IP Library Granted Patent US 8,941,144
Granted Patent B2
US 8,941,144 · App. 13/901,191 · Granted Jan 27, 2015

Light-emitting device

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Patent No.
US 8,941,144
App. No.
13/901,191
Granted
Jan 27, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure discloses a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device comprises: a substrate; and a first light-emitting unit comprising a plurality of light-emitting diodes electrically connected to each other on the substrate. A first light-emitting diode in the first light-emitting unit comprises a first semiconductor layer with a first conductivity-type, a second semiconductor layer with a second conductivity-type, and a light-emitting stack formed between the first and second semiconductor layers. The first light-emitting diode in the first light-emitting unit further comprises a first connecting layer on the first semiconductor layer for electrically connecting to a second light-emitting diode in the first light-emitting unit; a second connecting layer, separated from the first connecting layer, formed on the first semiconductor layer; and a third connecting layer on the second semiconductor layer for electrically connecting to a third light-emitting diode in the first light-emitting unit.

Claims (20)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a carrier;

a light-emitting stack;

a transparent conductive layer having a flat portion, and a first bulged portion arranged on the carrier and penetrating into the light-emitting stack; and

a pad substantially not overlapping the flat portion.

2. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the pad substantially corresponds to a position of the first bulged portion.

3. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising an extension electrically connected to the pad and substantially not overlapping the first bulged portion.

4. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the transparent conductive layer further comprises a second bulged portion being narrower than the first bulged portion.

5. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the transparent conductive layer further comprises a second bulged portion having a side surface being steeper than that of the first bulged portion.

6. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the flat portion has a thickness substantially equal to that of the first bulged portion.

7. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first bulged portion has a recess facing the carrier.

8. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first semiconductor layer;

a transparent conductive layer having a flat portion, and a first bulged portion penetrating the first semiconductor layer; and

a second semiconductor layer surrounding the first bulged portion and being thicker than the first semiconductor layer.

9. The light-emitting device of claim 8 , further comprising a second bulged portion having a width different from the first bulged portion.

10. The light-emitting device of claim 8 , further comprising a second bulged portion having a side surface being steeper than that of the first bulged portion.

11. The light-emitting device of claim 8 , wherein the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are substantially made of the same material.

12. The light-emitting device of claim 8 , wherein the flat portion and first bulged portion substantially have the same thickness.

13. The light-emitting device of claim 8 , wherein the first bulged portion is not coplanar with the first semiconductor layer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 22, 2026
From: EPISTAR CORPORATION
To: ENNOSTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075513/0783 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2013
From: CHEN, YI-MING; HSU, TZU-CHIEH; WANG, JHIH-SIAN; HUANG, CHIEN-FU; CHEN, SHIH-I
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030778/0238 →