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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2011
Yimin Kang, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhihong Connie Huang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Han-din Dean Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuval Saado, Qiriyat Gat, IL;
Yun-chung Neil NA, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yimin Kang, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhihong Connie Huang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Han-Din Dean Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuval Saado, Qiriyat Gat, IL;
Yun-Chung Neil Na, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices comprised of end-on waveguide-coupled photodetectors are described. In embodiments of the invention, the photodetectors are avalanche photodiodes coupled end-on to a waveguide. The waveguide includes an insulating trench proximate to the coupled photodetector. In embodiments of the invention, the avalanche photodiodes are silicon/germanium avalanche photodiodes.