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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:
Aug. 19, 1980
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Baudouin de Cremoux, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
Thomson-CSF, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 19 ; 357 16 ; 357 17 ; 357 18 ; 357 58 ;
Abstract
A light-emitting and light receiving diode comprises an active zone which, in the emitting mode, is the seat of a strong current. The emission surface has a central semiconducting region which channels the current lines and an insulating region transparent to light. In the receiving mode, the photons pass through the entire receiving surface which is none other than the emission surface and the active zone has a sufficient thickness and a sufficiently low doping concentration to be in the space charge state.