公开(公告)号：US20070014070A1

公开(公告)日：2007-01-18

申请号：US11457710

申请日：2006-07-14

申请人： AARON HAWKINS ,  HONG-WEI LEE

发明人： AARON HAWKINS ,  HONG-WEI LEE

IPC分类号： H02H1/00

CPC分类号： H01L29/872 ,  H01L29/866 ,  H01L31/101

摘要： An input signal comprising electronic carriers is injected into an impact ionization device with a high electric field whereupon the electronic carriers are accelerated toward an electron collector or hole sink and subsequently ionize additional electrons and holes that accelerated toward the electron collector and hole sink respectively. When properly biased an avalanche effect may occur that is proportional to the current injected into the impact ionization device via the input electrode. As a result, the input signal is amplified to provide an amplified signal. The described amplifier may be integrated with an input device such as a photodiode, and a transimpedance output amplifier onto a common substrate resulting in high performance high density sensor arrays and the like.

摘要翻译： 包括电子载体的输入信号被注入到具有高电场的冲击电离装置中，随后电子载体朝向电子收集器或空穴吸收器加速，并且随后电离分别向电子收集器和空穴吸收加速的附加电子和空穴。 当适当偏置时，可能发生与通过输入电极注入到冲击电离装置中的电流成比例的雪崩效应。 结果，输入信号被放大以提供放大的信号。 所描述的放大器可以与诸如光电二极管的输入设备和跨导输出放大器集成到公共衬底上，从而产生高性能的高密度传感器阵列等。