IP Library Granted Patent US 10,465,284
Granted Patent B2
US 10,465,284 · App. 15/745,084 · Granted Nov 5, 2019

Method of producing an apparatus, apparatus and optoelectronic component

Inventor: Andreas Rückerl (Konzell, DE)
Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
C23C16/403C23C16/45525C23C16/56H01L33/44H01L51/5253H01L51/5268H01L2933/0025H01L2933/0091
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Patent No.
US 10,465,284
App. No.
15/745,084
Granted
Nov 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing an apparatus, an apparatus and an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes providing a carrier, depositing an amorphous ALD layer on the carrier using an ALD method and recrystallizing the amorphous ALD layer into a crystalline layer.

Claims (25)

1. A method of producing an apparatus, the method comprising:

providing a carrier;

depositing an amorphous ALD layer on the carrier using an ALD method; and

recrystallizing the amorphous ALD layer into a crystalline layer,

wherein the amorphous ALD layer comprises aluminum oxide, which is converted by recrystallization to crystalline aluminum oxyhydroxide (γ-AlOOH) so that the crystalline layer comprises crystalline γ-AlOOH.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the amorphous ALD layer has a thickness between 10 nanometers and 200 nanometers inclusive.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the amorphous ALD layer is recrystallized by exposure to a temperature and/or a humidity and/or a pressure.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the temperature and/or the humidity and/or the pressure varies.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the amorphous ALD layer is recrystallized by exposure to a temperature between 100° C. and 140° C. inclusive.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the amorphous ALD layer is recrystallized by exposure to a pressure between 1 mbar bar and 3.0 bar inclusive.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the amorphous ALD layer is recrystallized by exposure to a humidity in which a water content of a gaseous medium at least partly surrounding the amorphous ALD layer is between 50% and 100% relative humidity inclusive.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein no water condenses on the amorphous ALD layer from the gaseous medium.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the crystalline layer comprises γ-AlOOH, and wherein the crystalline layer is converted to crystalline γ-Al 2 O 3 by annealing.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the crystalline layer is catalytically active.

11. An optoelectronic component comprising:

a carrier; and

a crystalline layer attached to the carrier in a mechanically stable manner and without a joining layer, wherein the crystalline layer comprises aluminum oxyhydroxide (γ-AlOOH).

12. The optoelectronic component according to claim 11 , wherein the crystalline layer is covalently coupled to the carrier.

13. The optoelectronic component according to claim 11 , wherein the carrier comprises one of the following materials: a III/V compound semiconductor material, germanium, silicon, glass.

14. The optoelectronic component according to claim 11 , wherein the crystalline layer has an RMS roughness R q of at least 5 nanometers.

15. The optoelectronic component according to claim 11 , wherein a main surface of the carrier on which the crystalline layer is located has a patterning, an aspect ratio of which is at least 0.2.

16. The optoelectronic component according to claim 11 , wherein the crystalline layer acts as a light extraction layer or a passivation layer.

17. An optoelectronic component comprising:

a carrier; and

a crystalline layer attached to the carrier in a mechanically stable manner and without a joining layer, wherein the crystalline layer comprises aluminum oxyhydroxide (γ-AlOOH), wherein the crystalline layer acts as a light extraction layer or a passivation layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2020
From: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
To: OSRAM OLED GMBH
Reel/Frame 051464/0504 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2018
From: RÜCKERL, ANDREAS
To: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
Reel/Frame 045277/0398 →
Continuity (1)
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