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US 12,087,888 · App. 17/603,963 · Granted Sep 10, 2024

Optoelectronic component with a luminescence conversion layer

Inventor: Manuela Peter (Regensburg, DE)
Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
H01L33/502H01L25/0753H01L27/156H01L33/42H01L33/504H01L33/30H01L33/32
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Patent No.
US 12,087,888
App. No.
17/603,963
Granted
Sep 10, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optoelectronic component may include at least one light-emitting semiconductor layer sequence and at least one luminescence conversion layer having a transparent conductive oxide and at least one dopant for forming luminescence centers.

Claims (26)

1. An optoelectronic component comprising:

at least one light-emitting semiconductor layer sequence; and

at least one luminescence conversion layer comprising a transparent conductive oxide and at least one dopant for forming luminescence centers;

wherein the at least one luminescence conversion layer comprises alternatingly a plurality of partial layers arranged in a layer stack, wherein at least one transparent barrier layer is arranged in each case between the partial layers.

2. The optoelectronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent conductive oxide is ZnO, IZO, Ga 2 O 3 , IGZO, or combinations thereof.

3. The optoelectronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent conductive oxide is In 2 O 3 , SnO 2 , IMO, ITO, or combinations thereof.

4. The optoelectronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one dopant is Eu, Er, Tb, Ce, or combinations thereof.

5. The optoelectronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one luminescence conversion layer comprises at least one further dopant.

6. The optoelectronic component according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one further dopant is Ga, Al, K, Na, Li, or combinations thereof.

7. The optoelectronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one luminescence conversion layer comprises ZnO:Eu, ZnO:Eu, Ga, ZnO:Eu, Al, or combinations thereof.

8. The optoelectronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one luminescence conversion layer is electrically conductive and arranged between a first electrode and a second electrode of the at least one light-emitting semiconductor layer sequence.

9. The optoelectronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one transparent barrier layer has a thickness ranging from 1 nm to 200 nm.

10. The optoelectronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of partial layers have a thickness ranging from 10 nm to 10 μm.

11. The optoelectronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one transparent barrier layer is a transparent conductive oxide layer.

12. The optoelectronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one light-emitting semiconductor layer sequence emits UV radiation, blue light, or green light; and wherein the at least one luminescence conversion layer converts the emitted light into red light or green light.

13. The optoelectronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the optoelectronic component is a multicolor LED display comprising a plurality of pixels where each pixel comprises a light-emitting semiconductor layer sequence of the at least one light-emitting semiconductor layer sequence;

wherein the plurality of pixels are provided for emitting light of a first color and at least one further color, and wherein the at least one luminescence conversion layer is arranged at least on the pixels of the first color.

14. The optoelectronic component according to claim 13 , wherein the first color is red or green.

15. The optoelectronic component according to claim 13 , wherein the light-emitting semiconductor layer sequences of the pixels are based on the same semiconductor material.

16. The optoelectronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one light-emitting semiconductor layer sequence and/or the at least one luminescence conversion layer is surrounded in the lateral direction by an opaque layer.

17. The optoelectronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent conductive oxide is IZO, Ga 2 O 3 , IGZO, or combinations thereof.

18. An optoelectronic component comprising:

at least one light-emitting semiconductor layer sequence; and

at least one luminescence conversion layer comprising a transparent conductive oxide and at least one dopant for forming luminescence centers;

wherein the at least one luminescence conversion layer is also arranged laterally of the at least one light-emitting semiconductor layer sequence.

19. The optoelectronic component according to claim 18 , wherein the at least one luminescence conversion layer comprises a plurality of partial layers arranged in a layer stack, wherein the plurality of partial layers are separated from each other by at least one transparent barrier layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2022
From: PETER, MANUELA
To: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 109 909.9 · Apr 15, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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