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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2019
Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an infrared detecting device with high SNR. The infrared detecting device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a first compound semiconductor layer; a light receiving layer formed on the first compound semiconductor layer and containing at least In and Sb and having a predetermined range(s) of Al or Al and Ga proportion(s); a third compound semiconductor layer; and a second compound semiconductor layer containing at least In, Al, and Sb and having a predetermined range(s) of Al or Al and Ga proportion(s), in which the first compound semiconductor layer includes, in the stated order, a first A layer, a first B layer, and a first C layer, each containing at least In and Sb and having a predetermined range(s) of Al or Al and Ga proportion(s), and the proportion(s) of the Al composition or the Al composition and the Ga composition of each layer satisfy a predetermined relation(s).