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US 8,502,267 · App. 13/142,885 · Granted Aug 6, 2013

Optoelectronic semiconductor component

Inventors: Alexander Behres (Pfatter, DE); Matthias Sabathil (Regensburg, DE)
Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,502,267
App. No.
13/142,885
Granted
Aug 6, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optoelectronic semiconductor component includes an active layer that emits radiation, the active layer surrounded by cladding layers, wherein the cladding layers and/or the active layer include(s) an indium-containing phosphide compound semiconductor material and the phosphide compound semiconductor material contains at least one of elements Bi or Sb as an additional element of main group V.

Claims (22)

1. An optoelectronic semiconductor component comprising:

an active layer that emits radiation, said active layer surrounded by cladding layers,

wherein the cladding layers and/or the active layer comprise(s) an indium-containing phosphide compound semiconductor material, the phosphide compound semiconductor material contains at least one of elements Bi or Sb as an additional element of main group V, and the phosphide compound semiconductor material has a composition In x Ga y Al 1-x-y P 1-z Sb z where 0 <x≦1, 0≦y≦1, x+y≦1 and 0<z<1.

2. The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the cladding layers contain Bi and/or Sb.

3. The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the active layer contains neither Bi nor Sb.

4. The optoelectronic semiconductor component according claim 1 , wherein the active layer contains Bi and/or Sb.

5. The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 1 , wherein 0<z≦0.03.

6. The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 1 , wherein 0.3≦x≦0.7.

7. An optoelectronic semiconductor component comprising:

an active layer comprising an indium-containing nitride compound semiconductor material,

wherein the nitride compound semiconductor material of the active layer contains at least one of elements As, Bi or Sb as an additional element of main group V, and the nitride compound semiconductor material has a composition In x Ga y Al 1-x-y N 1-z As z , In x Ga y Al 1-x-y N 1-z Sb z or In x Ga y Al 1-x-y N 1-z Bi z , where 0<x≦1, 0≦y≦1, x+y≦1 and 0<z<1.

8. The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 7 , wherein 0<z≦0.03.

9. The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 7 , wherein 0<z≦0.005.

10. The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 7 , wherein x≧0.1.

11. The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 7 , wherein x≧0.2.

12. The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 7 , wherein x≧0.3.

13. The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 7 , wherein x≧0.1 and 0<z≦0.03.

14. The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 7 , wherein x≧0.3 and 0<z≦0.005.

15. An optoelectronic semiconductor component comprising:

an active layer that emits radiation, said active layer surrounded by cladding layers,

wherein the cladding layers and/or the active layer comprise(s) an indium-containing phosphide compound semiconductor material, the phosphide compound semiconductor material contains at least one of elements Bi or Sb as an additional element of main group V, and the phosphide compound semiconductor material has a composition In x Ga y Al 1-x-y P 1-z Bi z where 0 <x≦1, 0≦y≦1, x+y≦1 and 0<z<1.

16. The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 15 , wherein 0<z≦0.03.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2011
From: BEHRES, ALEXANDER; SABATHIL, MATTHIAS
To: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
Reel/Frame 026686/0092 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2009 004 895 · Jan 16, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110284918A1 · Nov 24, 2011