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Koichi Tachibana

Koichi Tachibana, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080237569SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - The present invention provides a semiconductor light emitting element with excellent color rendering properties, a method for manufacturing the semiconductor light emitting element, and a light emitting device. The semiconductor light emitting element includes: a semiconductor substrate that has a convex portion having a tilted surface as an upper face, and a concave portion formed on either side of the convex portion, the concave portion having a smaller width than the convex portion, a bottom face of the concave portion being located in a deeper position than the upper face of the convex portion; and a light emitting layer that is made of a nitride-based semiconductor and is formed on the semiconductor substrate so as to cover at least the convex portion.10-02-2008
20090059986SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT - A semiconductor light emitting element includes a first clad layer of a first conductivity type provided on a substrate; an active layer provided on the first clad layer; a second clad layer of a second conductivity type provided on the active layer, an upper portion of the second clad layer implements a ridge extending in a predetermined direction; a pair of first current block layers provided on the second clad layer sandwiching the ridge along the extending direction; and a pair of second current block layers provided between the first current block layers on the second clad layer and at sidewalls of the ridge to be contacted with the first current block layers, sandwiching selectively a region including an edge of the ridge, the second current block layers having a refractive index larger than the first current block layers at an emission peak wavelength of the active layer.03-05-2009
20090185589SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device which includes a semiconductor light-emitting element, and a plurality of plate-like wavelength conversion members which are disposed to face the semiconductor light-emitting element and are inclined with respect to the optical axis of excitation light emitted from the semiconductor light-emitting element, the plate-like wavelength conversion members containing respectively a fluorescent material which is capable of absorbing the excitation light and outputting light having a different wavelength from that of the excitation light, and the plate-like wavelength conversion members as a whole emitting visible light.07-23-2009
20100102296SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device has an active layer, a first semiconductor layer of first conductive type, an overflow prevention layer disposed between the active layer and the first semiconductor layer, which is doped with impurities of first conductive type and which prevents overflow of electrons or holes, a second semiconductor layer of first conductive type disposed at least one of between the active layer and the overflow prevention layer and between the overflow prevention layer and the first semiconductor layer, and an impurity diffusion prevention layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the active layer, which has a band gap smaller than those of the overflow prevention layer, the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer and which prevents diffusion of impurities of first conductive type.04-29-2010
20100187497SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes an underlying layer, and a light emitting layer which is formed on the underlying layer and in which a barrier layer made of InAlGaN and a quantum well layer made of InGaN are alternately stacked.07-29-2010
20110037049NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - Disclosed is a nitride semiconductor light-emitting device including a substrate, a pair of p-type and n-type clad layers formed on the substrate, and an active layer having a single quantum well structure or a multiple quantum well structure, which is sandwiched between the p-type clad layer and the n-type clad layer, and includes a quantum well layer and a pair of barrier layers each having a larger bandgap than that of the quantum well layer, the quantum well layer being sandwiched between the pair of barrier layers. Each of the pair of barrier layers has a multi-layer structure including, starting from the quantum well layer side, a first subbarrier layer having a composition of In02-17-2011
20110068360SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - The present invention provides a semiconductor light emitting element with excellent color rendering properties, a method for manufacturing the semiconductor light emitting element, and a light emitting device. The semiconductor light emitting element includes: a semiconductor substrate that has a convex portion having a tilted surface as an upper face, and a concave portion formed on either side of the convex portion, the concave portion having a smaller width than the convex portion, a bottom face of the concave portion being located in a deeper position than the upper face of the convex portion; and a light emitting layer that is made of a nitride-based semiconductor and is formed on the semiconductor substrate so as to cover at least the convex portion.03-24-2011
20110197808CRYSTAL GROWTH METHOD FOR NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR - Certain embodiments provide a crystal growth method for nitride semiconductors, including: growing a first semiconductor layer containing In08-18-2011

Patent applications by Koichi Tachibana, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Koichi Tachibana, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090027210RFID TAG MOUNTING PACKAGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In an RFID tag mounting package mounted with an RFID tag and a manufacturing method thereof, in order to have sufficient communication performance without spoiling the design property of the package to which a conductive film is applied, a package is obtained by assembling a structural material in which a metallic film is formed on a base material made of paper or the like. In the package, a slot is provided in the metallic film of a folded portion, in a spot where portions (the folded portion and an external packaging portion) of the structural material overlap each other. An inlet operates as an RFID tag, includes an antenna and an IC chip connected to the antenna, and is mounted on the inner surface of the folded portion in conformity with the position of the slot.01-29-2009

Koichi Tachibana, Kanagawa-Ken JP

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20110143463VAPOR DEPOSITION METHOD AND VAPOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a vapor deposition method is disclosed for forming a nitride semiconductor layer on a substrate by supplying a group III source-material gas and a group V source-material gas. The method can deposit a first semiconductor layer including a nitride semiconductor having a compositional proportion of Al in group III elements of not less than 10 atomic percent by supplying the group III source-material gas from a first outlet and by supplying the group V source-material gas from a second outlet. The method can deposit a second semiconductor layer including a nitride semiconductor having a compositional proportion of Al in group III elements of less than 10 atomic percent by mixing the group III and group V source-material gases and supplying the mixed group III and group V source-material gases from at least one of the first outlet and the second outlet.06-16-2011
20110198561SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes an n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type semiconductor layer, a light emitting portion, a first layer, a second layer, and an intermediate layer. The semiconductor layers include nitride semiconductor. The light emitting portion is provided between the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer and includes a quantum well layer. The first layer is provided between the light emitting portion and the p-type semiconductor layer and includes Al08-18-2011
20110198583SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes n-type and p-type semiconductor layers, a light emitting portion, a multilayered structural body, and an n-side intermediate layer. The light emitting portion is provided between the semiconductor layers. The light emitting portion includes barrier layers containing GaN, and a well layer provided between the barrier layers. The well layer contains In08-18-2011
20110198633SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes an n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type semiconductor layer, and a light emitting portion. The light emitting portion is provided between the semiconductor layers and includes barrier layers and well layers alternately stacked. An n-side end well layer which is closest to the n-type semiconductor layer contains In08-18-2011
20110204411CRYSTAL GROWTH METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a crystal growth method is disclosed for growing a crystal of a nitride semiconductor on a major surface of a substrate. The major surface is provided with asperities. The method can include depositing a buffer layer on the major surface at a rate of not more than 0.1 micrometers per hour. The buffer layer includes Ga08-25-2011
20110215351SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light-emitting device includes an n-type semiconductor layer including a nitride semiconductor, a p-type semiconductor layer including a nitride semiconductor, a light-emitting portion and a stacked body. The light-emitting portion is provided between the n-type and p-type semiconductor layers and includes a barrier layer and a well layer. The well layer is stacked with the barrier layer. The stacked body is provided between the light-emitting portion and the n-type semiconductor layer and includes a first layer and a second layer. The second layer is stacked with the first layer. Average In composition ratio of the stacked body is higher than 0.4 times average In composition ratio of the light-emitting portion. The layer thickness t09-08-2011

Koichi Tachibana, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110215291SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light-emitting device using an ITON layer for a transparent conductor and realizing low drive voltage, high luminance efficiency, and uniformed light emission intensity distribution is provided. The semiconductor light-emitting device includes: a substrate; an n-type semiconductor layer formed on the substrate; an active layer formed on the n-type semiconductor layer; a p-type semiconductor layer formed on the active layer and whose uppermost part is a p-type GaN layer; an ITON (Indium Tin Oxynitride) layer formed on the p-type GaN layer; an ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) layer formed on the ITON layer; a first metal electrode formed on a part on the ITO layer; and a second metal electrode formed in contact with the n-type semiconductor layer.09-08-2011
20110215370SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light-emitting device having high light extraction efficiency is provided. The semiconductor light-emitting device includes a light transmissive substrate; a nitride semiconductor layer of a first conduction type formed on or above a top face side of the light transmissive substrate; an active layer made of nitride semiconductor formed on a top face of the nitride semiconductor layer of the first conduction type; a nitride semiconductor layer of a second conduction type formed on a top face of the active layer; a dielectric layer formed on a bottom face of the light transmissive substrate and having a refractive index lower than that of the light transmissive substrate; and a metal layer formed on a bottom face of the dielectric layer. And an interface between the light transmissive substrate and the dielectric layer is a uneven face, and an interface between the dielectric layer and the metal layer is a flat face.09-08-2011