CN101740692A - Method for improving brightness of LED chip - Google Patents

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CN101740692A
CN101740692A CN200910202034A CN200910202034A CN101740692A CN 101740692 A CN101740692 A CN 101740692A CN 200910202034 A CN200910202034 A CN 200910202034A CN 200910202034 A CN200910202034 A CN 200910202034A CN 101740692 A CN101740692 A CN 101740692A
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The invention discloses a method for improving brightness of an LED chip. The method comprises the following steps of: utilizing the metallic organic chemical vapor phase deposition to grow a GaN semiconductor layer comprising an N-GaN layer, a quantum well and a P-GaN layer on a sapphire substrate; utilizing the ICP Etching or RIE to make partial N-GaN layer exposed; coating a metallic layer on the GaN semiconductor layer by vaporization and using the metallic layer as a mask film layer; adopting the laser scribing technique to scribe the formed chip unit down to the sapphire substrate; corroding the N-GaN layer on the side wall of a scribing way by using the metallic layer as the mask film, so that the N-GaN layer forms a structure of a gradually changed inverted triangle; removing the metallic layer; manufacturing a transparent electrode, an N/P electrode and an SiO2 passivation layer on the corroded chip unit; and grinding the back of the LED wafer for thinning, and breaking the LED wafer by a breaking machine to obtain the LED chip. The method has the advantages of changing transmission distance of light, increasing a probability of photons escaping from the chip, improving the light outputting efficiency of the LED chip and making the brightness of the LED chip improved by over 10 percent.

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Improve the method for led chip brightness
Technical field
The present invention relates to the semiconductor light-emitting-diode field, particularly relate to a kind of method that improves led chip brightness.
Background technology
Light-emitting diode has that volume is little, efficient is high and advantage such as the life-span is long, has a wide range of applications in fields such as traffic indication, outdoor panchromatic demonstrations.Especially utilize large-power light-emitting diodes may realize semiconductor solid lighting, cause the revolution of human illumination history, thereby become the research focus of present person in electronics gradually.To improve the internal quantum efficiency and the external quantum efficiency of device for the LED key that obtains high brightness.The current chip light extraction efficiency is the principal element of limiting device external quantum efficiency, main cause is that the refractive index difference between backing material, epitaxial material and the air is bigger, and the light that causes active area to produce can not be derived chip in the generation total reflection of different refractivity material interface.
The method of existing several raising chip light extraction efficiencies mainly contains: change the geometric shape of chip, reduce the propagation distance of light at chip internal, reduce the absorption loss of light, as adopting inverted pyramid structure; Structures such as resonant cavity or photonic crystal are adopted in control and change spontaneous radiation usually; Adopt the rough surface method, make light, increase the chance of its transmission in coarse semiconductor and air interface generation diffusion; The reversing of utilization welding technology is arranged in addition.
Summary of the invention
The technical problem to be solved in the present invention provides a kind of method that improves led chip brightness, can effectively improve the brightness of led chip.
For solving the problems of the technologies described above, the manufacture method of led chip of the present invention may further comprise the steps:
Step 1, utilize the metal organic chemical vapor deposition technology to grow GaN (gallium nitride) semiconductor layer on Sapphire Substrate, this layer comprises N-GaN layer, quantum well and P-GaN layer;
Step 2, utilize inductive couple plasma etching or reactive ion etching that the described N-GaN layer of part is exposed;
Step 3, on described GaN semiconductor layer evaporated metal layer, with this metal level as mask layer;
Step 4, use laserscribing are scratched the chip unit that forms, and draw to Sapphire Substrate;
Step 5, with described metal level as mask, use the ethylene glycol solution of KOH (potassium hydroxide), NaOH (NaOH) that the N-GaN layer of drawing the road sidewall is corroded, the N-GaN layer becomes " gradual change inverted triangle " structure after excessive erosion;
Step 6, use cleaning fluid are removed described metal level;
Step 7, the chip unit making transparency electrode, N/P electrode, the SiO2 passivation layer that were corroding;
Step 8, resulting LED wafer is carried out the grinding back surface attenuate, obtain led chip with sliver machine sliver again.
Adopt method of the present invention, because the GaN crystal is a hexagonal wurtzite structure, KOH, NaOH can make the N-GaN layer form " gradual change inverted triangle " structure to the corrosion rate difference of each crystal face; Therefore can change the propagation distance of light, the probability that the increase photon is escaped from chip, the light extraction efficiency that improves led chip, can make the brightness of led chip improve more than 10%.
Fig. 2 A is conventional led chip part-structure schematic diagram.Because conventional led chip sidewall is vertical, when the photon P that gives off with incidence angle θ 1When arriving first wall W1, after reflection can be with incidence angle θ 2Arrive the second wall W2 (being the chip sidewall); Once more can be after the reflection with incidence angle θ 3Arrive the 3rd wall W3, wherein incidence angle θ 2=90 °-θ 1, θ 3=θ 1.For the led chip of GaN material commonly used, its light escape taper critical angle (light escape cone critical angle) is about 23.5 °, so as long as the incidence angle θ of photon P 1Satisfy condition " 23.5 °<θ 1<66.5 ° " time, it can cause energy at the chip internal consumption because of constantly being reflected by each wall, finally can't bright dipping, and light extraction efficiency is lower.
Fig. 2 B is the led chip part-structure schematic diagram that adopts method of the present invention to make, when photon P arrives W2 (being the chip sidewall), because W2 is " gradual change inverted triangle " structure, reflection ray direction on W2 can change, therefore when photon P arrives W3, incidence angle diminishes, total reflection can not take place, can escape away, can increase like this photon from the probability of chip escape, significantly improve the light extraction efficiency of led chip.
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The present invention is further detailed explanation below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and embodiment:
Figure 1A to Fig. 1 E is a crucial manufacturing step embodiment schematic diagram in the method for the present invention;
Fig. 2 A is conventional led chip part-structure schematic diagram;
Fig. 2 B is the led chip part-structure schematic diagram that adopts method of the present invention to obtain;
Fig. 3 adopts the led chip that the inventive method obtains and the photoelectric parameter comparison diagram of conventional led chip.
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Be example with the 10*23mil chip below, specify method implementation process of the present invention:
Step 1, utilize the metal organic chemical vapor deposition technology to grow GaN (gallium nitride) semiconductor layer on Sapphire Substrate, this layer comprises N-GaN layer, quantum well and P-GaN layer, shown in Figure 1A.
Step 2, utilize ICP Etching (inductive couple plasma etching) or RIE (reactive ion etching) technology that the described N-GaN layer of part is exposed, etching depth is
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, shown in Figure 1B; Described in one embodiment etching depth is
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Step 3, on described GaN semiconductor layer evaporated metal layer Ni/Ag, thickness is
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, the plating rate is respectively
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, , with this metal level as mask layer, shown in Fig. 1 C.
Described metal level is divided into two-layer, and what contact with the GaN layer is adhesion layer, and what contact with adhesion layer is protective layer.The effect of described adhesion layer is to adhere to GaN layer and protective layer.The metal that adhesion layer is commonly used has the combination of Ni (nickel), Ti (titanium), Al (aluminium), Cr (chromium), Cr/Pt (chromium/platinum) or above metal etc., and the thickness of adhesion layer is optional
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, the plating rate is
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The effect of described protective layer is a protection GaN layer, makes it not by laser emission, KOH, NaOH corrosion failure.The metal that protective layer is commonly used has Ag (silver), Au (gold), Ag/Au (silver/gold), Au/Ag (gold/silver) etc., and the thickness of protective layer is optional , the plating rate is
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The metallic combination that described metal level is commonly used has Ni/Ag (nickel/silver), Ni/Au (nickel/gold), Ti/Ag (titanium/silver), Ti/Au (titanium/gold), Al/Ag (aluminium/silver), Cr/Au (chromium/gold), Cr/Pt/Au (chromium/platinum/gold) etc.
Step 4, use laserscribing are scratched the chip unit that forms, and draw to Sapphire Substrate, shown in Fig. 1 D; Described optical maser wavelength is 200-400nm, and drawing the road width is 2-15 μ m, and the scribing degree of depth is 15-50 μ m.In one embodiment, optical maser wavelength is 355nm, and drawing the road width is 6 μ m, and the scribing degree of depth is 25 μ m.
Step 5, with described metal level as mask, use the ethylene glycol solution of KOH, NaOH that the N-GaN layer of drawing the road sidewall is corroded, the N-GaN layer becomes " gradual change inverted triangle " structure after excessive erosion; The concentration of described KOH is 1-10mol/L, and the concentration of NaOH is 1-10mol/L, and corrosion temperature is 100-200 ℃, and etching time is 1-60min, and the corrosion width of drawing the every side in road is 1-30 μ m.
In one embodiment, the concentration of KOH, NaOH is 5mol/L, and corrosion temperature is 150 ℃, and etching time is 5-25min, and the corrosion width of drawing the every side in road is 4-12 μ m.
Step 6, use nitric acid remove Ni, Ag, and scavenging period is 30-60min, shown in Fig. 1 E.When using cleaning fluid to remove described metal level, described cleaning fluid is different because of metal level, and Ni, Ag adopt nitric acid to remove, Ti adopts the concentrated hydrochloric acid of hydrofluoric acid, heat, the concentrated sulfuric acid of heat to remove, Al adopts highly basic or diluted acid to remove, and Cr adopts " HCl+Cr " to remove, and Pt, Au adopt chloroazotic acid to remove.
Step 7, the chip unit making transparency electrode, N/P electrode, the SiO2 passivation layer that were corroding; This part is known by those skilled in the art to be known, so be not described in detail.
Step 8, resulting LED wafer is carried out the grinding back surface attenuate, obtain led chip with sliver machine sliver again; This part is known by those skilled in the art to be known, so be not described in detail.
Adopt the 10*23mil chip that method of the present invention obtains and the photoelectric parameter contrast of conventional 10*23mil chip, as shown in Figure 3.Can find out big more, brightness (mW) the lifting amplitude also big more (11.2%-19.0%) of corrosion width; This is because the probability that the corrosion width is big more, gradual change inverted triangle structure is obvious more, photon is escaped from chip is big more, chip light-emitting efficiency is high more; Meanwhile, the corrosion width is big more, and ESD (static discharge) percent of pass has the trend of step-down, and this is because the cavity is big more under obvious more, the N-GaN of gradual change inverted triangle structure, chip antistatic capability is poor more; So for this chip, suitable corrosion width is 6-12 μ m.
More than by specific embodiment the present invention is had been described in detail; but these are not to be construed as limiting the invention; concrete process only is for the ease of understanding the present invention in for example described each step; those skilled in the art can adopt other the concrete process that exists in the prior art fully; under the situation that does not break away from the principle of the invention; also can make many distortion and improvement, these also should be considered as protection scope of the present invention.

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1. a method that improves led chip brightness is characterized in that, comprises the steps:
Step 1, utilize the metal organic chemical vapor deposition technology to grow the GaN semiconductor layer on Sapphire Substrate, this layer comprises N-GaN layer, quantum well and P-GaN layer;
Step 2, utilize inductive couple plasma etching or reactive ion etching that the described N-GaN layer of part is exposed;
Step 3, on described GaN semiconductor layer evaporated metal layer, with this metal level as mask layer;
Step 4, use laserscribing are scratched the chip unit that forms, and draw to Sapphire Substrate;
Step 5, with described metal level as mask, use the ethylene glycol solution of KOH, NaOH that the N-GaN layer of drawing the road sidewall is corroded, the N-GaN layer becomes " gradual change inverted triangle " structure after excessive erosion;
Step 6, use cleaning fluid are removed described metal level;
Step 7, the chip unit making transparency electrode, N/P electrode, the SiO2 passivation layer that were corroding;
Step 8, resulting LED wafer is carried out the grinding back surface attenuate, obtain led chip with sliver machine sliver again.
2. manufacture method as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: the degree of depth of the described etching of step 2 is
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3. manufacture method as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described metal level is divided into two-layer, and what contact with the GaN layer is adhesion layer, and what contact with adhesion layer is protective layer; Described adhesion layer is the combination of Ni, Ti, Al, Cr, Cr/Pt or above metal, and thickness is The plating rate is Described protective layer is Ag, Au, Ag/Au or Au/Ag, and thickness is
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The plating rate is
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4. manufacture method as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: the optical maser wavelength that is adopted in the step 4 is 200-400nm, and drawing the road width is 2-15 μ m, and the scribing degree of depth is 15-50 μ m.
5. manufacture method as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: the concentration of the KOH that adopts is 1-10mol/L in the step 5, and the concentration of NaOH is 1-10mol/L, and corrosion temperature is 100-200 ℃, etching time is 1-60min, and the corrosion width of drawing the every side in road is 1-30 μ m.
6. manufacture method as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described cleaning fluid is different because of metal level, Ni, Ag adopt nitric acid to remove, Ti adopts the concentrated hydrochloric acid of hydrofluoric acid, heat, the concentrated sulfuric acid of heat to remove, Al adopts highly basic or diluted acid to remove, Cr adopts " HCl+Cr " to remove, and Pt, Au adopt chloroazotic acid to remove.
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