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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2019
Newport Fab, Llc, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Difeng Zhu, San Diego, CA (US);
Edward Preisler, San Clemente, CA (US);
Newport Fab, LLC, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
There are disclosed herein various implementations of a photodiode including a silicon substrate, and an N type germanium region situated over the silicon substrate, the N type germanium region being a cathode of the photodiode. In addition, the photodiode includes a P type germanium region situated over the N type germanium region, the P type germanium region being an anode of the photodiode. The photodiode also includes a P type silicon cap over the P type germanium region, an anode contact of the photodiode situated on the P type silicon cap, and one or more cathode contacts of the photodiode electrically connected to the N type germanium region.