US Patent Issued to NICHIA on Nov. 4 for "Light-emitting element" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,864, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light-emitting element" was invented by Hidetoshi Tanaka (Anan, Japan), Hirofumi Nishiyama (Tokushima, Japan) and Kentaro Yagi (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stacked body includes a long side and a short side in a top view. The long side extends in a first direction. The short side extends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The short side is shorter than the long side. A light emission peak wavelength of a first active layer is different from a light emission peak wavelength of a second active layer. A first n-type layer inclu...