IP Library Granted Patent US 9,231,151
Granted Patent B2
US 9,231,151 · App. 13/618,544 · Granted Jan 5, 2016

Light-emitting device

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Patent No.
US 9,231,151
App. No.
13/618,544
Granted
Jan 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device comprises a textured substrate comprising a boundary and a plurality of textured structures within the boundary, wherein the textured structures and the textured substrate are both composed of sapphire; and a light-emitting stack overlaying the textured substrate, comprising a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, wherein each of the plurality of textured structures comprises a top portion having a first top-view shape and a bottom portion parallel to the top portion, the bottom portion having a second top-view shape, wherein the first top-view shape comprises a circle or ellipse and the second top-view shape comprises a polygon, wherein the first top-view shape and the second top-view shape overlap each other, and the textured structures are spaced apart from each other from a top view of the light-emitting device.

Claims (16)

1. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a textured substrate comprising a boundary and a plurality of textured structures within the boundary, wherein the textured structures and the textured substrate are both composed of sapphire; and

a light-emitting stack overlaying the textured substrate, comprising a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer,

wherein each of the plurality of textured structures comprises a top portion having a first top-view shape and a bottom portion parallel to the top portion, the bottom portion having a second top-view shape, wherein the first top-view shape comprises a circle or an ellipse, and the second top-view shape comprises a polygon, wherein the first top-view shape and the second top-view shape overlap each other, and the textured structures are spaced apart from each other from a top view of the light-emitting device.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first top-view shape comprises the circle and the second top-view shape comprises a triangle.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the top portion and the bottom portion comprises a flat plane.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 3 , wherein the flat plane comprises a sapphire C plane.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of textured structures further comprises a sidewall portion connecting the top portion and the bottom portion.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 5 , wherein the sidewall portion comprises a plurality of symmetric planes.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 5 , wherein the sidewall portion comprises a plurality of symmetric sapphire R-planes.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 5 , wherein a cross-section of the sidewall portion near the top portion is a curve.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 5 , wherein a cross-section of the sidewall portion near the bottom portion is a curve.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 5 , wherein a cross-section of the bottom portion is rounded.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting stack comprises a III-nitride compound.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a semiconductor buffer layer directly formed on the plurality of textured structures of the textured substrate, wherein the semiconductor buffer layer comprises a III-nitride compound.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second top-view shape is located within the first top-view shape.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2025
From: EPISTAR CORPORATION
To: TAU CETI VENTURES LLC
Reel/Frame 073969/0972 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2013
From: HSU, TA-CHENG; YANG, YA-LAN; SU, YING-YONG; YEH, CHING-SHIAN; HUANG, CHAO-SHUN; LEE, YA-JU
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031829/0935 →