Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2011
A series of systematic trials to improve the light emission efficiency has been made on thin film visible a-SiC LEDs. A wide variety of the approaches, such as a superlattice structure, p-i-n/p-i-n tandem structure, an efficient injection electrode with a wide-gap layer etc., have been done. From the results, two practically available new technologies for bright LEDs have been developed, that is; a) a hot carrier injection structure by inserting a highly- resistive layer between p-and i- or i- and n-layers and b) a wide-gap highly-conductive p-type injector layer prepared by ECR (Electron Cyclotron Resonance) CVD deposition. With these trials, the brightness of yellow LEDs have been increased by more than one order of magnitude to be about 5cd/m2