Inventor

Motokazu Yamada

Patents indexed

Year range

1996

Associated with

Years active

1996

Total patents

Most recent

1996

Frequent collaborator

Shuji Nakamura

Domains

semiconductorsconsumer_electronicsenergy

Activity by decade

1990s

Patents

Career timeline

1 patents, in 1996

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How Nichia Created the First Practical Blue LED Electrodes

A foundational patent describing the specific metal contacts needed to make gallium nitride LEDs efficient and commercially viable.

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