US 12,230,740 B2
Light-emitting device and manufacturing method thereof
Jhih-Yong Yang, Hsinchu (TW); Hsin-Ying Wang, Hsinchu (TW); De-Shan Kuo, Hsinchu (TW); Chao-Hsing Chen, Hsinchu (TW); Yi-Hung Lin, Hsinchu (TW); Meng-Hsiang Hong, Hsinchu (TW); Kuo-Ching Hung, Hsinchu (TW); and Cheng-Lin Lu, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to EPISTAR CORPORATION, Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by EPISTAR CORPORATION, Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/237,825.
Claims priority of application No. 109113677 (TW), filed on Apr. 23, 2020; and application No. 109127657 (TW), filed on Aug. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0336090 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. H01L 33/46 (2010.01); H01L 27/15 (2006.01); H01L 33/10 (2010.01); H01L 33/38 (2010.01); H01L 33/62 (2010.01)
CPC H01L 33/46 (2013.01) [H01L 27/156 (2013.01); H01L 33/10 (2013.01); H01L 33/382 (2013.01); H01L 33/62 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light-emitting device, comprising:
a semiconductor stack comprising a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and an active area between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, wherein the first semiconductor layer comprising an upper surface;
multiple exposed regions formed in the semiconductor stack to expose the upper surface, wherein in a top view, the multiple exposed regions are disposed in an inner region of the semiconductor stack;
a first reflective structure formed on the second semiconductor layer and comprising multiple openings and a periphery surrounding the multiple openings, wherein in the top view, a shortest gap between one of the multiple openings and one of the multiple exposed regions is d1, and a shortest gap between two adjacent openings of the multiple openings is d2, and d1 is greater than d2;
a second metal reflective structure formed on the first reflective structure, filled in the multiple openings, and electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer; and
a first protective layer covering the multiple exposed regions and a portion of the second semiconductor layer, and directly and physically contacting the semiconductor stack, wherein the first protective layer comprises an end portion contacting the upper surface and extending beyond a portion of the periphery of the first reflective structure in a cross-sectional view;
wherein the first reflective structure comprises dielectric material.