Light-emitting device that provides efficient and bright luminescence

• US 9,299,893 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2014
• Issued: 03/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Epistar Corporation (Ennostar, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Epistar Corporation (Ennostar, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shen, Chien-Fu, Chen, Chao-Hsing, Yang, Yu-Chen, Wang, Jia-Kuen, Lin, Chih-Nan, Chen, Hong-Che
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Thanh V
• Application Number:
  US14/150,418
• Publication Number:
  US 20140191277A1
• Time in Patent Office: 811 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/48091 Arched
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/48247 connecting the wire to a bond pad of the item
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/00 Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/00014 the subject-matter covered by the group, the symbol of which is combined with the symbol of this group, being disclosed without further technical details
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/12044 OLED
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/20 with a particular shape, e.g. curved or truncated substrate
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/38 with a particular shape
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/40 Materials therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/405 Reflective materials
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/48 characterised by the semiconductor body packages

Abstract

A light-emitting device comprises: a light-emitting semiconductor stack comprising a recess and a mesa, wherein the recess comprises a bottom and the mesa comprises an upper surface; a first insulating layer in the recess and on a part of the upper surface of the mesa; and a first electrode comprising a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer comprises a first conductive material and is on another part of the upper surface of the mesa, and the second layer comprises a second conductive material and is on the first layer.

Claims

1. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a light-emitting semiconductor stack comprising a plurality of recesses and a mesa, wherein each of the plurality of recesses comprises a bottom, and the mesa comprises an upper surface;

a first electrode comprising a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer comprises a first conductive material and is formed on the upper surface of the mesa, and the second layer comprises a second conductive material and is on the first layer;

a plurality of second electrodes respectively formed on the bottom of each of the plurality of recesses;

a first insulating layer formed in each of the plurality of recesses and on a part of the upper surface of the mesa, wherein the first insulating layer comprises a plurality of passages to expose the plurality of second electrodes;

a first electrode pad formed on the first insulating layer and contacting the first electrode; and

a second electrode pad formed on the plurality of passages to contact the plurality of second electrodes.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1, further comprising a substrate associated with the light-emitting semiconductor stack.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1, wherein the light-emitting semiconductor stack comprises a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer on the active layer, wherein the active layer emits a light and the plurality of recesses penetrates through the active layer.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 3, wherein the bottom of the plurality of recesses exposes the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and the upper surface of the mesa is a surface of the second conductive type semiconductor layer.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 3, wherein a reflectivity of the first layer to the light is larger than a reflectivity of the second layer to the light.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 3, wherein a reflectivity of the second layer to the light is larger than 60%.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1, further comprising a second insulating layer between the first electrode and the first electrode pad.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 7, wherein a part of the second insulating layer directly contacts the first insulating layer.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 7, wherein the second insulating layer comprises a space to expose the second layer of the first electrode.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 1, wherein the first conductive material is different from the second conductive material.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 1, wherein the first conductive material and/or the second conductive material comprise metal.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the first layer ranges from 500 Å

to 5000 Å and

/or a thickness of the second layer ranges from 2000 Å

to 1.5 μ

m.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 1, wherein the first layer of the first electrode is spatially separated from the first insulating layer.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 1, wherein the first electrode covers the plurality of recesses.

15. The light-emitting device according to claim 1, wherein the first conductive type semiconductor layer is exposed along a periphery of the light-emitting semiconductor stack from a top view of the light-emitting device.

16. The light-emitting device according to claim 15, wherein the first insulating layer covers the first conductive type semiconductor layer exposed along the periphery of the light-emitting semiconductor stack.

17. The light-emitting device according to claim 15, further comprising a second insulating layer covering the first conductive type semiconductor layer exposed along the periphery of the light-emitting semiconductor stack.

18. The light-emitting device according to claim 1, further comprising a second conductivity type contact layer formed on the second conductive type semiconductor layer, wherein the second conductivity type contact layer comprises indium tin oxide, cadmium tin oxide, antimony tin oxide, indium zinc oxide, aluminum zinc oxide, or zinc tin oxide.

19. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a light-emitting semiconductor stack comprising a plurality of recesses and a mesa, wherein each of the plurality of recesses comprises a bottom surface, and the mesa comprises an upper surface;

a first electrode comprising a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer comprises a first conductive material and the second layer comprises a second conductive material different from the first conductive material;

a plurality of second electrodes respectively formed on the bottom surface of the plurality of recesses;

a first insulating layer formed in each of the plurality of recesses and on a part of the upper surface of the mesa, wherein the first insulating layer comprises a plurality of passages to expose the plurality of second electrodes;

a second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer at a position corresponding to a position of the first insulating layer;

a first electrode pad formed on the second insulating layer and contacting the first electrode; and

a second electrode pad formed on the plurality of passages and contacting the plurality of second electrodes.