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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Gianlorenzo Masini, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 30/225 (2025.01); H10F 71/00 (2025.01); H10F 77/122 (2025.01); H10F 77/14 (2025.01); H10F 77/40 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 30/2255 (2025.01); H10F 71/121 (2025.01); H10F 77/122 (2025.01); H10F 77/148 (2025.01); H10F 77/413 (2025.01);
Abstract
Embodiments herein describe an APD with a vertical electric field. In one embodiment, to reduce the thickness of the vertical electric field, an inversion layer at the interface between N doped silicon and an oxide is used as a cathode for the vertical electric field.