Circuit-integrating light-receiving element
    2.
    发明授权
    Circuit-integrating light-receiving element 失效
    电路集成光接收元件

    公开(公告)号:US6114740A

    公开(公告)日:2000-09-05

    申请号:US944101

    申请日:1997-09-30

    CPC分类号: H01L27/144 H01L31/02024

    摘要: The circuit-integrating light-receiving element of this invention includes: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; a first semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type formed over the semiconductor substrate; a first semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type for dividing the first semiconductor layer into semiconductor regions of the second conductivity type; light-detecting sections being constituted by the divided semiconductor regions and underlying regions of the semiconductor substrate, a divided photodiode being composed of the light-detecting sections; a second semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type formed only in the vicinity of the first semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type functioning as a division section of the divided photodiode and within the regions of the semiconductor substrate forming the respective light-detecting sections; and a second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type formed in a surface region of the first semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type including the division section so as to cover an upper part of the second semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的电路集成光接收元件包括:第一导电类型的半导体衬底; 形成在半导体衬底上的第二导电类型的第一半导体层; 第一导电类型的第一半导体层,用于将第一半导体层分成第二导电类型的半导体区域; 光检测部分由半导体衬底的划分的半导体区域和下面的区域构成,由光检测部分组成的分隔光电二极管; 第二导电类型的第二半导体层仅形成在用作分隔光电二极管的分割部分的第一导电类型的第一半导体层附近并且在形成各个光检测部分的半导体衬底的区域内; 以及第一导电类型的第二半导体层,形成在包括分隔部分的第二导电类型的第一半导体层的表面区域中,以覆盖第二导电类型的第二半导体层的上部。

    Divided photodiode
    3.
    发明授权
    Divided photodiode 失效
    分光电二极管

    公开(公告)号:US6005278A

    公开(公告)日:1999-12-21

    申请号:US12820

    申请日:1998-01-23

    IPC分类号: H01L27/146 H01L31/00

    CPC分类号: H01L27/14643

    摘要: A divided photodiode includes a semiconductor substrate; a semiconductor layer formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a plurality of isolating diffusion regions formed in a plurality of regions in the semiconductor layer so as to respectively extend from a surface of the semiconductor layer opposite to the other surface thereof in contact with a surface of the semiconductor substrate and to reach regions under the surface of the semiconductor substrate, thereby dividing the semiconductor layer into at least three semiconductor regions. A first buried diffusion region is further formed under the other isolating diffusion regions except for a particular one located in an isolating section in a combination of a plurality of the semiconductor regions which are adjacent to each other via the isolating section, and a depletion of the semiconductor substrate in a region under the other isolating diffusion region by the application of a reverse bias thereto is suppressed.

    摘要翻译: 分光电二极管包括半导体衬底; 形成在所述半导体衬底的表面上的半导体层; 以及形成在所述半导体层中的多个区域中的多个隔离扩散区域,以分别从与所述半导体衬底的表面接触的其他表面的所述半导体层的表面延伸并到达所述半导体衬底的表面下方的区域 表面,从而将半导体层分成至少三个半导体区域。 除了通过隔离部分彼此相邻的多个半导体区域的组合中的位于隔离部分中的特定一个隔离扩散区域之外,第一掩埋扩散区域进一步形成,并且, 通过施加反向偏压,在另一个隔离扩散区域下的区域中的半导体衬底被抑制。

    Light sensitive element and light sensitive element having internal circuitry
    4.
    发明授权
    Light sensitive element and light sensitive element having internal circuitry 有权
    具有内部电路的光敏元件和光敏元件

    公开(公告)号:US06404029B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-06-11

    申请号:US09656461

    申请日:2000-09-06

    IPC分类号: H01L2714

    CPC分类号: H01L27/1443 H01L31/0352

    摘要: A photosensitive device includes a semiconductor substrate and a first semiconductor layer, both of a first conductivity type, with the semiconductor layer being formed on the semiconductor substrate and having a lower impurity concentration than that of the semiconductor substrate. A second semiconductor layer, of a second conductivity type, is formed on the first semiconductor layer and at least one diffusion layer of the first conductivity type is formed from the surface of the second semiconductor layer so as to reach the surface of the first semiconductor layer. The diffusion layer subdivides the second semiconductor layer into a plurality of semiconductor regions At least one photodiode portion for converting signal light into an electrical signal is formed at a junction between at least one of the plurality of semiconductor regions and the first semiconductor layer. A depletion layer which is formed in the first semiconductor layer when a reverse bias voltage is applied to the at least one photodiode portion has a field intensity of about 0.3 V/&mgr;m or more.

    摘要翻译: 光敏器件包括半导体衬底和第一半导体层,它们都是第一导电型,半导体层形成在半导体衬底上,杂质浓度低于半导体衬底的半导体层。 第二导电类型的第二半导体层形成在第一半导体层上,并且从第二半导体层的表面形成至少一个第一导电类型的扩散层,以到达第一半导体层的表面 。 扩散层将第二半导体层细分为多个半导体区域在多个半导体区域和第一半导体层中的至少一个之间的接合处形成至少一个用于将信号光转换成电信号的光电二极管部分。 当向至少一个光电二极管部分施加反向偏置电压时,在第一半导体层中形成的耗尽层具有约0.3V / m 2以上的场强度。

    Circuit-integrated light-receiving device
    6.
    发明授权
    Circuit-integrated light-receiving device 有权
    电路集成光接收装置

    公开(公告)号:US06313484B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-11-06

    申请号:US09472886

    申请日:1999-12-28

    IPC分类号: H01L2715

    CPC分类号: H01L27/1443

    摘要: A circuit-integrated light-receiving device of the present invention includes: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; a first semiconductor crystal growth layer of the first conductivity type provided on a surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the first semiconductor crystal growth layer includes a first portion whose impurity concentration gradually decreases in a direction away from the surface of the semiconductor substrate and a second portion located in a first region above the first portion whose impurity concentration distribution is uniform in a depth direction; a buried diffusion layer of the first conductivity type located in a second region which is above the first portion of the first semiconductor crystal growth layer and does not overlap the first region; a second semiconductor crystal growth layer of a second conductivity type which is provided across a surface of the first semiconductor crystal growth layer and a surface of the buried diffusion layer; and a separation diffusion region having the first conductivity type for dividing the second semiconductor crystal growth layer into a light-receiving device section and a signal processing circuit section. The first region is located in the light-receiving device section. In the signal processing circuit section, the buried diffusion layer is in contact with the first portion of the first semiconductor crystal growth layer.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的电路集成光接收装置包括:第一导电类型的半导体衬底; 设置在所述半导体衬底的表面上的第一导电类型的第一半导体晶体生长层,其中所述第一半导体晶体生长层包括其杂质浓度在远离所述半导体衬底的表面的方向上逐渐减小的第一部分,以及第二半导体晶体生长层 位于第一部分上方的第一部分的部分,其杂质浓度分布在深度方向上是均匀的; 位于第一半导体晶体生长层的第一部分之上并且不与第一区域重叠的第二区域中的第一导电类型的掩埋扩散层; 设置在第一半导体晶体生长层的表面和掩埋扩散层的表面之间的第二导电类型的第二半导体晶体生长层; 以及具有第一导电类型的分离扩散区域,用于将第二半导体晶体生长层分割成光接收装置部分和信号处理电路部分。 第一区域位于光接收装置部分中。 在信号处理电路部中,埋入扩散层与第一半导体晶体生长层的第一部分接触。

    Photosensitive device with internal circuitry that includes on the same substrate
    8.
    发明授权
    Photosensitive device with internal circuitry that includes on the same substrate 失效
    具有包含在同一基板上的内部电路的感光装置

    公开(公告)号:US06380603B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-04-30

    申请号:US09707158

    申请日:2000-11-07

    IPC分类号: H01L3106

    CPC分类号: H01L31/02024 H01L27/144

    摘要: A semiconductor device includes: a photosensitive section essentially composed of a PN junction between a semiconductor multilayer structure of the first conductivity type and a first semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type; and a partitioning portion for splitting the photosensitive section into a plurality of regions. The semiconductor multilayer structure of the first conductivity type includes: a semiconductor substrate of the first conductivity type; a first semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type; and a second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type. The partitioning portion includes a third semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type extending from the first semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type so as to reach the second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type.

    摘要翻译: 半导体器件包括:基本上由第一导电类型的半导体多层结构和第二导电类型的第一半导体层之间的PN结组成的感光部分; 以及用于将感光部分分成多个区域的分隔部分。 第一导电类型的半导体多层结构包括:第一导电类型的半导体衬底; 第一导电类型的第一半导体层; 和第一导电类型的第二半导体层。 分隔部分包括从第二导电类型的第一半导体层延伸的第一导电类型的第三半导体层,以到达第一导电类型的第二半导体层。