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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2005
Peter Steven Bui, Westminster, CA (US);
Narayan Dass Taneja, Long Beach, CA (US);
Peter Steven Bui, Westminster, CA (US);
Narayan Dass Taneja, Long Beach, CA (US);
UDT Sensors, Inc., Hawthorne, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed toward a detector structure, detector arrays, and a method of detecting incident radiation. The present invention comprises several embodiments that provide for reduced radiation damage susceptibility, decreased affects of crosstalk, reduced dark current (current leakage) and increased flexibility in application. In one embodiment, a photodiode array comprises a substrate having at least a front side and a back side, a plurality of diode elements integrally formed in the substrate forming the array, wherein each diode element has a p+ fishbone pattern on the front side, and wherein the p+ fishbone pattern substantially reduces capacitance and crosstalk between adjacent photodiodes, a plurality of front surface cathode and anode contacts, and wire interconnects between diode elements made through a plurality of back surface contacts.