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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:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yang Yang, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257 40 ; 257 10 ; 257 82 ; 257 84 ; 257734 ;
Abstract
An ohmic hole injecting electrode or contact for diode structures is disclosed. It is formed of multilayer composite materials and gives superior results in this application. The composite materials include a layer of a high work function inorganic material and a layer of conductive polyaniline ('PANI'). In preferred embodiments, the anode has substantial transparency. These preferred materials can function as transparent electrodes in light-related diodes such as LEDs and photovoltaic cells where they exhibit lower turn on voltages and higher efficiencies.