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Semi-insulating surface light emitting devices
Assignee: Whitaker LLC
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Filing: 1997-08-18
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Granted: 1998-08-04
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Expires: 2017-08-18
Abstract
Abstract Light emitting devices are requiring greater switching speeds to achieve greater modulation bandwidths. The problems of intrinsic capacitance associated with conventional semiconductor heterojunction devices are reduced by the reduction of pn junction capacitance as well as the use of a semi-insulating blocking layer and a conductive substrate. Non-linearity of optical power output versus bias current is addressed by a heat dissipation scheme using the semi-insulative and conductive layers of the device.
Inventors
- 👤 Ching-Long Jiang
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 21:50
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10H; H10H20/00; H10H20/80; H10H20/85; H10H20/858; H10H20/8581; H01; H01S; H01S5/00; H01S5/10; H01S5/18; H01S5/183; H01S5/18308; H10H20/81; H10H20/811; H10H20/822; H10H20/824; H01S5/20; H01S5/22; H01S5/2205; H01S5/2206; H01S5/2222; H01S5/2224
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
84 words
A semiconductor light emitting device, comprising: a conductive substrate; a round mesa disposed on said conductive substrate, said mesa further comprising an optically active layer disposed on a buffer layer; a cladding layer on said optically active layer; a layer of semi-insulating material disposed on said substrate and surrounding said mesa, said semi-insulating layer being in contact with said buffer layer, said optically active layer, and said cladding layer; and device being a surface emitting device with light being transmitted through said conductive substrate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
84 words
A semiconductor light emitting device, comprising: a conductive substrate; a round mesa disposed on said conductive substrate, said mesa further comprising an optically active layer disposed on a buffer layer; a cladding layer on said optically active layer; a layer of semi-insulating material disposed on said substrate and surrounding said mesa, said semi-insulating layer being in contact with said buffer layer, said optically active layer, and said cladding layer; and device being a surface emitting device with light being transmitted through said conductive substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
A semiconductor light emitting device as recited in claim 1 wherein a contact layer is disposed on top of said cladding layer said contact layer being in electrical contact with said mesa, and said layer of semi-insulating material being in contact with said contact layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A semiconductor light emitting device as recited in claim 2, wherein said substrate is n-doped and said contact layer is p-doped.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A semiconductor light emitting device as recited in claim 2, wherein said conductive substrate is p-doped and said layer of contact material is n-doped.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
A semiconductor light emitting device as recited in claim 1, wherein said layer of semi-insulating material has a resistivity in the range of 10 6 -10 10 ohm-cm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
A semiconductor light emitting device as recited in claim 1, wherein said conductive substrate has a doping level in the range of approximately 10 17 -10 19 cm -1 .
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
A semiconductor light emitting device as recited in claim 1, wherein said semi-insulating material has a thermal conductivity on the order of 0.68 Watt-cm -1 -K -1 .
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
127 words
A semiconductor light emitting device, comprising: a conductive substrate, a round mesa disposed on said conductive substrate, said mesa further comprising a first reflector, a first layer of semi-conductor material disposed on top of said first first reflector, an active layer disposed on top of said first layer of semiconductor material, a second layer of semiconductor material disposed on said active layer, and a second reflector disposed on top of said second layer of semiconductor material; a layer of semi-insulating material disposed on said substrate and surrounding said mesa, said layer of semi-insulating material being in contact with said first reflector, said first layer of semi-conductor material, said active layer, said second layer of semiconductor material and said second reflector, the device being a surface emitting device.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
127 words
A semiconductor light emitting device, comprising: a conductive substrate, a round mesa disposed on said conductive substrate, said mesa further comprising a first reflector, a first layer of semi-conductor material disposed on top of said first first reflector, an active layer disposed on top of said first layer of semiconductor material, a second layer of semiconductor material disposed on said active layer, and a second reflector disposed on top of said second layer of semiconductor material; a layer of semi-insulating material disposed on said substrate and surrounding said mesa, said layer of semi-insulating material being in contact with said first reflector, said first layer of semi-conductor material, said active layer, said second layer of semiconductor material and said second reflector, the device being a surface emitting device.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
41 words
A semiconductor light emitting device as recited in claim 8, wherein a contact layer is disposed on top of said mesa and in electrical contact with said mesa, and said layer of semi-insulating material being in contact with said contact layer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
A semiconductor light emitting device as recited in claim 9, wherein said substrate is n-doped and said contact layer is p-doped.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
A semiconductor light emitting device as recited in claim 8, wherein said active layer further comprises a quantum-well material.
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