IP Library Granted Patent US 10,186,647
Granted Patent B2
US 10,186,647 · App. 15/459,856 · Granted Jan 22, 2019

Light-emitting device

Inventors: Tsen-Kuei Wang (Hsinchu, TW); Ming-Yung Jow (Hsinchu, TW); Bor-Cherng Chen (Hsinchu, TW); Tsung-Ta Yu (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
H01L33/62H01L33/06H01L33/22H01L33/32H01L33/38H01L33/40H01L33/405H01L2933/0016
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Patent No.
US 10,186,647
App. No.
15/459,856
Granted
Jan 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device comprises: a semiconductor system comprising a light-emitting semiconductor stack; an electrode comprising a surface next to the semiconductor system; a contact material in the semiconductor system and in the electrode, wherein the contact material has a largest intensity at a first depth position in the electrode, and the contact material is selected from the group consisting of Be, Se, Sn, Zn, and combinations thereof; and a base material different from the base material and in the electrode.

Claims (29)

1. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a semiconductor system comprising a light-emitting semiconductor stack;

an electrode comprising a surface next to the semiconductor system;

a contact material in the semiconductor system and in the electrode, wherein the contact material has a largest intensity at a first depth position in the electrode, and the contact material is selected from the group consisting of Be, Se, Sn, Zn, and combinations thereof; and

a base material different from the contact material and in the electrode,

wherein the base material is in the semiconductor system.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the first depth position and the surface is not less than 500 nm.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode is devoid of Ti or/and Cr.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the base material comprises metal.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 4 , wherein the base material comprises Au.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor system comprises a window layer on the light-emitting semiconductor stack.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 6 , wherein the window layer comprises GaN or AlGaInP.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 6 , wherein the base material and the contact material are in the window layer.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode comprises a contact layer, and wherein the first depth position is in the contact layer.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 9 , wherein the electrode further comprises a barrier layer on the contact layer and the first depth position is in the barrier layer.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein the barrier layer comprises Zn, W, Ni or Pt.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein the barrier layer has a thickness between 30 nm and 100 nm both inclusive.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 9 , wherein the contact layer comprises a first layer and a second layer, and the first layer is between the second layer and the semiconductor system.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 13 , wherein the second layer has a thickness larger than a thickness of the first layer.

15. The light-emitting device according to claim 13 , wherein the first layer has a thickness between 100 nm and 300 nm both inclusive, and wherein the second layer has a thickness between 500 nm and 1500 nm both inclusive.

16. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a semiconductor system comprising a light-emitting semiconductor stack;

an electrode comprising a surface next to the semiconductor system;

a contact material in the semiconductor system and in the electrode, wherein the contact material has a largest intensity at a first depth position in the electrode, and the contact material has a reactivity higher than that of Pt; and

a base material different from the contact material and in the electrode,

wherein the base material is in the semiconductor system.

17. The light-emitting device according to claim 16 , wherein the electrode is devoid of Ti or/and Cr.

18. The light-emitting device according to claim 16 , wherein the base material comprises metal.

19. The light-emitting device according to claim 16 , wherein the electrode comprises a contact layer, the first depth position is in the contact layer, the contact layer comprises a first layer and a second layer, the first layer is between the second layer and the semiconductor system, and the second layer has a thickness larger than a thickness of the first layer.

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 Mar 16, 2017
From: WANG, TSEN-KUEI; JOW, MING-YUNG; CHEN, BOR-CHERNG; YU, TSUNG-TA
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041593/0787 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15015509 · Feb 4, 2016
Continuation 14180960 · Feb 14, 2014
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