IP Library Granted Patent US 10,038,030
Granted Patent B2
US 10,038,030 · App. 15/794,842 · Granted Jul 31, 2018

Light-emitting diode

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Patent No.
US 10,038,030
App. No.
15/794,842
Granted
Jul 31, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting diode comprises: a first light-emitting structure, comprising: a first area comprising a side wall; a second area; and a first isolation path having an electrode isolation layer between the first area and the second area, wherein the side wall of the first area is in the first isolation path; an electrode contact layer covering the side wall of the first area, wherein the electrode contact layer is separated from electrode isolation layer; an electrical connecting structure covering the second area; and an electrical contact layer under the electrical connecting structure, wherein the electrical contact layer directly contacts the electrical connecting structure; wherein each of the first area and the second area sequentially comprises a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer.

Claims (23)

1. A light-emitting diode, comprising:

a first light-emitting structure, comprising:

a first area comprising a side wall;

a second area; and

a first isolation path having an electrode isolation layer between the first area and the second area, wherein the side wall of the first area is in the first isolation path;

an electrode contact layer covering the side wall of the first area, wherein the electrode contact layer is separated from electrode isolation layer;

an electrical connecting structure covering the second area; and

an electrical contact layer under the electrical connecting structure, wherein the electrical contact layer directly contacts the electrical connecting structure;

wherein each of the first area and the second area sequentially comprises a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer.

2. The light-emitting diode according to claim 1 , further comprising a second light-emitting structure comprising a semiconductor stack and a second electrical bonding pad on the semiconductor stack, wherein the semiconductor stack sequentially comprises a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer.

3. The light-emitting diode according to claim 2 , further comprising a second isolation path between the first light-emitting structure and the second light-emitting structure, wherein the electrical connecting structure extends into the second isolation path and electrically connects to the first light-emitting structure and the second light-emitting structure.

4. The light-emitting diode according to claim 3 , further comprising a first isolation structure and a second isolation structure in the second isolation path.

5. The light-emitting diode according to claim 4 , wherein in a cross-sectional view of the light-emitting diode, the first isolation structure and the second isolation structure are separated by the electrical connecting structure.

6. The light-emitting diode according to claim 4 , wherein the electrical connecting structure covers along the first isolation structure.

7. The light-emitting diode according to claim 3 , wherein the second isolation path separates the second conductive type semiconductor layer of the second area from the second conductive type semiconductor layer of the second light-emitting structure, separates the active layer of the second area from the active layer of the second light-emitting structure and separates the first conductive type semiconductor layer of the second area from the first conductive type semiconductor layer of the second light-emitting structure.

8. The light-emitting diode according to claim 2 , wherein the electrode contact layer and the second electrical bonding pad respectively comprise a top surface, wherein the top surfaces have the same height.

9. The light-emitting diode according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical contact layer is under the electrode contact layer and directly contacts the electrode contact layer.

10. The light-emitting diode according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode contact layer covers along a side wall of the first conductive type semiconductor layer, a side wall of the active layer and a side wall of the second conductive type semiconductor layer of the first area to directly contact the electrical contact layer.

11. The light-emitting diode according to claim 1 , further comprising a substrate below the first area and the second area.

12. The light-emitting diode according to claim 11 , further comprising a bonding layer between the substrate and the first area and between the substrate and the second area.

13. The light-emitting diode according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode contact layer covers an upper surface of the second conductive type semiconductor layer of the first area, extends into the first isolation path and covers along a side wall of the active layer of the first area in the first isolation path, and along a side wall of the second conductive type semiconductor layer of the first area in the first isolation path.

14. The light-emitting diode according to claim 1 , wherein the first isolation path separates the second conductive type semiconductor layer of the first area from the second conductive type semiconductor layer of the second area, separates the active layer of the first area from the active layer of the second area, and does not separate the first conductive type semiconductor layer of the first area from the first conductive type semiconductor layer of the second area.

15. The light-emitting diode according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the first area and the second area is not less than 25 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 27, 2017
From: YANG, TSUNG-HSIEN; WU, HAN-MIN; WANG, JHIH-SIAN; CHEN, YI-MING; HSU, TZU-GHIEH
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043973/0476 →