Manufacture of a group of infra-red detector elements, and a group so manufactured
US4310583A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 23, 1979 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 23, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/26
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A group of infra-red radiation detector elements are manufactured from a body (21) of infra-red sensitive materials on an insulating substrate (22) using two masking steps which do not require critical alignment even with close spacing between the elements. A first masking layer (24; see FIG. 10) e.g. of photoresist is formed on the upper surface of at least the body (21) to determine by a lift-off technique a metallization pattern (35, 36; see FIG. 13) on the body (21) and the substrate (22). A second masking layer (44) e.g. of photoresist is then provided to determine by ion-bombardment through windows (45) of this layer (44) the desired pattern of elements and their electrodes. The ion-bombardment permits removal of exposed areas of not just the body (21) and metallization pattern (35, 36) but also of a passivating layer on the body surfaces; a closely spaced group of elements and their electrodes can be obtained because the ion-bombardment results in steep sides without significant undercutting.
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