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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2018
Applicant:
Stmicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited, Marlow, GB;
Inventor:
Laurence Stark, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited, Marlow, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/107 (2006.01); H01L 31/113 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/101 (2006.01); H01L 31/0352 (2006.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/107 (2013.01); H01L 27/1461 (2013.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/14649 (2013.01); H01L 31/1136 (2013.01); H01L 31/1804 (2013.01); H01L 27/1463 (2013.01); H01L 27/14689 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an avalanche diode including at least one PN junction; at least one depletion structure located adjacent to the PN junction and configured to form a depletion region; and at least two electrodes to polarize the at least one PN junction.