Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 5, 630(2020)

Full-color micro-LED display with high color stability using semipolar (20-21) InGaN LEDs and quantum-dot photoresist

Sung-Wen Huang Chen1, Yu-Ming Huang1,2, Konthoujam James Singh1, Yu-Chien Hsu1, Fang-Jyun Liou1, Jie Song3, Joowon Choi3, Po-Tsung Lee1, Chien-Chung Lin2, Zhong Chen4, Jung Han5, Tingzhu Wu4,6、*, and Hao-Chung Kuo1,7、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Photonics & Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Taiwan Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, China
  • 2Institute of Photonic System, Taiwan Chiao Tung University, Tainan 71150, China
  • 3Saphlux Inc., Branford, Connecticut 06405, USA
  • 4Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Engineering Research Center for Solid-State Lighting, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
  • 5Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
  • 6e-mail: wutingzhu@xmu.edu.cn
  • 7e-mail: hckuo@faculty.nctu.edu.tw
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    Process flow for the fabrication of a full-color RGB pixel array. (a) μ-LED array process. (b) Black PR matrices and p-electrode metal lines. (c) Red, green, and blue (transparent) pixel lithography process. (d) Color pixel bonding.
    (a) Schematic diagram of the semipolar GaN grown on a patterned sapphire substrate. (b) Photograph of a 4 in. wafer of SF-free (20-21) InGaN/GaN LED grown on a patterned sapphire substrate. (c) Top-view microscopy image of SF-free (20-21) InGaN/GaN LED grown on a patterned sapphire substrate. (d) Cross-sectional SEM image of (20-21) GaN grown on a patterned sapphire substrate by orientation-controlled epitaxy.
    (a) J-V curve of semipolar μ-LEDs, with image of lighting from device. (b) Electroluminescence spectrum of semipolar μ-LED with increasing applied current density. (c) Experimental data and simulation curves for normalized external quantum efficiency of semipolar and c-plane μ-LEDs. (d) Simulated electron current density throughout whole semipolar and c-plane μ-LED structures at 20 A/cm2 and 200 A/cm2 forward current density.
    (a) Fluorescence microscopy image of RGB pixel. (b) Overlap relationship between blue μ-LED electroluminescence emission and absorption of quantum-dot photoresist. (c) Electroluminescence spectra of red and green pixels. (d) Electroluminescence microscope image of RGB pixels.
    Peak wavelengths of c-plane and semipolar μ-LEDs in range 1 to 200 A/cm2 current density.
    Color gamut of RGB pixel assembly from c-plane μ-LED and QDPR under various current densities in (a) CIE 1931 and (b) CIE 1976. Color gamut of RGB pixel assembly from semipolar μ-LED and QDPR under various current densities in (c) CIE 1931 and (d) CIE 1976.
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    Sung-Wen Huang Chen, Yu-Ming Huang, Konthoujam James Singh, Yu-Chien Hsu, Fang-Jyun Liou, Jie Song, Joowon Choi, Po-Tsung Lee, Chien-Chung Lin, Zhong Chen, Jung Han, Tingzhu Wu, Hao-Chung Kuo, "Full-color micro-LED display with high color stability using semipolar (20-21) InGaN LEDs and quantum-dot photoresist," Photonics Res. 8, 630 (2020)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optoelectronics

    Received: Jan. 22, 2020

    Accepted: Mar. 5, 2020

    Published Online: Apr. 15, 2020

    The Author Email: Tingzhu Wu (wutingzhu@xmu.edu.cn), Hao-Chung Kuo (hckuo@faculty.nctu.edu.tw)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.388958

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