GB929240A - Improvements in or relating to photo-sensitive semi-conductor devices - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to photo-sensitive semi-conductor devices

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GB929240A
GB929240A GB3473154A GB3473154A GB929240A GB 929240 A GB929240 A GB 929240A GB 3473154 A GB3473154 A GB 3473154A GB 3473154 A GB3473154 A GB 3473154A GB 929240 A GB929240 A GB 929240A
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surface layer
junction
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GB3473154A
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Donald Geoffrey Avery
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SECR AVIATION
Minister of Aviation
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Minister of Aviation
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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

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  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
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Abstract

929,240. Semi-conductor devices. MINISTER OF AVIATION. Feb. 29, 1956 [Nov. 30, 1954], No. 34731/54. Class 37. A photo-sensitive semi-conductor device of the PN junction type comprises a mass of semiconductor material with current carriers of low effective mass 1, in which the body of the mass is of P type conductivity and a surface layer 2 is of N type conductivity so that a rectifying (PN) junction is formed between them, connections being made to the body and the surface layer to define a current path across the junction between the connections, and the thickness of the surface layer being determined so that radiation incident upon the layer can pass through to the junction of the body with the surface layer. The device may be of InSb with the layer 2 of N type having Te or another Group VI element as impurity. By controlling the concentration of impurity, e.g. to provide 5 x 10<SP>19</SP> or 5 x 10<SP>16</SP> electrons per cc., the transmission cut-off wavelength of the surface layer is determined. The Te is included by coating P type InSb with Te and then diffusing it with heat to a depth of 5 to 10 thousandths of an inch. The semi-conductor material may alternatively be InAs.
GB3473154A 1954-11-30 1954-11-30 Improvements in or relating to photo-sensitive semi-conductor devices Expired GB929240A (en)

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2188482B (en) * 1986-03-24 1990-03-07 Mitel Corp Optical sensor
US11969611B2 (en) * 2019-11-28 2024-04-30 Chin-lung Yang Face mask with supporting strip

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2188482B (en) * 1986-03-24 1990-03-07 Mitel Corp Optical sensor
US11969611B2 (en) * 2019-11-28 2024-04-30 Chin-lung Yang Face mask with supporting strip

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