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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7622317 | Light emitting diode and method for manufacturing the same A light emitting diode includes an LED element, a fluorescent material provided so as to cover the LED element, a substrate on which the LED element is mounted and made of ceramics or silicon, and a pair of electrode pads which are electrically connected to the LED ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7608471 | Method and apparatus for integrating III-V semiconductor devices into silicon processes Method and apparatus for fabricating semiconductor devices, for example, III-V semiconductor devices, having a desired substrate, for example, a silicon substrate. A method for fabricating semiconductor devices includes providing a semiconductor wafer that includes ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7605011 | Semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device A semiconductor device comprises an active region (4), a cladding layer (5,7), and a saturable absorbing layer (6) disposed within the cladding layer. The saturable absorbing layer comprises at least one portion (11a) that is absor... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7579204 | Method of production of semiconductor light emission device and method of production of light emission apparatus A method of production of semiconductor light emission devices for forming stripes of two multilayers having different emission wavelengths on a substrate, including the steps of: depositing a first multilayer including an active layer on the substrate; selectively ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579203 | Light emitting device An inexpensive light emitting device and inexpensive electric equipment are provided. A substrate on which a semiconductor element or a light emitting element is formed and a color filter are manufactured by separate manufacturing processes, and they are bonded to e... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7566577 | Semiconductor laser device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor laser device in which a red semiconductor laser device and an infrared semiconductor laser device are located on a single substrate, and an end-face window structure is formed simultaneously. The hydrogen concentration (1.5e18 cm−3 | 07/28/2009 |
| 7494837 | Thin film forming apparatus There is provided a thin film forming apparatus for precisely forming a film of an organic EL material made of a polymer without a positional deviation and at a high throughput. A pixel portion is divided into a plurality of pixel lines by banks, and a head portion ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7442594 | Method for manufacturing a flat panel display with improved white balance Disclosed is a flat panel display capable of improving a white balance by making channel regions of transistors of R, G, and B unit pixels with different current mobilities. The flat panel display includes a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including R, G and... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7399993 | Display unit and method for fabricating the same A display unit and method of fabricating same are provided. The display unit includes a plurality of organic electroluminescent devices, each including an organic layer portion including at least a hole-transport layer and a luminescent layer which are stacked each ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396696 | Method for manufacturing super bright light emitting diode of nanorod array having InGaN quantum well An GaN light emitting diode (LED) having a nanorod (or, nanowire) structure is disclosed. The GaN LED employs GaN nanorods in which a n-type GaN nanorod, an InGaN quantum well and a p-type GaN nanorod are subsequently formed in a longitudinal direction by inserting ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393710 | Fabrication method of multi-wavelength semiconductor laser device The present invention relates to a two-wavelength semiconductor laser device, more particularly, to a fabrication method of a multi-wavelength semiconductor laser device. In this method, a substrate having an upper surface separated into at least first and second ar... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7387906 | Multi-wavelength surface emitting laser and method for manufacturing the same A multi-wavelength surface emitting laser for emitting light having different wavelengths includes a lower reflector, an active layer and an upper reflector which are integrally formed above one substrate. The multi-wavelength surface emitting laser is manufactured ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384799 | Method to avoid amorphous-si damage during wet stripping processes in the manufacture of MEMS devices A method for forming a MEMS device using an amorphous silicon layer as a release layer includes etching superjacent films and using the amorphous silicon layer as an etch stop layer. The amorphous silicon layer is resistant to attack during the post-etch solvent str... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374959 | Two-wavelength semiconductor laser device and method of manufacturing the same A two-wavelength semiconductor laser device includes a first conductive material substrate having thereon first and second regions separated from each other. A first semiconductor laser diode is formed on the first region. A non-active layer is formed on the second ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370185 | Self-packaged optical interference display device having anti-stiction bumps, integral micro-lens, and reflection-absorbing layers An electronic device of an embodiment of the invention is disclosed that at least partially displays a pixel of a display image. The device includes a first reflector and a second reflector defining an optical cavity therebetween that is selective of a visible wavel... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365369 | Nitride semiconductor device A nitride semiconductor device used chiefly as an LD and an LED element. In order to improve the output and to decrease Vf, the device is given either a three-layer structure in which a nitride semiconductor layer doped with n-type impurities serving as an n-type co... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7348207 | Method of manufacturing organic EL device, organic EL device, and electronic apparatus A method of manufacturing an organic EL device that is capable of reducing the manufacturing cost by effectively using the material is provided. In the method of manufacturing the organic EL device including a white-light-emitting layer and a color filter, the white... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344905 | Spatial bandgap modifications and energy shift of semiconductor structures Semiconductor substrate is disclosed having quantum wells having first bandgap, and quantum wells having second bandgap less than second bandgap. Semiconductor structure is disclosed comprising substrate having quantum wells having given bandgap, other quantum wells... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7335520 | Method and apparatus for fabricating flat panel display A fabricating method of a flat panel display includes the steps of spreading an etch-resist on a thin film formed on a substrate, a polarity of the etch-resist changed by irradiation with a first light; providing a soft mold having a projected surface and a groove a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7314772 | Photonic device Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices, or systems for forming a photonic device are described. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315296 | Driving circuit of a semiconductor display device and the semiconductor display device There are provided a driving circuit of a semiconductor display device which can obtain an excellent picture without picture blur (display unevenness) and with high fineness/high resolution, and the semiconductor display device. A buffer circuit used in the driving ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7304625 | Driving circuit of a semiconductor display device and the semiconductor display device There are provided a driving circuit of a semiconductor display device which can obtain an excellent picture without picture blur (display unevenness) and with high fineness/high resolution, and the semiconductor display device. A buffer circuit used in the driving ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291864 | Single or multi-color high efficiency light emitting diode (LED) by growth over a patterned substrate A single or multi-color light emitting diode (LED) with high extraction efficiency is comprised of a substrate, a buffer layer formed on the substrate, one or more patterned layers deposited on top of the buffer layer, and one or more active layers formed on or betw... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291874 | Laser dicing apparatus for a gallium arsenide wafer and method thereof The present invention discloses a laser dicing apparatus for a gallium arsenide wafer and a method thereof, wherein firstly, a gallium arsenide wafer is stuck onto a holding film; next, the gallium arsenide wafer together with the holding film is disposed on a worki... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285431 | Method for manufacturing a GaN based LED of a black hole structure This invention relates to a method for manufacturing a GaN based LED of a back hole structure, and the method comprises: epitaxially growing an N type GaN layer, a multi-quantum wells emitting active region and a P type GaN layer in turn on an insulation substrate m... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279350 | White-light emitting devices and methods for manufacturing the same White-light emitting devices and methods for manufacturing the same. The white-light emitting device emits white light comprising a first color component with first wavelength, a second color component with a second wavelength, and a third color component with a thi... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279705 | Organic light-emitting device An organic light-emitting device is provided, comprising a bottom electrode, at least two emissive units disposed on the bottom electrode, at least one charge-generation layer disposed between two adjacent emissive units, and a top electrode disposed on the emissive... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7254155 | High power single mode vertical cavity surface emitting laser A single mode high power vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) using photonic crystals. A photonic crystal is included in at least one mirror layer of a VCSEL. The reflectivity of the photonic crystal is dependent on the wavelength and incident angle of the... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7239337 | Combined semiconductor apparatus with thin semiconductor films A semiconductor apparatus includes two thin semiconductor films bonded to a substrate, and a thin-film interconnecting line electrically connecting a semiconductor device in the first thin semiconductor film to an integrated circuit in the second thin semiconductor ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235420 | Process for removing an organic layer during fabrication of an organic electronic device and the organic electronic device formed by the process A process for forming an organic electronic device includes the steps of: (a) forming a first conductive member and a conductive lead over a substrate, wherein the first conductive member and conductive lead are spaced apart from each other; (b) forming an organic l... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7223623 | Method for forming a modified semiconductor having a plurality of band gaps A method for forming a modified semiconductor having a number of band gaps involves providing a semiconductor having a surface and a quantum region which emits photons in response to electrical or optical stimulation, the quantum region having an original band gap a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220998 | Electroluminescent element The main object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an EL element for realizing the high luminous efficiency, the high light takeout efficiency, the simplicity of the production process, and the formation of highly fine patterns. In order t... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217641 | Pendeoepitaxial methods of fabricating gallium nitride semiconductor layers on sapphire substrates, and gallium nitride semiconductor structures fabricated thereby More specifically, gallium nitride semiconductor layers may be fabricated by etching an underlying gallium nitride layer on a sapphire substrate, to define at least one post in the underlying gallium nitride layer and at least one trench in the underlying gallium ni... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7208336 | White light emitting device and method of making same A white-light emitting device comprising a first PRS-LED and a second PRS-LED. The first PRS-LED has a primary light source to emit blue light and a secondary light source to emit red light responsive to the blue light; and the second PRS-LED has a primary light sou... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208234 | Organic EL element and method of manufacturing the same, organic EL display device using the element, organic EL material, and surface emission device and liquid crystal display device using the material In an organic EL element, an organic EL layer is interposed between anodes and cathodes formed on a substrate. Each of the cathodes is made of a first conductive film that comes into contact with the organic EL layer and a second conductive film that constitutes a l... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7184456 | Dual wavelength semiconductor laser emitting apparatus and manufacturing method thereof A dual wavelength semiconductor laser emitting apparatus including a substrate having a first laser emitting device and a second laser emitting device, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The manufacturing method includes stacking an active layer of the... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7176040 | Inkjet-fabricated integrated circuits A method for forming an integrated circuit including at least two interconnected electronic switching devices, the method comprising forming at least part of the electronic switching devices by ink-jet printing. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7161180 | Flat panel display with improved white balance Disclosed is a flat panel display capable of improving a white balance by making channel regions of transistors of R, G and B unit pixels with different current mobilities. The flat panel display includes a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including R, G and ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7153592 | Organic EL element and method of manufacturing the same, organic EL display device using the element, organic EL material, and surface emission device and liquid crystal display device using the material In an organic EL element, an organic EL layer is interposed between anodes and cathodes formed on a substrate. Each of the cathodes is made of a first conductive film that comes into contact with the organic EL layer and a second conductive film that constitutes a l... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147992 | Method for manufacturing electroluminescent device A main object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing an EL element which can avoid a state which plural unnecessary layers are laminated on each pattern-formed light-emitting portion when the light-emitting portions are formed by photolith... | 12/12/2006 |