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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2019
Applicant:
Daniel Gäbler, Apolda, DE;
Inventor:
Daniel Gäbler, Apolda, DE;
Assignee:
X-FAB SEMICONDUCTOR FOUNDRIES GMBH, Erfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 31/0232 (2014.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14629 (2013.01); H01L 31/02327 (2013.01); H01L 31/0543 (2014.12);
Abstract
A semiconductor device for light detection including a semiconductor layer having an optical active region for receiving incident light and a peripheral region around the optical active region. The device further includes a lens layer including a first lens for directing light into the optical active region, the first lens being located in a first region of the lens layer which overlaps a part but not the whole of the optical active region in the semiconductor layer.