Effect of an In layer on the thermal stability of Ag reflector for vertical GaN-based light-emitting diodes
- Authors
- Yum, Woong-Sun; Lee, Chang-Hyeong; Jin, Sungho; Seong, Tae-Yeon
- Issue Date
- 4월-2013
- Publisher
- ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Keywords
- In middle layer; Ag reflector; LED; GaN; Light output power
- Citation
- SUPERLATTICES AND MICROSTRUCTURES, v.56, pp.77 - 85
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- SUPERLATTICES AND MICROSTRUCTURES
- Volume
- 56
- Start Page
- 77
- End Page
- 85
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/103564
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.spmi.2012.12.014
- ISSN
- 0749-6036
- Abstract
- We investigated the effect of an indium (In) middle layer on the thermal and electrical properties of Ag contacts for high-power GaN-based vertical light-emitting diodes (LEDs). It is shown that with increasing temperature, agglomeration is initiated by the formation of hillocks, followed by the generation of holes, eventually leading to agglomeration. The presence of the In layer effectively delays agglomeration. As a result, the In-combined Ag reflectors exhibit better specific contact resistance (6.0 x 10(-5) Omega cm(2)) and reflectance (similar to 75% at 440 nm) when annealed at 500 degrees C, as compared to Ag only contacts. Blue (440 nm) LEDs fabricated with the 500 degrees C-annealed In-combined Ag contacts exhibit a forward voltage of 2.99 V (at an injection current of 20 mA) lower than that of LEDs with the 500 degrees C-annealed Ag only contacts. The output power (at 20 mA) of the LEDs with the 500 degrees C-annealed In-combined Ag contacts is 29% higher than that of LEDs with the 500 degrees C-annealed Ag only contacts. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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