SE455975B - Fotodetektor med fotonaterkoppling - Google Patents

Fotodetektor med fotonaterkoppling

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Publication number
SE455975B
SE455975B SE8200330A SE8200330A SE455975B SE 455975 B SE455975 B SE 455975B SE 8200330 A SE8200330 A SE 8200330A SE 8200330 A SE8200330 A SE 8200330A SE 455975 B SE455975 B SE 455975B
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Prior art keywords
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photodetector
layers
pair
photon
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SE8200330A
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English (en)
Swedish (sv)
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SE8200330L (sv
Inventor
J A Copeland
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Western Electric Co
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Publication of SE8200330L publication Critical patent/SE8200330L/xx
Publication of SE455975B publication Critical patent/SE455975B/sv

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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
    • H01L31/111—Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation characterised by at least three potential barriers, e.g. photothyristors
    • 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
    • H01L31/12—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 structurally associated with, e.g. formed in or on a common substrate with, one or more electric light sources, e.g. electroluminescent light sources, and electrically or optically coupled thereto
    • H01L31/125—Composite devices with photosensitive elements and electroluminescent elements within one single body

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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)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Composite Materials (AREA)
  • Light Receiving Elements (AREA)
  • Photometry And Measurement Of Optical Pulse Characteristics (AREA)
SE8200330A 1981-02-02 1982-01-21 Fotodetektor med fotonaterkoppling SE455975B (sv)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US06/230,873 US4399448A (en) 1981-02-02 1981-02-02 High sensitivity photon feedback photodetectors

Publications (2)

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SE8200330L SE8200330L (sv) 1982-08-03
SE455975B true SE455975B (sv) 1988-08-22

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US (1) US4399448A (de)
JP (1) JPS57149779A (de)
BE (1) BE891952A (de)
CA (1) CA1182200A (de)
DE (1) DE3202832A1 (de)
FR (1) FR2499317B1 (de)
GB (1) GB2094551B (de)
IT (1) IT1149520B (de)
NL (1) NL186610C (de)
SE (1) SE455975B (de)

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JPS5889887A (ja) * 1981-11-25 1983-05-28 Univ Tohoku 半導体光機能デバイス
FR2612334B1 (fr) * 1986-12-12 1989-04-21 Thomson Csf Dispositif de multiplication de porteurs de charge par un phenomene d'avalanche et son application aux photodetecteurs, aux photocathodes, et aux visionneurs infrarouges
GB8828348D0 (en) * 1988-12-05 1989-01-05 Secr Defence Photodetector
US4979002A (en) * 1989-09-08 1990-12-18 University Of Colorado Foundation, Inc. Optical photodiode switch array with zener diode
JP3910817B2 (ja) * 2000-12-19 2007-04-25 ユーディナデバイス株式会社 半導体受光装置
US6674064B1 (en) 2001-07-18 2004-01-06 University Of Central Florida Method and system for performance improvement of photodetectors and solar cells

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IT8219373A0 (it) 1982-01-29
JPS57149779A (en) 1982-09-16
BE891952A (fr) 1982-05-17
DE3202832C2 (de) 1988-06-01
NL186610C (nl) 1991-01-02
GB2094551A (en) 1982-09-15
NL186610B (nl) 1990-08-01
SE8200330L (sv) 1982-08-03
DE3202832A1 (de) 1982-09-02
CA1182200A (en) 1985-02-05
IT1149520B (it) 1986-12-03
US4399448A (en) 1983-08-16
FR2499317A1 (fr) 1982-08-06
JPS6244867B2 (de) 1987-09-22
GB2094551B (en) 1985-01-03
FR2499317B1 (fr) 1985-11-29
NL8200371A (nl) 1982-09-01

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