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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshihiro Hisa, Itami, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 30 ; 357 32 ; 357 55 ; 357 61 ; 357 20 ;
Abstract
A photodetector device of a rear surface incident type includes a semi-insulating substrate transparent to light incident from the rear surface, a plurality of second conductivity type semiconductor regions disposed on the substrate in a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a conductive light absorption layer disposed on at least one of the second conductivity type semiconductor regions, metal electrodes having a high reflectance of the incident light disposed on the light absorption layer and the second conductivity type semiconductor regions, and protection layers disposed on the first conductivity type semiconductor layer.