LI Zhi-ming, PAN Shu-wan, CHEN Song-yan. Analysis on The Ageing Mechanism of GaN-based Blue and Green LED by Electrical Stresses[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2013,34(11): 1521-1526
LI Zhi-ming, PAN Shu-wan, CHEN Song-yan. Analysis on The Ageing Mechanism of GaN-based Blue and Green LED by Electrical Stresses[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2013,34(11): 1521-1526 DOI: 10.3788/fgxb20133411.1521.
Analysis on The Ageing Mechanism of GaN-based Blue and Green LED by Electrical Stresses
The behavior of the related reliability of InGaN-based blue and green LED chips were investigated with 20
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60 mA constant current stress up to 424 h at room temperature. Under 60 mA constant current stress
the green LED chip showed more prominent optical power degradation at low measuring current levels than high measuring current levels. While
the blue LED chip showed the consistent optical power decrease at different measuring current levels. It should be pointed out that
at high measured current levels (20 mA)
blue and green LED chips expressed similar optical degradation (18%) after the aging tests. Meanwhile
the aging stress does not significant affect the forward-bias electrical characteristics of blue and green LED chips
which indicated the similar degradation process in some aging tests. It is believed that the induced defects in blue LED by electrical stress mainly contribute to the nonradiative recombination centers
while in green LED chip the defects contribute to the localized leakage paths rather than the nonradiative recombination centers. Based on the mechanism analysis of blue and green LED
the design of GaN based epitaxial structure was optimized
and the thickness of quantum barrier was reduced to weaken the internal electrical field in the active layer to improve the reliability of LED.
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