IP Library Granted Patent US 8,890,178
Granted Patent B2
US 8,890,178 · App. 13/231,250 · Granted Nov 18, 2014

Light-emitting element

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Patent No.
US 8,890,178
App. No.
13/231,250
Granted
Nov 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting element includes a monolithic understructure including a first surface and a second surface different from the first surface; a plurality of light-emitting structure units disposed on the second surface; and a trench formed on a portion of the first surface and between the plurality of light-emitting structure units, wherein a height of the portion of the first surface is greater than a height of the second surface measured from a bottom of the monolithic understructure, and the portion of the first surface is exposed by the trench.

Claims (25)

1. A light-emitting element comprising:

a monolithic understructure comprising a first surface and a second surface different from the first surface;

a plurality of light-emitting structure units disposed on the second surface; and

a trench formed on a portion of the first surface and between the plurality of light emitting structure units,

wherein a height of the portion of the first surface is greater than a height of the second surface measured from a bottom of the monolithic understructure, and the portion of the first surface is exposed by the trench.

2. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the first surface comprises a substantially constant height.

3. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the first surface comprises one first protrusion.

4. The light-emitting element according to claim 3 , wherein the second surface comprises a plurality of second protrusions.

5. The light-emitting element according to claim 3 , wherein a width of the first protrusion is between 3˜15 μm.

6. The light-emitting element according to claim 3 , wherein the trench comprises a bottom that reaches the first protrusion, and a width of the first protrusion is greater than a shortest width of the bottom of the trench.

7. The light-emitting element according to claim 6 , wherein the width of the bottom of the trench is between 3˜10 μm.

8. The light-emitting element according to claim 4 , wherein an average width of the first protrusion is greater than that of the plurality of second protrusions.

9. The light-emitting element according to claim 4 , wherein the width of each of the second protrusions is between 1˜2 μm.

10. The light-emitting element according to claim 4 , wherein an average height of the plurality of second protrusions is about 1.5 μm.

11. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of conductive structures connected between the plurality of light-emitting structure units.

12. The light-emitting element according to claim 11 , further comprising a plurality of insulating material between the conductive structures and the light-emitting structure units.

13. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting element is a chip with a substrate area equal to or smaller than 100 mil×100 mil.

14. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein each of the light-emitting structure units comprises an upper layer, a lower layer, and a light-emitting zone formed between the upper layer and the lower layer.

15. The light-emitting element according to claim 14 , wherein the material of each of the lower layer, the upper layer, and the light-emitting zone comprises the AlGaInP-based materials, AlGaInN-based materials, and/or the series of ZnO.

16. A light-emitting element comprising:

an understructure comprising a first surface and a second surface different from the first surface;

a plurality of light-emitting structure units disposed on the second surface; and

a trench formed on the first surface and between the plurality of light-emitting structure units,

wherein the first surface comprises one first protrusion, the second surface comprises a plurality of second protrusions, and the plurality of second protrusions is covered by one of the light-emitting structure units, and

wherein a height of the first protrusion is greater than an average height of the plurality of second protrusions.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 22, 2026
From: EPISTAR CORPORATION
To: ENNOSTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075513/0783 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2011
From: CHEN, CHAO-HSING; LIU, HSIN-MAO; CHUNG, CHIEN-KAI; YAO, CHIU-LIN; HUANG, CHIEN-FU
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026898/0860 →