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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2013
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Abstract
A nitride LED having improved light extraction efficiency and/or axial luminous intensity is provided. The nitride LED contains a nitride semiconductor substrate having, on a front face thereof, a light-emitting structure made of a nitride semiconductor, wherein a roughened region is provided on a back face of the substrate, the roughened region has a plurality of protrusions, each of the plurality of protrusions has a top point or top plane and has a horizontal cross-section which is circular, except in areas where the protrusion is tangent to other neighboring protrusions, and which has a surface area that decreases on approaching the top point or top plane, the plurality of protrusions are arranged such that any one protrusion is in contact with six other protrusions, and light generated in the light-emitting structure is output to the exterior through the roughened region.