IP Library Granted Patent US 12,464,869
Granted Patent B2
US 12,464,869 · App. 18/638,220 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Light-emitting element with a cushion part

Inventors: Chao-Hsing Chen (Hsinchu, TW); Tsung-Hsun Chiang (Hsinchu, TW); Chien-Chih Liao (Hsinchu, TW); Wen-Hung Chuang (Hsinchu, TW); Min-Yen Tsai (Hsinchu, TW); Bo-Jiun Hu (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
H10H20/84H01L23/562H10H20/81H10H20/831H10H20/832H10H20/857
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Patent No.
US 12,464,869
App. No.
18/638,220
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting element includes a semiconductor light-emitting stack including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer, and an active layer formed therebetween; a first conductive layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer and electrically connecting the second semiconductor layer; a second conductive layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer and electrically connecting the first semiconductor layer; and a cushion part disposed on and directly contacts the first conductive layer, wherein in a top view, the cushion part is surrounded by and electrically isolated from the second conductive layer.

Claims (28)

1 . A light-emitting element comprises:

a semiconductor light-emitting stack comprising a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer, and an active layer formed therebetween;

a first depression penetrating the second semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the first semiconductor layer;

a first conductive layer formed on the second semiconductor layer;

a first insulating layer comprising a second depression disposed on the second semiconductor layer;

a second conductive layer formed on the second semiconductor layer and being devoid of directly contacting the first conductive layer, wherein the second conductive layer comprises a third depression at a center region of the light-emitting element;

a first pad disposed on the first insulating layer and electrically connecting to the first semiconductor layer;

a second pad disposed on the first insulating layer and electrically connecting to the second semiconductor; and

a cushion part disposed between the first pad and the second pad, wherein in a top view, the cushion part is disposed corresponding to the third depression.

2 . The light-emitting element of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of first depressions, wherein the third depression is located between the plurality of first depressions.

3 . The light-emitting element of claim 1 , wherein the material of the cushion part comprises metal.

4 . The light-emitting element of claim 1 , wherein the material of the cushion part comprises insulating material.

5 . The light-emitting element of claim 1 , wherein the cushion part is electrically isolated from the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.

6 . The light-emitting element of claim 1 , wherein the first insulating layer covers a side wall of the first depression.

7 . The light-emitting element of claim 1 , wherein a shape of the cushion part comprises a symmetrical shape in the top view.

8 . The light-emitting element of claim 1 , wherein the cushion part is substantially coplanar with the second conductive layer.

9 . The light-emitting element of claim 1 , wherein the cushion part comprises a first top surface, one of the first pad and the second pad comprises a second top surface, and the first top surface is below the second top surface in a cross-sectional view.

10 . The light-emitting element of claim 1 , wherein the cushion part is in direct contact with the first insulating layer.

11 . The light-emitting element of claim 1 , wherein the cushion part is disposed in the third depression.

12 . The light-emitting element of claim 1 , further comprising a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer, wherein the first pad and the second pad are disposed on the second insulating layer.

13 . The light-emitting element of claim 12 , wherein the cushion part is interposed between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer in a cross-sectional view.

14 . The light-emitting element of claim 12 , wherein the second insulating layer comprises a fourth depression aligned with the second depression, and the second pad electrically connects the second semiconductor layer via the fourth depression.

15 . The light-emitting element of claim 12 , wherein the cushion part comprises a material same as that of the second insulating layer.

16 . The light-emitting element of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive layer comprise an outermost edge excessing over an outermost edge of the active layer in a cross-sectional view.

17 . The light-emitting element of claim 1 , wherein the cushion part comprises a material same as that of the first insulating layer.

18 . The light-emitting element of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive layer fills into the first depression.

19 . The light-emitting element of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive layer is devoid of filling into the first depression.

20 . The light-emitting element of claim 1 , wherein the cushion part comprises an area less than the first pad or the second pad in 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 Apr 18, 2024
From: CHEN, CHAO-HSING; CHIANG, TSUNG-HSUN; LIAO, CHIEN-CHIH; CHUANG, WEN-HUNG; TSAI, MIN-YEN; HU, BO-JIUN
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067152/0971 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 17241958 · Apr 27, 2021
Continuation 16182241 · Nov 6, 2018
Continuation 15669613 · Aug 4, 2017
Continuation 14948733 · Nov 23, 2015
Provisional Application 62092422 · Dec 16, 2014
Related Publication 20240266476A1 · Aug 8, 2024
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