IP Library Granted Patent US 10,069,037
Granted Patent B2
US 10,069,037 · App. 15/299,754 · Granted Sep 4, 2018

Light-emitting device and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 10,069,037
App. No.
15/299,754
Granted
Sep 4, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device comprises a substrate having an top surface; a first semiconductor stack comprising a first upper surface and a first side wall, wherein the first semiconductor stack is on the top surface and exposes an exposing portion of the top surface; a second semiconductor stack comprising a second side wall, wherein the second semiconductor stack is on the first upper surface and exposes an exposing portion of the first upper surface; wherein the first side wall and the exposing portion of the top surface form an acute angle α between thereof, and the second side wall and the exposing portion of the first upper surface form an obtuse angle β between thereof.

Claims (20)

1. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a substrate having a top surface, wherein the top surface comprises a first portion and a second portion;

a first semiconductor stack comprising a first upper surface and a first side wall, wherein the first semiconductor stack is on the first portion and exposes the second portion; and

a second semiconductor stack comprising a second upper surface and a second side wall, wherein the second semiconductor stack is on the first upper surface and exposes an exposing portion of the first upper surface;

wherein the first side wall and the second portion of the top surface form an acute angle α between thereof, and the second side wall and the exposing portion of the first upper surface form an obtuse angle β between thereof, and

wherein the top surface further comprises an edge and the second portion surrounds the first portion and is between the edge and the first portion, and a narrowest distance between the first portion and the edge is between 1 μm and 25 μm.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein 30°≤α≤80°.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein 100°≤β≤170°.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a buffer layer between the first semiconductor stack and the top surface.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 4 , wherein the buffer layer comprises AlN.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 4 , wherein the thickness of the buffer is between about 5 nm and about 50 nm.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second semiconductor stack comprises a first semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer on the active layer, and the first semiconductor stack and the first semiconductor layer have the same conductive type.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 7 , further comprising a dislocation stop layer between the substrate and the active layer.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein an Al concentration of the dislocation stop layer is higher than 10 times an Al concentration of the first semiconductor layer or the first semiconductor stack.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein the thickness of the dislocation stop layer is between about 0.01 nm and about 1 nm.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first side wall is rougher than the second side wall.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein a ration of an area of the second portion to an area of the top surface is between about 0.02 and about 0.35.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the top surface comprises multiple concavo-convex structures regularly distributed in the first portion and the second portion.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate further comprises a side surface and a inclined surface connecting the top surface and the side surface, wherein the inclined surface is rougher than the side surface.

15. The light-emitting device according to claim 14 , wherein the substrate further comprises a border between the inclined surface and the side surface, and the narrowest distance between the border and the top surface is between about 0.5 μm and about 25 μm.

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 3, 2017
From: CHAO, YEN-TAI; HSU, SEN-JUNG; CHANG, TAO-CHI; WEN, WEI-CHIH; CHEN, OU; WANG, YU-SHOU; TU, CHUN-HSIANG; HUANG, JING-FENG
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041461/0372 →