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Chin. Phys. B, 2008, Vol. 17(7): 2696-2700    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/17/7/056
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Reliability analysis of GaN-based light emitting diodes for solid state illumination

Yang Ling(杨凌), Ma Xiao-Hua(马晓华), Feng Qian(冯倩), and Hao Yue(郝跃)
Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Wide Band-Gap Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Microelectronics Institute, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China
Abstract  In this paper, we have discussed the effect of electrical stress on GaN light emitting diode (LED). With the lapse of time, the LED with an applied large current stress can reduce its current more than without such a stress under a large forward-voltage drop. Its scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image shows that there exist several pits on the surface of the p-metal. With an electrical stress applied, the number of pits greatly increases. We also find that the degradation of GaN LED is related to the oxidized Ni/Au ohmic contact to p-GaN. The electrical activation of H-passivated Mg acceptors is described in detail. Annealing is performed in ambient air for 10 min and the differential resistances at a forward-voltage drop of 5 V are taken to evaluate the activation of the Mg acceptors. These results suggest some mechanisms of degradation responsible for these phenomena, which are described in the paper.
Keywords:  GaN based LED      electrical stress      pits      annealing      mechanism of degradation  
Received:  14 November 2007      Revised:  25 January 2008      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  85.60.Jb (Light-emitting devices)  
  68.37.Hk (Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) (including EBIC))  
  73.40.Ns (Metal-nonmetal contacts)  
  81.40.Ef (Cold working, work hardening; annealing, post-deformation annealing, quenching, tempering recovery, and crystallization)  
Fund: Project supported by the National High Technology Development Program of China (Grant No 2006AA03A108).

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Yang Ling(杨凌), Ma Xiao-Hua(马晓华), Feng Qian(冯倩), and Hao Yue(郝跃) Reliability analysis of GaN-based light emitting diodes for solid state illumination 2008 Chin. Phys. B 17 2696

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