IP Library Granted Patent US 10,811,564
Granted Patent B2
US 10,811,564 · App. 16/247,191 · Granted Oct 20, 2020

Light-emitting device

Inventors: Kuo-Feng Huang (Hsinchu, TW); Cheng-Hsing Chiang (Hsinchu, TW); Jih-Ming Tu (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
H01L33/30H01L33/0062H01L33/0095H01L33/025H01L33/06H01L33/14H01L33/22H01L33/38H01L2933/0083H01L2933/0091
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Patent No.
US 10,811,564
App. No.
16/247,191
Granted
Oct 20, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device comprises The light-emitting device comprises a light-emitting stack comprising a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and an active layer between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; and a third semiconductor layer on the light-emitting stack and comprising a first sub-layer, a second sub-layer and a roughened surface, wherein the first sub-layer has the same composition as that of the second sub-layer, and the second sub-layer is farther from the light-emitting stack than the first sub-layer; wherein the first sub-layer and the second sub-layer each comprises a Group III element and a Group V element, and an atomic ratio of the Group III element to the Group V element of the first sub-layer is less than an atomic ratio of the Group III element to the Group V element of the second sub-layer.

Claims (36)

1. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a light-emitting stack;

an electrode on the light-emitting stack and comprising a main part and multiple extensions extended from the main part;

a semiconductor structure on the light-emitting stack; and

a contact layer between the light-emitting stack and the multiple extensions, and being devoid of locating between the light-emitting stack and the main part of the electrode.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor structure comprises Al.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor structure directly contacts the main part of the electrode.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact layer has an impurity concentration greater than 10 18 /cm 3 .

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact layer comprises GaAs, AlGaAs, InGaP, GaP or AlGaInP.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a substrate and a bonding layer between the substrate and the light-emitting stack.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 6 , further comprising a conductive reflector between the bonding layer and the light-emitting stack.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 6 , wherein from a cross section view of the light-emitting device, the bonding layer has a first width and the light-emitting stack has a second width less than the first width.

9. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a substrate;

a light-emitting stack on the substrate;

an electrode on the light-emitting stack;

a semiconductor layer on the light-emitting stack and comprising a roughened surface and an upper surface, wherein the roughened surface is exposed from the electrode and the upper surface is covered by the electrode;

a bonding layer between the substrate and the light-emitting stack; and

a conductive oxide layer located between the bonding layer and the light-emitting stack,

wherein the upper surface is farther from the light-emitting stack than the roughened surface.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 9 , wherein the upper surface has a roughness smaller than that of the roughened surface.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 9 , wherein the semiconductor layer is a n-type semiconductor layer.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 9 , wherein from a cross section view of the light-emitting device, the bonding layer has a first width and the light-emitting stack has a second width less than the first width.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 9 , wherein the bonding layer has a thickness between 400 nm and 5000 nm.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 9 , wherein from a cross section view of the light-emitting device, the conductive oxide layer has a third width and the light-emitting stack has a second width less than the third width.

15. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a light-emitting stack;

an electrode on the light-emitting stack; and

a semiconductor structure on the light-emitting stack and comprising:

a first portion having an unroughened surface; and

a second portion having a roughed surface and comprising a Group III element with a first atomic percentage decreasing along a direction from the electrode to the light-emitting stack.

16. The light-emitting device according to claim 15 , wherein the fir portion comprises the Group III element with a second atomic percentage decreasing along a direction from the electrode to the light-emitting stack.

17. The light-emitting device according to claim 15 , wherein the electrode merely covers the first portion.

18. The light-emitting device according to claim 15 , wherein the Group III element comprise Al.

19. The light-emitting device according to claim 15 , wherein each of the first portion and the second portion comprises a first sub-layer and a second sub-layer, the second sub-layer of the first portion has a first thickness and the second sub-layer of the second portion has a second thickness less than the first thickness.

20. The light-emitting device according to claim 19 , wherein the first sub-layer of the second portion comprises the Group III element with a first content and the second sub-layer of the second portion comprises the Group III element with a second content greater than the first content.

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 Jan 15, 2019
From: HUANG, KUO-FENG; CHIANG, CHENG-HSING; TU, JIH-MING
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048013/0656 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15722551 · Oct 2, 2017
Continuation 14873547 · Oct 2, 2015
Related Publication 20190148591A1 · May 16, 2019