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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1988
Akira Uchiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yuuichi Masaki, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Iwabuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Nomoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A PIN photodiode is composed of a lower electrode deposited on a substrate, a photoelectric transducer of PIN construction deposited on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode deposited on the photoelectric transducer. A method of fabricating the PIN photodiode is also disclosed. All of electron-and-hole pairs generated in the photoelectric transducer in response to application of light are biased by the lower and upper electrodes. These electron-and-hole pairs are quickly picked up as a current between the electrodes for detecting the light falling on the PIN photodiode.