IP Library Granted Patent US 8,569,775
Granted Patent B2
US 8,569,775 · App. 13/428,974 · Granted Oct 29, 2013

Light-emitting diode (LED) array

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Patent No.
US 8,569,775
App. No.
13/428,974
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An LED array having N light-emitting diode units (N≧3) comprises a permanent substrate, a bonding layer on the permanent substrate, a second conductive layer on the bonding layer, a second isolation layer on the second conductive layer, a crossover metal layer on the second isolation layer, a first isolation layer on the crossover metal layer, a conductive connecting layer on the first isolation layer, an epitaxial structure on the conductive connecting layer, and a first electrode layer on the epitaxial structure. The light-emitting diode units are electrically connected with each other by the crossover metal layer.

Claims (22)

1. A light-emitting diode array having a first area, a third area, and a second area comprising:

a permanent substrate;

a bonding layer on the permanent substrate;

a second conductive layer on the bonding layer;

a second isolation layer on the second conductive layer;

a crossover metal layer on the second isolation layer;

a first isolation layer on the crossover metal layer;

a conductive connecting layer on the first isolation layer except the third area;

an epitaxial structure on the conductive connecting layer, wherein the epitaxial structure further comprises a rough surface; and

a first electrode layer on the epitaxy structure.

2. The light-emitting diode array of claim 1 , wherein the array comprises a first light-emitting diode unit, a second light-emitting diode unit in sequence to a (N−1) th light-emitting diode unit, a N th light-emitting diode unit, and multiple pathways among the N light-emitting diode, wherein N is not less than three; wherein the first light-emitting diode unit locates in the first area, the N th light-emitting diode unit locates in the third area, and the second light-emitting diode unit in sequence to the (N−1) th light-emitting diode unit locate in the second area located between the first area and the third area, wherein the N light-emitting diode units are electrically connected to each other by the crossover metal layer in series.

3. The light-emitting diode array of claim 1 , wherein the epitaxial structure comprising:

a second conductive semiconductor layer;

an active layer on the second conductive semiconductor layer;

a first conductive semiconductor layer on the active layer; and

a plurality of trenches, wherein the trenches extend from the second conductive semiconductor layer to the first conductive semiconductor layer except in the third area.

4. The light-emitting diode array of claim 3 , wherein the first isolation layer locates on the side wall of the trenches and the crossover metal layer extends into the trenches.

5. The light-emitting diode array of claim 1 , wherein the conductive connecting layer in the third area locates between the epitaxial structure and a part of the crossover metal layer, and the conductive connecting layer in the first area locates between the epitaxial structure and the second conductive layer.

6. The light-emitting diode array of claim 1 further comprising:

a conductive region located on the conductive connecting layer in the second area and is not covered by the first isolation layer; and

an electrical isolation region not covered by the crossover metal layer and is adjacent to the conductive region.

7. The light-emitting diode array of claim 3 , wherein the crossover metal layer is electrically isolated from the second conductive semiconductor layer by the first isolation layer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 26, 2026
From: EPISTAR CORPORATION
To: ENNOSTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075152/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2012
From: JOU, LI-PING; YANG, YU-CHEN; YEH, JUI-HUNG
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027988/0367 →