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Single micro-light emitting diodes(LEDs) with different sizes and array micro-LED are designed and prepared, where the sizes of the single micro-LEDs are in a range of 40−100 μm, their electrodes are all co-N electrodes, P electrode is drawn out alone; the number of array pixels is
$ 8\times8 $ , which is a passively driving structure with a pixel size of 60 μm. In the process of device preparation, N electrode and P electrode are fabricated by the sputtering & stripping method. The electrode thickness is 2.4 μm. Thick photoresist 5120 is used as a mask, and N GaN is etched to the substrate by using the ICP dry etching to form an isolation trench. The PECVD technique is used to deposit an SiO2 insulating layer with a thickness of 10000 Å. By optimizing the electrode structure and thickness, the reliability of the P electrode at the slope of the isolation trench is improved, and the SiO2 insulating layer has good encapsulation; field programmable gate array (FPGA) is used to drive and display the micro-LED passive array. The single micro-LEDs of different sizes are tested and analyzed in the aspects of electrics, photics and thermotics and the results of which show that the current density corresponding to the peak radiation flux of 80 μm micro-LED is 1869.2 A/cm2, which is 57.1% higher than that of 100 μm micro-LED, indicating that the current density corresponding to the peak radiation flux of micro-LED increases as the size decreases; compared with the ordinary blue LED, the micro-LED has a large k factor, and with the size decreases, the value of the k factor increases, indicating that the micro-LED series resistance is larger, and the thermal stability is not so good as the traditional blue LED. Finally, the field programmable gate array (FPGA) can achieve a good drive for the micro-LED passive array. The driving principle is passive scanning driving, which is carried out in a row-by-row lighting mode. The FPGA clock is 50 MHz, and 320 ns is required for the circuit to scan all rows.-
Keywords:
- micro-light-emitting diode /
- size effect /
- k-factor /
- passive
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图 1 (a) Micro-LED结构示意图; (b) 尺寸为40—100 μm的Micro-LED光学显微图; (c) Micro-LED阵列3D结构图; (d) 阵列光学显微镜图
Figure 1. (a) Schematic structure of single Micro-LED; (b) the optical micrograph of the Micro-LEDs with diameters from 40 μm to 100 μm; (c) 3D structure diagram of passive Micro-LED array; (d) optical micrograph.
图 2 不同尺寸的Micro-LED I-V曲线
Figure 2. Size-dependent characteristics of current versus voltage (I-V).
图 3 Micro-LED的尺寸与光通量和辐射通量的关系 (a) 光通量与电流密度的关系; (b) 辐射通量与电流密度的关系
Figure 3. Size-dependent characteristics of luminous flux and radiant flux: (a) Current density versus luminous flux; (b) current density versus radiant flux.
图 4 不同测试电流下温度与电压的关系, 以及k系数与Micro-LED尺寸的关系 (a) 0.5 mA下温度与电压关系图; (b) 2 mA下温度与电压关系图; (c) 5 mA下温度与电压关系图; (d) 使用最小二乘法拟合图(a)—(c)得到的k系数与尺寸的关系曲线
Figure 4. Temperature versus voltage curves with various test current, and Micro-LED size versus k coefficient: (a) Temperature versus voltage curves at 0.5 mA; (b) temperature versus voltage curves at 2 mA; (c) temperature versus voltage curves at 5 mA; (d) size and drive current versus k coefficient.
图 5 不同温度和测试电流下尺寸和辐射通量的关系
Figure 5. Micro-LED pixel size versus radiant flux with different temperature and test current.
图 6 尺寸为60 μm的被动Micro-LED阵列使用FPGA进行驱动点亮 (a) 显示样品; (b) 点亮的显示阵列
Figure 6. Passive picro-LED array whose pixel size is 60 μm, driven and lighted by FPGA: (a) Display sample; (b) display array light.
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[5] 邰建鹏, 郭伟玲 2019 照明工程学报 30 18
Tai J P, Guo W L 2019 China Illuminating Engineering Journal 30 18
[6] Jin S X, Li J, Li J Z, Lin J Y, Jiang H X 2000 Appl. Phys. Lett. 76 631
Google Scholar
[7] Jeon C W, Kim K S, Dawson M D 2002 Phys. Stat. Sol. (a) 192 325
Google Scholar
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Li B Q, Zheng T C, Xia Z H 2009 Acta Phys. Sin. 58 7189
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Google Scholar
[19] Chong W C, Cho W K, Liu Z j, Wang C H, Lau K M 2014 IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium La Jolla, October 19−22, 2014 p978
[20] Deng P, Zhang K, Chao V S D, Mo W j, Lau K M, Liu Z J 2016 J. Disp. Technol. 7 742
[21] 李炳乾, 布良基, 甘雄文, 范广涵 2003 光子学报 32 1349
Li B Q, Bu L J, Gan X W, Fan G H 2003 Acta. Photon. Sin. 32 1349
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