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Photo-receiving device with light guide

US5945720A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 25, 1997
Grant dateAug 31, 1999
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Expiry dateJul 25, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10F77/413

Abstract

A high-speed, high-sensitivity photo-receiving device has a light-absorbing substrate, on which a pair of electrodes are provided. An insulative optical guide is located over an exposed surface portion of the substrate constituting an optical window. The optical guide is permeable to incident light, and the width of the optical guide does not exceed the wavelength of the incident light.

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