The 82nd JSAP Autumn Meeting 2021

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Symposium (Oral)

Symposium » (Open Symposium) Symposium in memory of Dr. Isamu Akasaki

[11p-N101-1~12] (Open Symposium) Symposium in memory of Dr. Isamu Akasaki

Sat. Sep 11, 2021 1:30 PM - 5:55 PM N101 (Oral)

Motoaki Iwaya(Meijo Univ.), Tetsuya Takeuchi(Meijo Univ.), Yoshio Honda(Nagoya Univ.)

2:10 PM - 2:25 PM

[11p-N101-5] R&D History of Blue LED

Koichi Ota1 (1.Toyoda Gosei)

Keywords:Blue LED

Prof. Akasaki started the research of GaN single crystal which is the material for Blue LED and achieved the following key technologies:
1. High quality GaN single crystal (1985)
2. Low resistant p-GaN (1989)
3. Resistant contralled n-GaN (1989)
Toyoda Gosei started Joint R&D with Prof. Akasaki in 1986 triggered by his lecture at Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and realized the production of Blue LED in 1995.