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(11) EP 0 634 052 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
18.01.1995 Bulletin 1995/03

(21) Application number: 93908605.0

(22) Date of filing: 26.03.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H01S 5/ 00( . )
H01S 5/ 026( . )
H01S 5/ 10( . )
H01S 5/ 40( . )
H01L 21/ 316( . )
H01S 5/ 042( . )
H01S 5/ 22( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1993/002844
(87) International publication number:
WO 1993/020581 (14.10.1993 Gazette 1993/25)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 30.03.1992 US 19920860454
10.08.1992 US 19920927822

(71) Applicant: The Board of Trustees for the University of Illinois
Urbana, Illinois 61801 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • HOLONYAK, Nick, Jr.
    Urbana, IL 61801 (US)
  • KISH, Fred, A.
    Sunnyvale, CA 94087 (US)
  • CARACCI, Stephen, J.
    Champaign, IL 61820 (US)
  • EL-ZEIN, Nada
    Champaign, IL 61820 (US)

(74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund 
GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)

   


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