IP Library Granted Patent US 9,705,035
Granted Patent B1
US 9,705,035 · App. 14/985,165 · Granted Jul 11, 2017

Light emitting device

Inventors: Chien Cheng Huang (Hsinchu, TW); Kuo-Wei Yen (Hsinchu, TW); Yu-Wei Kuo (Hsinchu, TW); Yao-Wei Yang (Hsinchu, TW); Pei-Hsiang Tseng (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Epistar Corporation
H01L33/145H01L27/15H01L33/0075H01L33/24H01L33/32H01L33/38H01L33/42H01L33/44H01L2933/0016H01L2933/0025
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Patent No.
US 9,705,035
App. No.
14/985,165
Granted
Jul 11, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

A light emitting device, includes a substrate; a plurality of light emitting stacked layers, comprising a first surface and a second surface; a mesa structure; a current blocking (CB) layer; a transparent conductive layer; a first pad electrode and a second pad electrode; and a passivation layer, wherein the second surface is electrically opposite to the first surface, the transparent conductive layer is disposed on or above the first surface, the first pad electrode is disposed on the transparent conductive layer and on the first surface, and the second pad electrode is disposed on the second surface and on the mesa structure, the CB layer is disposed on the first surface, surrounded by the transparent conductive layer, and at a lower region of the first pad electrode, a portion of the first pad electrode is filling a first opening of the transparent conductive layer and the CB layer.

Claims (18)

1. A light emitting device, comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of light emitting stacked layers, comprising a first surface and a second surface;

a mesa structure;

a current blocking (CB) layer;

a transparent conductive layer;

a first pad electrode and a second pad electrode; and

a passivation layer,

wherein the second surface is electrically opposite to the first surface, the transparent conductive layer is disposed on or above the first surface, the first pad electrode is disposed on the transparent conductive layer and on the first surface, and the second pad electrode is disposed on the second surface and on the mesa structure, the CB layer is disposed on the first surface, surrounded by the transparent conductive layer, and at a lower region of the first pad electrode, a portion of the first pad electrode is filling a first opening of the transparent conductive layer and the CB layer.

2. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a sidewall of the CB layer comprises a first surface section and a second surface section having different slopes, the first surface section has a slope of between 10 degrees to 50 degrees and the second surface section has a slope of 50 degrees to 70 degrees, the first surface section is disposed closer than the second surface section to the first surface of the light emitting stacked layers.

3. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a sidewall of the transparent conductive layer and a sidewall of the light emitting stacked layers are substantially flush located adjacent to one end of the second surface of the light emitting stacked layers and the mesa structure, and adjacent to one end of the first surface of the light emitting stacked layers.

4. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a retract distance of the transparent conductive layer with respect to an edge of the mesa structure is less than 3 μm.

5. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a retract distance of the transparent conductive layer with respect to an edge of the mesa structure is 1 to 2 μm.

6. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first pad electrode on the first surface is filling the first opening of the transparent conductive layer and in contact with a thinner portion of the CB layer between the first pad electrode and the first surface.

7. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first pad electrode on the first surface is filling the first opening of the transparent conductive layer and in contact with the first surface.

8. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the CB layer has a ring-shape in a top view of the light emitting device.

9. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of light emitting stacked layers comprises a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer interposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer.

10. The light emitting device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the mesa structure comprises a second opening exposing the second layer, and the second pad electrode is formed in the second opening of the mesa structure and in contact with the second layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2015
From: HUANG, CHIEN CHENG; YEN, KUO-WEI; KUO, YU-WEI; YANG, YAO-WEI; TSENG, PEI-HSIANG
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
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