LIU Li, HU Xiao-long, WANG Hong. n-type Electrode Patterns Design and Device Fabrication of GaN-based Vertical Structure LEDs[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2016,37(3): 338-345
LIU Li, HU Xiao-long, WANG Hong. n-type Electrode Patterns Design and Device Fabrication of GaN-based Vertical Structure LEDs[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2016,37(3): 338-345 DOI: 10.3788/fgxb20163703.0338.
n-type Electrode Patterns Design and Device Fabrication of GaN-based Vertical Structure LEDs
The influences of size and spacing of n-type electrode on the current distribution of vertical-structure light-emitting diodes (VS-LEDs) were firstly analyzed by two-dimension circuit modeling
and annulospiral n-type electrodes were proposed for the fabrication of VS-LEDs. Then
finite element analysis model in Comsol Multiphysics was built to study the current density distribution in the active layer of VS-LEDs with the annulospiral electrodes. It is found that the current density distribution became more uniform when the electrode spacing reduced. Finally
VS-LEDs with various annulospiral electrodes were fabricated using high-reflectivity p-type Ohmic electrode
copper substrate electroplating and laser lift-off techniques. The wall plug efficiency of VS-LEDs with the electrode spacing of 146.25 m is 26.8% at 350 mA
which is higher than that of VS-LEDs with other electrode spacings.
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