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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1999
Jin-Kuo Ho, Taipei, TW;
Chienchia Chiu, Taipei, TW;
Chenn-Shiung Cheng, Hsinchu, TW;
Tse-Jun Chen, Taipei, TW;
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method of fabricating a ridge waveguide semiconductor light-emitting device is provided in which an oxide semiconductor having a heavy carrier concentration serves as the interface of the metal layer and the epitaxial layer to make the current flow through the ridge waveguide. This invention forms an oxide semiconductor having a heavy carrier concentration thereon after finishing the basic structure of a ridge waveguide semiconductor light-emitting device, then forms a metal layer to conduct current. Since the carrier concentration at the surface of the ridge waveguide is higher than that at the inner portion, the current primarily flows through the interface of the oxide semiconductor having a heavy carrier concentration and the vertex of the ridge waveguide. Thus the current is restricted to only flow through the vertex of the ridge waveguide.