HIGHLY EFFICIENT LED WITH MICROCOLUMN ARRAY EMITTING SURFACE

• US 20090032834A1
• Filed: 07/16/2008
• Published: 02/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Zhengbiao Ouyang
• Original Assignee: Zhengbiao Ouyang
• Inventors: OUYANG, Zhengbiao
• Application Number:
  US12/174,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20090032834A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 257/103
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/10 with a light reflecting structure, e.g. semiconductor Bragg reflector
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/20 with a particular shape, e.g. curved or truncated substrate
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/22 Roughened surfaces, e.g. at the interface between epitaxial layers

Abstract

A highly efficient light emitting diode with microcolumn array emitting surface, wherein the microcolumn array is prepared on the emitting surface of the light emitting diode, and can be formed with a two-dimensional periodic or non-periodic structure, the length and height of each microcolumn are in the same order of magnitude as, more specifically are from half to a few of, the wavelength of the emitting light. This invention utilizes a strong diffraction effect of the microcolumn array to increase the luminous efficiency of the light emitting diode. The distribution of light emitting is uniform. Compared with the conventional two-dimensional photonic crystal light emitting diode, the manufacturing process of this invention is simple, and the manufacturing cost is low. Compared with the conventional porous surface light emitting diode, the luminous efficiency of the light emitting diode according to this invention is high.

Claims

1. A light emitting diode comprising a two-dimensional microcolumn array, wherein said two-dimensional microcolumn array is etched on the surface of a P-type GaN layer.

2. The light emitting diode of claim 1, wherein the cross section of said two-dimensional microcolumn array is in the shape of a circle, a triangle, a square, a hexagon, or a combination of polygons.

3. The light emitting diode of claim 1, wherein said two-dimensional microcolumn array is periodic or non-periodic.

4. The light emitting diode of claim 1, wherein

said two-dimensional microcolumn array comprises a plurality of microcolumns, and

the diameter and/or the height of said microcolumns and the distance between microcolumns of the microcolumn array are in the same order of magnitude as the wavelength of light emitted by the light emitting diode.

5. The light emitting diode of claim 4, wherein the diameter and/or the height of said microcolumns and the distance between microcolumns of the microcolumn array are from a half to a few wavelengths of light emitted by the light emitting diode.