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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2008
Applicant:
Jie Yao, Princeton, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Jie Yao, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Wavefront Holdings, LLC, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/147 (2006.01); H01L 31/103 (2006.01); H01L 31/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sensor including an array of light sensitive pixels, each pixel including: at least one hetero-junction phototransistor having a floating base without contact, wherein each phototransistor is a mesa device having active layers exposed at side-walls of the mesa device; and at least one atomic layer deposited high-k dielectric material adjacent to and passivating at least the side-wall exposed active layers.