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Semi-conductive radiation source

Assignee: H P ASSOCIATES
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Filing: 1963-11-27
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Granted: 1967-09-19
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Expires: 1983-11-27
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Luechinger Herman
  • 👤 Egon E Loebner

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 22:15
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10H; H10H20/00; H10H20/80; H10H20/81; H10H20/813; H10H20/819; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S148/00; Y10S148/056; Y10S148/135

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 137 words
AN ELECTROLUMINOR COMPRISING A BODY OF SEMI-CONDUCTOR MATERIAL INCLUDING CONTIGUOUS LAYERS OF P-MATERIAL AND N-MATERIAL FORMING A P-N JUNCTION THEREBETWEEN, A PLURALITY OF RECESSES IN THE OUTER SURFACE OF ONE OF THE LAYERS WHICH EXTENDS INTO THE BODY TOWARD THE JUNCTION FOR DECREASING THE THICKNESS OF SAID ONE LAYER ABOUT THE JUNCTION IN THE REGIONS OF SAID RECESSES, ELECTRODE MEANS CONTACTING THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID ONE LAYER ABOUT SAID RECESSES FOR PROVIDING AN EQUIPOTENTIAL CONNECTION THERETO; AND ELECTRODE MEANS CONTACTING THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE OTHER OF SAID LAYERS FOR PROVIDING AN EQUIPOTENTIAL CONNECTION THERETO, WHEREBY ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION EMANATING FROM THE REGION ABOUT SAID P-N JUNCTION IS TRANSMITTED THROUGH SAID NE LAYER WITH LESS ABSORPTION AND ATTENUATION IN THE REGIONS OF SAID RECESSES THAN IN THE REMAINING REGIONS OF SAID ONE LAYER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 137 words
AN ELECTROLUMINOR COMPRISING A BODY OF SEMI-CONDUCTOR MATERIAL INCLUDING CONTIGUOUS LAYERS OF P-MATERIAL AND N-MATERIAL FORMING A P-N JUNCTION THEREBETWEEN, A PLURALITY OF RECESSES IN THE OUTER SURFACE OF ONE OF THE LAYERS WHICH EXTENDS INTO THE BODY TOWARD THE JUNCTION FOR DECREASING THE THICKNESS OF SAID ONE LAYER ABOUT THE JUNCTION IN THE REGIONS OF SAID RECESSES, ELECTRODE MEANS CONTACTING THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID ONE LAYER ABOUT SAID RECESSES FOR PROVIDING AN EQUIPOTENTIAL CONNECTION THERETO; AND ELECTRODE MEANS CONTACTING THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE OTHER OF SAID LAYERS FOR PROVIDING AN EQUIPOTENTIAL CONNECTION THERETO, WHEREBY ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION EMANATING FROM THE REGION ABOUT SAID P-N JUNCTION IS TRANSMITTED THROUGH SAID NE LAYER WITH LESS ABSORPTION AND ATTENUATION IN THE REGIONS OF SAID RECESSES THAN IN THE REMAINING REGIONS OF SAID ONE LAYER.

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