Njengoko sonke sisazi, i-ultraviolet ukukhanya-emitting diodes zi-semiconductors ezikhupha ukukhanya kwi-wavelength ethile xa ukukhanya kudlula kuzo. Ii-LED zaziwa njengezixhobo eziqinileyo. Uninzi lweenkampani zenza iichips ze-LED ezisekwe kwi-UV kwiinkqubo zamashishini,
izixhobo zonyango
, ukuvala iintsholongwane kunye nezixhobo zokubulala iintsholongwane, izixhobo zokuqinisekisa uxwebhu, nokunye. Kungenxa ye-substrate yabo kunye nezinto ezisebenzayo. Yenza ii-LEDs zicace, zifumaneke ngexabiso eliphantsi, ilungelelanise i-voltage, kwaye inciphisa amandla okukhutshwa kokukhanya ukuze isetyenziswe ngokufanelekileyo.