IP Library Granted Patent US 9,269,863
Granted Patent B2
US 9,269,863 · App. 14/166,642 · Granted Feb 23, 2016

Light-emitting apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,269,863
App. No.
14/166,642
Granted
Feb 23, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application discloses a light-emitting apparatus comprising a first light-emitting semiconductor stack, a first intermediate layer formed on the first light-emitting semiconductor stack and a second light-emitting semiconductor stack formed on the first intermediate layer. The first intermediate layer comprises a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer and an intermediate region. The intermediate region has a discontinuous structure located between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer.

Claims (17)

1. A light-emitting apparatus, comprising

a first light-emitting semiconductor stack;

a first intermediate layer formed on the first light-emitting semiconductor stack and comprising a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, and a first intermediate region comprising a plurality of separated solid structures formed on the first conductive semiconductor layer and covered by the second conductive semiconductor layer; and

a second light-emitting semiconductor stack formed on the first intermediate layer,

wherein one of the plurality of separated solid structures has a Fermi wavelength and a size smaller than the Fermi wavelength, and

wherein the conductive types of the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer are different.

2. The light-emitting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive semiconductor layer or the second conductive semiconductor layer comprises a compound of III-V group.

3. The light-emitting apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first conductive semiconductor layer comprises AlGaAs, the second conductive semiconductor layer comprises InGaP or GaAs.

4. The light-emitting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first intermediate region comprises a plurality of quantum dots comprising silicon.

5. The light-emitting apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a first electrode layer electrically connected to the first light-emitting semiconductor stack and a second electrode layer electrically connected to the second light-emitting semiconductor stack.

6. The light-emitting apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a third light-emitting semiconductor stack between the first light-emitting semiconductor stack and the first intermediate layer.

7. The light-emitting apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising a second intermediate layer between the third light-emitting semiconductor stack and the first light-emitting semiconductor stack.

8. The light-emitting apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the second intermediate layer comprises a third conductive semiconductor layer and a fourth conductive semiconductor layer.

9. The light-emitting apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the third conductive semiconductor layer and the fourth conductive semiconductor layer comprise a compound of III-V group.

10. The light-emitting apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the third conductive semiconductor layer comprises AlGaAs, the fourth conductive semiconductor layer comprises InGaP and GaAs.

11. The light-emitting apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the second intermediate layer further comprises a second intermediate region having a discontinuous structure, between the third conductive semiconductor layer and the fourth conductive semiconductor layer.

12. The light-emitting apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the second intermediate region comprises a plurality of quantum dots comprising silicon.

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 Mar 4, 2014
From: WU, CHIEN-MING; LO, WU-TSUNG; LEE, SHIH-CHANG
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032349/0614 →