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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:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
May. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257101 ; 257103 ; 257 98 ; 257201 ; 257615 ; 257 97 ;
Abstract
An active layer is sandwiched between the n-type cladding layer and the p-type cladding layer, forming a light emitting layer forming portion. The n-type cladding layer has a carrier concentration of non-doped or less than 5.times.10.sup.17 cm.sup.-3 on a side thereof close to the active layer, and a carrier concentration of 7.times.10.sup.17 -7.times.10.sup.18 cm .sup.-3 on a side thereof remote from the active layer. With this structure, it is possible to suppress to a minimum the deterioration of crystallinity at an interface between the active layer and the n-type cladding layer as well as in the active layer. thereby providing a semiconductor light emitting device high in brightness.