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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. 02, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Curtis D Moyer, Phoenix, AZ (US);
James E Jaskie, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Ronald N Legge, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257 13 ; 257 77 ; 257 94 ;
Abstract
A light emitting diode including a carrier injection layer of semiconductor material, such as diamond, and a light emitting layer of polycrystalline phosphor, such as zinc oxide, positioned to form a diode junction therebetween. The semiconductor material being selected to have a wider bandgap than the polycrystalline phosphor and the materials being further selected to minimize the discontinuities at the junction which would cause energy spikes.