IP Library Granted Patent US 9,397,263
Granted Patent B2
US 9,397,263 · App. 14/207,373 · Granted Jul 19, 2016

Light-emitting diodes

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Patent No.
US 9,397,263
App. No.
14/207,373
Granted
Jul 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting diode is provided. The light-emitting diode includes an N-type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer and a P-type semiconductor layer. A P-type electrode includes a body part and an extension part, wherein the body part is disposed on a corner of an upper surface of the P-type semiconductor layer and the extension part extends from the body part onto the N-type semiconductor layer along a sidewall of the P-type semiconductor layer adjacent to the N-type semiconductor layer. An N-type electrode is disposed on the N-type semiconductor layer. Moreover, a current blocking layer is disposed under the P-type electrode. A transparent conductive layer is disposed on a partial upper surface of the P-type semiconductor layer.

Claims (21)

1. A light-emitting diode, comprising:

an N-type semiconductor layer;

a light-emitting layer disposed on a portion of the N-type semiconductor layer to expose another portion of the N-type semiconductor layer;

a P-type semiconductor layer disposed on the light-emitting layer;

a P-type electrode including a first body part and a first extension part, wherein the first body part is disposed on a corner of an upper surface of the P-type semiconductor layer and the first extension part extends from the first body part onto the exposed portion of the N-type semiconductor layer along a sidewall of the P-type semiconductor layer adjacent to the exposed portion of the N-type semiconductor layer;

an N-type electrode disposed on the exposed portion of the N-type semiconductor layer;

a current blocking layer disposed on a part of the P-type semiconductor layer under the P-type electrode and on a part of N-type semiconductor layer under the P-type electrode; and

a transparent conductive layer disposed on a partial upper surface of the P-type semiconductor layer, and a part of the transparent conductive layer disposed between the current blocking layer and the P-type electrode.

2. The light-emitting diode as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first extension part of the P-type electrode is not disposed over an area of the N-type semiconductor layer overlapping with the P-type semiconductor layer.

3. The light-emitting diode as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sidewall of the P-type semiconductor layer adjacent to the exposed portion of the N-type semiconductor layer is slanted.

4. The light-emitting diode as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first extension part of the P-type electrode is not disposed over an area of the N-type semiconductor layer overlapping with the P-type semiconductor layer.

5. The light-emitting diode as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the N-type semiconductor layer has a shape of a rectangle, a first side of the rectangle is longer than a second side of the rectangle, and the first extension part of the P-type electrode is extending along the direction of the first side.

6. The light-emitting diode as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first extension part of the P-type electrode is not disposed over an area of the N-type semiconductor layer overlapping with the P-type semiconductor layer.

7. The light-emitting diode as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the N-type electrode includes a second body part and a second extension part, and the second extension part of the N-type electrode and the first extension part of the P-type electrode are parallel to each other.

8. The light-emitting diode as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the first extension part of the P-type electrode is not disposed over an area of the N-type semiconductor layer overlapping with the P-type semiconductor layer.

9. The light-emitting diode as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the upper surface of the P-type semiconductor layer is defined into a first area, a second area and a third area, the first area corresponds to the first body part of the P-type electrode, the second area corresponds to the first extension part of the P-type electrode and the second extension part of the N-type electrode, and the third area corresponds to the second body part of the N-type electrode.

10. The light-emitting diode as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the first extension part of the P-type electrode is not disposed over an area of the N-type semiconductor layer overlapping with the P-type semiconductor layer.

11. The light-emitting diode as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a substrate, wherein the N-type semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate.

12. The light-emitting diode as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the N-type semiconductor layer is a nitride containing gallium.

13. The light-emitting diode as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the P-type semiconductor layer is a nitride containing gallium.

14. The light-emitting diode as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the light-emitting layer is a semiconductor layer with a multiple quantum well structure.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Mar 27, 2026
From: LEXTAR ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: ENNOSTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075286/0822 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2014
From: TSOU, PO-HUNG
To: LEXTAR ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032434/0486 →