Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Responsive to non-electrical signal – Electromagnetic or particle radiation
Patent
1995-12-21
1997-08-05
Meier, Stephen
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Responsive to non-electrical signal
Electromagnetic or particle radiation
257458, H01L 31107, H01L 31075, H01L 31105, H01L 31117
Patent
active
056545789
ABSTRACT:
A superlattice avalanche photodiode with a mesa structure is provided, which enables to keep its noise characteristic low for a long time without decreasing the dynamic range for high-speed response. The photodiode has a semiconductor superlattice carrier multiplication layer, a first semiconductor electric-field buffer layers of a first conductivity type formed on one side of the carrier multiplication layer, and a second semiconductor electric-field buffer layer of a second conductivity type formed on the other side of the carrier multiplication layer. The photodiode further has a semiconductor light-absorbing layer of the second conductivity type formed on the second electric-field buffer layer. At least the light-absorbing layer constitutes the mesa structure. The first electric-field buffer layer is made of a central part and a peripheral part surrounding the central part. The peripheral part has a greater electric-field relaxation effect than that of the central part. The interface damage of the light-absorbing layer is restrained through the difference of the electric-field relaxation effect.
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Meier Stephen
NEC Corporation
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