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A study of GaN-based LED structure etching using inductively coupled plasma

GaN as a wide band gap semiconductor has been employed to fabricate optoelectronic devices such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and laser diodes (LDs). Recently several different dry etching techniques for GaN-based materials have been developed. ICP etching is attractive because of its superior plasma uniformity and strong controllability. Most previous reports emphasized on the ICP etching characteristics of single GaN film. In this study dry etching of GaN-based LED structure was performed by inductively coupled plasmas (ICP) etching with Cl2 as the base gas and BCl3 as the additive gas. The effects of the key process parameters such as etching gases flow rate, ICP power, RF power and chamber pressure on the etching properties of GaN-based LED structure including etching rate, selectivity, etched surface morphology and sidewall was investigated. Etch depths were measured using a depth profilometer and used to calculate the etch rates. The etch profiles were observed with a scanning electron microscope (SEM).

Sheng Liu | Bin Cao | Zhiyin Gan | Pei Wang

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