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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2016
Applicant:
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Zeljko Ignjatovic, Rochester, NY (US);
Hanan Dery, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/00 (2006.01); G01J 5/08 (2006.01); H01L 31/112 (2006.01); G01J 5/22 (2006.01); G01J 5/20 (2006.01); G01J 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/0837 (2013.01); G01J 5/00 (2013.01); G01J 5/20 (2013.01); G01J 5/22 (2013.01); H01L 31/112 (2013.01); G01J 2005/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
A detector of terahertz (THz) energy includes a MOSFET having an extended source region, and a channel region depleted of free carriers, which MOSFET operates in a sub-threshold voltage state and has an output that is an exponential function of THz energy supplied to the gate.