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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
May. 24, 2018
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Barry P. Linder, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY (US);
Jason S. Orcutt, Katonah, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01); H01L 31/024 (2014.01); H01L 31/028 (2006.01); G01R 19/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/0203 (2014.01); H01L 31/105 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/1864 (2013.01); G01R 19/0092 (2013.01); H01L 22/20 (2013.01); H01L 22/26 (2013.01); H01L 31/0203 (2013.01); H01L 31/024 (2013.01); H01L 31/028 (2013.01); H01L 31/105 (2013.01); H01L 31/186 (2013.01); H01L 31/1808 (2013.01); H05K 999/00 (2013.01); H05K 999/99 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for reducing dark current in a photodiode include heating a photodiode and applying an increasing reverse bias voltage to the heated photodiode to reduce a dark current generated by the photodiode.