Blue LED mass production in a close-coupled showerhead MOCVD tool (Conference Presentation)

A. R. Boyd; H. Behmenburg; O. Feron; Clifford McAleese; J. O'Dowd; Arthur Beckers; Michael Heuken

doi:10.1117/12.2249271

20 April 2017 Blue LED mass production in a close-coupled showerhead MOCVD tool (Conference Presentation)

A. R. Boyd, H. Behmenburg, O. Feron, Clifford McAleese, J. O'Dowd, Arthur Beckers, Michael Heuken

Proceedings Volume 10124, Light-Emitting Diodes: Materials, Devices, and Applications for Solid State Lighting XXI; 101240G (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2249271
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We report the mass production of blue LEDs on dry-etched patterned sapphire substrates using the AIX R6 tool in a 31×4" configuration. The system was operated in a continuous run mode, i.e. cleaning the showerhead after a series of LED runs. Production stability was characterized by monitoring of wavelength, light output power (LOP), and electrostatic discharge (ESD) yields. We developed a dynamic multi-zone Topside Temperature Control and the TEQualizer function. The TEQualizer function is based on a 400nm pyrometry open loop wafer surface temperature control, using Inside P400 by Laytec. Combining this wafer-to-wafer and run -to-run temperature stability improvement with an optimized wafer carrier, we demonstrated an on-wafer uniformity of stdv of 1.1nm, a wafer-to-wafer uniformity of stdv 1.1nm and a run-to-run reproducibility of stdv <1nm, resulting in a total wafer area wavelength yield of >90% in a 6 nm bin. LOP stability was demonstrated within a 3% window with no visible run-to-run trend. An absolute buffer layer growth temperature window was defined through a Design of Experiment on buffer layers targeting best ESD yield - in particular looking into defect related morphology and its correlation with Inside P400 readings. We have demonstrated an ESD yield >90% in continuous run mode to be used in the mass production of InGaN based blue LEDs.

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A. R. Boyd, H. Behmenburg, O. Feron, Clifford McAleese, J. O'Dowd, Arthur Beckers, and Michael Heuken "Blue LED mass production in a close-coupled showerhead MOCVD tool (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10124, Light-Emitting Diodes: Materials, Devices, and Applications for Solid State Lighting XXI, 101240G (20 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2249271

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Blue light emitting diodes

Semiconducting wafers

Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition

Light emitting diodes

Indium gallium nitride

Patterned sapphire substrate

Pyrometry

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