Patent
1987-06-19
1989-02-21
James, Andrew J.
357 15, 357 16, H01L 2714
Patent
active
048070068
ABSTRACT:
A semiconductor photodetector is formed of interdigitated, metal-semiconductor-metal electrodes disposed on a surface of semi-insulating semiconductor material, gallium arsenide. Radiation such as infra-red or visible light is converted to an electric current flowing between the electrodes upon application of a bias voltage between the electrodes. A Schottky barrier at the junction of each electrode surface and the semiconductor surface limits current flow to that produced by photons. Tunneling of charge carriers of the current under the Schottky barrier, which tunneling results from the entrapment of charge carriers on the semiconductor surface, is inhibited by the production of a heterojunction surface layer upon the foregoing surface between the electrodes to repulse the charge carriers and prevent their entrapment at the surface. The heterojunction layer may be doped to enhance the repulsion of charge carriers. The heterojunction surface layer is of sufficient thickness to prevent tunneling of photogenerated carriers to a noncontacted region of the surface of the heterojunction layer and to also permit efficient repulsion of charge carriers from the surface. Longer wavelength photodetectors may also be formed in this way by providing misfit dislocation regions between the interaction region, which may be GaInAs, and a GaAs substrate, thereby providing a pseudo-morphic interaction region which is graded back to a heterojunction layer at the surface.
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McInturff David T.
Pettit George D.
Rogers Dennis L.
Woodall Jerry M.
International Business Machines - Corporation
James Andrew J.
Mintel William A.
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