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US 5,329,135 AGranted
Light emitting device for achieving high luminous efficiency and high saturation level of light output
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorTomoji Terakado
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Abstract
A light emitting device has an indium gallium arsenide phosphide luminescent layer between a first clad layer of n-type indium phosphide and a second clad layer of p-type indium phosphide, and a strained barrier layer of p-type indium aluminum arsenide is inserted between the luminescent layer and the second clad layer so as to increase the potential barrier therebetween, thereby improving the luminous efficiency and the saturation point of the light output.
Claims6
A light emitting device, comprising:
- a) a substrate formed of indium phosphide of a first conductivity type;
- b) a first clad layer formed on said substrate and of indium phosphide of said first conductivity type;
- c) a luminescent layer formed on said first clad layer, and having a luminescent film of indium gallium arsenic phosphide compound semiconductor;
- d) a strained barrier layer formed on said luminescent layer and of indium aluminum arsenide of a second conductivity type expressed by the molecular formula of In.sub.1-x A1.sub.x As where x ranges between 0.48 and 1.00, said second conductivity type being opposite to said first conductivity type, said strained barrier layer being formed separately from said luminescent layer;
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- e) a second clad layer formed on said strained barrier layer and of indium phosphide of said second conductivity type.
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A light emitting device comprising:
- a) a substrate formed of indium phosphide of a first conductivity type;
- b) a first clad layer formed on said substrate and of indium phosphide of said first conductivity type;
- c) a luminescent layer formed on said first clad layer, and having a luminescent film of indium gallium arsenide compound semiconductor;
- d) a strained barrier layer formed on said luminescent layer and of indium aluminum arsenide of a second conductivity type expressed by the molecular formula of In.sub.1-x A1.sub.x As where x ranges between 0.48 and 1.00, said second conductivity type being opposite to said first conductivity type, said strained barrier layer being formed separately from said luminescent layer;
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- e) a second clad layer formed on said strained barrier layer and of indium phosphide of said second conductivity type.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.