IP Library Granted Patent US 10,475,962
Granted Patent B2
US 10,475,962 · App. 15/889,888 · Granted Nov 12, 2019

Optoelectronic device

Inventors: Tzung-Shiun Yeh (Hsinchu, TW); Li-Ming Chang (Hsinchu, TW); Chien-Fu Shen (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
H01L33/36H01L33/38H01L33/62H01L33/14H01L33/20
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Patent No.
US 10,475,962
App. No.
15/889,888
Granted
Nov 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optoelectronic device includes a substrate; a semiconductor stack, formed on the substrate; a current blocking region, formed above the semiconductor stack and comprising a first pad portion and a first finger portion; a first opening, formed in the first pad portion, wherein in a top view, the first opening comprises an elongated shape defined by the first pad portion; a transparent conductive layer formed on the current blocking region and/or a surface of the semiconductor stack; and a first electrode formed above the current blocking region; wherein the transparent conductive layer comprises a second opening to expose the first opening, and the first electrode electrically connects the semiconductor stack through the first opening and the second opening.

Claims (25)

1. An optoelectronic device, comprising:

a substrate;

a semiconductor stack, formed on the substrate;

a current blocking region, formed above the semiconductor stack and comprising a first pad portion and a first finger portion;

a first opening, formed in the first pad portion, wherein in a top view, the first opening comprises elongated shape defined by the first pad portion;

a transparent conductive layer formed on the current blocking region and/or a surface of the semiconductor stack; and

a first electrode formed above the current blocking region;

wherein the transparent conductive layer comprises a second opening to expose the first opening, and the first electrode electrically connects the semiconductor stack through the first opening and the second opening.

2. The optoelectronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first pad portion comprises an outmost edge and the first opening comprises an end aligned with the outmost edge.

3. The optoelectronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a contour composed by an outmost edge of the first pad portion and a pseudo edge of the first opening includes a composed shape, the first opening comprises a straight trench passing through a center of the composed shape.

4. The optoelectronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first opening comprises a plurality of opening branches, wherein a contour composed by an outmost edge of the first pad portion and a pseudo edge of the first opening includes a composed shape.

5. The optoelectronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of opening branches is symmetrically distributed and arranged in the first pad portion.

6. The optoelectronic device according to claim 4 , wherein one of the plurality of opening branches comprises an end pointing to a center of the composed shape.

7. The optoelectronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the first opening further comprises an opening region at a center of the composed shape.

8. The optoelectronic device according to claim 7 , wherein one of the plurality of opening branches connects the opening region.

9. The optoelectronic device according to claim 4 , wherein one of the plurality of opening branches comprises multiple sections separated from each other.

10. The optoelectronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the one of the plurality of opening branches comprises an extending direction toward a center of the composed shape, and the multiple sections comprise grading widths changed along the extending direction.

11. The optoelectronic device according to claim 4 , wherein each of the plurality of opening branches comprises a width respectively, and the widths are different.

12. The optoelectronic device according to claim 1 , wherein, in a top view, the first opening comprises a first shape, the first electrode comprises a second shape, and the first shape is different from the second shape.

13. The optoelectronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first pad portion and the first finger portion are separated from each other.

14. The optoelectronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent conductive layer covers the first pad portion and fills into the first opening.

15. The optoelectronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second opening comprises a periphery, the first pad portion comprises an outmost edge and the periphery of the second opening is spaced apart from the outmost edge of the first pad portion.

16. The optoelectronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second electrode wherein the second electrode comprises a second pad electrode and a second finger electrode.

17. The optoelectronic device according to claim 16 , wherein the current blocking region further comprises a second pad portion and a second finger portion, and the second finger portion comprises a plurality of separated islands under the second finger electrode.

18. The optoelectronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first opening comprises a first area, the first pad portion and the first opening comprises a total area, and a ratio of the first area to the total area is substantially between 1% and 80%.

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 Feb 7, 2018
From: YEH, TZUNG-SHIUN; CHANG, LI-MING; SHEN, CHIEN-FU
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044858/0815 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62459102 · Feb 15, 2017
Related Publication 20180233629A1 · Aug 16, 2018