Company patents
EPISTAR CORPORATION
EPISTAR CORPORATION's patent strategy shows a significant shift away from its traditional stronghold in "LED & Optoelectronics (Legacy CPC)", which constitutes 66.5% of its portfolio but has seen a dramatic decline of -74.7% in 2025 and -100.0% so far in 2026. This decline is surprising given the company's historical focus, while emerging interests are seen in "Photovoltaic / Photoconductive Devices" with a 50.0% YoY growth in 2026 (albeit with partial data) and a new focus on "Light-Emitting Devices (LEDs)" which emerged with 37 patents in 2025.
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Yearly patent publications since 2023
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328 US filings (since 2023) · 12 categories · 18 themes
Innovations in the internal design of individual light-emitting diode chips or packages, focusing on semiconductor layer arrangements, electrode configurations, reflective elements, and light extraction features.
Methods and structures for mass-producing and assembling arrays of micro-LEDs onto a substrate, including transfer processes, bonding techniques, and defect management.
Development and optimization of the semiconductor material layers and their interfaces within an LED to control light emission properties, manage internal stress, and improve device efficiency.
Optical structures and lens designs that improve light extraction efficiency from LED dies and modules, including diffractive films, micro-lens arrays, reflectors, and color-conversion layers.
Techniques for manufacturing semiconductor laser chips, including active region design, mirror structures, current and optical confinement, and the integration of multiple layers or elements on a substrate.
Physical layout and material composition of individual pixels within a display panel, including active layers, electrodes, light-emitting elements (LEDs, OLEDs), and associated thin-film transistors (TFTs).
Techniques for stacking multiple semiconductor dies or active layers vertically to achieve higher density and shorter interconnections, often utilizing through-silicon vias (TSVs) or other vertical conductive paths like through-hole electrodes.
Methods and structures for assembling laser chips into functional modules, encompassing optical alignment, electrical interconnection, mechanical support, thermal management, and encapsulation for protection.
LED devices and display systems designed to emit or utilize light across different spectral ranges, including visible and invisible light, or to create specific illumination patterns and immersive lighting experiences.
Design and implementation of circuits and layouts for driving individual pixels or rows/columns of pixels, including gate drivers, data drivers, pixel driving circuits, and their integration onto the display substrate, often in non-display regions.
The design and manufacturing of integrated circuits that combine optical and electronic components, particularly for high-speed data communication between processors and memory.
Techniques and structural designs for assembling multiple display modules or panels to create a larger, continuous display with minimized visible seams, uniform light emission, and robust mechanical integrity.
Focuses on novel semiconductor materials, heterostructures, and doping profiles to improve photovoltaic conversion efficiency, stability, and spectral response.
Specialized design and fabrication of light-emitting diodes specifically engineered to produce light in the deep ultraviolet (DUV) spectrum, often for applications like sterilization or curing.
Focuses on advanced pixel architectures, often involving vertical stacking (3D) or silicon-on-insulator (SOI) structures, to improve performance, density, or functionality of photodiodes, transistors, and floating diffusion regions within image sensor pixels.
Systems that incorporate solar panels as a primary or auxiliary power source for various applications, including visual displays, remote devices, and portable battery charging, often emphasizing efficiency and adaptability.
Methods for temporarily attaching a wafer or substrate to a carrier for thinning, dicing, or other processing, followed by controlled debonding, often using light-sensitive resins, temporary adhesives, or roughened interfaces.
Development of novel materials and designs for bonding, sealing, and underfill applications, focusing on improving mechanical integrity, electrical performance, and preventing defects like cracks or delamination in chip-to-chip connections.
Patents
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Micro-LED Array Fabrication