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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2020
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Iguchi, Osaka, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A light receiving device includes a substrate, a first contact layer disposed on a surface of the substrate, a light receiving layer disposed on the first contact layer, an intermediate layer disposed on the light receiving layer, a wide-gap layer having a pn junction disposed on the intermediate layer, a second contact layer disposed on the wide-gap layer, and a groove formed for pixel isolation by removing the second contact layer and part of the wide-gap layer, wherein the intermediate layer has a wider band gap than the light receiving layer, and wherein the wide-gap layer has a wider band gap than the intermediate layer.