CA1104265A - Heterojunction avalanche diode with a ternary alloy of gallium, indium and arsenic, and a binary alloy of indium and phosphorus - Google Patents

Heterojunction avalanche diode with a ternary alloy of gallium, indium and arsenic, and a binary alloy of indium and phosphorus

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CA1104265A
CA1104265A CA308,516A CA308516A CA1104265A CA 1104265 A CA1104265 A CA 1104265A CA 308516 A CA308516 A CA 308516A CA 1104265 A CA1104265 A CA 1104265A
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avalanche diode
indium
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Daniel Delagebeaudeuf
Thomas Pearsall
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Thales SA
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Thomson CSF SA
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D8/00—Diodes
    • H10D8/40—Transit-time diodes, e.g. IMPATT or TRAPATT diodes 
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D62/00—Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D62/80—Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials
    • H10D62/82—Heterojunctions
    • H10D62/824—Heterojunctions comprising only Group III-V materials heterojunctions, e.g. GaN/AlGaN heterojunctions

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  • Bipolar Transistors (AREA)
CA308,516A 1977-08-02 1978-08-01 Heterojunction avalanche diode with a ternary alloy of gallium, indium and arsenic, and a binary alloy of indium and phosphorus Expired CA1104265A (en)

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FR7723779A FR2399740A1 (fr) 1977-08-02 1977-08-02 Diode a avalanche a hetero-jonction, et oscillateur en mode dit " a temps de transit " utilisant une telle diode
FR7723779 1977-08-02

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CA1104265A true CA1104265A (en) 1981-06-30

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US (1) US4186407A (cg-RX-API-DMAC7.html)
JP (1) JPS5452481A (cg-RX-API-DMAC7.html)
CA (1) CA1104265A (cg-RX-API-DMAC7.html)
DE (1) DE2833543A1 (cg-RX-API-DMAC7.html)
FR (1) FR2399740A1 (cg-RX-API-DMAC7.html)
GB (1) GB2002579B (cg-RX-API-DMAC7.html)

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US4250516A (en) * 1979-08-06 1981-02-10 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Multistage avalanche photodetector
US4291320A (en) * 1980-01-10 1981-09-22 Rockwell International Corporation Heterojunction IMPATT diode
US4353081A (en) * 1980-01-29 1982-10-05 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Graded bandgap rectifying semiconductor devices
FR2476944A1 (fr) * 1980-02-21 1981-08-28 Bois Daniel Relais optoelectronique integre utilisant un semiconducteur a photoconductivite persistante et matrice de tels relais
US4276098A (en) * 1980-03-31 1981-06-30 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Batch processing of semiconductor devices
US4319937A (en) * 1980-11-12 1982-03-16 University Of Illinois Foundation Homogeneous liquid phase epitaxial growth of heterojunction materials
US4468851A (en) * 1981-12-14 1984-09-04 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Process for making a heterojunction source-drain insulated gate field-effect transistors utilizing diffusion to form the lattice
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FR2689683B1 (fr) * 1992-04-07 1994-05-20 Thomson Composants Microondes Dispositif semiconducteur a transistors complementaires.
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FR2399740A1 (fr) 1979-03-02
FR2399740B1 (cg-RX-API-DMAC7.html) 1982-02-26
GB2002579A (en) 1979-02-21
GB2002579B (en) 1982-05-19
JPS5452481A (en) 1979-04-25
US4186407A (en) 1980-01-29
DE2833543A1 (de) 1979-02-15

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