High thermal stable and low resistance contacts to p-GaN for thin-GaN LED

C. L. Lin; S. J. Wang; C. Y. Liu

doi:10.1117/12.616349

13 September 2005 High thermal stable and low resistance contacts to p-GaN for thin-GaN LED

C. L. Lin, S. J. Wang, C. Y. Liu

Proceedings Volume 5941, Fifth International Conference on Solid State Lighting; 59411M (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.616349
Event: Optics and Photonics 2005, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this work, we investigate the optical and electrical properties of inserting a Ni thin barrier between contact layer, NiO-Au, and reflective layer, Al after sequent elevated annealing in air ambient. The reflectivity of NiO-Au/Ni/Al p-GaN contact configurations is 61% in 470nm which is 10% higher than NiO-Au/Al p-GaN contact configurations, after 500°C annealing. By inserting a Ni barrier layer, the specific contact resistance of the NiO-Au/Ni/Al was maintained on the order of 10^-2 Ω-cm², up to an annealing temperature of 500°C. The XPS results confirmed the function of the Ni barrier layer, and it shows relatively low atomic level of Al was detected in the GaN epi-layer. It was found that both the electrical and optical characteristics of NiO-Au/Ni/Al p-GaN contacts exhibited good thermal stability. This high thermal stable P-GaN enables the fabrication of thin-GaN LED device.

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C. L. Lin, S. J. Wang, and C. Y. Liu "High thermal stable and low resistance contacts to p-GaN for thin-GaN LED", Proc. SPIE 5941, Fifth International Conference on Solid State Lighting, 59411M (13 September 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.616349

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