IP Library Granted Patent US 9,525,101
Granted Patent B2
US 9,525,101 · App. 14/257,716 · Granted Dec 20, 2016

Optoelectronic device

Inventors: Shiuan-Leh Lin (Hsinchu, TW); Shih-Chang Lee (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
H01L33/12H01L21/0251H01L21/02461H01L21/02505H01L21/02543H01L31/03046H01L31/06875H01L31/1844Y02E10/544
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Patent No.
US 9,525,101
App. No.
14/257,716
Granted
Dec 20, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optoelectronic device comprising a first semiconductor layer having a first lattice constant; a second semiconductor layer having a second lattice constant, wherein the second lattice constant is smaller than the first lattice constant; and a first buffer layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, wherein a lattice constant of one side of the first buffer layer near the second semiconductor layer is smaller than the second lattice constant.

Claims (13)

1. An optoelectronic device, comprising:

a first semiconductor layer having a first lattice constant;

a second semiconductor layer having a second lattice constant, wherein the second lattice constant is smaller than the first lattice constant; and

a first buffer layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, wherein a lattice constant of the first buffer layer immediately connected to the second semiconductor layer is smaller than the second lattice constant; wherein the lattice constant of the first buffer layer immediately connected to the second semiconductor layer differs from the second lattice constant of the second semiconductor layer at least 0.3% or more.

2. The optoelectronic device of claim 1 , wherein a lattice constant of the first buffer layer near the first semiconductor layer is equal to or smaller than the first lattice constant.

3. The optoelectronic device of claim 2 , wherein the first buffer layer comprises a lattice constant which gradually changes along a thickness direction from the first semiconductor layer to the second semiconductor layer.

4. The optoelectronic device of claim 3 , wherein the lattice constant changes continuously or stepwise.

5. The optoelectronic device of claim 3 , wherein the first buffer layer comprises an element having a concentration, and the concentration changes continuously or stepwise, and the element comprises group III A element or group VA element.

6. The optoelectronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor layer comprises a first element with a first concentration, the second semiconductor layer comprises the first element with a second concentration, and the first concentration is different from the second concentration, wherein the first element comprises group IIIA element or group VA element.

7. The optoelectronic device of claim 1 , wherein a tensile stress is formed between the first semiconductor layer and the first buffer layer, and a compressive stress is formed between the second semiconductor layer and the first buffer layer.

8. The optoelectronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a growth substrate formed on a side near the first semiconductor layer.

9. The optoelectronic device of claim 8 , the growth substrate comprises sapphire.

10. The optoelectronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a third semiconductor layer, and a second buffer layer formed between the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer, wherein interfaces between the first buffer layer, the second semiconductor layer, and the second buffer layer are respectively formed by adjoining a side having a smaller lattice constant with a side having a larger lattice constant.

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 Apr 21, 2014
From: LIN, SHIUAN-LEH; LEE, SHIH-CHANG
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032720/0985 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 102114540 A · Apr 23, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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