垂直电极结构GaN基发光二极管的研制

利用激光剥离技术(LLO)和晶片键合技术将GaN基发光二极管(LED)薄膜与蓝宝石衬底分离并转移到Si衬底上,高分辨X射线衍射(HRXRD)和阴极荧光谱(CL)结果表明激光剥离过程没有影响GaN量子阱的结构和光学性质,GaN和InGaN/GaN多量子阱的发光峰都呈现红移,这都来源于去除蓝宝石后薄膜中应力的释放.采用金属In和Pd的合金化键合过程解决了GaN材料与Si衬底的结合问题,结合逐个芯片剥离和键合的方式实现了GaN大面积均匀转移.成功研制了激光剥离垂直电极结构的GaN基LED,L-I测试特性表明器件的热饱和电流和出光功率都有很大的提高.     

垂直电极结构GaN基发光二极管的研制

利用激光剥离技术(LLO)和晶片键合技术将GaN基发光二极管(LED)薄膜与蓝宝石衬底分离并转移到Si衬底上,高分辨X射线衍射(HRXRD)和阴极荧光谱(CL)结果表明激光剥离过程没有影响GaN量子阱的结构和光学性质,GaN和InGaN/GaN多量子阱的发光峰都呈现红移,这都来源于去除蓝宝石后薄膜中应力的释放.采用金属In和Pd的合金化键合过程解决了GaN材料与Si衬底的结合问题,结合逐个芯片剥离和键合的方式实现了GaN大面积均匀转移.成功研制了激光剥离垂直电极结构的GaN基LED,L-I测试特性表明器件的热饱和电流和出光功率都有很大的提高.     

利用金属键合和激光剥离技术制备GaN/metal /Si异质结构的研究

利用金属键合和激光剥离将生长在蓝宝石衬底上的GaN薄膜转移到Si衬底上。键合后采用波长为248nm的准分子脉冲激光辐照蓝宝石衬底,低温处理去除蓝宝石衬底。系统地研究不同键合温度和激光能量密度对GaN结构和光学特性的影响。AFM、XRD和PL测试表明：键合温度和激光剥离的能量密度较低,转移衬底后GaN的质量较好;激光剥离的阈值能量密度为300mJ/cm2;键合温度400℃的样品均方根粗糙度（RMS）约为50nm。     

激光剥离技术实现GaN薄膜从蓝宝石衬底移至Cu衬底

在GaN薄膜表面电镀厚100μm的、均匀的金属铜作为转移衬底.采用激光剥离技术,在400mJ/cm2脉冲激光能量密度条件下,成功地将GaN薄膜从蓝宝石衬底转移至Cu衬底.激光剥离后Cu衬底上GaN薄膜的扫描电子显微镜(SEM)测试结果表明,电镀Cu衬底与GaN之间形成致密的结合,对GaN薄膜起到了很好的支撑作用.同时铜的延展性好,使得GaN薄膜内产生的应力得到有效释放,保持了剥离后GaN薄膜的完整性.激光剥离后GaN表面残留物的X射线光电子能谱(XPS)分析显示,激光辐照产生的金属Ga部分与空气中的氧结合形成Ga2O3,这是剥离后GaN表面后处理困难的原因,并给出了相应的解决方法.     

AlGaN缓冲层结构对Si基GaN材料性能的影响

Si衬底与GaN之间较大的晶格失配和热失配引起的张应力使GaN外延层极易产生裂纹,如何补偿GaN所受到的张应力是进行Si基GaN外延生长面临的首要问题.采用金属有机化合物化学气相沉积(MOCVD)技术在4英寸(1英寸=2.54 cm)Si (111)衬底上制备了GaN外延材料并研究了不同AlGaN缓冲层结构对Si基GaN外延材料性能的影响,并采用高分辨X射线衍射仪(HRXRD)、原子力显微镜(AFM)、喇曼光谱以及光学显微镜对制备的GaN材料的性能进行了表征.采用3层A1GaN缓冲层结构制备了表面光亮、无裂纹的GaN外延材料,其(002)晶面半高宽为428 arcsec,表面粗糙度为0.194 nm.结果表明,采用3层A1GaN缓冲层结构可以有效地降低GaN材料的张应力和位错密度,进而遏制表面裂纹的出现,提高晶体质量.     

蓝宝石上横向外延GaN薄膜

在蓝宝石衬底上利用金属有机物气相外延(MOCVD)方法对横向外延(ELO)GaN薄膜的生长条件进行了研究.在蓝宝石衬底上利用化学腐蚀的方法刻饰出图案,再沉积低温GaN缓冲层作为外延层的子晶层,以降低外延层与衬底的晶格失配与热失配,制备出低位错密度的GaN外延层.分别利用X射线衍射、原子力显微镜及湿法腐蚀对外延层进行检测.     

蓝宝石上横向外延GaN薄膜

在蓝宝石衬底上利用金属有机物气相外延(MOCVD)方法对横向外延(ELO)GaN薄膜的生长条件进行了研究.在蓝宝石衬底上利用化学腐蚀的方法刻饰出图案,再沉积低温GaN缓冲层作为外延层的子晶层,以降低外延层与衬底的晶格失配与热失配,制备出低位错密度的GaN外延层.分别利用X射线衍射、原子力显微镜及湿法腐蚀对外延层进行检测.     

2×25.4 mm GaN LED外延膜的激光剥离及其衬底的重复利用

利用激光剥离技术实现直径为50.8 mm CaN LED外延膜的大面积完整剥离.激光剥离后的原子力显微镜(AFM)扫描和X射线双晶衍射谱(XRD)表明剥离前后外延膜的质量并未明显改变.并报道了在剥离掉后的蓝宝石(α-Al2O3)衬底上MOCVD外延生长InGaN/CaN多量子阱(MQW's)LED器件结构,通过光致发光谱(PL)和XRD谱对比分析了在相同条件下剥离掉后衬底与常规衬底上生长的CaN LED外延膜晶体质量.     

2×25.4mm GaN LED外延膜的激光剥离及其衬底的重复利用

利用激光剥离技术实现直径为50.8mm GaNLED外延膜的大面积完整剥离。激光剥离后的原子力显微镜（AFM）扫描和X射线双晶衍射谱（XRD）表明剥离前后外延膜的质量并未明显改变。并报道了在剥离掉后的蓝宝石（α-Al2O3）衬底上MOCVD外延生长InGaN/GaN多量子阱（MQW′s）LED器件结构,通过光致发光谱（PL）和XRD谱对比分析了在相同条件下剥离掉后衬底与常规衬底上生长的GaNLED外延膜晶体质量。     

GaN在Si(001)上的ECR等离子体增强MOCVD直接生长研究

研究了用电子回旋共振(ECR)等离子体增强金属有机物化学气相沉积(PEMOCVD)技术在Si(001)衬底上,低温(620～720℃)下GaN薄膜的直接外延生长及晶相结构.高分辨透射电镜(HRTEM)和X射线衍射(XRD)结果表明:在Si(001)衬底上外延出了高度c轴取向纤锌矿结构的GaN膜,但在GaN/Si(001)界面处自然形成了一层非晶层,其两个表面平坦而陡峭,厚度均匀(≈2nm).分析认为,在初始成核阶段N与Si之间反应所产生的这层SixNy非晶层使GaN的β相没有形成.XRD和原子力显微镜(AFM)结果表明,衬底表面的原位氢等离子体清洗,GaN初始成核及后续生长条件对GaN膜的晶体质量非常重要.     

Integration of GaN thin films with dissimilar substrate materials by Pd-In metal bonding and laser lift-off

Gallium nitride (GaN) thin films grown on sapphire substrates were successfully bonded and transferred onto GaAs, Si, and polymer “receptor” substrates using a low-temperature Pd-In bond followed by a laser lift-off (LLO) process to remove the sapphire growth substrate. The GaN/sapphire structures were joined to the receptor substrate by pressure bonding a Pd-In bilayer coated GaN surface onto a Pd coated receptor substrate at a temperature of 200°C. X-ray diffraction showed that the intermetallic compound PdIn₃ had formed during the bonding process. LLO, using a single 600 mJ/cm², 38 ns KrF (248 nm) excimer laser pulse directed through the transparent sapphire substrate, followed by a low-temperature heat treatment, completed the transfer of the GaN onto the “receptor” substrate. Cross-sectional scanning electron microscopy and x-ray rocking curves showed that the film quality did not degrade significantly during the bonding and LLO process.     

GaN/metal/Si heterostructure fabricated by metal bonding and laser lift-off

A process methodology has been adopted to transfer GaN thin films grown on sapphire substrates to Si substrates using metal bonding and laser lift-off techniques. After bonding, a single KrF (248 nm) excimer laser pulse was directed through the transparent sapphire substrates followed by low-temperature heat treatment to remove the substrates. The influence of bonding temperature and energy density of the excimer laser on the structure and optical properties of GaN films were investigated systemically. Atomic force microscopy, X-ray diffraction and photolumi-nescence measurements showed that (1) the quality of the GaN film was higher at a lower bonding temperature and lower energy density; (2) the threshold of the energy density of the excimer laser lift-off GaN was 300 mJ/cm~2. The root-mean-square roughness of the transferred GaN surface was about 50 nm at a bonding temperature of 400 ℃.     

Laser lift-off technique and the re-utilization of GaN-based LED films grown on sapphire substrate

A thin GaN LED film, grown on 2-inch-diameter sapphire substrates, is separated by laser lift-off. Atom force microscopy （AFM） and the double-crystal X-ray diffraction （XRD） have been employed to characterize the performance of Gan before and after the lift-off process. It is demonstrated that the separation and transfer processes do not alter the crystal quality of the GaN films obviously. InGaN/GaN multi-quantum-wells （MQW＇s） structure is grown on the separated sapphire substrate later and is compared with that grown on the conventional substmte under the same condition by using PL and XRD spectrum.     

Enhancement of InGaN-Based Vertical LED With Concavely Patterned Surface Using Patterned Sapphire Substrate

To improve the external quantum efficiency, we have proposed a new method utilizing surface roughening of vertical-type light-emitting diodes (VT-LEDs) fabricated on hemispherical patterned sapphire substrate by using a laser lift-off technique. The advantages of this method are simple and reproducible in transferring the well-defined patterns on sapphire into GaN layer. The VT-LED with concavely patterned surface showed a nearly twofold increase in the output power compared to the normal planar surface. This improvement in the VT-LED performances is attributed to the increase in the escaping probability of photons from the LED surface.     

Enhanced Luminance Efficiency of Wafer-Bonded InGaN–GaN LEDs With Double-Side Textured Surfaces and Omnidirectional Reflectors

A p-side-up GaN-based light-emitting diode (LED) on a silicon substrate was designed and fabricated using a combination of omnidirectional reflector (ODR) and double-side textured surface (both p-GaN and undoped-GaN) structures via surface-roughening, laser lift-off (LLO) and wafer-bonding technologies. The reflectivity of the designed ODR can reach 99.1% at a wavelength of 460 nm. The textured surface of top p-GaN was achieved under low temperature (LT) conditions using metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. It was found that the GaN LED with an extra 200-nm-thick LT p-GaN layer exhibits a 50% enhancement in luminance intensity. The luminance efficiency of double-side roughened silicon–ODR–GaN LED with a small chip size of 250 $mu {hbox {m}} times {hbox {500}}~mu$m can be improved from 23.2% to 28.2% at an injection current of 20 mA. For the case of 1 mm $times$ 1 mm in chip size, the saturation behavior of the light output power is not observed when an injection current increased from 20 to 350 mA, where the luminance efficiency at 20 mA can reach 28.9%, demonstrating an enhancement by 46%, as compared with that of the conventional GaN–sapphire LEDs. These enhanced results can be attributed to higher reflectivity from the ODR and multiple chances of light emitted from the active region to escape, as well as a centralizing effect of light along the vertical direction.      

Light–Output Enhancement of Nano-Roughened GaN Laser Lift-Off Light-Emitting Diodes Formed by ICP Dry Etching

In this paper, we report the fabrication and characteristics of nano-roughened GaN laser lift-off (LLO) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with different scale surface roughness. The surface roughness of devices was controlled by inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etching. Using this fabrication method to form nano-scaled roughness, the electrical property was almost not degraded. Furthermore, the light-output power and wall-plug efficiency of LLO LED could be both significantly enhanced about two times using this simple method     

InGaN/GaN和InGaN/AlGaN多量子阱中应变对光致发光特性的影响

对蓝宝石衬底上的InGaN/GaN和InGaN/AlGaN多量子阱结构和经激光剥离去除衬底的InGaN/GaN和InGaN/AlGaN多量子阱结构薄膜样品,进行了光致发光谱、高分辨XRD和喇曼光谱测量.PL测量结果表明,相对于带有蓝宝石衬底的样品,InGaN/GaN多量子阱薄膜样品的PL谱峰值波长发生较小的蓝移,而InGaN/AlGaN多量子阱薄膜样品的PL谱峰值波长发生明显的红移;喇曼光谱的结果表明,激光剥离前后E2模的峰值从569.1减少到567.5cm-1.这说明激光剥离去除衬底使得外延层整体的压应力得到部分释放,但InGaN/GaN与InGaN/AlGaN多量子阱结构中阱层InGaN的应力发生了不同的变化.XRD的结果证实了这一结论.     

High Light-Extraction GaN-Based Vertical LEDs With Double Diffuse Surfaces

High light-extraction (external quantum efficiency ~40%) 465-nm GaN-based vertical light-emitting diodes (LEDs) employing double diffuse surfaces were fabricated. This novel LED structure includes one top transmitted diffuse surface and another diffuse omnidirectional reflector (ODR) on the bottom of a LED chip. The diffusive ODR consists of a roughened p-type GaN layer, an indium-tin-oxide (ITO) low refractive index layer, and an Al layer. The surface of the p-type GaN-layer was naturally roughened while decreasing the growth temperature to 800 degC. After flip-bonding onto a Si substrate by AuSn eutectic metal and laser lift-off processes to remove the sapphire substrate, an anisotropic etching by dilute potassium hydroxide (KOH) was employed on the N-face n-GaN layer to obtain transmitted diffuse surfaces with hexagonal-cone morphology. The double diffused surfaces LEDs show an enhancement of 56% and 236% in light output power compared to single side diffused surface and conventional LEDs, respectively. The devices also show a low leakage current in the order of magnitude of 10 ^-8 A at -5 V and a calculated external quantum efficiency of about 40%. The high scattering efficiency of double diffused surfaces could be responsible for the enhancement in the device light output power