Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Responsive to non-electrical signal – Temperature
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-12
2009-10-06
Fahmy, Wael (Department: 2814)
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Responsive to non-electrical signal
Temperature
C257S355000, C257S347000, C257S354000, C257S374000, C257SE29287, C257S184000, C257S187000, C257S292000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07598584
ABSTRACT:
An infrared solid-state image pickup apparatus includes an SOI substrate having a silicon oxide film layer and an SOI layer on a silicon substrate, a detecting portion which is provided with a PN junction diode formed on the SOI substrate and converts a temperature change generated by an incident infrared ray to an electric signal, and a support that holds the detecting portion with a space from the silicon substrate of the SOI substrate. An impurity in a semiconductor layer constituting the PN junction diode is distributed such that carriers flowing in the semiconductor layer are distributed in such an uneven manner as being much in a central portion of the semiconductor layer than in a peripheral portion thereof.
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Ohta Yasuaki
Ueno Masashi
Armand Marc
Fahmy Wael
Mitsubishi Denki & Kabushiki Kaisha
Oblon, Spivak McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
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