High performance GaN based blue flip-chip light-emitting diode

In this study, high performance nitride-based flip-chip (FC) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) using optimized distributed bragg reflector (DBR) were fabricated and compared with conventional FC-LED using silver (Ag) reflector. Most of FCLEDs are using the silver (Ag) as reflector due to its superior reflectance at visual spectrum region. However, A silver has detrimental problems such as electro-chemical migration and agglomerations, which resulting in reliability issues such as degradation of power drop, unstable operating voltage and leakage issues. Our DBR structure was designed to have 99% at whole visible spectrum range (400 similar to 750nm), which is higher reflectance than silver reflector (90 similar to 95%). Optical power is higher than higher than the Ag-LED up to 30% @ 500mA. As the current increases up to 1A, the gap slightly decreased. Reliability test results show stable optical power, operating voltage, and leakage maintenance.