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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1978
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric Shanks Johnson, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Joseph Lawrence Schmit, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148 33 ; 148189 ; 7513 / ; 252 / ;
Abstract
Mercury cadmium telluride is disclosed having a quantity of a halogen donor material preferably selected from the group consisting of bromine and iodine dispersed therein in an amount sufficient to measurably increase the donor concentration. Also disclosed are PN junctions formed using this donor material. A method of introducing the donor material is additionally disclosed.