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Vertical‐Type Blue Light Emitting Diode by Mixed‐Source Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy Method
Author(s) -
Jeon Injun,
Bae Sung Geun,
Jeon Hunsoo,
Kim Kyoung Hwa,
Yang Min,
Yi Sam Nyung,
Ahn Hyung Soo,
Yu Young Moon,
Sawaki Nobuhiko,
Kim SuckWhan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
physica status solidi (a)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.532
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1862-6319
pISSN - 1862-6300
DOI - 10.1002/pssa.201700491
Subject(s) - materials science , epitaxy , optoelectronics , shadow mask , layer (electronics) , hydride , diode , light emitting diode , substrate (aquarium) , photolithography , optics , nanotechnology , metallurgy , metal , physics , oceanography , geology
A vertical‐type blue light‐emitting diode (BLED) was fabricated without a conventional substrate by the mixed‐source hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) method, wherein the reactor was equipped with a multi‐graphite boat filled with the mixed source for consecutive growth and regulation of the growth rate inside the source zone and a radio‐frequency (RF) heating‐coil to attain high temperatures ( T > 900 °C) outside the source zone, which is different from the existing HVPE equipment. The vertical‐type BLED with an active layer of GaN was fabricated by only four production steps: i) photolithography process for manufacturing the mask, ii) epitaxial layer growth process for consecutive growth using the multi‐graphite boat, iii) sorting process to place the bare chips into the holes in a pocket‐type shadow mask for the deposition of the electrodes, and iv) metallization process. The characteristics of the emitted light and the growth thickness measured by a field emission scanning electron microscope (FE‐SEM) and a transmission electron microscope (TEM) revealed that we succeeded in producing the vertical‐type BLED by the mixed‐source HVPE method.