High efficiency group III nitride LED with lenticular surface
First Claim
1. In a light emitting diode having a vertical orientation with a top ohmic contact on portions of a top surface of said diode and a mirror layer adjacent the light emitting region of said diode;
- the improvement comprising;
an opening in said mirror layer beneath said top ohmic contact through the diode that defines a non-ohmic contact area between said mirror layer and said light emitting region of said diode to encourage current flow to take place other than at said non-ohmic contact area to in turn decrease the number of light emitting recombinations beneath said top ohmic contact and increase the number of light emitting recombinations in the more transparent portions of said diode;
wherein said opening includes a reflective metal therein that is not ohmic with respect to said light emitting region.
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Abstract
A light emitting diode is disclosed having a vertical orientation with an ohmic contact on portions of a top surface of the diode and a mirror layer adjacent the light emitting region of the diode. The diode includes an opening in the mirror layer beneath the geometric projection of the top ohmic contact through the diode that defines a non-contact area between the mirror layer and the light emitting region of the diode to encourage current flow to take place other than at the non-contact area to in turn decrease the number of light emitting recombinations beneath the ohmic contact and increase the number of light emitting recombinations in the more transparent portions of the diode.
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1. In a light emitting diode having a vertical orientation with a top ohmic contact on portions of a top surface of said diode and a mirror layer adjacent the light emitting region of said diode;
- the improvement comprising;
an opening in said mirror layer beneath said top ohmic contact through the diode that defines a non-ohmic contact area between said mirror layer and said light emitting region of said diode to encourage current flow to take place other than at said non-ohmic contact area to in turn decrease the number of light emitting recombinations beneath said top ohmic contact and increase the number of light emitting recombinations in the more transparent portions of said diode; wherein said opening includes a reflective metal therein that is not ohmic with respect to said light emitting region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- the improvement comprising;
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10. In a light emitting diode having a vertical orientation with a top ohmic contact on portions of a top surface of said diode and a mirror layer adjacent the light emitting region of said diode;
- the improvement comprising;
an opening in said mirror layer beneath said top ohmic contact through the diode that defines a non-ohmic contact area between said mirror layer and said light emitting region of said diode to encourage current flow to take place other than at said non-ohmic contact area to in turn decrease the number of light emitting recombinations beneath said top ohmic contact and increase the number of light emitting recombinations in the more transparent portions of said diode; wherein said opening is filled with a metal that is not ohmic with respect to said light emitting region to thereby provide additional reflection from said mirror layer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
- the improvement comprising;
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