Njengoba sonke sazi, ama-ultraviolet light-emitting diode angama-semiconductors akhipha ukukhanya ngobude obuthile begagasi lapho ukukhanya kudlula kuwo. Ama-LED aziwa njengamadivayisi esimo esiqinile. Izinkampani eziningi zakha ama-chips e-UV asekelwe ku-UV ngezinqubo zezimboni,
amathuluzi ezokwelapha
, ukuvala inzalo nokubulala amagciwane, amathuluzi okuqinisekisa amadokhumenti, nokuningi. Kungenxa ye-substrate yabo kanye nezinto ezisebenzayo. Yenza ama-LED akhanye, atholakale ngezindleko eziphansi, alungise i-voltage, futhi anciphise amandla okukhipha ukukhanya ukuze asetshenziswe ngokugcwele.