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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. 13, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Julian Cheng, Chatham, NJ (US);
Bernard C DeLoach, Jr, New Providence, NJ (US);
Stephen R Forrest, Chatham, NJ (US);
Assignee:
American Telephone & Telegraph Co., AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 30 ; 357 16 ; 357 22 ; 357 41 ;
Abstract
An integrated photodetector-amplifier is described which is planar and exhibits excellent circuit characteristics including low input capacitance, high speed, and high sensitivity. Also, certain self-alignment features and a planar technology made fabrication of the circuits simpler and easier than most such circuits.