IP Library Granted Patent US 8,120,041
Granted Patent B2
US 8,120,041 · App. 11/940,846 · Granted Feb 21, 2012

Semiconductor light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,120,041
App. No.
11/940,846
Granted
Feb 21, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor light-emitting device has an n-type DBR layer ( 3 ), an n-type cladding layer ( 4 ), an active layer ( 5 ), a p-type cladding layer ( 6 ), a p-type intermediate layer ( 7 ), a p-type contact layer ( 8 ), a p-type transparent substrate ( 9 ), ohmic electrodes ( 10 and 11 ), and a reflecting layer ( 12 ). The n-type DBR layer ( 3 ) has reflectivity for the emission wavelength of the active layer ( 5 ).

Claims (11)

1. A semiconductor light-emitting device, comprising:

a first conductivity type first semiconductor layer;

a luminous layer formed on the first semiconductor layer;

a second conductivity type second semiconductor layer formed on the luminous layer;

a transmissive substrate which is mounted on and joined to the second semiconductor layer and is pervious to the emission wavelength of the luminous layer; and

a first reflecting layer which is formed under the first semiconductor layer and composed of stacked two or more first conductivity type semiconductor layers, and at least part of which has reflectivity for an emission wavelength of the luminous layer,

wherein an electrode for reflecting layer use is formed on part of a surface of the first reflecting layer opposite from the first semiconductor layer, and

wherein a second reflecting layer which has reflectivity for the emission wavelength of the luminous layer is formed on the surface of the first reflecting layer opposite from the first semiconductor layer, in an area other than an area where the electrode for reflecting layer use is formed.

2. A semiconductor light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second reflecting layer is formed so as to cover the first reflecting layer and the electrode for reflecting layer use.

3. A semiconductor light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second reflecting layer is composed of one or more layers made of at least one or more elements of Au, Ag, Al, Ti, Cu, Mo, Sn, W, Ta, Pt, Ge, Si, Zn, Be, Cr, Se, and Ni.

4. A semiconductor light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transmissive substrate comprises a semiconductor layer including at least two or more elements of Ga, Si, P, C, Zn, Se, Cd, Te, B, N, Al, In, Hg, S, and O.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2014
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: XIAMEN SAN'AN OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034130/0632 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2007
From: WATANABE, NOBUYUKI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 020145/0250 →