ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,514,031, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).
"Light emitting element and method of manufacturing same" was invented by Koji Asada (Tokushima, Japan) and Takuya Okada (Anan, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting element comprises a semiconductor structure which includes an n-side layer, a p-side layer, and an ultraviolet light emitting active layer positioned between the n-side layer and the p-side layer, each being made of a nitride semiconductor, an n-electrode electrically connected to the n-side layer, and a p-electrode electrically connected to the p-side layer. The active layer has a well l...