IP Library Granted Patent US 9,299,888
Granted Patent B2
US 9,299,888 · App. 14/344,196 · Granted Mar 29, 2016

Clad material for LED light-emitting element holding substrate, and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Yosuke Ishihara (Omuta, JP); Hideki Hirotsuru (Omuta, JP); Hideo Tsukamoto (Omuta, JP)
Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
H01L33/12H01L33/005H01L33/30H01L33/48H01L33/641H01L33/0079H01L2933/0025
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Patent No.
US 9,299,888
App. No.
14/344,196
Granted
Mar 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a clad material for an LED light-emitting element holding substrate in which a plurality of layers composed of different materials are stacked and bonded via a metal layer to a III-V group semiconductor crystal surface, the linear expansion coefficient being 14×10 −6 /K or less and the thermal conductivity at a temperature of 25° C. being 200 W/mK or greater. The clad material is composed of three alternately stacked layers: two copper layers and a molybdenum layer, the molybdenum layer being 10 to 60 vol % and the difference in thickness between the copper layers being 5% or less; or a clad material composed of three copper layers alternately stacked with molybdenum layers to make five layers, the molybdenum layers being 20 to 70 vol % and the difference in thickness between the top and bottom two copper layers and the molybdenum layers being 5% or less.

Claims (22)

1. A clad material for use with a substrate for holding an LED light-emitting element, formed by lamination of a plurality of layers consisting of different materials, and bonded to a group III-V semiconductor crystal surface via a metal layer, having a coefficient of linear expansion of 14 ×10 −6 /K or less, and a thermal conductivity of 200 W/mK or more at a temperature of 25 ° C.,

consisting of five layers formed by alternately laminating three copper layers and two molybdenum layers, the copper and molybdenum being at least 99.9 percent purity,

wherein a proportion of a volume occupied by the molybdenum layers relative to that of the clad material is 20 to 70 vol %, a thickness difference between any two copper layers is 5% or less, a thickness difference between the two molybdenum layers is 5% or less, and a surface roughness (Ra) of the clad material is 0.01 to 0.09 μm, and

wherein a volume resistivity of the clad material is 10 −9 to 10 −5 106·m.

2. The clad material for use with a substrate for holding an LED light-emitting element of claim 1 , formed by alternately laminating copper layers and molybdenum layers.

3. A clad material for use with a substrate for holding an LED light-emitting element, formed by lamination of a plurality of layers consisting of different materials, and bonded to a group III-V semiconductor crystal surface via a metal layer, having a coefficient of linear expansion of 14×10 −6 /K or less, and a thermal conductivity of 200 W/mK or more at a temperature of 25 ° C.,

consisting of three layers formed by alternately laminating two copper layers and a molybdenum layer, the copper and molybdenum being at least 99.9 percent purity,

wherein a proportion of a volume occupied by the molybdenum layer relative to that of the clad material is 10 to 60 vol %, a thickness difference between the two copper layers is 5% or less, and a surface roughness (Ra) of the clad material is 0.01 to 0.09 μm, and

wherein a volume resistivity of the clad material is 10 −9 to 10 −5 Ω·m.

4. The clad material for use with a substrate for holding an LED light-emitting element of claim 1 , having a plate thickness of 0.05 mm to 0.2mm.

5. The clad material for use with a substrate for holding an LED light-emitting element of claim 3 , having a plate thickness of 0.05 mm to 0.2 mm.

6. The clad material for use with a substrate for holding an LED light-emitting element of claim 1 , having an Ni plating layer or an Ni plating layer +Au plating layer of thickness 0.5 to 5 μm formed on the surface of the clad material.

7. The clad material for use with a substrate for holding an LED light-emitting element of claim 3 , having an Ni plating layer or an Ni plating layer +Au plating layer of thickness 0.5 to 5 μm formed on the surface of the clad material.

8. A method of manufacturing the clad material for use with a substrate for holding an LED light-emitting element of claim 1 , the method of manufacturing a clad material comprising a step of laminating a plurality of layers consisting of different materials, then bonding the laminate by hot uniaxial processing with an applied pressure of at least 4.9 MPa and at most 14.7 MPa, at a temperature of at least 850 ° C. and at most 1000° C.

9. The method of manufacturing a clad material of claim 8 , wherein the bonding by hot uniaxial processing is performed in a nitrogen atmosphere, an argon atmosphere, a helium atmosphere or in a vacuum.

10. An LED light-emitting element manufactured by a method comprising:

(1) epitaxially growing a group II-V semiconductor crystal on one principal face of a single-crystal growth substrate;

(2) bonding a clad material in accordance with claim 1 to the group III-V semiconductor crystal surface via a metal layer and removing the single-crystal growth substrate from the back surface; and

(3) performing a surface treatment on the group III-V semiconductor crystal surface, forming electrodes, then cutting.

11. The LED light-emitting element of claim 10 , wherein the single-crystal growth substrate is chosen from the group consisting of single-crystal sapphire, single-crystal silicon carbide, single-crystal GaAs and single-crystal Si.

12. The LED light-emitting element of claim 11 , wherein the single-crystal growth substrate is coated with a material chosen from the group consisting of AlN, SiC, GaN and GaAs.

13. The LED light-emitting element of claim 10 , wherein the group III-V semiconductor crystal is one of GaN, GaAs and GaP.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 2, 2016
From: DENKI KAGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 038108/0405 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2014
From: ISHIHARA, YOSUKE; HIROTSURU, HIDEKI; TSUKAMOTO, HIDEO
To: DENKI KAGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 032426/0831 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-199953 · Sep 13, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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