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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/49 (2006.01); H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H01L 31/107 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/022408 (2013.01); H01L 27/14658 (2013.01); H01L 31/022416 (2013.01); H01L 31/107 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to embodiments of the present invention, a semiconductor photomultiplier device is provided. The semiconductor photomultiplier device includes a substrate having a front side and a back side, a common electrode of a first conductivity type adjacent to the back side, and a cell including an active region of a second conductivity type adjacent to the front side, and a contact region of the second conductivity type adjacent to the front side, the contact region being spaced apart from the active region by a separation region.