Patents by Inventor Tao-Chi Chang

Tao-Chi Chang 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: 20220029055
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a substrate having a top surface, wherein the top surface comprises a first portion and a second portion; a first semiconductor stack on the first portion, comprising a first upper surface and a first side wall; and a second semiconductor stack on the first upper surface, comprising a second upper surface and a second side wall, and wherein the second side wall connects the first upper surface; wherein the first semiconductor stack comprises a dislocation stop layer; wherein the dislocation stop layer comprises AlGaN; and wherein the first side wall and the second portion of the top surface form an acute angle a between thereof
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Yen-Tai CHAO, Sen-Jung HSU, Tao-Chi CHANG, Wei-Chih WEN, Ou CHEN, Yu-Shou WANG, Chun-Hsiang TU, Jing-Feng HUANG
  • Patent number: 11158762
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate having a top surface, wherein the top surface includes a first portion and a second portion; a first semiconductor stack on the first portion, including a first upper surface and a first side wall; and a second semiconductor stack on the first upper surface, including a second upper surface and a second side wall, and wherein the second side wall connects the first upper surface; wherein the first semiconductor stack includes a dislocation stop layer; and wherein the first side wall and the second portion of the top surface form an acute angle ? between thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yen-Tai Chao, Sen-Jung Hsu, Tao-Chi Chang, Wei-Chih Wen, Ou Chen, Yu-Shou Wang, Chun-Hsiang Tu, Jing-Feng Huang
  • Patent number: 10790412
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a light-emitting device includes steps of: providing a substrate with a top surface, wherein the top surface comprises a plurality of concavo-convex structures; forming a semiconductor stack on the top surface; forming a trench in the semiconductor stack to define a plurality of second semiconductor stacks and expose a first upper surface; forming a scribing region which extends from the first upper surface into the semiconductor stack and exposes a side surface of the semiconductor stack to define a plurality of first semiconductor stacks; removing a portion of the plurality of first semiconductor stacks and a portion of the concavo-convex structures trough the region to form a first side wall of each of the first semiconductor stack; and dividing the substrate along the region; wherein the first side wall and the top surface form an acute angle ? between thereof, 30°???80°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yen-Tai Chao, Sen-Jung Hsu, Tao-Chi Chang, Wei-Chih Wen, Ou Chen, Chun-Hsiang Tu, Yu-Shou Wang, Jing-Feng Huang
  • Publication number: 20200303587
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate having a top surface, wherein the top surface includes a first portion and a second portion; a first semiconductor stack on the first portion, including a first upper surface and a first side wall; and a second semiconductor stack on the first upper surface, including a second upper surface and a second side wall, and wherein the second side wall connects the first upper surface; wherein the first semiconductor stack includes a dislocation stop layer; and wherein the first side wall and the second portion of the top surface form an acute angle ? between thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Yen-Tai CHAO, Sen-Jung HSU, Tao-Chi CHANG, Wei-Chih WEN, Ou CHEN, Yu-Shou Wang, Chun-Hsiang TU, Jing-Feng Huang
  • Patent number: 10714657
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate having a top surface, wherein the top surface includes a first portion and a second portion; a first semiconductor stack including a first upper surface and a first side wall, wherein the first semiconductor stack is on the first portion; a second semiconductor stack including a second upper surface and a second side wall, wherein the second semiconductor stack is on the first upper surface, and wherein the second side wall is devoid of connecting the first side wall; a plurality of first concavo-convex structures on the first portion; and a plurality of second concavo-convex structures on the second portion; wherein the first side wall and the second portion of the top surface form an acute angle ? between thereof; and wherein the second concavo-convex structures have smaller size than that of the first concavo-convex structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yen-Tai Chao, Sen-Jung Hsu, Tao-Chi Chang, Wei-Chih Wen, Ou Chen, Yu-Shou Wang, Chun-Hsiang Tu, Jing-Feng Huang
  • Publication number: 20190157507
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a light-emitting device includes steps of: providing a substrate with a top surface, wherein the top surface comprises a plurality of concavo-convex structures; forming a semiconductor stack on the top surface; forming a trench in the semiconductor stack to define a plurality of second semiconductor stacks and expose a first upper surface; forming a scribing region which extends from the first upper surface into the semiconductor stack and exposes a side surface of the semiconductor stack to define a plurality of first semiconductor stacks; removing a portion of the plurality of first semiconductor stacks and a portion of the concavo-convex structures trough the region to form a first side wall of each of the first semiconductor stack; and dividing the substrate along the region; wherein the first side wall and the top surface form an acute angle ? between thereof, 30°???80°
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Yen-Tai CHAO, Sen-Jung HSU, Tao-Chi CHANG, Wei-Chih WEN, Ou CHEN, Chun-Hsiang TU
  • Patent number: 10236413
    Abstract: A light-emitting device including a substrate having a top surface, a side surface and a roughed surface between the top surface and the side surface, wherein the top surface includes a first portion and a second portion; a first semiconductor stack including a first upper surface and a first side wall, wherein the first semiconductor stack is on the second portion and exposes the first portion; a second semiconductor stack including a second side wall, wherein the second semiconductor stack is on the first upper surface and exposes an exposing portion of the first upper surface; wherein the first side wall and the first portion of the top surface form an acute angle ? between thereof, and the second side wall and the exposing portion of the first upper surface form an obtuse angle ? between thereof; and wherein the roughed surface is connected to the top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yen-Tai Chao, Sen-Jung Hsu, Tao-Chi Chang, Wei-Chih Wen, Ou Chen, Chun-Hsiang Tu
  • Publication number: 20180374990
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate having a top surface, wherein the top surface includes a first portion and a second portion; a first semiconductor stack including a first upper surface and a first side wall, wherein the first semiconductor stack is on the first portion; a second semiconductor stack including a second upper surface and a second side wall, wherein the second semiconductor stack is on the first upper surface, and wherein the second side wall is devoid of connecting the first side wall; a plurality of first concavo-convex structures on the first portion; and a plurality of second concavo-convex structures on the second portion; wherein the first side wall and the second portion of the top surface form an acute angle ? between thereof; and wherein the second concavo-convex structures have smaller size than that of the first concavo-convex structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Yen-Tai CHAO, Sen-Jung HSU, Tao-Chi CHANG, Wei-Chih WEN, Ou CHEN, Yu-Shou Wang, Chun-Hsiang TU, Jing-Feng Huang
  • Patent number: 10069037
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a substrate having an top surface; a first semiconductor stack comprising a first upper surface and a first side wall, wherein the first semiconductor stack is on the top surface and exposes an exposing portion of the top surface; a second semiconductor stack comprising a second side wall, wherein the second semiconductor stack is on the first upper surface and exposes an exposing portion of the first upper surface; wherein the first side wall and the exposing portion of the top surface form an acute angle ? between thereof, and the second side wall and the exposing portion of the first upper surface form an obtuse angle ? between thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yen-Tai Chao, Sen-Jung Hsu, Tao-Chi Chang, Wei-Chih Wen, Ou Chen, Yu-Shou Wang, Chun-Hsiang Tu, Jing-Feng Huang
  • Publication number: 20170179341
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a light-emitting device comprising a first light semiconductor stack and a second semiconductor stack on thereof comprises steps of: providing a substrate with a top surface; forming a semiconductor stack on the substrate; forming a trench in the semiconductor stack to define multiple second semiconductor stacks and expose a first upper surface; forming a scribing region in the first upper surface to define multiple first semiconductor stacks; etching the scribing region to form a first side wall of each of the first semiconductor stack; and dividing the substrate along the scribing region to form multiple light-emitting devices, wherein the first side wall and the top surface form an acute angle ? between thereof, and 30°???80°, and a side surface of the substrate directly connects the top surface after the dividing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Yen-Tai CHAO, Sen-Jung HSU, Tao-Chi CHANG, Wei-Chih WEN, Ou CHEN, Chun-Hsiang TU
  • Publication number: 20170040491
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a substrate having an top surface; a first semiconductor stack comprising a first upper surface and a first side wall, wherein the first semiconductor stack is on the top surface and exposes an exposing portion of the top surface; a second semiconductor stack comprising a second side wall, wherein the second semiconductor stack is on the first upper surface and exposes an exposing portion of the first upper surface; wherein the first side wall and the exposing portion of the top surface form an acute angle a between thereof, and the second side wall and the exposing portion of the first upper surface form an obtuse angle ? between thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Yen-Tai CHAO, Sen-Jung HSU, Tao-Chi CHANG, Wei-Chih WEN, Ou CHEN, Yu-Shou WANG, Chun-Hsiang TU, Jing-Feng HUANG
  • Publication number: 20110272727
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode and method for manufacturing the same are described. The light-emitting diode comprises: a conductive substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a reflector structure comprising a conductive reflector layer bonding to the first surface of the conductive substrate and a conductive distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) structure stacked on the conductive reflector layer; an illuminant epitaxial structure disposed on the reflector structure; a first electrode disposed on a portion of the illuminant epitaxial structure; and a second electrode bonded to the second surface of the conductive substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Tsung Su, Chun-Lung Tseng, Ching-Wei Chiu, Tao-Chi Chang, Chan-Yang Lu, Jia-Ming Yu, Yi-Chang Yu, Yu-Chen Yang