US PATENT SUBCLASS 257 / 12
.~ Heterojunction


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257 /   HD   ACTIVE SOLID-STATE DEVICES (E.G., TRANSISTORS, SOLID-STATE DIODES)

9  DF  THIN ACTIVE PHYSICAL LAYER WHICH IS (1) AN ACTIVE POTENTIAL WELL LAYER THIN ENOUGH TO ESTABLISH DISCRETE QUANTUM ENERGY LEVELS OR (2) AN ACTIVE BARRIER LAYER THIN ENOUGH TO PERMIT QUANTUM MECHANICAL TUNNELING OR (3) AN ACTIVE LAYER THIN ENOUGH TO PERMIT CARRIER TRANSMISSION WITH SUBSTANTIALLY NO SCATTERING (E.G., SUPERLATTICE, QUANTUM WELL, OR BALLISTIC TRANSPORT DEVICE) {5}
12.~ Heterojunction {3}
13  DF  .~.~> Incoherent light emitter
14  DF  .~.~> Quantum well {4}
26  DF  .~.~> Ballistic transport device {1}


DEFINITION

Classification: 257/12

Heterojunction:

(under subclass 9) Subject matter wherein the device includes at least two adjacent active layers, one of which is made of a substance that differs from that of the other.

(1) Note. See the illustration of a heterojunction device, in subclass 183.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

194, for heterojunction FETs having doping on the side of the heterojunction with lower carrier affinity.