IP Library Granted Patent US 10,199,542
Granted Patent B2
US 10,199,542 · App. 15/332,711 · Granted Feb 5, 2019

Light-emitting device

Inventors: Chien-Hua Chou (Hsinchu, TW); Tai-Chun Wang (Hsinchu, TW); Chih-Tsung Su (Hsinchu, TW); Biau-Dar Chen (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
H01L33/38H01L33/145
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Patent No.
US 10,199,542
App. No.
15/332,711
Granted
Feb 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device comprises a semiconductor stack; a pad electrode comprising a periphery disposed on the semiconductor stack; and a finger electrode connected to the pad electrode, wherein the finger electrode comprises a first portion extended from the periphery of the pad electrode and a second portion away from the pad electrode, the first portion comprises a first side and a second side, the first side is opposite to the second side, the first side comprises a first arc having a first curvature radius, and the first curvature radius is larger than 10 μm.

Claims (42)

1. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a first semiconductor layer;

a first pad electrode comprising a periphery disposed on the first semiconductor layer;

a first finger electrode connected to the first pad electrode,

wherein the first finger electrode comprises a first portion extended from the periphery of the first pad electrode and a second portion connected to the first portion, the first portion comprises a width decreasing in a direction away from the periphery of the first pad electrode; and

a first current blocking region comprising a periphery formed beyond the periphery of the first pad electrode, the periphery of the first current blocking region being formed under the first portion of the first finger electrode.

2. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the first finger electrode comprises a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, the first side comprises a first arc comprising a first curvature radius larger than 10 μm or the second side comprises a second arc having a second curvature radius, and the second curvature radius is larger than 10 μm.

3. The light-emitting device of claim 2 , wherein the first curvature radius and the second curvature radius are respectively larger than 15 μm.

4. The light-emitting device of claim 2 , wherein the first curvature radius and the second curvature radius are respectively smaller than 30 μm.

5. The light-emitting device of claim 2 , wherein the first curvature radius is same as the second curvature radius.

6. The light-emitting device of claim 2 , wherein the first curvature radius is different from the second curvature radius.

7. The light-emitting device of claim 2 , wherein the first side of the first portion of the first finger electrode is directly connected to the periphery of the first pad electrode, the periphery of the first pad electrode comprises a third curvature radius larger than the first curvature radius.

8. The light-emitting device of claim 2 , wherein the first side of the first portion of the first finger electrode is directly connected to the periphery of the first pad electrode, the periphery of the first pad electrode comprises a third curvature radius different from the first curvature radius.

9. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second semiconductor layer;

an active layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the semiconductor layer;

a second pad electrode comprising a periphery disposed on the second semiconductor layer; and

a second finger electrode connected to the second pad electrode,

wherein the second finger electrode comprises a third portion extended from the periphery of the second pad electrode and a fourth portion connected to the third portion, the third portion comprises a width decreasing in a direction away from the periphery of the second pad electrode; and

a second current blocking region comprising a periphery formed beyond the periphery of the second pad electrode, the periphery of the second current blocking region being formed under the second portion of the second finger electrode.

10. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of current blocking region discretely formed under the second portion of the first finger electrode.

11. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein one end of the second portion of the first finger electrode connected to the first portion of the first finger electrode comprises a width substantially same as that of another end of the second portion away from the first portion of the first finger electrode.

12. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a first semiconductor layer;

a second semiconductor layer;

an active layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer;

a first pad electrode comprising a periphery disposed on the first semiconductor layer; and

a first finger electrode connected to the first pad electrode,

wherein the first finger electrode comprises a first portion extended from the periphery of the first pad electrode and a second portion connected to the first portion, the first portion comprises a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, the first side and/or the second side comprises a curvature radius,

wherein a shortest distance between the first pad electrode and an edge of the second semiconductor layer is larger than a shortest distance between the first finger electrode and an edge of the second semiconductor layer.

13. The light-emitting device of claim 12 , wherein the curvature radius is larger than 10 μm.

14. The light-emitting device of claim 12 , wherein the curvature radius is larger than 15 μm.

15. The light-emitting device of claim 12 , wherein the curvature radius of the first side is different from the curvature radius of the second side.

16. The light-emitting device of claim 12 , further comprising a first current blocking region comprising a periphery formed beyond the periphery of the first pad electrode, the periphery of the first current blocking region being formed under the first portion of the first finger electrode.

17. The light-emitting device of claim 12 , wherein the first portion of the first finger electrode comprises a thickness or a width gradually decreases from the periphery of the first pad electrode to the second portion of the first finger electrode.

18. The light-emitting device of claim 17 , wherein the first side or the second side is a straight line.

19. The light-emitting device of claim 17 , wherein the second side comprises a second arc having a second curvature radius, and the second curvature radius is larger than 10 μm.

20. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a semiconductor stack;

a pad electrode comprising a periphery disposed on the semiconductor stack; and

a finger electrode connected to the pad electrode,

wherein the finger electrode comprises a first portion extended from the periphery of the pad electrode and a second portion away from the pad electrode, one end of the first portion connecting to the periphery of the pad electrode comprises a width larger than another end of the first portion away from the periphery of the pad electrode, the first portion comprises a first side and a second side, the first side is opposite to the second side, the first side comprises a length between 0.5 μm and 30 μm.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 26, 2026
From: EPISTAR CORPORATION
To: ENNOSTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075152/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2016
From: CHOU, CHIEN-HUA; WANG, TAI-CHUN; SU, CHIH-TSUNG; CHEN, BIAU-DAR
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040118/0759 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 14977686 · Dec 22, 2015
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