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Number: 257/186
Name: Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diodes) > Heterojunction device > Light responsive structure > Avalanche photodetection structure
Description: Subject matter wherein carriers generated in the active region of the device in response to light incident thereupon, achieve enough kinetic energy to knock further carriers from the crystalline lattice of the active region producing an avalanche or snowball increase in operating current level.


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7626193 Apparatus comprising a single photon photodetector having reduced afterpulsing and method therefor Dec. 1, 2009
7608906 Simultaneous unipolar multispectral integrated technology (SUMIT) detectors Oct. 27, 2009
7605406 Rear-illuminated-type photodiode array Oct. 20, 2009
7592654 Reduced crosstalk CMOS image sensors Sep. 22, 2009
7582920 Apparatus comprising an avalanche photodiode Sep. 1, 2009
7560751 Semiconductor photo-detecting element Jul. 14, 2009
7557387 Avalanche photodiode Jul. 7, 2009
7531826 Photocathode structure and operation May. 12, 2009
7525131 Photoelectric surface and photodetector Apr. 28, 2009
7521737 Light-sensing device Apr. 21, 2009
7491572 Method for fabricating an image sensor mounted by mass reflow Feb. 17, 2009
7468503 Pin photodetector with mini-mesa contact layer Dec. 23, 2008
7462889 Avalanche photodiode Dec. 9, 2008
7449727 Overvoltage-protected light-emitting semiconductor device Nov. 11, 2008
7432537 Avalanche photodiode structure Oct. 7, 2008
7397066 Microelectronic imagers with curved image sensors and methods for manufacturing microelectronic imagers Jul. 8, 2008
7378689 Apparatus comprising an avalanche photodiode May. 27, 2008
7368762 Heterojunction photodiode May. 6, 2008
7348608 Planar avalanche photodiode Mar. 25, 2008
7348607 Planar avalanche photodiode Mar. 25, 2008
7345325 Avalanche photodiode Mar. 18, 2008
7341921 Photodiode Mar. 11, 2008
7326970 Metamorphic avalanche photodetector Feb. 5, 2008
7271405 Intersubband detector with avalanche multiplier region Sep. 18, 2007
7259408 Avalanche photodiode Aug. 21, 2007
7238972 Photodetector Jul. 3, 2007
7214971 Semiconductor light-receiving device May. 8, 2007
7209623 Semiconductor waveguide-based avalanche photodetector with separate absorption and multiplication regions Apr. 24, 2007
7202511 Near-infrared visible light photon counter Apr. 10, 2007
7187013 Avalanche photodiode Mar. 6, 2007
7132706 Solid-state imaging device Nov. 7, 2006
7115925 Image sensor and pixel having an optimized floating diffusion Oct. 3, 2006
7102185 Lightshield architecture for interline transfer image sensors Sep. 5, 2006
7098489 Split type light receiving element and circuit-built-in light-receiving element and optical disk drive Aug. 29, 2006
7091527 Semiconductor photodetection device Aug. 15, 2006
7087939 Solid-state imaging device and manufacturing method thereof Aug. 8, 2006
7067854 Optical receiver Jun. 27, 2006
7049640 Low capacitance avalanche photodiode May. 23, 2006
7045833 Avalanche photodiodes with an impact-ionization-engineered multiplication region May. 16, 2006
7038251 Semiconductor device May. 2, 2006
7030427 Solid-state imaging device and method of manufacturing the same Apr. 18, 2006
7008852 Discontinuous dielectric interface for bipolar transistors Mar. 7, 2006
6978067 Horizontal access semiconductor photo detector Dec. 20, 2005
6963089 Avalanche photo-detector with high saturation power and high gain-bandwidth product Nov. 8, 2005
6956273 Photoelectric conversion element and solid-state image sensing device, camera, and image input apparatus using the same Oct. 18, 2005
6956251 On-p-GaAs substrate Zn1-xMgxSySe1-y pin photodiode and on-p-GaAs substrate Zn1-xMgxSySe1-y avalanche photodiode Oct. 18, 2005
6939771 Discontinuous dielectric interface for bipolar transistors Sep. 6, 2005
6936868 Sequential mesa avalanche photodiode capable of realizing high sensitization and method of manufacturing the same Aug. 30, 2005
6894322 Back illuminated photodiodes May. 17, 2005
6885039 Semiconductor photodetector and avalanche photodiode Apr. 26, 2005

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