Optoelectronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9525101-B2
Application number	US-201414257716-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2014
Priority date	Apr 23, 2013
Publication date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Dec 20, 2016

Abstract

An optoelectronic device comprising a first semiconductor layer having a first lattice constant; a second semiconductor layer having a second lattice constant, wherein the second lattice constant is smaller than the first lattice constant; and a first buffer layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, wherein a lattice constant of one side of the first buffer layer near the second semiconductor layer is smaller than the second lattice constant.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optoelectronic device, comprising:
a first semiconductor layer having a first lattice constant;
a second semiconductor layer having a second lattice constant, wherein the second lattice constant is smaller than the first lattice constant; and
a first buffer layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, wherein a lattice constant of the first buffer layer immediately connected to the second semiconductor layer is smaller than the second lattice constant; wherein the lattice constant of the first buffer layer immediately connected to the second semiconductor layer differs from the second lattice constant of the second semiconductor layer at least 0.3% or more.

2. The optoelectronic device of claim 1 , wherein a lattice constant of the first buffer layer near the first semiconductor layer is equal to or smaller than the first lattice constant.

3. The optoelectronic device of claim 2 , wherein the first buffer layer comprises a lattice constant which gradually changes along a thickness direction from the first semiconductor layer to the second semiconductor layer.

4. The optoelectronic device of claim 3 , wherein the lattice constant changes continuously or stepwise.

5. The optoelectronic device of claim 3 , wherein the first buffer layer comprises an element having a concentration, and the concentration changes continuously or stepwise, and the element comprises group III A element or group VA element.

6. The optoelectronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor layer comprises a first element with a first concentration, the second semiconductor layer comprises the first element with a second concentration, and the first concentration is different from the second concentration, wherein the first element comprises group IIIA element or group VA element.

7. The optoelectronic device of claim 1 , wherein a tensile stress is formed between the first semiconductor layer and the first buffer layer, and a compressive stress is formed between the second semiconductor layer and the first buffer layer.

8. The optoelectronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a growth substrate formed on a side near the first semiconductor layer.

9. The optoelectronic device of claim 8 , the growth substrate comprises sapphire.

10. The optoelectronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a third semiconductor layer, and a second buffer layer formed between the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer, wherein interfaces between the first buffer layer, the second semiconductor layer, and the second buffer layer are respectively formed by adjoining a side having a smaller lattice constant with a side having a larger lattice constant.

Assignees

• Epistar Corp

Inventors

• Lin Shiuan-Leh
• Lee Shih-Chang

Classifications

• H10P14/3418

  Phosphides · CPC title

• H10P14/3254

  Graded layers · CPC title

• H10P14/3251

  consisting of three or more layers · CPC title

• H10P14/3218

  Phosphides · CPC title

• H01L21/02543

  Electricity · mapped topic