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III-nitride light emitting diode

US6858866B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 4, 2002
Grant dateFeb 22, 2005
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Expiry dateFeb 14, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10H20/825
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention, a III-nitride light emitting diode (LED) and a manufacture method thereof, forms a magnetic metal layer in a conventional III-nitride LED by the method of thermal evaporation, e-beam evaporation, ion sputtering, or electroplate. Due to the eddy current effect, heat is generated by using electromagnetic oven inducing with electromagnetic wave to activate the p-type semiconductor material in III-nitride LED. The present invention has advantages of providing the equipments of simple structure and low cost. The contact resistance between the semiconductors and electrodes is reduced while the III-nitride compound semiconductor material is activated.

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