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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1978
Daniel Delagebeaudeuf, Paris, FR;
Thomson-CSF, Paris, FR;
Abstract
An avalanche diode of the IMPact Avalanche Transit Time (IMPATT) type with heterojunction structure of two different semiconductor materials, wherein a semiconductor junction P/N or N/P is located at the interface of the two materials. In order to improve the efficiency of the diode functioning as an oscillator, the impurity concentrations of the semiconductors are chosen so that the avalanche zone is located in one and only one of the materials, the thickness of the materials being determined in conjunction with the impurity concentrations to have transit zones of equal length, thus producing a 'double drift' avalanche zone. In the case of Ge/Ga As the condition to be fulfilled by the impurity concentration K.sub.1 of Ge and the impurity concentration K.sub.2 of Ga AS is very simple: