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一実施例では、半導体積層31は、受光層33、キャップ層39a、及びスペーサ層39bを含み、また基板35の主面35a上に設けられたバッファ層を含むことができる。半導体積層31は、基板35上に設けられたバッファ層を備えることができる。また、半導体積層31の表面は、SiN膜といったシリコン系無機絶縁膜で覆われることができる。第1電極37aは、フォトダイオード25毎にシリコン系無機絶縁膜に設けられた開口を介して半導体積層31に接触を成す。
半導体積層31の一例。
受光層33:GaAsSb/InGaAs。
スペーサ層39b:InGaAs。
キャップ層39a:InP。
受光層33のためのGaAsSb/InGaAs、スペーサ層39bのためのInGaAs、及びキャップ層39aのためのInPは順に、例えば分子線エピタキシー法で半導体基板上に成長される。
期間、 読出信号ROUTの値。
時刻t0からt1の期間、S1。
時刻t1からt2の期間、S2。
時刻t2からt3の期間、S3。
時刻t3からt4の期間、S4。
時刻t5からの期間、 S5。
タイプII量子井戸構造を含む半導体積層31に光Lが入射する。半導体積層31からの光電流ILは、例えばタイプII遷移成分及びバンド間遷移成分を有する。タイプII量子井戸構造は、本実施例では、大きなバイアス電圧依存性を示す。本実施例では、バイアス電圧BVの第1値V1において相対的に小さい感度を有し、バイアス電圧BVの第2値V2において相対的に大きい感度を有する。一方、バンド間遷移成分は、非常に小さい(実質的にゼロの)バイアス電圧依存性を示す。時刻t1からt2の期間における値S2、及び時刻t3からt4の期間の値S4は、時刻t0からt1の期間における値S1、時刻t2からt3の期間における値S3、及び時刻t4以降の期間の値S5に比べて、より多くのタイプII遷移成分を含む。より具体的には、値S2及び値S4はタイプII遷移成分を含み、値S1、値S3及び値S5はタイプII遷移成分を実質的に含まない。時刻t1からt5までの期間において、値S1〜S5は、ほぼ同量のバンド間遷移成分を有する。
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- 赤外線イメージセンサであって、
タイミング信号に応答して、第1値及び第2値を有するバイアス電圧を生成するバイアス回路と、
一次元又は二次元のアレイに配置された複数のフォトダイオードを含み、前記バイアス電圧を受ける半導体受光素子と、
前記アレイ内の前記複数のフォトダイオード毎に設けられ前記複数のフォトダイオードからの電気信号をそれぞれ受ける複数の読出回路と、
前記タイミング信号に同期して前記読出回路からの読出信号を処理する信号処理回路と、
を備え、
前記半導体受光素子は、前記フォトダイオード毎に設けられアノード及びカソードの一方である第1電極と、前記アノード及び前記カソードの他方である第2電極と、を含み、
前記バイアス電圧は、前記第1電極と前記第2電極との間に印加され、
各フォトダイオードは、III−V族化合物半導体の受光層を備え、前記受光層はタイプIIの量子井戸構造を有し、前記量子井戸構造は、アンチモンを構成元素として含む第1化合物半導体層を備え、
前記量子井戸構造は、第2化合物半導体層を更に備え、
前記第1化合物半導体層はGaAsSbを備え、
前記第2化合物半導体層はInGaAsを備える、赤外線イメージセンサ。 - 前記半導体受光素子は、InGaAsバルク層を含む、請求項1に記載された赤外線イメージセンサ。
- 前記半導体受光素子は、前記フォトダイオード毎に設けられた半導体メサの配列を備え、
前記半導体メサは、前記受光層上に設けられた第1導電型のキャップ層と、前記キャップ層内の前記フォトダイオード毎に設けられた第2導電型の半導体領域とを含む、請求項1又は請求項2に記載された赤外線イメージセンサ。 - 前記半導体受光素子は、前記受光層上に設けられた第1導電型のキャップ層と、前記キャップ層内の前記フォトダイオード毎に設けられた第2導電型の半導体領域とを含み、
前記キャップ層は、前記フォトダイオード毎における前記半導体領域を接続するように前記半導体領域に延在する、請求項1又は請求項2に記載された赤外線イメージセンサ。 - 前記半導体領域は、p型ドーパントの不純物拡散により形成される、請求項4に記載された赤外線イメージセンサ。
- 前記半導体受光素子は、前記受光層上に設けられたInGaAsスペーサ層と、前記InGaAsスペーサ層上に設けられたキャップ層とを有する、請求項1に記載された赤外線イメージセンサ。
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