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- the present invention relates to a nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light-emitting device and a nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light-emitting device on which the nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light-emitting device is mounted, and in particular, a flip for extracting light having a light emission center wavelength of about 355 nm or less from the substrate side.
- the present invention relates to a technique for improving an electrode structure of a nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting device for chip mounting.
- an AlGaN-based nitride semiconductor is based on an GaN or an AlGaN layer having a relatively small AlN molar fraction (also called an AlN mixed crystal ratio or Al composition ratio), and a light emitting element or a light receiving element having a multilayer structure thereon.
- FIG. 16 shows a crystal layer structure of a typical conventional AlGaN light emitting diode. In the light-emitting diode shown in FIG.
- a base layer 102 including an AlN layer is formed on a sapphire substrate 101, and an n-type AlGaN n-type cladding layer 103 and an AlGaN / GaN multiple quantum well active layer are formed on the base layer 102.
- 104, a p-type AlGaN electron block layer 105, a p-type AlGaN p-type cladding layer 106, and a p-type GaN contact layer 107 are sequentially laminated.
- the multiple quantum well active layer 104 has a structure in which a plurality of structures in which a GaN well layer is sandwiched between AlGaN barrier layers are stacked.
- the multiple quantum well active layer 104, the electron block layer 105, the p-type cladding layer 106, and the p-type contact layer 107 are etched away until a partial surface of the n-type cladding layer 103 is exposed.
- a Ni / Au p-electrode 108 is formed on the surface of the p-type contact layer 107, and a Ti / Al / Ti / Au n-electrode 109 is formed on the exposed surface of the n-type cladding layer 103. ing.
- the emission wavelength is shortened by changing the AlN mole fraction and film thickness, or the emission wavelength is lengthened by adding In, and the wavelength is increased from 200 nm.
- a light emitting diode having an ultraviolet region of about 400 nm can be manufactured.
- the luminous efficiency of the AlGaN-based semiconductor ultraviolet light-emitting device is as low as about one-half to one-half that of the InGaN-based semiconductor blue light-emitting device.
- the shorter the emission wavelength the higher the AlN mole fraction of the AlGaN-based semiconductor must be increased to increase the band gap energy.
- the difference in lattice constant between the semiconductor and the sapphire substrate increases.
- the AlGaN-based semiconductor ultraviolet light-emitting device has a problem that the density of threading dislocations in the AlGaN-based semiconductor thin film increases because the lattice mismatch increases as the emission wavelength becomes shorter. Is a factor that reduces the internal quantum efficiency of the AlGaN-based semiconductor light-emitting device.
- the blue light emitting element does not require a large band gap energy as compared with the ultraviolet light emitting element, the decrease in internal quantum efficiency due to the lattice mismatch is not remarkable, and the internal quantum efficiency is about 90%. Is achievable.
- the nitride semiconductor has a wurtzite type crystal structure and is asymmetric in the c-axis direction, it has a strong polarity, and an electric field due to spontaneous polarization is generated in the c-axis direction.
- a nitride semiconductor is a material having a large piezoelectric effect.
- an AlGaN-based semiconductor grown on a sapphire substrate in the c-axis direction generates an electric field (piezoelectric field) due to piezoelectric polarization in the normal direction of the interface.
- the well layer of the quantum well active layer includes both sides of the hetero interface between the well layer and the barrier layer.
- An internal electric field is generated in which the electric field due to the difference in spontaneous polarization and the piezoelectric field due to compressive strain are combined along the same c-axis direction.
- AlGaN-based semiconductor due to this internal electric field, the potential of both the valence band and the conduction band in the well layer of the active layer decreases from the n-type cladding layer side to the p-type cladding layer side.
- the fluctuation of the composition in which the In composition is unevenly distributed in the nanometer order in the crystal growth process occurs spontaneously.
- (In composition modulation effect) mitigates a decrease in light emission efficiency due to an internal electric field generated in the well layer of the quantum well active layer. That is, the light emitting efficiency of the ultraviolet light emitting diode is basically lower than that of an InGaN-based semiconductor blue light emitting diode in which the nitride semiconductor in the well layer contains a large amount of In.
- the nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light-emitting device has a light emission efficiency that is suppressed to about one-half to one-half that of the blue light-emitting device, and the forward voltage applied between the electrodes is The voltage is about twice as high as that of the blue light emitting element.
- the electric power that did not contribute to light emission among the input electric power is consumed as waste heat, in order to suppress the increase in the junction temperature due to the waste heat, the waste heat is efficiently discharged out of the element. Heat dissipation treatment is required.
- the necessity of the heat dissipation treatment is extremely higher than that of the blue light emitting device, and particularly, in the deep ultraviolet region where the emission wavelength is 300 nm or less, it becomes more remarkable.
- flip-chip mounting is generally employed (for example, see FIG. 4 of Patent Document 1 above).
- light emitted from the active layer passes through an AlGaN nitride semiconductor and a sapphire substrate having a band gap energy larger than that of the active layer, and is extracted outside the device.
- the sapphire substrate faces upward, the p-side and n-side electrode surfaces formed toward the upper surface of the chip face downward, and each chip-side electrode surface and a package such as a submount
- the electrode pads on the component side are electrically and physically bonded via metal bumps formed on each electrode surface.
- Electrodes and the package component side has the advantage of high light extraction efficiency and no light absorption in a large layer, and also in terms of heat dissipation compared to the face-up type mounting form using conventional wire bonding This is advantageous because the electrode pads are connected via thick, short, low thermal resistance metal bumps rather than elongated wires.
- the metal bumps are generally arranged in a spherical shape by dispersing a plurality of bumps in accordance with the electrode shape, it is difficult to form the metal bumps uniformly over the entire surface of each electrode. From the viewpoint of conduction, it was not ideal and there was room for improvement.
- nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting devices particularly deep ultraviolet light emitting devices with short emission wavelengths
- the junction temperature rises abnormally, resulting in a decrease in light output and further reliability of the device. Therefore, there is a need for a light-emitting element that can dissipate heat more efficiently.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a nitride semiconductor light emitting device capable of efficiently dissipating waste heat accompanying light emission.
- the present invention provides a first semiconductor layer composed of one or more n-type AlGaN based semiconductor layers and an active layer composed of one or more AlGaN based semiconductor layers having an AlN molar fraction of 0 or more.
- a semiconductor laminated portion formed by laminating a second semiconductor layer including one or more p-type AlGaN-based semiconductor layers, an n electrode made of one or more metal layers, a p electrode made of one or more metal layers, and A nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting device comprising a protective insulating film, A first plating electrode in contact with an exposed surface of the p-electrode that is not covered with the protective insulating film;
- a region occupied by one nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light-emitting element in a plane parallel to the surface of the semiconductor multilayer portion is defined as an element region, and in a part of the first region in the element region, An active layer and the second semiconductor layer are stacked on the first semiconductor layer, and in the second region other than the first region in the element region, the active layer and the second semiconductor layer are the first semiconductor layer.
- the first region has a concave portion surrounding the second region from three sides in a plan view shape
- the second region is constituted by a concave region surrounded by the concave portion of the first region and a peripheral region other than the concave region
- the n-electrode is formed on the first semiconductor layer in the second region across the recessed region and the peripheral region,
- the p-electrode is formed on an uppermost surface of the second semiconductor layer;
- the protective insulating film includes an entire outer peripheral side surface of the first region of the semiconductor stacked portion, an upper surface of the first semiconductor layer between the first region and the n electrode, and an outer peripheral edge of the n electrode.
- the first plating electrode is made of copper or a copper-based alloy formed by a wet plating method, and is spaced apart from the exposed surface of the n electrode that is not covered with the protective insulating film.
- a nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light-emitting device having a first characteristic that it is formed so as to cover a border region in contact therewith.
- a current flows from the p-electrode toward the n-electrode via the second semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the first semiconductor layer, so that ultraviolet rays are emitted from the active layer.
- the power that did not contribute to the light emission in the active layer is converted into heat and becomes waste heat, and waste heat is also generated in the parasitic resistance of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. Therefore, most of the waste heat is generated in the first region of the semiconductor stack.
- the AlN molar fraction needs to be higher than that of the active layer, for example, 20% or more.
- the n-type AlGaN-based semiconductor layer has a higher specific resistance than the n-type GaN when the AlN molar fraction is high, the distance from the n-electrode to the interface between the n-type AlGaN-based semiconductor layer and the active layer It is necessary to suppress the voltage drop due to the parasitic resistance in the first semiconductor layer.
- the first region is formed in a planar view shape having a concave portion surrounding the second region from three sides, for example, in a planar view comb shape, etc.
- region can make the surrounding length of a 1st area
- the contact area between the first layer and the second layer is referred to as a “covered surface” for convenience, and the first region has a shape in plan view having the concave portion. Since the distance between the generated position and the coated surface is shortened, the waste heat can be propagated to the first plating electrode side through the coated surface with high efficiency, greatly increasing the heat dissipation effect of the light emitting element. Can be improved.
- the separation distance between the first plated electrode and the exposed surface of the n electrode is not formed in the first plated electrode.
- the distance between the n-electrode and the p-electrode can be made longer, and when flip chip mounting is performed, the electric field applied to the sealing resin filled between the first plating electrode and the n-electrode can be reduced. Accordingly, when the short circuit phenomenon between the electrodes due to the photochemical reaction of the sealing resin with ultraviolet rays and the diffusion of the metal (metal migration) caused by the electric field is concerned by the composition of the sealing resin, the short circuit phenomenon. It is possible to greatly reduce the occurrence of.
- the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 has a detailed report on the short circuit phenomenon between the electrodes.
- Patent Document 1 a binding amorphous fluororesin having a reactive functional group whose terminal functional group exhibits binding properties to a metal is used in a place where a pad electrode of a nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting element is covered.
- the forward voltage is applied between the metal electrode wirings connected to the p-electrode and the n-electrode of the ultraviolet light emitting element to perform the ultraviolet light emitting operation, the electrical characteristics of the ultraviolet light emitting element are deteriorated.
- the forward voltage is applied between the metal electrode wirings connected to the p-electrode and the n-electrode of the ultraviolet light emitting element to perform the ultraviolet light emitting operation, the electrical characteristics of the ultraviolet light emitting element are deteriorated.
- the amorphous fluororesin when the amorphous fluororesin is a binding amorphous fluororesin, the binding amorphous fluororesin irradiated with high energy ultraviolet rays reacts with a photochemical reaction. It is considered that the functional terminal functional group is separated and radicalized to cause a coordinate bond with the metal atom constituting the pad electrode, and the metal atom is separated from the pad electrode. Further, during the light emission operation, an electric field is generated between the pad electrodes. As a result, it is considered that the metal atom undergoes migration, forms a resistive leak current path, and shorts between the p electrode and the n electrode of the ultraviolet light emitting element.
- the area of the upper surface of the first plating electrode can be significantly larger than the area of the upper surface of the p electrode, and between the first plating electrode and the package-side electrode pad when flip-chip mounting is performed. The contact area is greatly expanded, and the heat dissipation effect is further improved.
- the first plating electrode is separated by 75 ⁇ m or more from the exposed surface of the n electrode not covered with the protective insulating film. According to the preferred embodiment, the first plating electrode can be formed with a high yield without contacting the exposed surface of the n-electrode.
- the protective insulating film is an upper surface and a side surface of an outer peripheral edge of the p electrode, and the p electrode on the uppermost surface of the second semiconductor layer. It is preferred to further coat the uncoated exposed surface. According to the preferred embodiment, since there is an alignment margin between the end portion of the protective insulating film on the p-electrode and the outer periphery of the first region, the protective insulating film covers the entire outer peripheral side surface of the first region of the semiconductor stacked portion.
- the first plating electrode can cover the outer peripheral side surface of the first region of the semiconductor stacked portion. It can coat
- the nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light-emitting device is mainly composed of copper or copper formed by the wet plating method on at least an exposed surface of the n electrode that is not covered with the protective insulating film.
- a second feature is that a second plating electrode made of an alloy is further provided, and the first plating electrode and the second plating electrode are spaced apart from each other.
- the second feature makes it possible to make the heights of the upper surfaces of the first plating electrode and the second plating electrode uniform, and the first plating electrode and the second plating electrode correspond to the package side during flip chip mounting. Since the connection between the electrode pads can be realized by the same connection means, for example, soldering, the flip chip mounting process can be simplified.
- the second plating electrode can be formed in the same process as the first plating electrode.
- each surface of the first plating electrode and the second plating electrode is flattened, and each surface is perpendicular to the surface of the semiconductor stacked portion. It is preferable that the height positions in various directions are aligned.
- a separation distance between the first plating electrode and the second plating electrode is 75 ⁇ m or more.
- the first plating electrode and the second plating electrode can be formed with high yield without contacting each other.
- a single-layer or multi-layer plated metal film containing gold at least on the uppermost surface is formed on each surface of the first plating electrode and the second plating electrode. It is preferable. According to the preferred embodiment, even when the time until the flip chip mounting is long after the formation of the first plating electrode and the second plating electrode, the oxidation of the surfaces of the first plating electrode and the second plating electrode is prevented. Therefore, the connection with the corresponding electrode pad on the package side by soldering or the like can be reliably performed. Furthermore, it is also suitable for forming a gold (Au) bump or the like on the plated metal film.
- the entire outer periphery of the first plating electrode is located on the n-electrode via the protective insulating film. Furthermore, in the nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light-emitting device according to the first or second feature, the first plating electrode fills a recess surrounded by an outer peripheral side surface of the first region of the semiconductor stacked portion in the recess region. Preferably, the entire upper surface of the first plating electrode is flat. According to the preferred embodiment, a larger area can be secured between the first plating electrode and the package-side electrode pad by, for example, soldering during flip chip mounting. Heat dissipation through the first plating electrode close to the active layer, which is a large heat generation source, is promoted, and the heat dissipation effect is further improved.
- the wet plating method is an electrolytic plating method, and the electrolytic plating method is used between the protective insulating film and the first plating electrode. It is preferable that a seed film for power supply is formed.
- the protective insulating film is a transparent insulating film formed of an insulating material that transmits ultraviolet light emitted from the active layer, and the protective insulating film It is preferable that an ultraviolet reflecting layer that reflects the ultraviolet rays is provided between the film and the seed film with a reflectance higher than that of the seed film.
- the protective insulating film is a transparent insulating film
- the ultraviolet light is transmitted through the transparent insulating film and incident on the seed film. Since the ultraviolet light is only reflected to the semiconductor laminated portion side with the ultraviolet reflectance corresponding to the emission wavelength, the unreflected ultraviolet light is not effectively used.
- the ultraviolet light incident on the seed film can be used more effectively. The external quantum efficiency of can be improved.
- the protective insulating film is a transparent insulating film formed of an insulating material that transmits ultraviolet light emitted from the active layer, It is preferable that an opaque insulating film made of an insulating material that does not transmit ultraviolet rays emitted from the active layer is formed on at least a part of the protective insulating film between the plating electrode and the exposed surface of the n electrode. .
- the protective insulating film is an opaque insulating film formed of an insulating material that does not transmit ultraviolet light emitted from the active layer.
- the protective insulating film is a transparent insulating film
- a part of the ultraviolet light reflected at the interface on the back surface side of the semiconductor laminate where light is extracted proceeds toward the active layer side.
- a part of the light enters the part (gap part) where the first plating electrode is not formed on the protective insulating film and is emitted to the outside of the element through the gap part.
- Ultraviolet rays emitted outside the element through the gap portion enter the sealing resin filled in the flip chip mounting in the n electrode or the gap between the second plating electrode connected to the n electrode and the first plating electrode.
- the opaque insulating film the entry of the ultraviolet rays is suppressed, and deterioration of the sealing resin due to the entry of the ultraviolet rays can be prevented or suppressed.
- the present invention provides the nitriding of at least one of the first and second features described above on a base in which a metal film having a predetermined planar view shape including two or more electrode pads is formed on the surface of the insulating base.
- a physical semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting element is placed such that the first plating electrode faces the electrode pad, and the electrode pad facing the first plating electrode is electrically and physically connected.
- a nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting device having the first feature is provided.
- the nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting device having the first characteristic is realized by flip-chip mounting the nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting element having the above characteristic, and has the same effects as the nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting element having the above characteristic. .
- the nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting element is formed at least on the exposed surface of the n electrode not covered with the protective insulating film by the wet plating method.
- a second plated electrode made of copper or a copper-based alloy, wherein the first plated electrode and the second plated electrode are spaced apart from each other, and the single nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting device.
- the first plating electrode and one electrode pad are electrically and physically connected, and the second plating electrode and the other one electrode pad are electrically and physically connected.
- the second feature makes it possible to make the heights of the upper surfaces of the first plating electrode and the second plating electrode uniform.
- the first plating electrode and the second plating electrode correspond to the base side. Since the connection between the electrode pads can be realized by the same connection means, for example, soldering, the flip chip mounting process can be simplified.
- the base comprises a set of the first electrode pad and at least one second plating electrode electrically separated from the first electrode pad.
- a plurality of electrode pads are provided, a plurality of the nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting elements are mounted on the base, and the first plating electrode of one nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting element is the one set of the electrode pads.
- the first electrode pad of the first and the second plating electrode of the one nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting element are electrically and physically connected to the second electrode pad of the one set of the electrode pads, respectively. Preferably it is.
- the height of the upper surface of each electrode can be made uniform, and the flip
- the connection between the first plating electrode and the second plating electrode and the corresponding electrode pad on the package side for the plurality of nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting elements is the same connecting means, for example, soldering Therefore, the mounting process of a plurality of chips by flip chip mounting can be simplified.
- the nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light-emitting element and device having the above characteristics, it is possible to efficiently dissipate the waste heat accompanying light emission, thereby improving the light emission output and the reliability and lifetime of the element and device. be able to.
- Sectional drawing which shows typically an example of the element structure in the AA 'cross section before protective insulating film in 1st thru
- FIG. 3 is a main part sectional view schematically showing main parts of the element structure shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
- Sectional drawing which shows typically an example of the element structure in the AA 'cross section after formation of the protective insulating film in the 1st and 5th embodiment of the nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting element which concerns on this invention, and 1st and 2nd plating electrode It is.
- Sectional drawing which shows typically an example of the element structure in the BB 'cross section after forming the protective insulating film in the 1st and 5th embodiment of the nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting element which concerns on this invention, and 1st and 2nd plating electrode It is.
- the planar structure of the nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting device before the formation of the p electrode, the n electrode, the first and second plating electrodes, and the plan view pattern of the first region and the second region. It is a top view which shows an example typically.
- the top view which shows typically an example of the planar structure before 1st and 2nd plating electrode formation in the 1st thru
- FIG. 6 is a plan view schematically showing an example of a planar structure before forming the first and second plating electrodes and a plan view pattern of the protective insulating film in the first to fifth embodiments of the nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting element according to the present invention. . It is a top view which shows typically an example of the planar view pattern of the 1st and 2nd plating electrode in the 1st thru
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an example of an element structure in the B-B ′ cross section in the second embodiment of the nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting element according to the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an example of an element structure in the B-B ′ cross section in the fourth embodiment of the nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting element according to the present invention.
- It is the top view and sectional drawing which show typically the planar view shape and cross-sectional shape of the submount used with the nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light-emitting device shown in FIG.
- It is sectional drawing which shows typically the structure of the principal part of the nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light-emitting device shown in FIG.
- the present light emitting device Embodiments of a nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting device according to the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “the present light emitting device” as appropriate) will be described with reference to the drawings.
- the present light emitting device for easy understanding of the description, the main part is emphasized and the contents of the invention are schematically shown. Therefore, the dimensional ratio of each part is not necessarily the actual element and the part to be used. The dimensional ratio is not the same.
- the light emitting element is a light emitting diode
- the light emitting device 1 uses a substrate obtained by growing an AlN layer 3 and an AlGaN layer 4 on a sapphire (0001) substrate 2 as a template 5.
- N-type cladding layer 6 made of AlGaN, active layer 7, p-type AlGaN electron blocking layer 8 having an AlN molar fraction larger than that of active layer 7, p-type AlGaN p-type cladding layer 9, and p-type GaN p-type contact layer
- stacked 10 in order is provided.
- the n-type cladding layer 6 corresponds to the first semiconductor layer
- the electron block layer 8, the p-type cladding layer 9, and the p-type contact layer 10 correspond to the second semiconductor layer.
- a part of the active layer 7, the electron block layer 8, the p-type cladding layer 9, and the p-type contact layer 10 in a plan view region (second region R ⁇ b> 2) above the n-type cladding layer 6 is one of the n-type cladding layers 6.
- a layered structure from the active layer 7 to the p-type contact layer 10 is formed in the first region R1 on the n-type cladding layer 6 by removing by reactive ion etching or the like until the part surface is exposed.
- the active layer 7 has a single-layer quantum well structure including an n-type AlGaN barrier layer 7a having a thickness of 10 nm and an AlGaN or GaN well layer 7b having a thickness of 3.5 nm.
- the active layer 7 may be a double heterojunction structure sandwiched between n-type and p-type AlGaN layers having a large AlN mole fraction between the lower layer and the upper layer, and the single quantum well structure is multilayered.
- a multiple quantum well structure may be used.
- Each AlGaN layer is formed by a well-known epitaxial growth method such as a metal organic compound vapor phase growth (MOVPE) method or a molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) method.
- MOVPE metal organic compound vapor phase growth
- MBE molecular beam epitaxy
- Si is used as a donor impurity of an n-type layer
- Mg is used as the acceptor impurity of the p-type layer.
- the AlN layer and the AlGaN layer whose conductivity type is not specified are undoped layers into which impurities are not implanted.
- each AlGaN layer other than the active layer 7 is, for example, 2000 nm for the n-type cladding layer 6, 2 nm for the electron blocking layer 8, 540 nm for the p-type cladding layer 9, and 200 nm for the p-type contact layer 10.
- the film thickness of each AlGaN layer is not limited to the value illustrated above.
- a Ni / Au p-electrode 12 is formed on the surface of the p-type contact layer 10
- a Ti / Al / Ti / Au n-electrode 13 is formed on the surface of the second region R 2 of the n-type cladding layer 6.
- the number, material, and film thickness of the metal layers constituting the p electrode 12 and the n electrode 13 are not limited to the above-described number of layers, material, and film thicknesses exemplified below.
- the device region is defined as the first region. It is composed of R1 and the second region R2.
- a scribe region serving as a cutting allowance when dicing a plurality of main light emitting devices 1 arranged in a matrix in a wafer state into individual chips is excluded from the device region.
- FIG. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of the light-emitting element 1 parallel to the XZ plane along AA ′ in the plan view of FIG. 8 described later
- FIG. 6 shows a cross-sectional view of the light-emitting element 1 parallel to the XZ plane along ⁇ B ′.
- FIG. 1 and 2 respectively show a state in which a semiconductor laminated portion 11 is formed on a template 5 and a p-electrode 12 and an n-electrode 13 are formed, and a protective insulating film 14 and a first plating electrode to be described later.
- 15 and the element structure before the second plating electrode 16 is formed are schematically shown.
- the element structure of the light-emitting element 1 before the protective insulating film 14 and the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 are formed is referred to as “pre-plating element structure”.
- FIG. 3 schematically shows a cross-sectional view of the main part of the pre-plating element structure of the light-emitting element 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
- the semiconductor stacked portion 11 in the first region R1 has a multilayer structure from the n-type cladding layer 6 to the p-type contact layer 10, and the n-type cladding layer 6 in the second region R2 Projecting in the Z direction from the exposed surface.
- the semiconductor stacked portion 11 in the first region R1 is referred to as “mesa” for convenience.
- the outermost surface of the mesa is the upper surface of the p-type contact layer 10, and the difference in the Z direction between the outermost surface of the mesa (first region R1) and the exposed surface of the n-type cladding layer 6 (second region R2).
- (Mesa level difference) is a value obtained by adding the depth of the surface of the n-type cladding layer 6 receding in the ⁇ Z direction by the above etching to the total film thickness from the active layer 7 to the p-type contact layer 10. It is about 800 nm. Assuming that the dimensions (chip size) in the X and Y directions of the element region are about 0.8 to 1.5 mm, the step is extremely small, 0.1% or less of the chip size, and is schematically illustrated. It is very different from dimensional ratio.
- FIGS. 4 and 5 schematically show an example of the element structure of the light-emitting element 1 in which the protective insulating film 14, the first plating electrode 15, and the second plating electrode 16 are formed.
- 4 is a cross-sectional view parallel to the XZ plane along AA ′ in the plan view of FIG. 8
- FIG. 5 is a main light emitting element parallel to the XZ plane along BB ′ of the plan view.
- FIG. The hatched portions in FIGS. 1 to 5 are the p electrode 12 and the n electrode 13, and the portions with the dot pattern in FIGS. 4 and 5 are the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 (FIG. 10). (The same applies to FIGS. 12 and 15).
- FIG. 6 shows an example of a plan view pattern of the first region R1 and the second region R2 before the p electrode 12, the n electrode 13, the first plating electrode 15, and the second plating electrode 16 are formed.
- the hatched portion is the first region R1.
- the first region R ⁇ b> 1 has a comb-like shape having recesses at four locations on the upper side of the drawing (Y> 0) and four locations on the lower side of the drawing (Y ⁇ 0). I am doing.
- a dot pattern is attached to two of the recess regions R3 surrounded by the recesses in the second region R2, and a peripheral region that is a second region other than the recess region R3. Distinguish.
- the second region R2 includes eight recessed regions R3 and a peripheral region R4 surrounding the recessed region R3 and the first region R1.
- the boundary between the recessed region R3 and the peripheral region R4 is indicated by a broken line C.
- a straight line passing through any point in the concave region R3 always crosses the first region R1, and a part of the straight line sandwiches the point.
- the first region R1 is crossed on both sides, and the other part of the straight line crosses the first region R1 on one side across the point and does not cross the first region R1 on the other side.
- FIG. 7 shows an example of a plan view pattern of the p electrode 12 and the n electrode 13 before forming the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 16.
- the hatched portions are the p electrode 12 and the n electrode 13, respectively.
- a boundary line BL between the first region R1 and the second region R2 is shown for reference. From FIG. 7, it can be seen that the n-electrode 13 is formed continuously over the recessed region R ⁇ b> 3 and the peripheral region R ⁇ b> 4 and formed in an annular shape so as to surround the first region R ⁇ b> 1 in comparison with FIG. 6.
- the p-electrode 12 has a comb shape having concave portions on the upper side and the lower side of the drawing, similarly to the first region R1.
- the outer peripheral line of the p-electrode 12 recedes from the outer peripheral line of the first region R1 (the boundary line between the first region R1 and the second region R2) to the inside of the first region R1, for example, by about 10 ⁇ m.
- the inner peripheral line of the n electrode 13 is retreated about 10 ⁇ m to the second region side from the outer peripheral line of the first region R1, and the outer peripheral line of the n electrode 13 is retreated inward from the outer peripheral line of the element region.
- the inner surface of the protective insulating film 14 recedes, for example, about 10 ⁇ m.
- FIG. 8 shows an example of a plan view pattern of the protective insulating film 14 before the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 16 are formed.
- the protective insulating film 14 is provided on substantially the entire surface of the element region, and the outer peripheral line thereof is the same as the outer peripheral line of the element region, or slightly recedes inward by, for example, about 10 ⁇ m from the outer peripheral line of the element region. Also good.
- the protective insulating film 14 further has a first opening 17 in the first region R1 and second openings 18 at four corners in the peripheral region R4. The electrode 12 is exposed through the second opening 18 without the n-electrode 13 being covered with the protective insulating film 14.
- the n electrode 13 is covered with the protective insulating film 14 except for the portion exposed through the second opening 18.
- the outer peripheral line of the first opening 17 recedes from the outer peripheral line of the first region R1 to the inside of the first region R1, for example, by about 5 to 15 ⁇ m. However, the outer peripheral line of the first opening 17 may be located at the same position, the outer side, or the inner side with respect to the outer peripheral line of the p-electrode 12.
- the portion with the dot pattern is the protective insulating film 14, and the hatched portions are the p electrode 12 exposed through the first opening 17 and the n electrode 13 exposed through the second opening 18. .
- a boundary line BL between the first region R1 and the second region R2 is shown for reference.
- the protective insulating film 14 is chemical vapor deposition (CVD) in the formed SiO 2 film or an Al 2 O 3 film or the like, about 100 nm ⁇ 1 [mu] m, more preferably about 150 nm ⁇ 350 nm The film thickness is formed.
- the protective insulating film 14 includes the entire outer peripheral side surface (side wall surface of the step portion of the mesa), the first region R ⁇ b> 1, and the n electrode in the first region R ⁇ b> 1. 13 is formed so as to cover at least the exposed surface of the n-type cladding layer 6 and the upper and side surfaces including at least the portion facing the first region R1 in the outer peripheral edge of the n-electrode 13.
- the protective insulating film 14 is not covered with at least part of the surface of the p-electrode 12 and is not covered with at least part of the surface of the n-electrode 13 so as to be exposed through the first opening 17.
- Two openings 18 are formed so as to be exposed.
- the first plating electrode 15 and the p-electrode 12 are brought into contact with and electrically connected through the first opening 17 via a seed film 19 described later, and the second plating electrode 16 and the n-electrode 13 are connected to the second opening. Through the part 18, they are contacted and electrically connected through a seed film 19 described later.
- the protective insulating film 14 is formed so that the first plating electrode 15 is in direct contact with the exposed surface of the n-type cladding layer 6 and the side end surface of the p-type cladding layer 9, and the active layer 7 passes through the p-type cladding layer 9. It is provided in order to prevent the formation of a detour for the current path reaching the n-type cladding layer 6.
- the protective insulating film 14 is temporarily retracted downward from the upper end of the stepped portion of the mesa, and a part of the upper end of the side wall surface of the stepped portion of the mesa, that is, the side end surface of the p-type contact layer 10 is partially Even if it is exposed to light and directly contacts the first plating electrode 15, the detour is not formed, so that no problem occurs in the light emitting operation. Therefore, in FIGS. 4, 5, and 8, the protective insulating film 14 covers the exposed surface of the p-type contact layer 10 that is not covered with the p-electrode 12, but the exposed surface of the p-type contact layer 10 is not necessarily the same. The protective insulating film 14 need not be covered. On the contrary, in FIGS. 4, 5 and 8, the protective insulating film 14 does not cover the outer peripheral end of the p electrode 12, but may cover the outer peripheral end of the p electrode 12.
- FIG. 9 shows an example of a plan view pattern of the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 16.
- the portion with the dot pattern is the first plating electrode 15, and the hatched portion is the second plating electrode 16.
- a boundary line BL between the first region R1 and the second region R2 is shown for reference.
- the outer peripheral lines of the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 16 are respectively located on the protective insulating film 14 in the second region R2, and are separated by 75 ⁇ m or more at locations close to each other.
- the separation distance is preferably 100 ⁇ m or more, and more preferably about 100 to 150 ⁇ m.
- the outer peripheral line of the first plating electrode 15 is preferably located on the n electrode 13 via the protective insulating film 14, but depending on the planar shape of the n electrode 13, it is located on the n electrode 13. It does not matter if there are parts that are not. Furthermore, in FIG. 9, the outer peripheral line of the first plating electrode 15 is located in the peripheral region R4 in the second region R2, but depending on the shape or size of the concave region R3, the outer periphery of the first plating electrode 15 A part of the line may be in the recessed area R3.
- the outer peripheral line of the second plating electrode 16 is preferably positioned outside the outer peripheral line of the second opening 18 of the protective insulating film 14 by, for example, about 0 to 30 ⁇ m.
- the second region R2 inside the outer peripheral line of the first plating electrode 15 corresponds to a boundary region that is a part of the second region R2 in the formation region of the first plating electrode 15 and is in contact with the first region R1.
- the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 are each formed of copper and manufactured by a well-known electrolytic plating method.
- the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 are mainly composed of copper, and lead (Pb), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), although it may be formed of an alloy containing a metal such as beryllium (Be), it is preferably formed of copper because thermal conductivity is lowered by using the alloy.
- the first plating electrode 15 includes a protective insulating film, the entire uppermost surface of the first region R ⁇ b> 1 including the exposed surface that is not covered with the protective insulating film 14 of the p electrode 12. 14, the entire outer peripheral side surface (side wall surface of the step portion of the mesa) of the semiconductor stacked portion 11 in the first region R1 covered with the first region R1 that is a part of the second region R2 and is in contact with the first region R1. It is formed so as to cover the boundary region surrounding the region R1.
- the second plating electrode 16 is formed on at least the n-electrode 13 exposed through the second opening 18 of the protective insulating film 14, and preferably protects the periphery of the second opening 18. It is also formed on the insulating film 14.
- the second plating electrode 16 has a circular shape in plan view. Therefore, the outer peripheral line of the first plating electrode 15 that faces and is opposed to the second plating electrode 16 has an arc shape.
- the distance between the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 16 in the section is designed to be constant. That is, the local concentration of electric field between the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 16 is avoided. Therefore, from this point of view, the shape of the second plating electrode 16 in plan view may be a fan shape other than a circle, and may be a rectangle whose corner facing at least the first plating electrode 15 is an arc.
- the thickness of the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 is preferably 45 ⁇ m or more, or more than a half of the distance between the first plating electrodes 15 facing each other across the recessed region R3, and particularly about 45 to 100 ⁇ m. More preferably, about 50 to 75 ⁇ m is preferable in the manufacturing process. If the film thickness is too thin, it will be easily affected by the warp of the wafer, and it will be difficult to planarize the surface of each plating electrode 15, 16, so 45 ⁇ m or more is preferable.
- the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 are not formed by a dry plating method such as vapor deposition used in the wafer manufacturing process, but by an electrolytic plating method that is a wet plating method. It can be easily formed into a thick film of 45 ⁇ m or more. If electrodes having a thick film similar to the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 are formed by vapor deposition or the like, the film formation takes too much time, so that the efficiency is extremely low and it is not practical. On the contrary, if the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 are not formed by the electrolytic plating method and are formed within a practical time by vapor deposition or the like, the film thickness is about the same as that of the p electrode 12 and the n electrode 13.
- the shape of the top surface of the first plating electrode 15 in plan view is the plan view of the first region R1.
- the shape is substantially the same, and the contact area with the electrode pad on the package side when flip-chip mounting is not possible. Therefore, with the thin first plating electrode 15, the intended purpose of efficiently dissipating the waste heat accompanying light emission cannot be achieved sufficiently only by making the electrode structure complicated.
- the power supply seed film 19 for electrolytic plating is formed of a Ni film or a Ti / Cu film having a thickness of about 10 to 100 nm.
- the seed film 19 is limited to a Ni film or a Ti / Cu film as long as it is a conductive material having adhesion to the lower protective insulating film 14 and the upper first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16. It is not something.
- the first and second regions R1 and R2, the protective insulating film 14, and the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 have a planar view shape.
- the shape is symmetrical with respect to the X axis and the Y axis, respectively, the shape is not necessarily symmetrical with respect to the X axis and the Y axis.
- the second plating electrode 16 and the second opening 18 are not necessarily provided at the four corners of the element region, and an arbitrary number, for example, a diagonal of the peripheral region R4 is provided at an arbitrary location in the peripheral region R4. You may provide in two corners.
- the shape of the first region R1, the p-electrode 12, and the first opening 17 in plan view is not limited to the comb shape as shown in FIGS.
- the above-described template 5 and each layer from the n-type cladding layer 6 to the p-type contact layer 10 are formed on the sapphire (0001) substrate 2 by a known growth method such as the MOVPE method.
- heat treatment is performed at 800 ° C., for example, to activate acceptor impurities.
- the first region R1 on the surface of the p-type contact layer 10 is covered with, for example, a Ni mask by a known photolithography technique, and the active layer 7 other than the first region R1 above the n-type cladding layer 6 is p
- the layers up to the type contact layer 10 are removed by reactive ion etching or the like until the surface of the n-type cladding layer 6 is exposed, and then the Ni mask is removed.
- the semiconductor stacked portion 11 from the n-type cladding layer 6 to the p-type contact layer 10 is formed on the template 5, and the surface of the second region R2 on the template 5 is the surface.
- An exposed n-type cladding layer 6 is formed.
- a photoresist serving as an inverted pattern of the n electrode 13 is formed on the entire surface of the substrate, and a Ti / Al / Ti / Au four-layer metal film serving as the n electrode 13 is formed thereon by an electron beam evaporation method or the like. Evaporation is performed, the photoresist is removed by lift-off, the four-layer metal film on the photoresist is peeled off, and heat treatment is applied by RTA (instantaneous thermal annealing) or the like, if necessary, on the n-type cladding layer 6 An n electrode 13 is formed on the substrate.
- the film thickness of the four-layer metal film of Ti / Al / Ti / Au is, for example, 20 nm / 100 nm / 50 nm / 100 nm in the order of description.
- a photoresist serving as a reverse pattern of the p electrode 12 is formed on the entire surface of the substrate, and a Ni / Au two-layer metal film serving as the p electrode 12 is deposited thereon by an electron beam deposition method or the like.
- the photoresist is removed by lift-off, the two-layer metal film on the photoresist is peeled off, and a heat treatment of, eg, 450 ° C. is applied by RTA or the like to form the p-electrode 12 on the surface of the p-type contact layer 10.
- the film thickness of the Ni / Au two-layer metal film is, for example, 60 nm / 50 nm in the order of description.
- the pre-plating element structure of the light emitting element 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is completed in the manner described above.
- the pre-plating element structure shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 includes the semiconductor laminated portion 11, the p-electrode 12, and the n-electrode 13 that are necessary as a light-emitting element. By mounting and resin sealing, it can function as a light emitting element.
- the protective insulating film 14 and the first plating electrode 15 are further added to the pre-plating device structure shown in FIGS. And the 2nd plating electrode 16 is formed.
- the manufacturing process of the protective insulating film 14, the first plating electrode 15, and the second plating electrode 16 will be described.
- a protective insulating film 14 such as a SiO 2 film or an Al 2 O 3 film is formed on the entire surface of the substrate by a CVD method as an example.
- the thickness of the protective insulating film 14 is, for example, about 150 to 350 nm.
- the deposition temperature of the protective insulating film 14 is suppressed to a temperature lower than the minimum of the deposition temperature and the heat treatment temperature applied until the pre-plating element structure shown in FIGS.
- the protective insulating film 14 formed on the entire surface of the substrate is removed by etching.
- the protective insulating film 14 formed on the entire surface of the substrate is covered by a well-known photolithography technique by covering the first opening 17, the second opening 18, and the region excluding the scribe region with a mask layer.
- the mask layer is removed by dry etching such as reactive ion etching.
- the first opening 17 and the second opening 18 are formed in the protective insulating film 14 in the element region.
- the nitride semiconductor wafer manufacturing process is followed by the plating manufacturing process, which lowers the alignment accuracy.
- the plating manufacturing process described below is performed in a wafer state following the wafer manufacturing process.
- Ni is deposited on the entire surface of the substrate by sputtering or the like to form a seed film 19 for power supply for electrolytic plating.
- a photosensitive sheet film for plating is pasted on the seed film 19, and the film where the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 16 are formed is removed by exposure and development by photolithography technology, The seed film 19 is exposed.
- power is supplied to the seed film 19, and the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 16 are formed on the exposed seed film 19 by electrolytic plating.
- the sheet film not covered with the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 16 is removed with an organic solvent or the like, and the seed film 19 not covered with the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 16 is wetted. It is removed by etching or the like.
- the film thickness of the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 16 immediately after the film formation is substantially uniform, the first plating electrode 15 is formed over the first region R1 and a part of the second region R2. Under the first plating electrode 15, there are steps in the mesa, the p-electrode 12, the n-electrode 13, and the first opening of the protective insulating film 14. Furthermore, in the above-described electrolytic plating method, the strength of the electric field applied to the seed film 19 may be uneven, so that the film immediately after the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 16 are formed. There may be variations in thickness.
- the upper surface of the first plating electrode 15 immediately after the film formation may have irregularities as much as the steps, and the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 15 There is a possibility that the height of the upper surface of the plating electrode 16 is not uniform.
- the “height” means a distance in the Z direction based on an arbitrary position in the Z direction (for example, the surface of the substrate 2).
- the unevenness on the upper surfaces of the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 is continuously removed and flattened, and the heights of the upper surfaces of the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 are made uniform. Therefore, the upper surfaces of the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 are polished by a known polishing method such as a CMP (Chemical Mechanical Polishing) method.
- a suitable film thickness (height from the upper surface of the seed film 19 on the second region R2) of the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 16 after polishing is about 50 to 75 ⁇ m. The removal of the sheet film and the seed film 19 can also be performed after the polishing step.
- the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 16 are formed through the above steps. At this time, since the light-emitting element 1 is in a wafer state, the light-emitting element 1 in a chip state can be obtained by cutting or cleaving a scribe region of the wafer by a known dicing technique after a predetermined inspection process. .
- the first plating electrode 15 is electrically connected to the surface of the p-electrode 12 exposed through the first opening 17 of the protective insulating film 14 through the seed film 19 immediately below the first plating electrode 15.
- the second plating electrode 16 is electrically connected to the surface of the n electrode 13 exposed through the second opening 18 of the protective insulating film 14 through the seed film 19 immediately below the second plating electrode 16.
- the semiconductor stacked portion 11 (mesa) of the first region R1, particularly in the active layer 7, and thus the semiconductor stacked portion.
- the waste heat can be efficiently discharged to the outside through the first plating electrode 15 mainly composed of copper having high thermal conductivity that completely covers the upper surface and the side surface of the metal. Further, since the first plating electrode 15 occupies a large area covering not only the first region R1 but also a part of the second region R2 in plan view, the first plating electrode 15 when flip-chip mounting is used.
- the heat dissipation effect is greater than when the p-electrode and the package-side electrode pads are connected by flip-chip mounting without providing the first plating electrode 15. Can be greatly improved.
- FIG. 10 schematically shows an example of the element structure of the right half (X ⁇ 0 region) in the Y direction of the light emitting element 1 according to the second embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the light-emitting element 1 parallel to the XZ plane along BB ′ in the plan view of FIG.
- the light emitting element 1 includes a plated metal film 20 covering the surface (exposed surface) of the first plated electrode 15 and the surface (exposed surface) of the second plated electrode 16.
- a plating metal film 21 is further provided.
- a metal for example, gold (Au)
- Au gold
- the plating metal films 20 and 21 are not necessarily provided.
- plated metal films 20 and 21 made of a three-layer metal film of Ni / Pd / Au are formed by a well-known electroless plating method which is a wet plating method. .
- each Ni / Pd / Au layer of the plated metal films 20 and 21 is, for example, 3 to 7.5 ⁇ m / 5 to 15 nm / 5 to 15 nm in order from the bottom.
- the plated metal films 20 and 21 do not necessarily need to be formed of a three-layer metal film, and may be a single-layer metal film or a multilayer metal film other than three layers. Further, the material constituting the plated metal films 20 and 21 is not limited to the above, but the uppermost layer is preferably gold (Au).
- the second embodiment and the first embodiment differ only in whether the surfaces of the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 are covered with the plated metal films 20 and 21, so the second embodiment.
- the planar view patterns of the plated metal films 20 and 21 in the present light emitting element 1 are the same as the planar view patterns of the first and second plated electrodes 15 and 16 in the present light emitting element 1 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. Only by increasing the film thicknesses of the films 20 and 21, the shapes are substantially the same in plan view, and the illustration is omitted.
- the separation distance between the plating metal film 20 covering the first plating electrode 15 and the plating metal film 21 covering the second plating electrode 16 is between the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16. Therefore, the distance between the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 is set to be smaller than the desired distance by the plating metal film 20. , 21 is preferably set in advance to be longer than twice the film thickness.
- FIG. 11 schematically shows an example of the element structure of the right half (X ⁇ 0 region) in the Y direction of the light emitting element 1 according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the light-emitting element 1 parallel to the XZ plane along BB ′ in the plan view of FIG.
- the element structure shown in FIG. 11 shows an element structure as a modification of the first embodiment, and the plated metal films 20 and 21 described in the second embodiment are not shown.
- the light emitting element 1 includes a seed film 19 on the first plating electrode 15 side, more specifically, between the first plating electrode 15 and the protective insulating film 14.
- An ultraviolet reflection layer 22 that reflects ultraviolet rays emitted from the active layer 7 of the light emitting element 1 is further provided between the protective insulating films 14.
- the protective insulating film 14 is formed of a SiO 2 film or an Al 2 O 3 film that transmits ultraviolet rays.
- Ni or Ti / Cu which is a component of the seed film 19 that covers the mesa from the upper surface and the side surface, is reflected with an ultraviolet reflectance (for example, about 33% for copper) corresponding to the emission wavelength of the light emitting element 1.
- an ultraviolet reflectance for example, about 33% for copper
- the ultraviolet reflectance of the component constituting the ultraviolet reflective layer 22 is higher than the ultraviolet reflectance of the seed film 19, the ultraviolet light emitted from the active layer 7 passes through the protective insulating film 14 and is then protected from the ultraviolet reflective layer 22.
- the protective insulating film 14 it is reflected toward the semiconductor multilayer portion 11 with a higher reflectance than the seed film 19, so that a part of the reflected ultraviolet light passes through the substrate 2 and goes outside the light emitting element 1. It is taken out. Therefore, in the light emitting element 1 of the third embodiment, the light emission efficiency is improved.
- the ultraviolet reflective layer 22 is, for example, a single layer or a multilayer film including any one of aluminum (Al), rhodium (Rh), and iridium (Ir) having a higher ultraviolet reflectance than the seed film 19. Composed.
- the film thickness of the ultraviolet reflecting layer 22 is, for example, about 100 nm in the case of an aluminum single layer film.
- the ultraviolet reflecting layer 22 is formed on the entire surface of the substrate after the first opening 17 and the second opening 18 are formed in the protective insulating film 14 and before the seed film 19 is formed on the entire surface of the substrate.
- a photoresist to be an inverted pattern of the ultraviolet reflecting layer 22 is formed, and a single layer or a multilayer metal film to be the ultraviolet reflecting layer 22 is formed thereon by sputtering or electron beam evaporation, and the photoresist. Is removed by lift-off, and the metal film on the photoresist is peeled off to form an ultraviolet reflecting layer 22 as shown in FIG.
- the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 16 are formed by performing the steps after the step of forming the seed film 19 on the entire surface of the substrate.
- the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 16 are formed, and after the polishing process, the plated metal films 20 and 21 described in the second embodiment are formed as necessary. You may do it.
- the third embodiment differs from the first embodiment only in whether or not the ultraviolet reflective layer 22 is formed between the seed film 19 and the protective insulating film 14, and thus the light emitting element of the third embodiment
- the plan view pattern of the first plating electrode 15 in No. 1 is the same as or substantially the same as the plan view pattern of the first plating electrode 15 in the main light emitting device 1 of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
- the plan view pattern of the second plating electrode 16 in the main light emitting element 1 of the embodiment is the same as the plan view pattern of the second plating electrode 16 in the main light emitting element 1 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. To do.
- the ultraviolet reflective layer 22 formed in the side wall portion of the mesa and the second region R2 basically does not affect the outer peripheral line of the first plating electrode 15.
- the n-electrode 13 exists below the first plating electrode 15 in the second region R ⁇ b> 2 via the protective insulating film 14. Accordingly, when an Al layer having a high ultraviolet reflectance is included in a part of the metal multilayer film constituting the n-electrode 13, it is expected that the ultraviolet-reflecting layer 22 is formed above the n-electrode 13. The effect of can not be demonstrated. Therefore, it is not always necessary to provide the ultraviolet reflecting layer 22 between the seed film 19 on the first plating electrode 15 side and the protective insulating film 14, and it is not necessary to provide at least a portion overlapping the n electrode 13.
- the ultraviolet reflection layer 22 is present. May be provided between the seed film 19 and the protective insulating film 14 on the first plating electrode 15 side.
- FIG. 12 schematically shows the element structure of the right half of the light-emitting element 1 in the Y direction (region where X ⁇ 0) according to the fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the light-emitting element 1 parallel to the XZ plane along BB ′ in the plan view of FIG.
- the element structure shown in FIG. 12 shows an element structure as a modification of the first embodiment.
- the plated metal films 20 and 21 described in the second embodiment and the ultraviolet reflection described in the third embodiment. Layer 22 is not shown.
- the light emitting element 1 is exposed at the bottom of the gap 23 between the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 16 after the plating sheet film and the seed film 19 are removed.
- An opaque insulating film 24 that does not transmit ultraviolet rays emitted from the active layer 7 of the light emitting element 1 is locally provided on the protective insulating film 14.
- the protective insulating film 14 is formed of an SiO 2 film or an Al 2 O 3 film that transmits ultraviolet rays. Accordingly, a part of the ultraviolet light emitted from the active layer 7 of the light emitting element 1 is reflected from the back surface of the substrate 2 to the semiconductor laminated portion 11 side without being emitted to the outside, and is exposed to the bottom of the gap portion 23. The light passes through the protective insulating film 14 and enters the gap 23.
- the resin may be deteriorated by being exposed to the ultraviolet light incident on the gap 23, and further, the photochemical reaction and the first
- the solder component such as tin adhering to the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 is diffused by the electric field applied between the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16, so that the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 are connected.
- by providing the opaque insulating film 24 covering the bottom of the gap 23 it is possible to prevent ultraviolet rays from entering the resin filled between the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16, and as a result, the above-described deterioration And inconveniences such as short circuit can be prevented.
- the opaque insulating film 24 is an insulating film such as GaP, GaN, GaAs, SiC, or SiN, and is formed by a film forming method according to the material to be used.
- the opaque insulating film 24 made of GaP is formed by sputtering, and GaN, GaAs, SiC, SiN, etc. are formed by CVD.
- the film thickness of the opaque insulating film 24 is, for example, about 300 nm, and a thicker film is preferable as the light shielding film.
- the opaque insulating film 24 forms the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16, removes the plating sheet film and the seed film 19, and then the upper surfaces of the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16.
- GaP is deposited on the front surface of the substrate by sputtering.
- polishing such as CMP performed in the first embodiment is performed.
- GaP formed on the upper surfaces of the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 is removed by the polishing, and then the upper surfaces of the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 are polished and flattened.
- the heights of the upper surfaces of the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 are made uniform.
- the deposited GaP remains without being polished, so that an opaque insulating film 24 is formed.
- GaP adhering to the side wall surfaces of the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 may remain without being polished. Since these steps are performed in a wafer state, the gap 23 between the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 is the gap between the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 in the same element region.
- a gap between the plating electrode 15 and the other second plating electrode 16 is included, and an opaque insulating film 24 is formed on the bottom surface of all these gaps 23.
- the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 16 are formed, and after the polishing process, the plated metal films 20 and 21 described in the second embodiment are formed as necessary. Also good. Further, also in the fourth embodiment, after the first opening 17 and the second opening 18 are formed in the protective insulating film 14 and before the seed film 19 is formed on the entire surface of the substrate, the third embodiment The described ultraviolet reflecting layer 22 may be formed as necessary. Also in the fourth embodiment, both the plated metal films 20 and 21 described in the second embodiment and the ultraviolet reflecting layer 22 described in the third embodiment may be formed in the same manner.
- the n electrode 13 exists below the protective insulating film 14 exposed in the gap 23 between the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16, and constitutes the n electrode 13.
- the ultraviolet light incident toward the gap 23 is reflected by the Al layer in the n electrode 13. Since the light does not enter the gap 23, it is not necessary to provide the opaque insulating film 24 at the bottom of the gap 23.
- the outer peripheral line of the first plating electrode 15 is not necessarily limited to the case where the outer peripheral line is positioned on the n electrode 13 via the protective insulating film 14 as illustrated in FIG. The effect of providing the opaque insulating film 24 exists for the portion 23.
- the protective insulating film 14 is formed of an SiO 2 film or an Al 2 O 3 film that transmits ultraviolet rays.
- the protective insulating film 14 is formed of a material that transmits ultraviolet light, the light emitting efficiency can be improved by providing the ultraviolet reflective layer 22 described in the third embodiment.
- the inconvenience described in the fourth embodiment may occur. Therefore, the inconvenience can be prevented by providing the opaque insulating film 24.
- the protective insulating film 14 is not formed of a material that transmits ultraviolet light, and is the same material that does not transmit ultraviolet light as the opaque insulating film 24 described in the fourth embodiment, that is, GaP, GaN.
- GaAs, SiC, SiN, or the like is formed by a known film formation method such as CVD or sputtering.
- the protective insulating film 14 is formed to a thickness of about 100 nm to 1 ⁇ m, more preferably about 150 nm to 350 nm, as in the first embodiment.
- the protective insulating film 14 is made of a material that does not transmit ultraviolet light, the ultraviolet light emitted from the active layer 7 of the light emitting element 1 passes through the protective insulating film 14 and passes through the gap 23. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately provide the opaque insulating film 24 described in the fourth embodiment at the bottom of the gap 23. Furthermore, in the fifth embodiment, the ultraviolet reflection layer 22 described in the third embodiment is not necessary because the effect cannot be exhibited even if it is provided.
- the first plating electrode 15 and the second plating electrode 16 are formed, and after the polishing process, the plated metal films 20 and 21 described in the second embodiment are formed as necessary. You may do it.
- the protective insulating film 14 may transmit ultraviolet rays when the film thickness is thin, and can be a translucent film against ultraviolet rays.
- the ultraviolet reflective layer 22 described in the third embodiment, the opaque insulating film 24 described in the fourth embodiment, or both, as necessary. Can be adopted.
- FIG. 13 shows a structure of a nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting device (hereinafter referred to as “the present light emitting device” as appropriate) in which the light emitting element 1 is mounted on a submount 30 (corresponding to a base) by a flip chip mounting method.
- the present light emitting device The schematic sectional drawing of an example is shown typically.
- the light emitting element 1 is placed on the submount 30 with the top and bottom inverted, that is, the upper surfaces of the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 facing downward.
- the light-emitting element 1 has the element structure described in the first to fifth embodiments or an element structure that combines them, and is diced into a chip state.
- FIG. 13 shows a structure of a nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting device (hereinafter referred to as “the present light emitting device” as appropriate) in which the light emitting element 1 is mounted on a submount 30 (corresponding to a base) by a flip chip mounting method.
- FIG. 13 exemplifies a cross-sectional structure (a cross section parallel to the XZ plane along the line BB ′ in the plan view of FIG. 8) when using the light-emitting element 1 described in the first embodiment as an example. ing. Further, since the XYZ coordinate axes shown in FIG. 13 and FIGS. 14 and 15 described later are displayed with reference to the light emitting element 1, the + Z direction is downward in the drawing.
- FIG. 14 is a plan view (A) showing a plan view shape of the submount 30 and a sectional view (B) showing a cross-sectional shape parallel to the XZ plane passing through the center of the submount 30 in the plan view (A). ).
- the submount 30 is formed by forming a first metal electrode wiring 32 on the anode side and a second metal electrode wiring 33 on the cathode side on a part of the surface of the base material 31 made of an insulating material.
- the thickness D1 of the portion 34 is larger than the thickness D2 of the central portion inside the side wall portion 34, and the sealing resin 35 for sealing the light emitting element 1 can be accommodated in the space surrounded by the side wall portion 34. ing.
- a condensing lens 36 made of hemispherical quartz glass that transmits ultraviolet light emitted from the light emitting element 1 is fixed to the upper surface of the side wall 34.
- the sealing resin 35 is fixed in the space surrounded by the side wall portion 34 by being covered with the lens 36.
- the first and second metal electrode wirings 32 and 33 are connected to lead terminals 37 and 38 provided on the back surface side of the base material 31 through through electrodes (not shown) provided in the base material 31. Connected.
- the lead terminals 37 and 38 cover substantially the entire back surface of the base material 31 and serve as a heat sinker.
- the base material 31 of the submount 30 is formed of an insulating material such as AlN.
- the base material 31 is preferably AlN in terms of heat dissipation, but may be ceramics such as alumina (Al 2 O 3 ).
- the first and second metal electrode wirings 32 and 33 are composed of a thick copper plating film and a three-layer metal film of Ni / Pd / Au formed thereon by an electroless plating method. In the above example, the first and second metal electrode wirings 32 and 33 have the same configuration as the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 and the plating metal films 20 and 21 on the light emitting element 1 side.
- the ultraviolet transmission characteristics of the lens 36 may be adapted to the emission wavelength of the light emitting element 1 to be used.
- the lens 36 may be formed, for example, by molding the surface of the sealing resin 35 into a condensing curved surface such as a spherical surface. Further, the lens 36 may be a lens that diffuses light according to the purpose of use other than the condensing lens, and is not necessarily provided.
- the first and second metal electrode wirings 32 and 33 are formed so as to be exposed on the surface of the central portion of the base material 31 surrounded by the side wall portion 34, and are arranged apart from each other. It is electrically separated.
- the first metal electrode wiring 32 includes a first electrode pad 32a and a first wiring portion 32b connected to the first electrode pad 32a.
- the second metal electrode wiring 33 is composed of four second electrode pads 33a and a second wiring portion 33b connected to them.
- the first electrode pad 32 a has a plan view shape slightly larger than the plan view shape of the first plating electrode 15 of the light emitting element 1, and is located at the center of the central portion of the base material 31.
- the shape and arrangement of the second electrode pads 33a in plan view are such that when the light emitting element 1 is arranged so that the first plating electrodes 15 face the first electrode pads 32a, the four second plating electrodes 16 have four The two electrode pads 33a are set to face each other.
- the first electrode pad 32a and the second electrode pad 33a are hatched.
- the light emitting element 1 includes the first plating electrode 15 and the first electrode pad 32a, the four second plating electrodes 16 and the four second electrode pads, with the upper surfaces of the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 facing downward. 33a are electrically opposed and physically connected to each other by soldering, and are placed and fixed on the central portion of the base material 31. In the present embodiment, the light emitting element 1 is so-called flip chip mounted on the submount 30.
- Fluorine-based resins are known to have excellent heat resistance and high UV resistance, but general fluorine resins such as polytetrafluoroethylene are opaque. Since the fluororesin has a linear and rigid polymer chain and is easily crystallized, a crystalline part and an amorphous part are mixed, and light is scattered at the interface to become opaque.
- an amorphous fluororesin excellent in heat resistance, ultraviolet resistance, and ultraviolet transparency is used as the sealing resin 35.
- a crystalline polymer fluororesin is copolymerized and made amorphous as a polymer alloy, or a perfluorodioxole copolymer (trade name Teflon AF (made by DuPont) ( Registered trademark)) and cyclized polymers of perfluorobutenyl vinyl ether (trade name Cytop (registered trademark) manufactured by Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.).
- the latter cyclized polymer fluororesin has a cyclic structure in the main chain, and therefore tends to be amorphous and has high transparency.
- Amorphous fluororesins can be broadly classified as binding fluororesins having reactive functional groups capable of binding to metals and non-bonding having nonreactive functional groups that do not exhibit binding to metals. There are two types of fluororesins.
- the main light emitting element 1 described in the first to fifth embodiments is mounted on the submount 30, there is a gap between the base material 31 of the submount 30 and the main light emitting element 1. Therefore, when the light emitting element 1 described in the first to fifth embodiments is sealed with the amorphous fluororesin sealing resin 35, the sealing resin 35 is also injected into the gap.
- the binding amorphous fluororesin is irradiated with high energy ultraviolet light during the light emitting operation of the ultraviolet light emitting element, the photochemical reaction in the amorphous fluororesin and the electric field applied between the electrodes.
- the non-binding amorphous fluororesin is an amorphous fluororesin composed of a polymer or copolymer having the non-reactive terminal functional group. More specifically, in the non-bonding amorphous fluororesin, the structural unit constituting the polymer or copolymer has a fluorine-containing aliphatic ring structure, and the terminal functional group is a par 3 such as CF 3. A fluoroalkyl group; That is, the non-binding amorphous fluororesin does not have a reactive terminal functional group that exhibits binding properties to metals.
- FIG. 15 shows a location where the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 and the first and second metal electrode wirings 32 and 33 of the light emitting device shown in FIG. 13 are connected by solder 39 (plan view of FIG. 8).
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part schematically showing a part of a cross section parallel to the XZ plane along BB ′.
- the diced bare chip of the light emitting element 1 is fixed on the first and second metal electrode wirings 32 and 33 of the submount 30 by known flip chip mounting.
- the first plating electrode 15 and the first metal electrode wiring 32 are physically and electrically connected via the solder 39
- the second plating electrode 16 and the second metal electrode wiring 33 are connected to the solder 39.
- step 1 the p-electrode 12 and the first metal electrode wiring 32 of the light-emitting element 1 are electrically connected to the n-electrode 13 and the second metal electrode wiring 33 of the light-emitting element 1, respectively.
- Soldering can be performed by a known soldering method such as a reflow method, and a detailed description thereof is omitted.
- a coating solution obtained by dissolving the non-bonding amorphous fluororesin in a fluorine-containing solvent, preferably an aprotic fluorine-containing solvent, is placed in a space surrounded by the side wall portion 34 of the submount 30. Then, after injecting using a Teflon needle having good releasability, the solvent is volatilized while gradually heating the coating solution, and the inner wall surface of the side wall portion 34 of the submount 30 and the first and second metal electrode wirings 32. , 33, the exposed surface of the base material 31 between the first and second metal electrode wirings 32, 33, the upper surface and side surfaces of the light emitting element 1, and the gap between the light emitting element 1 and the upper surface of the submount 30.
- a fluorine-containing solvent preferably an aprotic fluorine-containing solvent
- a first resin film of non-bonding amorphous fluororesin is formed therein (step 2).
- a low temperature range for example, around room temperature
- a high temperature range for example, 200
- solid non-bonding amorphous fluororesin is placed in the space inside and above the first resin film formed in step 2 in the space surrounded by the side wall 34 of the submount 30. Then, for example, it is melted at a high temperature of 250 ° C. to 300 ° C., and then gradually cooled to mold the second resin film (step 3).
- the lens 36 is fixed to the upper surface of the side wall portion 34 (step 4), and the light emitting device shown in FIG. 13 is manufactured.
- the sealing resin 35 is composed of the first and second resin films.
- the lens 36 is fixed to the upper surface of the side wall portion 34 with an adhesive, or the lens 36 and the side wall portion by a fitting structure provided on the side wall portion 34. 34 is fixed to the upper surface.
- the method for forming the sealing resin 35 and the method for fixing the lens 36 are not limited to the methods exemplified above. Further, the lens 36 is not necessarily provided.
- the soldering area of the first plating electrode 15 and the first metal electrode wiring 32 is set so that the p-shaped electrode 12 and the first metal of the light emitting element 1 are not provided with the first plating electrode 15.
- the connection area in the conventional connection form in which the electrode wirings 32 are connected via a plurality of small bump materials the waste heat associated with the light emitting operation of the light emitting element 1 is reduced by the first plating electrode 15.
- the heat is efficiently conducted to the lead terminal 37 side via the first metal electrode wiring 32, and the heat radiation efficiency is greatly improved.
- the form in which the first region is surrounded by the second region in the plan view shape of the light-emitting element 1 is illustrated.
- the first region is divided into a plurality of sub-regions. It may be divided and each of the plurality of sub-regions may be surrounded by the second region. That is, there may be a plurality of mesas in one element region, and the first plating electrode 15 may be individually formed on each of the plurality of mesas, or one first plating electrode 15 may have a plurality of mesas. You may form so that it may cover.
- the unevenness on the upper surfaces of the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 is removed and planarized, and the height is increased.
- the polishing process for aligning is performed, but the unevenness and the height difference of the upper surfaces of the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 before polishing are caused by soldering when the light emitting element 1 is flip-chip mounted. In the case where there is no problem, the polishing step may be omitted.
- ⁇ 3> As a method for forming the opaque insulating film 24 at the bottom of the gap 23 between the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16, after the opaque insulating film 24 is deposited on the front surface of the substrate, A method of partially removing the opaque insulating film 24 deposited on the upper surfaces of the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 by using a polishing process on the upper surfaces of the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 is adopted.
- an etching process for patterning the opaque insulating film 24 is not required, a mask for the etching is not required, and the process can be simplified.
- the patterning of the opaque insulating film 24 may be performed by photolithography and etching, if necessary, for example, before or after the polishing step of the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16.
- the light-emitting element 1 is different from the pre-plating element structure before the protective insulating film 14 and the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 are formed in the semiconductor stacked portion 11 (mesa) in the first region R1.
- the first plating electrode 15 having an upper surface area larger than the p-electrode 12 so as to completely cover the entire p-electrode 12 and the p-electrode 12 thereon, so that the waste heat accompanying the light-emitting operation of the light-emitting element 1 generated in the mesa Is efficiently released to the outside.
- the light-emitting element 1 has the configuration including both the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16, but efficiently discharges the waste heat described above. Even if the second plating electrode 16 is not provided, the effect can be obtained in substantially the same manner.
- the first plating electrode 15 and the n-electrode 13 are connected to the first and second electrode pads on the base side of the submount 30 or the like.
- the connection is made using gold bumps or the like, but the difference in height between the upper surface of the first plating electrode 15 and the upper surface of the n electrode 13 is used. Therefore, it is necessary to significantly reduce the thickness of the first plating electrode 15 as compared with the case where both the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 are formed.
- the present light emitting device in which one main light emitting element 1 is mounted on the submount 30 has been described.
- the present light emitting device is mounted on a base such as a submount or a printed circuit board.
- a plurality of the main light emitting elements 1 may be mounted.
- the plurality of light emitting elements 1 may be sealed together with the sealing resin 35 or may be individually sealed one by one.
- a resin dam surrounding one or more main light emitting elements 1 as a unit to be sealed is formed on the surface of the base, and the region surrounded by the resin dam is, for example, the first The sealing resin 35 is formed as described in the sixth embodiment.
- the top surface of the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 can be flattened and the height of the light emitting element 1 can be made uniform, other surface-mounted electronic devices or electric elements (resistance elements, capacitors, diodes) Like a transistor, etc., it can be mounted directly on a printed circuit board by soldering. Accordingly, a plurality of the light emitting elements 1 can be mounted on one base, and further, can be mounted on the same base together with other surface-mount type electronic devices or electric elements.
- the base on which the light emitting element 1 is placed is not limited to the submount and the printed board.
- the light-emitting element 1 has a semiconductor stacked portion 11 (mesa) in the first region R1 with respect to the pre-plating element structure before the protective insulating film 14 and the first and second plating electrodes 15 and 16 are formed. And the first plating electrode 15 having an upper surface area larger than the p-electrode 12 so as to completely cover the entire p-electrode 12 and the p-electrode 12 thereon, so that the waste heat accompanying the light-emitting operation of the light-emitting element 1 generated in the mesa Is efficiently released to the outside.
- the pre-plating element structure of the light-emitting element 1 is the same as the pre-plating element structure configured by the laminated structure, material, film thickness, AlN mole fraction, and the like illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 and described in the first embodiment.
- the present invention is not limited, and various modifications can be made to the pre-plating element structure.
- the template 5 shown in FIG. 1 is taken as an example.
- the template 5 is not limited thereto.
- the AlN layer 3 may be an ELO-AlN layer formed by an epitaxial lateral growth method. 4 may be omitted, and another substrate may be used instead of the sapphire substrate 2.
- the film thickness and AlN mole fraction of each layer of AlGaN or GaN constituting the light emitting element 1 exemplified in the above embodiment are merely examples, and can be appropriately changed according to the specifications of the element.
- the electronic block layer 8 was provided was illustrated in the said embodiment, the electronic block layer 8 does not necessarily need to be provided.
- the pre-plating element structure of the light-emitting element 1 is assumed to have an emission center wavelength of 355 nm or less, at least a first semiconductor layer composed of one or more n-type AlGaN-based semiconductor layers and one or more From an active layer made of an AlGaN-based semiconductor layer having an AlN molar fraction of 0 or more and a semiconductor stacked portion formed by laminating a second semiconductor layer including one or more p-type AlGaN-based semiconductor layers, from one or more metal layers An n electrode and a p electrode made of one or a plurality of metal layers are provided. Further, the first region R1 has a concave portion surrounding the second region R2 from three sides in a plan view shape.
- the second region R2 includes a concave region R3 surrounded by the concave portion of the first region R1, and a concave region R3.
- the n-electrode 13 is formed on the first semiconductor layer in the second region R2 across the recessed region R3 and the peripheral region R4, and the p-electrode 12 Preferably, it is formed on the uppermost surface of the second semiconductor layer.
- the nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light-emitting device according to the present invention can be used for a light-emitting diode having an emission center wavelength of about 355 nm or less, and is effective in improving heat dissipation efficiency.
- Nitride semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting element 2 Sapphire substrate 3: AlN layer 4: AlGaN layer 5: Template 6: n-type cladding layer (n-type AlGaN) 7: Active layer 7a: Barrier layer 7b: Well layer 8: Electron block layer (p-type AlGaN) 9: p-type cladding layer (p-type AlGaN) 10: p contact layer (p-type GaN) DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11: Semiconductor laminated part 12: P electrode 13: N electrode 14: Protective insulating film 15: 1st plating electrode 16: 2nd plating electrode 17: 1st opening part 18: 2nd opening part 19: Seed film 20, 21: Plating metal film 22: UV reflection layer 23: Gap between first plating electrode and second plating electrode 24: Opaque insulating film 30: Submount 31: Base material 32: First metal electrode wiring 32a: First electrode pad 32b: First wiring portion 33: Second metal electrode wiring 33a: Second electrode pad 34b: Third
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前記p電極の前記保護絶縁膜で被覆されていない露出面と接触する第1メッキ電極を、更に備え、
前記半導体積層部は、前記半導体積層部の表面と平行な面内において1つの前記窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子が占有する領域を素子領域とし、前記素子領域内の一部の第1領域において、前記活性層と前記第2半導体層が前記第1半導体層上に積層し、前記素子領域内の前記第1領域以外の第2領域において、前記活性層と前記第2半導体層が前記第1半導体層上に積層しないように形成され、
前記第1領域は、平面視形状において、三方から前記第2領域を囲む凹部を有し、
前記第2領域は、前記第1領域の前記凹部に囲まれた凹部領域と、前記凹部領域以外の周辺領域が連続して構成され、
前記n電極は、前記第2領域内の前記第1半導体層上に、前記凹部領域及び前記周辺領域にまたがって形成され、
前記p電極は、前記第2半導体層の最上面に形成され、
前記保護絶縁膜は、前記半導体積層部の前記第1領域の外周側面の全面、前記第1領域と前記n電極の間の前記第1半導体層の上面、及び、前記n電極の外周端縁部の内の少なくとも前記第1領域と対向する部分を含む上面と側面を、少なくとも被覆し、且つ、前記n電極の表面の少なくとも一部及び前記p電極の表面の少なくとも一部を被覆せず露出するように、形成され、
前記第1メッキ電極は、湿式メッキ法により形成された銅または銅を主成分とする合金からなり、且つ、前記保護絶縁膜に被覆されていない前記n電極の露出面から離間して、前記p電極の露出面を含む前記第1領域の上面の全面、前記保護絶縁膜に被覆された前記第1領域の外周側面の全面、及び、前記第2領域の一部であって前記第1領域と接する境界領域を被覆するように形成されていることを第1の特徴とする窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子を提供する。
図1~図3に示すように、本発光素子1は、サファイア(0001)基板2上にAlN層3とAlGaN層4を成長させた基板をテンプレート5として用い、当該テンプレート5上に、n型AlGaNからなるn型クラッド層6、活性層7、AlNモル分率が活性層7より大きいp型AlGaNの電子ブロック層8、p型AlGaNのp型クラッド層9、p型GaNのp型コンタクト層10を順番に積層した半導体積層部11を有している。n型クラッド層6が第1半導体層に相当し、電子ブロック層8、p型クラッド層9、及び、p型コンタクト層10が第2半導体層に相当する。n型クラッド層6より上部の活性層7、電子ブロック層8、p型クラッド層9、p型コンタクト層10の一部の平面視領域(第2領域R2)が、n型クラッド層6の一部表面が露出するまで反応性イオンエッチング等により除去され、n型クラッド層6上の第1領域R1に活性層7からp型コンタクト層10までの積層構造が形成されている。活性層7は、一例として、膜厚10nmのn型AlGaNのバリア層7aと膜厚3.5nmのAlGaNまたはGaNの井戸層7bからなる単層の量子井戸構造となっている。活性層7は、下側層と上側層にAlNモル分率の大きいn型及びp型AlGaN層で挟持されるダブルヘテロジャンクション構造であれば良く、また、上記単層の量子井戸構造を多層化した多重量子井戸構造であっても良い。
次に、上記第1実施形態の一変形例として、本発光素子1の第2実施形態について説明する。図10に、第2実施形態に係る本発光素子1のY方向視右半分(X≧0の領域)の素子構造の一例を模式的に示す。図10は、図8の平面図のB-B’に沿ったXZ面に平行な本発光素子1の断面図である。
次に、上記第1または第2実施形態の一変形例として、本発光素子1の第3実施形態について説明する。図11に、第3実施形態に係る本発光素子1のY方向視右半分(X≧0の領域)の素子構造の一例を模式的に示す。図11は、図8の平面図のB-B’に沿ったXZ面に平行な本発光素子1の断面図である。尚、図11に示す素子構造は、第1実施形態の一変形例としての素子構造を示しており、第2実施形態で説明したメッキ金属膜20,21は図示されていない。
次に、上記第1乃至第3実施形態の一変形例として、本発光素子1の第4実施形態について説明する。図12に、第4実施形態に係る本発光素子1のY方向視右半分(X≧0の領域)の素子構造を模式的に示す。図12は、図8の平面図のB-B’に沿ったXZ面に平行な本発光素子1の断面図である。尚、図12に示す素子構造は、第1実施形態の一変形例としての素子構造を示しており、第2実施形態で説明したメッキ金属膜20,21及び第3実施形態で説明した紫外線反射層22は図示されていない。
次に、上記第1または第2実施形態の一変形例として、本発光素子1の第5実施形態について説明する。上記第1または第2実施形態の本発光素子1では、保護絶縁膜14は、紫外線を透過するSiO2膜またはAl2O3膜等で形成されている。しかし、保護絶縁膜14が紫外線を透過する材質で形成されている場合は、第3実施形態で説明した紫外線反射層22を設けることで、発光効率が改善され得るが、一方、第1メッキ電極15と第2メッキ電極16の間隙部23に充填される樹脂の組成によっては、第4実施形態で説明した不都合が生じ得るため、不透明絶縁膜24を設けることで当該不都合を予防し得る。
図13に、サブマウント30(基台に相当)に本発光素子1をフリップチップ実装方法により載置してなる窒化物半導体紫外線発光装置(以下、適宜「本発光装置」と称する)の一構成例の概略断面図を模式的に示す。図13において、本発光素子1は、上下が反転して、つまり、第1及び第2メッキ電極15,16の各上面が下向きになって、サブマウント30上に載置されている。本発光素子1は、上記第1乃至第5実施形態で説明した素子構造またはそれらを組み合わせた素子構造を有し、ダイシングされチップ状態となったものを使用する。尚、図13では、一例として第1実施形態で説明した本発光素子1を使用する場合の断面構造(図8の平面図のB-B’に沿ったXZ面に平行な断面)を例示している。また、図13及び後述する図14及び図15に示すXYZ座標軸は、本発光素子1を基準に表示しているため、+Z方向が図中下向きとなっている。
以下に、上記第1乃至第6実施形態の変形例につき説明する。
2: サファイア基板
3: AlN層
4: AlGaN層
5: テンプレート
6: n型クラッド層(n型AlGaN)
7: 活性層
7a: バリア層
7b: 井戸層
8: 電子ブロック層(p型AlGaN)
9: p型クラッド層(p型AlGaN)
10: pコンタクト層(p型GaN)
11: 半導体積層部
12: p電極
13: n電極
14: 保護絶縁膜
15: 第1メッキ電極
16: 第2メッキ電極
17: 第1開口部
18: 第2開口部
19: シード膜
20,21:メッキ金属膜
22: 紫外線反射層
23: 第1メッキ電極と第2メッキ電極の間隙部
24: 不透明絶縁膜
30: サブマウント
31: 基材
32: 第1金属電極配線
32a: 第1電極パッド
32b: 第1配線部
33: 第2金属電極配線
33a: 第2電極パッド
34b: 第3配線部
34: 側壁部
35: 封止樹脂
36: レンズ
37,38:リード端子
101: サファイア基板
102: 下地層(AlN)
103: n型クラッド層(n型AlGaN)
104: 多重量子井戸活性層
105: 電子ブロック層(p型AlGaN)
106: p型クラッド層(p型AlGaN)
107: pコンタクト層(p型GaN)
108: p電極
109: n電極
BL: 第1領域と第2領域の境界線
C: 凹部領域と周辺領域の境界
R1: 第1領域
R2: 第2領域
R3: 凹部領域
R4: 周辺領域
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- 1または複数のn型AlGaN系半導体層からなる第1半導体層と、1または複数のAlNモル分率が0以上のAlGaN系半導体層からなる活性層と、1または複数のp型AlGaN系半導体層からなる第2半導体層を積層してなる半導体積層部、1または複数の金属層からなるn電極、1または複数の金属層からなるp電極、及び、保護絶縁膜を備えてなる窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子であって、
前記p電極の前記保護絶縁膜で被覆されていない露出面と接触する第1メッキ電極を、更に備え、
前記半導体積層部は、前記半導体積層部の表面と平行な面内において1つの前記窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子が占有する領域を素子領域とし、前記素子領域内の一部の第1領域において、前記活性層と前記第2半導体層が前記第1半導体層上に積層し、前記素子領域内の前記第1領域以外の第2領域において、前記活性層と前記第2半導体層が前記第1半導体層上に積層しないように形成され、
前記第1領域は、平面視形状において、三方から前記第2領域を囲む凹部を有し、
前記第2領域は、前記第1領域の前記凹部に囲まれた凹部領域と、前記凹部領域以外の周辺領域が連続して構成され、
前記n電極は、前記第2領域内の前記第1半導体層上に、前記凹部領域及び前記周辺領域にまたがって形成され、
前記p電極は、前記第2半導体層の最上面に形成され、
前記保護絶縁膜は、前記半導体積層部の前記第1領域の外周側面の全面、前記第1領域と前記n電極の間の前記第1半導体層の上面、及び、前記n電極の外周端縁部の内の少なくとも前記第1領域と対向する部分を含む上面と側面を、少なくとも被覆し、且つ、前記n電極の表面の少なくとも一部及び前記p電極の表面の少なくとも一部を被覆せず露出するように、形成され、
前記第1メッキ電極は、湿式メッキ法により形成された銅または銅を主成分とする合金からなり、且つ、前記保護絶縁膜に被覆されていない前記n電極の露出面から離間して、前記p電極の露出面を含む前記第1領域の上面の全面、前記保護絶縁膜に被覆された前記第1領域の外周側面の全面、及び、前記第2領域の一部であって前記第1領域と接する境界領域を被覆するように形成されていることを特徴とする窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子。 - 前記第2領域の前記凹部領域の全てが、前記保護絶縁膜を介して、前記第1メッキ電極で被覆されていることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子。
- 前記第1メッキ電極は、前記保護絶縁膜に被覆されていない前記n電極の露出面から、75μm以上離間していることを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載の窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子。
- 前記保護絶縁膜は、前記p電極の外周端縁部の上面と側面、及び、前記第2半導体層の最上面の前記p電極で被覆されていない露出面を、更に被覆することを特徴とする請求項1~3の何れか1項に記載の窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子。
- 少なくとも前記保護絶縁膜に被覆されていない前記n電極の露出面上に、前記湿式メッキ法により形成された銅または銅を主成分とする合金からなる第2メッキ電極を更に備え、
前記第1メッキ電極と前記第2メッキ電極が相互に離間していることを特徴とする請求項1~4の何れか1項に記載の窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子。 - 前記第1メッキ電極と前記第2メッキ電極の各表面が夫々平坦化されており、前記各表面の前記半導体積層部の表面に垂直な方向の高さ位置が揃っていることを特徴とする請求項5に記載の窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子。
- 前記第1メッキ電極と前記第2メッキ電極間の離間距離が75μm以上であることを特徴とする請求項5または6に記載の窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子。
- 前記第1メッキ電極と前記第2メッキ電極の各表面に、少なくとも最上面に金を含む1層または多層のメッキ金属膜が形成されていることを特徴とする請求項5~7の何れか1項に記載の窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子。
- 前記第1メッキ電極の外周の全てが、前記保護絶縁膜を介して前記n電極上に位置していることを特徴とする請求項1~8の何れか1項に記載の窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子。
- 前記第1メッキ電極は、前記凹部領域の前記半導体積層部の前記第1領域の外周側面で囲まれた窪み内を充填して形成され、前記第1メッキ電極の上面の全面が平坦であることを特徴とする請求項1~9の何れか1項に記載の窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子。
- 前記湿式メッキ法が電解メッキ法であり、前記保護絶縁膜と前記第1メッキ電極の間に前記電解メッキ法で使用した給電用のシード膜が形成されていることを特徴とする請求項1~10の何れか1項に記載の窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子。
- 前記保護絶縁膜が、前記活性層から出射する紫外線を透過する絶縁材料で形成された透明絶縁膜であり、
前記保護絶縁膜と前記シード膜の間に、前記シード膜の紫外線反射率より高い反射率で、前記紫外線を反射する紫外線反射層が設けられていることを特徴とする請求項11に記載の窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子。 - 前記保護絶縁膜が、前記活性層から出射する紫外線を透過する絶縁材料で形成された透明絶縁膜であり、
前記第1メッキ電極と前記n電極の露出面の間の前記保護絶縁膜上の少なくとも一部に、前記活性層から出射する紫外線を透過しない絶縁材料で形成された不透明絶縁膜が形成されていることを特徴とする請求項1~12の何れか1項に記載の窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子。 - 前記保護絶縁膜が、前記活性層から出射する紫外線を透過しない絶縁材料で形成された不透明絶縁膜であることを特徴とする請求項1~11の何れか1項に記載の窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子。
- 絶縁性基材の表面に2以上の電極パッドを含む所定の平面視形状の金属膜が形成された基台上に、請求項1~14の何れか1項に記載の少なくとも1つの窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子を、前記第1メッキ電極が前記電極パッドと対向するように載置して、前記第1メッキ電極と対向する前記電極パッドの間が電気的且つ物理的に接続していることを特徴とする窒化物半導体紫外線発光装置。
- 前記窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子が、少なくとも前記保護絶縁膜に被覆されていない前記n電極の露出面上に、前記湿式メッキ法により形成された銅または銅を主成分とする合金からなる第2メッキ電極を更に備え、
前記第1メッキ電極と前記第2メッキ電極が相互に離間しており、
1つの前記窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子において、前記第1メッキ電極と1つの前記電極パッドの間が電気的且つ物理的に接続し、前記第2メッキ電極と他の1つの前記電極パッドの間が電気的且つ物理的に接続していることを特徴とする請求項15に記載の窒化物半導体紫外線発光装置。 - 前記基台が、第1電極パッドと前記第1電極パッドと電気的に分離した少なくとも1つの第2メッキ電極からなる1組の前記電極パッドを複数組備え、
前記基台上に、前記窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子が複数載置され、
1つの前記窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子の前記第1メッキ電極は、前記1組の前記電極パッドの前記第1電極パッドと、1つの前記窒化物半導体紫外線発光素子の前記第2メッキ電極は、前記1組の前記電極パッドの前記第2電極パッドと、夫々電気的且つ物理的に接続していることを特徴とする請求項16に記載の窒化物半導体紫外線発光装置。
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