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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. 11, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Youichiro Ohuchi, Itami, JP;
Hiroaki Okagawa, Itami, JP;
Shinichi Watabe, Maebaru, JP;
Kazuyuki Tadatomo, Itami, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257 96 ; 257103 ; 257 94 ;
Abstract
A group-III nitride based light emitter such as LED and LD, which has a double heterostructure and which comprises a diffusion suppressive layer between a p-type cladding layer and an active layer. The diode having a diffusion suppressive layer of the present invention has higher luminous intensity, greater forward voltage, and longer lifetime than the conventional diodes.