IP Library Granted Patent US 11,575,070
Granted Patent B2
US 11,575,070 · App. 17/496,155 · Granted Feb 7, 2023

Light-emitting device

Inventors: Che-Hung Lin (Hsinchu, TW); Chien-Chih Liao (Hsinchu, TW); Chi-Shiang Hsu (Hsinchu, TW); De-Shan Kuo (Hsinchu, TW); Chao-Hsing Chen (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
H01L33/08H01L33/10H01L33/385
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Patent No.
US 11,575,070
App. No.
17/496,155
Granted
Feb 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes a substrate including a top surface; a semiconductor stack including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, wherein a portion of the top surface is exposed; a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) formed on the semiconductor stack and contacting the portion of the top surface of the substrate; a metal layer formed on the distributed Bragg reflector (DBR), contacting the portion of the top surface of the substrate and being insulated with the semiconductor stack; and an insulation layer formed on the metal layer and contacting the portion of the top surface of the substrate.

Claims (26)

1. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a substrate comprising a top surface;

a plurality of light-emitting elements formed on the substrate, wherein the plurality of light-emitting elements comprises a first plurality of light-emitting elements arranged on a first column, a second plurality of light-emitting elements arranged on a second column, and the first column and the second column are separated by a trench, wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting elements comprises a first semiconductor layer, and a mesa comprising a second semiconductor layer and an active layer, and wherein the first plurality of light-emitting elements comprises a first light-emitting element and the second plurality of light-emitting elements comprises a second light-emitting element;

a first bottom electrode portion formed on the first light-emitting element and electrically connecting the first semiconductor layer of the first light-emitting element;

a first top electrode portion formed on the first light-emitting element and electrically connecting the second semiconductor layer of the first light-emitting element, wherein the first bottom electrode portion is separated from the first top electrode portion by a shortest distance smaller than 50 μm and larger than 10 μm;

a second bottom electrode portion electrically connecting the first semiconductor layer of the second light-emitting element; and

a second top electrode portion electrically connecting the second semiconductor layer of the second light-emitting element.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first bottom electrode portion and the first top electrode portion each comprises a comb shape.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 , wherein the second bottom electrode portion and the second top electrode portion each comprises a comb shape.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first bottom electrode portion or the first top electrode portion each comprises a comb shape.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a connecting electrode portion formed on the trench to connect the first bottom electrode portion on the first light-emitting element and the second top electrode portion on the second light-emitting element.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein a first ratio of a first surface area of the first top electrode portion to that of the first bottom electrode portion is between 1.1 and 1.6.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein a second ratio of a second surface area of the second top electrode portion to that of the second bottom electrode portion is between 1.1 and 1.6.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first electrode pad formed on the second plurality of light-emitting elements and a second electrode pad formed on the first plurality of light-emitting elements, wherein the first plurality of light-emitting elements comprises different amount from that of the second plurality of light-emitting elements.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first electrode pad formed on the second plurality of light-emitting elements and a second electrode pad formed on the first plurality of light-emitting elements, wherein the first plurality of light-emitting elements comprises same amount as that of the second plurality of light-emitting elements.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first lower electrode formed on the first semiconductor layer of the first light-emitting element and a first upper electrode formed on the second semiconductor layer of the first light-emitting element.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , further comprising a second lower electrode formed on the first semiconductor layer of the second light-emitting element and a second upper electrode formed on the second semiconductor layer of the second light-emitting element.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 11 , further comprising a first current blocking layer formed under the first upper electrode, and a second current blocking layer formed under the second upper electrode.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 12 , further comprising a first conductive layer formed between the first current blocking layer and the first upper electrode, and a second conductive layer formed between the second current blocking layer and the second upper electrode.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising an insulating layer covering the plurality of light-emitting elements, wherein the insulating layer comprises a Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR).

15. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising an insulating layer covering the plurality of light-emitting elements, wherein the insulating layer comprises a first most outside edge separated from an edge of the substrate by a distance between 5 μm and 60 μm.

16. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a street surrounding the light-emitting device, wherein the street exposes a portion of the top surface of the substrate.

17. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a metal layer formed on a sidewall of the plurality of light-emitting elements, wherein the metal layer is insulated from the plurality of light-emitting elements.

18. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting elements comprises a surrounding part comprising the first semiconductor layer surrounding the mesa.

19. The light-emitting device according to claim 4 , wherein the first bottom electrode portion comprises bottom branches and the first top electrode portion comprises top branches.

20. The light-emitting device according to claim 19 , wherein the bottom branches comprise a width larger or smaller than that of the top branches.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 22, 2026
From: EPISTAR CORPORATION
To: ENNOSTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075513/0783 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2021
From: LIN, CHE-HUNG; LIAO, CHIEN-CHIH; HSU, CHI-SHIANG; KUO, DE-SHAN; CHEN, CHAO-HSING
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057835/0924 →