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Metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector

US6107652A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 16, 1998
Grant dateAug 22, 2000
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Expiry dateJan 16, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10F30/2275

Abstract

A metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector including an absorbent layer, a barrier layer of greater forbidden band energy on which there are deposited Schottky electrodes and a transition layer of graded composition, the photodetector including a doping plane situated in the vicinity of the join between the absorbent layer and the transition layer of graded composition.

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