Patent ID: 7687870

Claim:
A laterally configured electrooptical device comprising: a substrate having a surface; a first semiconductor layer of a first type semiconductor material, the first semiconductor layer having a first side, a second side, an upper surface, and a lower surface, the lower surface of the first semiconductor layer being coupled to a section of the surface of the substrate; a second semiconductor layer formed of a second type semiconductor material different from the first type semiconductor material, the second semiconductor layer having a first side, a second side, an upper surface, and a lower surface arranged such that: the lower surface of the second semiconductor layer is coupled to the upper surface of the first semiconductor layer to form a junction; the first side of the second semiconductor layer is adjacent to the first side of the first semiconductor layer; and the second side of the second semiconductor layer is adjacent to the second side of the first semiconductor layer; a first electrode directly electrically connected to the first side of the first semiconductor layer; and a second electrode directly electrically connected to the second side of the second semiconductor layer; wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are configured such that at least one of the lower surface of the first semiconductor layer or the upper surface of the second semiconductor layer is substantially unoccluded by the first electrode and the second electrode.