Patents by Inventor Rong-Ren LEE

Rong-Ren LEE 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: 9312303
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device comprises the steps of: providing a first substrate; forming a semiconductor structure on the first substrate, wherein the semiconductor structure comprises a first type semiconductor layer, a second type semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the first type semiconductor layer and the second type semiconductor layer; forming an isolation region through the second type semiconductor and the active layer to separate the semiconductor structure into a first part and a second part on the first substrate; and injecting an electrical current with a current density to the second part to make the second part to be permanently broken-down; wherein after the second part is permanently broken-down, the first part is capable of generating electromagnetic radiation and the second part is incapable of generating electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rong-Ren Lee, Cheng-Hong Chen, Chih-Peng Ni, Chun-Yu Lin
  • Publication number: 20160013383
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprising a substrate; a semiconductor stack capable of emitting a light; a first reflecting structure between the substrate and the semiconductor stack to reflect the light; and a second reflecting structure between the substrate and the semiconductor stack, wherein the first reflecting structure has a maximum reflectivity when the light is incident to the first reflecting structure at a first incident angle, the second reflecting structure has a maximum reflectivity when the light is incident to the second reflecting structure at a second incident angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Chien-Ming WU, Rong-Ren LEE, Tzu-Chieh HSU, Ming-Nam CHANG
  • Patent number: 9130107
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device comprises: a substrate; a first light-emitting stack comprising a first active layer; a bonding interface formed between the substrate and the first light-emitting stack; and a contact structure formed on the first light-emitting stack and comprising first, second and third contact layers. Each of the first, second and third contact layers comprises a doping material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Yi Chieh Lin, Rong Ren Lee
  • Patent number: 9035280
    Abstract: A light-emitting device disclosed herein comprises a substrate, an active layer formed on the substrate and including a first quantum well, a second quantum well and a barrier layer disposed between the first quantum well and the second quantum well. The barrier layer includes a first region adjacent to the first quantum well, a third region adjacent to the second quantum well and a second region disposed between the first region and the third region and comprising Sb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rong-Ren Lee, Chien-Fu Huang, Shih-Chang Lee, Yi-Ming Chen, Shiuan-Leh Lin
  • Publication number: 20150060877
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor device comprises a barrier layer, a first semiconductor layer on the barrier layer, the first semiconductor layer comprising a first dopant and a second dopant, and a second semiconductor layer beneath the barrier layer, the second semiconductor comprising the second dopant, wherein, in the first semiconductor layer, a concentration of the first dopant is larger than a concentration of the second dopant, and the concentration of the second dopant in the second semiconductor layer is larger than that in the first semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Tsung-Hsien LIU, Rong-Ren LEE, Shih-Chang LEE
  • Patent number: 8927958
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a carrier; a first light-emitting element formed on a first portion of the carrier, including: a first MQW structure configured to emit a first light with a first dominant wavelength; a second MQW structure configured to emit a second light with a second dominant wavelength on the first MQW structure; wherein the first MQW structure and the second MQW structure both comprise InxGa1-xP or InxGa1-xAs, wherein 0<x<1; and a second light-emitting element, formed on a second portion on of the carrier, including a light-emitting stacked layer configured to emit a third light with a third dominant wavelength, wherein the third light is blue, wherein a difference between the first dominant wavelength and the second dominant wavelength is 5 nm to 30 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: EPISTAR Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Hsun Hsieh, Yi-Chieh Lin, Rong-Ren Lee
  • Patent number: 8889436
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing optoelectronic devices comprising the steps of: providing a common growth substrate; forming a light-emitting epitaxy structure on the common growth substrate; forming a stripping layer on the light-emitting epitaxy structure; forming a solar cell epitaxy structure on the stripping layer; forming an adhesive layer on the solar cell epitaxy structure; proving a solar cell permanent substrate on the adhesive layer; and removing the stripping layer to form a light-emitting device and a solar cell device separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Wu-Tsung Lo, Yu-Chih Yang, Rong-Ren Lee
  • Patent number: 8884267
    Abstract: A light-emitting element, comprises: a first active layer, generating a first light comprising a first dominant wavelength, wherein the first active layer comprises a first quantum well comprising a first quantum-well band gap and a second quantum well comprising a second quantum-well band gap, and the first quantum well and the second quantum well are alternately stacked to form the first active layer, wherein a difference between the first quantum-well band gap and the second quantum-well band gap is between 0.06eV and 0.1eV, and each of the first quantum-well and the second quantum-well is devoid of a barrier; and a second active layer on the first active layer, generating a second light comprising a second dominant wavelength; wherein a difference between the first dominant wavelength and the second dominant wavelength is 150nm to 220nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Chieh Lin, Rong-Ren Lee
  • Patent number: 8829486
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a substrate, and a light-emitting structure formed on the substrate. The light-emitting structure comprises a first active layer emitting the light with a first wavelength, and a second active layer emitting the light with a second wavelength. The light-emitting structure is formed by the first active layer and the second active layer stacked alternately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Rong-Ren Lee, Shih-Chang Lee, Chien-Fu Huang, Tsen-Kuei Wang
  • Publication number: 20140193932
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device comprises the steps of: providing a first substrate; forming a semiconductor structure on the first substrate, wherein the semiconductor structure comprises a first type semiconductor layer, a second type semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the first type semiconductor layer and the second type semiconductor layer; forming an isolation region through the second type semiconductor and the active layer to separate the semiconductor structure into a first part and a second part on the first substrate; and injecting an electrical current with a current density to the second part to make the second part to be permanently broken-down; wherein after the second part is permanently broken-down, the first part is capable of generating electromagnetic radiation and the second part is incapable of generating electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Rong-Ren LEE, Cheng-Hong CHEN, Chih-Peng NI, Chun-Yu LIN
  • Publication number: 20140134783
    Abstract: This application is related to a method of manufacturing a solar cell device comprising providing a substrate comprising Ge or GaAs; forming a first tunnel junction on the substrate, wherein the first tunnel junction comprises a first n-type layer comprising InGaP:Te, and a first alloy layer comprising AlxGa(1-x)As and having a lattice constant; adding a material into the first alloy layer to change the lattice constant; and forming a first p-n junction on the first tunnel junction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rong-Ren LEE, Yung-Szu SU, Shih-Chang LEE
  • Publication number: 20140048768
    Abstract: A light-emitting device disclosed herein comprises a substrate, an active layer formed on the substrate and including a first quantum well, a second quantum well and a barrier layer disposed between the first quantum well and the second quantum well. The barrier layer includes a first region adjacent to the first quantum well, a third region adjacent to the second quantum well and a second region disposed between the first region and the third region and comprising Sb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Rong-Ren LEE, Chien-Fu HUANG, Shih-Chang LEE, Yi-Ming CHEN, Shiuan-Leh LIN
  • Publication number: 20130334551
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprising: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the second surface is opposite to the first surface; a semiconductor structure formed on the first surface of the substrate, comprising a first type semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second type semiconductor layer; and an isolation region separating at least the active layer into a first part and a second part, wherein the first part is capable of generating the electromagnetic radiation, and the second part comprises a breakdown diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rong-Ren LEE, Cheng-Hong CHEN, Chih-Peng NI, Chun-Yu LIN
  • Publication number: 20130286634
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing optoelectronic devices comprising the steps of: providing a common growth substrate; forming a light-emitting epitaxy structure on the common growth substrate; forming a stripping layer on the light-emitting epitaxy structure; forming a solar cell epitaxy structure on the stripping layer; forming an adhesive layer on the solar cell epitaxy structure; proving a solar cell permanent substrate on the adhesive layer; and removing the stripping layer to form a light-emitting device and a solar cell device separately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wu-Tsung LO, Yu-Chih Yang, Rong-Ren Lee
  • Publication number: 20130049042
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device comprises: a substrate; a first light-emitting stack comprising a first active layer; a bonding interface formed between the substrate and the first light-emitting stack; and a contact structure formed on the first light-emitting stack and comprising first, second and third contact layers. Each of the first, second and third contact layers comprises a doping material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Yi Chieh Lin, Rong Ren Lee
  • Publication number: 20130015425
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a substrate; a first light-emitting stacked layer formed on the substrate; a tunneling layer formed on the first light-emitting stacked layer; a second light-emitting stacked layer formed on the tunneling layer; and a contact layer formed on the second light-emitting stacked layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Yi-Chieh Lin, Rong-Ren Lee
  • Publication number: 20120138892
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a substrate, and a light-emitting structure formed on the substrate. The light-emitting structure comprises a first active layer emitting the light with a first wavelength, and a second active layer emitting the light with a second wavelength. The light-emitting structure is formed by the first active layer and the second active layer stacked alternately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Rong-Ren Lee, Shih-Chang Lee, Chien-Fu Huang, Tsen-Kuei Wang
  • Publication number: 20110278537
    Abstract: A semiconductor epitaxial structure includes a substrate; a semiconductor epitaxial stack layers formed on the substrate; and a plurality of semiconductor buffer layers deposited between the substrate and the semiconductor epitaxial layer with a gradually varied composition along one direction; wherein more than one of the semiconductor buffer layers have a patterned surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Shih-Chang Lee, Rong-Ren Lee
  • Publication number: 20110220190
    Abstract: An IMM solar cell includes a substrate, a bottom cell on the substrate; a graded buffer layer on the bottom cell; a middle cell on the graded buffer layer; a top cell on the middle cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Rong-Ren LEE, Shiuan-Leh Lin, Shin-Chang Lee
  • Publication number: 20100175746
    Abstract: This application is related to a tandem solar cell device including a substrate, a first tunnel junction formed on the substrate, and a first p-n junction formed on the first tunnel junction wherein the first tunnel junction including a heavily doped n-type layer and an alloy layer wherein the alloy layer having an element with atomic number larger than that of Gallium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Rong-Ren LEE, Yung-Szu Su, Shih-Chang Lee