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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:
Jul. 21, 1992
Filed:
May. 17, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kokusai Denshin Denwa Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 13 ; 357 20 ; 357 30 ; 357 52 ; 357 61 ;
Abstract
An avalanche photo diode in which the guard ring portion and the front of the pn junction of the light receiving portion are formed at the same depth from the surface of an InP layer, so that the guard ring performs its desired function.