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- the present invention relates to a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor light-emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly to a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor light-emitting device having a high light emission output and a low driving voltage and a method for manufacturing the same.
- Gallium nitride compound semiconductor light-emitting devices have an n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer placed between the light-emitting layers, and inject current from the negative electrode and the positive electrode formed in contact with each other. Luminescence is obtained.
- the negative electrode is formed by digging from above by a method such as etching and laminating one or more metal thin films on the exposed n-type semiconductor layer.
- the positive electrode is composed of a conductive film provided on the entire p-type semiconductor layer and a metal multilayer film (bonding pad) formed on a part of the conductive film.
- the conductive film is provided in order to distribute the current from the metal multilayer film to the entire p-type semiconductor layer. This is a characteristic of the gallium nitride compound semiconductor material, and is related to the small current diffusion in the lateral direction of the material within the film.
- the conductive film is used as a current spreading layer for spreading the current from the metal multilayer film to the entire P-type semiconductor layer.
- Mako The conductive film needs to be light transmissive in order to extract emitted light to the outside. For this reason, a transparent conductive film is generally used as the conductive film used in the gallium nitride compound semiconductor light emitting device.
- the configuration of the positive electrode conductive film has been a combination of Ni and Co oxides and Au as a contact metal contacting the p-type semiconductor layer (for example, Patent No. 2). 8 0 3 7 4 2).
- a metal oxide an oxide with higher conductivity, such as an ITO film, has been used to increase the light transmittance in a state where the contact metal is thinned or no contact metal is interposed.
- the structure is adopted (for example, refer to Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-3 8 2 6 5)
- Ni or Co oxide layers Compared to Ni or Co oxide layers, layers made of conductive transparent material such as IT ⁇ film have better light transmission, so the film thickness can be compared without impairing light extraction. It is possible to increase the thickness.
- the Ni or Co oxide layer is used in the range of 10 to 50 nm, whereas the conductive transparent film such as an ITO film has a thickness of 20 to 500 nm. Thickness is utilized.
- the advantage of using a conductive transparent film such as an ITO film as the positive electrode conductive film of the gallium nitride compound semiconductor light emitting device is higher than that of the conventional positive electrode conductive film, so that the same injection current can be obtained.
- the light output is increased.
- it is a conductive film, it has a problem that the contact resistance with the ⁇ -type semiconductor layer is larger than that of the conventional positive electrode conductive film, resulting in a side effect that the driving voltage during use increases.
- Mg is increased on the ⁇ -type semiconductor layer, which is the outermost surface of the device structure.
- Forming a p + layer In the case of forming p-type I riQj Gao. G N layer as in the literature (K-I MC hangetal., Solid—State Electronics 4 9 (2 0 0 5), 1 3 8 1) There is also.
- G a 2 ⁇ 3 utilized as an electrode of the p-type gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor technology has also been published (e.g., JP-2 0 0 6 - Ref 2 6 1 3 5 8 JP).
- G a 2 ⁇ 3 is low and conductivity when compared to ITO, emission caused by to constitute the transparent electrode from which only the spread of current rather than charge amount, increase and the light emitting region of the drive voltage is limited The decrease in output became a problem. Disclosure of the invention
- An object of the present invention is to provide a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor light-emitting device that solves the above-described problems, has a high light emission output, and has a low driving voltage, and a method for manufacturing the same.
- the present inventor when bringing an electrode made of a conductive translucent material into contact with a p-type gallium nitride compound semiconductor layer, a layer containing a compound having a Ga—O bond and / or an N—O bond therebetween By forming As a result, it has been found that the contact resistance can be reduced, and several manufacturing methods therefor have been found to complete the present invention. That is, the present invention provides the following inventions.
- An n-type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer made of a gallium nitride compound semiconductor are provided in this order on a substrate, and the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer have a negative electrode.
- a positive electrode, and the positive electrode is made of an oxide material having conductivity and translucency, and a Ga—O bond and Z or N — are provided between the P-type semiconductor layer and the positive electrode.
- a gallium nitride compound semiconductor light emitting device characterized in that a layer containing a compound having a bond exists.
- the gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor light-emitting device according to the above item 1, wherein the oxide material is at least one selected from the group consisting of ITO, IZO, AZO, and ZnO.
- n-type semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer made of a gallium nitride compound semiconductor are formed in this order on the substrate, and the formed n-type semiconductor layer and p-type semiconductor layer are formed.
- the surface of the p-type semiconductor layer is formed after the positive electrode forming step.
- a method for producing a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor light-emitting device comprising: forming a layer containing a compound having a Ga —O bond and / or an N —O bond.
- the step of forming a layer containing a compound having a Ga —O bond and / or an N — O bond on the surface of the p-type semiconductor layer is a heat treatment at a temperature of 300 or more.
- n-type semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer made of a gallium nitride compound semiconductor are formed in this order on the substrate, and the formed n-type semiconductor layer and p-type semiconductor layer are formed.
- a gallium nitride compound semiconductor light emitting device is manufactured by forming a negative electrode and a positive electrode made of an oxide material having conductivity and translucency, respectively, a positive electrode is formed after the p-type semiconductor layer is formed.
- a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor light emitting device comprising a step of forming a layer containing a compound having a Ga—O bond and a Z or N—O bond on the surface of the p-type semiconductor layer before the step Manufacturing method.
- the step of forming a layer containing a compound having a Ga 100 bond and a NO or N-0 bond on the surface of the p-type semiconductor layer is performed at a temperature of 700 or more in an atmosphere not containing ammonia. 7.
- the step of forming a layer containing a compound having a Ga_O bond and / or an N—O bond on the surface of the p-type semiconductor layer is a temperature lowering process after the p-type semiconductor layer is formed, and the carrier gas is 7.
- the method for producing a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor light-emitting element according to the above 6, comprising lowering the temperature in an atmosphere containing a gas other than hydrogen and not introducing ammonia 7 and then exposing to an oxygen-containing atmosphere.
- a lamp comprising the gallium nitride compound semiconductor light-emitting element according to the item 1 or 2.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a cross section of a gallium nitride based semiconductor light emitting device of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the epitaxial multilayer structure produced in Example 1.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view of the gallium nitride semiconductor light-emitting device fabricated in Example 1.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view of the gallium nitride semiconductor light-emitting device fabricated in Example 1.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the temperature lowering process after the growth of the p-type semiconductor layer in Example 1.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the temperature lowering process after the growth of the p-type semiconductor layer in Example 1.
- FIG. 6 is an N 1 s hard X-ray excited electron emission spectrum measured with a sample in which the p-type semiconductor layer and the ITO electrode of the gallium nitride based semiconductor light-emitting device of the present invention are formed.
- FIG. 8 is a hard X-ray excited electron emission spectrum of N 1 s measured from the p-type semiconductor layer side of the epitaxial multilayer structure fabricated in Example 1.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a cross section of a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor light-emitting device according to the present invention in which a positive electrode made of ITO is directly provided on a p-type semiconductor layer.
- reference numeral 7 denotes a positive electrode, which is composed of a light-transmitting electroconductive film 7 a made of ITO and a bonding pad layer 7 b.
- Reference numeral 5 denotes a p-type semiconductor layer, which is composed of a p-type cladding layer 5 a and a p-type contact layer 5 b.
- 6 is a layer containing a compound having a Ga—O bond and a Z or N—O bond.
- 1 is a substrate
- 2 is a buffer layer
- 3 is an n-type semiconductor layer
- 4 is a light emitting layer
- 8 is a negative electrode.
- Example 1 a sample having an electrode structure according to the present invention was prepared, and hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy at Spring-8 was applied to the region of the p-type gallium nitride compound semiconductor layer on which ITO was formed.
- the escape depth of the light dragon is about 7 nm.
- Fig. 5 shows the analysis result of the 2 p 3/2 peak of Ga
- Fig. 6 shows the analysis result of the 1 s peak of N.
- the shape of the spectrum shown in Fig. 5 shows that this peak is formed by superposition of two components.
- the peak is decomposed using the peak fitting method, it is derived from the G a _ N bond. It can be seen that it corresponds to the peak (peak A in Fig. 5) and the peak derived from G a-O bond (peak B in Fig. 5).
- the G a _ N bond may be derived from the p-type gallium nitride compound semiconductor G a N.
- the G a _O bond is derived from gallium oxide (G aO x ). This indicates that a GaO x layer with a thickness of several nanometers is formed at the interface between 1 and 0 aN.
- the light-emitting element fabricated in Example 1 described later contains gallium oxide (GaO x ) between the electrically conductive and translucent oxide ITO and p-type GaN. You can see that it has a layer. In addition, there are components with N—O bond.
- GaO x gallium oxide
- the compound having a G A_ ⁇ bond is formed eg G a 2 ⁇ gully ⁇ beam oxides such as 3 (G A_ ⁇ x).
- examples of a compound having a Ga—O bond and / or an N—O bond include G a ( 2 — y ) N y O ( 3 — 3y ) (0 There is a complex oxide represented by ⁇ y ⁇ 1).
- the thickness of the layer containing a compound having a Ga bond and a N-bond can be determined by the following method.
- the film thickness of the layer containing a compound having a G a —O bond and a Z or N —O bond is preferably 1 nm or more and 100 nm or less. More preferably, it is 5: 1 111 or more and 2 0 11 111 or less.
- composition of the layer containing a compound having a G a — ⁇ bond and / or an N—O bond can be arbitrarily determined, but 50% or more of the compound has a Ga a—O bond and / or an N—O bond. It is desirable that the crystal be gallium nitride.
- a compound having a G a 10 bond and a Z or N—O bond exists can be freely selected. Of course, it may be in the form of an island or a spot. However, it is desirable that the contact area with the conductive translucent oxide layer and the gallium nitride compound semiconductor layer is large, and 50% or more of the surface area has Ga—O bonds and Z or N—O bonds. It is desirable that the compound has. In addition, it is most desirable that the layer exists between the conductive translucent oxide and the gallium nitride compound semiconductor.
- a gallium oxide layer is separately formed after forming a type gallium nitride compound semiconductor.
- a general method such as a sputtering method, a vapor deposition method, or a CVD method can be used without any problem.
- a sputtering method a vapor deposition method
- CVD method a CVD method
- a method for producing a layer containing a compound having a G a —O bond and / or an N —O bond there is a method using annealing.
- Annealing is performed after the formation of the conductive light-transmitting oxide electrode film, thereby promoting the reaction between the electrode film and the P-type semiconductor layer, and includes a compound having a Ga —O bond and / or an N —O bond. Layers can also be formed.
- the annealing temperature after forming the electrode film may be 3 0 0 or more, more preferably 4 0 0 or more, and particularly preferably 6 0 0 or more.
- a suitable annealing time is 10 seconds to 30 minutes.
- the atmospheric gas in the vapor phase can include oxygen, nitrogen, argon, etc., but may be vacuum. It is preferable that oxygen be included.
- annealing may be performed after the formation of the P-type semiconductor layer and before the formation of the conductive light-transmitting oxide electrode film.
- Gallium nitride compound semiconductors are known to cause nitrogen depletion when annealed in an atmosphere that does not contain ammonia at temperatures above 7 O 2 O t. By exposing the surface of the gallium-excessed surface through the elimination of nitrogen to an oxygen-containing atmosphere, a layer containing a compound having a Ga—O bond and / or an N—O bond can be formed on the surface.
- the atmosphere containing oxygen may be oxygen itself, or a gas obtained by separately mixing oxygen and other gases may be prepared, or air may be used.
- the temperature can be appropriately selected, but it may be room temperature.
- the annealing may be performed in an oxygen-containing atmosphere.
- gallium nitride When gallium nitride is heat-treated, in the initial stage of the heat treatment, hydrogen is desorbed from the crystal, and then nitrogen is desorbed by the decomposition of the crystal. (See, for example, I. Wak i, etal, J. Appl. Phy s. 90, 6500-6504. (200 1)).
- the heat treatment needs to be held for a certain period of time in order for nitrogen to start desorption. Specifically, holding for 1 minute or longer is required, and holding for 5 minutes or longer is more desirable.
- the effect similar to that of annealing can also be obtained by adjusting the atmospheric gas in the gas phase when the temperature is lowered after the gallium nitride compound semiconductor is formed.
- a p-type gallium nitride compound semiconductor is formed by using ammonia and an organic metal as raw materials, using hydrogen, nitrogen, or the like as a carrier gas at a high temperature from 90 to 120.
- the gas phase atmosphere is changed to a hydrogen-free atmosphere, and the supply of ammonia is stopped at a temperature of 70 ° C. or higher, so that the surface of the gallium nitride semiconductor is overexposed.
- the formed surface can be formed. By exposing this surface to an atmosphere containing oxygen, a layer containing a compound having a G a —O bond and / or an N—O bond can be formed on the surface.
- the atmosphere containing oxygen may be oxygen itself, or a gas obtained by separately mixing oxygen and other gases may be prepared, or air may be used.
- the temperature can be appropriately selected, but the room temperature may be used. That is, a layer containing a compound having a 0 & -0 bond and / or a N-0 bond can be formed only by exposure to air at room temperature. This method is one of the preferred methods because it is the cheapest and the process is not redundant.
- the substrate 1 includes a sapphire single crystal (A 1 2 0 3 ; A plane, C plane, M plane, R plane) spinel single crystal (Mg A l 2 0 4 ) Z n 0 single crystal, L i a l ⁇ 2 single crystal, L i G A_ ⁇ 2 single crystal, M g O single crystal or G a 2 ⁇ 3 oxide single crystal substrate such as a single crystal, and S i single crystal, S i C single crystals, G a a s single crystal, a 1 N single crystal, the G a N single crystal or Z r non-oxide single-crystal substrate or we selected known substrate materials were such boride single crystal such as B 2 no Can be used without limitation.
- the plane orientation of the substrate is not particularly limited, and the off-angle may be arbitrarily selected.
- Buffer layer n-type semiconductor layer, the gallium nitride-based semiconductor that make up the light-emitting layer and a p-type semiconductor layer, the general formula A 1 x I n y G a ,. X. Y N (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1, 0 Semiconductors of various compositions represented by ⁇ y ⁇ 1 and 0 ⁇ x + y ⁇ 1) are known.
- the general formula A 1 x I y G a y N (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1 , 0 ⁇ y ⁇ 1 0 ⁇ x + y ⁇ 1)
- Semiconductors with various compositions represented by the following can be used without any limitation.
- Examples of methods for growing these gallium nitride semiconductors include organic metal phase growth (MO C VD), molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), and hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HV PE). is there.
- MO C VD organic metal phase growth
- MBE molecular beam epitaxy
- HV PE hydride vapor phase epitaxy
- the MOC VD method with easy composition control and mass productivity is suitable, but it is not necessarily limited to this method.
- the organometallic material trimethylgallium (TMG) or triethylgallium (TEG) is used as the raw material for Ga.
- TMG trimethylgallium
- TAA triethylaluminum
- TMA triethylaluminum
- N source ammonia (NH 3 ) or hydrazine (N 2 H 4 ) is used.
- Si or Ge is used as a dopant material.
- Monosilane (S 1 H 4 ) or disilane (S i 2 H 6 ) is used as the Si raw material, and germane (G e H 4 ) or an organic germanium compound is used as the Ge raw material.
- dopant is used and Mg is used.
- Mg is used as the raw material.
- the raw material for example, biscyclopentadecenyl magnesium (C p 2 Mg) or bisethylcyclopentagenyl magnesium ((E t C p) 2 g) is used.
- the low-temperature buffer layer disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 3 0 2 6 0 8 7 or the like is the high-temperature buffer layer disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2 0 3-2 4 3 3 0 2 or the like.
- These buffer layers can be used without any limitation.
- the substrate 1 to be used for growth can be selected from those described in the previous section, but here we describe the case where a sapphire substrate is used.
- the substrate is placed on a jig (susceptor) made of graphite with SiC film installed in a reaction space where temperature and pressure can be controlled, and hydrogen carrier gas and nitrogen carrier gas are placed there. Together with NH 3 gas and TMA.
- Graphite jig with SiC film is heated to the required temperature by induction heating with RF coil, and an A 1 N buffer layer is formed on the substrate.
- the temperature is controlled from 5 0 0 to 7 0 0, and then the temperature is raised back and forth at 1 1 0 0 for crystallization.
- the temperature can be raised to a temperature range from 1 00 0 to 1 2 0 0 at a time, not two-stage heating.
- the A 1 N single crystal substrate or the GaN single crystal substrate described above it is not always necessary to grow a buffer layer, and an n-type semiconductor layer described later is directly grown on the substrate.
- an n-type semiconductor layer includes an underlayer consisting of an undope G a N layer, an n-type dopant such as Si or Ge, and an n-type contact layer and a light emitting layer provided with a negative electrode It consists of an n-type cladding layer with a larger band gap energy.
- the n-type contact layer can also serve as the n-type cladding layer and / or the underlayer.
- an underlayer composed of an undoped GaN layer is grown on the buffer layer.
- Temperature is set to 1 0 0 0-1 2 0 0, under pressure control, Komu feeding NH 3 gas and TMG in carrier gas and the monitor buffer layer.
- the amount of TMG supplied is limited by the ratio with NH 3 that flows simultaneously, controlling the growth rate between 1 mZ and 3 m is effective in suppressing the occurrence of crystal defects such as dislocations.
- the region of 20 to 60 kP (20 to 60 mbar) is optimal for securing the above growth rate.
- An n-type contact layer is grown following the growth of the GaN layer.
- the growth conditions are the same as those for the undoped GaN layer.
- the dopant is supplied with the carrier gas, but the supply concentration is controlled by the ratio with the TMG supply. In the present invention, it will be described later! )
- the driving voltage of a light-emitting element having a positive electrode made of an oxide material can be lowered.
- the driving voltage depends on the dopant concentration of the n-type contact layer. Therefore, it is advisable to determine the dopant concentration of the n-type contact layer according to the growth conditions of the p-type semiconductor layer.
- the thicknesses of the undoped GaN layer and the dopant-containing n-type semiconductor layer are preferably 1 to 4 / zm, respectively, but are not necessarily limited to this range.
- As a means to suppress the propagation of crystal defects from the substrate and buffer layer to the upper layer it is possible to increase the film thickness of the undoped G a N layer and the Z or dopant-containing n-type semiconductor layer. Filming induces warpage of the wafer itself, which is not a good idea. In the present invention, it is preferable to set the film thickness of each layer within the above range.
- the light emitting layer those having various compositions and structures are known, and those having any composition and structure including these known ones can be used in the present invention.
- a light emitting layer having a multiple quantum well structure is formed by alternately laminating n-type G a N layers as barrier layers and G aln N layers as well layers.
- For carrier gas select N 2 or H 2 for use. NH 3 and TEG or TMG are supplied with this carrier gas.
- TM I is further supplied for the growth of the GaInN layer. In other words, it takes a process of supplying In intermittently while controlling the growth time. Since the control of I n concentration is difficult by H 2 is interposed in the carrier gas in the growth of G a I n N layer, and H 2 as the carrier gas in this layer It is not a good idea to use it.
- the film thickness of the barrier layer (n-type G a N layer) and well layer (G a I n N layer) is selected so that the light emission output is the highest. After the optimal film thickness has been determined, the growth time is selected appropriately according to the amount of Group III raw material supplied.
- the amount of dopant to the barrier layer also depends on the driving voltage of the light-emitting element, but the concentration is selected according to the growth conditions of the P-type semiconductor layer.
- the dopant can be either S i or G e.
- the growth temperature is preferably between 700 and 10:00, but is not necessarily limited to this range.
- the growth temperature should be selected within a range that does not become too high.
- the growth temperature of the light emitting layer is set in the range of 70 to 100, but there is no problem even if the growth temperature of the barrier layer and the well layer is changed.
- the growth pressure is set in balance with the growth rate. In the present invention, the growth pressure is preferably between 20 kP (20 mbar) and 60 kP (60 mbar), but is not necessarily limited to this range.
- the number of well layers and barrier layers is 3 to 7 for both, but it is not necessarily limited to this range.
- the light-emitting layer ends with the last barrier layer grown (final barrier layer) o
- the barrier layer prevents the carrier from overflowing from the well layer—and prevents the overflow of the p-type semiconductor layer. It plays a role in preventing re-desorption of In from the final well layer.
- a P-type semiconductor layer is a P-type n-type layer consisting of a p-type cladding and a shoulder, which are larger than the light-emitting layer. Sakai also serves as a P-type cladding Say it with a word.
- the amount of P-type dopant doped into the P-type dielectric layer is 1 X 1
- the amount of Mg doped in the P-type composite h layer can be controlled by appropriately adjusting the abundance ratio of Ga and M to be circulated during growth. For example,
- control is limited by the ratio of TMG, which is the raw material for Ga, and CP 2 Mg, which is the raw material for Mg.
- the P-type contact layer is stacked directly on the final barrier layer of the light-emitting layer, and the p-type contact layer is stacked thereon.
- the P-type contact layer is the top layer.
- a conductive translucent oxide, such as ITO, which forms part of the positive electrode is in contact therewith. It is preferable to use G a ⁇ or G a A 1 ⁇ ⁇ for the ⁇ -type cladding layer. In this case, layers having different compositions or lattice constants may be alternately stacked. It is also possible to change the Mg concentration.
- the growth of the P-type dielectric layer is performed as follows. TMG, TMA, and dopant C p 2 Mg are mixed with carrier gas (hydrogen or nitrogen).
- the growth temperature at this time is preferably in the range of 98.degree. 9 8
- the well layer of the underlying light emitting layer may be placed in a high temperature environment during the P-type contact layer growth process, possibly causing thermal damage. There is. In this case, there is a risk of causing a decrease in strength at the time of making the light emitting device or a deterioration in strength under a resistance test.
- the growth pressure is not particularly limited, but is preferably 50 kP ( 5 0 0 mbar)
- the reason for this is that when grown below this pressure, the A 1 concentration in the in-plane direction of the p-type contact layer can be made uniform, and if necessary, the A 1 composition of Ga A 1 N can be changed. This is because control is easy when growing a changed p-type contact layer. Under conditions higher than this pressure, the reaction between the supplied TMA and NH 3 becomes prominent, and TMA is consumed before reaching the substrate in the middle of growth, making it difficult to obtain the desired A 1 composition. . The same thing can be said about Mg that has been sent as a punch.
- the Mg concentration distribution in the two-dimensional direction (in-plane direction of the growth substrate) in the p-type contact layer is uniform (surface of the growth substrate). Internal uniformity).
- the growth rate V gc of the p-type contact layer is preferably 10 to 2 OnMZ, and more preferably 13 to 2 OnMZ.
- ⁇ (g / G a) is 0. 7 5 X 1 0 one 2 ⁇ 1. 5 X 1 0 - 2 by weight, more preferably 0. 7 8 X 1 0- 2 ⁇ 1. 2 X 1 0- 2 .
- the Mg concentration in the p-type contact layer is 1 X 10 19 to 4 X 10 2 () atoms Z cm 3 , preferably 1.5 1 0 19 to 3 10 2 () atoms.
- Ji 111 3 more preferably can be controlled to 9 X 1 0 19 ⁇ 2 X 1 0 2 fl atoms Z cm 3.
- the film thickness of the p-type contact layer is preferably 50 to 300 nm, more preferably 100 to 20 nm.
- the growth rate is determined by measuring the film thickness of the p-type contact layer by TEM observation or spectroscopic ellipsometry of the eight cross sections and dividing it by the growth time.
- the Mg concentration in the p-type contact layer can be obtained by a general mass spectrometer (SIMS). Next, the negative electrode and the positive electrode provided on the n-type contact layer and the p-type contact layer will be described.
- the negative electrode those having various compositions and structures are known, and those of any composition and structure can be used in the present invention, including these known materials.
- Various production methods are known as the production method, and these known methods can be used.
- a negative electrode formation process is based on the following procedures, for example.
- a known photolithography technique and a general etching technique can be used for producing the negative electrode forming surface on the n-type contact layer. With these technologies, it is possible to dig from the uppermost layer of the wafer 8 to the position of the n-type contact layer, and to expose the n-type contact layer in the region where the negative electrode is to be formed.
- the negative electrode material metal materials such as Cr, W, and V as well as Al, Ti, Ni, and Au can be used as the contact metal in contact with the n-type contact layer.
- a multilayer structure in which a plurality of contact metals are selected from the above metals may be used. When the outermost surface is Au, the bonding property is good.
- a conductive and translucent oxide such as ITO, IZO, AZO, and ZnO is used for the positive electrode.
- ITO is the most common conductive oxide, and it is assumed that IT 0 is composed of 50% ⁇ I ⁇ ⁇ 1 0 0% and 0% ⁇ Sn ⁇ 50%. It is preferable. Within this range, low film resistance and high light transmittance can be satisfied. It is particularly preferable that In is 90% and Sn is 10%. I ⁇ contains impurities as Group II 1 1 1 Group I
- the film thickness of the I T O film is 50 0 500 ⁇ m, which is preferably 50 nm or less, the film resistance of the I T O film itself is high, but the driving pressure is high. On the other hand, if it is thicker than 500 nm, the efficiency of extracting light from the upper surface is lowered, and the light output is not increased.
- a well-known method can be used. There are resistance heating methods and electron beam heating methods for vacuum deposition, but the electron beam heating method is suitable for the deposition of materials other than metals.
- a method can be used in which the compound as a raw material is made liquid and applied to the surface to form an oxide film by appropriate treatment.
- the crystallinity of the I T O film is affected by conditions, but this is not the case if the conditions are properly selected. If an I ⁇ ⁇ film is fabricated at room temperature, heat treatment for transparency is required.
- a bonding pad layer that forms the bonding pad portion is formed on a part of the surface, and the two are combined to form the positive electrode.
- a material for the small padding layer those having various structures are known. In the present invention, these well-known materials can be used without particular limitation. Used as negative electrode material In addition to A l, T i, N i, and A u, C r, W, and V can be used without any limitation. However, it is desirable to use a material with good adhesion to the ITO film. The thickness must be sufficiently thick so as not to damage the ITO film against the stress during bonding.
- the outermost layer is preferably made of a material having good adhesion to the bonding pole, for example, Au.
- the gallium nitride based semiconductor light emitting device of the present invention can be formed into a lamp by providing a transparent cover by means well known in the art, for example.
- a white lamp can be manufactured by combining the gallium nitride compound semiconductor light emitting device of the present invention and a power bar having a phosphor.
- a lamp manufactured from the gallium nitride compound semiconductor light-emitting device of the present invention has high light output and low driving voltage, it can be used in mobile phones, displays, panels, and the like incorporating the lamp manufactured by this technology.
- Mechanical devices such as electronic devices, automobiles incorporating such electronic devices, convenience stores, game machines, etc. can be driven with low power and can realize high characteristics.
- battery-powered devices such as mobile phones, game machines, toys, and automobile parts are effective in saving power.
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of the epitaxial laminated structure 11 used for the LED 10 produced in this example.
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic plan view of L E D 10.
- the Mg-doped p-type A 1 G a N contact layer 10 7 was grown according to the following procedure.
- Vapor phase growth of contact layer 10 7 consisting of Mg doped A 1 G a N layer After ending the process, the carrier gas was immediately switched from H 2 to N 2 , the NH 3 flow rate was reduced, and the nitrogen flow rate of the carrier gas was increased by the reduced amount. Specifically, during the growth, NH 3 , which accounted for 50% of the total gas flow, was reduced to 0.2%. At the same time, the power supply to the high frequency induction heating type heater that was used to heat the substrate 10 1 was stopped.
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of this cooling process.
- the atomic concentrations of magnesium and hydrogen in the contact soot layer 107 were quantified by a general SIMS analysis method. Mg atoms were distributed at a constant concentration of 1.5 X 10 2 () cm- 3 in the depth direction from the surface. On the other hand, the hydrogen atom was present at a substantially constant concentration of 7 X 10 19 c ⁇ 3 .
- the resistivity was estimated to be approximately 15 OQ cm based on measurement by a general TLM method.
- LED10 shown in Fig. 3 was fabricated using the above-mentioned epitaxial laminated structure 11 having the P-type contact layer.
- a positive electrode made of ITO is formed on the p-type contact layer by a sputtering method.
- the conductive translucent oxide electrode layer made of ITO was formed on the gallium nitride compound semiconductor by the following operation.
- a conductive translucent oxide electrode layer 110 made of ITO was formed on a ⁇ -type AlGaN contact layer using a known photolithography technique and a lift-off technique.
- a substrate on which a gallium nitride compound semiconductor layer is stacked is placed in a sputtering apparatus, and is first formed on a p-type A 1 GaN contact layer.
- ITO with a thickness of about 2 nm was deposited by RF sputtering, and then ITO with a thickness of about 400 nm was deposited by DC sputtering.
- the pressure during RF deposition was approximately 1.0 Pa, and the supply power was 0.5 kW.
- the pressure during DC film formation was approximately 0.8 Pa, and the supply power was 0.5 kW.
- Sputtering can be performed by appropriately selecting conventionally known conditions using a conventionally known sputtering apparatus.
- a substrate on which a gallium nitride compound semiconductor layer is stacked is housed in a chamber.
- the chamber vacuum of 1 0-1 0 - evacuated until 7 P a.
- He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, etc. can be used as the sputtering gas. It is desirable to use A r because it is easily available.
- One of these gases is introduced into the chamber, and the discharge is performed after the gas reaches 0.1 to 10 Pa. Preferably, it is set in the range of 0.2 to 5 Pa.
- the supplied power is preferably in the range of 0.2 to 2. O kW.
- the thickness of the layer to be formed can be adjusted by adjusting the discharge time and supply power.
- annealing was performed for 1 minute in a nitrogen atmosphere containing 20% oxygen at 80.degree.
- a first layer of Cr is formed on the I TO film layer 110 and a part of the exposed Si-doped n-type G a N contact layer 10 3 by vacuum deposition.
- Layer thickness 40 nm
- a positive electrode bonding pad layer 1 1 1 and a negative electrode 1 0 9 were formed.
- the bonding pad layer 1 1 1 and the negative electrode 1 0 9 The back surface of the fire substrate 10 0 1 was polished using fine diamond abrasive grains, and finally finished to a mirror surface. Thereafter, the laminated structure 1 1 was cut and separated into 3 5 0; individual square LEDs with m squares.
- the chip was placed on a simple lead frame (T O-18) for measurement, and the negative electrode and the positive electrode were each connected to the lead frame with gold (A u) wire.
- a forward current was passed between the negative electrode 10 9 and the positive electrode 110 of the LED chip mount manufactured by such a process, and the electrical characteristics and the light emission characteristics were evaluated.
- the forward current is 20 mA
- the forward drive voltage (V f) is 3.0 V
- the reverse voltage (V r) is 20 V or more. there were.
- the wavelength of the light emitted from the ITO electrode to the outside is 4 55 nm, and the light output measured with a general integrating sphere is 15 mW.
- about 10 000 LEDs were obtained from the 5.1 cm (2 inch) diameter eight, excluding defective products, but these characteristics were consistent.
- a sample with a thickness of 3 nm was prepared by RF sputtering using RF sputtering, annealed for 1 minute, and then used with hard X-rays with Spring-8 energy of 5 9 4 8 e V.
- the photoelectron spectroscopic analysis was conducted from the IT side. The results are shown in Figs. From Fig. 5, it was confirmed that there is a component with a G a-N bond and a component with a G a-O bond for G a. On the other hand, Fig. 6 shows that N has a component with N-O bond in addition to N-Ga bond.
- the layer 10 8 containing a compound having a Ga—O bond and an N—O bond between the 1 layer and the type 8 10 03 ⁇ contact layer was obtained.
- the thickness was determined to be 5.3 nm.
- Example 2 The laminated structure produced in Example 2 was formed under the same film formation conditions as in Example 1.
- the gas phase atmosphere was composed of hydrogen and the amount of ammonia was not reduced.
- LED10 was produced using the above-mentioned epitaxial laminated structure 11 having the P-type contact layer.
- the method for forming the electrode was also the same as in Example 1. That is, after forming the ITO film, annealing was performed for 1 minute at 80 ° C. in a nitrogen atmosphere containing 20% oxygen.
- a forward current was passed between the negative electrode 109 and the positive electrode 110 of the LED chip manufactured by such a process, and the electrical characteristics and the light emission characteristics were evaluated.
- the forward drive voltage (V f) was 3.0 5 V when the forward current was 20 mA, and the reverse voltage (V r) was 20 V or more when the current was IOA. .
- the wavelength of light emitted from the ITO electrode to the outside was 4 5 5 ⁇ m, and the light output measured with a general integrating sphere was 15.5 mW. Appearance is not good from 18 cm diameter 2 cm. Except for non-defective products, about 100 000 LEDs were obtained, but these characteristics were consistent.
- a sample with a thickness of 3 nm was prepared by RF sputtering using RF sputtering, annealed for 1 minute, and then used with hard X-rays with Spring-8 energy of 5 9 4 8 e V.
- the photoelectron spectroscopic analysis was conducted from the IT side. As a result, a layer 108 containing a compound having a Ga_0 bond and an N-0 bond between the ITO layer and the p-type A1GaN contact layer was confirmed.
- the laminated structure produced in Comparative Example 1 was formed under the same film formation conditions as in Example 1.
- the gas phase atmosphere was composed of hydrogen and the amount of ammonia was not reduced.
- heat treatment was performed for 30 seconds at 90 ° C. in a nitrogen atmosphere using another rapid heating type rapid furnace furnace. After the heat treatment was completed, it was left in a nitrogen atmosphere and the temperature was lowered to room temperature. After that, it was left in the furnace for about 1 hour.
- LED10 was fabricated using the above-mentioned epitaxial multilayer structure 1.1 with the p-type contact layer.
- the method for forming the electrode was also the same as in Example 1. However, no heat treatment was performed after the I T O film was formed.
- a forward current was passed between the negative electrode 109 and the positive electrode 110 of the LED chip manufactured by such a process, and the electrical characteristics and the light emission characteristics were evaluated.
- the forward drive voltage (V f) was 3.6 V, which was significantly higher than Examples 1 and 2.
- the reverse voltage (V r) when the current was I O A was 20 V or higher.
- the wavelength of the light emitted from the IT ⁇ electrode to the outside is 4 5 5 ⁇
- the emission power measured by a general integrating sphere was 13 mW.
- approximately 10 000 LEDs were obtained, except for defective external appearance, from the 5-lcm (2 inch) diameter wafers.
- the gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor light-emitting device of the present invention has a good light emission output and a low driving voltage, so that its industrial utility value is very large.
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