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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9356209-B2
Application number	US-201414505843-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 3, 2014
Priority date	Sep 14, 2010
Publication date	May 31, 2016
Grant date	May 31, 2016

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A solid-state light-emitting element comprising:
a structure body capable of transmitting visible light, the structure body including:
a first layer, one surface of the first layer including a first uneven structure; and
a second layer, one surface of the second layer being in contact with the other surface of the first layer and the other surface of the second layer including a second uneven structure;

a high refractive index material layer over and in contact with the one surface of the first layer; and
an EL layer with a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.6 over the high refractive index material layer,
wherein one surface of the high refractive index material layer is flatter than the other surface in contact with the first layer,
wherein a refractive index of the high refractive index material layer is greater than or equal to 1.6,
wherein a refractive index of the first layer and a refractive index of the second layer are greater than 1.0 and less than the refractive index of the high refractive index material layer, and
wherein the other surface of the second layer is an outermost surface of the solid-state light-emitting element from which light is extracted.

2. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the refractive index of the second layer is greater than the refractive index of the first layer.

3. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the refractive index of the first layer and the refractive index of the second layer are greater than or equal to 1.3.

4. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the refractive index of the high refractive index material layer is greater than or equal to 1.7.

5. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a size and height of unevenness of the first uneven structure is about 0.1 μm to 100 μm.

6. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a size and height of unevenness of the second uneven structure is about 0.1 μm to 1000 μm.

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

8. A solid-state light-emitting element comprising:
a first resin layer comprising;
a first layer, one surface of the first layer including a first uneven structure. and
a second layer, one surface of the second layer being in contact with the other surface of the first layer and the other surface of the second layer including a second uneven structure;

a second resin layer, one surface of the second resin layer being over and in contact with the one surface of the first layer and the other surface of the second resin layer being flatter than the one surface of the second resin layer, wherein a refractive index of the second resin layer is higher than a refractive index of the first resin layer;
a first electrode over the second resin layer;
a first EL layer over the first electrode;
a second EL layer over the first EL layer; and
a second electrode over the second EL layer,
wherein a refractive index of each of the second resin layer, the first EL layer, and the second EL layer is greater than or equal to 1.6 and
wherein the refractive index of the first resin layer is greater than 1.0.

9. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 8 , wherein the other surface of the second layer is an outermost surface of the solid-state light-emitting element from which light is extracted.

10. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 8 , further including a charge generation layer between the first EL layer and the second EL layer.

11. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 8 , further including a nitride film with a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.6 between the second resin layer and the first electrode.

12. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 8 , wherein the refractive index of the second resin layer is greater than or equal to 1.7.

13. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 8 , wherein a size and height of unevenness of the first uneven structure is about 0.1 μm to 100 μm.

14. The solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 8 , wherein a size and height of unevenness of the second uneven structure is about 0.1 μm to 1000 μm.

15. A light-emitting device comprising the solid-state light-emitting element according to claim 8 .

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Seo Satoshi
• Ikeda Hisao
• Kawata Takuya

Classifications

• H10H20/855

  Optical field-shaping means, e.g. lenses · CPC title

• H10K50/858 Primary

  comprising refractive means, e.g. lenses · CPC title

• H10H20/854

  characterised by their material, e.g. epoxy or silicone resins · CPC title

• H10H20/82

  Roughened surfaces, e.g. at the interface between epitaxial layers · CPC title

• H01L33/58 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic