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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2007
Yukiya Miyachi, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Wojciech P. Giziewicz, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jurgen Michel, Cambridge, MA (US);
Lionel C. Kimerling, Cambridge, MA (US);
Yukiya Miyachi, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Wojciech P. Giziewicz, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jurgen Michel, Cambridge, MA (US);
Lionel C. Kimerling, Cambridge, MA (US);
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A photodiode in which increased sensitivity and speed are balanced. The photodiode includes: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of active regions formed on the substrate by selective epitaxial growth; and a comb electrode provided for each of the plurality of active regions and in communication with each other to electrically connect the active regions together.