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GaN Electroluminescent semiconductor device and method for making the same

US4408217A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 4, 1980
Grant dateOct 4, 1983
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Expiry dateDec 4, 2000

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S117/913
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electroluminescent semiconductor device comprising bodies of conductive and resistive crystalline gallium nitride (GaN) which are successively epitaxially deposited on a surface of a heat-treated sapphire substrate, and a body of insulative crystalline gallium nitride epitaxially deposited on the resistive body.

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