Epistar Corporation

Ching-Shian Yeh

Ta-Cheng Hsu

Ya-Lan Yang

Ya-Ju Lee

Chao-Shun Huang

Ying-Yong Su

A light-emitting device comprises a textured substrate comprising a plurality of textured structures, wherein the textured structures and the textured substrate are both composed of sapphire; and a light-emitting stack overlaying the textured substrate, comprising a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, wherein each of the plurality of textured structures comprises a top portion having a first top-view shape, and a bottom portion parallel to the top portion and having a second top-view shape, wherein the first top-view shape comprises a circle or an ellipse, the first top-view shape comprises a first periphery and the second top-view shape comprises a second periphery, the first periphery is enclosed by the second periphery, and various distances are between each of the first periphery and the second periphery.

Light-emitting device having a patterned substrate and the method thereof

A light-emitting device comprises a textured substrate comprising a plurality of textured structures, wherein the textured structures and the textured substrate are both composed of sapphire; and a light-emitting stack overlaying the textured substrate, comprising a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, wherein one of the plurality of textured structures comprises a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein a first distance between a first projection of the top portion on the bottom portion and the bottom portion at one side is different from a second distance between a second projection of the top portion on the bottom portion and the bottom portion at another side.

A light-emitting device comprises a textured substrate comprising a boundary and a plurality of textured structures within the boundary, wherein the textured structures and the textured substrate are both composed of sapphire; and a light-emitting stack overlaying the textured substrate, comprising a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, wherein each of the plurality of textured structures comprises a top portion having a first top-view shape and a bottom portion parallel to the top portion, the bottom portion having a second top-view shape, wherein the first top-view shape comprises a circle or ellipse and the second top-view shape comprises a polygon, wherein the first top-view shape and the second top-view shape overlap each other, and the textured structures are spaced apart from each other from a top view of the light-emitting device.

Light-emitting device

This disclosure provides a light-emitting device including a patterned substrate and the manufacturing method thereof. The patterned substrate has a plurality of depressions and/or extrusions for scattering light emitted from a light-emitting layer. Each of the plurality of depressions and/or extrusions comprises a top portion, a bottom portion, and a sidewall portion enclosing the top portion and the bottom portion, and at least part of the sidewall portion comprises a curve. In a preferred embodiment, the light-emitting device further comprises a rough surface formed on at least one of the top portion, the bottom portion, and the sidewall portion.

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Hsinchu, Taiwan

Ching-Shian Yeh