Patent ID: 8829652

Claim:
A light emitting device with graded composition hole tunneling layer and an energy blocking layer, wherein the graded composition hole tunneling layer comprises a plurality of pairs of indium gallium nitride (InGaN)/indium gallium aluminum nitride (AlxInyGa 1-x-y N), a thickness of the graded composition layer is about 3 nm to 15 nm, the energy blocking layer of the graded composition layer is increased gradually from an n-type semiconductor layer direction to a p-type semiconductor layer direction, the light emitting device is selected from the group consisting of a light emitting diode, a semiconductor laser and a laser diode, comprising: a substrate, wherein the substrate is selected from the group consisting of zinc oxide (ZnO), silicon, spinel (MgAl 2 O 4 ), gallium phosphide (GaP), germanium (Ge), lithium gallate (LGO, LiGaO 2 ) and glass material; an n-type semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, wherein the n-type semiconductor layer comprises a first portion and a second portion; a graded composition hole tunneling layer disposed on the first portion of the n-type semiconductor layer, wherein the graded composition hole tunneling layer comprises a plurality of pairs of indium gallium nitride (InGaN)/indium gallium aluminum nitride (AlxInyGa 1-x-y N), wherein 0≦x≦0.5, 0≦y≦0.5, and x and y are selected from the group consisting of gradually increased and gradually decreased in indium gallium aluminum nitride (AlxInyGa 1-x-y N) for at least a pair of indium gallium nitride (InGaN)/indium gallium aluminum nitride (AlxInyGa 1-x-y N), wherein a content of aluminum and a content of indium in the indium gallium nitride (InGaN)/indium gallium aluminum nitride (AlxInyGa 1-x-y N) of a graded composition layer is selected from the group consisting of partially changed and totally changed, wherein the graded composition layer is selected from the group consisting of n-type doping graded composition layer and un-doping graded composition layer, a thickness of the graded composition layer is about 3 nm to 15 nm, wherein an energy blocking layer of the graded composition layer is increased gradually from an n-type semiconductor layer direction to a p-type semiconductor layer direction; an electron blocking layer disposed on the graded composition hole tunneling layer, wherein the electron blocking layer is an indium gallium aluminum nitride (AlxInyGa 1-x-y N) containing layer, and 0≦x≦0.5, 0≦y≦0.5; a p-type semiconductor layer disposed on the electron blocking layer; a first electrode disposed on the p-type semiconductor layer; and a second electrode disposed on the second portion of the n-type semiconductor layer and insulated from the first portion of the n-type semiconductor, wherein a charge of the second electrode and the first electrode is opposite.