IP Library Granted Patent US 9,087,965
Granted Patent B2
US 9,087,965 · App. 13/758,238 · Granted Jul 21, 2015

Optoelectronic device

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Patent No.
US 9,087,965
App. No.
13/758,238
Granted
Jul 21, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optoelectronic element comprises a semiconductor stack layer comprising a first surface and a second surface; a first transparent conductive oxide layer formed on the first surface of the semiconductor stack layer, wherein the first transparent conductive oxide layer comprises at least an opening exposing the first surface of the semiconductor stack layer; and a second transparent conductive oxide layer filled into the opening and covering the first transparent conductive oxide layer; wherein the first transparent conductive oxide layer and the second transparent conductive oxide layer are comprised of a material selected from the group consisting of indium tin oxide (ITO), indium oxide (InO), tin oxide (SnO), cadmium tin oxide (CTO), aluminum tin oxide (ATO), aluminum zinc oxide (AZO), and zinc oxide (ZnO), and the first transparent conductive oxide layer and the second transparent conductive oxide layer have the same constituent material with different refractive indexes.

Claims (34)

1. An optoelectronic element, comprising:

a semiconductor stack layer comprising a first surface and a second surface;

a first transparent conductive oxide layer formed on the first surface of the semiconductor stack layer, wherein the first transparent conductive oxide layer comprises at least an opening exposing the first surface of the semiconductor stack layer; and

a second transparent conductive oxide layer filled into the opening and covering the first transparent conductive oxide layer;

wherein the first transparent conductive oxide layer and the second transparent conductive oxide layer are comprised of a material selected from the group consisting of indium tin oxide (ITO), indium oxide (InO), tin oxide (SnO), cadmium tin oxide (CTO), aluminum tin oxide (ATO), aluminum zinc oxide (AZO), and zinc oxide (ZnO), and the first transparent conductive oxide layer and the second transparent conductive oxide layer have the same constituent material with different refractive indexes.

2. The optoelectronic element of claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor stack layer comprises a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer formed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer formed on the active layer.

3. The optoelectronic element of claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor stack layer comprises an element selected from a group consisting of Al, Ga, In, N, P and As.

4. The optoelectronic element of claim 1 , wherein the second transparent conductive oxide layer and the semiconductor stack layer are formed in a schottky contact, the first transparent conductive oxide layer and the semiconductor stack layer are formed in an ohmic contact.

5. The optoelectronic element of claim 1 , wherein the second transparent conductive oxide layer and the semiconductor stack layer are formed in an ohmic contact, the first transparent conductive oxide layer and the semiconductor stack layer are formed in a schottky contact.

6. The optoelectronic element of claim 1 , wherein the first transparent conductive oxide layer forms an ohmic contact with the second transparent conductive oxide layer.

7. The optoelectronic element of claim 1 , wherein the opening passes through the first transparent conductive oxide layer.

8. An optoelectronic element, comprising:

a semiconductor stack layer comprising a first surface and a second surface;

a first transparent conductive oxide layer formed on the first surface and having at least one opening; and

a second transparent conductive oxide layer covering on the first transparent conductive oxide layer and filled into the opening, wherein the first transparent conductive oxide layer and the second transparent conductive oxide layer are composed of the same materials but in different composition ratios.

9. The optoelectronic element of claim 8 , wherein the semiconductor stack layer comprises:

a first conductive type semiconductor layer;

an active layer formed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer; and

a second conductive type semiconductor layer formed on the active layer.

10. The optoelectronic element of claim 8 , wherein the second transparent conductive oxide layer has a roughing surface.

11. The optoelectronic element of claim 8 , wherein the second transparent conductive oxide layer and the semiconductor stack layer are formed in an ohmic contact.

12. The optoelectronic element of claim 8 , wherein the first transparent conductive oxide layer and the second transparent conductive oxide layer are formed in an ohmic contact.

13. The optoelectronic element of claim 8 , wherein the opening passes through the first transparent conductive oxide layer.

14. An optoelectronic element, comprising:

a semiconductor stack layer comprising a first surface and a second surface;

a first transparent conductive oxide layer formed on the first surface of the semiconductor stack layer, wherein the first transparent conductive oxide layer comprises at least an opening exposing the first surface of the semiconductor stack layer; and

a second transparent conductive oxide layer filled into the opening and covering the first transparent conductive oxide layer;

wherein the first transparent conductive oxide layer and the second transparent conductive oxide layer are comprised of a material selected from the group consisting of indium tin oxide (ITO), indium oxide (InO), tin oxide (SnO), cadmium tin oxide (CTO), aluminum tin oxide (ATO), aluminum zinc oxide (AZO), and zinc oxide (ZnO), and the first transparent conductive oxide layer and the second transparent conductive oxide layer have the same constituent material with different grain sizes.

15. The optoelectronic element of claim 14 , wherein the semiconductor stack layer comprises a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer formed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer formed on the active layer.

16. The optoelectronic element of claim 14 , wherein the second transparent conductive oxide layer and the semiconductor stack layer are formed in a schottky contact, the first transparent conductive oxide layer and the semiconductor stack layer are formed in an ohmic contact.

17. The optoelectronic element of claim 14 , wherein the second transparent conductive oxide layer and the semiconductor stack layer are formed in an ohmic contact, the first transparent conductive oxide layer and the semiconductor stack layer are formed in a schottky contact.

18. The optoelectronic element of claim 14 , wherein the first transparent conductive oxide layer forms an ohmic contact with the second transparent conductive oxide layer.

19. The optoelectronic element of claim 14 , wherein the opening passes through the first transparent conductive oxide layer.

20. The optoelectronic element of claim 14 , wherein the semiconductor stack layer comprises an element selected from a group consisting of Al, Ga, In, N, P and As.

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 Feb 5, 2013
From: HSIEH, MIN-HSUN; WANG, CHIEN-YUAN; LIN, JIN-YWAN; YAO, CHIU-LIN
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029753/0532 →