ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,660, issued on June 24, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).
"Light emitting element" was invented by Makoto Abe (Tokushima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting element includes a first light emitting part having a first active layer, a tunnel junction part, and a second light emitting part having a second active layer. The first active layer includes a plurality of first well layers, and a first barrier layer positioned between two adjacent first well layers among the first well layers. The second active layer includes a plurality of second well layers, and a second barrier layer positioned between two adjac...