The present disclosure relates to set of a
ohmic contact electrodes on both P-type and N-type
layers of a GaN-based
light emitting diode (LED) and a fabricating method thereof. The materials of
ohmic contact electrodes on both P-type and N-type
layers of a GaN-based LED are a
metal combination of Cr / Pd / Au. In one embodiment, the fabricating method comprises
etching out an N-type GaN layer on an epitaxial structure on a
sapphire substrate, and evaporating a P-type transparent
electrode layer on the P-type GaN layer, then positioning patterns of the
ohmic contact electrodes on both P-type and N-type
layers, and then evaporating a
metal combination of a Cr layer 50 Å to 500 Å thick, a Pd layer 300 Å to 1000 Å thick and an Au layer 3000 Å to 20000 Å thick in turn on the P-type transparent
electrode layer and N-type GaN layer respectively, and then annealing electrodes of the
chip, on which the Cr, Pd and Au layers are evaporated in
nitrogen atmosphere for 5 minutes to 20 minutes at a temperature from 200 degrees to 450 degrees. Excellent ohmic contact characteristics and better
thermal stability are obtained as well as higher
oxidation resistance, thus improving the reliability of
diode.