Diamond ultraviolet light-emitting device
US7009219B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 7, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05B33/145
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A small, simple current-injection diamond ultraviolet light-emitting device comprising a high-quality diamond grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method (1), a surface conductive layer (2) provided on the surface of the diamond, and electrodes (4, 5) provided on the surface conductive layer. The device is a free-exciton recombination emission diamond ultraviolet light-emitting device comprising a CVD diamond crystal where the free-exciton recombination radiation (235 nm) caused by current injection is dominant.
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