Patents by Inventor De-Shan Kuo
De-Shan Kuo 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).
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Publication number: 20240339345Abstract: A chip transferring method includes steps of: providing a plurality of chips on a first load-bearing structure; measuring photoelectric characteristic values of the plurality of chips; categorizing the plurality of chips into a first portion of the plurality of chips and a second portion of the plurality of chips according to the photoelectric characteristic values of the plurality of chips, wherein the second portion of the plurality of chips comprise parts of the plurality of chips which photoelectric characteristic value falls within an unqualified range; removing the second portion of the plurality of chips from the first load-bearing structure; dividing the first portion of the plurality of chips into a plurality of blocks, wherein each of the plurality of blocks comprising multiple chips of the first portion of the plurality of chips; and transferring the first portion of the plurality of chips in one of the plurality of blocks to a second load-bearing structure in single-batch.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2024Publication date: October 10, 2024Inventors: Min-Hsun HSIEH, De-Shan KUO, Chang-Lin LEE, Jhih-Yong YANG
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Patent number: 12057337Abstract: A chip transferring method includes providing a plurality of chips on a first load-bearing structure; measuring photoelectric characteristic values of the plurality of chips; categorizing the plurality of chips into a first portion chips and a second portion chips according to the photoelectric characteristic values of the plurality of chips, wherein the second portion chips comprise parts of the plurality of chips which photoelectric characteristic value falls within an unqualified range; removing the second portion chips from the first load-bearing structure; dividing the first portion chips into a plurality of blocks according to the photoelectric characteristic values, and each of the plurality of blocks comprising multiple chips of the first portion chips; and transferring the multiple chips of one of the plurality of blocks to a second load-bearing structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATIONInventors: Min-Hsun Hsieh, De-Shan Kuo, Chang-Lin Lee, Jhih-Yong Yang
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Patent number: 11973164Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate including a top surface; a semiconductor stack including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, wherein a portion of the top surface is exposed; a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) formed on the semiconductor stack and contacting the portion of the top surface of the substrate; a metal layer formed on the distributed Bragg reflector (DBR), contacting the portion of the top surface of the substrate and being insulated with the semiconductor stack; and an insulation layer formed on the metal layer and contacting the portion of the top surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATIONInventors: Che-Hung Lin, Chien-Chih Liao, Chi-Shiang Hsu, De-Shan Kuo, Chao-Hsing Chen
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Publication number: 20240136469Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light-emitting element, includes: providing a base having an upper surface and a lower surface; forming a semiconductor stack on the upper surface; removing part of the semiconductor stack to form a pre-defined dicing region surrounding the semiconductor stack; forming a dielectric stack covering the semiconductor stack and the pre-defined dicing region; and applying a first laser having a first wavelength to irradiate the base along the pre-defined dicing region; wherein the dielectric stack has a reflectance of 10%-50% and/or a transmittance of 50%-90% for the first wavelength.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Che-Hung LIN, De-Shan KUO
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Publication number: 20240088331Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting stack and a distributed Bragg reflection structure formed on one side light-emitting stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Heng-Ying CHO, De-Shan KUO
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Patent number: 11870007Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light-emitting element, includes: providing a base having an upper surface and a lower surface; forming a semiconductor stack on the upper surface; removing part of the semiconductor stack to form an isolation region surrounding the semiconductor stack; forming a dielectric stack covering the semiconductor stack and the isolation region; and applying a first laser having a first wavelength to irradiate the base along the isolation region; wherein the dielectric stack has a reflectance of 10%-50% and/or a transmittance of 50%-90% for the first wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATIONInventors: Che-Hung Lin, De Shan Kuo
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Patent number: 11855240Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a light-emitting stack formed on the first surface; and a distributed Bragg reflection structure formed on the second surface, wherein the distributed Bragg reflection structure includes a first film stack and a second film stack; wherein the first film stack includes a plurality of first dielectric-layer pairs consecutively arranged, the second film stack includes a plurality of second dielectric-layer pairs consecutively arranged, each of the first dielectric-layer pairs and each of the second dielectric-layer pairs respectively includes a first dielectric layer having an optical thickness and a second dielectric layer having an optical thickness; wherein the second dielectric layer has a refractive index higher than that of the first dielectric layer; wherein in each of the first dielectric-layer pairs of the first film stack, the optical thickness of the first dielectric layer to the optType: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATIONInventors: Heng-Ying Cho, De-Shan Kuo
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Publication number: 20230317912Abstract: A light-emitting diode, includes a semiconductor stack, including a first semiconductor layer, an active region and a second semiconductor layer; a transparent conductive layer formed on the semiconductor stack and electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer; an insulating layer formed on the transparent conductive layer, comprising a plurality of first opening; a first electrode formed on the insulating layer, electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer; and a second electrode formed on the insulating layer, comprising a second pad and a second extension extending from the second pad along a long side of the light-emitting diode toward the first electrode, electrically connected to the transparent conductive layer, wherein the second extension comprise a plurality of node parts and a plurality of linking parts alternately disposed, and in a plan view, the node part has a width smaller than that of the second pad and lager than that of the linking part and that of the first opening; wType: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Jhih Yong YANG, Hsin Ying WANG, De Shan KUO
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Publication number: 20230274962Abstract: A chip transferring method includes providing a plurality of chips on a first load-bearing structure; measuring photoelectric characteristic values of the plurality of chips; categorizing the plurality of chips into a first portion chips and a second portion chips according to the photoelectric characteristic values of the plurality of chips, wherein the second portion chips comprise parts of the plurality of chips which photoelectric characteristic value falls within an unqualified range; removing the second portion chips from the first load-bearing structure; dividing the first portion chips into a plurality of blocks according to the photoelectric characteristic values, and each of the plurality of blocks comprising multiple chips of the first portion chips; and transferring the multiple chips of one of the plurality of blocks to a second load-bearing structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Min-Hsun HSIEH, De-Shan KUO, Chang-Lin LEE, Jhih-Yong YANG
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Publication number: 20230187473Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate with a top surface; a first light-emitting structure unit and a second light-emitting structure unit separately formed on the top surface and adjacent to each other, and wherein the first light-emitting structure unit includes a first sidewall and the second light-emitting structure unit includes a second sidewall; an isolation layer formed on the first sidewall and the second sidewall, including a first edge on the first light-emitting structure unit and wherein the first edge has an acute angle in a cross-sectional view; and an electrical connection formed on the isolation layer, the first light-emitting structure unit and the second light-emitting structure unit, and electrically connecting the first light-emitting structure unit and the second light-emitting structure unit; wherein the first sidewall and the second sidewall are inclined; and wherein the electrical connection includes a first part on the first light-emitting structure unit, and the first part doType: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Chien-Fu SHEN, Chao-Hsing CHEN, Tsun-Kai KO, Schang-Jing HON, Sheng-Jie HSU, De-Shan KUO, Hsin-Ying WANG, Chiu-Lin YAO, Chien-Fu HUANG, Hsin-Mao LIU, Chien-Kai CHUNG
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Patent number: 11677046Abstract: A light-emitting device, comprising: a substrate; a semiconductor stacking layer comprising a first type semiconductor layer on the substrate, an active layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer on the active layer; and an electrode structure on the second semiconductor layer, wherein the electrode structure comprises a bonding layer, a conductive layer, and a first barrier layer between the bonding layer and the conductive layer; wherein the conductive layer has higher standard oxidation potential than that of the bonding layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATIONInventors: De-Shan Kuo, Ting-Chia Ko, Chun-Hsiang Tu, Po-Shun Chiu
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Patent number: 11658052Abstract: A chip transferring method includes providing a plurality of chips on a first load-bearing structure; measuring a photoelectric characteristic value of each of the plurality of chips; categorizing the plurality of chips into a first portion chips and a second portion chips according to the photoelectric characteristic value of each of the plurality of chips; providing a second load-bearing structure; weakening a first adhesion between the first portion chips and the first load-bearing structure or between the second portion chips and the first load-bearing structure; and transferring the first portion chips or the second portion chips to the second load-bearing structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATIONInventors: Min-Hsun Hsieh, De-Shan Kuo, Chang-Lin Lee, Jhih-Yong Yang
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Publication number: 20230155056Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate including a top surface; a semiconductor stack including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, wherein a portion of the top surface is exposed; a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) formed on the semiconductor stack and contacting the portion of the top surface of the substrate; a metal layer formed on the distributed Bragg reflector (DBR), contacting the portion of the top surface of the substrate and being insulated with the semiconductor stack; and an insulation layer formed on the metal layer and contacting the portion of the top surface of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Che-Hung Lin, Chien-Chih Liao, Chi-Shiang Hsu, De-Shan Kuo, Chao-Hsing Chen
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Patent number: 11594573Abstract: A light-emitting device, includes a substrate with a top surface; a first light-emitting structure unit and a second light-emitting structure unit separately formed on the top surface and adjacent to each other, and wherein the first light-emitting structure unit includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall; a trench between the first and the second light-emitting structure units; and an electrical connection arranged on the first sidewall and the second light-emitting structure unit, and electrically connecting the first light-emitting structure unit and the second light-emitting structure unit; wherein the first sidewall connects to the top surface; wherein the first sidewall faces the second light-emitting structure units, and the second sidewall is not between the first light-emitting structure unit and the second light-emitting structure unit; and wherein the second sidewall is steeper than the first sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATIONInventors: Chien-Fu Shen, Chao-Hsing Chen, Tsun-Kai Ko, Schang-Jing Hon, Sheng-Jie Hsu, De-Shan Kuo, Hsin-Ying Wang, Chiu-Lin Yao, Chien-Fu Huang, Hsin-Mao Liu, Chien-Kai Chung
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Patent number: 11575070Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate including a top surface; a semiconductor stack including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, wherein a portion of the top surface is exposed; a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) formed on the semiconductor stack and contacting the portion of the top surface of the substrate; a metal layer formed on the distributed Bragg reflector (DBR), contacting the portion of the top surface of the substrate and being insulated with the semiconductor stack; and an insulation layer formed on the metal layer and contacting the portion of the top surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATIONInventors: Che-Hung Lin, Chien-Chih Liao, Chi-Shiang Hsu, De-Shan Kuo, Chao-Hsing Chen
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Publication number: 20220376143Abstract: A light-emitting device, comprising: a substrate; a semiconductor stacking layer comprising a first type semiconductor layer on the substrate, an active layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer on the active layer; and an electrode structure on the second semiconductor layer, wherein the electrode structure comprises a bonding layer, a conductive layer, and a first barrier layer between the bonding layer and the conductive layer; wherein the conductive layer has higher standard oxidation potential than that of the bonding layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: De-Shan KUO, Ting-Chia KO, Chun-Hsiang TU, Po-Shun CHIU
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Patent number: 11437547Abstract: A light-emitting device, comprising: a substrate; a semiconductor stacking layer comprising a first type semiconductor layer on the substrate, an active layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer on the active layer; and an electrode structure on the second semiconductor layer, wherein the electrode structure comprises a bonding layer, a conductive layer, and a first barrier layer between the bonding layer and the conductive layer; wherein the conductive layer has higher standard oxidation potential than that of the bonding layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATIONInventors: De-Shan Kuo, Ting-Chia Ko, Chun-Hsiang Tu, Po-Shun Chiu
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Publication number: 20220149234Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a light-emitting stack formed on the first surface; and a distributed Bragg reflection structure formed on the second surface, wherein the distributed Bragg reflection structure includes a first film stack and a second film stack; wherein the first film stack includes a plurality of first dielectric-layer pairs consecutively arranged, the second film stack includes a plurality of second dielectric-layer pairs consecutively arranged, each of the first dielectric-layer pairs and each of the second dielectric-layer pairs respectively includes a first dielectric layer having an optical thickness and a second dielectric layer having an optical thickness; wherein the second dielectric layer has a refractive index higher than that of the first dielectric layer; wherein in each of the first dielectric-layer pairs of the first film stack, the optical thickness of the first dielectric layer to the optType: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Heng-Ying CHO, De-Shan KUO
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Patent number: 11251340Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate, having a first surface and second surface opposite to the first surface; a light-emitting stack, formed on the first surface of the substrate, the light-emitting stack including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second semiconductor layer, wherein the active layer is formed between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer; and a distributed Bragg reflection structure (DBR), formed on the second surface of the substrate, including a plurality of dielectric-layer pair formed sequentially on the second surface, wherein each of the dielectric-layer pairs includes respectively a first dielectric layer having a first optical thickness and a second dielectric layer having a second optical thickness, and wherein from the second surface, the first dielectric layer of each of the dielectric-layer pairs is thicker than the first dielectric layer of the adjacent previous dielectric-layer pair.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Epistar CorporationInventors: Heng-Ying Cho, De-Shan Kuo
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Publication number: 20220029054Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate including a top surface; a semiconductor stack including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, wherein a portion of the top surface is exposed; a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) formed on the semiconductor stack and contacting the portion of the top surface of the substrate; a metal layer formed on the distributed Bragg reflector (DBR), contacting the portion of the top surface of the substrate and being insulated with the semiconductor stack; and an insulation layer formed on the metal layer and contacting the portion of the top surface of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Che-Hung Lin, Chien-Chih Liao, Chi-Shiang Hsu, De-Shan Kuo, Chao-Hsing Chen