Abstract:
A light emitting device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type having a first surface, and an active region formed overlying the first semiconductor layer. The active region includes a second semiconductor layer which is either a quantum well layer or a barrier layer. The second semiconductor layer is formed from a semiconductor alloy having a composition graded in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first surface of the first semiconductor layer. The light emitting device also includes a third semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type formed overlying the active region.
Abstract:
A heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT), including an emitter formed from a first semiconductor material, a base formed from a second semiconductor material, and a grading structure between the emitter and the base is disclosed. The grading structure comprises a semiconductor material containing at least one element not present in the first and second semiconductor materials, where the grading structure has a conduction band energy substantially equal to a conduction band energy of the base at an interface between the base and the grading structure, and where the grading structure has a conduction band energy substantially equal to a conduction band energy of the emitter at an interface between the emitter and the grading structure.
Abstract:
An optical semiconductor device having an active layer for generating light via the recombination of holes and electrons therein. The active layer is part of a plurality of semiconductor layers including an n-p junction between an n-type layer and a p-type layer. The active layer has a polarization field therein having a field direction that depends on the orientation of the active layer when the active layer is grown. In the present invention, the polarization field in the active layer has an orientation such that the polarization field is directed from the n-layer to the p-layer.
Abstract:
A display having a plurality of light emitting pixels. Each pixels includes an isolation transistor, a driving circuit, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED). The driving circuit storing a value that determines the magnitude of the light emitted by that pixels, the driving circuit placing the OLED in a conducting path between the first and second power terminals. The driving circuit is programmed through the isolation transistor. In one embodiment of the present invention, the driving circuit includes a storage capacitor and a driving transistor. The OLEDs are part of an array of OLEDs. The array of OLEDs is constructed on a flexible sheet having first and second surfaces, the flexible sheet being transparent to light of a first wavelength. A transparent first electrode layer is in contact with the first surface. A light emitting layer including an organic polymer is in contact with the first electrode layer. A plurality of second electrodes, one such second electrode corresponding to each of the OLEDs, is in contact with the light emitting layer. Each second electrode has an isolated conducting area. The driving transistor are part of a transistor array having a plurality of connection points disposed on a surface, each connection point corresponding to one of the second electrodes in the array of OLEDs. The connection points are arranged such that each second electrode overlies the corresponding connection point when the array of OLEDs is properly aligned with the transistor array. The connection points are bonded to the corresponding second electrodes by a bonding layer.