IP Library Granted Patent US 11,894,481
Granted Patent B2
US 11,894,481 · App. 17/510,522 · Granted Feb 6, 2024

Optical sensing device and optical sensing system thereof comprising light emitting device and light receiving device completely sandwiched by the topmost surface and bottommost surface of a carrier body with different vertically separated distances

Inventors: Yi-Chieh Lin (Hsinchu, TW); Shiuan-Leh Lin (Hsinchu, TW); Yung-Fu Chang (Hsinchu, TW); Shih-Chang Lee (Hsinchu, TW); Chia-Liang Hsu (Hsinchu, TW); Yi Hsiao (Hsinchu, TW); Wen-Luh Liao (Hsinchu, TW); Hong-Chi Shih (Hsinchu, TW); Mei-Chun Liu (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
H01L31/167A61B5/02141A61B5/02427A61B5/02433A61B5/14546A61B5/14552G01J3/10H01L25/167H01L31/02005H01L31/02325H01L31/03046
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Patent No.
US 11,894,481
App. No.
17/510,522
Granted
Feb 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure discloses an optical sensing device. The device includes a carrier body having a topmost surface; a first light-emitting device disposed on the carrier body and having a light-emitting surface; and a light-receiving device comprising a group III-V semiconductor material disposed on the carrier body and having a light-receiving surface. The light-emitting surface is separated from the topmost surface by first distant H 1 , the light-receiving surface is separated from the topmost surface by a second distance H 2 , and H 1 is different from H 2.

Claims (30)

1. An optical sensing device, comprising:

a carrier body having a topmost surface and a bottommost surface;

a first light-emitting device disposed on the carrier body, and having a light-emitting surface; and

a light-receiving device comprising a group III-V semiconductor material, disposed on the carrier body, and having a light-receiving surface;

wherein the first light-emitting device and the light-receiving device are completely located within a space sandwiched by the topmost surface and the bottommost surface, the light-emitting surface is vertically separated from the topmost surface by a first distance H 1 , the light-receiving surface is vertically separated from the topmost surface by a second distance H 2 , and H 1 is different from H 2 .

2. The optical sensing device of claim 1 , wherein H 1 is larger than H 2 .

3. The optical sensing device of claim 1 , wherein H 1 is smaller than H 2 , and the first light-emitting device and the light-receiving device have bottommost surfaces which are located on different elevations.

4. The optical sensing device of claim 1 , wherein the carrier body comprises a first block wall, a second block wall, and a third block wall, wherein the first light-emitting device is disposed between the first block wall and the second block wall, and the light-receiving device is disposed between the second block wall and the third block wall.

5. The optical sensing device of claim 4 , wherein each of the first block wall and the second block wall comprises a light-reflective layer facing the first light-emitting device.

6. The optical sensing device of claim 4 , wherein each of the second block wall and the third block wall comprises a light-absorbing layer facing the light-receiving device.

7. The optical sensing device of claim 4 , wherein the carrier body comprises a carrier surface, the first light-emitting device and the light-receiving device are disposed on the carrier surface, the first block wall and the carrier surface form a first angle, the second block wall and the carrier surface form a second angle, and the first angle is equal to the second angle.

8. The optical sensing device of claim 1 , wherein the carrier body comprises a carrier surface, a first block wall, and a second block wall, the first light-emitting device and the light-receiving device are disposed on the carrier surface, the first block wall and the carrier surface form a first angle, the second block wall and the carrier surface form a second angle; the first light-emitting device and the light-receiving device are not intervened by either the first block wall or the second block wall.

9. The optical sensing device of claim 8 , further comprising a connecting device disposed between the first light-emitting device and the carrier body.

10. The optical sensing device of claim 1 , wherein the light-receiving device comprises a substrate, a first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer disposed between the substrate and the first semiconductor layer.

11. The optical sensing device of claim 10 , wherein the first semiconductor layer comprises a band gap larger than that of the second semiconductor layer.

12. The optical sensing device of claim 1 , wherein the light-receiving device is capable of receiving lights of different emitting wave bands.

13. The optical sensing device of claim 1 , further comprising a second light-emitting device disposed on the carrier body, wherein the first light-emitting device and the second light-emitting device have different emitting wave bands.

14. The optical sensing device of claim 1 , wherein the light-receiving device is a flip-chip type photodiode.

15. The optical sensing device of claim 1 , wherein the first light-emitting device is a flip-chip type light-emitting diode or a flip-chip type laser-diode.

16. The optical sensing device of claim 1 , wherein the first light-emitting device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, and the first electrode and the second electrode are oriented toward the carrier body and surrounded by a supporting structure.

17. The optical sensing device of claim 16 , wherein the supporting structure has an outer surface flush with an outer surface of the first light-emitting device.

18. The optical sensing device of claim 16 , wherein the supporting structure covers a lower surface of the first light-emitting device.

19. An optical sensing system, comprising:

an optical sensing device of claim 1 ;

a current control circuit, electrically connected to the optical sensing device;

an amplifier, electrically connected to the optical sensing device for receiving and amplifying an electric signal from the optical sensing device; and

a signal processing module, electrically connected to the current control circuit to output a signal for adjusting a light intensity of light emitted by the first light-emitting device.

20. The optical sensing system of claim 19 , further comprising:

a filter, electrically connected to the amplifier to eliminate an environmental noise; and

an ADC circuit, electrically connected to the filter to convert an analog electric signal to a digital electric signal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 13, 2026
From: EPISTAR CORPORATION
To: ENNOSTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074858/0856 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2021
From: LIN, YI-CHIEH; LIN, SHIUAN-LEH; CHANG, YUNG-FU; LEE, SHIH-CHANG; HSU, CHIA-LIANG; HSIAO, YI; LIAO, WEN-LUH; SHIH, HONG-CHI; LIU, MEI-CHUN
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057911/0690 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16697340 · Nov 27, 2019
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