Light emitting devices with optical elements and bonding layers

• US 9,583,683 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2013
• Issued: 02/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lumileds LLC (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Lumileds LLC (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Camras, Michael D., Krames, Michael R., Snyder, Wayne L., Steranka, Frank M., Taber, Robert C., Uebbing, John J., Pocius, Douglas W., Trottier, Troy A., Lowery, Christopher H., Mueller, Gerd O., Mueller-Mach, Regina B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Smoot, Stephen W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Booker, Vicki B
• Application Number:
  US14/136,171
• Publication Number:
  US 20140191265A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,166 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/20 with a particular shape, e.g. curved or truncated substrate
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/32 containing nitrogen
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/405 Reflective materials
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/502 Wavelength conversion materials
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/58 Optical field-shaping elements
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/62 Arrangements for conducting electric current to or from the semiconductor body, e.g. lead-frames, wire-bonds or solder balls

Abstract

Light emitting devices with improved light extraction efficiency are provided. The light emitting devices have a stack of layers including semiconductor layers comprising an active region. The stack is bonded to a transparent optical element.

Claims

1. A light emitting device having a stack of layers including semiconductor layers comprising an active region, said device comprising:

a transparent optical element bonded to a surface of the stack by a bonding layer, wherein the transparent optical element does not extend over sides of the stack of layers, and wherein the bonding layer is selected from the group consisting of glass having an optical index greater than 1.8, Schott glass SF59, Schott glass LaSF 3, and Schott glass LaSF N18.

2. The light emitting device of claim 1 wherein a smallest ratio of a length of a base of said optical element to a length of said surface is greater than one.

3. The light emitting device of claim 1 further comprising luminescent material included in the bonding layer.

4. The light emitting device of claim 3 wherein the luminescent material is one of quantum dots and nanocrystals.

5. The light emitting device of claim 1 further comprising luminescent material included in the optical element.

6. A light emitting device having a stack of layers including semiconductor layers comprising an active region, said device comprising:

a transparent optical element bonded to a surface of the stack by a bonding layer, wherein the bonding layer is selected from the group consisting of metal oxide, tungsten oxide, titanium oxide, nickel oxide, zirconium oxide, indium tin oxide, and chromium oxide.

7. The light emitting device of claim 6 wherein a smallest ratio of a length of a base of said optical element to a length of said surface is greater than one.

8. The light emitting device of claim 6 further comprising luminescent material included in the bonding layer.

9. The light emitting device of claim 8 wherein the luminescent material is one of quantum dots and nanocrystals.

10. The light emitting device of claim 6 further comprising luminescent material included in the optical element.

11. A light emitting device having a stack of layers including semiconductor layers comprising an active region, said device comprising:

a transparent optical element bonded to a surface of the stack by a bonding layer, wherein the bonding layer includes luminescent material,

wherein a smallest ratio of a length of a base of said optical element to a length of said surface is greater than one, and wherein the transparent optical element does not extend over sides of the stack of layers.

12. The light emitting device of claim 11 wherein the luminescent material is one of quantum dots and nanocrystals.

13. The light emitting device of claim 11 further comprising luminescent material included in the optical element.