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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2000
Shih-Hsiung Chan, Hsinchu, TW;
Jian-Shihn Tsang, Hsinchu, TW;
Jan-Dar Guo, Hsinchu, TW;
Simon M. Sze, Hsinchu, TW;
Other;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a light emitting diode with high luminance and method for making the same, and more particularly to a light emitting diode having a transparent window layer which is formed by a semiconductor film of nitrogen-containing compounds. The present invention is mainly directed to growing a window layer of a light emitting diode with a nitrogen-containing compound on the double heterostructure of InGaAlP. Since the energy gap of the nitrogen-containing compound is greater than that of the light emitted from the active layer and is smaller than that of GaP, it is easily to be doped and to form metallic ohmic electrode. Therefore, it is suitable to form a window layer, thereby increasing the light emitting efficiency of a light emitting diode. In addition, the nitrogen-containing compounds can be formed by the current MBE or OMVPE techniques. Therefore, the light emitting diode can be mass-produced and does have industrial applicability.