CA1298640C - Photodiodes a avalanche et methodes de fabrication de ces photodiodes - Google Patents

Photodiodes a avalanche et methodes de fabrication de ces photodiodes

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CA1298640C
CA1298640C CA000598773A CA598773A CA1298640C CA 1298640 C CA1298640 C CA 1298640C CA 000598773 A CA000598773 A CA 000598773A CA 598773 A CA598773 A CA 598773A CA 1298640 C CA1298640 C CA 1298640C
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Lawrence Edward Tarof
Douglas Gordon Knight
Frank Reginald Shepherd
Norbert Puetz
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Nortel Networks Ltd
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Northern Telecom Ltd
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/08Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof in which radiation controls flow of current through the device, e.g. photoresistors
    • H01L31/10Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof in which radiation controls flow of current through the device, e.g. photoresistors characterised by potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors
    • H01L31/101Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation
    • H01L31/102Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation characterised by only one potential barrier
    • H01L31/107Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation characterised by only one potential barrier the potential barrier working in avalanche mode, e.g. avalanche photodiodes
    • H01L31/1075Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation characterised by only one potential barrier the potential barrier working in avalanche mode, e.g. avalanche photodiodes in which the active layers, e.g. absorption or multiplication layers, form an heterostructure, e.g. SAM structure

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CA000598773A 1989-05-04 1989-05-04 Photodiodes a avalanche et methodes de fabrication de ces photodiodes Expired - Fee Related CA1298640C (fr)

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2014102353A2 (fr) * 2012-12-31 2014-07-03 Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives Structure semiconductrice du type photodiode a avalanche a haut rapport signal sur bruit et procede de fabrication d'une telle photodiode
CN112018142A (zh) * 2016-06-21 2020-12-01 深圳帧观德芯科技有限公司 基于雪崩光电二极管的图像感测器

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2014102353A2 (fr) * 2012-12-31 2014-07-03 Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives Structure semiconductrice du type photodiode a avalanche a haut rapport signal sur bruit et procede de fabrication d'une telle photodiode
FR3000609A1 (fr) * 2012-12-31 2014-07-04 Commissariat Energie Atomique Structure semiconductrice du type photodiode a avalanche a haut rapport signal sur bruit et procede de fabrication d'une telle photodiode
WO2014102353A3 (fr) * 2012-12-31 2014-10-09 Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives Structure semiconductrice du type photodiode a avalanche a haut rapport signal sur bruit et procede de fabrication d'une telle photodiode
CN112018142A (zh) * 2016-06-21 2020-12-01 深圳帧观德芯科技有限公司 基于雪崩光电二极管的图像感测器

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