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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
May. 20, 1998
Lung-Chien Chen, Tao-Yuan Hsien, TW;
Kun-Chuan Lin, Taipei, TW;
Visual Photonics Epitaxy Co., Ltd., Taoyuan, TW;
Abstract
A light-emitting diode having a transparent substrate contains a transparent GaP substrate having a first lattice constant, a first ohmic contact to the GaP substrate, a buffer layer having a graded lattice constant which gradually changes from a first lattice constant to a second lattice constant, a light generating region formed on the buffer layer and having the second lattice constant, and a second ohmic contact formed on the light generating region. In the present invention, light emitted to the substrate is not absorbed by the transparent substrate. Therefore, the brightness of the LED is increased and the V.sub.f value is not increased.