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- the present invention relates generally to light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and more particularly, to a blue LED having a reflector structure that reflects blue and yellow light well.
- LEDs light-emitting diodes
- FIG. 1 (prior art) is a simplified cross-sectional diagram of one type of so-called white LED assembly 1 .
- Assembly 1 includes a lateral blue LED device 2 .
- the active layer 3 of the blue LED device 2 emits light in all directions, and the light bounces randomly within the LED device. A substantial amount (about 50%) of light travels downward. If the light 4 traveling downwards is not reflected back upward so that it can then escape from the top surface of LED device, but rather if the light traveling downwards is absorbed by the die-attach adhesive or by the aluminum core PCB, then the light generation efficiency of the overall white LED assembly will suffer.
- the structure of the lateral LED device entails a sapphire substrate 5 that is substantially transparent to the blue light. Accordingly, a reflector structure 6 is disposed on the backside (i.e., bottom side in the diagram) of the transparent substrate 5 to reflect light that was traveling in a downward direction. Reflector structure 6 reflects the light that travels downwards, passes this light back up and through the transparent substrate and through the epitaxial layers of the LED device. The reflected light then escapes the LED device and reaches phosphor 7 embedded in encapsulant, such as silicone. The phosphor absorbs some of the blue light and fluoresces, thereby re-emitting light of longer wavelengths including green, yellow and red light. The overall spectrum of light emitted from the overall LED assembly 1 is therefore said to be white light. This white light is the useful light produced by the assembly.
- the reflector structure 6 can be a single layer of a highly reflective metal such as, for example, silver.
- a highly reflective metal such as, for example, silver.
- silver has attendant contamination and electromigration issues.
- LED devices such as the LED device 2 of FIG. 1 may have reflector structures involving a total internal reflection (TIR) layer 8 , a Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) structure 9 , and an underlying layer 10 of reflective metal. The combination of these layers is superior in terms of reflectivity to a single mirror layer of a highly reflective metal.
- TIR total internal reflection
- DBR Distributed Bragg Reflector
- TIR total internal reflection
- a DBR is a quarter wave stack of dielectric materials.
- the quarter wave stack consists of a stack of layers, where the material from which the layers are made alternates from layer to layer down the stack. The materials are selected such that the alternating layers have a high index of refraction, and then a low index of refraction, and then a high index of refraction, and so forth down the stack.
- the upper layer is made to have a thickness of one quarter of the wavelength, where this wavelength is the wavelength of the light when the light is passing through the layer.
- the speed and wavelength of the light may change but the frequency does not change.
- the material from which the upper layer is made therefore determines the speed of light v in the medium. The material therefore also influences the wavelength ⁇ of the light in the upper layer.
- Each material has an index of refraction ⁇ .
- the index of refraction ⁇ is the ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to the speed of light in the medium.
- Light traveling through air is traveling at close to the speed of light in a vacuum, so the wavelength of light in air is close to wavelength of the light in a vacuum.
- the design wavelength ⁇ o for the DBR is usually longer than the LED emitting wavelength when the reflectivity of the DBR for the light with incident angles between zero degrees and the critical angle is considered.
- the optimal DBR design wavelength for a 450 nm LED is around 510 nm.
- the Distributed Bragg Reflector has a high reflectivity within a finite spectral range known as the stop-band. Then lastly at the bottom of the reflector structure 6 is the layer 10 of reflective metal.
- FIG. 2 (prior art) is a table that sets forth the thicknesses and materials of the various layers of the Distributed Bragg Reflector of the prior art LED device 2 of FIG. 1 based on a design wavelength of 510 nm.
- the ⁇ notation above the line between two rows indicates that the light reflected by the interface between the materials of the two rows is phase shifted by 180 degrees.
- the upper SiO 2 layer has a thickness of 4101 angstroms and is the TIR layer 8 .
- the DBR structure 9 includes three periods, where each period has a first layer of TiO 2 that is 447 angstroms thick and a second layer of SiO 2 that is 820 angstroms thick.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram that shows the normal-incident reflectivity spectrum with the reflector design described in FIG. 2 .
- the stop-band of the spectrum centers around 510 nm, and the short wavelength side of the stop-band is aligned to 450 nm.
- the reflectivity spectrum blue-shifts toward the short wavelength when the light incident angle increases from surface normal toward grazing angle to the reflector.
- the reflector was optimized to ensure high reflectivity for the light with wavelength of 450 nm over a broad range of incident angles.
- FIG. 4A is a diagram that charts the reflectivity of the reflector structure 6 versus the angle of incidence of light with a wavelength of 450 nm reaching a point 11 on the reflector.
- the light with incident angles between 0 and 58 degree are reflected by the DBR and the metal reflector, while the light with incident angle greater than 58 degree is reflected by the TIR layer.
- a normalized angular reflectance is defined. Referring to FIG. 4B , light is assumed to be transmitted toward point 11 on the reflector from all directions with a uniform angular distribution. The amount of light incident on the point that is reaching the point 11 with an incident angle ⁇ is considered. Many different light rays may actually reach the point from this incident angle, where the light rays can be thought of as passing to the point in a cone shape.
- 4B represents a circle of origination points for such rays for the incident angle ⁇ . Accordingly, there is more light incident on point 11 for an incident angle of one degree than for an incident angle of zero degrees. This larger amount of light at larger angles is considered, and the corresponding total amount of reflected light is determined for angles zero (orthogonal) through 90 degrees (a grazing angle).
- the normalized angular reflectance is then calculated by integrating the angular reflectivity ( FIG. 4A ) with a sine dependence of incident angle and normalized to a perfect angular reflectivity spectrum. This analysis is performed for light of a given wavelength, for example 450 nm, to compare the performance of the reflector for blue light emitted by the LED in the white LED assembly FIG. 1 .
- the prior art reflector structure of the LED device of FIG. 1 has a reflectivity of approximately 97 percent for incident blue light (having a wavelength of 450 nm). Accordingly, most all of the blue light 4 traveling downward is then reflected back up the reflector so that it can escape the LED device.
- the reflector structure involving DBR 9 is more effective than a simple mirror layer of a reflective metal such as silver.
- a blue LED device has an active layer involving indium, gallium and nitrogen.
- the active layer is configured to emit blue light that is quasi-monochromatic and non-coherent.
- the blue LED also has a transparent substrate (substantially transparent to visible light) and a reflector structure disposed on the backside of the substrate.
- the reflector structure includes a Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) structure having layers configured to reflect green, yellow and red light as well as blue light.
- the DBR structure includes a first portion where the thicknesses of the layers are relatively larger, and also includes a second portion where the thicknesses of the layers are relatively smaller.
- DBR Distributed Bragg Reflector
- the overall reflector structure In addition to having a normalized angular reflectance of more than 97.5 percent for light of a wavelength in a first range between 440 nm-470 nm, the overall reflector structure also has a normalized angular reflectance of more than 95 percent for light of a wavelength in a second range between 500 nm-700 nm.
- the reflector structure reflects light passing from the transparent substrate and to the reflector structure such that the overall LED device has a Photon Recycling Efficiency (PRE) of more than 85 percent for light having a wavelength ranging from 500 nm to 700 nm.
- PRE Photon Recycling Efficiency
- FIG. 1 (prior art) is a simplified cross-sectional diagram of a conventional so-called white LED.
- FIG. 2 (prior art) is a table that sets forth the thicknesses and constituent materials of the various layer of the Distributed Bragg Reflector of the prior art LED device of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 3 (prior art) is a diagram that charts reflectivity versus the wavelength of incident light at a normal incident angle for the reflector structure of the prior art LED device of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 4A (prior art) is a diagram that charts the reflectivity of the reflector structure of the prior art LED device of FIG. 1 versus the angle of incidence of light of a wavelength of 450 nm reaching a point on the reflector.
- FIG. 4B (prior art) is a conceptual diagram that illustrates a consideration involved in determining the normalized angular reflectance.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram of a white LED assembly in accordance with one novel aspect.
- FIG. 6 is a simplified cross-sectional diagram of a blue LED device within the white LED assembly of FIG. 5 .
- FIG. 7 is a table that sets forth the thicknesses and constituent materials of the various layers of the novel reflector structure of FIGS. 5-6 .
- FIG. 8 is a diagram that charts reflectivity versus wavelength of incident light normal to the reflector surface for the novel reflector structure of FIGS. 5-7 .
- FIG. 9 is a table that compares the normalized angular reflectance at 450 nm and at 580 nm of the novel reflector structure of FIGS. 5-7 to the prior art reflector structure of FIGS. 1-4 .
- FIG. 10 is a table that compares measured PRE values of the novel reflector structure of FIGS. 5-7 (at 450 nm, 580 nm, and 630 nm) with calculated PRE values to the prior art reflector structure of FIGS. 1-4 (at 450 nm, 580 nm, and 630 nm).
- FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a method for forming a reflector structure on a blue LED that exhibits a high normalized angular reflectance for light having a wavelength in a range from 500 nm to 700 nm and in another range from 440 nm to 470 nm.
- FIG. 5 is a simplified cross-sectional diagram of a white LED assembly 20 in accordance with one novel aspect.
- White LED assembly 20 includes a blue LED device 21 , an aluminum core PCB 22 , a pair of wire bonds 23 and 24 , and an amount of phosphor 25 . Particles of phosphor are suspended in a dome structure of silicone as illustrated.
- LED device 21 includes an epitaxial layer portion that includes, among other parts not illustrated, a p-type layer 26 , an active layer 27 , an n-type layer 28 , a buffer layer 29 , and two metal electrodes 30 and 31 .
- the layers 26 - 28 are made of gallium nitride materials and the active layer includes indium such that the active layer emits so-called blue light as is known in the GaN blue LED art.
- the light is quasi-monochromatic and non-coherent.
- the wavelength of the light emitted by the active layer 27 has a relatively narrow bandwidth and is centered at approximately 450 nm.
- Transparent substrate 32 is made of a transparent material, such as sapphire, SiC, GaN or AlN.
- the transparent substrate 32 is a sapphire substrate.
- Reflector structure 34 includes a total internal reflection (TIR) layer 35 , a multi-layer Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) structure 36 , and a reflective metal layer 37 .
- TIR total internal reflection
- DBR Distributed Bragg Reflector
- TIR layer 35 and the low refractive index layers of DBR 36 can be made of low index dielectric material, such as SiO2, MgF2 or CaF2, and the high index layers of DBR 36 can be made of high index dielectric material, such TiO2, ZnSe, Si3N4, Nb2O5 or Ta2O5.
- Reflective metal layer 37 can be made of any reflective metal, such as aluminum, silver, rhodium, platinum or nickel.
- Reflector structure 34 is disposed on the “backside” of the substrate on the opposite side of the substrate from the epitaxial layers.
- FIG. 6 is a more detailed cross-sectional diagram of the blue LED device 21 of the white LED assembly 20 of FIG. 5 .
- This light As is conventionally recognized, half of the light emitted from the active layer of an LED travels downward. This light, which in the present example has a wavelength of approximately 450 nm, should be reflected back upward by the reflector structure as described above in the background section. This light is represented in FIG. 5 by rays 38 and 39 .
- the novel reflector structure 34 is not optimized for reflecting only blue light, and is not optimized for reflecting only yellow light, but rather the layers of the novel reflector structure are configured to reflect both blue and yellow light with high reflectivity.
- the novel reflector structure 34 has a DBR that is substantially optimized for reflecting both blue light of approximately 450 nm and yellow light of approximately 580 nm.
- the reflector structure 34 has a normalized angular reflectance of more than 95.5 percent for first light having a wavelength in a range from 500 nm to 700 nm (referred to here as yellow light), and also has a normalized angular reflectance of more than 97.5 percent second light having a wavelength in a range from 440 nm to 470 nm (referred to here as blue light).
- the photon efficacy (lumens per watt) of the overall novel LED assembly 20 of FIG. 5 is improved as compared to the photon efficacy of the overall conventional LED assembly 1 of FIG. 1 largely due to the improved reflectivity of the reflector structure 34 in reflecting the light in the 500 nm to 700 nm range.
- Designing the DBR structure 34 is not as simple as designing a first DBR optimized for reflecting yellow light, and designing a second DBR optimized for reflecting blue light, and then combining the two DBRs into a single composite DBR structure.
- Light passing through the DBR structure from one portion to the next is affected in complex ways that complicates the determination of the thicknesses of the various layers, and the DBR is not entirely optimized for either yellow or blue light, but in a simplistic explanation a first portion 43 of the DBR 34 functions primarily to reflect yellow light, whereas a second portion 44 of the DBR 34 functions primarily to reflect blue light.
- the thicknesses of the layers of the first portion 43 are larger, whereas the thicknesses of the layers of the second portion 44 are smaller.
- FIG. 7 is a table that sets forth the thicknesses and compositions of the various layers of the reflector structure 34 in one specific embodiment.
- Row 45 corresponds to the TIR layer 35 .
- Rows 46 correspond to the first portion 43 of the DBR structure 36
- rows 47 correspond to the second portion 44 of the DBR structure 36 .
- Row 48 corresponds to the layer 37 of reflective metal.
- the values in the table are for a design wavelength of 480 nm. Accordingly, the quarter-wave optical thickness (QWOT) values close to one in rows 47 indicate that the second portion 44 of the DBR structure will reflect blue light well.
- QWOT quarter-wave optical thickness
- FIG. 8 is a chart of the reflectivity 49 versus wavelength for a normal incident angle for the overall reflector structure 34 .
- the chart compares the reflectivity spectrum of the prior art reflector to that of the novel reflector.
- There are two distinct stop-band features for the novel reflector indicating the complexity of the reflector design.
- Dashed curve 50 is the reflectivity versus wavelength curve 50 of FIG. 3 that is reproduced in FIG. 8 for comparison purposes.
- FIG. 9 is a table that sets forth the comparison.
- first light having a wavelength of 580 nm generally referred to herein as yellow light
- the novel reflector structure 34 of FIGS. 5-7 has a reflectivity greater than 95.0 percent.
- second light having a wavelength of 450 nm generally referred to herein as blue light
- the novel reflector structure 34 of FIGS. 5-7 has a reflectivity greater than 97.5 percent.
- the phosphors absorb the blue light emitted from the LED device 21 and down-convert it to longer wavelength (500 nm-700 nm) light.
- the long wavelength light re-emitted isotropically from the phosphor particles and some portion of long wavelength light will inevitably return to the LED surface.
- the probability of the returned light to escape the LED device 21 is referred as the Photon Recycling Efficiency (PRE).
- the un-absorbed blue light emitted from the LED device may also be back-scattered by the phosphors and return to the LED device.
- a comprehensive ray-tracing model was employed to estimate the PRE for various wavelengths light.
- the absorption of the Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), the metal electrode, GaN material loss, the scattering structure and the reflector were all included in the simulation.
- the simulation was performed using 450 nm light, 580 nm light, and 630 nm light.
- the percentage of light reflected (or “PRE”) is set forth in the table of FIG. 10 .
- the relatively small differences in reflectivity between the novel reflector structure and the conventional reflector structure indicated in the table of FIG. 9 are amplified in the real device due to light within the LED device often making multiple bounces within the device.
- Simulation indicates that switching from the conventional reflector structure 6 of FIG. 1 to the novel reflector structure 34 of FIG. 5 results in more than a 5.0 percent improvement in Photon Recycling Efficiency for both 580 nm light and 630 nm light.
- FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a method 100 in accordance with one novel aspect.
- a reflector structure is formed (step 101 ) on the backside of a substrate of a blue LED device.
- the active layer of the blue LED device is configured to emit light having a wavelength of approximately 440-470 nm, whereas the reflector structure has a normalized angular reflectance greater than 95.0% for light having a wavelength in a range from 500 nm to 700 nm.
- the reflector structure also has a normalized angular reflectance greater than 97.5% for light having a wavelength of 440-470 nm.
- the reflector structure formed in step 101 is the reflector structure 34 of FIGS. 5 and 6 , where this reflector structure 34 has a TIR layer, a DBR structure, and an underlying layer of metal of the thicknesses and constituent materials set forth in FIG. 7 .
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- This application is a Continuation of and claims priority upon U.S. application Ser. No. 13/587,746 filed on Aug. 16, 2012 (pending), which is a Non-provisional application of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/530,385, filed on Sep. 1, 2011, the contents of which are all herein incorporated by this reference in their entireties.
- The present invention relates generally to light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and more particularly, to a blue LED having a reflector structure that reflects blue and yellow light well.
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FIG. 1 (prior art) is a simplified cross-sectional diagram of one type of so-calledwhite LED assembly 1.Assembly 1 includes a lateral blue LED device 2. Theactive layer 3 of the blue LED device 2 emits light in all directions, and the light bounces randomly within the LED device. A substantial amount (about 50%) of light travels downward. If the light 4 traveling downwards is not reflected back upward so that it can then escape from the top surface of LED device, but rather if the light traveling downwards is absorbed by the die-attach adhesive or by the aluminum core PCB, then the light generation efficiency of the overall white LED assembly will suffer. - The structure of the lateral LED device entails a
sapphire substrate 5 that is substantially transparent to the blue light. Accordingly, areflector structure 6 is disposed on the backside (i.e., bottom side in the diagram) of thetransparent substrate 5 to reflect light that was traveling in a downward direction.Reflector structure 6 reflects the light that travels downwards, passes this light back up and through the transparent substrate and through the epitaxial layers of the LED device. The reflected light then escapes the LED device and reachesphosphor 7 embedded in encapsulant, such as silicone. The phosphor absorbs some of the blue light and fluoresces, thereby re-emitting light of longer wavelengths including green, yellow and red light. The overall spectrum of light emitted from theoverall LED assembly 1 is therefore said to be white light. This white light is the useful light produced by the assembly. - The
reflector structure 6 can be a single layer of a highly reflective metal such as, for example, silver. Unfortunately, silver has attendant contamination and electromigration issues. For this and other reasons, LED devices such as the LED device 2 ofFIG. 1 may have reflector structures involving a total internal reflection (TIR)layer 8, a Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR)structure 9, and anunderlying layer 10 of reflective metal. The combination of these layers is superior in terms of reflectivity to a single mirror layer of a highly reflective metal. - According to Snell's law, all of the light traveling from a material having a higher index of refraction toward a material having a lower index of refraction at an angle greater than the critical angle will be reflected back into the higher-index-of-refraction material without experiencing any energy loss. This mechanism is known as total internal reflection (TIR). The
TIR layer 8 is fashioned to reflect blue light that is passing toward the reflector at angles greater than the critical angle. The lower twoportions - In its simplest form, a DBR is a quarter wave stack of dielectric materials. The quarter wave stack consists of a stack of layers, where the material from which the layers are made alternates from layer to layer down the stack. The materials are selected such that the alternating layers have a high index of refraction, and then a low index of refraction, and then a high index of refraction, and so forth down the stack. For a given wavelength of light entering the stack from the top, the upper layer is made to have a thickness of one quarter of the wavelength, where this wavelength is the wavelength of the light when the light is passing through the layer. The wavelength λ, frequency f, and velocity v of light is given by the equation λ=v/f. When light leaves one medium and enters another medium, the speed and wavelength of the light may change but the frequency does not change. The material from which the upper layer is made therefore determines the speed of light v in the medium. The material therefore also influences the wavelength λ of the light in the upper layer.
- Each material has an index of refraction η. The index of refraction η is the ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to the speed of light in the medium. The wavelength of light in a medium is given by the equation λ=λo/η, where ηo is the wavelength in a vacuum. Light traveling through air is traveling at close to the speed of light in a vacuum, so the wavelength of light in air is close to wavelength of the light in a vacuum. The design wavelength ηo for the DBR is usually longer than the LED emitting wavelength when the reflectivity of the DBR for the light with incident angles between zero degrees and the critical angle is considered. For example, the optimal DBR design wavelength for a 450 nm LED is around 510 nm. The relationship QWOT=λo/4η is used to determine the quarter wavelength in the medium of a layer, where η is the refractive index of the material from which the layer is made. In this way, the refractive indices of the materials of the various layers of the stack are used to determine how thick each layer of the stack should be so that it is one quarter wavelength in thickness.
- Light passes into the stack and through the upper layer, and then some of the light reflects off the interface between the upper layer and the next layer down in the stack. Part of the light proceeds down into the next layer of the stack to the next interface. If the interface is one from a low-index medium to a high-index medium, then any light reflected from the interface will have a phase shift of 180 degrees. If, on the other hand, the interface is one from a high-index medium to a low-index medium, then any reflected light will have no phase shift. Each interface causes a partial reflection of the light wave passing into the stack. The phase shifts, in combination with the thicknesses of the layers of the stack, are such that the portions of light reflecting off interfaces all return to the upper surface of the stack in phase with each other. The many reflections off the many interfaces all combine at the top of the stack with constructive interference. The result is that the Distributed Bragg Reflector has a high reflectivity within a finite spectral range known as the stop-band. Then lastly at the bottom of the
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FIG. 2 (prior art) is a table that sets forth the thicknesses and materials of the various layers of the Distributed Bragg Reflector of the prior art LED device 2 ofFIG. 1 based on a design wavelength of 510 nm. The π notation above the line between two rows indicates that the light reflected by the interface between the materials of the two rows is phase shifted by 180 degrees. The upper SiO2 layer has a thickness of 4101 angstroms and is theTIR layer 8. TheDBR structure 9 includes three periods, where each period has a first layer of TiO2 that is 447 angstroms thick and a second layer of SiO2 that is 820 angstroms thick. -
FIG. 3 is a diagram that shows the normal-incident reflectivity spectrum with the reflector design described inFIG. 2 . The stop-band of the spectrum centers around 510 nm, and the short wavelength side of the stop-band is aligned to 450 nm. According to theoretical calculation, the reflectivity spectrum blue-shifts toward the short wavelength when the light incident angle increases from surface normal toward grazing angle to the reflector. The reflector was optimized to ensure high reflectivity for the light with wavelength of 450 nm over a broad range of incident angles.FIG. 4A is a diagram that charts the reflectivity of thereflector structure 6 versus the angle of incidence of light with a wavelength of 450 nm reaching apoint 11 on the reflector. The light with incident angles between 0 and 58 degree are reflected by the DBR and the metal reflector, while the light with incident angle greater than 58 degree is reflected by the TIR layer. To evaluate the total reflectivity of the reflector with all incident angles, a normalized angular reflectance is defined. Referring toFIG. 4B , light is assumed to be transmitted towardpoint 11 on the reflector from all directions with a uniform angular distribution. The amount of light incident on the point that is reaching thepoint 11 with an incident angle θ is considered. Many different light rays may actually reach the point from this incident angle, where the light rays can be thought of as passing to the point in a cone shape. The upper lip of the cone 12 illustrated inFIG. 4B represents a circle of origination points for such rays for the incident angle θ. Accordingly, there is more light incident onpoint 11 for an incident angle of one degree than for an incident angle of zero degrees. This larger amount of light at larger angles is considered, and the corresponding total amount of reflected light is determined for angles zero (orthogonal) through 90 degrees (a grazing angle). The normalized angular reflectance is then calculated by integrating the angular reflectivity (FIG. 4A ) with a sine dependence of incident angle and normalized to a perfect angular reflectivity spectrum. This analysis is performed for light of a given wavelength, for example 450 nm, to compare the performance of the reflector for blue light emitted by the LED in the white LED assemblyFIG. 1 . When analyzed this way, the prior art reflector structure of the LED device ofFIG. 1 has a reflectivity of approximately 97 percent for incident blue light (having a wavelength of 450 nm). Accordingly, most all of the blue light 4 traveling downward is then reflected back up the reflector so that it can escape the LED device. The reflectorstructure involving DBR 9 is more effective than a simple mirror layer of a reflective metal such as silver. - A blue LED device has an active layer involving indium, gallium and nitrogen. The active layer is configured to emit blue light that is quasi-monochromatic and non-coherent. The blue LED also has a transparent substrate (substantially transparent to visible light) and a reflector structure disposed on the backside of the substrate. The reflector structure includes a Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) structure having layers configured to reflect green, yellow and red light as well as blue light. In one example, the DBR structure includes a first portion where the thicknesses of the layers are relatively larger, and also includes a second portion where the thicknesses of the layers are relatively smaller. In addition to having a normalized angular reflectance of more than 97.5 percent for light of a wavelength in a first range between 440 nm-470 nm, the overall reflector structure also has a normalized angular reflectance of more than 95 percent for light of a wavelength in a second range between 500 nm-700 nm. The reflector structure reflects light passing from the transparent substrate and to the reflector structure such that the overall LED device has a Photon Recycling Efficiency (PRE) of more than 85 percent for light having a wavelength ranging from 500 nm to 700 nm.
- Further details and embodiments and techniques are described in the detailed description below. This summary does not purport to define the invention. The invention is defined by the claims.
- The accompanying drawings, where like numerals indicate like components, illustrate embodiments of the invention.
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FIG. 1 (prior art) is a simplified cross-sectional diagram of a conventional so-called white LED. -
FIG. 2 (prior art) is a table that sets forth the thicknesses and constituent materials of the various layer of the Distributed Bragg Reflector of the prior art LED device ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 3 (prior art) is a diagram that charts reflectivity versus the wavelength of incident light at a normal incident angle for the reflector structure of the prior art LED device ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 4A (prior art) is a diagram that charts the reflectivity of the reflector structure of the prior art LED device ofFIG. 1 versus the angle of incidence of light of a wavelength of 450 nm reaching a point on the reflector. -
FIG. 4B (prior art) is a conceptual diagram that illustrates a consideration involved in determining the normalized angular reflectance. -
FIG. 5 is a diagram of a white LED assembly in accordance with one novel aspect. -
FIG. 6 is a simplified cross-sectional diagram of a blue LED device within the white LED assembly ofFIG. 5 . -
FIG. 7 is a table that sets forth the thicknesses and constituent materials of the various layers of the novel reflector structure ofFIGS. 5-6 . -
FIG. 8 is a diagram that charts reflectivity versus wavelength of incident light normal to the reflector surface for the novel reflector structure ofFIGS. 5-7 . -
FIG. 9 is a table that compares the normalized angular reflectance at 450 nm and at 580 nm of the novel reflector structure ofFIGS. 5-7 to the prior art reflector structure ofFIGS. 1-4 . -
FIG. 10 is a table that compares measured PRE values of the novel reflector structure ofFIGS. 5-7 (at 450 nm, 580 nm, and 630 nm) with calculated PRE values to the prior art reflector structure ofFIGS. 1-4 (at 450 nm, 580 nm, and 630 nm). -
FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a method for forming a reflector structure on a blue LED that exhibits a high normalized angular reflectance for light having a wavelength in a range from 500 nm to 700 nm and in another range from 440 nm to 470 nm. - Reference will now be made in detail to some embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 5 is a simplified cross-sectional diagram of awhite LED assembly 20 in accordance with one novel aspect.White LED assembly 20 includes ablue LED device 21, analuminum core PCB 22, a pair ofwire bonds phosphor 25. Particles of phosphor are suspended in a dome structure of silicone as illustrated.LED device 21 includes an epitaxial layer portion that includes, among other parts not illustrated, a p-type layer 26, anactive layer 27, an n-type layer 28, abuffer layer 29, and twometal electrodes active layer 27 has a relatively narrow bandwidth and is centered at approximately 450 nm. - The epitaxial layers are disposed on a
transparent substrate 32.Transparent substrate 32 is made of a transparent material, such as sapphire, SiC, GaN or AlN. In the present example, thetransparent substrate 32 is a sapphire substrate. Belowsubstrate 32 is anovel reflector structure 34.Reflector structure 34 includes a total internal reflection (TIR)layer 35, a multi-layer Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR)structure 36, and areflective metal layer 37.TIR layer 35 and the low refractive index layers ofDBR 36 can be made of low index dielectric material, such as SiO2, MgF2 or CaF2, and the high index layers ofDBR 36 can be made of high index dielectric material, such TiO2, ZnSe, Si3N4, Nb2O5 or Ta2O5.Reflective metal layer 37 can be made of any reflective metal, such as aluminum, silver, rhodium, platinum or nickel.Reflector structure 34 is disposed on the “backside” of the substrate on the opposite side of the substrate from the epitaxial layers.FIG. 6 is a more detailed cross-sectional diagram of theblue LED device 21 of thewhite LED assembly 20 ofFIG. 5 . - As is conventionally recognized, half of the light emitted from the active layer of an LED travels downward. This light, which in the present example has a wavelength of approximately 450 nm, should be reflected back upward by the reflector structure as described above in the background section. This light is represented in
FIG. 5 byrays - In accordance with one novel aspect, it is now recognized that some of the light 40 traveling upwards escapes the LED device and reaches the
phosphor 25 but is then down-converted by the phosphor into light of longer wavelengths. Some of this converted light 41 then travels back towards the LED device in such a way that it passes into the LED device. The light that is emitted back at the LED device by the phosphor is generally in the range of from 500 nm to 700 nm and is referred to here for simplicity purposes as “yellow” light. This light is represented inFIG. 5 by rays 41-42. Whereas in the prior art reflector structure described above in connection withFIGS. 1-4 the reflector structure was not optimized to reflect light of this yellow wavelength, thenovel reflector structure 34 ofFIG. 5 is designed to improve the reflectivity of light of this wavelength. Thenovel reflector structure 34 is not optimized for reflecting only blue light, and is not optimized for reflecting only yellow light, but rather the layers of the novel reflector structure are configured to reflect both blue and yellow light with high reflectivity. Thus, thenovel reflector structure 34 has a DBR that is substantially optimized for reflecting both blue light of approximately 450 nm and yellow light of approximately 580 nm. In one example, thereflector structure 34 has a normalized angular reflectance of more than 95.5 percent for first light having a wavelength in a range from 500 nm to 700 nm (referred to here as yellow light), and also has a normalized angular reflectance of more than 97.5 percent second light having a wavelength in a range from 440 nm to 470 nm (referred to here as blue light). The photon efficacy (lumens per watt) of the overallnovel LED assembly 20 ofFIG. 5 is improved as compared to the photon efficacy of the overallconventional LED assembly 1 ofFIG. 1 largely due to the improved reflectivity of thereflector structure 34 in reflecting the light in the 500 nm to 700 nm range. - Designing the
DBR structure 34 is not as simple as designing a first DBR optimized for reflecting yellow light, and designing a second DBR optimized for reflecting blue light, and then combining the two DBRs into a single composite DBR structure. Light passing through the DBR structure from one portion to the next is affected in complex ways that complicates the determination of the thicknesses of the various layers, and the DBR is not entirely optimized for either yellow or blue light, but in a simplistic explanation afirst portion 43 of theDBR 34 functions primarily to reflect yellow light, whereas asecond portion 44 of theDBR 34 functions primarily to reflect blue light. The thicknesses of the layers of thefirst portion 43 are larger, whereas the thicknesses of the layers of thesecond portion 44 are smaller. -
FIG. 7 is a table that sets forth the thicknesses and compositions of the various layers of thereflector structure 34 in one specific embodiment.Row 45 corresponds to theTIR layer 35.Rows 46 correspond to thefirst portion 43 of theDBR structure 36, androws 47 correspond to thesecond portion 44 of theDBR structure 36.Row 48 corresponds to thelayer 37 of reflective metal. The values in the table are for a design wavelength of 480 nm. Accordingly, the quarter-wave optical thickness (QWOT) values close to one inrows 47 indicate that thesecond portion 44 of the DBR structure will reflect blue light well. -
FIG. 8 is a chart of thereflectivity 49 versus wavelength for a normal incident angle for theoverall reflector structure 34. The chart compares the reflectivity spectrum of the prior art reflector to that of the novel reflector. There are two distinct stop-band features for the novel reflector indicating the complexity of the reflector design. Dashedcurve 50 is the reflectivity versuswavelength curve 50 ofFIG. 3 that is reproduced inFIG. 8 for comparison purposes. -
FIG. 9 is a table that sets forth the comparison. For first light having a wavelength of 580 nm (generally referred to herein as yellow light) passing from the substrate and into the reflector structure, thenovel reflector structure 34 ofFIGS. 5-7 has a reflectivity greater than 95.0 percent. For second light having a wavelength of 450 nm (generally referred to herein as blue light) passing from the substrate and into the reflector structure, thenovel reflector structure 34 ofFIGS. 5-7 has a reflectivity greater than 97.5 percent. - Referring to
white LED assembly 20 ofFIG. 5 , the phosphors absorb the blue light emitted from theLED device 21 and down-convert it to longer wavelength (500 nm-700 nm) light. The long wavelength light re-emitted isotropically from the phosphor particles and some portion of long wavelength light will inevitably return to the LED surface. The probability of the returned light to escape theLED device 21 is referred as the Photon Recycling Efficiency (PRE). The un-absorbed blue light emitted from the LED device may also be back-scattered by the phosphors and return to the LED device. A comprehensive ray-tracing model was employed to estimate the PRE for various wavelengths light. The absorption of the Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), the metal electrode, GaN material loss, the scattering structure and the reflector were all included in the simulation. - The simulation was performed using 450 nm light, 580 nm light, and 630 nm light. The percentage of light reflected (or “PRE”) is set forth in the table of
FIG. 10 . The relatively small differences in reflectivity between the novel reflector structure and the conventional reflector structure indicated in the table ofFIG. 9 are amplified in the real device due to light within the LED device often making multiple bounces within the device. Simulation indicates that switching from theconventional reflector structure 6 ofFIG. 1 to thenovel reflector structure 34 ofFIG. 5 results in more than a 5.0 percent improvement in Photon Recycling Efficiency for both 580 nm light and 630 nm light. -
FIG. 11 is a flowchart of amethod 100 in accordance with one novel aspect. A reflector structure is formed (step 101) on the backside of a substrate of a blue LED device. The active layer of the blue LED device is configured to emit light having a wavelength of approximately 440-470 nm, whereas the reflector structure has a normalized angular reflectance greater than 95.0% for light having a wavelength in a range from 500 nm to 700 nm. In one specific example, the reflector structure also has a normalized angular reflectance greater than 97.5% for light having a wavelength of 440-470 nm. In one specific example, the reflector structure formed instep 101 is thereflector structure 34 ofFIGS. 5 and 6 , where thisreflector structure 34 has a TIR layer, a DBR structure, and an underlying layer of metal of the thicknesses and constituent materials set forth inFIG. 7 . - Although certain specific embodiments are described above for instructional purposes, the teachings of this patent document have general applicability and are not limited to the specific embodiments described above. Accordingly, various modifications, adaptations, and combinations of various features of the described embodiments can be practiced without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the claims.
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