IP Library Granted Patent US 8,263,998
Granted Patent B2
US 8,263,998 · App. 13/009,491 · Granted Sep 11, 2012

Light-emitting device

Assignee: Epistar Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,263,998
App. No.
13/009,491
Granted
Sep 11, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device comprising a semiconductor light-emitting stack, comprising a light emitting area; an electrode formed on the semiconductor light-emitting stack, wherein the electrode comprises a current injected portion and an extension portion; a current blocking structure formed between the current injected portion and the semiconductor light-emitting stack, and formed between a first part of the extension portion and the semiconductor light-emitting stack; and an electrical contact structure formed between a second part of the extension portion and the semiconductor light-emitting stack.

Claims (23)

1. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a semiconductor light-emitting stack having an edge and outer surfaces;

a current injected portion formed on the semiconductor light-emitting stack;

an electrical contact structure, formed on the semiconductor light-emitting stack and separated from the current injected portion, having a segment extending along the edge; and

an extension portion electrically connecting the current injected portion with the electrical contact structure, and having a first branch and a second branch;

wherein the segment is wider than the first branch and entirely covered by the second branch.

2. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a current blocking structure formed just below the electrical contact structure.

3. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a roughened surface formed on at least one of the outer surfaces.

4. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a roughened surface formed on the top surface.

5. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein current injected into the current injected portion is confined to the extension portion before reaching the electrical contact structure.

6. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first branch is between the current injected portion and the second branch, and wherein the segment has a width and a length being longer than the width, and wherein the length of the segment extends in a direction parallel to the closest edge of the semiconductor light-emitting stack.

7. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first branch is nearer the current injected portion than the second branch.

8. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor light-emitting stack comprises a n-type layer, a p-type layer, an active layer and a light extraction layer having a thickness greater than that of the n-type layer, p-type layer, or the active layer.

9. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the segment is parallel to the edge.

10. The light-emitting device of claim 1 ,

wherein the current injected portion has a longest dimension,

and the electrical contact structure has a short edge and a long edge greater than the short edge.

11. The light-emitting device of claim 10 , wherein the long edge is parallel to the edge of the semiconductor light-emitting stack.

12. The light-emitting device of claim 10 , wherein the long edge is greater than the longest dimension.

13. The light-emitting device of claim 10 , wherein current injected into the current injected portion is confined to the extension portion before reaching the electrical contact structure.

Continuity (2)
Continuation 12437908 · May 8, 2009
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