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Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 09, 2023
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventor:

Shih-Yu Liao, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/00 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/021 (2025.01); H10F 39/8033 (2025.01); H10F 39/8063 (2025.01);
Abstract

Some implementations described herein provide an optoelectronic device including a multi-layer photodiode structure. The multi-layer photodiode structure includes a stacked configuration of multiple sensing structures formed from quantum effect materials (e.g., a germanium material). By using the stacked configuration of multiple sensing structures, a quantum effect length is increased relative to another photodiode including a single layer photodiode structure. Furthermore, a lower sensing structure of the multi-layer sensing structure shares a substrate with integrated circuitry of the optoelectronic device. The lower sensing structure is electrically isolated from the integrated circuitry by doped isolation regions adjacent to sidewalls of the lower sensing structure.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Liao, Shih-Yu. (2026). Photonic structure and methods of manufacturing (U.S. Patent No. 12575197). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12575197

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