Improved electrical properties of micro light-emitting diode displays by ion implantation technology

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Yu-Hsuan Hsu1, Chi-Han Wang2, Xin-Dai Lin2, Yi-Hsin Lin1, Dong−Sing Wuu3, Ray−Hua Horng2
1Department of Photonics, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Xinzhu, Taiwan, ROC
2Institute of Electronics, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Xinzhu, Taiwan, ROC
3Department of Applied Materials and Optoelectronic Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan, ROC

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AbstractGenerally, the inductively coupled plasma-reactive ion etching (ICP-RIE) mesa technology was used to remove p-GaN/MQWs and expose n-GaN for electrical contact in a fabricated micro light-emitting diode (μLED). In this process, the exposed sidewalls were significantly damaged which result in small-sized μLED presenting a strong size-dependent influence. Lower emission intensity was observed in the μLED chip, which can be attributed to the effect of sidewall defect during etch processing. To reduce the non-radiative recombination, the ion implantation using an As+ source to substitute the ICP-RIE mesa process was introduced in this study. The ion implantation technology was used to isolate each chip to achieve the mesa process in the μLED fabrication. Finally, the As+ implant energy was optimized at 40 keV, which exhibited excellent current–voltage characteristics, including low forward voltage (3.2 V @1 mA) and low leakage current (10–9 A@− 5 V) of InGaN blue μLEDs. The gradual multi-energy implantation process from 10 to 40 keV can further improve the electrical properties (3.1 V @1 mA) of μLEDs, and the leakage current was also maintained at 10–9 A@− 5 V.

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