Patent ID: 7285431

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a gallium nitride based lighting emitting diode of a back hole structure comprising steps of: Step 1: epitaxially growing an N type gallium nitride (GaN) layer, a multi-quantum wells emitting active region and a P type gallium nitride layer in turn on an insulation substrate made of sapphire or other materials by a metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) method; Step 2: etching a designed chip pattern into the N type GaN layer by photoetching, and forming a P type ohmic contact electrode and an N type ohmic contact electrode on the P type GaN layer and N type GaN layer, respectively; Step 3: thinning the sapphire substrate from its back side by a milling method or an ion thinning technique; Step 4: scribing the chip to divide the dies on the epitaxial chip into individual die; Step 5: forming a SiO 2 insulation isolation layer on both sides of the silicon chip by a thermal oxidation method, forming a metal electrode on a face side by evaporation or sputtering, and forming a back hole pattern on a back side by photoetching, then corroding the SiO 2 ; Step 6: etching or corroding the silicon chip on the back side by ICP dry etching or KOH as anisotropic corrosion solution of silicon, until the SiO 2 insulation isolation layer on the face side being exposed; continuing the corrosion by HF as corrosion solution of silicon oxide, until the metal electrode being exposed, thus forming a back hole; Step 7: plating copper with high heat conductivity in the back hole until the surface thereof and the surface of the back side of the silicon chip are in a plane; Step 8: forming an electrode connected to the N electrode of the die by photoetching on the face side of the silicon chip; Step 9: forming a bump pattern for plating on the face side of the silicon chip by thick resist photoetching, selectively plating metal bumps respectively connected to the P type ohmic contact electrode and the N type ohmic contact electrode of the die; Step 10: forming a layer of alloy with low melting point on the back side of the silicon chip, thus forming a base; Step 11: directly attaching the base to a heat sink of a housing by heating the alloy on the back side of the base; Step 12: bonding the die with the face side of the base through the metal bumps by a flip-chip bonder, leading an N electrode of the LED from the metal electrode formed on the face surface of the silicon chip, and leading a P electrode of the LED from the back side of the heat sink of the housing.