KR20110094556A - Light emitting diode and method for fabricating the same - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a light emitting diode having a high resistance to reverse ESD and a method of manufacturing the same, using a light transmitting electrode in which a unit stacked film having a 2DEG effect is stacked, and the light emitting diode of the present invention comprises an n-type semiconductor layer and a p A light emitting structure having a semiconductor layer; And a light transmitting electrode on the p-type semiconductor layer having a unit stacked film having a structure in which two or more films are stacked.
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The present invention relates to a light emitting diode and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a light emitting diode having a high resistance to reverse ESD by using a light transmitting electrode of the laminated unit unit film having a 2DEG effect and a method of manufacturing the same. will be.
In general, a conventional gallium nitride-based light emitting diode has a mesa structure in which a buffer layer, an n-type GaN-based cladding layer, an active layer, and a p-type GaN-based cladding layer are stacked on a sapphire substrate, which is an insulating substrate, and a p-type GaN-based cladding. The transparent electrode and the p-side electrode are sequentially stacked on the layer, and the n-side electrode is formed on the n-type cladding layer exposed by mesa etching. In gallium nitride-based light emitting diodes, holes coming from the P-side electrode and electrons coming from the n-side electrode recombine in the active layer to emit light corresponding to the energy bandgap of the active layer material composition.
Such gallium nitride-based light emitting diodes are generally vulnerable to electrostatic discharge (ESD) despite the fact that the energy band gap is quite large. That is, when exposed to electrostatic discharge, its function is completely lost or a potential defect can occur, resulting in reduced lifetime or malfunction of the device. In general, when exposed to forward ESD stress in the light emitting diode, the current flows out well to prevent the breakdown by static electricity to a certain level. However, when exposed to reverse ESD stress, most of them are exposed to reverse ESD stress. It does not escape the current, causing destruction.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in an effort to provide a light emitting diode having improved reverse ESD characteristics by applying a light transmitting electrode having a maximum 2DEG effect and a method of manufacturing the same.
In order to solve the above technical problem, the light emitting diode of the present invention includes a light emitting structure having an n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer; And a light transmitting electrode on the p-type semiconductor layer having a unit stacked film having a structure in which two or more films are stacked.
The unit stacked film may include a first film made of an oxide semiconductor material and a second film made of a material having an electron affinity greater than that of the first film.
The unit laminated film may further include a metal film on the second film made of a metal material having an electron affinity greater than that of the second film.
The metal film may be any one selected from Ni, Au, Pt, and alloys thereof, and the metal film preferably has a thickness of 0.1 nm to 1 μm.
The first film may be any one selected from NiO, ITO, CIO, and MIO, and the thickness of the first film may be 0.1 nm to 1 μm.
It is preferable that the lowest 1st film | membrane of the said unit laminated film makes ohmic contact with the said p-type semiconductor layer.
The second film may be any one selected from IZO, AgO, SnO, and InO, and the thickness of the second film is preferably 0.1 nm to 1 μm.
The light transmissive electrode may be stacked up to 100 unit stacked layers, and the first layer of the lowest unit stacked layer of the light transmissive electrode may make an ohmic contact with the p-type semiconductor layer.
In addition, the method of manufacturing a light emitting diode of the present invention comprises the steps of forming a light emitting structure having an n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer; And forming a light-transmitting electrode by forming a unit stacked film in which two or more films are stacked on the p-type semiconductor layer.
The forming of the light transmitting electrode may include forming a first film made of an oxide semiconductor material; And forming a unit layer film by forming a second film made of a material having an electron affinity greater than the first film on the first film.
The forming of the light transmitting electrode may further include forming a metal film formed of a metal material having an electron affinity greater than that of the second film on the second film.
As described above, according to the present invention, a light emitting diode having a high resistance to reverse ESD and a method of manufacturing the same may be provided by using a light transmitting electrode in which a unit laminated film having a 2DEG effect is stacked.
1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a light emitting diode according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2A to 2C are cross-sectional views illustrating a method of manufacturing a light emitting diode according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view for explaining the electron affinity relationship of the materials used in the light transmitting electrode of the light emitting diode according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a graph of IV characteristics of a general light emitting diode and a light emitting diode according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a graph illustrating reverse IV characteristics of a general light emitting diode and a light emitting diode according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a characteristic graph of reverse ESD of a light emitting diode according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The features and acts of the present invention will become apparent from the embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The detailed description set forth below in connection with the appended drawings is made with the intention of describing preferred embodiments of the invention, and does not represent the only forms in which the invention may be practiced. It should be noted that the same and equivalent functions included in the spirit or scope of the present invention may be achieved by other embodiments. In addition, certain features disclosed in the drawings are enlarged for ease of description, and the drawings and their components are not necessarily drawn to scale. However, those skilled in the art will readily understand these details. In addition, the same reference numerals are used for the same components in the drawings, and redundant description of the same components is omitted.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a light emitting diode according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, a light emitting diode according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a
In more detail, the
The
The
The
The n-
In addition, the
On the other hand, the
The
The
The
As described above, since the
The
The
On the other hand, the
A portion of the n-
2A to 2C are cross-sectional views illustrating a method of manufacturing a light emitting diode according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 2A, first, a
After the
In more detail, the n-
The
The p-
Referring to FIG. 2B, after forming the
In this case, the
Formation of the unit laminated film is as follows.
First, a
After the
In this case, a
The unit laminated film is repeatedly stacked up to 100 times to form the
Referring to FIG. 2C, after forming the
Then, the
In the present invention, for example, the
3 is a view for explaining the electron affinity relationship of the materials used in the light transmitting electrode of the light emitting diode according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 3, the
For example, the electron affinity of NiO, which may be used as the
In addition, it can be seen that the
Therefore, when the reverse ESD occurs, the light emitting diode according to the embodiment of the present invention is delayed in the injection of current due to the difference in electron affinity of each film at the boundary of each film, and due to the high work function of the
Hereinafter, preferred examples are provided to aid the understanding of the present invention. However, the following experimental examples are only for helping understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the following experimental examples.
Experimental Example
The light emitting diode according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured as follows to check the electrical characteristics.
On the sapphire substrate, n-type GaN doped with silicon with n-
Then, a unit laminated
Comparative example
A general light emitting diode is configured as follows to check electrical characteristics.
On the sapphire substrate, n-type GaN doped with silicon with n-
A 5 nm Ni film and a 5 nm Au film are laminated to form a light transmitting electrode. An n-
4 is a graph showing I-V characteristics of a general light emitting diode and a light emitting diode according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 4, it can be seen that the driving voltage of the LED according to the embodiment of the present invention is increased by about 0.5 eV compared to the driving voltage of the general LED. This is attributable to the resistivity of the second film in the light emitting diode using the light transmitting electrode in which the unit laminated film composed of the first film, the second film, and the metal film of the present invention is laminated as compared to the light emitting diode using the light transmitting electrode. . When the second film is composed of a 3 nm ZIO film and a metal film 3 nm Au film, the resistivity of the second film reaches 10 -3占 cm, and the driving voltage of the light emitting diode increases.
However, an increase in driving voltage of about 0.5 eV in the light emitting diode is a change in driving voltage that is not a big consideration in using the light emitting diode.
5 is a graph illustrating reverse I-V characteristics of a general light emitting diode and a light emitting diode according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 5, it can be seen that the light emitting diode according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention has a large decrease in reverse current compared to a general light emitting diode.
This is due to the light transmitting electrode applied to the light emitting diode according to the embodiment of the present invention. In other words, in the unit laminated film composed of the first film, the second film and the metal film, the injection of the current is delayed at the boundary of the cornea, and the diffusion of the current occurs in the second film.
Therefore, the light transmitting electrode of the light emitting diode according to the embodiment of the present invention serves to delay and interrupt the flow of reverse current, thereby improving resistance to reverse ESD.
6 is a characteristic graph of reverse ESD of a light emitting diode according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 6, it can be seen that in the light emitting diode according to the embodiment of the present invention, the leakage current increases rapidly at −4 kV, and the device is destroyed. However, typical light emitting diodes are destroyed at about −0.3 kV or less.
Therefore, it can be seen that the reverse ESD characteristic of the LED according to the embodiment of the present invention is greatly improved.
As described above, the light emitting diode of the present invention has a unit stack of the same type as the
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And a light transmitting electrode on the p-type semiconductor layer having a unit stacked film having a structure in which two or more films are stacked.
The unit laminated film
A light emitting diode comprising a first film made of an oxide semiconductor material and a second film made of a material having a greater electron affinity than the first film.
And the unit lamination film further comprises a metal film on the second film made of a metal material having an electron affinity greater than that of the second film.
The metal film is a light emitting diode, characterized in that any one selected from Ni, Au, Pt and alloys thereof.
The thickness of the metal film is a light emitting diode, characterized in that from 0.1nm to 1㎛.
The first film is any one selected from NiO, ITO, CIO and MIO.
The thickness of the first film is a light emitting diode, characterized in that 0.1nm to 1㎛.
The lowermost first film of the unit stacked film makes an ohmic contact with the p-type semiconductor layer.
The second film is a light emitting diode, characterized in that any one selected from IZO, AgO, SnO and InO.
The thickness of the second film is a light emitting diode, characterized in that 0.1nm to 1㎛.
The light transmitting electrode is a light emitting diode, characterized in that the unit laminated film is laminated 2 to 100 times.
The first film of the lowermost unit laminated film of the light transmitting electrode makes an ohmic contact with the p-type semiconductor layer.
And forming a light-transmitting electrode by forming a unit stacked film having two or more films stacked on the p-type semiconductor layer.
Forming the light transmitting electrode
Forming a first film made of an oxide semiconductor material; And
And forming a unit layer film by forming a second film made of a material having a higher electron affinity than the first film on the first film.
Forming the light transmitting electrode
And forming a metal film made of a metal material having an electron affinity than the second film on the second film.
The metal film is any one selected from Ni, Au, Pt and alloys thereof.
Forming the light transmitting electrode
A method of manufacturing a light emitting diode, characterized in that the unit laminated film is laminated 2 to 100 times.
The first film of the lowermost unit laminated film of the light transmitting electrode makes an ohmic contact with the p-type semiconductor layer.
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