FR2379169A1 - Diode a avalanche constituee par une hetero-jonction et oscillateur en mode dit " a temps de transit " comportant une telle diode - Google Patents

Diode a avalanche constituee par une hetero-jonction et oscillateur en mode dit " a temps de transit " comportant une telle diode

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FR2379169A1
FR2379169A1 FR7702454A FR7702454A FR2379169A1 FR 2379169 A1 FR2379169 A1 FR 2379169A1 FR 7702454 A FR7702454 A FR 7702454A FR 7702454 A FR7702454 A FR 7702454A FR 2379169 A1 FR2379169 A1 FR 2379169A1
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diode
avalanche
junction
transit time
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Daniel Delagebeaudeuf
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Thales SA
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Thomson CSF SA
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Priority to FR7702454A priority Critical patent/FR2379169A1/fr
Priority to US05/871,881 priority patent/US4176366A/en
Priority to GB3068/78A priority patent/GB1579991A/en
Priority to JP821378A priority patent/JPS5396685A/ja
Priority to DE19782803612 priority patent/DE2803612A1/de
Publication of FR2379169A1 publication Critical patent/FR2379169A1/fr
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00—Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/02—Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/12—Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by the materials of which they are formed
    • H01L29/26—Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, elements provided for in two or more of the groups H01L29/16, H01L29/18, H01L29/20, H01L29/22, H01L29/24, e.g. alloys
    • H01L29/267—Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, elements provided for in two or more of the groups H01L29/16, H01L29/18, H01L29/20, H01L29/22, H01L29/24, e.g. alloys in different semiconductor regions, e.g. heterojunctions
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00—Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/66—Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/86—Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor controllable only by variation of the electric current supplied, or only the electric potential applied, to one or more of the electrodes carrying the current to be rectified, amplified, oscillated or switched
    • H01L29/861—Diodes
    • H01L29/864—Transit-time diodes, e.g. IMPATT, TRAPATT diodes

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une diode à avalanche destinée à fonctionner en mode << à temps de transit >> (mode IMPATT de la terminologie anglo-saxonne). Pour améliorer le rendement, on cherche à avoir une zone d'avalanche limitée à une région de faible épaisseur par rapport à l'épaisseur totale de la jonction semi-conductrice. La diode selon l'invention est une jonction Ge/AsGa, le germanium monocristallin étant dopé P et l'arséniure de gallium monocristallin étant dopé N. Entre les concentrations de dopants K1 (Ge) et K 2 (AsGa) on doit avoir la relation : K2 > 6,3.10**-6 (K1 )** 1,3 (K1 et K2 : At/cm**3) pour que l'avalanche (zone L A ) n'ait lieur que dans le germanium. Application à la génération d'hyperfréquences.
FR7702454A 1977-01-28 1977-01-28 Diode a avalanche constituee par une hetero-jonction et oscillateur en mode dit " a temps de transit " comportant une telle diode Granted FR2379169A1 (fr)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR7702454A FR2379169A1 (fr) 1977-01-28 1977-01-28 Diode a avalanche constituee par une hetero-jonction et oscillateur en mode dit " a temps de transit " comportant une telle diode
US05/871,881 US4176366A (en) 1977-01-28 1978-01-24 Avalanche transit time diode with heterojunction structure
GB3068/78A GB1579991A (en) 1977-01-28 1978-01-25 Avalanche transit time diode with heterojunction structure
JP821378A JPS5396685A (en) 1977-01-28 1978-01-27 Electron avalanche transit time diode
DE19782803612 DE2803612A1 (de) 1977-01-28 1978-01-27 Lawinen-laufzeit-diode und damit ausgestatteter oszillator

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FR7702454A FR2379169A1 (fr) 1977-01-28 1977-01-28 Diode a avalanche constituee par une hetero-jonction et oscillateur en mode dit " a temps de transit " comportant une telle diode

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FR2379169A1 true FR2379169A1 (fr) 1978-08-25
FR2379169B1 FR2379169B1 (fr) 1982-01-08

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US (1) US4176366A (fr)
JP (1) JPS5396685A (fr)
DE (1) DE2803612A1 (fr)
FR (1) FR2379169A1 (fr)
GB (1) GB1579991A (fr)

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US4353081A (en) * 1980-01-29 1982-10-05 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Graded bandgap rectifying semiconductor devices
DE3725214A1 (de) * 1986-09-27 1988-03-31 Licentia Gmbh Impatt-diode
US5168328A (en) * 1990-07-03 1992-12-01 Litton Systems, Inc. Heterojunction impatt diode
FR2689683B1 (fr) * 1992-04-07 1994-05-20 Thomson Composants Microondes Dispositif semiconducteur a transistors complementaires.

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US3466512A (en) * 1967-05-29 1969-09-09 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Impact avalanche transit time diodes with heterojunction structure
AU7731575A (en) * 1974-01-18 1976-07-15 Nat Patent Dev Corp Heterojunction devices

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US4176366A (en) 1979-11-27
GB1579991A (en) 1980-11-26
DE2803612A1 (de) 1978-08-03
FR2379169B1 (fr) 1982-01-08
JPS5396685A (en) 1978-08-24

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