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Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2010
Applicants:

Noriyoshi Seo, Hiki-gun, JP;

Atsushi Matsumura, Chichibu, JP;

Ryouichi Takeuchi, Chichibu, JP;

Inventors:

Noriyoshi Seo, Hiki-gun, JP;

Atsushi Matsumura, Chichibu, JP;

Ryouichi Takeuchi, Chichibu, JP;

Assignee:

Showa Denko K.K., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 33/00 (2010.01); H01L 23/00 (2006.01); H01L 33/12 (2010.01); H01L 33/30 (2010.01); F21V 7/00 (2006.01); F21Y 105/00 (2006.01); F21Y 101/02 (2006.01); F21V 7/09 (2006.01); H01L 33/08 (2010.01); H01L 33/20 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 33/30 (2013.01); F21V 7/0083 (2013.01); H01L 2224/05554 (2013.01); F21Y 2105/001 (2013.01); H01L 24/06 (2013.01); H01L 2224/48091 (2013.01); H01L 2224/45144 (2013.01); F21Y 2101/02 (2013.01); F21V 7/09 (2013.01); H01L 2224/73265 (2013.01); H01L 2924/10158 (2013.01); H01L 33/08 (2013.01); H01L 33/12 (2013.01); H01L 2224/05555 (2013.01); H01L 33/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A light emitting diode including a compound semiconductor layer having at least a pn junction-type light emitting unit and a strain adjustment layer stacked on the light emitting unit, wherein the light emitting unit has a stacked structure containing a strained light emitting layer having a composition formula of (AlGa)InP (wherein X and Y are numerical values that satisfy 0≦X≦0.1 and 0.39≦Y≦0.45 respectively) and a barrier layer, and the strain adjustment layer is transparent to the emission wavelength and has a lattice constant that is smaller than the lattice constants of the strained light emitting layer and the barrier layer. The light emitting diode has an emission wavelength of not less than 655 nm, exhibits excellent monochromaticity, high output and/or high efficiency, and has a fast response speed.


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