Patents by Inventor Meng Hsin Yeh

Meng Hsin Yeh 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).

  • Publication number: 20240145627
    Abstract: An epitaxial structure of a semiconductor light-emitting element includes an n-type layer, a V-pit control layer, a light-emitting layer, and a p-type layer stacked from bottom to top. The light-emitting layer includes a plurality of well layers and a plurality of barrier layers stacked alternately. The V-pit control layer includes a first superlattice layer, and a distance between a bottom surface of the V-pit control layer and a bottom surface of the first superlattice layer is less than or equal to 0.15 ?m. The bottom surface of the first superlattice layer and a bottom surface of the light-emitting layer have a distance therebetween ranging from 0.05 ?m to 0.3 ?m, and each of the first superlattice layer and the light-emitting layer is an Indium (In)-containing layer. A semiconductor light-emitting element and a light-emitting device are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Meng-Hsin YEH, Zhousheng JIANG, Bing-Yang CHEN, Dongpo CHEN, Chung-Ying CHANG
  • Patent number: 11870010
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode includes an N-type cladding layer, and a superlattice structure, an active layer, a P-type electron-blocking layer, and a P-type cladding layer disposed on the N-type cladding layer in such order. The superlattice structure includes at least one first layered element which has a sub-layer made of a nitride-based semiconductor material including Al, and having an energy band gap greater than that of said electron-blocking layer. The P-type electron-blocking layer is made of a nitride-based semiconductor material including Al, and has an energy band gap greater than that of the P-type cladding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Xiamen San'An Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Yu Lin, Meng-Hsin Yeh, Yun-Ming Lo, Chien-Yao Tseng, Chung-Ying Chang
  • Publication number: 20230122025
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device includes an epitaxial light emitting structure that includes a light emitting component. The light emitting component includes a multiple quantum well structure which contains a plurality of first periodic layered elements, each of which includes first, second and third layers alternately stacked on one another. For each of the first periodic layered elements, the first, second and third layers respectively have first, second and third energy bandgaps (Eg1, Eg2, Eg3) that satisfy a relationship of Eg1<Eg2<Eg3. The third layer has a thickness smaller than that of the first layer. Also disclosed herein is another embodiment of the aforementioned semiconductor light emitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Wen-Yu LIN, Meng-Hsin YEH, Yun-Ming LO, Chien-Yao TSENG, Chung-Ying CHANG
  • Patent number: 11538960
    Abstract: An epitaxial light emitting structure includes n-type and p-type semiconductor layers, and a light emitting component disposed therebetween. The light emitting component includes a multiple quantum well structure which contains a plurality of first periodic layered elements, each of which includes first, second and third layers alternately stacked on one another. For each of the first periodic layered elements, the first, second and third layers respectively have a first energy bandgap (Eg1), a second energy bandgap (Eg2), and a third energy bandgap (Eg3) that satisfy a relationship of Eg1<Eg2<Eg3. Also disclosed herein is a light emitting diode which includes the aforementioned epitaxial light emitting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: XIAMEN SAN'AN OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Wen-Yu Lin, Meng-Hsin Yeh, Yun-Ming Lo, Chien-Yao Tseng, Chung-Ying Chang
  • Publication number: 20220223758
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode includes an N-type cladding layer, and a superlattice structure, an active layer, a P-type electron-blocking layer, and a P-type cladding layer disposed on the N-type cladding layer in such order. The superlattice structure includes at least one first layered element which has a sub-layer made of a nitride-based semiconductor material including Al, and having an energy band gap greater than that of said electron-blocking layer. The P-type electron-blocking layer is made of a nitride-based semiconductor material including Al, and has an energy band gap greater than that of the P-type cladding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Wen-Yu LIN, Meng-Hsin YEH, Yun-Ming LO, Chien-Yao TSENG, Chung-Ying CHANG
  • Patent number: 11296256
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode includes an N-type cladding layer, and a superlattice structure, an active layer, a P-type electron-blocking layer, and a P-type cladding layer disposed on the N-type cladding layer in such order. The superlattice structure includes at least one first layered element which has first, second, and third sub-layers that are stacked on one another in a direction away from the N-type cladding layer. The first, second, and third sub-layers have energy band gaps Eg1, Eg2, and Eg3 which satisfy a relationship of Eg1<Eg2<Eg3. In addition, Eg3 is greater than an energy band gap of the P-type electron-blocking layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Xiamen San'An Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Yu Lin, Meng-Hsin Yeh, Yun-Ming Lo, Chien-Yao Tseng, Chung-Ying Chang
  • Publication number: 20220013685
    Abstract: An epitaxial light emitting structure includes n-type and p-type semiconductor layers, and a light emitting component disposed therebetween. The light emitting component includes a multiple quantum well structure which contains a plurality of first periodic layered elements, each of which includes first, second and third layers alternately stacked on one another. For each of the first periodic layered elements, the first, second and third layers respectively have a first energy bandgap (Eg1), a second energy bandgap (Eg2), and a third energy bandgap (Eg3) that satisfy a relationship of Eg1<Eg2<Eg3. Also disclosed herein is a light emitting diode which includes the aforementioned epitaxial light emitting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: WEN-YU LIN, MENG-HSIN YEH, YUN-MING LO, CHIEN-YAO TSENG, CHUNG-YING CHANG
  • Publication number: 20210066542
    Abstract: An epitaxial light emitting structure includes n-type and p-type semiconductor layers, and a light emitting component disposed therebetween. The light emitting component includes a multiple quantum well structure which contains a plurality of first periodic layered elements, each of which includes first, second and third layers alternately stacked on one another. For each of the first periodic layered elements, the first, second and third layers respectively have a first energy bandgap (Eg1), a second energy bandgap (Eg2), and a third energy bandgap (Eg3) that satisfy a relationship of Eg1<Eg2<Eg3. Also disclosed herein is a light emitting diode which includes the aforementioned epitaxial light emitting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: WEN-YU LIN, MENG-HSIN YEH, YUN-MING LO, CHIEN-YAO TSENG, CHUNG-YING CHANG
  • Publication number: 20200287083
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode includes an N-type cladding layer, and a superlattice structure, an active layer, a P-type electron-blocking layer, and a P-type cladding layer disposed on the N-type cladding layer in such order. The superlattice structure includes at least one first layered element which has first, second, and third sub-layers that are stacked on one another in a direction away from the N-type cladding layer. The first, second, and third sub-layers have energy band gaps Eg1, Eg2, and Eg3 which satisfy a relationship of Eg1<Eg2<Eg3. In addition, Eg3 is greater than an energy band gap of the P-type electron-blocking layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: WEN-YU LIN, MENG-HSIN YEH, YUN-MING LO, CHIEN-YAO TSENG, CHUNG-YING CHANG
  • Patent number: 9705033
    Abstract: A lighting emitting diode including: an n side layer and a p side layer formed by nitride semiconductors respectively; an active layer comprising a nitride semiconductor is between the n side layer and the p side layer; wherein, the n-side layer is successively laminated by an extrinsically-doped buffer layer and a compound multi-current spreading layer; the compound multi-current spreading layer is successively-laminated by a first current spreading layer, a second current spreading layer and a third current spreading layer; the first current spreading layer and the third current spreading layer are alternatively-laminated layers comprising a u-type nitride semiconductor layer and an n-type nitride semiconductor layer; the second current spreading layer is a distributed insulation layer formed on the n-type nitride semiconductor layer; and the first current spreading layer is adjacent to the extrinsically-doped buffer layer; and the third current spreading layer is adjacent to the active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: XIAMEN SANAN OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Meng-Hsin Yeh, Jyh-Chiarng Wu
  • Patent number: 9570654
    Abstract: A nitride light-emitting diode including: a substrate with sub-micro patterns over the surface, which is divided into a growth region and a non-growth region; a growth blocking layer, formed in the non-growth region of the substrate for blocking epitaxial growth in the non-growth region of the substrate; a light-emitting epitaxial layer, comprising an n-type layer, a light-emitting layer and a p-type layer, formed in the growth region of the substrate, which extends to the non-growth region through lateral epitaxy and covers the growth blocking layer; wherein, the refractive index of the growth blocking layer is less than that of the light-emitting epitaxial layer and the growth blocking layer forms undulating morphology along the sub-micro patterns of the substrate, thus increasing light extraction interface of LED, generating refractive index difference between the light-emitting epitaxial layer and the light extraction interface and improving light extraction efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: XIAMEN SANAN OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Yu Lin, Meng-Hsin Yeh, Zhibai Zhong
  • Patent number: 9397253
    Abstract: Disclosed are a light emitting diode having an n-doped ohm contact buffer layer and a manufacturing method therefor. In the present invention, a highly n-doped ohm contact buffer layer with an electronic concentration up to 1×1018 cm3 is formed on the n side of a light emitting epitaxy layer; when a growth substrate is removed, the n-type ohm contact buffer layer on the surface is exposed, which is a no-nitride polarity-face n-type GaN base material with a lower energy gap; an n-type ohm contact electrode is prepared on the n-type ohm contact buffer layer and follows the Ti/Al ohm contact electrode, which can overcome the problem of the existing vertical gallium nitride-based vertical light emitting diode that the voltage of the thin film GaN base light emitting device is unreliable because the ohm contact electrode on the nitride-face GaN base semiconductor layer is easy to crack due to temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Inventors: Meng-Hsin Yeh, Jyh-Chiarng Wu, Shaohua Huang, Chi-Lun Chou
  • Publication number: 20160153119
    Abstract: A Group-III nitrides epitaxial structure includes a Si substrate, and a Group-III nitrides layer disposed over the Si substrate, wherein an interface structure of “coexistence of Al atoms and SixNy” between the Si substrate and the Group-III nitrides. Al atoms are configured to be absorbed to the Si substrate and connect the Group-III nitrides; and SixNy are configured to release mismatch stress caused by heteroepitaxy. A fabricating method comprises: (1) providing a Si substrate; (2) forming an interface structure over a surface of the Si substrate , wherein the interface structure is arranged with both Al atoms and SixNy, which are then cladded by an AlN epitaxial layer; and (3) growing Group-III nitrides over the interface structure wherein the Al atoms are configured to be absorbed to the Si substrate and connect the Group-III nitrides and the SixNy is configured to release mismatch stress generated by heteroepitaxy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: XIAMEN SANAN OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YANHAO DU, MENG-HSIN YEH, CHEN-KE HSU, CHIH-WEI CHAO, WENYU LIN, YI-SHIN YE, JEN-CHUN YANG, JIANMING LIU
  • Patent number: 9324907
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) includes an active layer having one or more multilayer potential barriers and at least one well layer. Each multilayer potential barrier includes interlacing first and second InAlGaN thin layers. The first and second InAlGaN thin layers have compositions selected with respect to the well layer such that a polarization effect is substantially reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: XIAMEN SANAN OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Meng-Hsin Yeh, Jyh-Chiarng Wu, Guojun Lu
  • Patent number: 9312438
    Abstract: An epitaxial structure of light emitting diode with a current modulation layer, and more specifically, a high-resistivity material is injected to change the current conduction path, and implementation of the main structure is to grow a high-resistivity material (e.g., InxAlyGa1-x-yN) over the N-type conductive layer or the P-type conductive layer till part of current conduction path is exposed through high-temperature H2 in-situ etching in the reacting furnace and to grow the N-type or the P-type conductive layer for coverage. This design for forming a current modulation layer without second epitaxial growth provides the injected current with a better spreading path in the N-type conductive layer and the P-type conductive layer, which more effectively and uniformly injects the current to the active layer and improves luminous efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: XIAMEN SANAN OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Yu Lin, Meng-Hsin Yeh, Kechuang Lin
  • Publication number: 20150311389
    Abstract: A nitride light-emitting diode including: a substrate with sub-micro patterns over the surface, which is divided into a growth region and a non-growth region; a growth blocking layer, formed in the non-growth region of the substrate for blocking epitaxial growth in the non-growth region of the substrate; a light-emitting epitaxial layer, comprising an n-type layer, a light-emitting layer and a p-type layer, formed in the growth region of the substrate, which extends to the non-growth region through lateral epitaxy and covers the growth blocking layer; wherein, the refractive index of the growth blocking layer is less than that of the light-emitting epitaxial layer and the growth blocking layer forms undulating morphology along the sub-micro patterns of the substrate, thus increasing light extraction interface of LED, generating refractive index difference between the light-emitting epitaxial layer and the light extraction interface and improving light extraction efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: XIAMEN SANAN OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: WEN-YU LIN, MENG-HSIN YEH, ZHIBAI ZHONG
  • Publication number: 20150270439
    Abstract: An epitaxial structure of light emitting diode with a current modulation layer, and more specifically, a high-resistivity material is injected to change the current conduction path, and implementation of the main structure is to grow a high-resistivity material (e.g., InxAlyGa1-x-yN) over the N-type conductive layer or the P-type conductive layer till part of current conduction path is exposed through high-temperature H2 in-situ etching in the reacting furnace and to grow the N-type or the P-type conductive layer for coverage. This design for forming a current modulation layer without second epitaxial growth provides the injected current with a better spreading path in the N-type conductive layer and the P-type conductive layer, which more effectively and uniformly injects the current to the active layer and improves luminous efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: XIAMEN SANAN OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: WEN-YU LIN, MENG-HSIN YEH, KECHUANG LIN
  • Publication number: 20150053920
    Abstract: A lighting emitting diode including: an n side layer and a p side layer formed by nitride semiconductors respectively; an active layer comprising a nitride semiconductor is between the n side layer and the p side layer; wherein, the n-side layer is successively laminated by an extrinsically-doped buffer layer and a compound multi-current spreading layer; the compound multi-current spreading layer is successively-laminated by a first current spreading layer, a second current spreading layer and a third current spreading layer; the first current spreading layer and the third current spreading layer are alternatively-laminated layers comprising a u-type nitride semiconductor layer and an n-type nitride semiconductor layer; the second current spreading layer is a distributed insulation layer formed on the n-type nitride semiconductor layer; and the first current spreading layer is adjacent to the extrinsically-doped buffer layer; and the third current spreading layer is adjacent to the active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: XIAMEN SANAN OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: MENG-HSIN YEH, JYH-CHIARNG WU
  • Publication number: 20150048379
    Abstract: Disclosed are a light emitting diode having an n-doped ohm contact buffer layer and a manufacturing method therefor. In the present invention, a highly n-doped ohm contact buffer layer with an electronic concentration up to 1×1018 cm3 is formed on the n side of a light emitting epitaxy layer; when a growth substrate is removed, the n-type ohm contact buffer layer on the surface is exposed, which is a no-nitride polarity-face n-type GaN base material with a lower energy gap; an n-type ohm contact electrode is prepared on the n-type ohm contact buffer layer and follows the Ti/Al ohm contact electrode, which can overcome the problem of the existing vertical gallium nitride-based vertical light emitting diode that the voltage of the thin film GaN base light emitting device is unreliable because the ohm contact electrode on the nitride-face GaN base semiconductor layer is easy to crack due to temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Meng-Hsin Yeh, Jyh-Chiarng Wu, Shaohua Huang, Chi-Lun Chou
  • Patent number: 8860044
    Abstract: A nitride light-emitting diode is provided including a current spreading layer. The current spreading layer includes a first layer having a plurality of distributed insulating portions configured to have electrical current flow therebetween; and a second layer including interlaced at least one substantially undoped nitride semiconductor layer and at least one n-type nitride semiconductor layer configured to spread laterally the electrical current from the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Xiamen Sanan Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Meng-hsin Yeh, Jyh-Chiamg Wu, Shao-hua Huang, Chi-lun Chou, Hsing-wei Lu, Kechuang Lin