研究生: |
張敏南 Chang, Ming-Nan |
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論文名稱: |
提升氮化鎵發光二極體發光效率之研究 Improved light illumination efficiency of GaN-based LEDs |
指導教授: |
賴韋志
Lai, Wei-Chi |
學位類別: |
碩士 Master |
系所名稱: |
理學院 - 光電科學與工程研究所 Institute of Electro-Optical Science and Engineering |
論文出版年: | 2009 |
畢業學年度: | 97 |
語文別: | 中文 |
論文頁數: | 77 |
中文關鍵詞: | 反射式電流阻擋層 、氮化鎵 、導光柱 、圖形化藍寶石基板 |
外文關鍵詞: | reflective blocking layers, patterned sapphire substrate, pillar, GaN |
相關次數: | 點閱:66 下載:3 |
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本論文首先探討側邊粗化及 3 微米導光柱對氮化鎵發光二極體光電特性的影響。透過光學模擬與實驗結果可得一較好的側邊粗化程度與 3微米導光柱排列之形式。再將此條件運用在圖形化藍寶石基板(Patterned Sapphire Substrate,PSS)並與標準化平面藍寶石基板比較其元件光電特性上的差異。由結果顯示,此粗化製程運用在不同基板上並不會造成電性上的損壞,然而結合粗化圖形與圖形化藍寶石基板卻可大大提升元件之發光效率。再者,結合反射式金屬 p/n 電極-銀/鉻/金(Ag/Cr/Au)、側邊粗化、3 微米導光柱及圖型化藍寶石基板之氮化鎵發光二極體其光輸出功率可較傳統之氮化鎵發光二極體提升約 90%。但因銀與 n 型氮化鎵有較高的接觸電阻,導致該元件存在有較高之操作電壓。
接著我們利用銀與氮化鎵之整流特性,設計不同樣式的反射式電流阻擋層運用在 p 型氮化鎵和 ITO 薄膜之界面處。由於本實驗使用之 ITO薄膜需要經過 600oC 氮氣環境下熱處理,所以我們首先探討熱處理前後對不同反射式電流阻擋層之反射率的影響,由實驗結果發現經熱處理後,反射式電流阻擋層表面皆會結成球狀導致反射率大幅降低。接著探討反射式電流阻擋層運用在 p 型氮化鎵之接觸特性,我們發現直接蒸鍍反射式電流阻擋層-銀於 p 型氮化鎵上之接觸特性呈現接近歐姆特性曲線,但若先使用氧電漿(O2 plasma)於 p 型氮化鎵表面蝕刻 10 分鐘則可得到較佳的蕭特基特性曲線。最後,我們將三種不同樣式的反射式電流阻擋層(Ag/p-GaN、Ag/O2 plasma treated p-GaN、Ag/SiO2/p-GaN)運用在氮化鎵發光二極體上並和標準化元件進行光電特性的比較可發現,在電流20mA 注入下,發光二極體其順向導通電壓(Vf)都約在 3.0V 左右,而其光輸出功率(light output power)分別為 5.54mW、5.71mW、6.02mW 比標準化發光二極體的光輸出功率 5.26mW 各高出約 5.3%、8.5%、14.4%。
綜觀本研究藉由幾種結構上的粗化製程有效地提升光的萃取效率,進而改善外部量子效率,相信這些方法對未來追求高效率發光二極體上有莫大的幫助。
In this thesis, we had mainly investigated the light output power improvements in GaN-based light emitting diode.
First, the textured sidewall mesa and GaN micro size pillars (μ-pillars) around the mesa region were fabricated on the GaN-based LEDs. And we had demonstrated experimentally that the textured sidewall mesa and GaN μ-pillars around mesa using in LED structure could enhance light output power effectively by disrupting the waveguide mode in GaN/air interface and also in good agreement with our results of ray-tracing simulation. Moreover, when GaN-based LEDs with textured sidewall mesa, GaN μ-pillars around mesa region, patterned sapphire substrate (PSS), and highly reflective Ag/Cr/Au metal electrode pads could enhance LED output power by more than 90%, as compared to the conventional GaN-based LEDs. But the higher contact resistance determined by n+-GaN/Ag resulted in higher turn-on voltage.Following, Ag-based materials were performed as reflective current blocking layer on GaN-based LEDs owing to its higher reflection and the rectify characteristic of Ag/GaN interface. Comparing with conventional GaN-based LED, the light output power enhancement of these three types reflective current blocking layers of Ag/p-GaN, Ag/O2 plasma treated p-GaN, and Ag/SiO2/p-GaN on GaN-based LEDs were 5.3%,8.5%,and 14.4%, respectively, under the 20mA current injection.And the 20mA-forward voltage (Vf) of all LEDs were approximately at 3.0V indicating these designed reflective blocking layers between interface of indium tin oxide (ITO) film and p-GaN layer did not deteriorate the electrical properties of LEDs.
In summary, we efficiently enhanced light extraction efficiency and external quantum efficiency by texturing structure. We believed that these methods played a role on pursuing high power LEDS
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