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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:
Jul. 30, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Keiji Hirabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257 77 ; 257 76 ; 257 78 ; 257 79 ; 257 80 ; 257 82 ;
Abstract
A diamond semiconductor device has a pn junction formed by a p-type diamond semiconductor portion containing boron as an impurity and an n-type diamond semiconductor portion containing lithium as an impurity. The diamond semiconductor is formed by a diamond crystal growth on a single nucleation site on an insulating substrate. Electroluminescene takes place in the diamond crystal.