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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Commissariat À L'énergie Atomique ET Aux Énergies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/02 (2006.01); H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H01L 31/0352 (2006.01); H01L 31/107 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/02027 (2013.01); H01L 31/022408 (2013.01); H01L 31/0352 (2013.01); H01L 31/107 (2013.01);
Abstract
A SPAD-type photodiode comprising a depletion area in a first portion of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type and further comprising a gate electrically-insulated from the substrate, extending into the substrate from an upper surface of the substrate, and separating the first portion of the substrate from a second portion. The photodiode further comprises a first region of the second conductivity type extending from the upper surface of the substrate into the second portion.