixels and each lens is configured to have its focal point in an active region of corresponding nanopillar;
- wherein the active region of each of the nanopillars is in shape of a disc and the active region of the nanopillars have same material composition and same thickness across the two or more subpixels;
- and
- a controller electrically coupled to the nanopillars in each of the three subpixels and configured to supply driving signals to the nanopillars in each of the three subpixels, such that magnitude of driving signals is the same amongst the three subpixels and duty cycles of the driving signals are adjustable independently amongst the three subpixels,
- wherein controller determines an intensity ratio between the three subpixels to achieve a desired color of light and sets the duty cycle of the driving signals in accordance with the determined intensity ratios.
A microdisplay, comprising
- a plurality of light devices arranged in an array;
- each light device includes two or more subpixels, each subpixel having one or more nanopillars serving as light emitting diodes (LEDs), such that diameter of the nanopillars within a given subpixel is the same but diameter of nanopillars differs between the three subpixels;
- a plurality of lens, such that a lens is formed over top of each of the light emitting diodes in the two or more subpixels and each lens having a parabolic profile and configured to have its focal point in an active region of corresponding nanopillar;
- wherein the active region of each of the nanopillars is in shape of a disc and the active region of the nanopillars have same material composition and same thickness across the two or more subpixels;
- a power supply circuit that generates driving signals;
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- a controller electrically coupled to the nanopillars in each of the two or more subpixels and configured to control the driving signals supplied to the nanopillars in each of the two or more subpixels, such that magnitude of driving signals is the same amongst the two or more subpixels but duty cycle of the driving signals are adjustable independently amongst the two or more subpixels.
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