US Patent Issued to NICHIA on Sept. 16 for "Light-emitting element" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,141, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light-emitting element" was invented by Takanori Fukumori (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting element includes, successively from a lower side to an upper side, a first n-side semiconductor layer, a first active layer, a first p-side semiconductor layer, a second n-side semiconductor layer, a second active layer, and a second p-side semiconductor layer, each made of a nitride semiconductor. The second n-side semiconductor layer contacts the first p-side semiconductor layer. The second n-side semiconductor layer includes, successively ...