Patents by Inventor Sheng-Horng Yen

Sheng-Horng Yen 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: 8895328
    Abstract: A fabrication method of a light-emitting device comprises providing a growth substrate; forming a protective layer on a first surface of the growth substrate; and forming a first semiconductor layer on a second surface of the growth substrate opposite to the first surface, wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion of the growth substrate is smaller than that of the protective layer and the first semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Sheng Horng Yen, Yung Hsiang Lin, Ying Yong Su, Han Min Wu
  • Patent number: 8890114
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer; an active layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a first electron blocking layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the active layer; and a second electron blocking layer formed between the second semiconductor layer and the active layer, wherein the thickness of the second electron blocking layer is not equal to that of the first electron blocking layer, and/or the band gap energy of the second electron blocking layer is not equal to that of the first electron blocking layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Sheng-Horng Yen, Ta-Cheng Hsu
  • Patent number: 8704251
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device comprises: a first conductivity type semiconductor layer; a second conductivity type semiconductor layer; and an active region comprising a material having a composition of AlxInyGa(1-x-y)N (0?x?1, 0?y?1, 0?x+y?1) between the first conductivity type semiconductor layer and the second conductivity type semiconductor layer, wherein the active region comprising: a plurality of barriers and one well disposed between any two of adjacent barriers, wherein the barriers comprises a composite barrier and a single barrier while the composite barrier is composed of a gradient layer having an element with a gradient concentration therein and a first non-gradient layer having a non-gradient composition, and the single barrier is composed of a second non-gradient layer adjacent to the first conductivity type semiconductor layer or the second conductivity type semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventor: Sheng-Horng Yen
  • Publication number: 20140103290
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer; a light-emitting layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a first electron blocking layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the light-emitting layer; and a second electron blocking layer formed between the second semiconductor layer and the light-emitting layer, wherein the thickness of the second electron blocking layer is not equal to that of the first electron blocking layer, and/or the band gap energy of the second electron blocking layer is not equal to that of the first electron blocking layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Sheng-Horng YEN, Ta-Cheng Hsu, Yu-Jiun Shen
  • Publication number: 20130280832
    Abstract: A fabrication method of a light-emitting device comprises providing a growth substrate; forming a protective layer on a first surface of the growth substrate; and forming a first semiconductor layer on a second surface of the growth substrate opposite to the first surface, wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion of the growth substrate is smaller than that of the protective layer and the first semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sheng-Horng YEN, Yung-Hsiang Lin, Ying-Yong Su, Han-Min Wu
  • Publication number: 20120007042
    Abstract: A light emitting device comprising a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and a quantum well layer, wherein the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are disposed on the opposite sides of the quantum well layer, the quantum well layer comprising a plurality of quantum well rods which are separated from each other, and each of the quantum well rods has only one quantum well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Hsun HSIEH, Hung-Chih YANG, Ta-Cheng HSU, Shih-Chang LEE, Sheng-Horng YEN, Yung-Hsiang LIN, Shih-Pang CHANG
  • Publication number: 20110175126
    Abstract: A light emitting diode device is provided, which comprises a substrate comprising a first growth surface and a bottom surface opposite to the first growth surface; a dielectric layer with a plurality of openings therein formed on the first growth surface; a plurality of semiconductor nano-scaled structures formed on the substrate protruding through the openings; a layer formed on the plurality of semiconductor nano-scaled structures with a second growth surface substantially parallel with the bottom surface; a light emitting diode structure formed on the second growth surface; wherein the diameters of the openings are smaller than 250 nm, and wherein the diameters of the plurality semiconductor nano-scaled structures are larger than the diameters of the corresponding openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Hung-Chih YANG, Ming-Chi Hsu, Ta-Cheng Hsu, Chih-Chung Yang, Tsung-Yi Tang, Yung-Sheng Chen, Wen-Yu Shiao, Che-Hao Liao, Yu-Jiun Shen, Sheng-Horng Yen