WO2022221271A1 - Photodiode à avalanche silicium-germanium - Google Patents

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WO2022221271A1
WO2022221271A1 PCT/US2022/024409 US2022024409W WO2022221271A1 WO 2022221271 A1 WO2022221271 A1 WO 2022221271A1 US 2022024409 W US2022024409 W US 2022024409W WO 2022221271 A1 WO2022221271 A1 WO 2022221271A1
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Abstract

Une photodiode à avalanche SiGe (APD) fournit une détection de lumière infrarouge à ondes courtes (SWIR) et fonctionne dans des longueurs d'ondes électromagnétiques à sécurité oculaire. L'APD SiGe comprend un corps semi-conducteur Ge attribué en tant que première région ayant un premier type de conductivité (par exemple, de type n) et une seconde région ayant du SiGe déposé sur la première région. La seconde région peut comporter de multiples sous-régions disposées à l'intérieur de la seconde région.
PCT/US2022/024409 2021-04-13 2022-04-12 Photodiode à avalanche silicium-germanium WO2022221271A1 (fr)

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US8829566B2 (en) * 2005-06-28 2014-09-09 Intel Corporation Germanium/silicon avalanche photodetector with separate absorption and multiplication regions

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US20120061567A1 (en) * 2008-07-16 2012-03-15 Infrared Newco, Inc. Imaging apparatus and methods
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