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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
David H Auston, Mountainside, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502 / ;
Abstract
A high speed photodetector using an amorphous semiconductor, such as silicon, and having a localized state density of at least 10.sup.18 /cm.sup.3 is described. The amorphous silicon may be prepared by evaporation or chemical vapor deposition or sputtering.