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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Ping Yuan, Van Nuys, CA (US);
Joseph C. Boisvert, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Dmitri D. Krut, Encino, CA (US);
Rengarajan Sudharsanan, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/107 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01); H01L 31/0352 (2006.01); H01L 31/108 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/1075 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); H01L 31/035236 (2013.01); H01L 31/035281 (2013.01); H01L 31/108 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
An avalanche photodiode detector is provided. The avalanche photodiode detector comprises an absorber region having an absorption layer for receiving incident photons and generating charged carriers; and a multiplier region having a multiplication layer; wherein the multiplier region is on a mesa structure separate from the absorber region and is coupled to the absorber region by a bridge for transferring charged carriers between the absorber region and multiplier region.