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Group-III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device

US6153894A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 12, 1999
Grant dateNov 28, 2000
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/3425
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Light-emitting device with excellent emission intensity is difficult to obtain when gallium indium nitride with high indium composition ratio and poor crystallinity is employed as active layer for group-III nitride light-emitting device to emit a comparatively long wavelength light. The invention provides a light-emitting layer on a super lattice structure as a base layer, and crystallinity of the light-emitting layer is then improved. Furthermore, abruptness of a crystal composition at an interface of the light-emitting layer and an upper junction layer is achieved, thus forming a bending portion of a band structure expedient for allowing the emitting-layer to emit a light with a long wavelength.

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