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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:
Feb. 13, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257 88 ; 257 89 ; 257 83 ; 257 84 ; 257918 ; 327514 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor light emitting device of this invention has more than three light emitting diodes which includes a pair of diodes connected parallel in the reverse direction for each other. A common terminal connecting each one of electrodes of all diodes, the first terminal in which the other electrodes of the diode pair is connected, and the second terminal in which the other electrode of the rest diode is connected, are provide in order to drive the diodes separately.