DE69120849D1 - Lawinenphotodiode - Google Patents

Lawinenphotodiode

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DE69120849D1
DE69120849D1 DE69120849T DE69120849T DE69120849D1 DE 69120849 D1 DE69120849 D1 DE 69120849D1 DE 69120849 T DE69120849 T DE 69120849T DE 69120849 T DE69120849 T DE 69120849T DE 69120849 D1 DE69120849 D1 DE 69120849D1
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avalanche photodiode
avalanche
photodiode
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Expired - Fee Related
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DE69120849T
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DE69120849T2 (de
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Kagawa Toschiaki
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor 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
    • H01L31/08—Semiconductor 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
    • H01L31/10—Semiconductor 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
    • H01L31/101—Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation
    • H01L31/102—Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation characterised by only one potential barrier
    • H01L31/107—Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation characterised by only one potential barrier the potential barrier working in avalanche mode, e.g. avalanche photodiodes
    • H01L31/1075—Devices 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B82—NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • B82Y—SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
    • B82Y20/00—Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor 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
    • H01L31/0248—Semiconductor 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 characterised by their semiconductor bodies
    • H01L31/0352—Semiconductor 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 characterised by their semiconductor bodies characterised by their shape or by the shapes, relative sizes or disposition of the semiconductor regions
    • H01L31/035236—Superlattices; Multiple quantum well structures

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Nanotechnology (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
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  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Light Receiving Elements (AREA)
DE69120849T 1990-04-09 1991-04-08 Lawinenphotodiode Expired - Fee Related DE69120849T2 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP9212490 1990-04-09
JP2243755A JP2934294B2 (ja) 1990-04-09 1990-09-17 アバランシェフォトダイオード

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DE69120849D1 true DE69120849D1 (de) 1996-08-22
DE69120849T2 DE69120849T2 (de) 1997-02-27

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DE69120849T Expired - Fee Related DE69120849T2 (de) 1990-04-09 1991-04-08 Lawinenphotodiode

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US (1) US5075750A (de)
EP (1) EP0451931B1 (de)
JP (1) JP2934294B2 (de)
DE (1) DE69120849T2 (de)

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US6720588B2 (en) 2001-11-28 2004-04-13 Optonics, Inc. Avalanche photodiode for photon counting applications and method thereof
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US7652252B1 (en) 2007-10-08 2010-01-26 Hrl Laboratories, Llc Electronically tunable and reconfigurable hyperspectral photon detector
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US10381502B2 (en) * 2015-09-09 2019-08-13 Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, Llc Multicolor imaging device using avalanche photodiode
EP3821472A4 (de) * 2018-07-11 2022-03-02 SRI International Linearmodus-lawinenphotodioden ohne übermässiges rauschen

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JPH02119274A (ja) * 1988-10-28 1990-05-07 Fujitsu Ltd アバランシェフォトダイオード
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JPH0410478A (ja) 1992-01-14
US5075750A (en) 1991-12-24
DE69120849T2 (de) 1997-02-27
JP2934294B2 (ja) 1999-08-16
EP0451931B1 (de) 1996-07-17
EP0451931A1 (de) 1991-10-16

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