• 제목/요약/키워드: GaN-based LED

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Application of Polystyrene/SiO2 Core-shell Nanospheres to Improve the Light Extraction of GaN LEDs

  • Yeon, Seung Hwan;Kim, Kiyong;Park, Jinsub
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.314.2-314.2
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    • 2014
  • To improve the optical and electrical properties of commercialized GaN-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs), many methods are suggested. In recent years, great efforts have been made to improve the internal quantum efficiency and light extraction efficiency (LEE) and promising approaches are suggested using a patterned sapphire substrate (PSS), V-pit embedded LED structures, and silica nanostructures. In this study, we report on the enhancement of photoluminescence (PL) intensity in GaN-based LED structures by using the combination of SiO2 (silica) nanospheres and polystyrene/SiO2 core-shell nanospheres. The SiO2 nanospheres-coated LED structure shows the slightly increased PL intensity. Moreover the polystyrene/SiO2 core-shell nanospheres-coated structure shows the more increase of PL intensity comparing to that of only SiO2 spheres-coated structure and the conventional structure without coating of nanospheres. The Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulation results show corresponding result with experimentally observed results. The mechanism of enhancement of PL intensity using the coating of polystyrene/SiO2 core-shell nanospheres on LED surface can be explained by the improvement in extraction efficiency by both increasing the probability of light escape by reducing Fresnel reflection and by multiple scattering within the core-shell nanospheres.

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거친 표면구조를 이용한 400 nm 파장 GaN계 발광다이오드의 광 추출효율 개선 (Light Extraction Improvement of 400 nm Wavelength GaN-Based Light-Emitting Diode by Textured Structures)

  • 김덕원;유순재;서주옥;김희태;서종욱
    • 한국산학기술학회논문지
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    • 제10권7호
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    • pp.1514-1519
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    • 2009
  • 400nm 파장을 방출하는 GaN LED를 제조하여, n-GaN층과 p-GaN층의 위에 있는 ITO층 표면에 패턴을 만들어 광 추출 효율을 향상시켰다. 추가적으로, n과 p패드 아래와 칩의 바닥면에 각각 광반사 금속을 설치하였다. 광 추출 효율은 20mA에서 n-GaN의 텍스쳐링에 의해 20% 증가되었고 ITO의 텍스쳐링에 의해 18% 증가되었다. 표면 처리가 않된 LED와 비교해서 n-GaN와 ITO를 함께 표면 텍스쳐링 했을때의 광 추출 효율은 20mA에서 32% 증가되었다.

Monolithic Polychromatic InGaN Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Micro-facet Structures

  • Funato, Mitsuru;Kawakami, Yoichi
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보디스플레이학회 2008년도 International Meeting on Information Display
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    • pp.1149-1152
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    • 2008
  • Nitride semiconductor based light-emitting diodes attain a new functionality of polychromatic emission by the use of three-dimensionally faceted microstructures, which may lead to an advanced lighting technology in which the light source spectra are synthesized so as to meet requirements of the application.

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Electrical Leakage Levels Estimated from Luminescence and Photovoltaic Properties under Photoexcitation for GaN-based Light-emitting Diodes

  • Kim, Jongseok;Kim, HyungTae;Kim, Seungtaek;Choi, Won-Jin;Jung, Hyundon
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • 제3권6호
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    • pp.516-521
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    • 2019
  • The electrical leakage levels of GaN-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs) containing leakage paths are estimated using photoluminescence (PL) and photovoltaic properties under photoexcitation conditions. The PL intensity and open-circuit voltage (VOC) decrease because of carrier leakages depending on photoexcitation conditions when compared with reference values for typical LED chips without leakage paths. Changes of photovoltage-photocurrent characteristics and PL intensity due to carrier leakage are employed to assess the leakage current levels of LEDs with leakage paths. The current corresponding to the reduced VOC of an LED with leakage from the photovoltaic curve of a reference LED without leakage is matched with the leakage current calculated using the PL intensity reduction ratio and short-circuit current of the LED with leakage. The current needed to increase the voltage for an LED with a leakage under photoexcitation from VOC of the LED up to VOC of a reference LED without a leakage is identical to the additional current needed for optical turn-on of the LED with a leakage. The leakage current level estimated using the PL and photovoltaic properties under photoexcitation is consistent with the leakage level measured from the voltage-current characteristic obtained under current injection conditions.

고휘도 LED의 구조 해석 및 설계 (Analysis and Design of High-Brightness LEDs)

  • 이성재;송석원
    • 전자공학회논문지D
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    • 제35D권6호
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    • pp.79-91
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    • 1998
  • Escape cone 개념에 바탕을 둔 구조 해석을 통해 고휘도 LED의 설계 이론을 확립하였다. 확립된 설계이론에 근거하여 최근까지 개발된 중요한 고휘도 LED의 구조들을 비교/분석하였으며, 각각의 구조에서 출력결합효율을 대략적으로 계산하였다. Ohmic전극 영역에서의 광자 손실이 매우 심각한 것으로 알려진 AlGaAs 또는 InGaAIP LED의 경우, window layer(WL)와 transparent substrate(TS)를 활용하게 되면 전극에 의한 광자의 차폐효과가 크게 감소되어 발광효율이 크게 개선된다. 청색으로부터 녹색까지 상당히 넓은 영역에 걸친 발광특성을 갖는 InGaN LED 경우의 중요한 차이점의 하나는 WL를 사용하지 않으면서도 괄목할만한 발광효율을 얻어 낼 수 있다는 사실인데, 그 원인은 GaN와 같은 넓은 bandgap을 갖는 반도체의 경우 ohmic 전극에서의 광자의 손실이 상대적으로 미미하며 그 결과로 전극에 의한 광자의 차폐현상이 상대적으로 큰 문제가 되지 않기 때문인 것으로 분석된다.

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Application of $Sr_3SiO_5$:Eu yellow phosphor for white light-emitting diodes

  • Park, Joung-Kyu;Kim, Chang-Hae;Park, Hee-Dong
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보디스플레이학회 2004년도 Asia Display / IMID 04
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    • pp.676-678
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    • 2004
  • In order to develop new yellow phosphor that emit efficiently under the 450 - 470 nm excitation range, we have synthesized a $Eu^{2+}$-activated $Sr_3SiO_5$ yellow phosphor and investigated an attempt to develop white LEDs by combining it with a InGaN blue LED chip (460 nm). Two distinct emission bands from the InGaN-based LED and the $Sr_3SiO_5$:Eu phosphor are clearly observed at 460 nm and at 570 nm, respectively. These two emission bands combine to give a spectrum that appears white to the naked eye. Our results showed that InGaN (460 nm chip)-based $Sr_3SiO_5$:Eu exhibits a better luminous efficiency than that of the industrially available product InGaN (460 nm chip)-based YAG:Ce.

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Characterization of Optical Properties of Light-Emitting Diodes Grown on Si (111) Substrate with Different Quantum Well Numbers and Thicknesses

  • 장민호;고영호;고석민;유양석;김준연;탁영조;박영수;조용훈
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2012년도 제43회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.313-313
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    • 2012
  • In recent years there have been many studies of InGaN/GaN based light emitting diodes (LEDs) in order to progress the performance of luminescence. Many previous literatures showed the performance of LEDs by changing the LED structures and substrates. However, the studies carried out by the researchers so far were very complicated and sometimes difficult to apply in practice. Therefore, we propose one simple method of changing the thickness and the numbers of multiple quantum wells (MQWs) in order to optimize their effects. In our research, we investigated electrical and optical properties by changing the well thickness and the number of quantum well (QW) pair in LED structures by growing the structure -inch Si (111) wafer. We defined the samples from LED_1 to LED_3 according to MQW structure. Samples LED_1, LED_2 and LED_3 consist of 5-pair InGaN/GaN (3.5 nm/ 4.5 nm), 5-pair InGaN/GaN (3 nm/4.5 nm) and 7-pair InGaN/GaN (3.5 nm/4.5 nm), respectively. We characterized electrical and optical properties by using electroluminescence (EL) measurement. Also, Efficiency droop was analyzed by calculating external quantum efficiency (EQE) with varying injection current. The EL spectra of three samples show different emission wavelength peaks, FWHM and the blueshift of wavelength caused by screening the internal electric field because of the effect of different MQW structure. The results of optical properties show that the LED_2 sample reduce the internal electric field in QW than LED_1 from EL spectra. the increase in the number of QW pairs reduces the strain and increase the In composition in MQW. And, the points of efficiency droop's peak show different trend from LED_1 to LED_3. It is related with the carrier density in active region. Thus, from the results of experiments, we are able to achieve high performance LEDs and a reduction of efficiency droop and emission wavelength blueshift by optimizing MQWs structure.

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Ti-Al 반사막을 이용한 405 nm LED의 광추출 효율 향상 (Enhancement in the light extraction efficiency of 405 nm light-emitting diodes by adoption of a Ti-Al reflection layer)

  • 김창연;권새롬;이두형;노승정
    • 한국진공학회지
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    • 제17권3호
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    • pp.211-214
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    • 2008
  • Metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD)를 이용하여 사파이어 기판 위에 405 nm의 파장을 갖는 GaN light-emitting diode (LED)를 제작하였다. LED의 InGaN 활성층에서 생성되어 칩의 후면으로 향하는 광자를 전면으로 반사시키기 위하여, 사파이어 기판 후면에 반사막을 증착하였다. 반사막으로는 Al을 사용하였으며, 사파이어 기판에 대한 Al 박막의 접착력을 개선하기 위하여 사파이어 기판 후면에 Ti를 먼저 증착한 후에 Al을 증착하였다. Ti-Al 반사막을 채용한 결과, 광추출 효율이 52 % 향상되었다.

시뮬레이션을 이용한 PSS (patterned sapphire substrate) LED의 광추출 효율 평가 (The evaluation of the extraction efficiency of PSS(patterned sapphire substrate) LED using simulation)

  • 이진복;윤상호;김동운;최창환
    • 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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    • 제44권4호
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    • pp.91-96
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    • 2007
  • 사파이어 기반의 GaN LED의 광추출 효율을 시뮬레이션을 이용하여 정량적으로 평가하였다. 각각의 LED는 ray-tracing 시뮬레이션을 이용하여 광추출 효율을 계산하였다. 본 연구에는 PSS(patterned sapphire substrate) LED와 flat LED의 비교 분석을 통하여, LED에서의 사파이어 기판의 패턴이 광추출에 미치는 영향을 설명하였다. 또한, 각각의 칩에서 반사막의 반사도가 광추출에 미치는 영향을 분석하고, 그 원인을 시뮬레이션을 이용하여 설명하였다. 한편, 사파이어 패턴에 의한 광추출효율의 변화 효과를 공기(air)와 실리콘(silicone) 분위기에서 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다. 이러한 시뮬레이션 기술을 통해 광추출 효율의 개선 정도를 정량적으로 평가할 수 있었으며, 이러한 연구가 향후 고효율 LED 개발에 도움을 줄 것으로 판단된다.