Patent Publication Number: US-11652190-B2

Title: Semiconductor component with oxidized aluminum nitride film and manufacturing method thereof

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor component with oxidized aluminum nitride film, more particularly a light-emitting diode with oxidized aluminum nitride film, which can effectively reduce defect density of the gallium nitride compound crystal, and facilitate improving brightness, luminous intensity of the light-emitting diode. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have advantages such as high conversion efficiency, long lifetime, small-sized and high-level safety, thus already become new-generation light sources. Besides, the LEDs also have replaced traditional cold cathode tubes as new backlight sources of display panels, especially adapted to small-sized portable electronics, such as notebook computers, cell phones and tablet computers. 
     Liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) do not emit light by themselves and have a drawback of low efficiency, even when an LCD is showing white color, usually there is merely less than 10% of light emitted by the backlight source that can pass through the display panel, which consumes more electric power of the portable electronic. Moreover, besides of the backlight source, the LCDs further require more components, such as polarizers, liquid crystal and color filters to perform, therefore it is difficult to reduce size of the LCDs. 
     On contrary, organic LEDs (OLEDs) have advantages of self-lighting, wide viewing angle, high-contrast, power-saving, high responding speed and flexibility, such that the OLEDs are replacing the LCDs to become the new-generation electronics. However, the OLEDs still have drawbacks, such as screen burn-in, short lifetime, color decay and pulse-width modulation (PWN), as so, top brands in the industry are developing next-generation display panels. 
     So far, the micro LED displays have a great opportunity to become the next-generation display panels. The micro LED displays are also self-lighting, and further have advantages of high color saturation, short responsive time and long lifetime. 
     Currently, to commercialize micro LEDs, there are yet many technical and cost difficulties to overcome. In manufacturing of LEDs, metalorganic chemical-vapour deposition (MOCVD) is mainly employed to grow epitaxial structure on a sapphire substrate, to form an LED epitaxial wafer. The sapphire substrate is made of alumina, the epitaxial structure is made of gallium nitride, both have a great difference in crystal size. Therefore, when forming gallium nitride on the sapphire substrate, a great number of crystal lattice mismatches and threading dislocations can easily occur therebetween, then reduce brightness, luminous intensity of the LEDs. Due to the micro LEDs are further smaller than conventional LEDs, the aforementioned drawback can be much more apparent for the micro LEDs. 
     SUMMARY 
     To solve the problem of the conventional technology, the present disclosure provides a semiconductor component with oxidized aluminum nitride (oxidized-AlN) film, more particular a light-emitting diode (LED) with oxidized aluminum nitride film, which has an aluminum nitride buffer (AlN-buffer) layer formed on surface of the substrate, and an oxidized-AlN film partially disposed on the AlN-buffer layer, thereby to reduce threading dislocations during a process of forming gallium nitride compound crystal, and to facilitate improving performance of the LED or the semiconductor component. 
     An object of the present disclosure is provide a semiconductor component with oxidized-AlN film, which mainly has an AlN-buffer layer formed on a patterned surface of the substrate. The patterned surface includes a bottom portion and a plurality of protrusions, the AlN-buffer layer covers a bottom portion and protrusion of the patterned surface. The oxidized-AlN film is disposed on the AlN-buffer layer on the protrusions, the AlN-buffer layer on the bottom portion is not disposed with the oxidized-AlN film. 
     The present disclosure is mainly to control location for disposing the oxidized-AlN film, according to a structure of the patterned surface of the substrate, to facilitate forming at least one gallium nitride compound crystal on the AlN-buffer layer and the oxidized-AlN film, and to effectively reduce threading dislocations when forming semiconductor epitaxial structure on the substrate. 
     An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for manufacturing or semiconductor component with oxidized-AlN film, which is mainly to employ a physical vapor deposition to form an AlN-buffer layer on a patterned surface of a substrate, thereafter to transport the substrate to a vacuum-cooling chamber to cool down. By adjusting a quality of vacuum, temperature and/or cool-down time of the vacuum-cooling chamber, to further control a thickness of an oxidized-AlN film that is formed on the AlN-buffer layer, wherein the thickness is greater than 0.5 nm (nanometer) and less than 4.5 nm for example. 
     Next to transport the substrate disposed with the AlN-buffer layer and the oxidized-AlN film into a metalorganic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) chamber, for depositing gallium nitride compound crystal on the substrate. The MOCVD process is required to be performed in a high-temperature environment about 400° C. or higher, such that the oxidized-AlN film on the substrate is partially burnt out and removed in the high-temperature environment, thereby to partially expose the AlN-buffer layer. Thereafter to form gallium nitride compound crystal on surfaces of the oxidized-AlN film and the exposed AlN-buffer layer. The gallium nitride compound has different growth rates on the surface of the oxidized-AlN film and the surface of the AlN-buffer layer, such that to facilitate reducing threading dislocations during a process of growing the epitaxial structure. 
     An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for manufacturing semiconductor component with oxidized-AlN film, wherein the substrate for forming the gallium nitride compound crystal includes a patterned surface. The patterned surface includes a bottom portion and a plurality of protrusions on the bottom portion. The present disclosure mainly controls the thickness of the oxidized-AlN film on the AlN-buffer layer by the cool-down process, wherein the thickness of the oxidized-AlN film is greater than 0.5 nm and less than 4.5 nm. 
     In the process of performing MOCVD to the substrate, the oxidized-AlN film of the chamber burns in the high-temperature environment within the chamber, thereby to partially remove the oxidized-AlN film. To be specific, the oxidized-AlN film on the bottom portion of the patterned surface is removed, thereby to expose the AlN-buffer layer from the bottom portion, such that the protrusions of the patterned surface have the oxidized-AlN film on those surfaces thereof. 
     When performing the MOCVD on the substrate, the bottom portion with no oxidized-AlN film forms gallium nitride compound crystal in a faster rate, and the protrusions with the oxidized-AlN film forms the gallium nitride compound crystal in a slower rate. Overall, the gallium nitride compound crystal is deposited from the bottom portion of the patterned surface toward a direction which the protrusions bulges up, thereby to form evenly-distributed and flat gallium nitride compound crystals on the patterned surface of the substrate, and to greatly reduce the threading dislocations of gallium nitride compound crystal during the epitaxial growth process. 
     To accomplish the abovementioned objects, the present disclosure provides an LED with oxidized-AlN film, which includes: a substrate; an AlN-buffer layer disposed on at least one surface of the substrate; an oxidized-AlN film partially disposed on the AlN-buffer layer, with the AlN-buffer layer partially exposed, wherein the oxidized-AlN film has a thickness greater than 0.5 nm and less than 4.5 nm; and an LED epitaxial structure including at least one gallium nitride compound crystal disposed on the oxidized-AlN film and the exposed AlN-buffer layer. 
     The present disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing LED or semiconductor component with oxidized-AlN film, which includes: forming an AlN-buffer layer on at least one surface of a substrate; transporting the substrate into a vacuum-cooling chamber, cool down the substrate to a temperature equal to or less than 120° C., to form an oxidized-AlN film on the AlN-buffer layer, wherein the oxidized-AlN film has a thickness greater than 0.5 nm and less than 4.5 nm; and transporting the cooled-down substrate into an MOCVD chamber, and forming a gallium nitride compound crystal on the oxidized-AlN film and the AlN-buffer layer of the substrate. 
     The present disclosure provides also provides another method for manufacturing LED or semiconductor component with oxidized-AlN film, which includes: forming an AlN-buffer layer on a patterned surface of a substrate, wherein the patterned surface includes a plurality of protrusions and at least one bottom portion; transporting the substrate into a vacuum-cooling chamber, and cooling down the substrate to a temperature equal to or less than 120° C., to form an oxidized-AlN film on the AlN-buffer layer, wherein the oxidized-AlN film has a thickness greater than 0.5 nm and less than 4.5 nm; transporting the cooled-down substrate into an MOCVD chamber, and heating the substrate via the MOCVD chamber, to remove the oxidized-AlN film on the bottom portion of the patterned surface, thereby to expose the AlN-buffer layer on the bottom portion of the patterned surface; and forming a gallium nitride compound crystal on the oxidized-AlN film and the exposed AlN-buffer layer of the substrate. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The structure as well as preferred modes of use, further objects, and advantages of this present disclosure will be best understood by referring to the following detailed description of some illustrative embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: 
         FIG.  1    is a schematic fragmentary sectional view of the lighting-emitting diode (LED) with oxidized aluminum nitride (oxidized-AlN) film, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG.  2    is a schematic perspective view of a schematic fragmentary perspective view of the LED with oxidized-AlN film, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG.  3    is a fragmentary top view of a schematic fragmentary perspective view of the LED with oxidized-AlN film, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG.  4    is a flowchart of manufacturing the LED with oxidized-AlN film, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG.  5   ˜ FIG.  7    are schematic fragmentary sectional views of the LED with oxidized-AlN film in different steps of the manufacturing process, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG.  8    is a micrographic image of forming an aluminum nitride buffer layer and an oxidized-AlN film on the substrate, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG.  9    is a micrographic image of forming a gallium nitride compound on the substrate disposed with the oxidized-AlN film, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG.  10    is a micrographic image of the gallium nitride compound formed on the substrate disposed with the oxidized-AlN film, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG.  11    is a micrographic image of an aluminum nitride buffer (AlN-buffer) layer formed on a substrate which is processed by a gas-plasma treatment, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG.  12    is a micrographic image of an aluminum nitride buffer (AlN-buffer) layer formed on a substrate without the gas-plasma treatment, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     Referring to  FIG.  1   , which is a schematic fragmentary sectional view of the light-emitting diode (LED)  10  with oxidized aluminum oxidized film (oxidized-AlN film), according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown, the LED  10  with oxidized-AlN film according to the present disclosure, which includes a substrate  11 , at least one aluminum nitride buffer (AlN-buffer) layer  13 , at least one oxidized-AlN film  15 , and at least one LED epitaxial structure  17 . The AlN-buffer layer  13  is disposed on at least one surface of the substrate  11 , the oxidized-AlN film  15  is partially disposed the AlN-buffer layer  13 , and the semiconductor epitaxial structure  17  is disposed on a surface of the oxidized-AlN film  15  and a surface of the AlN-buffer layer  13 . 
     Specifically, the oxidized-AlN film  15  is only disposed partially on the surface of the AlN-buffer layer  13 , a part of the AlN-buffer layer  13  has no oxidized-AlN film  15  disposed thereon with the and therefore partially exposed. 
     The LED epitaxial structure  17  includes at least one gallium nitride compound crystal, which includes such as an N-type gallium nitride compound  171 , a multilayer quantum well  173  and a P-type gallium nitride compound  175  disposed in a stack-up manner. The gallium nitride compound crystal is disposed on the surface of the oxidized-AlN film  15  and the surface of the exposed AlN-buffer layer  13  that has no oxidized-AlN film  15  thereon. 
     Specifically, the gallium nitride compound crystal has different growth rates on the oxidized-AlN film  15  and on the exposed AlN-buffer layer  13 , such as the gallium nitride compound grows and forms up faster on the exposed AlN-buffer layer  13  than it grows on the oxidized-AlN film  15 . It is possible to adjust the growth rates of the gallium nitride compound crystal on different areas of the substrate  11 , via controlling locations for disposing the oxidized-AlN film  15  and the exposed AlN-buffer layer  13 , thereby to form evenly-distributed and flat gallium nitride compound crystal on the substrate  11 , and also to greatly reduce threading dislocations of the gallium nitride compound crystal during the epitaxial growth process. 
     The substrate  11  for growing and forming gallium nitride compound crystal may be sapphire substrate, silicon carbide (SiC) substrate, silicon substrate, diamond substrate, lithium aluminate (LiAlO 2 ) substrate, zinc oxide (ZnO) substrate, tungsten (W) substrate, copper (Cu) substrate, gallium nitride (GaN) substrate, Aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) substrate, aluminum nitride (AlN) substrate, soda lime or high-silicon glass substrate, etc., wherein the sapphire substrate and the SiC substrate are mainly employed. The SiC and the GaN has a relatively small difference in crystal size and coefficient of thermal expansion therebetween, therefore the SiC substrate is more suitable for growing and forming gallium nitride compound crystal than the sapphire substrate is. However, the SiC has a higher production cost than the sapphire substrate does, thus still, the sapphire substrate is mainly used by modern industries as the substrate  11  for growing gallium nitride compound crystal. 
     The sapphire (alumina) and the gallium nitride have about 15% of difference in the crystal size, hence it is a disadvantage for growing high-quality gallium nitride compound crystal on surface of the sapphire substrate. To improve such disadvantage, in 1983, Dr. Yoshida from Japan provided a method of forming AlN on the surface of the sapphire substrate, so called nucleation layer, the method can facilitate growing high-quality gallium nitride compound crystal on the substrate  11 . 
     To further improve the quality of the epitaxial growth of the gallium nitride compound crystal on the substrate  11 , an etching process may be performed on the surface of the substrate  11 , to form a patterned surface  110  thereon, thereby to transform the substrate  11  into a patterned sapphire substrate (PSS). The PSS can reduce defect density caused by the lattice crystal dislocation of the gallium nitride compound crystal to improve the light efficiency of the LED, meanwhile the patterned surface  110  can reflect the light from the LED to further improve the light efficiency. 
     The LED with oxidized-AlN film and manufacturing method thereof according to the present disclosure, which is more particularly adapted to PSS, wherein the substrate  11  as a PSS has at least one patterned surface  110 . Referring to  FIG.  2    and  FIG.  3   , the patterned surface  110  includes at least one bottom portion  111  and a plurality of the protrusion  113 . The bottom portion  111  may be such as a flat surface, and have the protrusions  113  arrayed thereon. 
     The AlN-buffer layer  13  is disposed on the patterned surface  110  of the substrate  11 , and covers the surfaces of the bottom portion  111  and the protrusions  113  of the patterned surface  110 . The AlN-buffer layer  13  has a thickness less than 500 nanometer (nm), for example. Thereafter, the oxidized-AlN film  15  is formed on the surface of the AlN-buffer layer  13 , such as via placing the substrate  11  into a vacuum-cooling chamber (not shown), then to control a cool-down duration, temperature and/or a quality of vacuum within the chamber until the temperature of the substrate  11  is less or equal to 120° C., thereby to form the oxidized-AlN film  15  with a thickness greater than 0.5 nm and less than 4.5 nm. 
     Next to perform a metalorganic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) to the substrate  11 , wherein the substrate  11  is heated up during the deposition process, such that to partially burn out and remove the oxidized-AlN film  15 , and to partially expose AlN-buffer layer  13  uncovered from the removed oxidized-AlN film  15 . The MOCVD is performed at a temperature around or more than 400° C., for example. 
     According to the present disclosure, it is most preferable to heat and remove the oxidized-AlN film  15  right on or above the bottom portion  111  of the patterned surface  110 , and leave the oxidized-AlN film  15  right on or above the protrusions  113  remain. It is the most preferable have the patterned surface  110  disposed with no oxidized-AlN film  15  on the bottom portion  111  and with the protrusions  113  covered by the oxidized-AlN film  15 , however a temperature distribution within the chamber may be uneven in practical use, therefore some of the oxidized-AlN film  15  may still remain on the bottom portion  111 , or some of the oxidized-AlN film  15  may be removed from the protrusions  113 . Thus, claim scope of the present disclosure is not limited to have the oxidized-AlN film  15  completely removed from the bottom portion  111 , or to have all of the protrusions  113  on the AlN-buffer layer  13  covered by the oxidized-AlN film  15 . 
     Referring to  FIG.  5   , in general, each of the protrusions  113  is formed to protrude from a thick root at the bottom portion  111  with a largest cross section, and taper to a narrow peak  1131 . Thereby, each adjacent two of the protrusions  113  form a cavity  112  therebetween, and each of the cavities  112  is formed narrow in a side of the roots and wide in a side of the peaks  1131  of the protrusions  113 . Furthermore, in the process of depositing gallium nitride compound crystal on the patterned surface  110 , if a deposition rate on the bottom portion  111  is equal to that of the protrusions  113 , this may result in an undesirable abutment stress in the narrow side of the cavity  112  nearby the bottom portion  111 , and further increase the defect density the gallium nitride compound crystal then affect the light efficiency the LED. 
     Therefore, the method according to the present disclosure is to dispose or cover the oxidized-AlN film  15  on the protrusions  113  of the patterned surface  110 , and have the oxidized-AlN film  15  covering the AlN-buffer layer  13  on the protrusions  113 , and to have the bottom portion  111  of the patterned surface  110  disposed with no the oxidized-AlN film  15  and hence exposed from the AlN-buffer layer  13  on the bottom portion  111 . The gallium nitride compound crystal  17  is further disposed on the oxidized-AlN film  15  covering on the protrusions  113  and the AlN-buffer layer  13  on the bottom portion  111 . 
     The bottom portion  111  of the patterned surface  110  has no oxidized-AlN film  15  disposed thereon, hence the deposited gallium nitride compound crystal grows on a faster rate and forms an evenly-distributed epitaxy on a surface of the AlN-buffer layer  13  of the bottom portion  111 . In the other hand, the protrusions  113  are disposed with the oxidized-AlN film  15 , hence the gallium nitride compound grows and forms epitaxy in a slower rate, on the surface of the oxidized-AlN film  15  covering on the protrusions  113 . 
     In a preferable condition, the gallium nitride compound can grow epitaxy from the bottom portion  111  of the patterned surface  110  toward the peaks  1131  of the protrusions  113 , and evenly fills up the bottom portion  111  and the cavities  112  of the patterned surface  110 , thereby to form evenly-distributed and flat gallium nitride compound crystal on the patterned surface  110  of the substrate  11 , and to greatly reduce the defect density occurring while growing the epitaxy, for improving the luminous intensity and brightness of the LED  10  with oxidized-AlN film. 
     In the abovementioned embodiment, which is mainly exemplified by the LED with oxidized-AlN film, and to dispose LED epitaxial structure  17  on the substrate  11 , however in practical use, it is not limited to dispose only the LED epitaxial structure  17  on the substrate  11 , but also may dispose other types of semiconductor epitaxial structure on the substrate  11 , to form a semiconductor component with oxidized-AlN film on the substrate  11 . 
     To be specific, the method according to the present disclosure may be used to dispose at least one AlN-buffer layer  13  on a patterned surface  110  of the substrate  11 , and to dispose the oxidized-AlN film  15  partially on the surface of the AlN-buffer layer  13 , thereby to partially expose the AlN-buffer layer  13 , wherein the oxidized-AlN film  15  is formed with a thickness greater than 0.5 nm and less than 4.5 nm. Thereby as shown in  FIG.  1   , at least one semiconductor-epitaxial structure  17 ′ is on the oxidized-AlN film  15  and the exposed AlN-buffer layer  13 , wherein the semiconductor-epitaxial structure  17 ′ is made of such as gallium nitride compound and disposed on the substrate  11 , to form a semiconductor component such as transistor or diode. 
     In one embodiment of the present disclosure, before forming the AlN-buffer layer  13  on the substrate  11 , a gas-plasma treatment, such as nitrogen-plasma treatment (N2 treatment) may be applied to the substrate  11  partially. To be specific, the N2 treatment can be performed to the protrusions  113  on the patterned surface  110  of the substrate  11 , such as to perform to the peaks  1131  of the protrusions  113 , thereafter to form the AlN-buffer layer  13  on the patterned surface  110  of the substrate  11  processed by the N2 treatment. 
     Referring to  FIG.  11    and  FIG.  12   , an AlN-buffer layer  13  formed on a patterned surface  110  processed by the N2 treatment, which has an epitaxial-growth direction different from that of an AlN-buffer layer  13  formed on a patterned surface  110  without the N2 treatment. In one embodiment shown in  FIG.  11   , as the peaks  1131  of the protrusions  113  on the patterned surface  110  has been processed by the N2 treatment, thereby areas of the AlN-buffer layer  13  formed on the peaks  1131  of the protrusions  113  (shown darker in  FIG.  11   ), which can have an epitaxial-growth direction different from that of other areas of the AlN-buffer layer  13  on the patterned surface  110  (shown lighter in  FIG.  11   ), such as lateral surfaces or the bottom portions  111  of the protrusions  113 . In contrary thereto, the AlN-buffer layer  13  formed on the patterned surface  110  without the N2 treatment, which has a more uniform epitaxial-growth direction, as shown in  FIG.  12   . 
     By virtue of such treatment, the AlN-buffer layer  13  can have different epitaxial-growth directions in different areas on the patterned surface  110 , such that to prevent threading dislocations of the later-disposed semiconductor-epitaxial structure  17 ′ (or the LED epitaxial structure  17 ) on the AlN-buffer layer  13  and/or the oxidized-AlN film  15 . 
     Referring to  FIG.  4   , which is a flowchart of manufacturing the LED with oxidized-AlN film, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Also referring with  FIG.  5   ˜ FIG.  7   , the manufacturing process is first to provide a substrate  11 , and to form AlN-buffer layer  13  on a surface of the substrate  11 , as shown by the step  21  in  FIG.  4   . Specifically, the substrate  11  is formed with a patterned surface  110  thereon, wherein the patterned surface  110  includes at least one bottom portion  111  and a plurality of protrusions  113 . The AlN-buffer layer  13  is formed on the patterned surface  110  of the substrate  11 , by such as transporting the substrate  11  into a physical-vapor deposition (PVD) chamber, and performing a PVD process on the patterned surface  110  of the substrate  11  to form the AlN-buffer layer  13 , wherein the AlN-buffer layer  13  is formed with a thickness about or less than 500 nm. 
     The AlN-buffer layer  13  evenly covers on the patterned surface  110  of the substrate  11 , such as to cover the surfaces of the bottom portion  111  and the protrusions  113  of the patterned surface  110 , for facilitating the later steps of forming gallium nitride compound crystal on the substrate  11  with a high quality. It should be noted that, to dispose the AlN-buffer layer  13  on the patterned surface  110  of the substrate  11  via PVD, which is merely one embodiment of the present disclosure and does not limit the claim scope of the present disclosure. 
     During the PVD process, a temperature of the substrate  11  rises to about 390° C., then next to transfer the substrate  11  at high temperature into a vacuum-cooling chamber to cool down, until the temperature of the substrate  11  is equal to and less than 120° C., more preferable to be equal to and less than 80° C., as shown by step  23  in  FIG.  4   . During the process of cooling down the substrate  11 , the AlN-buffer layer  13  at high temperature reacts with environmental oxygen, to form an oxidized-AlN film  15  on the surface of the AlN-buffer layer  13 . 
     The method according to the present disclosure is to mainly control the temperature, duration and quality of vacuum within the vacuum-cooling chamber for cooling down the substrate  11 , thereby to adjust the thickness of the oxidized-AlN film  15  to a range greater than 0.5 nm and less than 4.5 nm, as shown in  FIG.  5    and  FIG.  8   . 
     Next to transport the cooled-down substrate  11  into an MOCVD chamber, then to grow and form gallium nitride compound crystal on the oxidized-AlN film  15  and the AlN-buffer layer  13  disposed on the substrate  11 , as shown by step  25  in  FIG.  4   . During the MOCVD process, which is for example, to heat up the substrate  11  to about or more than 400° C. via the MOCVD, such that the oxidized-AlN film  15  is burnt out and removed by the high temperature. The method according to the present disclosure is to mainly control a condition of cool down, such that to adjust the thickness of the oxidized-AlN film  15  in a range of 0.5 nm 4.5 nm. During the process of heating up the substrate  11 , the oxidized-AlN film  15  is partially removed, thereby the AlN-buffer layer  13  is partially exposed and partially remains covered by the oxidized-AlN film  15 . 
     To be specific, as shown in  FIG.  5    and  FIG.  8   , when the thickness of the oxidized-AlN film  15  is greater than 0.5 nm and less than 4.5 nm, the oxidized-AlN film  15  on the bottom portion  111  of the patterned surface  110  of the substrate  11  is burnt out by the high temperature and removed. Thereby as shown in  FIG.  6   , the AlN-buffer layer  13  above the bottom portion  111  is exposed, and the oxidized-AlN film  15  above the protrusions  113  of the patterned surface  110  remain. 
     Thereafter as shown in  FIG.  7   , to perform a deposition for forming gallium nitride compound crystal on the substrate  11 , and to grow and form the LED epitaxial structure  17  on the oxidized-AlN film  15  and the exposed AlN-buffer layer  13 . 
     According to the present disclosure, the AlN-buffer layer  13  on the bottom portion  111  of the patterned surface  110  is exposed, and the AlN-buffer layer  13  on the protrusions  113  is covered by the oxidized-AlN film  15 . The gallium nitride compound crystal then grows and forms on the AlN-buffer layer  13  disposed on the bottom portion  111 , with a growth rate faster than that on the oxidized-AlN film  15  disposed on the protrusions  113 . As shown in  FIG.  9    and  FIG.  10   , the gallium nitride compound crystal and/or the N-type gallium nitride compound  171  has a greater and faster epitaxial growth rate on the bottom portion  111  of the patterned surface  110  than that on the protrusions  113 , and such that to form a thicker gallium nitride compound crystal and/or N-type gallium nitride compound  171  above the bottom portion  111 . In the other hand as shown in  FIG.  10   , if the AlN-buffer layer  13  on the bottom portion  111  and the protrusions  113  all have no oxidized-AlN film  15  thereon, the gallium nitride compound crystal then has an epitaxial growth rate equal to or greater on the AlN-buffer layer  13  covering on the protrusions  113  than that on the AlN-buffer layer  13  covering on the bottom portion  111 , and such that to result in an abutment stress during the process of forming the gallium nitride compound crystal, and thereby a great number of threading dislocations may occur in the gallium nitride compound crystal. Under an identical manufacturing condition, the gallium nitride compound has a greater epitaxial growth rate on the protrusions  113  shown in  FIG.  10    than that on the protrusions  113  shown in  FIG.  9   . 
     By virtue of adjusting the epitaxial growth rate of gallium nitride compound crystal in different areas of the patterned surface  110 , it is possible to form evenly-distributed and flat gallium nitride compound crystal on the patterned surface  110 , and to reduce the defect density of the gallium nitride compound crystal. Thereafter such as shown in  FIG.  1   , to sequentially dispose an N-type gallium nitride compound  171 , a multilayer quantum well  173  and a P-type gallium nitride compound  175 , on the AlN-buffer layer  13  disposed on the bottom portion  111  and the oxidized-AlN film  15  disposed on the protrusions  113 . 
     The following TABLE shows a performance of LED epitaxial structure  17  formed on the substrate  11  disposed with the AlN-buffer layer  13 , which is cooled down within the vacuum-cooling chamber at different final temperatures. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                   
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                 180° C. 
                 1150 
                 166 
                 132.4 
                 2.96 
                 96 
                 99.2 
               
               
                 120° C. 
                 1050 
                 152 
                 133.3 
                 2.98 
                 98.8 
                 99.8 
               
               
                  80° C. 
                 960 
                 140 
                 135.3 
                 2.98 
                 99.2 
                 100 
               
               
                 &lt;60° C. 
                 968 
                 138 
                 135.1 
                 2.97 
                 99.6 
                 99.8 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     It is apparent as shown in the TABLE, the LED epitaxial structure  17  formed on the substrate  11  cooled down to 120° C., which has a small improvement in luminous intensity comparing with that on the substrate  11  cooled down to 180° C. Furthermore, the LED epitaxial structure  17  formed on the substrate  11  cooled down to 80° C. or even cooler than 60° C., which has an improvement of 2% in the luminous intensity, as shown in Iv column of the TABLE. 
     Therefore, it is apparent as shown in the TABLE above, by virtue of the LED, semiconductor component with oxidized-AlN film and the manufacturing method thereof according to the present disclosure, which can effectively reduce the defect density of gallium nitride compound crystal, thereby to facilitate improving the luminous intensity, brightness of the LED. 
     In one embodiment of the present disclosure, before the step  21  ( FIG.  4   ) of forming the AlN-buffer layer  13  on the substrate  11 , a gas-plasma treatment such as nitrogen plasma treatment (N2 treatment) may be applied to the substrate  11  partially. To be specific, the N2 treatment can be performed to the protrusions  113  on the patterned surface  110  of the substrate  11 , such as to be performed to the peaks  1131  of the protrusions  113 , thereafter to form the AlN-buffer layer  13  on the patterned surface  110  of the substrate  11  processed by the N2 treatment. 
     As aforementioned and shown in  FIG.  11    and  FIG.  12   , an AlN-buffer layer  13  formed on a patterned surface  110  processed by the N2 treatment, which can have an epitaxial-growth direction different from that of an AlN-buffer layer  13  formed on a patterned surface  110  without the N2 treatment. In one embodiment, as the peaks  1131  of the protrusions  113  on the patterned surface  110  has been processed by the N2 treatment, thereby areas of the AlN-buffer layer  13  formed on the peaks  1131  of the protrusions  113  (shown darker in  FIG.  11   ), which can have an epitaxial-growth direction different from that of other areas of the in other areas of the AlN-buffer layer  13  on the patterned surface  110  (shown lighter in  FIG.  11   ), such as the lateral surfaces or the bottom portions  111  of the protrusions  113 . In contrary thereto, the AlN-buffer layer  13  formed on the patterned surface  110  without the N2 treatment, which has a more uniform epitaxial-growth direction, as shown in  FIG.  12   . 
     By virtue of such treatment, the AlN-buffer layer  13  can have different epitaxial-growth direction in different areas on the patterned surface  110 , to prevent threading dislocations of the later-disposed semiconductor-epitaxial structure  17 ′ (or the LED epitaxial structure  17 ) on the AlN-buffer layer  13  and/or the oxidized-AlN film  15 . 
     The above disclosure is only the preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, and not used for limiting the scope of the present disclosure. All equivalent variations and modifications on the basis of shapes, structures, features and spirits described in claims of the present disclosure should be included in the claims of the present disclosure.