A white light source is described and has a UV-/blue-emitting semiconductor LED and an embedding compound provided with phosphor particles. The LED is provided with a plurality of light-emitting zones that are applied within a layer structure on a common substrate. An emission maxima of the light-emitting zones are energetically detuned relative to one another by different choice of the composition or of the layer thickness of the semiconductor material.

A display for full color video includes light emitting diodes (LED's) arranged to increase LED density and thereby achieve enhanced resolution. The matrix is of the type that includes a plurality of physically separate, addressable dice fixed to a substrate. The display of the invention achieves increased density by utilizing dice of at least two distinct predetermined heights which are positioned onto the substrate in a predetermined pattern whereby the heights of adjacent dice differ. In this way, the closeness of inter-die spacing is not limited by the size of a positioning tool for grasping dice adjacent their upper portions.

Apparatus for providing a visual display screen of the type formed from a plurality of gas cells wherein electrical voltages are capacitively coupled to selected cells to cause gas ignition and subsequent light emission, and wherein a preselected and repeatable pattern of color phosphor is deposited on selected cell surfaces in predetermined amounts to form a means for selecting any color and intensity combination over a wide range.

In an LED lamp, a Zener diode is mounted on a copper plate, and a GaN-based light-emitting element is mounted on the Zener diode with an electrode of the element being oriented facedown. Two Zener diodes close to the center of the LED lamp are mounted on a common copper plate, thereby interconnecting the two light-emitting elements in series. Consequently, a Zener diode is connected to the respective two Zener diodes by means of a wire serving as a conductive member. Four light-emitting elements are connected in series, so that four light-emitting elements are connected in series, thus completing a circuit configuration. In this way, use of the Zener diodes for interconnection purpose enables a reduction in the number of minimum required wires. It is better to connect the wire to the upper surfaces of the Zener diodes, thereby obviating a necessity for a redundant wire space and enabling miniaturization of the LED lamp.

An electroluminescent device is provided with two semiconductor crystals, in each of which an electroluminescent junction is formed, which junctions can alternately be energized from an external current source. One of the semiconductor crystals is of the p/n-type and the other semiconductor crystal is of the n/p-type, while both crystals are provided on the bottom of a reflecting cavity of a single metal support.