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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:
Sep. 11, 1984
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chung Y Chen, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Alfred Y Cho, Summit, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 30 ; 357 16 ; 357 58 ;
Abstract
A majority carrier photodetector has high sensitivity and fast response times. The photodetector comprises a thin highly doped layer surrounded on either side by two nominally undoped layers which are completely depleted at thermal equilibrium.