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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Trieye Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Inventor:
Uriel Levy, Tel Aviv, IL;
Assignee:
TriEye Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/14 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/14 (2013.01); H01L 21/02271 (2013.01); H01L 21/707 (2013.01); H01L 31/1804 (2013.01); H01L 31/186 (2013.01);
Abstract
Short-wave infrared (SWIR) focal plane arrays (FPAs) comprising a Si layer through which light detectable by the FPA reaches photodiodes of the FPA, at least one germanium (Ge) layer including a plurality of distinct photosensitive areas including at least one photosensitive area in each of a plurality of photosensitive photosites, each of the distinct photosensitive areas comprising a plurality of proximate steep structures of Ge having height of at least 0.5 μm and a height-to-width ratio of at least 2, and methods for forming same.