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Study of current crowding effect in different LED die structures

D. ROBIDAS1,* , S. SINGH1, S. PAL1, C. DHANAVANTRI1

Affiliation

  1. Optoelectronics Devices Group, Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI), (Council of Scientific &Industrial Research, India) Pilani-333031, India

Abstract

GaN/InGaN light emitting diodes (LEDs) grown on sapphire substrates have mesa structure with current transport along the lateral direction due to the insulating nature of the substrate. Due to this geometry, the finite resistance of the n-type material of the GaN buffer and lower confinement layer causes the current to ‘‘crowd’’ near the edge of the contact. This problem give rises to unequal heating and unequal light emission from LED dice. Study on different die geometry shows current crowding problem can be reduced by using multi-finger design.

Keywords

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs), Current crowding, Multi-Finger structure.

Citation

D. ROBIDAS, S. SINGH, S. PAL, C. DHANAVANTRI, Study of current crowding effect in different LED die structures, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 10, October 2010, pp.1461-1464 (2010).

Submitted at: Aug. 26, 2010

Accepted at: Oct. 14, 2010