FR2438343A1 - Dispositif a semi-conducteur utilisable notamment pour des photodetecteurs a avalanche - Google Patents

Dispositif a semi-conducteur utilisable notamment pour des photodetecteurs a avalanche

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FR2438343A1
FR2438343A1 FR7924886A FR7924886A FR2438343A1 FR 2438343 A1 FR2438343 A1 FR 2438343A1 FR 7924886 A FR7924886 A FR 7924886A FR 7924886 A FR7924886 A FR 7924886A FR 2438343 A1 FR2438343 A1 FR 2438343A1
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semiconductor device
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avalanche photodetectors
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AT&T Corp
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Western Electric Co Inc
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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
    • H01L29/00—Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/02—Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/12—Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by the materials of which they are formed
    • H01L29/20—Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only AIIIBV compounds
    • H01L29/201—Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only AIIIBV compounds including two or more compounds, e.g. alloys
    • H01L29/205—Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only AIIIBV compounds including two or more compounds, e.g. alloys in different semiconductor regions, e.g. heterojunctions
    • 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

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  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
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Abstract

L'INVENTION CONCERNE UN DISPOSITIF A SEMI-CONDUCTEUR. L'INTERVALLE DE BANDES DE LA PREMIERE COUCHE ET L'INTERVALLE DE BANDES DE LA SECONDE COUCHE DE CHAQUE PAIRE DE LA SUITE SONT SENSIBLEMENT EGAUX; LES INTERVALLES DE BANDES DE CHAQUE PAIRE DE LA SUITE SONT ARRANGES EN UNE SUITE DE DIMENSIONS ALLANT EN DIMINUANT; ET LA SECONDE COUCHE D'AU MOINS UNE PAIRE DE LA SUITE EST LEGEREMENT DOPEE. L'INVENTION S'APPLIQUE AUX DISPOSITIFS A SEMI-CONDUCTEURS, NOTAMMENT AUX PHOTODETECTEURS.
FR7924886A 1978-10-06 1979-10-05 Dispositif a semi-conducteur utilisable notamment pour des photodetecteurs a avalanche Granted FR2438343A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US05/949,057 US4203124A (en) 1978-10-06 1978-10-06 Low noise multistage avalanche photodetector

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FR2438343A1 true FR2438343A1 (fr) 1980-04-30
FR2438343B1 FR2438343B1 (fr) 1981-05-29

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US (1) US4203124A (fr)
JP (1) JPS55500788A (fr)
AU (1) AU522867B2 (fr)
BE (1) BE879196A (fr)
CA (1) CA1135823A (fr)
ES (1) ES484787A1 (fr)
FR (1) FR2438343A1 (fr)
GB (1) GB2043346B (fr)
IT (1) IT7968943A0 (fr)
NL (1) NL7920079A (fr)
SE (1) SE8004005L (fr)
WO (1) WO1980000765A1 (fr)

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US4250516A (en) * 1979-08-06 1981-02-10 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Multistage avalanche photodetector
US4383269A (en) * 1980-09-19 1983-05-10 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Graded bandgap photodetector
US4486765A (en) * 1981-12-07 1984-12-04 At&T Bell Laboratories Avalanche photodetector including means for separating electrons and holes
US4476477A (en) * 1982-02-23 1984-10-09 At&T Bell Laboratories Graded bandgap multilayer avalanche photodetector with energy step backs
US4599632A (en) * 1982-08-30 1986-07-08 At&T Bell Laboratories Photodetector with graded bandgap region
US4794440A (en) * 1983-05-25 1988-12-27 American Telephone And Telegraph Company, At&T Bell Laboratories Heterojunction bipolar transistor
US4620214A (en) * 1983-12-02 1986-10-28 California Institute Of Technology Multiple quantum-well infrared detector
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US5959339A (en) * 1996-03-19 1999-09-28 Raytheon Company Simultaneous two-wavelength p-n-p-n Infrared detector
US6870239B1 (en) * 2003-04-04 2005-03-22 Solid State Scientific Corporation Avalanche photodiode having an extrinsic absorption region
US8279411B2 (en) * 2008-08-27 2012-10-02 The Boeing Company Systems and methods for reducing crosstalk in an avalanche photodiode detector array
US9395182B1 (en) 2011-03-03 2016-07-19 The Boeing Company Methods and systems for reducing crosstalk in avalanche photodiode detector arrays

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CA1135823A (fr) 1982-11-16
SE8004005L (sv) 1980-05-29
ES484787A1 (es) 1980-10-01
AU5147879A (en) 1980-04-17
FR2438343B1 (fr) 1981-05-29
IT7968943A0 (it) 1979-10-05
NL7920079A (nl) 1980-08-29
JPS55500788A (fr) 1980-10-16
GB2043346A (en) 1980-10-01
GB2043346B (en) 1982-05-06
US4203124A (en) 1980-05-13
AU522867B2 (en) 1982-07-01
BE879196A (fr) 1980-02-01
WO1980000765A1 (fr) 1980-04-17

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