US4706101A
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Light emitting diode formed of a compound semiconductor material
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1985-08-20
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Granted: 1987-11-10
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Expires: 2005-08-20
Abstract
Abstract A light emitting diode is disclosed which includes an N-GaAs substrate, a double hetero-junction structure obtained by forming an N-GaAlAs clad layer, a P-GaAs active layer and a P-GaAlAs clad layer on the substrate in that order, and a current narrowing structure obtained by selectively forming a contact metal on the P-GaAlAs clad layer in the double hetero-junction structure with the contact metal formed around the contact metal. In the light emitting diode so manufactured, the double hetero-junction structure is formed by a metal organic vapor deposition method. The N-GaAlAs clad layer is of a three-layer structure with one layer of a narrower forbidden band width sandwiched between the remaining two layers of a wider forbidden band width.
Inventors
- 👤 Masaru Nakamura
- 👤 Masaki Okajima
- 👤 Tadashi Komatsubara
- 👤 Tetsuo Sadamasa
- 👤 Koichi Nitta
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 01:17
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10H; H10H20/00; H10H20/01; H10H20/011; H10H20/013; H10H20/80; H10H20/81; H10H20/811; H10H20/822; H10H20/824
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
161 words
In a light emitting diode made of a compound semiconductor material, comprising: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; a double hetero-junction structure obtained by sequentially forming at least a clad layer of a first conductivity type, an active layer, and a clad layer of the second conductivity type by a vapor deposition method on the substrate in that order; and a current narrowing structure obtained by selectively forming a contact metal on the clad layer of the second conductivity type in the double hetero-junction structure with an insulating film formed around the contact metal, in which, among the clad layers in the double hetero-junction structure, the clad layer closer to said semiconductor substrate and is comprised of a multi-layer structure having different composition ratio, and the layer forming the double-layer and the doublelayer forming the multi-layer structure and closer to the active layer has a wider forbidden band than that of the other layer in the multi-layer (s) structure.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
161 words
In a light emitting diode made of a compound semiconductor material, comprising: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; a double hetero-junction structure obtained by sequentially forming at least a clad layer of a first conductivity type, an active layer, and a clad layer of the second conductivity type by a vapor deposition method on the substrate in that order; and a current narrowing structure obtained by selectively forming a contact metal on the clad layer of the second conductivity type in the double hetero-junction structure with an insulating film formed around the contact metal, in which, among the clad layers in the double hetero-junction structure, the clad layer closer to said semiconductor substrate and is comprised of a multi-layer structure having different composition ratio, and the layer forming the double-layer and the doublelayer forming the multi-layer structure and closer to the active layer has a wider forbidden band than that of the other layer in the multi-layer (s) structure.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
In a light emitting diode according to claim 1, in which said clad layer closer to the substrate are of a three-layer structure with a layer of a narrower forbidden band width sandwiched between the remaining two layers of a wider forbidden band width.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
63 words
In a light emitting diode according to claim 1, in which said substrate is comprised of a GaAs substrate, said respective layers are formed of a GaAs/GaAlAs-based material, said clad layer closer to the substrate is formed of Ga 1-x Al x As and the AlAs mole fraction X on the side of the active layer is set to be greater than 0.3.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
In a light emitting diode according to claim 1, in which, as in said vapor deposition method, use is made of a metal organic chemical vapor deposition method or a molecular beam epitaxial growth method.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
In a light emitting diode according to claim 1, in which in a position corresponding to said contact metal on the substrate a light pick-up window is formed by etching the substrate from the reverse side of the substrate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
152 words
In a light emitting diode made of a compound semiconductor material, comprising: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; a double hetero-junction structure obtained by sequentially forming at least a clad layer of the first conductivity type, an active layer and a clad layer of the second conductivity type by a vapor deposition method on the substrate in that order; and a current narrowing structure obtained by selectively forming a contact metal on the clad layer of the second conductivity type in the double hetero-junction structure with a reverse junction formed around the contact metal, in which, among the clad layers in the double hetero-junction structure, the clad layer closer to said semiconductor substrate is of a multi-layer forming the multi-layer composition ratio, and the layer forming the multi-layer structure and closer to the active layer has a wider forbidden band than that of the other layer(s) in the multi-layer structure.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
152 words
In a light emitting diode made of a compound semiconductor material, comprising: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; a double hetero-junction structure obtained by sequentially forming at least a clad layer of the first conductivity type, an active layer and a clad layer of the second conductivity type by a vapor deposition method on the substrate in that order; and a current narrowing structure obtained by selectively forming a contact metal on the clad layer of the second conductivity type in the double hetero-junction structure with a reverse junction formed around the contact metal, in which, among the clad layers in the double hetero-junction structure, the clad layer closer to said semiconductor substrate is of a multi-layer forming the multi-layer composition ratio, and the layer forming the multi-layer structure and closer to the active layer has a wider forbidden band than that of the other layer(s) in the multi-layer structure.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
43 words
A light emitting diode according to claim 6, in which said clad layer closer to the substrate is of a three-layer structure with a layer of a narrower forbidden band width sandwiched betwen the remaining two layers of a wider forbidden band width.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
62 words
A light emitting diode according to claim 6, in which said substrate is comprised of a GaAs substrate, said respective layers are formed of a GaAs/GaAlAs-based material, said clad layer closer to the substrate is formed of Ga l-x Al x As and the AlAs mole fraction X on the side of the active layer is set to be greater than 0.3.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
A light emitting diode according to claim 6, in which, as in said vapor deposition method, use is made of a metal organic chemical vapor deposition method or a molecular beam epitaxial growth method.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
38 words
A light emitting diode according to claim 6, in which in a position corresponding to said contact metal on the substrate a light pick-up window is formed by etching the substrate from the reverse side of the substrate.
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