Patent Publication Number: US-10770622-B2

Title: Light-emitting element and light-emitting element package comprising same

Description:
Cross Reference to Related Applications 
     This application is the National Phase of PCT International Application No. PCT/KR2016/014693, filed on Dec. 15, 2016, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(a) to Patent Application No. 10-2015-0188180, filed in the Republic of Korea on Dec. 29, 2015, all of which are hereby expressly incorporated by reference into the present application. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     Embodiments relate to a light-emitting element and a light-emitting element package including the same. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     The information disclosed in this Background section does not form the prior art and is only for enhancement of understanding of the background of embodiments. 
     Group 3 to 5 compound semiconductors such as GaN or AlGaN have been widely used for optoelectronics and electronic devices due to many advantages thereof such as wide and easily adjustable band gap energy. 
     In particular, a light-emitting element such as a light emitting diode or a laser diode using groups 3 to 5 or 2 to 6 compound semiconductor materials of a semiconductor is capable of realizing various colors such as red, green, blue, and ultraviolet by virtue of thin film growth technologies and device materials, is also capable of realizing white light with high efficiency using a fluorescent material or via color combination, and advantageously has low power consumption, semi-permanent lifetime, rapid response speed, safety, and environmental friendliness compared with an existing light source such as a fluorescent lamp or an incandescent lamp. 
     Accordingly, the light-emitting element has been expansively applied to a transmission module of an optical communication device, a light-emitting diode backlight replacing a cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) included in a backlight of a liquid crystal display (LCD) display device, a light-emitting diode illumination device replacing a fluorescent lamp or an incandescent lamp, a vehicle headlight, and a traffic light. 
     With regard to such a light-emitting element, when current is applied thereto, electrostatic discharge (ESD) may occur and, when an amount of ESD is excessive, a defective light-emitting device may be produced and luminous efficiency and optical power of a light-emitting element may be degraded. 
     DISCLOSURE 
     Technical Problem 
     Embodiments provide a light-emitting element for effectively blocking or reducing electrostatic discharge (ESD) or enhancing luminous efficiency and optical power of the light-emitting element. 
     It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description of the embodiments are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the embodiments as claimed. 
     Technical Solution 
     In one embodiment, a light-emitting element includes a substrate, a first-conductive semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate and including at least one pit, a superlattice layer disposed on the first-conductive semiconductor layer and including at least one pit, an active layer disposed on the superlattice layer and including at least one pit, an electron blocking layer disposed on the active layer and including at least one pit, a pit layer disposed on the electron blocking layer and including at least one pit, and a second conductive-type semiconductor layer disposed on the pit layer, wherein at least a portion of the pit layer is doped with magnesium (Mg). 
     In another embodiment, a light-emitting element includes a substrate, a first conductive-type semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate and including at least one pit, a superlattice layer disposed on the first-conductive semiconductor layer and including at least one pit, an active layer disposed on the superlattice layer and including at least one pit, an electron blocking layer disposed on the active layer and including at least one pit, a pit layer disposed on the electron blocking layer and including at least one pit, and a second conductive-type semiconductor layer disposed on the pit layer, wherein the pit layer includes a first layer including MgN and a second layer including GaN, and wherein the first layer and the second layer of the pit layer are provided in a plural number and the plurality of first layers and the plurality of second layers are alternately stacked. 
     In another embodiment, a light-emitting element package includes a body including a cavity, a lead frame installed on the body, and the light-emitting element electrically connected to the lead frame. 
     Advantageous Effects 
     A light-emitting element according to embodiments may be configured in such a way that a pit layer doped with Mg is formed to effectively block or reduce electrostatic discharge (ESD) and, simultaneously, to enhance luminous efficiency and optical power of the light-emitting element. 
     In the embodiments, after a first layer and a second layer are stacked, an annealing process is performed to form a GaN structure with satisfactory quality, thereby enhancing hole injection efficiency to an active layer. 
    
    
     
       DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a cross-sectional view of a light-emitting element according to an embodiment. 
         FIG. 2  is an enlarged view showing a portion A shown in  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 3  is an enlarged view showing a portion B shown in  FIG. 2  according to an embodiment. 
         FIG. 4  is an enlarged view of a portion B of  FIG. 2  according to another embodiment. 
         FIG. 5  is a diagram of a light-emitting element package according to an embodiment. 
     
    
    
     BEST MODE 
     Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. The embodiments may, however, be embodied in many alternate forms and the disclosure should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Accordingly, while the disclosure is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that there is no intent to limit the disclosure to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, the disclosure is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the embodiments as defined by the claims. Throughout this specification, sizes, shapes, or the like of components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of description. 
     The terms such as “first” and “second” are used herein merely to describe a variety of constituent elements, but the constituent elements are not limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one constituent element from another constituent element. In addition, terms defined in consideration of configuration and operation of embodiments are used only for illustrative purposes and are not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments. 
     In description of exemplary embodiments, it will be understood that, when an element is referred to as being “on” or “under” another element, the element can be directly on another element or intervening elements may be present. In addition, when an element is referred to as being “on” or “under” another element, this may include the meaning of an upward direction or a downward direction based on one component. 
     In addition, in the description of the various embodiments, although relative terms such as, for example, “first”, “second”, “on/upper/above” and “beneath/lower/below may be used to distinguish any one substance or element with another substance or element without requiring or containing any physical or logical relationship or sequence between these substances or elements. 
       FIG. 1  is a cross-sectional view of a light-emitting element according to an embodiment. As shown in  FIG. 1 , the light-emitting element according to the embodiment may include a substrate  100 , a first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200 , a superlattice layer  300 , an active layer  400 , an electron blocking layer  500 , a pit layer  600 , the second conductive-type semiconductor layer  700 , a first electrode  810 , and a second electrode  820 . 
     In this case, the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200 , the superlattice layer  300 , the active layer  400 , the electron blocking layer  500 , the pit layer  600 , and a second conductive-type semiconductor layer  700  may form a light-emitting structure. 
     The substrate  100  may support the light-emitting structure. The substrate  100  may be formed of any one of sapphire, silicon (Si), zinc oxide (Zno), and nitride semiconductors or may be formed as a template formed by stacking at least any one of GaN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN. 
     The light-emitting structure may be disposed on the substrate  100  and may generate light. In this case, stress may be generated in a boundary surface portion between the substrate  100  and the light-emitting structure due to a difference in lattice constant, thermal expansion coefficient, or the like between the substrate  100  and the light-emitting structure. 
     To alleviate such stress generation, a buffer layer (not shown) may be interposed between the substrate  100  and the light-emitting structure. To enhance the crystalline property of the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200 , an undoped semiconductor layer (not shown) may be interposed therebetween. However, a small amount of unintended impurities may be doped during a manufacturing process. 
     In this case, the buffer layer may be grown at low temperature and may be formed of a material such as GaN or AlN but the embodiment is not limited thereto and, in this case, the undoped semiconductor layer may be the same as the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200  except that the undoped semiconductor layer is not doped with an n-type dopant to have lower electrical conductivity than the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , the first electrode  810  may be disposed on a step difference portion, through which the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200  is exposed, and the second electrode  820  may be disposed on a portion through which an upper portion of the second conductive-type semiconductor layer  700  is exposed. When current is applied through the first electrode  810  and the second electrode  820 , the light-emitting element according to the embodiment may emit light. 
     Although  FIG. 1  illustrates a horizontal-type light-emitting element, a structure of a vertical-type light-emitting element or a flip-chip light-emitting element may also be employed. 
     As described above, the light-emitting structure may include the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200 , the superlattice layer  300 , the active layer  400 , the electron blocking layer  500 , the pit layer  600 , and the second conductive-type semiconductor layer  700 . 
     The first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200  may be disposed on the substrate  100  and may include at least one pit P. The first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200  may be formed of, for example, a nitride semiconductor. 
     That is, the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200  may be selected from semiconductor materials represented by compositional formula In x Al y Ga 1-x-y N (0≤x≤1, 0≤y≤1, 0≤x+y≤1), e.g., GaN, AlN, AlGaN, InGaN, InN, InAlGaN and AlInN, and may be doped with an n-type dopant such as Si, Ge, Sn, Se, and Te. 
     The first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200  may include a third layer  230  and a fourth layer  240 . The third layer  230  may include the pit P formed thereon and may be arranged below the superlattice layer  300 . The fourth layer  240  may be arranged below the third layer  230  and may be arranged on the substrate  100 . 
     In this case, the fourth layer  240  may be doped with the n-type dopant with a higher doping concentration than the third layer  230 . As a doping concentration of an n-type dopant is increased, a higher number of electrons as a carrier may be generated. In addition, it may be required to smoothly move electrons in a direction toward the second conductive-type semiconductor layer  700  from the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200 . 
     For this reason, the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200  may be formed by sequentially forming the fourth layer  240  and the third layer  230  in a direction toward the second conductive-type semiconductor layer  700  and, in this case, the fourth layer  240  may be doped with an n-type dopant with a higher doping concentration than the third layer  230 . 
     Accordingly, the fourth layer  240  with a high number of electrons and the third layer  230  with a relatively small number of electrons may be arranged to face each other and, thus, electrons may be moved in a direction toward the third layer  230  from the fourth layer  240  based on an electron concentration difference. 
     Due to this structure, electrons may be smoothly moved in a direction toward the second conductive-type semiconductor layer  700  from the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200 . 
     The superlattice layer  300  may be arranged on the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200  and may include at least one pit P. 
     For example, the superlattice layer  300  may be configured by stacking a plurality of pairs of unit superlattice layers  300  and the pair of unit superlattice layers  300  may be formed of, for example, InGaN/GaN, InGaN/InGaN, or the like. 
     The superlattice layer  300  may be arranged between the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200  and the active layer  400  and may function as a buffer layer. 
     That is, when the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200  and the active layer  400  are directly coupled to each other, stress may be generated at a boundary surface portion between the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200  and the active layer  400  due to a difference in lattice constant, thermal expansion coefficient, or the like between the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200  and the active layer  400 . The superlattice layer  300  may alleviate such stress generation. 
     Since the superlattice layer  300  has high electric resistance compared with other portions, the light-emitting element according to the embodiment may be protected from electrostatic discharge (ESD) and current applied to the light-emitting element according to the embodiment may be distributed to enhance luminous efficiency and optical power thereof. 
     The active layer  400  may be disposed on the superlattice layer  300  and may include at least one pit P. The active layer  400  may generate light from energy generated during recombination of electrons and holes which are provided from the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200  and the second conductive-type semiconductor layer  700 . 
     The active layer  400  may be formed of a semiconductor compound, for example, a compound semiconductor of group III to V and II to VI, and may be formed as a single well structure, a multi-well structure, a single quantum well structure, a multi-quantum well (MQW) structure, a quantum-wire structure, a quantum dot structure, or the like. 
     When the active layer  400  is a quantum well structure, the active layer  400  may have a single or multi-quantum well structure including a quantum well layer represented by compositional formula, for example, In x Al y Ga 1-x-yN  (0≤x≤1, 0≤y≤1, 0≤x+y≤1), and a barrier layer represented by compositional formula, for example, In a Al b Ga 1-a-b N (0≤a≤1, 0≤b≤1, 0≤a+b≤1). 
     In this case, the quantum well layer may be configured with a lower energy band gap than an energy band gap of the barrier layer. 
     The electron blocking layer  500  may be disposed on the active layer  400  and may include at least one pit P. Electrons may be moved at higher moving speed than holes. Accordingly, the electron blocking layer  500  may prevent an excessive number of electrons from being moved and collected at a portion adjacent to the second conductive-type semiconductor  700  and may prevent the light-emitting element according to the present embodiment from emitting light at the portion adjacent to the second conductive-type semiconductor layer  700 , but not the active layer  400 . 
     Accordingly, the electron blocking layer  500  may block electrons and may protect the active layer  400  to enhance luminous efficiency. 
     The electron blocking layer  500  may be formed of an Al x In y Ga 1-x-y N (0≤x≤1, 0≤y≤1)-based semiconductor, may have a higher energy band gap than an energy band gap of the active layer  400 , and may be formed to a thickness of, for example, about 100 Å to 600 Å but embodiments are not limited thereto. 
     According to another embodiment, the electron blocking layer  500  may be formed of Al z Ga (1-z) N/GaN (0≤z≤1). According to another embodiment, the electron blocking layer  500  may be formed to configure an InAlN/GaN layer. 
     The pit layer  600  may be disposed on the electron blocking layer  500  and may include at least one pit P. Although  FIG. 1  illustrates the case in which two pits P are formed on the pit layer  600 , the embodiment is not limited thereto and the pit P may be formed in various numbers. 
     A portion of the pit P of the pit layer  600  has relatively high electric resistance and, thus, the light-emitting element according to the embodiment may be protected from electrostatic discharge (ESD) and current applied to the light-emitting element according to the embodiment may be distributed to enhance luminous efficiency and optical power. 
     The pit P formed in the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200 , the superlattice layer  300 , the active layer  400 , and the electron blocking layer  500  may also prevent electrostatic discharge (ESD) of the light-emitting element according to the embodiment and may enhance luminous efficiency and optical power thereof like the pit P of the pit layer  600 . 
     The pit layer  600  may include magnesium (Mg) in at least a portion thereof, may include Mg to effectively prevent ESD, and may further enhance luminous efficiency and optical power. A detailed structure and function of the pit layer  600  is described below in detail with reference to  FIGS. 2 to 4 . 
     The second conductive-type semiconductor layer  700  may be disposed on the pit layer  600 . In this case, the second conductive-type semiconductor layer  700  may be formed of, for example, a nitride semiconductor. 
     That is, the second conductive-type semiconductor layer  700  may be selected from semiconductor materials represented by composition formula In x Al y Ga 1-x-y N (0≤x≤1, 0≤y≤1, 0≤x+y≤1), for example, GaN, AlN, AlGaN, InGaN, InN, InAlGaN, and AlInN and may be doped with a p-type dopant such as Mg, Zn, Ca, Sr, and Ba. 
     The second conductive-type semiconductor layer  700  may include a fifth layer  750  and a sixth layer  760 . The fifth layer  750  may be disposed on the pit layer  600  and the sixth layer  760  may be disposed on the fifth layer  750 . 
     In this case, the sixth layer  760  may be doped with the p-type dopant with a higher doping concentration than the fifth layer  750 . As a doping concentration of a p-type dopant is increased, a higher number of holes as carriers may be generated. In addition, it may be required to smoothly move holes in a direction toward the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200  from the second conductive-type semiconductor layer  700 . 
     For this reason, the second conductive-type semiconductor layer  700  may be formed by sequentially forming the sixth layer  760  and the fifth layer  750  in a direction toward the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200  and, in this case, the sixth layer  760  may be doped with a p-type dopant with a higher doping concentration than the fifth layer  750 . 
     Accordingly, the sixth layer  760  with a high number of holes and the fifth layer  750  with a relatively small number of holes may be arranged to face each other and, thus, holes may be moved in a direction toward the fifth layer  750  from the sixth layer  760  based on a hole concentration difference. 
     Due to this structure, holes may be easily moved in a direction toward the first conductive-type semiconductor layer  200  from the second conductive-type semiconductor layer  700 . 
       FIG. 2  is an enlarged view showing a portion A shown in  FIG. 1 .  FIG. 3  is an enlarged view showing a portion B shown in  FIG. 2  according to an embodiment. The pit P in the pit layer  600  may have a maximum width W of, for example, 180 nm to 250 nm. However, embodiments are not limited thereto. 
     The pit layer  600  may be doped with Mg. Mg doped in the pit layer  600  may act as a resistor and, thus, the pit layer  600  may be formed as a high resistance layer to protect the light-emitting element according to an embodiment from ESD and to distribute current applied to the light-emitting element according to the embodiment, thereby enhancing luminous efficiency and optical power thereof. 
     However, Mg has property of absorbing light and, thus, when the pit layer  600  is excessively doped with Mg, the luminous efficiency and optical power of the light-emitting element may be degraded. Accordingly, there is a need for a structure for effectively preventing or reducing ESD and, simultaneously, enhancing the luminous efficiency and optical power of the light-emitting element. Hereinafter, the structure is described in detail. 
     As shown in  FIGS. 2 and 3 , the pit layer  600  may include a first layer  610  doped with Mg and a second layer  620  that is the remaining region. For example, the first layer  610  may include MgN and the second layer  620  may include GaN. 
     The pit layer  600  may include the plurality of first layers  610  and the plurality of second layers  620  and may be configured by alternately stacking the first layers  610  and the second layers  620 . That is, as shown in  FIG. 3 , the pit layer  600  may be formed by stacking a plurality of pairs configured by stacking the first layer  610  and the second layer  620 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 3 , the pit layer  600  may be configured in such a way that, for example, the second layer  620  including GaN is stacked on an upper surface of the electron blocking layer  500  to configure a lowermost layer and the first layer  610  including MgN may be stacked on an upper surface of the second layer  620 . The second layer  620  may be formed of, for example, undoped GaN. However, a small amount of unintended impurities may be doped during a manufacturing process. 
     An operation of stacking the second layer  620  on the first layer  610  may be repeatedly performed to form the pit layer  600  configured as illustrated in  FIG. 3 . The pit layer  600  may include, for example, four first layers  610  and four second layers  620  and, accordingly, may include total four pairs of the first layers  610  and the second layers  620 . However, embodiments are not limited thereto and three or less or five or more of pairs may be included. 
     Referring to  FIG. 2 , the pit layer  600  may include a first region A 1  including the pit P formed therein and a second region A 2  that is the remaining region. To fill the pit P in the first region A 1 , the thicknesses of the first layer  610 , the second layer  620 , and the pair thereof, which are stacked in up and down directions, may each be significantly non-uniform. 
     However, in the second region A 2 , the thicknesses of the first layer  610 , the second layer  620 , and the pair thereof, which are stacked in up and down directions, may each be relatively uniform. In this case, a first thickness T 1  measured as a thickness of the second region A 2  may be, for example, 30 nm to 50 nm, in more detail, about 40 nm. 
     In this case, as shown in  FIG. 3 , when the number of each of the first layers  610 , the second layers  620 , and the pairs thereof is four, a second thickness T 2  measured as the sum of the thicknesses of the first layer  610  and the second layer  620  in the second region A 2  may be 5 nm to 15 nm, in more detail, about 10 nm. 
     The first layer  610  may be doped with Mg with doping concentration of 1×10 18  to 5×10 18  atoms per cm 3 . 
     Tables 1 and 2 below show an experimental result of the light-emitting element configured as illustrated in  FIGS. 2 and 3 . In the experiment, the first thickness T 1  may be about 40 nm, the second thickness T 2  may be about 10 nm, and the number of each of the first layers  610 , the second layers  620 , and the pairs thereof may be four. 
     In the experiment, the first layer  610  may be doped with Mg with doping concentration of 1×10 18  to 5×10 18  atoms per cm 3  and, in this range, experimental result values are obtained by averaging result values of repeated experiments while varying doping concentration of Mg. 
     Table 1 below shows an experimental result of a lateral chip when rated current of 65 mA is applied to a light-emitting element and Table 2 below shows an experimental result of a flip chip when rated current of 350 mA is applied to a light-emitting element. 
     Sample 1 uses a light-emitting element in which the pit layer  600  is not doped with Mg and includes only GaN and Sample 2 uses the light-emitting element of the present embodiment. Except for this, structures, standards, and experimental conditions of Samples 1 and 2 are the same or almost similar. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 1 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
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                 Optical 
               
               
                   
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                 power (mW) 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                 Sample 1 
                 88 
                 98.2 
               
               
                 Sample 2 
                 93.2 
                 98.4 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In Table 1 above, ESD yield refers to a ratio of a lateral chip with a satisfactory electrostatic discharge amount after an electrostatic discharge (ESD) test is performed. A reference for determining whether an electrostatic discharge amount is satisfactory or poor may be a predetermined electrostatic discharge amount that is varied depending on an experimental environment, a chip structure, or the like, but experimental environments of Samples 1 and 2 are the same or almost similar and chip structures of Samples 1 and 2 are the same except for the pit layer  600  of the light-emitting element. 
     As seen from the experimental result, an ESD yield of Sample 2, that is, a chip using the light-emitting element according to the embodiment is much higher than that of Sample 1, which means that the light-emitting element according to the embodiment has a much lower number of defective products due to ESD than that of Sample 1. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 2 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
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                 Sample 1 
                 9 
                 280.7 
               
               
                 Sample 2 
                 2 
                 291.7 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In Table 2 above, an ESD percent defective refers to a ratio of a defective flip chip due to an excessive electrostatic discharge after an ESD test is performed. A reference for determining whether an electrostatic discharge amount is excessive may be a predetermined electrostatic discharge amount that is varied depending on experimental environment, chip structure, or the like, but experimental environments of Samples 1 and 2 are the same or almost similar and chip structures of Samples 1 and 2 are the same except for the pit layer  600  of the light-emitting element. 
     As seen from the experimental result, an ESD percentage defective of Sample 2, that is, a chip using the light-emitting element according to the embodiment is much lower than that of Sample 1, which means that the light-emitting element according to the embodiment has a much lower number of defective products due to ESD than that of Sample 1. 
     As seen from the experimental result, optical power of Sample 2 is much higher than that of Sample 1, which means that the light-emitting element according to the embodiment has enhanced luminous efficiency and optical power compared with Sample 1. 
     In consideration of the experimental result, the pit layer  600  doped with Mg is formed in the light-emitting element according to the embodiment and, thus, ESD may be effectively blocked or reduced and, simultaneously, luminous efficiency and optical power of the light-emitting element may be enhanced. 
       FIG. 4  is an enlarged view of a portion B of  FIG. 2  according to another embodiment. In the embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 4 , a stack order of the first layer  610  and the second layer  620  may be reversed compared with the embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 3 . 
     That is, referring to  FIG. 4 , the pit layer  600  may be configured in such a way that, for example, the first layer  610  including MgN is stacked on an upper surface of the electron blocking layer  500  to configure a lowei most layer and the second layer  620  including GaN may be stacked on an upper surface of the first layer  610 . 
     An operation of stacking the first layer  610  on the second layer  620  may be repeatedly performed to form the pit layer  600  configured as illustrated in  FIG. 4 . The pit layer  600  may include, for example, four first layers  610  and four second layers  620  and, accordingly, may include total four pairs of the first layers  610  and the second layers  620 . However, needless to say, embodiments are not limited thereto. 
     In addition to the first thickness T 1  and the second thickness T 2 , other structures and standards are the same or almost similar to the light-emitting element according to the embodiment shown in  FIG. 3 . 
     According to another embodiment, the first layer  610  and the second layer  620  may not be separately formed on the pit layer  600  and Mg may be entirely doped in the pit layer  600 . When the pit layer  600  has this structure, it is noted that doping concentration of Mg is uniform over an entire area of the pit layer  600 . 
     The pit layer  600  may be formed using a method such as chemical vapor deposition and plasma vacuum deposition and, in this regard, after the first layer  610  and the second layer  620  are stacked, an annealing process may be performed. 
     That is, after one pair formed by stacking the first layer  610  and the second layer  620  is completely formed, an annealing process may be performed and, in this regard, the annealing process may be performed whenever each of the pairs is completely formed. 
     As annealing proceeds, stress generated in a boundary surface portion between the first layer  610  and the second layer  620  and/or stress separately generated in the first layer  610  and/or the second layer  620  due to a difference in lattice constant, thermal expansion coefficient, or the like may be removed and alleviated to form the pit layer  600  with satisfactory quality. 
     In particular, GaN included in the first layer  610  may be important in moving holes to the active layer  400  and, when GaN is used in a structure with alleviated stress and satisfactory quality, hole injection efficiency to the active layer  400  may be enhanced. 
     Accordingly, according to the embodiment, after the first layer  610  and the second layer  620  are stacked, annealing may be performed to form a GaN structure with satisfactory quality, thereby enhancing hole injection efficiency to the active layer  400 . 
       FIG. 5  is a diagram of a light-emitting element package  10  according to an embodiment. 
     The light-emitting element package  10  according to the embodiment may include a body  11  with a cavity formed therein, a first lead frame  12  and a second lead frame  13  installed on the body  11 , a light-emitting element  20  according to the aforementioned embodiment, which is installed on the body  11  and is electrically connected to the first lead frame  12  and the second lead frame  13 , and a molding portion  16  formed in the cavity. 
     The body  11  may be formed of a material including a silicon material, a synthetic resin material, or a metallic material. When the body  11  is formed of a conductive material such as a metallic material, although not illustrated, an insulating layer is formed on a surface of the body  11  via coating to prevent short circuit between the first and second lead frames  12  and  13 . A cavity may be formed in the body  11  of the package and the light-emitting element  20  may be arranged on a bottom surface of the cavity. 
     The first lead frame  12  and the second lead frame  13  may be electrically disconnected and may supply current to the light-emitting element  20 . The first lead frame  12  and the second lead frame  13  may reflect light generated from the light-emitting element  20  to increase optical efficiency and may externally discharge heat generated from the light-emitting element  20 . 
     The light-emitting element  20  may be based on the aforementioned embodiment and may be electrically connected to the first lead frame  12  and the second lead frame  13  through a wire  14 . 
     The light-emitting element  20  may be fixed to the bottom surface of the body  11  of the package using a conductive paste (not shown) or the like, the molding portion  16  may surround and protect the light-emitting element  20 , and a fluorescent substance  17  is included in the molding portion  16  and is excited by light in a first wavelength band emitted from the light-emitting element  20  to emit light in a second wavelength band. 
     The light-emitting element package  10  may include one or a plurality of light-emitting elements according to the aforementioned embodiments installed therein and embodiments are not limited thereto. 
     The aforementioned light-emitting element and light-emitting element package may be used as a light source of an illumination system and, for example, may be used as a light-emitting device of an image display apparatus, an illumination apparatus, and so on. 
     When used as a backlight unit of an image display apparatus, the light-emitting element and the light-emitting element package may be used as an edge-type backlight unit or a direct-type backlight unit and, when used in an illumination device, the light-emitting element and the light-emitting element package may be a lamp device or a built-in type light source. 
     Although embodiments have been described with reference to a number of illustrative embodiments thereof, it should be understood that numerous other modifications and applications may be devised by those skilled in the art that will fall within the intrinsic aspects of the embodiments. More particularly, various variations and modifications are possible in concrete constituent elements of the embodiments. 
     INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY 
     A light-emitting element according to embodiments may be configured in such a way that a pit layer doped with Mg is formed to effectively block or reduce electrostatic discharge (ESD) and, simultaneously, to enhance luminous efficiency and optical power of the light-emitting element. Accordingly, the embodiments may be industrially applicable.