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Photodetector

CA 1205551 A · Owner: American Telephone And Telegraph Company · Inventors: Kastalsky, Alexander; Luryi, Sergey; Bean, John C.

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Abstract, Devices useful for example, as detectors in, telecommunications systems have been formed utilizing a specific structure. In particular a p-i-n device is fabricated on a silicon substrate having the necessary circuitry for signal processing. This p-i-n device is produced by depositing an intermediary region having a compositional gradient on this substrate and forming a germanium based p-i-n diode on the intermediary region.

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  • Granted June 3, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 3, 2003.
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FiledOctober 23, 1984
GrantedJune 3, 1986
Term endedJune 3, 2003
Patent numberCA 1205551 A
Classification (IPC)H01L31/02 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedOct 23, 1984Patent grantedJune 3, 1986Term endedJune 3, 2003

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