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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2020
Globalfoundries U.s. Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mark D. Levy, Williston, VT (US);
Edward W. Kiewra, South Burlington, VT (US);
Siva P. Adusumilli, South Burlington, VT (US);
John J. Ellis-Monaghan, Grand Isle, VT (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC., Malta, NY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to photodiodes and/or PIN diode structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a spiral fin structure comprising semiconductor substrate material and dielectric material; a photosensitive semiconductor material over sidewalls and a top surface of the spiral fin structure, the photosensitive semiconductor material positioned to capture laterally emitted incident light; a doped semiconductor material above the photosensitive semiconductor material; and contacts electrically contacting the semiconductor substrate material and the doped semiconductor material from a top surface thereof.