JPS5475995A - Electron avalanche photodiode - Google Patents

Electron avalanche photodiode

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Publication number
JPS5475995A
JPS5475995A JP13873878A JP13873878A JPS5475995A JP S5475995 A JPS5475995 A JP S5475995A JP 13873878 A JP13873878 A JP 13873878A JP 13873878 A JP13873878 A JP 13873878A JP S5475995 A JPS5475995 A JP S5475995A
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Prior art keywords
avalanche photodiode
electron avalanche
electron
photodiode
avalanche
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JP13873878A
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Inventor
Pearusaru Toma
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Thales SA
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Thomson CSF SA
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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
    • 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
    • H01L31/109—Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation characterised by only one potential barrier the potential barrier being of the PN heterojunction type

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Light Receiving Elements (AREA)
JP13873878A 1977-11-10 1978-11-10 Electron avalanche photodiode Pending JPS5475995A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR7733916A FR2408915A1 (fr) 1977-11-10 1977-11-10 Photodiode a heterojonction, fonctionnant en avalanche sous une faible tension de polarisation

Publications (1)

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JPS5475995A true JPS5475995A (en) 1979-06-18

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JP13873878A Pending JPS5475995A (en) 1977-11-10 1978-11-10 Electron avalanche photodiode

Country Status (6)

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US (1) US4231049A (ja)
JP (1) JPS5475995A (ja)
CA (1) CA1121038A (ja)
DE (1) DE2848925A1 (ja)
FR (1) FR2408915A1 (ja)
GB (1) GB2008316B (ja)

Cited By (2)

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JPS58170079A (ja) * 1982-03-31 1983-10-06 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> 半導体受光素子
WO2019203059A1 (ja) * 2018-04-19 2019-10-24 日本電信電話株式会社 受光素子

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JPS5513907A (en) * 1978-07-17 1980-01-31 Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co Ltd <Kdd> Avalnche photo diode with semiconductor hetero construction
US4250516A (en) * 1979-08-06 1981-02-10 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Multistage avalanche photodetector
US4390889A (en) * 1980-10-09 1983-06-28 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Photodiode having an InGaAs layer with an adjacent InGaAsP p-n junction
JPS5793585A (en) * 1980-12-02 1982-06-10 Fujitsu Ltd Semiconductor photoreceiving element
US4476477A (en) * 1982-02-23 1984-10-09 At&T Bell Laboratories Graded bandgap multilayer avalanche photodetector with energy step backs
US4675624A (en) * 1985-03-29 1987-06-23 Rca Corporation Electrical phase shifter controlled by light
US4751513A (en) * 1986-05-02 1988-06-14 Rca Corporation Light controlled antennas
DE3850157T2 (de) * 1987-03-23 1995-02-09 Hitachi Ltd Photoelektrische Umwandlungsanordnung.
US4887138A (en) * 1988-03-23 1989-12-12 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secetary Of The Air Force P-I-N photodetector having a burried junction
US6781161B1 (en) 2003-04-09 2004-08-24 Teccor Electronics, Lp Non-gated thyristor device

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FR2252653B1 (ja) * 1973-11-28 1976-10-01 Thomson Csf
AU7731575A (en) * 1974-01-18 1976-07-15 Nat Patent Dev Corp Heterojunction devices
US4016586A (en) * 1974-03-27 1977-04-05 Innotech Corporation Photovoltaic heterojunction device employing a wide bandgap material as an active layer
US3921192A (en) * 1974-05-28 1975-11-18 Gen Electric Avalanche diode
US4053918A (en) * 1974-08-05 1977-10-11 Nasa High voltage, high current Schottky barrier solar cell
JPS52101990A (en) * 1976-02-21 1977-08-26 Hitachi Ltd Semiconductor device for photoelectric transducer and its manufacture

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS58170079A (ja) * 1982-03-31 1983-10-06 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> 半導体受光素子
JPS6328504B2 (ja) * 1982-03-31 1988-06-08 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
WO2019203059A1 (ja) * 2018-04-19 2019-10-24 日本電信電話株式会社 受光素子
JP2019192685A (ja) * 2018-04-19 2019-10-31 日本電信電話株式会社 受光素子

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
FR2408915A1 (fr) 1979-06-08
FR2408915B1 (ja) 1980-04-25
DE2848925A1 (de) 1979-05-17
GB2008316A (en) 1979-05-31
US4231049A (en) 1980-10-28
GB2008316B (en) 1982-02-17
CA1121038A (en) 1982-03-30

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