Patents by Inventor Tsun-Kai Ko

Tsun-Kai Ko 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: 10199544
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a semiconductor stack comprising a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a first pad on the semiconductor stack; a second pad on the semiconductor stack, wherein the first pad and the second pad are separated from each other with a distance, which define a region between the first pad and the second pad on the semiconductor stack; and multiple vias penetrating the active layer to expose the first semiconductor layer, wherein the first pad and the second pad are formed on regions other than the multiple vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao-Hsing Chen, Jia-Kuen Wang, Tzu-Yao Tseng, Bo-Jiun Hu, Tsung-Hsun Chiang, Wen-Hung Chuang, Kuan-Yi Lee, Yu-Ling Lin, Chien-Fu Shen, Tsun-Kai Ko
  • Publication number: 20190035846
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light-emitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20180315889
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a rectangular shape with a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, and a third side connecting the first side and the second side; a light-emitting stack, comprising a lower semiconductor layer, an upper semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the lower semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer; a first electrode formed on the lower semiconductor layer, comprising a first electrode pad and a first extension electrode; a second electrode formed on the upper semiconductor layer, comprising a second electrode pad and a second extension electrode; and a first current blocking layer formed between the lower semiconductor layer and the first electrode pad, wherein the first current blocking layer comprises a top surface and side surfaces; wherein the first electrode pad covers the top surface and the side surfaces of the first current blocking layer and contacts the lower semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Chien-Kai CHUNG, Po-Shun CHIU, Hsin-Ying WANG, De-Shan KUO, Tsun-Kai KO, Yu-Ting HUANG
  • Patent number: 10062730
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device includes a substrate; a first light-emitting unit and a second light-emitting unit, separately formed on the substrate; a trench between the first and the second light-emitting units, including a bottom portion exposing the substrate; an insulating layer, comprising a first part formed on the first light-emitting unit or the second light-emitting unit, and a second part conformably formed on the trench covering the bottom portion and sidewalls of the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit; and an electrical connection, electrically connecting the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit, comprising a bridging portion formed on the second part of the insulating layer, and only covering a portion of the trench; and a joining portion, extending from the bridging portion and formed on the first part of the insulating layer; wherein the bridging portion is wider than the joining portion in a top view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 10056525
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a rectangular shape with a 1st side, a 2nd side opposite to the 1st side, and a 3rd side connecting the 1st and the 2nd sides; a first electrode pad formed adjacent to the 3rd side; a second electrode pad formed adjacent to the 2nd side; a first extension electrode, extending from the first electrode pad in a direction away from the 3rd side and bended toward the 2nd side; and a second extension electrode, including a first and a second branches respectively extending from the second electrode pad; wherein a distance between the first electrode pad and the 3rd side is smaller than a distance between the second electrode pad and the 3rd side; wherein an end portion of the first branch includes a first arc bending to the 3rd side and a minimum distance between the first branch and the 1st side is smaller than a minimum distance between the second branch and the 1st side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Kai Chung, Po-Shun Chiu, Hsin-Ying Wang, De-Shan Kuo, Tsun-Kai Ko, Yu-Ting Huang
  • Publication number: 20180233631
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a semiconductor stack comprising a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a first pad on the semiconductor stack; a second pad on the semiconductor stack, wherein the first pad and the second pad are separated from each other with a distance, which define a region between the first pad and the second pad on the semiconductor stack; and multiple vias penetrating the active layer to expose the first semiconductor layer, wherein the first pad and the second pad are formed on regions other than the multiple vias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Chao-Hsing CHEN, Jia-Kuen WANG, Tzu-Yao TSENG, Bo-Jiun HU, Tsung-Hsun CHIANG, Wen-Hung CHUANG, Kuan-Yi LEE, Yu-Ling LIN, Chien-Fu SHEN, Tsun-Kai KO
  • Publication number: 20180151516
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light emitting device including an LED array including a plurality of LED cells connected in series disposed on a single substrate; wherein each LED cell includes a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge, and wherein the LED array includes a first LED and a second LED, the first edge of the first LED is adjacent to the third edge of the second LED; a first trench, disposed between the first LED cell and the second LED; and a first conducting metal, disposed on the first trench, the first edge of the first LED and the third edge of the second LED, and electrically connecting the first LED and the second LED in series; wherein the first LED and/or the second LED includes a round corner in a top view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Chao Hsing Chen, Chien Fu Shen, Tsun Kai Ko, Schang Jing Hon, Hsin Mao Liu
  • Publication number: 20180145228
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a semiconductor stack comprising a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a first pad on the semiconductor stack; a second pad on the semiconductor stack, wherein the first pad and the second pad are separated from each other with a distance, which define a region between the first pad and the second pad on the semiconductor stack; and multiple vias penetrating the active layer to expose the first semiconductor layer, wherein the first pad and the second pad are formed on regions other than the multiple vias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Chao-Hsing CHEN, Jia-Kuen WANG, Tzu-Yao TSENG, Bo-Jiun HU, Tsung-Hsun CHIANG, Wen-Hung CHUANG, Kuan-Yi LEE, Yu-Ling LIN, Chien-Fu SHEN, Tsun-Kai KO
  • Publication number: 20180130933
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device includes a light-emitting diode, a pad electrically connected to the active layer, a metal bump formed on the pad, and a reflective insulation layer. The metal bump has a first side surface and a first bottom surface, wherein the first bottom surface comprises a curved boundary, a longer axis, and a shorter axis. The reflective insulation layer is directly contacting the first side surface, and exposing the first bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Jai-Tai Kuo, Min-Hsun Hsieh, Lung-Kuan Lai, Wei-Kang Cheng, Chien-Liang Liu, Yih-Hua Renn, Shou-Lung Chen, Tsun-Kai Ko, Chi-Chih Pu
  • Publication number: 20180114880
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor device comprises a substrate; a semiconductor system including a first conductivity layer and a second conductivity layer, wherein the second conductivity layer comprises a top surface, and in a top view of the semiconductor system, an outline of the first conductivity layer surrounds an outline of the second conductivity layer; a first electrical connector on the first conductivity layer; a second electrical connector comprising a top view shape and directly contacting the second conductivity layer; a contact layer contacting the top surface of the second conductivity layer and having an outer perimeter at an inner side of the outline of the second conductivity layer in the top view of the semiconductor system; and a discontinuous region contacting the top surface of the second conductivity layer, wherein the contact layer covers a top surface and sidewalls of the discontinuous region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Tsun-Kai KO, Schang-Jing HON, Chien-Kai CHUNG, Hui-Chun YEH, An-Ju LIN, Chien-Fu SHEN, Chen OU
  • Publication number: 20180076358
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device, comprising a first semiconductor layer comprising four boundaries comprising two longer sides and two shorter sides; a second semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer; and a plurality of first conductive type electrodes formed on the first semiconductor layer, wherein one first part of the plurality of first conductive type electrodes is formed on a corner constituted by one of the two longer sides and one of the two shorter sides, and wherein one fourth part of the plurality of first conductive type electrodes is formed along the one of the two longer sides, the one fourth part of the plurality of first conductive type electrodes comprises a head portion and a tail portion, the head portion comprises a width larger than that of the tail portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Chao-Hsing CHEN, Jia-Kuen WANG, Chien-Chih LIAO, Tzu-Yao TSENG, Tsun-Kai KO, Chien-Fu SHEN
  • Publication number: 20180069155
    Abstract: A light-emitting device, comprises a semiconductor light emitting stack; and an electrode on the semiconductor light emitting stack, the electrode comprising an adhesion layer, comprising chromium (Cr) or rhodium (Rh); a mirror layer, formed on the adhesion layer and comprising silver (Ag) or aluminum (Al); a barrier layer, formed on the mirror layer and comprising a first pair of metal layers, wherein the first pair of metal layers comprises a first metal layer and a second metal layer different from the first metal layer; and a bonding layer, formed on the barrier layer and comprising gold (Au), wherein from a cross-sectional view, the barrier layer fully covers the mirror layer and the adhesion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Chun-Teng KO, De-Shan KUO, Chien-Kai CHUNG, Tsun-Kai KO
  • Patent number: 9893241
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a semiconductor stack comprising a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a first pad on the semiconductor stack; a second pad on the semiconductor stack, wherein the first pad and the second pad are separated from each other with a distance, which define a region between the first pad and the second pad on the semiconductor stack; and multiple vias penetrating the active layer to expose the first semiconductor layer, wherein the first pad and the second pad are formed on regions other than the multiple vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao-Hsing Chen, Jia-Kuen Wang, Tzu-Yao Tseng, Bo-Jiun Hu, Tsung-Hsun Chiang, Wen-Hung Chuang, Kuan-Yi Lee, Yu-Ling Lin, Chien-Fu Shen, Tsun-Kai Ko
  • Patent number: 9893024
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light emitting device including a serially-connected LED array comprising a plurality of LED cells on a substrate. The serially-connected LED array includes a first LED cell, a second LED cell, and a serially-connected LED sub-array comprising at least three LED cells intervening between the first and second LED cell; and a plurality of conducting metals formed on the LED cells to electrically connect the plurality of LED cell in series; wherein among the LED sub-array which are continuously and sequentially connected by the conducting metals, each LED cell connects to a previous LED cell by a first connecting direction and connects to a next LED cell by a second connecting direction, the first connecting direction is not parallel to the second connecting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Inventors: Chao Hsing Chen, Chien Fu Shen, Tsun Kai Ko, Schang Jing Hon, Hsin Mao Liu
  • Patent number: 9887320
    Abstract: A light-emitting element, includes a substrate; a light-emitting stack formed on the substrate, including a triangular upper surface parallel to the substrate, having three sides and three vertexes; a first electrode formed on the light-emitting stack and located near a first vertex of the three vertexes of the triangular upper surface; and a second electrode formed on the light-emitting stack; including two second electrode pads respectively located near other two vertexes of the three vertexes; and a second electrode extending part extending from the second electrode pads, disposed along the three sides of the triangular upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Hsin-Ying Wang, De-Shan Kuo, Wen-Hung Chuang, Tsun-Kai Ko, Chia-Chen Tsai, Chyi-Yang Sheu, Chun-Chang Chen
  • Patent number: 9876146
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor device comprises a substrate; a semiconductor system including a first conductivity layer, a second conductivity layer, and a conversion unit between the first conductivity layer and the second conductivity layer, wherein the first conductivity layer is closer to the substrate than the second conductivity layer is to the substrate, and the second conductivity layer comprises a top surface perpendicular to a thickness direction of the semiconductor system, and in a top view of the semiconductor system, an outline of the first conductivity layer surrounds an outline of the second conductivity layer; a first electrical connector on the first conductivity layer of the semiconductor system; a second electrical connector comprising a shape formed on the second conductivity layer of the semiconductor system; and a contact layer formed on the top surface of the second conductivity layer and having an outer perimeter at an inner side of the outline of the second conductivity layer in th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsun-Kai Ko, Schang-Jing Hon, Chien-Kai Chung, Hui-Chun Yeh, An-Ju Lin, Chien-Fu Shen, Chen Ou
  • Patent number: D808913
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hui-Chun Yeh, Chien-Fu Shen, Tsun-Kai Ko
  • Patent number: D810704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Hui-Chun Yeh, Chien-Fu Shen, Tsun-Kai Ko
  • Patent number: D824864
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao Hsing Chen, Tsung Hsun Chiang, Chien Chih Liao, Wen Hung Chuang, Min Yen Tsai, Bo Jiun Hu, Tzu Yao Tseng, Jia Kuen Wang, Tsun Kai Ko, Chien Fu Shen, Kuan Yi Lee
  • Patent number: D844575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hui-Chun Yeh, Jhih-Yong Yang, Chien-Fu Shen, Tsun-Kai Ko