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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:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Louis Pautrat, Grenoble, FR;
Hélène Ulmer, Venon, FR;
Noël Magnea, Moivuus, FR;
Emmanuel Hadji, Fonzaine, FR;
Assignee:
Commissariat a l′Energie Atomique, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/300 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns a light emitting and guiding device comprising at least one active region ( ) in silicon and the means for creating photons in the said active region. In accordance with the invention, the means for creating the photons comprise a diode ( ) formed in the active region. In addition, the device includes the means for confining the carriers injected by the diode, and the silicon in the active region is mono-crystalline.