AlGaInP yellow-green light-emitting diodes with a tensile strain barrier cladding layer

被引:14
作者
Chang, SJ [1 ]
Chang, CS [1 ]
Su, YK [1 ]
Chang, PT [1 ]
Wu, YR [1 ]
Huang, KH [1 ]
Chen, TP [1 ]
机构
[1] UNITED EPITAXY CO LTD,HSINCHU 300,TAIWAN
关键词
AlGaInP; LED; MQB; MQW; TSBC;
D O I
10.1109/68.618476
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A novel tensile strain barrier cladding (TSBC) structure is proposed which can effectively increase the potential barrier of the AIGaInP yellow-green light-emitting diodes (LED's). It was found that the electroluminescence intensity of the multiquantum well (MQW) + TSBC AIGaInP 573-nm LED is twice as large as that of the conventional MQW AIGaInP LED emitting at the same wavelength, It was also found that the MQW + TSBC AlGaInP LED is less heat sensitive than the MQW and MQW + multiquantum barrier (MQB) AIGaInP LED's. These results indicate that the MQW + TSBC LED is useful particularly under high-temperature operation.
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页码:1199 / 1201
页数:3
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