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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2005
Applicant:
David W. Burns, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
David W. Burns, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14 (2006.01); H01L 31/00 (2006.01); H01L 29/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optically coupled resonator includes a resonator body having at least one resonator sidewall and a laterally offset photodiode formed in a semiconductor substrate adjacent to the resonator body. The resonator is driven by an electric field generated between the laterally offset photodiode and the resonator body when an incident light strikes the photodiode. A device including an optically coupled resonator and a method of operating an optically coupled resonator are also disclosed.