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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2001
Susumu Nishimura, Tottori, JP;
Susumu Nishimura, Tottori, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Tottori Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Tottori, JP;
Abstract
A light-receiving device has a high-concentration impurity layer of a first conductivity type and a high-concentration impurity layer of a second conductivity type surrounding it formed on a substrate of the first conductivity type having a low impurity concentration so as to function as a light-receiving portion. The high-concentration impurity layers of the first and second conductivity types are arranged in the same direction as the top surface of the substrate. A layer having a short carrier life time is formed on the bottom surface of the substrate. Thus, carriers ascribable to unnecessary light components that have reached the layer having a short carrier life time have a shorter life time, making it possible to sufficiently cut unnecessary long-wavelength light components.