DE3241176C2 - - Google Patents

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DE3241176C2
DE3241176C2 DE3241176A DE3241176A DE3241176C2 DE 3241176 C2 DE3241176 C2 DE 3241176C2 DE 3241176 A DE3241176 A DE 3241176A DE 3241176 A DE3241176 A DE 3241176A DE 3241176 C2 DE3241176 C2 DE 3241176C2
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semiconductor
electrons
holes
semiconductors
impact ionization
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DE3241176A
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German (de)
English (en)
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DE3241176A1 (de
Inventor
Hiroyuki Yokohama Kanagawa Jp Sakaki
Tomonori Odawara Kanagawa Jp Tanoue
Hidetoshi Matsudo Chiba Jp Nojiri
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Canon Inc
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Canon Inc
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Priority claimed from JP56179439A external-priority patent/JPS5880880A/ja
Priority claimed from JP56179438A external-priority patent/JPS5880879A/ja
Application filed by Canon Inc filed Critical Canon Inc
Publication of DE3241176A1 publication Critical patent/DE3241176A1/de
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Publication of DE3241176C2 publication Critical patent/DE3241176C2/de
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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
    • H10F71/00—Manufacture or treatment of devices covered by this subclass
    • H10F71/127—The active layers comprising only Group III-V materials, e.g. GaAs or InP
    • H10F71/1272—The active layers comprising only Group III-V materials, e.g. GaAs or InP comprising at least three elements, e.g. GaAlAs or InGaAsP
    • 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
    • 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
    • H10D8/00—Diodes
    • H10D8/50—PIN diodes 
    • 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
    • H10F30/2255—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 in which the active layers form heterostructures, e.g. SAM structures
    • 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
    • H10F71/00—Manufacture or treatment of devices covered by this subclass
    • 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
    • H10F71/00—Manufacture or treatment of devices covered by this subclass
    • H10F71/127—The active layers comprising only Group III-V materials, e.g. GaAs or InP
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
    • Y02E10/544—Solar cells from Group III-V materials
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S438/00—Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
    • Y10S438/936—Graded energy gap

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DE19823241176 1981-11-09 1982-11-08 Verfahren zum erzielen eines stossionisationskoeffizienten-verhaeltnisses durch verbinden verschiedenartiger halbleiter Granted DE3241176A1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP56179439A JPS5880880A (ja) 1981-11-09 1981-11-09 半導体素子
JP56179438A JPS5880879A (ja) 1981-11-09 1981-11-09 半導体素子

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DE3241176A1 DE3241176A1 (de) 1983-05-26
DE3241176C2 true DE3241176C2 (Direct) 1989-08-31

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DE (1) DE3241176A1 (Direct)

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US4663256A (en) * 1985-10-25 1987-05-05 General Motors Corporation Nonsintered nickel electrode
US4711857A (en) * 1986-08-28 1987-12-08 The United States Of America As Represented By The Administrator Of The National Aeronautics And Space Administration Tailorable infrared sensing device with strain layer superlattice structure
US5204539A (en) * 1991-01-28 1993-04-20 Nec Corporation Avalanche photodiode with hetero-periodical structure
DE69229369T2 (de) * 1991-03-28 2000-01-27 Nec Corp., Tokio/Tokyo Halbleiterphotodetektor mit Lawinenmultiplikation
JP3233983B2 (ja) * 1991-05-24 2001-12-04 キヤノン株式会社 キャリアの吐き出しの為の手段を有する光検出器及びそれを用いた光通信システム
JP3162424B2 (ja) * 1991-05-27 2001-04-25 キヤノン株式会社 導波型光検出器及びその作製方法
JPH08139151A (ja) * 1994-11-10 1996-05-31 Mitsubishi Electric Corp デバイスシミュレーションの方法および装置
US11508869B2 (en) 2019-08-06 2022-11-22 Ohio State Innovation Foundation Lateral interband type II engineered (LITE) detector

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