DE1764225B1 - Photodetektor - Google Patents

Photodetektor

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Publication number
DE1764225B1
DE1764225B1 DE19681764225 DE1764225A DE1764225B1 DE 1764225 B1 DE1764225 B1 DE 1764225B1 DE 19681764225 DE19681764225 DE 19681764225 DE 1764225 A DE1764225 A DE 1764225A DE 1764225 B1 DE1764225 B1 DE 1764225B1
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Prior art keywords
voltage
microplasma
avalanche
area
diode
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Withdrawn
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DE19681764225
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German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Adolf Berkeley Heights N.J. Goetzberger (V.St.A.)
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AT&T Inc
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Western Electric Co Inc
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Publication of DE1764225B1 publication Critical patent/DE1764225B1/de
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F77/00—Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass
    • H10F77/95—Circuit arrangements
    • H10F77/953—Circuit arrangements for devices having potential barriers
    • H10F77/959—Circuit arrangements for devices having potential barriers for devices working in avalanche mode
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F30/00—Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors
    • H10F30/20—Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors the devices having potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors
    • H10F30/21—Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors the devices having potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors the devices being sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation
    • H10F30/22—Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors the devices having potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors the devices being sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation the devices having only one potential barrier, e.g. photodiodes
    • H10F30/225—Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors the devices having potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors the devices being sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation the devices having only one potential barrier, e.g. photodiodes the potential barrier working in avalanche mode, e.g. avalanche photodiodes

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  • Light Receiving Elements (AREA)
  • Radiation Pyrometers (AREA)
DE19681764225 1967-05-18 1968-04-26 Photodetektor Withdrawn DE1764225B1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US63938667A 1967-05-18 1967-05-18

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DE1764225B1 true DE1764225B1 (de) 1970-12-23

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US (1) US3453435A (enExample)
JP (1) JPS4723954B1 (enExample)
BE (1) BE715160A (enExample)
DE (1) DE1764225B1 (enExample)
FR (1) FR1574872A (enExample)
GB (1) GB1228841A (enExample)
NL (1) NL139138B (enExample)

Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3976874A (en) * 1973-06-16 1976-08-24 U.S. Philips Corporation Image tube incorporating a brightness-dependent power supply
US4001614A (en) * 1975-08-27 1977-01-04 Hughes Aircraft Company Bias circuit for a photo-avalanche diode
US5721424A (en) * 1996-06-10 1998-02-24 Alcatel Network Systems, Inc. Avalanche photodiode apparatus biased with a modulating power signal

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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US3453435A (en) 1969-07-01
FR1574872A (enExample) 1969-07-18
GB1228841A (enExample) 1971-04-21
NL139138B (nl) 1973-06-15
NL6804115A (enExample) 1968-11-19
JPS4723954B1 (enExample) 1972-07-03
BE715160A (enExample) 1968-09-30

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E77 Valid patent as to the heymanns-index 1977
EHJ Ceased/non-payment of the annual fee