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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2014
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Chien Nan Tu, Kaohsiung, TW;
Yu-Lung Yeh, Kaohsiung, TW;
Ming-Hsien Wu, Tainan, TW;
Li-Ming Sun, Tainan, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes an epitaxial layer including a first surface and a silicon layer disposed on the first surface and including a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the silicon layer includes a plurality of pillars on the second surface, a portion of the plurality of pillars on a predetermined portion of the second surface are in substantially same dimension, each of the plurality of pillars on the predetermined portion of the second surface stands substantially orthogonal to the second surface, the plurality of pillars are configured for absorbing an electromagnetic radiation of a predetermined wavelength projected from the epitaxial layer and generating an electrical energy in response to the absorption of the electromagnetic radiation.