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- a semiconductor light emitting device using a gallium nitride compound semiconductor that emits blue (from ultraviolet to yellow) light has a structure as shown in FIG. That is, a low-temperature buffer layer 22 made of, for example, GaN on the sapphire substrate 21, an n-type layer (cladding layer) 23 on which n-type GaN is epitaxially grown at a high temperature, and a band gap energy.
- the n-type layer 23 may use an A 1 GaN-based compound semiconductor layer on the active layer 23 side in order to improve the effect of confining the carrier.
- conventional blue semiconductor light-emitting devices using a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor are composed of a GaN, an InGaN, and an A1 GaN system that form a light-emitting layer on a sapphire substrate. It is formed by stacking gallium nitride-based compound semiconductors such as these.
- the lattice constant of the sapphire substrate differs from that of the gallium nitride compound semiconductor by about 16%, and a gallium nitride compound semiconductor layer having excellent crystallinity cannot be obtained.
- a buffer such as GaN or A1N formed at a low temperature between the single crystal layer of the gallium nitride compound semiconductor forming the light emitting layer and the substrate. It has been practiced to improve the crystallinity of a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor layer by interposing a layer.
- the crystallinity of the light emitting layer has been improved, and the blue semiconductor light emitting device has been put to practical use.
- the crystal of the gallium nitride compound semiconductor layer has The defect problem has not been completely solved, and the leakage current has increased, making it impossible to improve the brightness sufficiently.Also, slight changes in the manufacturing process have resulted in insufficient brightness and increased yield. There is a problem not to do.
- An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and reduce a crystal defect based on a difference in lattice constant in a semiconductor light emitting device in which a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor layer is stacked, thereby reducing a leakage current,
- An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor light emitting device having excellent luminous efficiency.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting device that can reduce crystal defects based on a difference in lattice constant when laminating gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor layers. Disclosure of the invention
- a semiconductor light emitting device includes a substrate, a buffer layer formed of a gallium nitride compound semiconductor provided on the substrate, and an n-type layer and a p-type layer for forming a light emitting layer on the buffer layer.
- a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor is a compound of a group III element Ga and a group V element N or a part of the group III element G a with other group III elements such as A 1 and In. Substituted and part of N of group Z or V element is P,
- Compound semiconductor containing the oxygen for example, G ai ⁇ - x ⁇ - y A 1 x I n v ON 1 - (0 ⁇ x ⁇ l, 0 ⁇ y ⁇ l, 0 ⁇ z ⁇ 1) is constituted by yz Upper z
- the compound semiconductor containing oxygen includes ⁇ -type impurities and Z or P-type impurities may be contained.
- the n-type impurity means at least one kind of Si, Se, Te, etc.
- the p-type impurity means at least one kind of Mg, Zn, Be, etc. .
- the compound semiconductor containing oxygen is used for the buffer layer, used for at least the semiconductor layer on the buffer layer side of the light emitting layer forming portion, or an n-type layer forming the light emitting layer forming portion. And an active layer sandwiched between p-type layers, or two or more layers such as the buffer layer and a semiconductor layer of a light emitting layer forming portion in contact with the buffer layer.
- the substrate is made of a sapphire substrate
- the buffer layer is composed of G a ON, (0 ⁇ z ⁇ 1)
- the light emitting layer forming part is an n-type semiconductor layer.
- a double heterojunction structure in which an active layer is sandwiched by p-type semiconductor layers, and at least the semiconductor layer in contact with the buffer layer in the light-emitting layer forming portion is a single layer of G a0 N, 7 (0 ⁇ z ⁇ 1). It is composed of a crystal layer.
- the buffer layer may contain at least one selected from the group consisting of Si, Se, Te, Mg, Zn, and Be.
- a gallium nitride compound semiconductor including an n-type layer and a p-type layer is laminated on a substrate regardless of the presence or absence of a buffer layer or its material.
- the light emitting layer forming portion is provided by the method, at least one of the semiconductor layers constituting the light emitting layer forming portion is formed of a compound semiconductor layer containing oxygen in a gallium nitride-based compound. Crystal defects are reduced, and the luminance can be improved.
- a buffer layer made of A 1 N may be provided between the substrate and the light emitting layer forming portion, or a buffer layer made of A 10 (0 ⁇ u ⁇ 1) may be provided.
- Further semiconductor light-emitting device of the present invention includes a substrate and, provided on the substrate A L_ ⁇ u N 1 (0 ⁇ u ⁇ 1) and a buffer layer made of, n-type to form a light emitting layer on the buffer layer And a light emitting layer forming portion on which a gallium nitride compound semiconductor including a layer and a p-type layer is stacked.
- a part of A1 of the buffer layer may be replaced with In, and the buffer layer may be at least selected from the group consisting of Si, Se, Te, Mg, Zn, and Be. One type may be contained.
- the substrate is formed of a sapphire substrate
- the light emitting layer forming section is formed of a double hetero junction structure in which an active layer is sandwiched between an n-type layer and a p-type layer.
- the manufacturing method of the semiconductor light emitting device of the present invention is as follows: metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOVP E method: Metal Organic Vapor Phased Epitaxy); Alternatively, a buffer layer made of a gallium nitride compound semiconductor is provided at a low temperature by a molecular beam epitaxy (MBE method), and a light emitting layer forming part made of a gallium nitride compound semiconductor is further provided.
- MBE method molecular beam epitaxy
- a method of manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting device in which semiconductor layers constituting the semiconductor layer are sequentially laminated at a high temperature, wherein at least one semiconductor layer of the buffer layer and Z or the semiconductor layer constituting the light emitting layer forming portion is grown. The semiconductor layer is grown while supplying or supplying an oxidation source.
- oxygen ozone
- oxygen, ozone means those capable of supplying oxygen such as N 2 0, H 2 0, can liberate oxygen oxides the growth furnace such Chiyanba made of quartz glass The meaning is also included.
- MOVP E HVP E or MBE
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- MBE MBE
- a buffer layer made of (0 ⁇ u ⁇ 1) is provided, and a semiconductor layer constituting a light emitting layer forming portion made of a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor is epitaxially grown at a high temperature sequentially.
- an oxidizing source is supplied or grown while supplying the oxidizing source, and G a A 1 In 0 (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1, 0 ⁇ y ⁇ 1) , ⁇ -x-yxyz 1-z
- a semiconductor layer consisting of 0 ⁇ z ⁇ 1) may be grown.
- the supply of the oxidation source may be performed by introducing the oxidation source into a growth furnace for growing the semiconductor layer, or oxygen of an oxide in the growth furnace for growing the semiconductor layer may be used.
- FIG. 1 is a sectional explanatory view of one embodiment of the semiconductor light emitting device of the present invention.
- Fig. 2 shows the configuration of Fig. 1 with the amount of z of G a 0 N 1 in the n-type layer changed.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a change in the crystal defect density of the n-type layer and a change in luminance when the light-emitting element is used.
- Fig. 3 shows the configuration of Fig. 1 with the amount of z of G a 0 in the n-type layer changed.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a leakage current at the time, and a voltage when a current value becomes a constant value when the voltage is increased.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the crystal defect density of the n-type layer when G a 0 N 1 is used for the buffer layer and the amount of z is changed, and the change in luminance when the light emitting element is used.
- FIG. 5 shows that G a 0 is used for the buffer layer
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a leakage current when the voltage increases, and a voltage when a current value becomes constant when the voltage is increased.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a voltage-current characteristic of a rising portion when the operation starts.
- FIG. 7 is a perspective explanatory view of an example of a conventional semiconductor light emitting device using a gallium nitride compound semiconductor.
- the semiconductor layer laminated on the sapphire substrate 1 has a low-temperature buffer layer 2 made of, for example, G a N at a low temperature of about 500 ° C. m, and an n-type layer (cladding layer) 3 composed of n-type GaN 1 at a high temperature of about 1000 ° C.
- In-doped InGaN-based compound semiconductor In the case of emitting blue light, the proportion of In is 0.3 to 0.5 and the proportion of Ga is 0.7 to 0.5
- the active layer 4 made of, for example, Si and Zn can be doped to emit impurities by setting the ratio of In to about 0.05, is 0.02 to 0.3.
- the p-type layers 5 in which the p-type A 1 G a N-based compound semiconductor layer 5 a and the G a N layer 5 b are stacked in a thickness of about 0.05 to 0.5, respectively, are sequentially grown, respectively.
- the light emitting layer forming portion 10 is laminated.
- n-side electrode 9 is formed on the n-type layer 3 which is exposed by removing a part of the laminated semiconductor layer 35.
- the ratio of 0 of G a ON, of the above-mentioned n-type layer 3, that is, the range of z is preferably 0.2 or more, as described later, but a remarkable effect is exhibited even at 0.1, and it may be slight, 0 ⁇ z ⁇ 1. in the range, selected is J due relationship to another layer 0
- the p-type layer 5 is formed of a multilayer of the GaN layer 5b and the AlGaN-based compound semiconductor layer 5a. From the viewpoint, it is preferable that the layer containing A1 be provided on the active layer 4 side, and thus only the GaN layer may be used. Also, the n-type layer 3 may be provided with an A1GaN-based compound semiconductor layer to form a multi-layer, and these may be formed of another gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor layer. Further, the buffer layer 2 is also formed of a GaN layer, but is formed of another semiconductor layer such as an A 1 N layer, an A 1 GaN compound semiconductor layer, and a layer to which In is added. It may be.
- the present inventors have conducted intensive studies to improve the luminance by minimizing the lattice defects generated in the gallium nitride compound semiconductor layer constituting the light emitting layer forming portion laminated on the sapphire substrate as much as possible.
- Fig. 1 for example, as shown in Fig. 1, by incorporating oxygen into the gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor layer laminated on the substrate, the crystal defect density is greatly reduced and the brightness is greatly improved. That's what I found.
- the crystal defect density and luminance were greatly improved only by containing oxygen at a ratio of about 0.1, and the value of z was increased.
- the crystal defect density improved by about two orders of magnitude, and the brightness increased more than three times.
- A indicates the crystal defect density
- B indicates the luminance.
- the thickness of the n-type layer 3 is set to 5
- the other buffer layer 2 is about 0.03 ⁇ m in GaN
- the active layer 4 is in Si and Zn doped In 0.05 G a 0 o 5 N.
- the crystal defect density is determined by measuring the number of pits, which are pits formed by etching, by etching the surface of the n-type layer 3 in a state where the n-type layer 3 is laminated and the semiconductor layer such as the next active layer is not laminated.
- the luminance was measured by the etch-pit method described below. The luminance was measured in a state in which an n-type layer 3 was laminated, and then an active layer 4 and a p-type layer 5 were successively laminated thereon to form a semiconductor light emitting device. The results are expressed as relative luminance, where the luminance when a conventional n-type layer is composed of G a N is 1.
- the phenomenon that the number of crystal defects is small was confirmed by measuring a leak current as a semiconductor light emitting device. That is, the voltage (V) and current (logl (logarithmic scale)) characteristics of the semiconductor light emitting device generally show the characteristics shown in C of FIG. The region where the current does not saturate and increase even when the voltage of the V-log I characteristic is increased is almost constant due to the resistance of the contact portion of the electrode. As shown by D, the rise is faster. Therefore, by measuring the voltages V and V 0 at a constant current value (for example, 1 A) logl ⁇ , it can be seen that the leak current increases as the curve D shows a smaller voltage.
- V voltage
- logl logarithmic scale
- the film grown thereon also becomes a flat film with few defects, and the active layer and the P-type layer also have a flat film with few defects.
- a high-brightness semiconductor light-emitting device can be obtained. Therefore, when oxygen is added to only one layer, it is presumed that it is preferable to add oxygen to a layer as low as possible (closer to the substrate).
- FIG. 4 Examine the luminance density and the light emitting element of the crystal defects when using G a 0 7 in this buffer layer 2, and the results are shown in FIG.
- A indicates the crystal defect density
- B indicates the luminance
- the crystal defect density was determined by etching the n-type layer 3 on the buffer layer 2 in the same manner as described above, with the epitaxial growth.
- the luminance was examined by a relative value based on the luminance when GaN was used for the buffer layer, with the light-emitting element being used in the same manner as described above, using the etch-pit method for examining the number of bits.
- the voltage at a constant current indicating the leakage current when the light emitting element is used
- Figure 5 shows the relationship.
- the ⁇ -type layer 3 is monocrystallized.
- the single crystallized layer contains oxygen and becomes a dense layer with few crystal defects, and the single crystal layer formed thereon has the same structure as the layer with few crystal defects on the surface of the buffer layer. It is considered that a semiconductor layer with few crystal defects can be obtained because the layers are stacked.
- the use of a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor containing oxygen for the buffer layer allows the formation of crystal defects even if the semiconductor layer laminated thereon is a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor layer containing no oxygen.
- a semiconductor light-emitting element having less luminance and high luminance can be obtained.
- the present inventor further proposes that when A 1 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ is used as a buffer layer,
- a 1 O n N 1 n moistened oxygen also regulating the crystallinity in the case of forming a composition of (0 ⁇ u ⁇ 1)
- the light-emitting layer forming portion 10 adds G a 0 z N 11 1 to the buffer layer 2 described above.
- the buffer layer 2 was formed at a low temperature of about 500 ° C. to have a thickness of about 0.03 m with the same configuration as the case where z was used. In this case as well, the aforementioned G a N 1 ,
- the proportion of containing oxygen that is, the value of u is about 0.2
- the defect density is reduced by about two digits
- the luminance is significantly increased
- other values of u it is considered that a similar effect can be obtained.
- growth A 1 0 1-u in the amorphous not become a single crystal state when the formation It is thought that it is difficult to obtain a layer having a small number of crystal defects with a dense film like a single crystal layer, but at least the surface of the buffer layer 2 becomes single crystal during the next high temperature growth of the n-type layer 3.
- the thickness of the buffer layer 2 is preferably set to about 0.01 to 0.2 ⁇ m in the same manner as described above, from the viewpoint of providing a buffer function.
- the surface of the sapphire substrate is nitrided to A 1 n (ON) 3 .
- a method is known in which a low-temperature buffer layer made of GaN is formed on a substrate, and a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor is formed thereon.
- the buffer layer is G a N layer grown at a low temperature, even planarization of the sapphire substrate surface
- a dense film is not formed in the same manner as a GaN layer is formed directly on a sapphire substrate, and the film is grown thereon at a high temperature as in the present invention. It does not act to make the gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor layer a dense film.
- a reactive gas such as trimethyl gallium (TMG) or ammonia (NH 3 ) is supplied together with the carrier gas H 2 , and first, for example, at 400 to 600 ° C. on the substrate 1 made of, for example, sapphire.
- a low-temperature buffer layer 2 composed of a GaN layer is formed at a low temperature of about 0.01 to 0.2 m.
- Ni and Au are laminated by vacuum deposition or the like and alloyed by sintering to form a current diffusion layer 7 of about 2 to 100 nm.
- a resist film is provided on the surface, patterned, and reactive ion etching using chlorine gas or the like is performed to remove a part of the stacked semiconductor layers to expose the n-type layer 3, for example, by a lift-off method.
- Ti and Au are laminated so as to be electrically connected to the p-type layer 5 to form a p-side electrode 8 having a laminated structure of both metals.
- T i and A 1 are respectively laminated and synchronized so as to be electrically connected to the n-type layer 3 to form an n-side electrode 9 made of an alloy layer of both metals.
- the semiconductor light emitting device shown in FIG. 1 is obtained.
- the semiconductor layer is grown by the MO VPE method, but the semiconductor layer can be similarly grown by the HVPE method or the MBE method.
- o 2 was used as an oxidation source, it is not limited to this, and any material that can be oxidized may be used. Therefore, it is also possible to use oxygen released from oxides such as N 20 , H 20 or quartz glass in a growth furnace, or oxygen released by introducing a reducing agent.
- the GaN layer was used as the oxygen-containing gallium nitride compound semiconductor layer.
- the A 1 GaN compound semiconductor layer and the In GaN Similar results were obtained for mixed crystal gallium nitride compound semiconductors to which other Group III elements were added, such as compound semiconductor layers.
- the p-type layer becomes a lower layer
- the shaped layer contains oxygen.
- the present invention can be applied to a compound semiconductor layer containing Ga and N.
- G a N, G a 0 N, and A 10 N are also possible.
- the buffer layer is effective even with other compositions such as A 1 N. appear. Also, even when A 10 N, is used as the buffer layer, A
- the present invention is not limited to the sapphire substrate, and other semiconductor substrates such as a SiC substrate, a Si substrate, and a GaAs substrate may also use a gallium nitride compound semiconductor.
- the present invention can be applied to the case of stacking.
- the active layer is formed by Si and Zn doping, but may be formed by a single chip.
- the example is a double hetero junction structure in which an active layer is sandwiched between an n-type layer and a p-type layer. The same is true.
- the present invention even when a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor layer is grown on a substrate having a different lattice constant, at least one of the gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor layers and the G a N
- the crystallinity of the semiconductor layer in the light emitting layer forming portion is greatly improved by containing oxygen in the system or A 1 N compound semiconductor.
- the luminance is increased, and the variation in manufacturing is reduced, and a high-intensity and inexpensive blue-based semiconductor light-emitting device can be obtained.
- blue (B) -based light having high luminance can be obtained, and can be used as various light sources for blue, and can be used for other red (R) and green (G) light sources.
- R red
- G green
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