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- This invention relates to a light-emitting semiconductor device composed primarily of gallium nitride (GaN)-based semiconductors, and to a method of making the same.
- GaN gallium nitride
- the compound semiconductors composed primarily of GaN have been used extensively for fabrication of light-emitting devices such as diodes that are capable of glowing in blue.
- Examples of such compound semiconductors include, in addition to GaN itself, gallium aluminum nitride (GaAlN), indium gallium nitride (InGaN), and indium gallium aluminum nitride (InGaAlN).
- a typical prior art light-emitting device of the kind under consideration comprises a baseplate of electrically insulating material such as sapphire, a buffer layer overlying the baseplate and composed for example of Ga x Al 1-x N, where x is greater than zero and not greater than one (as taught by Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 4-297023), an n-type semiconductor region of GaN or other compound semiconductor composed principally of GaN and grown epitaxially on the buffer layer, an active layer of another compound semiconductor composed principally of GaN (e.g. InGaN) and grown epitaxially on the n-type semiconductor region, and a p-type semiconductor region grown epitaxially on the active layer.
- the n-type semiconductor region is connected to a cathode, and the p-type semiconductor region to an anode.
- the common practice in the manufacture of light-emitting devices is first to form wafers on which there are fabricated matrices of desired devices, and to cut them into the individual devices as by dicing, scribing, or cleavaging.
- the noted sapphire baseplate of the light-emitting devices has been a cause of trouble in such dicing of the wafers because of its extreme hardness.
- Sapphire itself is expensive, moreover, adding much to the manufacturing costs of the light-emitting devices.
- a further inconvenience arose from the fact that current flows through the n-type semiconductor region not only vertically (normal to the plane of the sapphire baseplate) but horizontally (parallel to the sapphire baseplate plane).
- the dimension of the n-type semiconductor region for the horizontal current flow is as small as four to five micrometers, so that the resistance of the horizontal current path of the n-type semiconductor region was very high, adding substantively to the current and voltage requirements of the prior art devices.
- a still further inconvenience concerns the etching-away of parts of the active layer and p-type semiconductor region in order to expose part of the n-type semiconductor region for connection to the cathode.
- the n-type semiconductor region had to be dimensioned sufficiently large to allow for some errors in etching, necessitating a correspondingly elongated period of time for it to be grown epitaxially.
- SiC silicon carbide
- the SiC baseplate offers such advantages over the sapphire baseplate as a smaller surface area and easier separation of the wafer by cleavaging. Offsetting these advantages, however, is the fact that SiC is even more expensive than sapphire.
- Another shortcoming is the difficulty of placing the n-type semiconductor region in low-resistance contact with the SiC baseplate, so that the current and voltage requirements of the light-emitting device incorporating the SiC baseplate were just as high as those of the device with the sapphire baseplate.
- the present invention aims at the provision of a light-emitting device, and a method of fabrication thereof, such that the device is efficiently manufacturable at a lower cost than heretofore and is improved in performance too.
- the light-emitting semiconductor device comprises a baseplate ( 11 ) of low resistivity composed of a silicon compound or silicon with impurities, a buffer layer ( 12 ) formed on the baseplate and having a first sublayer ( 12 a ) of Al x Ga 1-x N, where x is greater than zero and not greater than one, and a second sublayer ( 12 b ) of GaN or Al y Ga 1-y N, where y is less than x and greater than zero and less than one, a semiconductor region ( 10 ) formed on the buffer layer and having a plurality of sublayers of compounds composed primarily of GaN or GaN-based compound semiconductors for emission of light, a first electrode ( 17 ) formed on the semiconductor region, and a second electrode ( 18 ) formed on the baseplate.
- the sublayers of the semiconductor region ( 10 ) may include a first semiconductor sublayer ( 13 ) of a first conductivity type formed on the buffer layer ( 12 ) and made of a compound composed primarily of GaN, an active sublayer ( 14 ) on the first sublayer, and a second semiconductor sublayer ( 15 ) of a second conductivity type, which is opposite to the first conductivity type, formed on the active layer and also made of a compound composed primarily of GaN.
- the buffer layer ( 12 ) may consist of an alternation of a first set of sublayers ( 12 a ) of Al x Ga 1-x N, and a second set of sublayers of GaN or Al y Ga 1-y N.
- the first set of sublayers ( 12 a ) of the buffer layer 12 should each be from 5 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 4 to 100 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 4 micrometers, and the second set of sublayers thereof from 5 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 4 to 2000 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 4 micrometers.
- the light-emitting semiconductor device of the above summarized configuration may be fabricated by a method comprising the steps of providing a baseplate ( 11 ) of a single crystal of silicon containing impurities and having a low resistivity, forming by a vapor phase growth on the baseplate ( 11 ) a buffer layer ( 12 ) in the form of an alternation of a first set of sublayers ( 12 a ) of Al x Ga 1-x N, where x is greater than zero and not greater than one, and a second set of sublayers ( 12 b ) of GaN or Al y Ga 1-y N, where y is less than x and more than zero and less than one, forming by vapor phase growth on the buffer layer a semiconductor region ( 10 ) containing a plurality of GaN-based compound semiconductor layers for emission of light, and forming a first electrode ( 17 ) on the semiconductor region ( 10 ) and a second electrode ( 18 ) on the baseplate ( 11 ).
- the invention of claim 2 provides a light-emitting device of even more favorable performance characteristics.
- the buffer sublayers of Al x Ga 1-x N which is relatively small in difference in lattice constant from silicon, are provided one directly on the baseplate and another between the buffer sublayers of GaN or Al y Ga 1-y N, resulting in improvement in the flatness of the buffer layer and the crystallinity of the semiconductor region.
- the first set of buffer sublayers are each so determined in thickness as to provide a tunnel effect in terms of quantum mechanics, limiting the resistance of the buffer sublayers and reducing the power and voltage requirements of the device.
- the invention of claim 5 enables an easy and inexpensive fabrication of the light-emitting semiconductor device of the improved performance characteristics.
- FIG. 1 is a section through the light-emitting diode embodying the principles of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the light-emitting diode of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 3 is a section through a semiconductor device similar to that of FIGS. 1 and 2 but having another semiconductor device formed in its substrate.
- the light-emitting semiconductor device will now be described in detail in terms of the blue-light-emitting GaN-based compound diode illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 .
- the exemplified blue LED comprises a semiconductor region 10 composed of a plurality of GaN-based compound semiconductor layers for emission of light, a substrate or baseplate 11 of a silicon semiconductor having a crystal plane ( 111 ), and a buffer layer 12 .
- the light-emitting semiconductor region 10 comprises an n-type semiconductor region 13 composed of GaN, a p-type light-emitting or active layer 14 composed of InGaN, and a p-type semiconductor region 15 composed of GaN.
- the lamination of the light-emitting semiconductor region 10 , the baseplate 11 and the buffer layer 12 constitutes a substrate or base body 16 .
- An anode 17 is formed on one of the two opposite major surfaces, or on the top as seen in the attached drawings, of the base body 16 , or on the semiconductor region 15 , and a cathode 18 on the other major surface, or on the bottom, of the base body.
- the buffer layer 12 , the n-type semiconductor region 13 , the active layer 14 , and the p-type semiconductor region 15 are grown epitaxially on the baseplate 11 , in that order and with their crystal orientation aligned.
- the baseplate 11 is made of a single crystal of silicon containing impurities that determine its conductivity type.
- the baseplate 11 has an impurity concentration ranging from 5 ⁇ 10 18 cm ⁇ 3 to 5 ⁇ 10 19 cm ⁇ 3 , and a resistivity ranging from 0.0001 ohm-cm to 0.01 ohm-cm.
- the baseplate 11 is low in resistivity that it serves as a current path between anode 17 and cathode 18 . Additionally, being as thick as approximately 350 micrometers, the baseplate 11 functions as a support for the semiconductor region 10 and the buffer layer 12 .
- the buffer layer 12 is shown as an alternation of two buffer sublayers 12 a and another two buffer sublayers 12 b .
- the buffer layer may be constituted of as many as fifty sublayers 12 a and another fifty sublayers 12 b in alternation.
- the first set of buffer sublayers 12 a are made from substances that can be defined by the chemical formula, Al x Ga 1-x N, where x is greater than zero and equal to or less than one. Examples of such substances are aluminum nitride (AlN) and aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN).
- AlN aluminum nitride
- AlGaN aluminum gallium nitride
- the first set of buffer sublayers 12 a are made from AlN (x being one in the general formula above) in this particular embodiment of the invention. Each such sublayer 12 a is an extremely thin, electrically insulating film.
- the second set of buffer sublayers 12 b are extremely thin, insulating films of an n-type semiconductor that is either GaN or any of substances expressed by the formula, Al y Ga 1-y N, where y is less than x and greater than zero and less than one.
- Al y Ga 1-y N it is recommended that y be made greater than zero and less than 0.8, in order to prevent an increase in the resistance of these sublayers.
- the first set of buffer sublayers 12 a should each have a thickness ranging from 5 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 4 micrometers to 100 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 4 micrometers, or 5-100 Angstroms, preferably from 10 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 4 micrometers to 80 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 4 micrometers. If less than five Angstroms in thickness, the first set of buffer sublayers 12 a would fail to keep the overlying n-type semiconductor layer 13 sufficiently flat, and, if more than 100 Angstroms in thickness, would fail to provide the desired quantum-mechanical tunnel effect, resulting in an undue increase in the resistance of the buffer layer 12 .
- the second set of buffer sublayers 12 b should each have a thickness ranging from 5 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 4 micrometers to 2000 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 4 micrometers, or 5-2000 Angstroms, preferably 10-300 Angstroms. If each less than five Angstroms in thickness, the second set of buffer sublayers 12 b would fail to provide a desired degree of electrical connection between the neighboring sublayers 12 a , causing an undesired increase in the resistance of the total buffer layer 12 . If each more than 2000 Angstroms in thickness, on the other hand, the second set of buffer sublayers 12 b might fail to hold the overlying n-type semiconductor layer 13 sufficiently flat.
- the two sets of sublayers 12 a and 12 b are each 50 Angstroms.
- the total thickness of the buffer layer 12 is therefore 5000 Angstroms.
- a method of fabricating the light-emitting semiconductor device according to the invention will now be explained on the assumption that the first set of buffer sublayers 12 a are of AlN, and the second set of buffer sublayers 12 b are of GaN.
- MOCVD metal organic chemical vapor deposition
- the TMA gas, or aluminum in effect was supplied at a rate of approximately sixty-three micromoles per minute, and the NH 3 gas, or NH 3 itself, at a rate of approximately 0.14 micromoles per minute.
- the supply of the TMA gas suspended, and the gases of trimethyl gallium (TMG), NH 3 , and silane (SiH 4 ) were introduced instead into the reaction chamber for approximately fifteen seconds.
- TMA trimethyl gallium
- NH 3 NH 3
- SiH 4 silane
- the TMG gas, or Ga in effect was introduced at a rate of approximately sixty-three micromoles per minute; the NH 3 gas, or NH 3 itself, at approximately 0.14 moles per minute; and the SiH 4 gas, or Si in effect, at approximately twenty-one nanomoles per minute.
- the foregoing process of AlN sublayer creation may be repeated fifty times, and that of GaN sublayer creation as many times, in order to form a buffer layer 12 consisting of one hundred alternating AlN and GaN sublayers.
- the buffer layer may be constituted of, for instance, fifty alternating such sublayers.
- the baseplate 11 with the buffer layer 12 thereon was put into the MOCVD reaction chamber, into which were then introduced TMG, NH 3 , and SiH 4 gases.
- the SiH 4 gas is intended for introduction of Si, an n-type impurity, into the n-type semiconductor region 13 .
- the baseplate 11 with the buffer layer 12 thereon was heated to 1040° C.
- the TMG gas, or Ga in effect was introduced at a rate of approximately 4.3 micromoles per minute; the NH 3 gas, or NH 3 itself, at approximately 53.6 millimoles per minute; and the SiH 4 gas, or Si in effect, at approximately 1.5 nanomoles per minute.
- the n-type semiconductor region 13 was thus formed to a thickness of approximately two micrometers.
- the n-type semiconductor region 13 is very thin compared with the thickness, from four to five micrometers or so, of the conventional LEDs.
- the impurity concentration of the semiconductor region 13 was approximately 3 ⁇ 10 18 cm ⁇ 3 , sufficiently less than that of the baseplate 11 .
- the formation of the semiconductor layer 13 at as high a temperature as 1040° C. is possible thanks to the interposition of the buffer layer 12 .
- the active layer 14 of p-type InGaN was formed on the n-type semiconductor layer 13 .
- the heating temperature of the baseplate 11 set at 800° C.
- the Cp 2 Mg gas was intended for introduction of Mg, a p-type impurity, into the active layer 14 .
- the TMG gas was introduced at a rate of approximately 1.1 micromoles per minute; the NH 3 gas at approximately sixty-seven millimoles per minute; the TMI gas, or In in effect, at approximately 4.5 micromoles per minute; and the Cp 2 Mg gas, or Mg, at approximately twelve nanomoles per minute.
- the active layer 14 thus formed had a thickness of approximately 20 Angstroms and an impurity concentration of approximately 3 ⁇ 10 17 cm ⁇ 3 .
- the p-type semiconductor region 15 of p-type GaN was formed on the active layer 14 .
- the heating temperature of the baseplate 11 was raised to 1040° C. toward this end, and there were introduced into the reaction chamber TMG, NH 3 , and Cp 2 Mg gases.
- the TMG gas introduced at approximately 4.3 micromoles per minute; the NH 3 gas at approximately 53.6 micromoles per minute; and the Cp 2 Mg gas at approximately 0.12 micromoles per minute.
- the thus-formed p-type semiconductor region 15 has a thickness of approximately 0.5 micrometers and an impurity concentration of approximately 3 ⁇ 10 18 cm ⁇ 3 .
- the MOCVD growth method set forth above has proved to make possible the fabrication of LEDs such that the crystal orientation of the monocrystalline silicon substrate or baseplate 11 is favorably followed by the buffer layer 12 . Additionally, the n-type semiconductor region 13 , active layer 14 , and p-type semiconductor layer 15 are all aligned with the buffer layer 12 in crystal orientation.
- the anode 17 for formation of the first electrode or anode 17 , nickel and gold were vacuum-deposited on the top of the semiconductor body 16 , that is, on the p-type semiconductor region 15 in low-resistance contact therewith.
- the anode 17 is disposed centrally on the semiconductor body 16 . That part 19 of the top surface of the semiconductor base body 16 which is left exposed by the anode 17 lends itself to emission of light.
- the second electrode or cathode was formed on the entire bottom surface of the baseplate 11 , as indicated at 18 , rather than on the n-type semiconductor region 13 . Vacuum deposition of titanium and aluminum was used for cathode formation.
- the cathode 18 may be mechanically and electrically connected, as by soldering or with use of an electrically conductive adhesive, to, for instance, an electrode on a circuit board.
- the anode 17 may be electrically coupled to an external electrode as by wire bonding.
- the blue LED according to the invention gains the following advantages:
- the present invention provides LEDs and like light-emitting devices of low resistance and low power loss.
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A low-resistance silicon baseplate (11) has formed thereon a buffer layer 12 in the form of an alternating lamination of AlN sublayers (12 a) and GaN sublayers (12 b). On this buffer layer there are formed an n-type semiconductor region (13) of gallium nitride, an active layer (14) of gallium indium nitride, and a p-type semiconductor region (15) of galliumnitride, in that order. An anode (17) is formed on the p-type semiconductor region (15), and a cathode (18) on the baseplate (11).
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- This invention relates to a light-emitting semiconductor device composed primarily of gallium nitride (GaN)-based semiconductors, and to a method of making the same.
- The compound semiconductors composed primarily of GaN have been used extensively for fabrication of light-emitting devices such as diodes that are capable of glowing in blue. Examples of such compound semiconductors include, in addition to GaN itself, gallium aluminum nitride (GaAlN), indium gallium nitride (InGaN), and indium gallium aluminum nitride (InGaAlN).
- A typical prior art light-emitting device of the kind under consideration comprises a baseplate of electrically insulating material such as sapphire, a buffer layer overlying the baseplate and composed for example of GaxAl1-xN, where x is greater than zero and not greater than one (as taught by Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 4-297023), an n-type semiconductor region of GaN or other compound semiconductor composed principally of GaN and grown epitaxially on the buffer layer, an active layer of another compound semiconductor composed principally of GaN (e.g. InGaN) and grown epitaxially on the n-type semiconductor region, and a p-type semiconductor region grown epitaxially on the active layer. The n-type semiconductor region is connected to a cathode, and the p-type semiconductor region to an anode.
- The common practice in the manufacture of light-emitting devices is first to form wafers on which there are fabricated matrices of desired devices, and to cut them into the individual devices as by dicing, scribing, or cleavaging. The noted sapphire baseplate of the light-emitting devices has been a cause of trouble in such dicing of the wafers because of its extreme hardness. Sapphire itself is expensive, moreover, adding much to the manufacturing costs of the light-emitting devices.
- There have been additional difficulties in connection with the sapphire baseplate. Being electrically insulating, the sapphire baseplate makes it impossible to form a cathode thereon. This inconvenience was conventionally circumvented by exposing part of the n-type semiconductor region through the active layer and p-type semiconductor region for connection to a cathode. The results were a greater surface area of the semiconductor and a corresponding increase in the costs of the light-emitting devices.
- A further inconvenience arose from the fact that current flows through the n-type semiconductor region not only vertically (normal to the plane of the sapphire baseplate) but horizontally (parallel to the sapphire baseplate plane). The dimension of the n-type semiconductor region for the horizontal current flow is as small as four to five micrometers, so that the resistance of the horizontal current path of the n-type semiconductor region was very high, adding substantively to the current and voltage requirements of the prior art devices.
- A still further inconvenience concerns the etching-away of parts of the active layer and p-type semiconductor region in order to expose part of the n-type semiconductor region for connection to the cathode. The n-type semiconductor region had to be dimensioned sufficiently large to allow for some errors in etching, necessitating a correspondingly elongated period of time for it to be grown epitaxially.
- It has been suggested to use a conductive baseplate of silicon carbide (SiC) in substitution for the sapphire. Permitting a cathode to be formed thereon, the SiC baseplate offers such advantages over the sapphire baseplate as a smaller surface area and easier separation of the wafer by cleavaging. Offsetting these advantages, however, is the fact that SiC is even more expensive than sapphire. Another shortcoming is the difficulty of placing the n-type semiconductor region in low-resistance contact with the SiC baseplate, so that the current and voltage requirements of the light-emitting device incorporating the SiC baseplate were just as high as those of the device with the sapphire baseplate.
- The present invention aims at the provision of a light-emitting device, and a method of fabrication thereof, such that the device is efficiently manufacturable at a lower cost than heretofore and is improved in performance too.
- The present invention will be briefly summarized with use of the reference characters used in the subsequent detailed description of the best mode of carrying out the invention. As used in this summary, however, the reference characters are meant purely for an easier understanding of the invention and should not be taken in a limitative sense.
- Briefly stated in its perhaps broadest aspect, the light-emitting semiconductor device according to the invention comprises a baseplate (11) of low resistivity composed of a silicon compound or silicon with impurities, a buffer layer (12) formed on the baseplate and having a first sublayer (12 a) of AlxGa1-xN, where x is greater than zero and not greater than one, and a second sublayer (12 b) of GaN or AlyGa1-yN, where y is less than x and greater than zero and less than one, a semiconductor region (10) formed on the buffer layer and having a plurality of sublayers of compounds composed primarily of GaN or GaN-based compound semiconductors for emission of light, a first electrode (17) formed on the semiconductor region, and a second electrode (18) formed on the baseplate.
- As stated in claim 2, the sublayers of the semiconductor region (10) may include a first semiconductor sublayer (13) of a first conductivity type formed on the buffer layer (12) and made of a compound composed primarily of GaN, an active sublayer (14) on the first sublayer, and a second semiconductor sublayer (15) of a second conductivity type, which is opposite to the first conductivity type, formed on the active layer and also made of a compound composed primarily of GaN.
- As stated in claim 3, the buffer layer (12) may consist of an alternation of a first set of sublayers (12 a) of AlxGa1-xN, and a second set of sublayers of GaN or AlyGa1-yN.
- As stated in claim 4, the first set of sublayers (12 a) of the
buffer layer 12 should each be from 5×10−4 to 100×10−4 micrometers, and the second set of sublayers thereof from 5×10−4 to 2000×10−4 micrometers. - As stated in claim 5, the light-emitting semiconductor device of the above summarized configuration may be fabricated by a method comprising the steps of providing a baseplate (11) of a single crystal of silicon containing impurities and having a low resistivity, forming by a vapor phase growth on the baseplate (11) a buffer layer (12) in the form of an alternation of a first set of sublayers (12 a) of AlxGa1-xN, where x is greater than zero and not greater than one, and a second set of sublayers (12 b) of GaN or AlyGa1-yN, where y is less than x and more than zero and less than one, forming by vapor phase growth on the buffer layer a semiconductor region (10) containing a plurality of GaN-based compound semiconductor layers for emission of light, and forming a first electrode (17) on the semiconductor region (10) and a second electrode (18) on the baseplate (11).
- The invention as set forth above yields the following advantages:
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- 1. Use of silicon or a silicon compound as the baseplate enables substantive reduction in the manufacturing cost of the light-emitting device.
- 2. The buffer layer, an alternation of AlxGa1-xN sublayers and GaN or AlyGa1-yN sublayers, conduces to improvement of the crystallinity and flatness of the overlying GaN-based compound semiconductor layers. The result is high efficiency with which light is emitted despite use of the cheap baseplate.
- 3. Being compounded of AlxGa1-xN sublayers and GaN or AlyGa1-yN sublayers, the buffer layer has a coefficient of thermal expansion intermediate that of the silicon or silicon compound baseplate and that of the GaN-based compound semiconductor region, thereby preventing or limiting the warping of the device due to a difference in coefficient of thermal expansion between the baseplate and the semiconductor region.
- 4. The two electrodes are disposed opposite each other, resulting in the lower resistance of the current path and in less current and voltage requirements.
- 5. Connected directly to the, the second electrode is easy of fabrication.
- The invention of claim 2 provides a light-emitting device of even more favorable performance characteristics.
- According to the invention of claim 3, the buffer sublayers of AlxGa1-xN, which is relatively small in difference in lattice constant from silicon, are provided one directly on the baseplate and another between the buffer sublayers of GaN or AlyGa1-yN, resulting in improvement in the flatness of the buffer layer and the crystallinity of the semiconductor region.
- According to the invention of claim 4, the first set of buffer sublayers are each so determined in thickness as to provide a tunnel effect in terms of quantum mechanics, limiting the resistance of the buffer sublayers and reducing the power and voltage requirements of the device.
- The invention of claim 5 enables an easy and inexpensive fabrication of the light-emitting semiconductor device of the improved performance characteristics.
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FIG. 1 is a section through the light-emitting diode embodying the principles of the present invention. -
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the light-emitting diode ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 3 is a section through a semiconductor device similar to that ofFIGS. 1 and 2 but having another semiconductor device formed in its substrate. - The light-emitting semiconductor device according to the invention will now be described in detail in terms of the blue-light-emitting GaN-based compound diode illustrated in
FIGS. 1 and 2 . The exemplified blue LED comprises asemiconductor region 10 composed of a plurality of GaN-based compound semiconductor layers for emission of light, a substrate orbaseplate 11 of a silicon semiconductor having a crystal plane (111), and abuffer layer 12. The light-emittingsemiconductor region 10 comprises an n-type semiconductor region 13 composed of GaN, a p-type light-emitting oractive layer 14 composed of InGaN, and a p-type semiconductor region 15 composed of GaN. - The lamination of the light-emitting
semiconductor region 10, thebaseplate 11 and thebuffer layer 12 constitutes a substrate orbase body 16. Ananode 17 is formed on one of the two opposite major surfaces, or on the top as seen in the attached drawings, of thebase body 16, or on thesemiconductor region 15, and acathode 18 on the other major surface, or on the bottom, of the base body. Thebuffer layer 12, the n-type semiconductor region 13, theactive layer 14, and the p-type semiconductor region 15 are grown epitaxially on thebaseplate 11, in that order and with their crystal orientation aligned. - The
baseplate 11 is made of a single crystal of silicon containing impurities that determine its conductivity type. Thebaseplate 11 has an impurity concentration ranging from 5×1018 cm−3 to 5×1019 cm−3, and a resistivity ranging from 0.0001 ohm-cm to 0.01 ohm-cm. Made from n-type silicon into which is introduced arsenic, thebaseplate 11 is low in resistivity that it serves as a current path betweenanode 17 andcathode 18. Additionally, being as thick as approximately 350 micrometers, thebaseplate 11 functions as a support for thesemiconductor region 10 and thebuffer layer 12. - Thoroughly covering one surface of the
baseplate 11, thebuffer layer 12 is shown as an alternation of twobuffer sublayers 12 a and another twobuffer sublayers 12 b. In practice, however, the buffer layer may be constituted of as many as fiftysublayers 12 a and another fiftysublayers 12 b in alternation. - The first set of
buffer sublayers 12 a are made from substances that can be defined by the chemical formula, AlxGa1-xN, where x is greater than zero and equal to or less than one. Examples of such substances are aluminum nitride (AlN) and aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN). The first set of buffer sublayers 12 a are made from AlN (x being one in the general formula above) in this particular embodiment of the invention. Eachsuch sublayer 12 a is an extremely thin, electrically insulating film. - The second set of
buffer sublayers 12 b are extremely thin, insulating films of an n-type semiconductor that is either GaN or any of substances expressed by the formula, AlyGa1-yN, where y is less than x and greater than zero and less than one. In use of AlyGa1-yN for the second set ofbuffer sublayers 12 b, it is recommended that y be made greater than zero and less than 0.8, in order to prevent an increase in the resistance of these sublayers. - The first set of buffer sublayers 12 a should each have a thickness ranging from 5×10−4 micrometers to 100×10−4 micrometers, or 5-100 Angstroms, preferably from 10×10−4 micrometers to 80×10−4 micrometers. If less than five Angstroms in thickness, the first set of buffer sublayers 12 a would fail to keep the overlying n-
type semiconductor layer 13 sufficiently flat, and, if more than 100 Angstroms in thickness, would fail to provide the desired quantum-mechanical tunnel effect, resulting in an undue increase in the resistance of thebuffer layer 12. - The second set of
buffer sublayers 12 b should each have a thickness ranging from 5×10−4 micrometers to 2000×10−4 micrometers, or 5-2000 Angstroms, preferably 10-300 Angstroms. If each less than five Angstroms in thickness, the second set ofbuffer sublayers 12 b would fail to provide a desired degree of electrical connection between the neighboringsublayers 12 a, causing an undesired increase in the resistance of thetotal buffer layer 12. If each more than 2000 Angstroms in thickness, on the other hand, the second set ofbuffer sublayers 12 b might fail to hold the overlying n-type semiconductor layer 13 sufficiently flat. - Speaking more strictly, and in this particular embodiment of the invention, the two sets of
sublayers buffer layer 12 is therefore 5000 Angstroms. - A method of fabricating the light-emitting semiconductor device according to the invention will now be explained on the assumption that the first set of buffer sublayers 12 a are of AlN, and the second set of
buffer sublayers 12 b are of GaN. - The known metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) method is recommended for alternate fabrication of the AlN and GaN buffer sublayers. A monocrystalline silicon substrate or
baseplate 11 may first be placed in a MOCVD reaction chamber to have oxide films removed from its surfaces by thermal annealing. Then afirst buffer sublayer 12 a of AlN may be formed to a thickness of approximately 50 Angstroms on one of the major surfaces of thebaseplate 11 by introducing trimethyl aluminum (TMA) and ammonia (NH3) gases into the reaction chamber for approximately twenty-seven seconds. Actually, after heating thebaseplate 11 to 1120° C., the TMA gas, or aluminum in effect, was supplied at a rate of approximately sixty-three micromoles per minute, and the NH3 gas, or NH3 itself, at a rate of approximately 0.14 micromoles per minute. - Then, with the heating temperature of the
baseplate 11 maintained at 1120° C., the supply of the TMA gas suspended, and the gases of trimethyl gallium (TMG), NH3, and silane (SiH4) were introduced instead into the reaction chamber for approximately fifteen seconds. There will thus be created asecond buffer sublayer 12 b of n-type GaN to a thickness of fifty Angstroms in overlying relationship to thefirst buffer sublayer 12 a on thebaseplate 11. The SiH4 gas is intended for introduction of Si, an n-type impurity, into the sublayer being formed. The TMG gas, or Ga in effect, was introduced at a rate of approximately sixty-three micromoles per minute; the NH3 gas, or NH3 itself, at approximately 0.14 moles per minute; and the SiH4 gas, or Si in effect, at approximately twenty-one nanomoles per minute. - In the case where there are fifty first buffer sublayers and fifty second buffer sublayers, as in this embodiment of the invention, the foregoing process of AlN sublayer creation may be repeated fifty times, and that of GaN sublayer creation as many times, in order to form a
buffer layer 12 consisting of one hundred alternating AlN and GaN sublayers. These numbers should not, however, be taken in a limitative sense: The buffer layer may be constituted of, for instance, fifty alternating such sublayers. - Next comes the step of successively fabricating the n-
type semiconductor region 13,active layer 14, and p-type semiconductor region 15 on thebuffer layer 12 by the MOCVD method. - First, for formation of the n-
type semiconductor region 13, thebaseplate 11 with thebuffer layer 12 thereon was put into the MOCVD reaction chamber, into which were then introduced TMG, NH3, and SiH4 gases. The SiH4 gas is intended for introduction of Si, an n-type impurity, into the n-type semiconductor region 13. More specifically, thebaseplate 11 with thebuffer layer 12 thereon was heated to 1040° C. Then the TMG gas, or Ga in effect, was introduced at a rate of approximately 4.3 micromoles per minute; the NH3 gas, or NH3 itself, at approximately 53.6 millimoles per minute; and the SiH4 gas, or Si in effect, at approximately 1.5 nanomoles per minute. The n-type semiconductor region 13 was thus formed to a thickness of approximately two micrometers. - It may be noted that the n-
type semiconductor region 13 is very thin compared with the thickness, from four to five micrometers or so, of the conventional LEDs. The impurity concentration of thesemiconductor region 13 was approximately 3×1018 cm−3, sufficiently less than that of thebaseplate 11. The formation of thesemiconductor layer 13 at as high a temperature as 1040° C. is possible thanks to the interposition of thebuffer layer 12. - Then the
active layer 14 of p-type InGaN was formed on the n-type semiconductor layer 13. To this end, with the heating temperature of thebaseplate 11 set at 800° C., there were introduced into the reaction chamber both trimethyl indium gas (hereinafter referred to as the TMI gas) and bis-cyclo pentadienylmagnesium gas (hereinafter referred to as the Cp2Mg gas) in addition to TMG and NH3 gases. The Cp2Mg gas was intended for introduction of Mg, a p-type impurity, into theactive layer 14. - More specifically, for the fabrication of the
active layer 14 as above, the TMG gas was introduced at a rate of approximately 1.1 micromoles per minute; the NH3 gas at approximately sixty-seven millimoles per minute; the TMI gas, or In in effect, at approximately 4.5 micromoles per minute; and the Cp2Mg gas, or Mg, at approximately twelve nanomoles per minute. Theactive layer 14 thus formed had a thickness of approximately 20 Angstroms and an impurity concentration of approximately 3×1017 cm−3. - Then the p-
type semiconductor region 15 of p-type GaN was formed on theactive layer 14. The heating temperature of thebaseplate 11 was raised to 1040° C. toward this end, and there were introduced into the reaction chamber TMG, NH3, and Cp2Mg gases. The TMG gas introduced at approximately 4.3 micromoles per minute; the NH3 gas at approximately 53.6 micromoles per minute; and the Cp2Mg gas at approximately 0.12 micromoles per minute. The thus-formed p-type semiconductor region 15 has a thickness of approximately 0.5 micrometers and an impurity concentration of approximately 3×1018 cm−3. - The MOCVD growth method set forth above has proved to make possible the fabrication of LEDs such that the crystal orientation of the monocrystalline silicon substrate or
baseplate 11 is favorably followed by thebuffer layer 12. Additionally, the n-type semiconductor region 13,active layer 14, and p-type semiconductor layer 15 are all aligned with thebuffer layer 12 in crystal orientation. - Then, for formation of the first electrode or
anode 17, nickel and gold were vacuum-deposited on the top of thesemiconductor body 16, that is, on the p-type semiconductor region 15 in low-resistance contact therewith. Disc-like in shape as depicted inFIG. 2 , theanode 17 is disposed centrally on thesemiconductor body 16. Thatpart 19 of the top surface of thesemiconductor base body 16 which is left exposed by theanode 17 lends itself to emission of light. - The second electrode or cathode was formed on the entire bottom surface of the
baseplate 11, as indicated at 18, rather than on the n-type semiconductor region 13. Vacuum deposition of titanium and aluminum was used for cathode formation. - In use of the blue LED fabricated as above, the
cathode 18 may be mechanically and electrically connected, as by soldering or with use of an electrically conductive adhesive, to, for instance, an electrode on a circuit board. Theanode 17 may be electrically coupled to an external electrode as by wire bonding. - Constructed and manufactured as in the foregoing, the blue LED according to the invention gains the following advantages:
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- 1. The manufacturing costs of GaN-based semiconductor LEDs are reduced as the baseplates are made from silicon, which is far less expensive and far more easier of working upon than sapphire.
- 2. The
silicon baseplate 11 permits the fabrication of another electronic device or devices therein, making possible the provision of integrated semiconductor circuits in which GaN LEDs are incorporated with other semiconductor devices on one and the same semiconductor baseplate. InFIG. 3 is shown the LED largely constructed as inFIGS. 1 and 2 and having another semiconductor device such as a diode or atransistor 20 formed in thesilicon baseplate 11 via a p-type semiconductor region 21. (The capitals B, C and E denote the base, collector, and emitter, respectively, of the transistor.) Such integration of light-emitting devices according to the invention with other semiconductor devices will provide smaller and cheaper composite devices. - 3. The LED according to the invention is favorable in light-emitting characteristics and low in power requirement and operational resistance. Reasons for these performance characteristics will be set forth in the following:
- 3-1. Shown as an alternation of the
first sublayers 12 a of AlN and thesecond sublayers 12 b of GaN, thebuffer layer 12 favorably conforms to the crystal orientation of theunderlying silicon baseplate 11. On thisbuffer layer 12, moreover, the GaN-basedsemiconductor region 10 comprising the n-type semiconductor region 13,active layer 14, and p-type semiconductor region 15 is formed with all their crystal orientation in alignment. Hence the favorable performance characteristics of theGaN semiconductor region 10 and so of the light-emitting characteristics of the LED - 3-2. The
semiconductor region 10 has its flatness improved by being formed on thebaseplate 11 via thebuffer layer 12 of the multiple AlN and GaN sublayers 12 a and 12 b. Should the buffer layer consist of a GaN semiconductor alone, no GaN semiconductor region of favorable flatness would be created on that buffer layer by reason of too much difference in lattice constant between silicon and GaN. The improved flatness of the GaN-basedsemiconductor region 10 according to the invention owes to the provision of the AlN sublayers 12 a in alternation with the GaN sublayers 12 b, the difference in lattice constant between silicon and AlN being much less than that between silicon and GaN. Improvement in the flatness of the GaN-basedsemiconductor region 10 leads directly to improvement in light-emitting characteristics. - 3-3. Upon application of a forward voltage between
anode 17 andcathode 18, such that the anode potential is higher than the cathode potential, forward current will flow between the two electrodes in the thickness direction of thesemiconductor body 16. There will therefore be no current component flowing through the n-type semiconductor region 13 in a direction parallel to the plane of thebaseplate 11, as has taken place in the prior art LEDs with the sapphire baseplates. Furthermore, as theanode 17 is disposed centrally of thesemiconductor body 16, and thecathode 18 all over the underside of the semiconductor body, current will flow fromanode 17 tocathode 18 all through the body of thesemiconductor body 16, affording curtailment of current and voltage requirements. - 3-4. The
buffer layer 12 has its resistance value minimized as the AlN sublayers 12 a of thebuffer layer 12 are each so determined in thickness as to give rise to a quantum-mechanical tunnel effect. Being electrically insulating, the AlN sublayers 12 a would make thebuffer layer 12 inconveniently high in resistance if they were thicker than taught by the instant invention. According to the invention, however, thebuffer layer 12 is sufficiently low in resistance partly because the AlN sublayers 12 a are so thin as above and partly because they are laminated alternately with the electrically conductive GaN sublayers 12 b. The results are low power requirement and low operational resistance.
- 3-1. Shown as an alternation of the
- 4. The warping of the device due to a difference in the coefficient of thermal expansion between GaN-based
semiconductor region 10 andbaseplate 11 is minimized. Silicon and GaN are so different in the coefficient of thermal expansion that a considerable deformation of the device would arise if they were placed in direct contact with each other. In the blue LED disclosed above, however, thebuffer layer 12 is constituted of the AlN sublayers 12 a and GaN sublayers 12 b that are so different in the coefficient of thermal expansion that the buffer layer has a mean coefficient of thermal expansion intermediate those of the GaN-basedsemiconductor region 10 and thesilicon baseplate 11. Thus, thanks to thebuffer layer 12, the LED is prevented from warping due to the difference in the coefficient of thermal expansion between GaN-basedsemiconductor region 10 andbaseplate 11. - 5. The
cathode 18 is easier to form than with the prior art light-emitting devices having sapphire baseplates. Conventionally, the equivalents of theactive layer 14 and p-type semiconductor region 15 have had to be partly removed to expose part of the n-type semiconductor region 13, and a cathode formed on this exposed part of the semiconductor region. The prior art devices have thus had the drawbacks of greater trouble in formation of the cathode and a greater exposed surface area of the n-type semiconductor region resulting from the cathode formation. The present invention defeats these drawbacks.
- Possible Modifications
- Notwithstanding the foregoing detailed disclosure, it is not desired that the present invention be limited by the exact details of such disclosure. The following is a brief list of possible modifications of the illustrated embodiments which are believed to fall within the purview of the instant invention:
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- 1. The
baseplate 11 could be made from polycrystalline silicon, instead of from monocrystalline silicon, or from a silicon compound such as silicon carbide. - 2. The various layers of the
semiconductor body 16 could be opposite in conductivity type to those specified above in connection with the illustrated embodiments. - 3. The n-
type semiconductor region 13,active layer 14, and p-type semiconductor region 15 could each be constituted of two or more semiconductor regions.
- 1. The
- The present invention provides LEDs and like light-emitting devices of low resistance and low power loss.
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1-5. (canceled)
6. A semiconductor apparatus having a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor and a silicon, the apparatus comprising:
(a) a baseplate comprising a silicon;
(b) a first semiconductor device formed on one major surface of said baseplate, said first semiconductor device containing a plurality of gallium nitride-based compound semiconductors; and
(c) a second semiconductor device formed in said baseplate.
7. The semiconductor apparatus of claim 6 , wherein said first semiconductor device comprises a light-emitting semiconductor device.
8. A semiconductor apparatus having a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor and a silicon, the apparatus comprising:
(A) a baseplate comprising a silicon;
(B) a buffer layer formed one major surface of said baseplate, said buffer layer comprising an alternating lamination of a plurality of first sublayers and second sublayers:
(a) each said first sublayer composed of AlxGa1-xN, where 0<x≦1, each said first sublayer having a thickness ranging from about 5×10−4 micrometers to about 100×10−4 micrometers and having a quantum-mechanical tunnel effect;
(b) each said second sublayer composed of GaN or AlyGa1-yN, where y<x and 0<y<1, each second sublayer containing n-type impurities comprising silicon and having an electrical conductivity and a thickness ranging from about 5×10−4 micrometers to about 2000×10−4 micrometers;
(C) a first semiconductor device formed on said buffer layer, said first semiconductor device containing a plurality of gallium nitride-based compound semiconductors; and
(D) a second semiconductor device formed in said baseplate.
9. A method of fabricating a semiconductor apparatus having a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor and a silicon, the method comprising:
(a) providing a baseplate of monocrystalline silicon;
(b) forming on one major surface of said baseplate by a vapor phase growth method a first semiconductor device composed of a plurality of gallium nitride-based compound layers; and
(c) forming in said baseplate a second semiconductor device.
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