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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Commissariat À L'énergie Atomique ET Aux Énergies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Inventor:
Norbert Moussy, Sainte Agnes, FR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/107 (2006.01); H01L 31/0368 (2006.01); H01L 31/0352 (2006.01); H01L 31/0224 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/107 (2013.01); H01L 31/022408 (2013.01); H01L 31/03529 (2013.01); H01L 31/03682 (2013.01); H01L 31/1075 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A SPAD-type photodiode including: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductive type having a front side and a back side; and a first semiconductor region of the second conductivity type extending in the substrate from the front side thereof and towards the back side thereof, the lateral surfaces of the first region being in contact with the substrate and the junction between the lateral surfaces of the first region and the substrate defining an avalanche area of the photodiode.