Patent · US Expired

Optoelectronic device having a P-contact and an N-contact located over a same side of a substrate and a method of manufacture therefor

US6625367B2 · kind B2 · utility

5Cited by
7References
17Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 21, 2001
Grant dateSep 23, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 4, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/0422
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides an optoelectronic device that includes an optical active layer formed over a substrate and an active region formed in the optical active layer. The optoelectronic device further includes a P-contact and an N-contact formed over a same side of the substrate and associated with the active region, the N-contact is located within a trench formed in the optical active layer and contacts the substrate within the trench.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.