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Integrated optoelectronic device with an avalanche photodetector and method of making the same using commercial CMOS processes
Integrated optoelectronic device with an avalanche photodetector and method of making the same using commercial CMOS processes
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机译:具有雪崩光电探测器的集成光电装置及其使用商业CMOS工艺的制造方法
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An integrated optoelectronic circuit chip for optical data communication systems includes a silicon substrate, at least one MOS field effect transistor (MOSFET) formed on a portion of the silicon substrate, and an avalanche photodetector operatively responsive to an incident optical signal and formed on another portion of the substrate. The avalanche photodetector includes a light absorbing region extending from a top surface of the silicon substrate to a depth h and doped to a first conductivity type. The light absorbing region is ionizable by the incident optical signal to form freed charge carriers in the light absorbing region. A light responsive region is formed in the light absorbing region and extends from the top surface of the silicon substrate to a depth of less than h. The light responsive region is doped to a second conductivity type of opposite polarity to the first conductivity type. The light absorbing region and the light responsive region form a P-N junction at the interface therebetween such that when the light absorbing and light responsive regions are appropriately reverse biased, the freed charge carriers in the light absorbing region are amplified by avalanche multiplication.
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