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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2003
Peter E. Cottrell, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Robert H. Dennard, New Rochelle, NY (US);
Edward J. Nowak, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Norman J. Rohrer, Underhill, VT (US);
Peter E. Cottrell, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Robert H. Dennard, New Rochelle, NY (US);
Edward J. Nowak, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Norman J. Rohrer, Underhill, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A radiation detector formed using silicon-on-insulator technology. The radiation detector includes a silicon layer formed on an insulating substrate, wherein the silicon layer includes a PNPN structure, and a gate layer formed over the PNPN structure, wherein the gate layer includes a PN gate. Latch-up occurs in the radiation detector only in response to incident radiation.