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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Towfik H Teherani, Plano, TX (US);
D Dawn Little, Euless, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204 345 ; 204 561 ; 357 52 ; 357 61 ;
Abstract
A method of passivation of HG.sub.1-x Cd.sub.x Te by anodic selenidization is disclosed; in preferred embodiments the selenidization is by anodic growing of the selenides in an electrolyte solution of sodium selenide in water and ethylene glycol or in a solution of sodium selenide plus sodium hydroxide in water and ethylene glycol. Also, infrared detectors incorporating such selenide passivated Hg.sub.1-x Cd.sub.x Te are disclosed.