Electroluminescent and photoluminescent multiband white light emitting diode

• US 9,214,601 B1
• Filed: 12/31/2014
• Issued: 12/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: High Power Opto., Inc.
• Original Assignee: High Power Opto., Inc.
• Inventors: Chen, Fu-Bang, Yen, Wei-Yu, Huang, Shih-Hsien, Chang, Chih-Sung, Wang, Yen-Chin
• Primary Examiner(s): Malsawma, Lex
• Assistant Examiner(s): Le, Long
• Application Number:
  US14/587,729
• Time in Patent Office: 349 Days
• Field of Search: 257/98
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/08 with a plurality of light emitting regions, e.g. laterally discontinuous light emitting layer or photoluminescent region integrated within the semiconductor body H01L27/15 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/10 with a light reflecting structure, e.g. semiconductor Bragg reflector
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/145 with a current-blocking structure
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/32 containing nitrogen
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/325 characterised by the doping materials
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/44 characterised by the coatings, e.g. passivation layer or anti-reflective coating
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/50 Wavelength conversion elements

Abstract

An electroluminescent and photoluminescent white light emitting diode (LED) includes an electroluminescent light emitting structure, a first photoluminescent light emitting layer, a second photoluminescent light emitting layer and a red light emitting layer. The electroluminescent light emitting structure emits a violet light having a wavelength between 395 nm and 450 nm and an FWHM smaller than 25 nm. The first photoluminescent light emitting layer and the second photoluminescent light emitting layer are sequentially disposed on the electroluminescent light emitting structure. The first photoluminescent light emitting layer absorbs the violet light to generate a blue light. The second photoluminescent light emitting layer absorbs the violet light and the blue light to generate a green light. The red light emitting layer generates a red light. Accordingly, the violet light, the blue light, the green light and the red light are blended to form a white light having a high color rendering index.

Claims

1. An electroluminescent and photoluminescent multiband white light emitting diode (LED), comprising:

an electroluminescent light emitting structure, comprising;

an electroluminescent light emitting active layer, receiving a forward bias to emit a violet light having a wavelength between 390 nm and 450 nm and a full width at half maximum (FWHM) smaller than 25 nm; and

a P-type semiconductor layer and a first N-type semiconductor layer disposed at two sides of the electroluminescent light emitting active layer, respectively;

a first photoluminescent light emitting layer, spaced by the first N-type semiconductor layer to be disposed on the electroluminescent light emitting structure, adapted to absorb the violet light to emit a blue light;

a second photoluminescent light emitting layer, spaced by a second N-type semiconductor layer to be disposed on the first photoluminescent light emitting layer, adapted to absorb the violet light and the blue light to emit a green light; and

a red light emitting layer, spaced by a protection layer and a third N-type semiconductor layer to be disposed on the second photoluminescent light emitting layer, adapted to generate a red light, the red light, the green light, the blue light and the violet light being blended to form a white light.

2. The electroluminescent and photoluminescent multiband white LED of claim 1, wherein the red light emitting layer is one of a red light emitting substance, a photoluminescent red phosphorescent light emitting substance, and red quantum dots.

3. The electroluminescent and photoluminescent multiband white LED of claim 1, wherein the blue light has a wavelength between 445 nm and 465 nm and an FWHM greater than 20 nm.

4. The electroluminescent and photoluminescent multiband white LED of claim 1, wherein the green light has a wavelength between 490 nm and 540 nm and an FWHM greater than 20 nm.

5. The electroluminescent and photoluminescent multiband white LED of claim 1, wherein the red light has a wavelength between 600 nm and 750 nm.

6. The electroluminescent and photoluminescent multiband white LED of claim 1, wherein an area of the electroluminescent light emitting active layer is greater than or equal to those of the first photoluminescent light emitting layer and the second photoluminescent light emitting layer.

7. The electroluminescent and photoluminescent multiband white LED of claim 1, further comprising:

an N-type electrode, penetrating through the protection layer, the third N-type semiconductor layer, the second photoluminescent light emitting layer, the second N-type semiconductor layer and the first photoluminescent light emitting layer, the N-type electrode being in contact with the first N-type semiconductor layer;

wherein, below the P-type semiconductor layer, a mirror layer, a buffer layer, a binding layer, a substrate and a P-type electrode are sequentially disposed.

8. The electroluminescent and photoluminescent multiband white LED of claim 7, wherein a current block layer corresponding to the N-type electrode is disposed between the mirror layer and the buffer layer.

9. The electroluminescent and photoluminescent multiband white LED of claim 1, wherein a non-doped semiconductor layer is further disposed between the protection layer and the third N-type semiconductor layer.