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- the present disclosure relates to a group III nitride semiconductor light emitting device as a whole, and more particularly, to a group III nitride semiconductor light emitting device including a diffusion barrier to prevent diffusion of Mg into the last quantum well layer.
- the group III nitride semiconductor light emitting device has a compound semiconductor layer of Al (x) Ga (y) In (1-xy) N (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1, 0 ⁇ y ⁇ 1, 0 ⁇ x + y ⁇ 1).
- Means a light emitting device, such as a light emitting diode comprising a and does not exclude the inclusion of a material consisting of elements of other groups such as SiC, SiN, SiCN, CN or a semiconductor layer of these materials.
- FIG. 1 is a view illustrating an example of a conventional Group III nitride semiconductor light emitting device, wherein the Group III nitride semiconductor light emitting device is grown on the substrate 100, the buffer layer 200 grown on the substrate 100, and the buffer layer 200.
- the active layer 400 grown on the n-type nitride semiconductor layer 300, on the p-type nitride semiconductor layer 500 and the p-type nitride semiconductor layer 500 grown on the active layer 400.
- P-type electrode 600 to be formed P-type electrode 600 to be formed, p-side bonding pad 700 to be formed on p-side electrode 600, and n-type nitride semiconductor in which p-type nitride semiconductor layer 500 and active layer 400 are mesa-etched and exposed.
- N-side electrode 800 formed over the layer.
- a GaN-based substrate is used as the homogeneous substrate, and a sapphire substrate, a SiC substrate, or a Si substrate is used as the heterogeneous substrate. Any substrate may be used as long as the nitride semiconductor layer can be grown.
- the n-side electrode 800 may be formed on the SiC substrate side.
- the nitride semiconductor layers grown on the substrate 100 are mainly grown by MOCVD (organic metal vapor growth method).
- the buffer layer 200 is for overcoming the difference in lattice constant and thermal expansion coefficient between the dissimilar substrate 100 and the nitride semiconductor, and US Pat. No. 5,122,845 has a thickness of 100 ⁇ to 500 ⁇ at a temperature of 380 ° C. to 800 ° C. on a sapphire substrate.
- a technique for growing an AlN buffer layer is described, and U.S. Patent No. 5,290,393 describes Al (x) Ga (1-x) N (0) having a thickness of 10 Pa to 5000 Pa at a temperature of 200 to 900 C on a sapphire substrate. ⁇ x ⁇ 1)
- WO / 05/053042 discloses growing a SiC buffer layer (seed layer) at a temperature of 600 ° C to 990 ° C, and then placing In (x) Ga thereon. Techniques for growing a (1-x) N (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1) layer are described. Preferably, before the n-type nitride semiconductor layer 300 is grown, an undoped GaN layer is formed on the buffer layer 200.
- n-type contact layer In the n-type nitride semiconductor layer 300, at least a region (n-type contact layer) on which the n-side electrode 800 is formed is doped with an impurity, and the n-type contact layer is preferably made of GaN and doped with Si.
- U. S. Patent No. 5,733, 796 describes a technique for doping an n-type contact layer to a desired doping concentration by controlling the mixing ratio of Si and other source materials.
- the active layer 400 is a layer that generates photons (light) through recombination of electrons and holes, and is mainly composed of In (x) Ga (1-x) N (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1), and one quantum well layer (single quantum wells) or multiple quantum wells.
- the p-type nitride semiconductor layer 500 is doped with an appropriate impurity such as Mg (magnesium), and has an p-type conductivity through an activation process.
- an appropriate impurity such as Mg (magnesium)
- US Patent No. 5,247,533 describes a technique for activating a p-type nitride semiconductor layer by electron beam irradiation
- US Patent No. 5,306,662 discloses a technique for activating a p-type nitride semiconductor layer by annealing at a temperature of 400 ° C or higher.
- the p-side electrode 600 is provided to provide a good current to the entire p-type nitride semiconductor layer 500.
- US Patent No. 5,563,422 is formed over almost the entire surface of the p-type nitride semiconductor layer and is a p-type nitride semiconductor. A technique for a light-transmitting electrode made of Ni and Au in ohmic contact with the layer 500 is described.
- US Pat. No. 6,515,306 discloses forming an n-type superlattice layer on a p-type nitride semiconductor layer. The technique which formed the translucent electrode which consists of ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) on it is described.
- ITO Indium Tin Oxide
- the p-side electrode 600 may be formed to have a thick thickness so as not to transmit light, that is, to reflect the light toward the substrate side, this technique is referred to as flip chip (flip chip) technology.
- U. S. Patent No. 6,194, 743 describes a technique relating to an electrode structure including an Ag layer having a thickness of 20 nm or more, a diffusion barrier layer covering the Ag layer, and a bonding layer made of Au and Al covering the diffusion barrier layer.
- the p-side bonding pad 700 and the n-side electrode 800 are for supplying current and wire bonding to the outside, and US Patent No. 5,563,422 describes a technique in which the n-side electrode is composed of Ti and Al.
- the n-type nitride semiconductor layer 300 or the p-type nitride semiconductor layer 500 may be composed of a single layer or a plurality of layers, and recently, the substrate 100 may be nitrided by laser or wet etching. A technique for manufacturing a vertical light emitting device separately from the above is being introduced.
- FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of an Mg doping profile of a p-type nitride semiconductor layer mentioned in International Publication WO / 00/059046, where the p-type nitride semiconductor layer 500 is located on the active layer 400 side.
- the clad cladding layer 510, the low concentration layer 520, and the p-type contact layer 530 are formed.
- the low concentration layer 520 is made of 2000A thick undoped GaN and contributes to the improvement of the electrostatic discharge (ESD) characteristics.
- the p-type contact layer 530 is for contact with the p-side electrode 600 and is made of Mg-doped GaN at a high concentration of 1 ⁇ 10 20 / cm 3 of 1200A thickness.
- the p-type cladding layer 510 is made of Mg-doped AlGaN at a high concentration of 5x10 19 / cm 3 having a thickness of 300A to lower the forward voltage of the light emitting device and to improve light efficiency.
- the low concentration layer 520 is not doped, but Mg diffuses from the p-type contact layer 530 and the p-type cladding layer 510 to have a doping concentration of less than 1 ⁇ 10 19 .
- the doping of the p-type cladding layer 510 affects the undoped GaN layer introduced to improve the EDS characteristics.
- the present inventors have observed that the p-type impurity or the doped p-type nitride semiconductor layer 500 Attention has been given to how the p-type dopant (eg, Mg) affects the active layer 400.
- an n-type nitride semiconductor layer a p-type nitride semiconductor layer doped with a p-type dopant; an active layer positioned between the n-type nitride semiconductor layer and the p-type nitride semiconductor layer, the active layer including a quantum well layer to generate light through recombination of electrons and holes; And positioned between the quantum well layer and the p-type nitride semiconductor layer so as to contact both, and forming a surface thereof so as to smooth the interface with the p-type nitride semiconductor layer, thereby preventing diffusion of the p-type dopant into the quantum well layer.
- a Group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device comprising a diffusion barrier.
- the diffusion barrier refers to the last barrier layer in terms of the active layer.
- Ga gallium
- a diffusion barrier film having a formed surface and preventing diffusion of the p-type dopant into the quantum well layer;
- a group III nitride semiconductor light emitting device is provided in the active layer, the barrier layer being positioned opposite to the diffusion barrier based on the quantum well layer and containing a smaller amount of In than the diffusion barrier. .
- the active layer from a p-type dopant (eg, Mg) doped in the p-type nitride semiconductor layer.
- a p-type dopant eg, Mg
- FIG. 1 is a view showing an example of a conventional group III nitride semiconductor light emitting device
- FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of an Mg doping profile of a p-type nitride semiconductor layer mentioned in International Publication No. WO / 00/059046;
- FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of a group III nitride semiconductor light emitting device according to the present disclosure
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an active layer examined in the present disclosure
- FIG. 5 is a view showing an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) image of the last barrier layer of the structure active layer of FIG.
- AFM Atomic Force Microscope
- FIG. 6 is a view showing a scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the structure active layer of FIG.
- FIG. 8 shows an AFM image of the last barrier layer of the active layer shown in FIG. 7,
- FIG. 9 is a view showing a doping profile of Mg measured by Secondary Ion Mass Spectormetry (SIMS) equipment;
- FIG. 10 is a view showing the results of measuring the PL (Photoluminescence) of the light emitting element 1 and the light emitting element 2,
- FIG. 11 is a view showing the results of EL (Electroluminescence) measurement of the light emitting element 1 and the light emitting element 2,
- Fig. 12 is a graph showing the relationship between the amount of In as the active ingredient (Surfactant) and the surface roughness and the density of the V-type pits.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a group III nitride semiconductor light emitting device according to the present disclosure, in which the group III nitride semiconductor light emitting device is disposed on a substrate 10, a buffer layer 20, and a buffer layer 20 grown on the substrate 10.
- the active layer 40 is composed of a plurality of quantum well layers and a plurality of barrier layers.
- the active layer 40 includes a plurality of quantum barrier layers B1, B2, B3, B4, and B5 made of GaN from the n-side and a plurality of InGaN.
- the quantum well layers W1, W2, W3, and W4 are alternately stacked, and the last quantum well layer (W5) and the last barrier layer (B6) are positioned on the p side.
- the diffusion profile of the Mg (magnesium) doped in the p-type nitride semiconductor layer 50 was investigated for this active layer 40 (denoted by S1), and a doping concentration of 2 ⁇ 10 19 / cm 3 was determined.
- the last barrier layer (B6; Last QB) continued to exhibit a doping concentration of about 1 ⁇ 10 19 / cm 3, and thus, even in the case of the last quantum well layer (W5; Last QW). It can be seen that on average it shows a high doping concentration of about 3x10 18 / cm 3.
- the present inventors examined the surface photograph of the active layer 40 to grasp the mechanism by which Mg diffuses from the p-type nitride semiconductor layer 50 to the last quantum well layer W5 through the last barrier layer B6. .
- FIG. 5 is a view showing an atomic force microscope (AFM) image of the last barrier layer of the structure active layer of FIG. 4, and it can be seen that a large number of atypical grains are formed to have a very rough surface.
- the sample is prepared by preparing a sapphire substrate as the substrate 10, thereafter forming a buffer layer 20 of SiC / InGaN having a thickness of about 30 nm, and forming an undoped 2 um thick GaN layer thereon, and then n As the type nitride semiconductor layer 30, a 2um thick n-type GaN layer doped with silicon doped about 5x10 18 / cm 3 was formed thereon, followed by a barrier layer of GaA having a thickness of 100A (B1, B2, B3, B4, B5).
- AFM atomic force microscope
- the last barrier layer B6 was grown to a thickness of 15 nm at a rate of 0.5 A / sec using a TEGa 200 sccm as a group 3 source and 30 L of ammonia as a group 5 source at 350 tor pressure and 850 ° C. temperature.
- FIG. 6 is a view showing a scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the structure active layer of FIG. 4, and it can be seen that a plurality of V-type pits are formed on the surface of the active layer 40.
- SEM scanning electron microscope
- the inventors expect that Mg diffuses into the last quantum well layer W5 through the rough surface of the last barrier layer B6 and the interface between the V-type pits and the p-layer nitride semiconductor layer 50.
- the barrier layer (B6) the method of preventing this diffusion was examined. Since the V-type pit starts from the threading dislocation of the thin film, it is difficult to control the last barrier layer B6. Therefore, a method of improving the surface roughness of the last barrier layer B6 has been examined. This is possible by increasing the movement distance of group III elements (eg gallium) on the growth surface during thin film growth. The principle is that when the movement distance of group III elements increases on the growth surface, the group III elements have a stable surface energy.
- group III elements eg gallium
- the surface movement distance of the Group 3 element is increased, and the supply of Group 5 elements (eg, nitrogen) is reduced to delay the time that Group 3 elements are combined with the nitrogen element, which is a Group 5 element, and the growth rate of the thin film.
- Group 5 elements eg, nitrogen
- Etc. can be mentioned.
- the method of increasing the thickness of the last barrier layer (B6) it is possible to think of a method for forming a barrier against the diffusion of Mg, but may bring a side effect of increasing the operating voltage of the light emitting device, additionally in conjunction with the present disclosure This may be considered.
- FIG. 7 shows another example of the active layer examined in the present disclosure, in which the last barrier layer B6 has a bandgap energy smaller than the remaining barrier layers B1, B2, B3, B4, and B5.
- the active layer 40 was formed by using In (indium) as an active element (Surfactant) that can increase the surface movement distance of the group 3 element, and by controlling the growth conditions.
- In (indium) as an active element (Surfactant) that can increase the surface movement distance of the group 3 element, and by controlling the growth conditions.
- TEGa 200sccm as a group 3 source
- 30L of ammonia as a group 5 source
- 300sccm of TMIn serving as surface activity were grown to a thickness of 15 nm at a rate of 0.5 A / sec. It became.
- Indium content of the last barrier layer (B6) grown at this time is estimated to be about 3% by X-ray and PL measurements.
- FIG. 8 is a view showing an AFM image of the last barrier layer of the active layer shown in FIG. 7, and it can be seen that the roughness and morpholoyg of the last barrier layer B6 are greatly improved.
- the diffusion profile of the Mg doped to the p-type nitride semiconductor layer 50 was examined for the active layer 40 (see S2 of FIG. 9). Unlike the active layer 40 of FIG. ; 1x10 from Last-QB) 19 1x10 from a doping concentration of about / cm3 18 / Cm 3 It can be seen that there is a significant prevention of Mg diffusion with a doping concentration of about 5x10 in the last quantum well layer (W5; Last-QW). 17 It can be seen that it has a doping concentration of about / cm 3.
- two light emitting devices were fabricated as follows to know how the degree of diffusion of Mg into the last quantum well layer W5 affects the characteristics of the light emitting device.
- the two light emitting devices have the structure shown in FIG. 3, but differ only in the structure of the active layer 40.
- W1, W2, W3, W4 are designed to have a wavelength of 445 nm
- W5 is designed to have a wavelength of 475 nm for differentiation. The wavelength was divided by controlling the growth temperature.
- the light emitting element 1 and the light emitting element 2 were formed under the following conditions.
- the substrate 10 As the substrate 10, after mounting a 420 um thick C-plane sapphire substrate on the MOCVD equipment, first performing a prebaking at about 1100 ° C. for 5 minutes, and then lowering the reactor temperature to 550 ° C. to 30 nm thick SiC / InGaN. The buffer layer 30 was grown. Next, a undoped 2 um thick GaN layer was grown at a reactor temperature of 1050 ° C., and as the n-type nitride semiconductor layer 30, an n-type GaN layer doped with silicon about 5 ⁇ 10 18 / cm 3 was grown about 2 um.
- a quantum well layer (W1) consisting of a barrier layer (B1, B2, B3, B4, B5) of 100A thick GaN and InGaN of 30A thick , W2, W3, W4: 445 nm wavelength, growth temperature of 750 ° C.) and quantum well layer (W5: 475 nm wavelength, growth temperature of 730 ° C.) were grown five times in sequence.
- the growth temperature difference between the barrier layers B1, B2, B3, B4 and B5 and the quantum well layers W1, W2, W3, W4 and W5 was maintained at about 100 ° C.
- a final barrier layer B6 made of GaN having a thickness of 150A was formed.
- the last barrier layer B6 was grown to a thickness of 15 nm at a rate of 0.5 A / sec using a TEGa 200 sccm as a group 3 source and 30 L of ammonia as a group 5 source at 350 tor pressure and 850 ° C. temperature.
- a final barrier layer B6 of In 0.03 Ga 0.97 N having a thickness of 150 A was formed.
- TEGa 200sccm as a group 3 source, 30L of ammonia as a group 5 source, and 300sccm of TMIn serving as surface activity were grown to a thickness of 15 nm at a rate of 0.5 A / sec. It became.
- a 150-nm-thick p-type GaN layer having an Mg doping concentration of about 2x10 19 / cm 3 was grown at about 1000 ° C.
- the light emitting device 1 and the light emitting device 2 were manufactured as chips having a size of 600x250um.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a result of measuring photoluminescence (PL) of light emitting device 1 and light emitting device 2, and at 445 nm, light intensity (PL intensity) of light emitting device 1 (denoted by S1) and light emitting device 2 (denoted by S2) is shown.
- the light emitting element 2 showed about 72% improvement at the wavelength of 475 nm.
- the internal quantum efficiency of the quantum well layer (W1, W2, W3, W4) unaffected by Mg means that the two light emitting devices are the same.
- the received last quantum well layer W5 means that the internal quantum efficiency is significantly different according to the amount of diffused Mg impurities.
- FIG. 11 is a view showing the results of EL (Electroluminescence) measurement of Light Emitting Device 1 and Light Emitting Device 2, wherein light emission in a 445 nm quantum well layer is relatively low due to relatively large mass and low mobility of hole carriers.
- the EL intensity of the light emitting device 2 (indicated by S2) is less than that of Mg impurity at 475 nm wavelength. ), About 15% improvement. This means that Mg penetrated into the last well layer W5 has a sensitive influence on the EL intensity.
- the light emitting element 2 having the last quantum well layer W5 having low Mg diffusion has excellent light emission characteristics, which is the surface roughness and / or morphology of the last barrier layer B6.
- the interface between the active layer 40 and the p-type nitride semiconductor layer 50 can be formed smoothly, thereby preventing the diffusion of Mg through the active layer including the last quantum well layer (W5) This is because the internal quantum efficiency of 40 is improved.
- the p-type nitride semiconductor layer 50 may be provided with an undoped layer or a lightly doped layer in order to improve ESD characteristics, wherein the p-type nitride semiconductor layer 50 is transferred to the active layer 40.
- the Mg must be further provided with a layer doped at a high concentration (eg 2 ⁇ 10 19 / cm 3) for a smooth current supply.
- the present disclosure can particularly protect the active layer 40 from the diffusion of Mg when the p-type nitride semiconductor layer 50 having the doping profile of such a p-type dopant is used.
- the present disclosure discloses that the region of the p-type nitride semiconductor layer 50 in contact with the last barrier layer B6 has a doping concentration of 1 ⁇ 10 19 / cm 3 or more.
- the average concentration in the last quantum well layer W5 has a doping concentration of less than 1 ⁇ 10 18 / cm 3, that is, 10 17 / cm 3 order or less.
- the last barrier layer B6 Although there is a sharp decrease from 1 ⁇ 10 19 / cm 3 to 1 ⁇ 10 18 / cm 3 in FIG. 9, regardless of the doping concentration of the p-type nitride semiconductor layer 50, the last barrier layer ( When the doping concentration at the interface between the last barrier layer (B6) and the last quantum well layer (W5) results in a reduction effect of 50% or more as compared with the interface between the B6) and the p-type nitride semiconductor layer 50, the effect is expected.
- the doping concentration at the interface between the last barrier layer (B6) and the last quantum well layer (W5) results in a reduction effect of 50% or more as compared with the interface between the B6) and the p-type nitride semiconductor layer 50, the effect is expected.
- W5 the doping concentration at the interface between the last barrier layer (B6) and the last quantum well layer (W5) results in a reduction effect of 50% or more as compared with the interface between the B6) and the p-type nitride semiconductor
- Mg has been examined in the present disclosure, it may be applicable to other p-type dopants such as Zn.
- Fig. 12 is a diagram showing the relationship between the amount of In as an active factor and the surface roughness and the density of the V-type pits, when In is added to improve the roughness of the last barrier layer 6 made of GaN. The change in surface roughness and the density of V-type pits is shown.
- In represents GaN injected with In x Ga 1-x N
- the amount (x) of In as an active factor (Surfactant) preferably has a lower limit of 0.01 or more in consideration of the surface planarization effect, and more preferably x has a value of 0.02 or more.
- the surface roughness was improved the most at x 0.03, and in view of this point, the range of x values according to the present disclosure may be limited to x having a value of 0.03 or more.
- a barrier layer of In x Ga 1-x N (generally, the x values of all barrier layers are the same)
- x is 0.01 or more
- the energy barrier is lowered, the electron trapping phenomenon in the quantum well layer is worsened, and the quality of the active layer thin film is deteriorated due to strain or the like as the content of indium in the entire active layer is increased. Therefore, in this application example, when a plurality of barrier layers of In x Ga 1-x N are used, only the last barrier layer B6 has x of 0.01 or more, and the remaining barrier layers have a value of x of less than 0.01. It can be formed to have.
- x of the last barrier layer (B6) of In x Ga 1-x N may be formed to have a value of 0.01 or more larger than x of the remaining barrier layer, more preferably a value of 0.02 or more
- x is too large, the energy barrier is excessively lowered to offset the efficiency improvement in the last quantum well layer which is improved by preventing the diffusion of Mg. Therefore, it is unreasonable for x to have a value of 0.15 or more.
- the thickness of the last barrier layer (B6) is not particularly limited in its upper limit, but if it is too thick, it will help to prevent Mg diffusion, but it will act as a resistance from the viewpoint of the light emitting device as a whole to increase the operating voltage of the light emitting device. It should also be taken into account that loss of holes with very low mobility (about 1/20 times electrons) and very large effective mass (about 5 times electrons) can occur compared to electrons. . From this point of view, it will be very difficult to set it to 1000 mV or more.
- the lower limit thereof preferably has a thickness of 50 GPa or more in order to prevent Mg diffusion.
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- n형 질화물 반도체층;p형 도펀트로 도핑된 p형 질화물 반도체층;n형 질화물 반도체층과 p형 질화물 반도체층 사이에 위치하며, 전자와 정공의 재결합을 통해 빛을 생성하도록 양자 우물층을 구비하는 활성층; 그리고,양자 우물층과 p형 질화물 반도체층 사이에서 양자에 접촉하도록 위치하며, p형 질화물 반도체층과의 계면이 매끄럽게 되도록 그 표면을 형성하여, p형 도펀트의 양자 우물층으로의 확산을 방지하는 확산 방지막;을 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 3족 질화물 반도체 발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,p형 질화물 반도체층은 확산 방지막과 접하는 영역에서 1x1019/㎤ 이상의 도핑 농도를 가지는 것을 특징으로 하는 3족 질화물 반도체 발광소자.
- 청구항 2에 있어서,p형 질화물 반도체층은 확산 방지막과 접하는 영역 보다 낮은 도핑 농도를 가지는 영역을 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 3족 질화물 반도체 발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,양자 우물층은 p형 도펀트에 대해 1x1018/㎤ 미만의 평균 도핑 농도를 가지는 것을 특징으로 하는 3족 질화물 반도체 발광소자.
- 청구항 4에 있어서,p형 질화물 반도체층은 확산 방지막과 접하는 영역에서 1x1019/㎤ 이상의 도핑 농도를 가지는 것을 특징으로 하는 3족 질화물 반도체 발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,확산 방지막은 p형 질화물 반도체층과 양자 우물층 사이에서 50% 이상의 도핑 농도 차이를 가지는 것을 특징으로 하는 3족 질화물 반도체 발광소자.
- 청구항 1 내지 청구항 6 중의 어느 한 항에 있어서,p형 도펀트는 Mg인 것을 특징으로 하는 3족 질화물 반도체 발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,확산 방지막은 3족 원소인 Ga(갈륨)과, Ga의 표면 이동거리를 증가시킬 수 있는 활성 역할을 하는 요소(Surfactant)로서 In을 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 3족 질화물 반도체 발광소자.
- 청구항 8에 있어서,확산 방지막은 InxGa1-xN으로 이루어지며, x는 0.01 이상의 값을 가지는 것을 특징으로 하는 3족 질화물 반도체 발광소자.
- 청구항 9에 있어서,확산 방지막은 InxGa1-xN으로 이루어지며, x는 0.02 이상의 값을 가지는 것을 특징으로 하는 3족 질화물 반도체 발광소자.
- 청구항 10에 있어서,확산 방지막은 InxGa1-xN으로 이루어지며, x는 0.03 이상의 값을 가지는 것을 특징으로 하는 3족 질화물 반도체 발광소자.
- 청구항 8 내지 청구항 11 중의 어느 한 항에 있어서,활성층은 양자 우물층을 기준으로 확산 방지막의 반대 측에 위치하는 장벽층을 포함하며,장벽층은 확산 방지막보다 작은 양의 In을 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 3족 질화물 반도체 발광소자.
- 청구항 12에 있어서,확산 방지막은 에너지 장벽을 높이는 Al을 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 3족 질화물 반도체 발광소자.
- n형 질화물 반도체층;p형 도펀트로 도핑된 p형 질화물 반도체층;n형 질화물 반도체층과 p형 질화물 반도체층 사이에 위치하며, 전자와 정공의 재결합을 통해 빛을 생성하도록 양자 우물층을 구비하는 활성층;양자 우물층과 p형 질화물 반도체층 사이에서 양자에 접촉하도록 위치하며, 3족 원소인 Ga(갈륨)과, Ga의 표면 이동거리를 증가시킬 수 있는 활성 역할을 하는 요소(Surfactant)로서 In을 통해 형성된 표면을 구비하고, p형 도펀트의 양자 우물층으로의 확산을 방지하는 확산 방지막; 그리고,활성층 내에서, 양자 우물층을 기준으로 확산 방지막의 반대 측에 위치하며, 확산 방지막보다 작은 양의 In을 함유된 장벽층;을 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 3족 질화물 반도체 발광소자.
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