Multi-wavelength LED structures and manufacturing methods thereof
AssigneeEnkris Semiconductor, Inc.
InventorsWeihua Liu, Kai Cheng
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Abstract
A multi-wavelength LED structure (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) and a manufacturing method therefor. The multi-wavelength LED structure (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) comprises: a first semiconductor layer (11), a stress release layer (12) having a V-shaped pit (12a), a first quantum well layer (131) and a second quantum well layer (132), which are stacked, from bottom to top, on a side wall of the V-shaped pit (12a) and a top wall of the stress release layer (12), and a second semiconductor layer (14) that is located on the second quantum well layer (132), wherein the conduction type of the second semiconductor layer (14) is the opposite of that of the first semiconductor layer (11).
Claims12
A multi-wavelength LED structure, comprising:
- a first semiconductor layer;
- a stress release layer located on the first semiconductor layer, wherein the stress release layer is provided with a V-shaped pit, wherein the V-shaped pit penetrates part of a thickness of the stress release layer;
- a first quantum well layer and a second quantum well layer stacked from bottom to top on a side wall of the V-shaped pit and a top wall of the stress release layer;
- wherein the second quantum well layer located on the top wall of the stress release layer is a first light-emitting region, the first quantum well layer located on the top wall of the stress release layer is a second light-emitting region, and the first quantum well layer or the second quantum well layer located on the side wall of the V-shaped pit is a third light-emitting region;
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- a second semiconductor layer located on the second quantum well layer, wherein a conductive type of the second semiconductor layer is opposite to a conductive type of the first semiconductor layer;
- if electron-hole pairs of the second semiconductor layer and the first semiconductor layer recombine in the first light-emitting region, light corresponding to a first light-emitting wavelength emits;
- if electron-hole pairs of the second semiconductor layer and the first semiconductor layer recombine in the second light-emitting region, light corresponding to a second light-emitting wavelength emits;
- if electronic-hole pairs of the second semiconductor layer and the first semiconductor layer recombine in the third light-emitting region through the side wall of the V-shaped pit, light corresponding to a third light-emitting wavelength emits;
- and the first light-emitting wavelength, the second light-emitting wavelength and the third light-emitting wavelength correspond to different colors of lights;
- wherein
- a conductivity type of the first semiconductor layer is N-type, and a conductivity type of the second semiconductor layer is P-type, and
- the second quantum well layer comprises a second well layer, second barrier layers arranged on both sides of the second well layer, and a second anti-annihilation layer arranged between the second barrier layer adjacent to the second semiconductor layer and the second well layer, and a conduction band energy level of the second anti-annihilation layer is higher than a conduction band energy level of the second barrier layer, and/or
- the first quantum well layer comprises a first well layer, first barrier layers arranged on both sides of the first well layer, and a first anti-annihilation layer arranged between the first barrier layer adjacent to the second quantum well layer and the first well layer, and a conduction band energy level of the first anti-annihilation layer is higher than a conduction band energy level of the first barrier layer;
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- a conductivity type of the first semiconductor layer is P-type, and a conductivity type of the second semiconductor layer is N-type, and
- the first quantum well layer comprises a first well layer, first barrier layers arranged on both sides of the first well layer, and a first anti-annihilation layer arranged between the first barrier layer adjacent to the stress release layer and the first well layer, and a conduction band energy level of the first anti-annihilation layer is higher than a conduction band energy level of the first barrier layer, and/or
- the second quantum well layer comprises a second well layer, second barrier layers arranged on both sides of the second well layer, and a second anti-annihilation layer arranged between the second barrier layer adjacent to the first quantum well layer and the second well layer, and a conduction band energy level of the second anti-annihilation layer is higher than a conduction band energy level of the second barrier layer;
- wherein
- a first interlayer is arranged between the first anti-annihilation layer and the first well layer, and a proportion of an amount of Al element in the first interlayer is less than a proportion of an amount of Al element in the first anti-annihilation layer;
- and
- a second interlayer is arranged between the second anti-annihilation layer and the second well layer, and a proportion of an amount of Al element in the second interlayer is less than a proportion of an amount of Al element in the second anti-annihilation layer.
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