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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frederick David King, Smith Falls, CA;
Assignee:
Northern Electric Company Limited, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 19 ; 357 16 ; 357 18 ; 3501 / ;
Abstract
An optical modulator comprises a metal insulator semiconductor diode having a predetermined reverse bias. In a particular form the modulator comprises an active layer and a confining layer epitaxially grown sequentially on a substrate. In a particular application a monolithic light emitting diode -- modulator structure can be formed.