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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
May. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Sensl Technologies Ltd., Cork, IE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SensL Technologies Ltd., Cork, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/107 (2006.01); H01L 27/144 (2006.01); H01L 31/115 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/1446 (2013.01); H01L 31/107 (2013.01); H01L 31/115 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to photon detectors. In particular, the present disclosure relates to high sensitivity photon detectors such as semiconductor photomultipliers. A semiconductor photomultiplier is described which comprises an array of interconnected photosensitive microcells; and at least one dark count rate (DCR) suppression element associated with the array.