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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:
Dec. 13, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257 99 ; 257734 ; 257743 ; 257744 ;
Abstract
An ohmic electrode to p-type II-VI compound semiconductor and its fabricating method are disclosed. The ohmic electrode comprises: a layer made of Pd or an alloy containing Pd; and a metal layer provided thereon. The fabricating method of an ohmic electrode comprises the steps of: providing a layer made of Pd or an alloy containing Pd on a p-type II-VI compound semiconductor layer; and providing a metal layer on the layer made of Pd or an alloy containing Pd. Light emitting devices such as a semiconductor laser and a light emitting diode which use the ohmic electrode as the p-side electrode are also disclosed.