IP Library Granted Patent US 9,166,105
Granted Patent B2
US 9,166,105 · App. 13/729,842 · Granted Oct 20, 2015

Light emitting device

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Patent No.
US 9,166,105
App. No.
13/729,842
Granted
Oct 20, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes: a substrate; a first semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate and having a first surface; a rough structure formed in the first semiconductor layer, the rough structure comprising porous structures formed therein and a portion of the porous structures having openings exposed on the first surface of the first semiconductor layer; and an active layer formed on the first semiconductor layer.

Claims (18)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a first semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate and having a first surface;

a rough structure formed in the first semiconductor layer, the rough structure comprising porous structures formed therein and a portion of the porous structures having openings exposed on the first surface of the first semiconductor layer; and

an active layer formed on the first semiconductor layer.

2. The lighting-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the porous structures have a portion not covered by the active layer.

3. The lighting-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the rough structure further comprises a pore, a void, a bore, a pinhole, or a cavity.

4. The lighting-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor layer has a second surface, wherein the second surface is parallel to a surface of the substrate and connects the first surface, and a portion of the porous structures has openings formed and exposed on the second surface.

5. The lighting-emitting device of claim 4 , further comprising a second electrode formed on the second surface of the first semiconductor layer.

6. The lighting-emitting device of claim 4 , wherein an average width of the openings exposed on the first surface is different from an average width of the openings exposed on the second surface.

7. The lighting-emitting device of claim 4 , wherein a portion of the openings exposed on the second surface has a depth h 1 , another portion of the openings exposed on the second surface has a depth h 2 , and h 1 is smaller than h 2 .

8. The lighting-emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising a mesa exposing the active layer and the first semiconductor layer.

9. The lighting-emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second semiconductor layer; and

a first electrode formed on the second semiconductor layer.

10. The lighting-emitting device of claim 9 , further comprising a transparent conductive oxide layer formed between the first electrode and the second semiconductor layer.

11. The lighting-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the active layer is narrower than the first semiconductor layer.

12. The lighting-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first surface comprises a textured surface, the first openings are exposed on the textured surface.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 18, 2026
From: EPISTAR CORPORATION
To: ENNOSTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075171/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2012
From: KUO, DE-SHAN; KO, TING-CHIA; TU, CHUN-HSIANG
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029541/0917 →