Patents by Inventor Chen Ou

Chen Ou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10418513
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes a substrate, including a top surface, a bottom surface, a side surface connecting the top surface and the bottom surface; and a semiconductor stack formed on the top surface, wherein the side surface includes a first deteriorated surface, a second deteriorated surface, a first crack surface between the first and second deteriorated surfaces, a second crack surface between the first deteriorated surface and the top surface, and a third crack surface between the second deteriorated surface and the bottom surface, wherein the first crack surface is inclined to the first deteriorated surface or the second deteriorated surface; and wherein the second crack surface or the third crack surface is substantially perpendicular to the top surface or the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia Chen Tsai, Chen Ou, Chi Ling Lee, Chi Shiang Hsu
  • Publication number: 20190252459
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer having an uppermost surface and a bottommost surface; a first light-emitting structure and a second light-emitting structure formed on the same first semiconductor layer, wherein the first semiconductor layer is continuous; a first trench formed between the first and the second light-emitting structures; and a second electrode formed on the second semiconductor layer and including a second pad and a plurality of second extending parts extending from the second pad; wherein the second pad is between the first and the second light-emitting structures, and the plurality of second extending parts extends to the first and the second light-emitting structures, respectively; wherein the first trench passes through the uppermost surface but does not extend to the bottommost surface; wherein the first trench includes an equal width in a top view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Chen OU, Chun-Wei CHANG, Chih-Wei WU, Sheng-Chih WANG, Hsin-Mei TSAI, Chia-Chen TSAI, Chuan-Cheng CHANG
  • Publication number: 20190237628
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a light-emitting stack formed on a first conductivity type contact layer and including an active layer and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer on the active layer; a first trench dividing the light-emitting stack into a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first trench includes a bottom exposing a top surface of the first conductivity type contact layer; a non-conductive material layer formed in the first trench and being a film conformal to a profile of the first trench; a connecting layer formed in the first trench and electrically connecting the first and the second portions of the light-emitting stack, wherein the connecting layer is a film conformal to a profile of the non-conductive material layer; and a first electrode formed on the first conductivity type contact layer and electrically connected to the first conductivity type semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Chen OU, Liang-Sheng CHI, Chun-WEI CHANG, Chih-Wei WU
  • Publication number: 20190189850
    Abstract: A light-emitting device, includes a first semiconductor stack formed on a substrate, including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and an active layer formed therebetween; a first electrode formed on the first semiconductor layer; a second electrode formed on the second semiconductor layer, including a second pad electrode and a second finger electrode extending from the second pad electrode; a second current blocking region formed under the second electrode, including a second core region under the second pad electrode and a extending region under the second finger electrode; and a transparent conductive layer, formed on the second semiconductor layer and covering the extending region; wherein a contour of the second core region has a shape different from that of the second pad electrode; wherein the transparent conductive layer includes a first opening having a width wider than a width of the second pad electrode, wherein the second finger electrode includes a portion extending from th
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Hsin-Ying WANG, Hui-Chun YEH, Li-Ming CHANG, Chien-Fu SHEN, Chen OU
  • Patent number: 10319780
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer; a first, a second and a third light-emitting structures formed on the same first semiconductor layer; a first trench between the first and the second light-emitting structures; a second trench between the second and the third light-emitting structures, wherein the first and the second trenches include bottom portions exposing a surface of the first semiconductor layer; a third trench in one of the light-emitting structures, exposing the first semiconductor layer and extending along a direction parallel with the first semiconductor layer; an insulating bridge part in the first and the second trenches, connecting the light-emitting structures; a first electrode in the third trench, electrically connecting to the first semiconductor layer; and a second electrode, including a pad on one of the light-emitting structures and an extending part; wherein the extending part is formed on the insulating bridge part and extends to the light-emitting structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chen Ou, Chun-Wei Chang, Chih-Wei Wu, Sheng-Chih Wang, Hsin-Mei Tsai, Chia-Chen Tsai, Chuan-Cheng Chang
  • Publication number: 20190165204
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor region; and a first electrode on the first semiconductor region; wherein first semiconductor region includes a first layer and a second layer, the second layer includes a first portion and a second portion adjacent to the first portion, the first portion has a first thickness, the second portion has a second thickness less than the first thickness, the first layer includes a first material and a first dopant, the first material includes multiple elements, the first dopant has a first concentration, the second layer includes a second material and a second dopant, the second material includes multiple elements, the second dopant has a second concentration, one of the elements of the first material of the first layer is different from the elements of the second material of the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Tzu-Chieh HU, Wei-Chieh LIEN, Chen OU, Chia-Ming LIU, Tzu-Yi CHI
  • Patent number: 10290773
    Abstract: A light-emitting device is disclosed and comprises: a substrate; a light-emitting stack comprising a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer over the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer over the active layer; a transparent conductive layer over the a light-emitting stack; a first trench dividing the transparent conductive layer into a first block and a second block; a connecting layer electrically connecting the two blocks of the transparent conductive layer; a first conductivity type contact layer between the substrate and the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, wherein the conductivity of the first conductivity type contact layer is greater than the conductivity of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chen Ou, Liang Sheng Chi, Chun Wei Chang, Chih-Wei Wu
  • Publication number: 20190115500
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a substrate having a top surface and a plurality of patterned units protruding from the top surface; and a light-emitting stack formed on the substrate and having an active layer with a first surface substantially parallel to the top surface, wherein one of the plurality of patterned units comprises a plurality of connecting sides constituting a first polygon shape in a top view of the light-emitting device, wherein the one of the plurality of patterned units comprises a vertex and a plurality of inclined surfaces respectively extending from the plurality of connecting sides, the plurality of inclined surfaces commonly joining at the vertex in a cross-sectional view of the light-emitting device, the vertex being between the top surface of the substrate and the first surface of the active layer, and the plurality of inclined surfaces comprises a second polygon shape in the cross-sectional view of the light-emitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Chen OU, Chiu-Lin YAO
  • Publication number: 20190027643
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes a substrate, including a top surface, a bottom surface, a side surface connecting the top surface and the bottom surface; and a semiconductor stack formed on the top surface, wherein the side surface includes a first deteriorated surface, a second deteriorated surface, a first crack surface between the first and second deteriorated surfaces, a second crack surface between the first deteriorated surface and the top surface, and a third crack surface between the second deteriorated surface and the bottom surface, wherein the first crack surface is inclined to the first deteriorated surface or the second deteriorated surface; and wherein the second crack surface or the third crack surface is substantially perpendicular to the top surface or the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Chia Chen TSAI, Chen OU, Chi Ling LEE, Chi Shiang HSU
  • Patent number: 10181549
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a substrate having a top surface and a plurality of patterned units protruding from the top surface; and a light-emitting stack formed on the substrate and having an active layer with a first surface substantially parallel to the top surface, wherein one of the plurality of patterned units comprises a plurality of connecting sides constituting a first polygon shape in a top view of the light-emitting device, wherein the one of the plurality of patterned units comprises a vertex and a plurality of inclined surfaces respectively extending from the plurality of connecting sides, the plurality of inclined surfaces commonly joining at the vertex in a cross-sectional view of the light-emitting device, the vertex being between the top surface of the substrate and the first surface of the active layer, and the plurality of inclined surfaces comprises a second polygon shape in the cross-sectional view of the light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chen Ou, Chiu-Lin Yao
  • Patent number: 10134947
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes a substrate, including a top surface, a bottom surface, a side surface connecting the top surface and the bottom surface; and a semiconductor stack formed on the top surface, wherein the side surface includes a first deteriorated surface, a second deteriorated surface, a first crack surface between the first and second deteriorated surfaces, a second crack surface between the first deteriorated surface and the top surface, and a third crack surface between the second deteriorated surface and the bottom surface, wherein a convex region or a concave region is formed by the first deteriorated surface, the first crack surface and the second crack surface, or the second deteriorated surface, the first crack surface and the third crack surface; and wherein the second crack surface or the third crack surface is substantially perpendicular to the top surface or the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia Chen Tsai, Chen Ou, Chi Ling Lee, Chi Shiang Hsu
  • Publication number: 20180212123
    Abstract: A light-emitting element, includes a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge; a substrate; a semiconductor stack formed on the substrate, including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and an active layer formed therebetween; a transparent conductive layer, formed on the second semiconductor layer; a first electrode formed on the first semiconductor layer, including a first pad electrode and a first finger electrode extending from the first pad electrode; and a second electrode formed on the first second semiconductor layer, including a second pad electrode and a second finger electrode extending from the second pad electrode; wherein the first finger electrode is disposed at and along the first edge; and wherein in top view, an overlapping portions of the first finger electrode and the second finger electrode are non-parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Li-Ming CHANG, Tzung-Shiun YEH, Chien-Fu SHEN, Yu-Rui LIN, Chen OU, Hsin-Ying WANG, Hui-Chun YEH
  • Publication number: 20180158980
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes a substrate, including a top surface, a bottom surface, a side surface connecting the top surface and the bottom surface; and a semiconductor stack formed on the top surface, wherein the side surface includes a first deteriorated surface, a second deteriorated surface, a first crack surface between the first and second deteriorated surfaces, a second crack surface between the first deteriorated surface and the top surface, and a third crack surface between the second deteriorated surface and the bottom surface, wherein a convex region or a concave region is formed by the first deteriorated surface, the first crack surface and the second crack surface, or the second deteriorated surface, the first crack surface and the third crack surface; and wherein the second crack surface or the third crack surface is substantially perpendicular to the top surface or the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Chia Chen TSAI, Chen OU, Chi Ling LEE, Chi Shiang HSU
  • Publication number: 20180114880
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor device comprises a substrate; a semiconductor system including a first conductivity layer and a second conductivity layer, wherein the second conductivity layer comprises a top surface, and in a top view of the semiconductor system, an outline of the first conductivity layer surrounds an outline of the second conductivity layer; a first electrical connector on the first conductivity layer; a second electrical connector comprising a top view shape and directly contacting the second conductivity layer; a contact layer contacting the top surface of the second conductivity layer and having an outer perimeter at an inner side of the outline of the second conductivity layer in the top view of the semiconductor system; and a discontinuous region contacting the top surface of the second conductivity layer, wherein the contact layer covers a top surface and sidewalls of the discontinuous region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Tsun-Kai KO, Schang-Jing HON, Chien-Kai CHUNG, Hui-Chun YEH, An-Ju LIN, Chien-Fu SHEN, Chen OU
  • Publication number: 20180108808
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a substrate having a top surface and a plurality of patterned units protruding from the top surface; and a light-emitting stack formed on the substrate and having an active layer with a first surface substantially parallel to the top surface, wherein one of the plurality of patterned units comprises a plurality of connecting sides constituting a first polygon shape in a top view of the light-emitting device, wherein the one of the plurality of patterned units comprises a vertex and a plurality of inclined surfaces respectively extending from the plurality of connecting sides, the plurality of inclined surfaces commonly joining at the vertex in a cross-sectional view of the light-emitting device, the vertex being between the top surface of the substrate and the first surface of the active layer, and the plurality of inclined surfaces comprises a second polygon shape in the cross-sectional view of the light-emitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Chen OU, Chiu-Lin YAO
  • Patent number: 9893231
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device comprises a substrate, comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a side surface connecting the top surface and the bottom surface; and a semiconductor stack formed on the top surface, wherein the side surface comprises a first deteriorated surface, a second deteriorated surface, a first crack surface between the first and second deteriorated surfaces, a second crack surface between the first deteriorated surface and the top surface, and a third crack surface between the second deteriorated surface and the bottom surface, wherein the first and second deteriorated surfaces are rougher than at least one of the first crack surface, the second crack surface and the third crack surface; and wherein the second crack surface is about perpendicular to the top surface, and the third crack surface is about perpendicular to the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia Chen Tsai, Chen Ou, Chi Ling Lee, Chi Shiang Hsu
  • Patent number: 9876139
    Abstract: A light-emitting device, comprises a light-emitting stacked layer comprising a first conductivity type semiconductor layer; a light-emitting layer formed on the first conductivity type semiconductor layer; and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer formed on the light-emitting layer and comprising a first plurality of cavities; a first dielectric layer formed on a first part of the second conductivity type semiconductor layer; a first transparent conductive oxide layer formed on the first dielectric layer and on a second part of the second conductivity type semiconductor layer, the first transparent conductive oxide layer including a first portion in contact with the first dielectric layer and including a second portion in contact with the upper surface of the second conductivity type semiconductor layer; a first electrode formed on the first portion; and a first reflective metal layer formed between the first transparent conductive oxide layer and the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tzu-Chieh Hsu, Ching-San Tao, Chen Ou, Min-Hsun Hsieh, Chao-Hsing Chen
  • Patent number: 9876146
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor device comprises a substrate; a semiconductor system including a first conductivity layer, a second conductivity layer, and a conversion unit between the first conductivity layer and the second conductivity layer, wherein the first conductivity layer is closer to the substrate than the second conductivity layer is to the substrate, and the second conductivity layer comprises a top surface perpendicular to a thickness direction of the semiconductor system, and in a top view of the semiconductor system, an outline of the first conductivity layer surrounds an outline of the second conductivity layer; a first electrical connector on the first conductivity layer of the semiconductor system; a second electrical connector comprising a shape formed on the second conductivity layer of the semiconductor system; and a contact layer formed on the top surface of the second conductivity layer and having an outer perimeter at an inner side of the outline of the second conductivity layer in th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsun-Kai Ko, Schang-Jing Hon, Chien-Kai Chung, Hui-Chun Yeh, An-Ju Lin, Chien-Fu Shen, Chen Ou
  • Publication number: 20170365637
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer; a first, a second and a third light-emitting structures formed on the same first semiconductor layer; a first trench between the first and the second light-emitting structures; a second trench between the second and the third light-emitting structures, wherein the first and the second trenches include bottom portions exposing a surface of the first semiconductor layer; a third trench in one of the light-emitting structures, exposing the first semiconductor layer and extending along a direction parallel with the first semiconductor layer; an insulating bridge part in the first and the second trenches, connecting the light-emitting structures; a first electrode in the third trench, electrically connecting to the first semiconductor layer; and a second electrode, including a pad on one of the light-emitting structures and an extending part; wherein the extending part is formed on the insulating bridge part and extends to the light-emitting structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Chen OU, Chun-Wei CHANG, Chih-Wei WU, Sheng-Chih WANG, Hsin-Mei TSAI, Chia-Chen TSAI, Chuan-Cheng CHANG
  • Patent number: 9847451
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a substrate having a top surface and a plurality of patterned units protruding from the top surface; and a light-emitting stack formed on the substrate and having an active layer with a first surface substantially parallel to the top surface, wherein one of the plurality of patterned units comprises a plurality of connecting sides constituting a polygon shape in a top view of the light-emitting device, the one of the plurality of patterned units comprises a vertex and a plurality of inclined surfaces respectively extending from the plurality of connecting sides, the plurality of inclined surfaces commonly join at the vertex in a cross-sectional view of the light-emitting device, the vertex being between the top surface of the substrate and the first surface of the active layer, and six of the plurality of patterned units forms a hexagon in the top view of the light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Chen Ou, Chiu-Lin Yao