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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2001
Toshihiko Fukushima, Nara, JP;
Masaru Kubo, Kitakatsuragi, JP;
Shigeki Hayashida, Kitakatsuragi, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A circuit-incorporating light receiving device comprises a first semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a first semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, a diffusion region of the second conductivity type, provided in a first portion of the second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, a circuit element provided in the first portion of the first semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type and a second portion of the second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type. The second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type and the diffusion region of the second conductivity type form a light detection photodiode portion, and the diffusion region of the second conductivity type has a diffusion depth less than or equal to a penetration depth of short-wavelength signal light.