Solid-state light-emitting element, light-emitting device, and lighting device

• US 9,876,151 B2
• Filed: 05/25/2016
• Issued: 01/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Seo, Satoshi, Ikeda, Hisao, Kawata, Takuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thien F
• Application Number:
  US15/164,051
• Publication Number:
  US 20160343920A1
• Time in Patent Office: 608 Days
• Field of Search: 257 98, 257 79
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/22 Roughened surfaces, e.g. at the interface between epitaxial layers
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/56 Materials, e.g. epoxy or silicone resin
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/58 Optical field-shaping elements
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/858 comprising refractive means, e.g. lenses

Abstract

A solid-state light-emitting element includes a structure body having a property of transmitting visible light and an uneven structure on each of the top side and the bottom side thereof; a high refractive index material layer provided on one surface of the structure body; and a light-emitting body with a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.6 provided over the high refractive index material layer. One surface of the high refractive index material layer is flatter than the other surface thereof which is in contact with the structure body. The refractive index of the high refractive index material layer is greater than or equal to 1.6. The refractive index of the structure body is greater than 1.0 and less than that of the high refractive index material layer.

Claims

1. A solid-state light-emitting element comprising:

a structure body configured to transmit visible light, the structure body including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a layer over the first surface of the structure body, the layer having a refractive index higher than that of the structure body; and

a light-emitting body over the layer,

wherein the first surface includes a first hemispherical pattern,

wherein the second surface includes a second hemispherical pattern,

wherein a pitch of the first hemispherical pattern is different from a pitch of the second hemispherical pattern, and

wherein the first hemispherical pattern includes a micro lens array.

2. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 1, wherein the second hemispherical pattern includes a hemispherical lens.

3. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 1, wherein the micro lens array is over a glass substrate.

4. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein the structure body comprises a first layer and a second layer, and

wherein the first surface is a top surface of the first layer and the second surface is a bottom surface of the second layer.

5. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 1, wherein the light-emitting body is a light-emitting diode, an organic EL element, or an inorganic EL element.

6. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein the light-emitting body is an organic EL element comprising an electron-relay layer, and

wherein the electron-relay layer comprises a nitrogen-containing condensed aromatic compound.

7. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 1, wherein the layer contains glass, liquid, or resin.

8. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 1, further comprising a nitride film over the light-emitting body.

9. A lighting device comprising the solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 1.

10. A solid-state light-emitting element comprising:

a structure body configured to transmit visible light, the structure body including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a layer over the first surface of the structure body, the layer having a refractive index higher than that of the structure body; and

a light-emitting body over the layer,

wherein the first surface includes a first hemispherical pattern,

wherein the second surface includes a second hemispherical pattern,

wherein a pitch of the first hemispherical pattern is narrower than a pitch of the second hemispherical pattern, and

wherein the first hemispherical pattern includes a micro lens array.

11. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 10, wherein the second hemispherical pattern includes a hemispherical lens.

12. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 10, wherein the micro lens array is over a glass substrate.

13. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 10,

wherein the structure body comprises a first layer and a second layer, and

wherein the first surface is a top surface of the first layer and the second surface is a bottom surface of the second layer.

14. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 10, wherein the light-emitting body is a light-emitting diode, an organic EL element, or an inorganic EL element.

15. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 10,

wherein the light-emitting body is an organic EL element comprising an electron-relay layer, and

wherein the electron-relay layer comprises a nitrogen-containing condensed aromatic compound.

16. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 10, wherein the layer contains glass, liquid, or resin.

17. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 10, further comprising a nitride film over the light-emitting body.

18. A lighting device comprising the solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 10.