Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6946830 | Microelectronics Reliability | 2015 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
This paper describes the degradation of InGaN-based LEDs submitted to constant current stress; based on combined electroluminescence, photoluminescence and deep-level transient spectroscopy we show that: (i) when submitted to constant current stress, LEDs can show a measurable decrease in the optical power, which is more prominent in the low current regime; (ii) the decrease in optical power is strongly correlated to the increase in the Shockley-Read-Hall recombination coefficient A, as estimated by differential lifetime measurements; (iii) stress induces the increase in the concentration of a trap level, with activation energy between 0.6 and 0.7Â eV, which is supposed to be located next to/within the active region. The results suggest that the optical degradation can be ascribed to the increase in non-radiative recombination, rather than to a decrease in carrier injection efficiency.
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Authors
M. La Grassa, M. Meneghini, C. De Santi, M. Mandurrino, M. Goano, F. Bertazzi, R. Zeisel, B. Galler, G. Meneghesso, E. Zanoni,