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Patent No.:

US 8765493 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2012
Applicants:

Andrew M. Hawryluk, Los Altos, CA (US);

David Owen, Redondo Beach, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew M. Hawryluk, Los Altos, CA (US);

David Owen, Redondo Beach, CA (US);

Assignee:

Ultratech, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods of characterizing semiconductor light-emitting devices (LEDs) based on product wafer characteristics are disclosed. The methods include measuring at least one product wafer characteristic, such curvature or device layer stress. The method also includes establishing a relationship between the at least one characteristic and the emission wavelengths of the LED dies formed from the product wafer. The relationship allows for predicting the emission wavelength of LED structures formed in the device layer of similarly formed product wafers. This in turn can be used to characterize the product wafers and in particular the LED structures formed thereon, and to perform process control in high-volume LED manufacturing.


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