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LED with current confinement structure and surface roughening

  • US 7,335,920 B2
  • Filed: 01/24/2005
  • Issued: 02/26/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A light emitting diode (LED) comprising:

  • a base LED structure comprising;

    a p-type layer of material having an associated p-contact;

    an n-type layer of material having an associated n-contact;

    an active region sandwiched between and in adjacent contact with the p-type layer and the n-type layer;

    a confinement structure formed within at least one of the p-type layer of material and the n-type layer of material, the confinement structure substantially preventing the emission of light from the area of the active region coincident with the area of the confinement structure; and

    a roughened surface associated with one of the p-type layer of material and the n-type layer of material.

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