KR101203140B1 - METHOD FOR FABRICATING A ZnO BASED LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND A ZnO BASED LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE FABRICATED BY THE METHOD - Google Patents
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The invention Al x In y Ga 1 -x- y N (0≤x, y, x + y≤1) and to form a compound semiconductor is a p-type semiconductor layer, a zinc oxide on the p-type semiconductor layer on the substrate It provides a method of manufacturing a zinc oxide light-emitting device comprising the step of forming a (ZnO) -based active layer, and forming an n-type zinc oxide semiconductor layer on the zinc oxide-based active layer.
According to the present invention, it is difficult to form a p-type compound due to the material properties of zinc oxide, and the n-type semiconductor layer is formed of zinc oxide according to the characteristics of the n-type compound, and Al x In y Ga 1 having material properties similar to zinc oxide. -x- y N (0≤x, y, x + y≤1) implements a pn-junction structure for a light-emitting device by forming a p-type compound semiconductor layer of semiconductor material to be used for the material properties of the zinc oxide to the light emitting element It became.
Zinc Oxide, ZnO, Light-Emitting Element, AlInGaN, GaN, AlN, InN
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1 is a process flowchart illustrating a manufacturing process of a ZnO-based light emitting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 to 4 are cross-sectional views of the manufacturing process of FIG. 1.
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300: undoped GaN semiconductor layer 400: p-type GaN semiconductor layer
500: ZnO-based active layer 600: n-type ZnO semiconductor layer
700: upper electrode 800: lower electrode
The present invention relates to the production of zinc oxide (ZnO) -based light-emitting device, and in particular, it is difficult to form a p-type compound due to the material properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) and n-type compound according to the characteristics of the n-type compound zinc oxide (ZnO) n Material characteristics of zinc oxide (ZnO) in a light emitting device by forming a p-type semiconductor layer by forming a type semiconductor layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer of a group III-V compound semiconductor material having a similar material property to ZnO The present invention relates to a method for producing a zinc oxide light emitting device and a zinc oxide light emitting device manufactured thereby.
In general, a light emitting device includes a light emitting diode having a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, and an active layer interposed between these semiconductor layers. Light is generated by the recombination of electrons and holes in the active layer and emitted to the outside.
Light emitting diodes have developed into a group III-V compound semiconductor. Group III-V compound semiconductors provide superior performance in applications such as high speed and high temperature electronics, light emitters and photo detectors.
In particular, nitride compound semiconductors such as gallium nitride (GaN), aluminum nitride (AlN), indium nitride (InN), and alloys thereof have been used in III-V group compound semiconductors.
Among nitride compound semiconductors, gallium nitride (GaN) has a bandgap required for a light emitting diode emitting a blue laser and a spectrum having a blue wavelength. Therefore, much research has been conducted on the use of the nitride compound semiconductor.
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a representative compound semiconductor material of the II-VI series to replace gallium nitride (GaN). The material properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) are almost the same as those of gallium nitride (GaN). Furthermore, the exciton binding energy, which is a very important factor as a light emitting device, is about 60 meV at room temperature and is about 25 meV. Since it appears much higher than gallium (GaN), it is a material having infinite possibilities as a light emitting device.
For this reason, many studies have been made on light emitting devices using zinc oxide (ZnO).
However, despite the material properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) with such infinite possibilities, it has not yet achieved such a result as a light emitting device. This is because p-type zinc oxide (p-ZnO) is very difficult to form due to the inherent physical properties of zinc oxide (ZnO), making it difficult to show characteristics as a light emitting device.
The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is improved performance by the characteristics of zinc oxide by applying zinc oxide to a light emitting device having a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer and an active layer interposed between these semiconductor layers. It is to be able to manufacture a light emitting device having a.
According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the technical problem, the step of forming a p-type semiconductor layer of Al x In y Ga 1-xy N (0≤x, y, x + y≤1) compound semiconductor on the substrate And forming a zinc oxide (ZnO) -based active layer on the p-type semiconductor layer, and forming an n-type zinc oxide semiconductor layer on the zinc oxide-based active layer. do.
Etching a portion of the n-type zinc oxide semiconductor layer, a zinc oxide-based active layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer to expose a portion of the p-type semiconductor layer, and to the n-type zinc oxide semiconductor layer and the exposed p-type semiconductor layer Forming an electrode may be further included.
The method may further include forming an Al x Ga 1 - x N (0 ≦ x ≦ 1) based buffer layer between the substrate and the p-type semiconductor layer.
Preferably the step of forming the buffer layer and the p-type semiconductor layer between the Al x In y Ga 1 -x- y N (0≤x, y, x + y≤1) based buffer layer may be further included.
Preferably, the forming of the zinc oxide-based active layer may include a binary to quaternary compound semiconductor layer represented by general formula Zn x Mg y Cd 1-x- y O (0 ≦ x, y, x + y ≦ 1). The quantum well layer and the barrier layer may be repeatedly stacked to form a multilayer film.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, the substrate and the substrate on the Al x In y Ga 1 -x- y N (0≤x, y, x + y≤1) compound semiconductor is a p-type semiconductor layer and the p A zinc oxide light emitting device comprising a zinc oxide (ZnO) based active layer formed on a semiconductor semiconductor layer and an n type zinc oxide semiconductor layer formed on the zinc oxide based active layer is provided.
The zinc oxide light emitting device is exposed to the n-type zinc oxide semiconductor layer in a state in which a portion of the p-type semiconductor layer is exposed by etching portions of the n-type zinc oxide semiconductor layer, the zinc oxide-based active layer, and the p-type semiconductor layer. It may further include an electrode formed on the p-type semiconductor layer.
The zinc oxide light emitting device may further include an (Al x In y Ga 1-xy N (0 ≦ x, y, x + y ≦ 1) based buffer layer between the substrate and the p-type semiconductor layer.
The zinc oxide light emitting device may further include an (Al x In y Ga 1-xy N (0 ≦ x, y, x + y ≦ 1) based undoped semiconductor layer between the buffer layer and the p-type semiconductor layer). have.
The ZnO-based active layer has the general formula Zn x Mg y Cd 1 -x- y O (0≤x, y, x + y≤1) quantum well layer of the semiconductor layer 2-to 4 won compound represented by the barrier layer It is a multilayer film formed by laminating | stacking repeatedly. It is characterized by the above-mentioned.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiments are provided by way of example so that those skilled in the art can fully understand the spirit of the present invention.
Accordingly, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below and may be embodied in other forms. In the drawings, lengths, thicknesses, and the like of layers and regions may be exaggerated for convenience. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout.
1 is a process flow chart for explaining the manufacturing process of the ZnO-based light emitting device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figures 2 to 4 are process cross-sectional view according to the manufacturing process. Here, the manufacturing process of the light emitting element using the semiconductor layer which consists of nitride and zinc oxide among light emitting elements is demonstrated.
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That is, as the content of magnesium (Mg) increases, the band gap energy increases, and as the content of cadmium (Cd) increases, the band gap energy decreases. Accordingly, like GaN-based light emitting devices, light of various wavelengths may be generated from ultraviolet rays to infrared rays.
The ZnO-based
Specifically, zinc oxide (ZnO) and zinc oxide (Zn 1 - x Mg x O (0 ≦ x ≦ 1) capable of adjusting a band gap by adding magnesium (Mg) or cadmium (Cd) to zinc oxide (ZnO) and zinc oxide (ZnO). ) Or zinc cadmium oxide (Zn 1 - x Cd x O (0 ≦ x ≦ 1)) may be alternately stacked to form a barrier layer and a well layer of the ZnO-based
To this end, dimethyl zinc [Zn (CH 3 ) 2 ], an organic metal containing zinc as a reaction precursor, and bis-cyclopentadienyl magnesium ((C 5 H 5 ) 2 , an organic metal containing magnesium) Mg) and oxygen (O 2 ) gas are used, and argon is used as a transport gas.
Argon, which transports diethylzinc and biscyclopentadienyl magnesium, through separate lines, and O 2 , are appropriately controlled and deposited alternately by organometallic chemical vapor deposition without a metal catalyst.
Preferred pressures and temperatures in the reactor for deposition are 10 −5 mmHg to 760 mmHg and 400 to 700 ° C., respectively. After growing zinc oxide (ZnO), zinc magnesium / zinc oxide is grown by appropriately changing the flow of precursors, diethyl zinc and biscyclopentadienyl magnesium, from the exhaust line to the reactor. The magnesium content of zinc magnesium oxide is 12 at.% (Atomic percent).
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The present invention is not limited to the above described embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art, which are included in the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.
For example, an embodiment of the present invention describes the use of gallium nitride (GaN) in a III-V group compound semiconductor as a p-type semiconductor layer corresponding to an n-type ZnO semiconductor layer for manufacturing a light emitting device using zinc oxide. It was.
However, in addition to gallium nitride (GaN), various nitride compound semiconductors such as aluminum nitride (AlN), indium nitride (InN), and alloys thereof may be used as p-type semiconductor layers for manufacturing light emitting devices using zinc oxide. Al x in y Ga 1 -x- y N may be used (0≤x, y, x + y≤1 ). in addition may be used a Group III-V compound semiconductor of GaP and GaAs.
In addition, group II-VI compound semiconductors such as ZnSe, CdSe, CdS and ZnS, semiconductors such as SrCu 2 O 2 , SiC, and Si, and the like can be used and these can be easily purchased commercially.
In addition, in an embodiment of the present invention, the use of a gallium nitride (GaN) buffer layer and an undoped layer for manufacturing a light emitting device using zinc oxide has been described.
However, in addition to gallium nitride (GaN), various nitride compound semiconductors such as aluminum nitride (AlN), indium nitride (InN), and alloys thereof may be used as buffer layers and undoped layers for manufacturing light emitting devices using zinc oxide. (it may be the Al x In y Ga 1 -x- y N (0≤x, y, x + y≤1).
In addition, in one embodiment of the present invention, the zinc oxide was deposited by an organic chemical vapor deposition method using no metal catalyst, but in addition, it is possible by physical growth methods such as sputtering or pulsed laser deposition, and metals such as gold (Au) It is also possible by a vapor-phase transport process using a catalyst.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the n-type zinc oxide semiconductor layer, the zinc oxide-based active layer, and the p-type semiconductor layer are etched to expose a portion of the p-type semiconductor layer, and then a lower electrode is formed on the exposed p-type semiconductor layer. The zinc oxide light emitting device fabricated as described above has been described, but the vertical type of forming a lower electrode on the p-type semiconductor layer after separating the substrate without etching the n-type zinc oxide semiconductor layer, the zinc oxide-based active layer, and the p-type semiconductor layer. It is also applicable to a light emitting element.
According to the present invention, a p-GaN semiconductor layer doped with magnesium (Mg), a ZnO-based active layer, and an n-type ZnO semiconductor layer are formed in this order.
Due to the material properties of zinc oxide (ZnO), it is difficult to form a p-type compound, and according to the characteristics of n-type compound, an n-type semiconductor layer is formed of zinc oxide (ZnO), and GaN has a material property similar to that of zinc oxide (ZnO). By forming a p-type semiconductor layer, a pn junction structure for a light emitting device can be realized, thereby enabling the use of material properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) in the light emitting device.
In addition, the ZnO-based active layer alternately forms a layer doped with magnesium or cadmium in zinc oxide (ZnO) and zinc oxide (ZnO) to form a quantum well layer and a barrier layer repeatedly, thereby controlling the mole fraction of magnesium and cadmium. It can generate light of various wavelengths from to infrared.
In the pn junction structure spherical by the present invention, the n-type ZnO semiconductor layer is formed on the uppermost layer. Due to the characteristics of the n-type ZnO, the n-type ZnO formed on the uppermost layer of the GaN-based light emitting device may exhibit a high brightness light emitting device property by not only functioning as an electron injection layer but also by depositing pad metal without a separate conductive film.
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