Surface Microstructure Machining for LED Light Extraction Efficiency Enhancement

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The external efficiency of LED is limited by total internal reflection on the interfacial surface. Surface structure modification is an effective way to solve this problem. In this work, micromachining method was present to manufacture surface microstructures for the GaN based LED light extraction efficiency enhancement. The feasibility of micromachining was discussed theoretically and proved by experimental study in this work. Micro-cutting and micro-forming approach was found be suitable for GaN surface microstructure machining. An experimental study of micro-cutting was carried out. The result shows that no crack and failure occurred during micro-cutting with 1μm cutting depth. This result demonstrated that microstructure can be machined on GaN based LED surface to enhance the LED light extraction efficiency.

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Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 589-590)

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October 2013

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