IP Library Granted Patent US 8,362,505
Granted Patent B2
US 8,362,505 · App. 12/408,795 · Granted Jan 29, 2013

Optical device and the forming method thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,362,505
App. No.
12/408,795
Granted
Jan 29, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical device is provided which includes a first electrode; a substrate disposed on the first electrode; a multi-layer structure disposed on the substrate, and the multi-layer structure consisted of a plurality of insulating layers with different refractive indices formed alternately; a first conductive semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate to cover the multi-layer structure; an active layer disposed on the first conductive semiconductor layer; a second conductive semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer; a transparent conductive layer disposed on the second conductive semiconductor layer; and a second electrode disposed on the transparent conductive layer, thereby, the multi-layer structure can increase the light reflective effect or anti-reflective effect within the optical device to improve the light emitting-efficiency.

Claims (22)

1. An optical device, comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of multi-layer structures abutted on said substrate and arranged separately from each other on the substrate, wherein each of the multi-layer structures is consisting of more than two insulating layers, and the refractive indices of the more than two insulating layers are consecutively increasing from a lowermost insulating layer to an uppermost insulating layer;

a buffer layer abutted on said multi-layer structures, so that said multi-layer structures are disposed between the buffer layer and the substrate, wherein the buffer layer is formed of semiconductor material;

a first conductive semiconductor layer disposed on the buffer layer, wherein the buffer layer is disposed between said multi-layer structures and said first conductive semiconductor layer;

an active layer disposed on said first conductive semiconductor layer;

a second conductive semiconductor layer disposed on said active layer; and

a transparent conductive layer disposed on said second conductive semiconductor layer.

2. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein said transparent conductive layer exposes a portion of a surface of said second conductive semiconductor layer.

3. The optical device of claim 2 , wherein said optical device further comprises a second electrode formed on said exposed surface of said second conductive semiconductor layer and contacting with said transparent conductive layer.

4. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein said optical device further comprises a second electrode formed on said transparent conductive layer, and said transparent conductive layer is disposed between the second electrode and said second conductive semiconductor layer.

5. The optical device of claim 1 , further comprising a first electrode disposed on a bottom surface of said substrate wherein the substrate is located between the plurality of multi-layer structures and the first electrode.

6. The optical device of claim 1 , further comprising a first electrode disposed on a surface portion of said first conductive semiconductor layer.

7. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein the refractive index of each of the more than two insulating layers of said multi-layer structures is between the refractive index of the first conductive semiconductor layer and the refractive index of said substrate.

8. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein a material of each of the more than two insulating layers of each of said multi-layer structures is selected from the group consisting of: SiO x , Si x N y , SiO x N y , ZnSe, TiO 2 , and Ta 2 O 2 .

9. An optical device, comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of multi-layer structures disposed on said substrate and arranged separately from each other on the substrate, wherein each of the multi-layer structures is consisting of more than two insulating layers, and the refractive index of each of the more than two insulating layers of each of said multi-layer structures is consecutively ascending from a bottom of the more than two insulated layers of each of said multi-layer structures to a top of the more than two insulating layers of each of said multi-layer structures;

a first conductive semiconductor layer disposed on said substrate to cover said multi-layer structures, wherein the refractive indices of the more than two insulating layers of each of said multi-layer structures are between the refractive indices of the first conductive semiconductor layer and the substrate;

an active layer disposed on said first conductive semiconductor layer;

a second conductive semiconductor layer disposed on said active layer; and

a transparent conductive layer disposed on said second conductive semiconductor layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2016
From: HUGA OPTOTECH INC.
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040350/0699 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2009
From: TSAI, TZONG-LIANG; KAO, LIN-CHIEH; YANG, SHU-YING
To: HUGA OPTOTECH INC.
Reel/Frame 022433/0347 →