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| 5F041 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODES | |
| H01L33/00 -33/00,450 | ||
| H01L33/00-33/00,450 | AA | AA00 PURPOSE |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA05 | AA06 | AA07 | AA08 | AA09 | AA10 |
| . optical | . . High-speed operations; improving transient response characteristics | . . improving light-emission efficiency | . . increasing optical outputs | . . uniforming light intensity distribution | . . preventing light diffusion or improving directivity or concentration of light | . . diffusing light | . . improving current-optical output characteristics | . . stabilising optical outputs | . . correcting brightness | |||
| AA11 | AA12 | AA13 | AA14 | |||||||||
| . . improving emission colours or wavelengths * | . . having multiple emission colours or wavelengths | . . suppressing laser oscillations | . . Others * | |||||||||
| AA21 | AA22 | AA23 | AA24 | AA25 | ||||||||
| . electrical * | . . increasing current density | . . protecting against overcurrents | . . reducing power consumption | . . preventing disconnection or contact | ||||||||
| AA31 | AA32 | AA33 | AA34 | AA35 | AA36 | AA37 | AA38 | AA39 | AA40 | |||
| . Others * | . . Temperature compensation | . . Heat radiation or cooling | . . improving moisture resistances | . . Positioning | . . . in the process of manufacturing chips | . . . in the process of packaging | . . . in the process of mounting finished products | . . . optically | . . removing stresses or strain; improving crystallinity | |||
| AA41 | AA42 | AA43 | AA44 | AA45 | AA46 | AA47 | ||||||
| . . increasing yields | . . reducing parts count or the number of processes | . . improving reliability | . . preventing deterioration | . . Marking, e.g. indicating polarities or emission colours | . . Testing or measuring * | . . Miniaturisation | ||||||
| BB | BB00 DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR LIGHT EMITTING DIODE |
BB01 | BB02 | BB03 | BB04 | BB05 | BB06 | BB07 | BB08 | BB09 | BB10 | |
| . Kinds of circuits | . . Amplifier circuits | . . Switching circuits | . . Current limiting circuits | . . . using single elements | . . . using a plurality of elements, including constant current circuits | . . Bypass circuits | . . Differential or integral circuits, including smoothing circuits | . . Rectification circuits | . . Feedback circuits | |||
| BB11 | BB12 | BB13 | ||||||||||
| . . Transformer circuits | . . Digital circuits | . . Others * | ||||||||||
| BB21 | BB22 | BB23 | BB24 | BB25 | BB26 | BB27 | ||||||
| . Components of circuits | . . Resistors | . . Inductors | . . Capacitors | . . Diodes | . . Transistors | . . Others * | ||||||
| BB31 | BB32 | BB33 | BB34 | |||||||||
| . Drive systems | . . using constant currents or constant voltages | . . using intermittent pulses | . . Others * | |||||||||
| CA | CA00 TYPE OF LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (1) |
CA01 | CA02 | CA03 | CA04 | CA05 | CA06 | CA07 | CA08 | CA10 | ||
| . Junction structures | . . Homojunctions | . . Heterojunctions | . . . Double heterojunctions | . . Superlattices, including quantum wells | . . Metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) types or metal-semiconductor (MES) types | . . PNPN structures, e.g. thyristor structures or junction structures having negative resistances | . . Other junction structures * | . characterised by the shapes of junction surfaces | ||||
| CA11 | CA12 | CA13 | CA14 | |||||||||
| . Light-emitting directions | . . Surface emission | . . . Rear surface emission | . . Edge emission | |||||||||
| CA21 | CA22 | CA23 | CA24 | CA25 | ||||||||
| . Crystal structures | . . Single crystals | . . . Plane orientations or crystal-axis orientations * | . . Polycrystals * | . . Amorphous structures * | ||||||||
| CA31 | CA32 | CA33 | CA34 | CA35 | CA36 | CA37 | CA38 | CA39 | CA40 | |||
| . Materials of light emitting diodes | . . Base materials | . . . Group IV * | . . . Groups III-V * | . . . . Gallium arsenides (GaAs) | . . . . Gallium aluminium arsenides (GaAlAs) | . . . . Gallium phosphides (GaP) | . . . . Gallium arsenic phosphides (GaAsP) | . . . . Indium gallium arsenic phosphides (InGaAsP) | . . . . Gallium nitrides (GaN) | |||
| CA41 | CA42 | CA43 | CA44 | CA45 | CA46 | CA47 | CA48 | CA49 | CA50 | |||
| . . . Groups II-VI * | . . . . Zinc sulphides (ZnS) | . . . . Zinc selenides (ZnSe) | . . . . Zinc selenium sulphides (ZnSeS) | . . . Organic semiconductors * | . . . Others * | . . Additives | . . . Functions thereof * | . . . . Conductivity types | . . . . Luminescence centres | |||
| CA51 | CA52 | CA53 | CA54 | CA55 | CA56 | CA57 | CA58 | CA60 | ||||
| . . . . insulating or semi-insulating | . . . Materials thereof | . . . . Zinc (Zn) | . . . . Oxygen (O) | . . . . Nitrogen (N) | . . . . Sulphur (S) | . . . . Others * | . . . characterised by concentration distribution of additives | . . having inclined band gap layers | ||||
| CA61 | CA62 | CA63 | CA64 | CA65 | CA66 | CA67 | ||||||
| . Manufacturing processes | . . Growth of base materials | . . . Liquid-phase epitaxy (LPE) | . . . Vapour-phase epitaxy (VPE) | . . . . Metal-organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) | . . . Molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) | . . . Others * | ||||||
| CA71 | CA72 | CA73 | CA74 | CA75 | CA76 | CA77 | ||||||
| . . Ion implantation | . . Diffusion | . . Heat treatments | . . Etching | . . forming grooves | . . Dicing or scribing | . . Others * | ||||||
| CA81 | CA82 | CA83 | CA84 | CA85 | CA86 | CA87 | CA88 | |||||
| . Electrodes | . . Materials thereof * | . . . Single metals * | . . . Alloys * | . . . . Gold (Au) | . . . . Silver (Ag) | . . . . Aluminium (Al) | . . . transmitting light | |||||
| CA91 | CA92 | CA93 | CA94 | CA98 | CA99 | |||||||
| . . Structures thereof | . . . multi-layered | . . . characterised by shapes of electrodes | . . . combined with light-shielding films | . . Manufacturing processes thereof | . . . Special treatments of semiconductor layers | |||||||
| CB | CB00 TYPE OF LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (2) |
CB01 | CB02 | CB03 | CB04 | CB05 | CB06 | |||||
| . Element structures | . . for constricting currents | . . . Potential-jump barriers, e.g. PN junctions | . . . Insulators | . . . Mesa forms | . . . Impurity concentrations | |||||||
| CB11 | CB12 | CB13 | CB14 | CB15 | CB16 | |||||||
| . . Mesa types | . . Ballast types | . . Thin-film types | . . having lenses | . . having reflecting surfaces | . . having light-shielding members | |||||||
| CB21 | CB22 | CB23 | CB24 | CB25 | CB27 | CB28 | CB29 | |||||
| . . monolithic | . . . Monolithic light emitting diode arrays | . . . . Separation by insulation | . . . . PN separation | . . . . Groove or air separation | . . . Monolithic multicolour light emitting diodes | . . . . arranged in series | . . . . arranged in parallel | |||||
| CB31 | CB32 | CB33 | CB36 | |||||||||
| . . . Composite elements * | . . . . combined with other optical semiconductors * | . . . . combined with transistors or diodes | . . Others * | |||||||||
| DA | DA00 PACKAGING |
DA01 | DA02 | DA03 | DA04 | DA06 | DA07 | DA08 | DA09 | |||
| . Mounting | . . using electrically-conductive adhesives | . . using solder | . . Upside-down mounting | . Bonding | . . Wire bonding | . . . characterised by wire materials * | . . Flip-chip bonding | |||||
| DA11 | DA12 | DA13 | DA14 | DA15 | DA16 | DA17 | DA18 | DA19 | DA20 | |||
| . Structures or manufacturing processes of packages | . . of a single chip | . . of a plurality of chips | . . . Multicolour light emitting diodes | . . Members on which chips are mounted | . . . Lead-frames | . . . . on the surfaces | . . . . on the end surfaces | . . . Bases or stems | . . . Others, e.g. printed circuit boards * | |||
| DA21 | DA22 | DA25 | DA26 | DA29 | ||||||||
| . . characterised by lead-frames | . . . Materials thereof * | . . . characterised by shapes or structures | . . . . having reflecting members | . . . characterised by electric conductors on which chips are mounted * | ||||||||
| DA31 | DA32 | DA33 | DA34 | DA35 | DA36 | DA39 | ||||||
| . . characterised by bases or stems | . . . Materials thereof * | . . . . Metals * | . . . . Insulators * | . . . characterised by shapes or structures | . . . . having reflecting members | . . . characterised by electric conductors of stems on which chips are mounted * | ||||||
| DA41 | DA42 | DA43 | DA44 | DA45 | DA46 | DA47 | ||||||
| . . Integral moulding | . . . Materials thereof * | . . . . Resins | . . . . . Epoxy resins | . . . . . Silicon resins | . . . . . Others * | . . . . Glass * | ||||||
| DA55 | DA56 | DA57 | DA58 | DA59 | ||||||||
| . . . characterised by shapes or structures | . . . . for uniform light | . . . . improving concentration or directivity of light | . . . . combining two or more kinds of mould members | . . . Processes therefor | ||||||||
| DA61 | DA62 | DA63 | DA64 | |||||||||
| . . Airtight sealing | . . . between stems and leads | . . . between stems and cans | . . . between cans and optical elements | |||||||||
| DA71 | DA72 | DA73 | DA74 | DA75 | DA76 | DA77 | DA78 | |||||
| . . Containers, e.g. caps or frames | . . . Materials thereof * | . . . . Metals * | . . . . Resins * | . . . characterised by shapes or structures | . . . . with windows | . . . . with lenses | . . . . combined with reflecting members | |||||
| DA81 | DA82 | DA83 | ||||||||||
| . characterised by finished light emitting diodes after packaging | . . with arrayed chips | . . packaging light emitting diode chips and other electric elements * | ||||||||||
| DA91 | DA92 | |||||||||||
| . Manufacturing apparatus for packaging | . manufacturing a plurality of finished light emitting diodes which are combined | |||||||||||
| DB | DB00 SHAPES OF FINISHED PRODUCT |
DB01 | DB02 | DB03 | DB04 | DB05 | DB06 | DB07 | DB08 | DB09 | ||
| . Lamp types, e.g. projectile types | . Flanged lamp types | . Angular types | . Flanged angular types | . Seven-segment types | . Stem- or can-types | . One-dimensional arrays | . Matrix types, e.g. two-dimensional arrays | . Others * | ||||
| DC | DC00 MOUNTING FINISHED PRODUCT |
DC01 | DC02 | DC03 | DC04 | DC07 | DC08 | DC10 | ||||
| . Light emitting diodes having special external shapes for mounting | . . Moulded parts | . . Leads | . . Others * | . mounting a plurality of finished light emitting diodes | . . having special structures for aligning plural light emitting diodes | . Structures for connecting leads electrically | ||||||
| DC11 | DC12 | DC13 | ||||||||||
| . using accessories for mounting finished light emitting diodes | . . using accessories, e.g. holders or spacers | . . using other accessories | ||||||||||
| DC21 | DC22 | DC23 | DC24 | DC25 | DC26 | |||||||
| . Members on which finished light emitting diodes are directly mounted | . . Chassis, cases, or containers | . . Printed circuit boards | . . . Optical axes being parallel to printed circuit boards | . . Flexible circuit boards | . . Others * | |||||||
| DC31 | DC32 | DC33 | DC34 | |||||||||
| . Structures of accessories | . . having sections for guiding leads | . . having conductive parts | . . combining a plurality of accessories | |||||||||
| DC41 | DC42 | DC43 | DC44 | DC45 | DC46 | DC47 | DC48 | |||||
| . Structures for mounting finished light emitting diodes and accessories | . . for holding resiliently | . . . with resilient pawls | . . for engaging with grooves or holes | . . for mounting with screws or nuts | . . Bonding or welding | . . for enabling or facilitating attaching and detaching | . . Others * | |||||
| DC51 | DC52 | DC53 | DC54 | DC55 | DC56 | DC57 | DC58 | |||||
| . Structures for mounting accessories and members on which finished light emitting diodes are directly mounted | . . for holding resiliently | . . . with resilient pawls | . . for engaging with grooves or holes | . . for mounting with screws or nuts | . . Bonding or welding | . . for enabling or facilitating attaching and detaching | . . Others * | |||||
| DC61 | DC62 | DC63 | DC64 | DC65 | DC66 | DC67 | DC68 | |||||
| . Structures for mounting finished light emitting diodes and members on which finished light emitting diodes are directly mounted | . . for holding resiliently | . . . with resilient pawls | . . for engaging with grooves or holes | . . for mounting with screws or nuts | . . Bonding or welding | . . for enabling or facilitating attaching and detaching | . . Others * | |||||
| DC71 | DC72 | DC73 | DC74 | DC75 | DC76 | DC77 | DC78 | |||||
| . Structures for mounting members on which finished light emitting diodes are directly mounted and members on which finished light emitting diodes are finally mounted | . . for holding resiliently | . . . with resilient pawls | . . for engaging with grooves or holes | . . for mounting with screws or nuts | . . Bonding or welding | . . for enabling or facilitating attaching and detaching | . . Others * | |||||
| DC81 | DC82 | DC83 | DC84 | |||||||||
| . characterised by products after mounting finished light emitting diodes | . . Bulb-type light emitting diodes | . . arranging finished products in array forms | . . mounting finished products and other electric components * | |||||||||
| DC91 | ||||||||||||
| . Apparatus for mounting finished light emitting diodes | ||||||||||||
| EE | EE00 COMBINATION WITH OPTICAL ELEMENT |
EE01 | EE02 | EE03 | EE04 | EE05 | EE06 | EE07 | EE08 | |||
| . combining with fibres | . . aligning optical axes | . . having intermediates between fibres and light emitting diodes * | . . . having lenses | . . holding fibres | . . . by containers | . . . by bonding or moulding fibres on light emitting diode chips | . . fixing fibres horizontally to bases | |||||
| EE11 | EE12 | EE15 | EE16 | EE17 | ||||||||
| . combining with lenses | . . aligning optical axes or focusing | . . holding lenses | . . . by containers | . . . by bonding or moulding lenses on light emitting diode chips | ||||||||
| EE21 | EE22 | EE23 | EE24 | EE25 | ||||||||
| . combining with other optical elements | . . Filters | . . Reflecting members | . . Light-shielding members | . . Others * | ||||||||
| FF | FF00 USE |
FF01 | FF02 | FF03 | FF04 | FF05 | FF06 | |||||
| . for indication | . . of dots | . . of rows | . . of characters or symbols | . . . Seven-segments | . . . Matrices | |||||||
| FF11 | FF12 | FF13 | FF14 | FF15 | FF16 | |||||||
| . for lighting | . for decoration | . for printers or copying machines | . Optical communications | . for optical excitation, e.g. lasers | . Others * |