Radiant energy – Photocells; circuits and apparatus – Photocell controlled circuit
Patent
1995-11-14
1997-08-05
Le, Que
Radiant energy
Photocells; circuits and apparatus
Photocell controlled circuit
250214VT, 257 10, 313532, H01J 4014
Patent
active
056545363
ABSTRACT:
In a photomultiplier of the present invention, a semiconductor device arranged in an envelope to oppose a photocathode is constituted by a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a carrier multiplication layer of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, which is formed on the semiconductor substrate by opitaxial growth, a breakdown voltage control layer of the second conductivity type, which is formed on the carrier multiplication layer and has a dopant concentration higher than that of the carrier multiplication layer, a first insulating layer formed on the breakdown voltage control layer and said carrier multiplication layer while partially exposing the surface of the breakdown voltage control layer as a receptor for photoelectrons and consisting of a nitride, and an ohmic electrode layer formed on a peripheral surface portion of the receptor of the breakdown voltage control layer. When the dopant concentration distribution in the carrier multiplication layer is uniformly controlled on the basis of epitaxial growth, the uniformity of an avalanche multiplication gain for photoelectrons incident at different positions on the receptor of the semiconductor device is improved, thereby largely increasing the energy resolving power.
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Ishikawa Yoshitaka
Muramatsu Masaharu
Oishi Makoto
Suyama Motohiro
Yamamoto Koei
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
Le Que
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