IP Library Granted Patent US 8,779,447
Granted Patent B2
US 8,779,447 · App. 12/982,210 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Semiconductor light-emitting device with a protection layer

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Patent No.
US 8,779,447
App. No.
12/982,210
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application discloses a semiconductor light-emitting device with a protection layer. The structure includes a heat dispersion substrate, a first connecting layer on the heat dispersion substrate, a protection layer on the first connecting layer, a second connecting layer on the protection layer, and a light-emitting unit on the second connecting layer. The protection layer is highly insulative and can avoid the current leakage forming between the light-emitting unit and the heat dispersion substrate.

Claims (17)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a heat dispersion substrate;

a first connecting layer on the heat dispersion substrate;

a protection layer on the first connecting layer wherein the protection layer is highly insulative;

a second connecting layer on the protection layer; and

a light-emitting unit comprising an epitaxial structure on the second connecting layer;

wherein the protection layer can avoid the current leakage forming between the light-emitting unit and the heat dispersion substrate, and the light-emitting device is devoid of a growth substrate on which the epitaxial structure is originally grown.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a reflection layer between the first connecting layer and the protection layer.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 , further comprising an adhesive layer between the reflection layer and the protection layer.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 3 , wherein the adhesive layer comprises indium tin oxide, zinc oxide.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 , wherein the reflection layer comprises aluminum, silver, or other high reflectivity materials.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the epitaxial structure comprises a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the first conductivity type semiconductor layer and the second conductivity type semiconductor layer.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the epitaxial structure comprises a roughened interface to increase the light extraction efficiency of the epitaxial structure.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the protection layer comprises an undoped gallium nitride or an undpoed III-V group material.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the protection layer further comprises a first surface and a second surface, wherein the area of the first surface is larger than the area of the second surface.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first connecting layer comprises soldering tin, low temperature metal, and metal silicide.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second connecting layer comprises polymer material, oxide, nitride, or diamond.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 22, 2026
From: EPISTAR CORPORATION
To: ENNOSTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075513/0783 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF THE FIRST INVENTOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 025566 FRAME: 0261. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Mar 22, 2016
From: YAO, CHIU-LIN; LU, CHIH-CHIANG
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038215/0963 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2010
From: YAO, CHIN-LIN; LU, CHIH-CHIANG
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025566/0261 →