Avalanche radiation detector

US7098519B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. · US

Inventors

• Gerhard Lutz · Munich, DE
• Rainer Richter · Munich, DE
• Lothar Struder · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 10, 2005
• Grant date: Aug 29, 2006
• Expiry date: May 10, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10F30/225

Abstract

The invention relates to an avalanche radiation detector comprising a semiconductor substrate (HK) with a front side (VS) and a back side (RS), an avalanche region (AB) which is arranged in the semiconductor substrate (HK) on the front side (VS) of the semiconductor substrate (HK) and a control electrode (R) for adjusting the electric field strength in the avalanche region (AB). It is proposed that the control electrode (R) is also arranged on the front side of the semiconductor substrate (HK).