QIU Hong, LIU Jun-lin, WANG Li, JIANG Feng-yi. Effects of SiON Passivation Layer on Reliability of GaN Based Green LED on Silicon Substrate[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2011,32(6): 603-607
QIU Hong, LIU Jun-lin, WANG Li, JIANG Feng-yi. Effects of SiON Passivation Layer on Reliability of GaN Based Green LED on Silicon Substrate[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2011,32(6): 603-607 DOI: 10.3788/fgxb20113206.0603.
Effects of SiON Passivation Layer on Reliability of GaN Based Green LED on Silicon Substrate
The green LED with vertical structure was fabricated by transferring the epilayers of GaN-based LED grown on Si (111) substrate to a new Si substrate. Four groups of LED with chip size of 200 m200 m were fabricated
labeled as sample A
B
C and D
respectively. Sample A was uncoated. Top surface of sample B
sidewall of sample C and both top surface and sidewall of sample D were coated with SiON passivation layer under the same experimental condition. Electrical and optical properties were investigated after 168 hours accelerated aging under 60 mA DC current at room temperature. The results show that the sidewall-SiON layer could decrease the generation of non-recombination centers in the active layer. Thus it could reduce leakage currents and the luminous decay. Comparing to the top-surface SiON
the sidewall SiON played a decisive role in improving the reliability of the LED .
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