IP Library Granted Patent US 10,756,960
Granted Patent B2
US 10,756,960 · App. 16/258,250 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

Light-emitting device

Inventors: Chih-Chiang Lu (Hsinchu, TW); Yi-Chieh Lin (Hsinchu, TW); Wen-Luh Liao (Hsinchu, TW); Shou-Lung Chen (Hsinchu, TW); Chien-Fu Huang (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
H04L41/0695H01L27/15H01L33/005H01L33/0062H01L33/08H01L33/10H01L33/50H01L33/56H01L33/62H04L41/0668H04L41/0816H04L47/125H01L2224/48091H01L2224/49107H01L2224/73265H01L2933/0016H01L2933/0025H01L2933/0058H01L2933/0066
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Patent No.
US 10,756,960
App. No.
16/258,250
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device comprises a first light-emitting semiconductor stack comprising a first active layer; a second light-emitting semiconductor stack below the first light-emitting semiconductor stack, wherein the second light-emitting semiconductor stack comprises a second active layer; a reflector between the first light-emitting semiconductor stack and the second light-emitting semiconductor stack; a protecting layer between the reflector and the second light-emitting semiconductor stack; and wherein the first light-emitting semiconductor stack further comprises a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer sandwiching the first active layer, the second light-emitting semiconductor stack further comprises a third semiconductor layer and a fourth semiconductor layer sandwiching the second active layer, wherein the second semiconductor layer has a first band gap, the third semiconductor layer has a second band gap, and the protecting layer has a third band gap between the first band gap and the second band gap.

Claims (27)

1. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first light-emitting semiconductor stack on the substrate and comprising a first active layer emitting a first radiation of a first wavelength;

a second light-emitting semiconductor stack on the first light-emitting semiconductor stack and comprising a second active layer emitting a second radiation of a second wavelength;

an intermediate layer between the first light-emitting semiconductor stack and the second light-emitting semiconductor stack, wherein the intermediate layer has a first side and a second side and comprises an element having a composition ratio transiting from the first side to the second side;

a semiconductor layer between the intermediate layer and the second light-emitting semiconductor stack, and

a first electrode electrically connected to the first light-emitting semiconductor stack, and having a first pad and a first extension part extended from the first pad.

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

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first contact layer between the first light-emitting semiconductor stack and the first electrode.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-emitting semiconductor stack has a first transverse width and the second light-emitting semiconductor stack has a second transverse width larger than the first transverse width.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first extension part comprises an inner extension electrode and an outer extension electrode surrounding the inner extension electrode.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first wavelength is between 620 nm and 790 nm, and the second wavelength is between 790 nm and 1500 nm.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first active layer and the second active layer comprises a multi-quantum well.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second wavelength is longer than the first wavelength.

9. A light-emitting module comprising:

a submount; and

a light-emitting device of claim 1 disposed on the submount.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second electrode on the substrate, wherein the second electrode is electrically connected to the first light-emitting semiconductor stack and the second light-emitting semiconductor stack.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , further comprising a second contact layer between the second light-emitting semiconductor stack and the second electrode.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 11 , further comprising a bonding layer connecting the second contact layer to the substrate.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 12 , wherein the bonding layer comprises a metal material.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a third electrode electrically connected to the second light-emitting semiconductor stack, wherein the third electrode has a second pad and a second extension part extended from the second pad.

15. The light-emitting device according to claim 14 , wherein the light-emitting device has an upper surface with an edge, and the second extension part is closer to the edge than the first extension part from a top view.

16. The light-emitting device according to claim 14 , wherein the first extension part comprises a plurality of first extension electrodes.

17. The light-emitting device according to claim 16 , wherein the light-emitting device has an upper surface with an edge from a top view and each of the first extension electrodes is parallel or perpendicular to the edge from the top view.

18. The light-emitting device according to claim 14 , wherein the second extension part comprises a plurality of second extension electrodes.

19. The light-emitting device according to claim 18 , wherein the light-emitting device has an upper surface with an edge from a top view, and each of the second extension electrodes is parallel or perpendicular to the edge from the top view.

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 28, 2019
From: LU, CHIH-CHIANG; LIN, YI-CHIEH; LIAO, WEN-LUH; CHEN, SHOU-LUNG; HUANG, CHIEN-FU
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048177/0720 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15335078 · Oct 26, 2016
Continuation 14550016 · Nov 21, 2014
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