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    Improved InGaN/GaN light-emitting diodes with a p-GaN/n-GaN/p-GaN/n-GaN/p-GaN current-spreading layer
    (Optical Society of American (OSA), 2013) Zhang, Z.-H.; Tan, S.T.; Liu W.; Ju, Z.; Zheng, K.; Kyaw, Z.; Ji, Y.; Hasanov, N.; Sun X.W.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan
    This work reports both experimental and theoretical studies on the InGaN/GaN light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with optical output power and external quantum efficiency (EQE) levels substantially enhanced by incorporating p-GaN/n-GaN/p-GaN/n-GaN/p-GaN (PNPNP-GaN) current spreading layers in p-GaN. Each thin n-GaN layer sandwiched in the PNPNP-GaN structure is completely depleted due to the built-in electric field in the PNPNP-GaN junctions, and the ionized donors in these n-GaN layers serve as the hole spreaders. As a result, the electrical performance of the proposed device is improved and the optical output power and EQE are enhanced. © 2013 Optical Society of America.
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    The role of ITO resistivity on current spreading and leakage in InGaN/GaN light emitting diodes
    (Academic Press, 2017) Sheremet, Volodymyr; Genç, M.; Elçi, M.; Sheremet, Nina; Aydınlı, Atilla; Altuntaş, İsmail; Ding, Kai; Avrutin, Vitaliy; Özgür, Ümit; Morkoç, Hadis
    The effect of a transparent ITO current spreading layer on electrical and light output properties of blue InGaN/GaN light emitting diodes (LEDs) is discussed. When finite conductivity of ITO is taken into account, unlike in previous models, the topology of LED die and contacts are shown to significantly affect current spreading and light output characteristics in top emitting devices. We propose an approach for calculating the current transfer length describing current spreading. We show that an inter-digitated electrode configuration with distance between the contact pad and the edge of p-n junction equal to transfer length in the current spreading ITO layer allows one to increase the optical area of LED chip, as compared to the physical area of the die, light output power, and therefore, the LED efficiency for a given current density. A detailed study of unpassivated LEDs also shows that current transfer lengths longer than the distance between the contact pad and the edge of p-n junction leads to increasing surface leakage that can only be remedied with proper passivation.