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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:
Jun. 04, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Adrien Bruno, Palaiseau, FR;
Assignee:
France Telecom, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502141 ; 257432 ; 257443 ; 257 84 ; 385 14 ;
Abstract
Optoelectronic device integrating a photodetector having two diodes arranged side by side, constructed from layers of semiconductor material on a substrate that also incorporates a light guide for directing light to the diodes. The two identical, juxtaposed diodes (D1, D2) are arranged head to tail. The diode ensuring the photodetection is that which is reverse biased.