US Patent Issued to NICHIA on Sept. 2 for "Light emitting element" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,490, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light emitting element" was invented by Seiichi Hayashi (Anan, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting element comprises a first n-side semiconductor layer, a first active layer having a first well layer containing indium, a first p-side semiconductor layer, a second n-side semiconductor layer in contact with the first p-side semiconductor layer, a second active layer having a second well layer containing indium, and a second p-side semiconductor, each formed of a nitride semiconductor. The second active layer has a first intermediate layer positioned ...