Light-emitting element
View Patent ↗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.
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.