Electrode material and electrode for III-V group compound semiconductor
AssigneeSumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
InventorsYasushi Iyechika, Noboru Fukuhara, Tomoyuki Takada, Yoshinobu Ono
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Abstract
The invention provides an electrode material having the low contact resistance against a III-V group compound semiconductor, thereby realizing a light emitting device having a high luminance and driven at low voltages. The electrode material of the invention is applied to a III-V group compound semiconductor, which is expressed as a general formula of InxGayAlzN, where x+y+z=1, 0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦1, and 0≦z≦1, and doped with p-type impurities. The electrode material comprises an alloy of Au and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mg and Zn.
Claims2
An electrode material applied to a III-V group compound semiconductor expressed as a general formula of InxGayAlzN, where x+y+z=1, 0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦1, and 0≦z≦1, said compound semiconductor being doped with p-type impurities, said electrode material comprising an alloy of Au and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mg and Zn, wherein Mg is present in a concentration range of from 0.1 to 2.5% by weight based on the electrode material and Zn is present in a concentration range of from 1 to 30% by weight based on the electrode material.
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