摘要:
In the active type solid-state imaging device of the present invention, the image sensor portion and the driving circuit portion which drives the image sensor portion or conducts signal processing are formed in separate semiconductor regions in the identical semiconductor substrate.
摘要:
An amplifying type solid-state imaging device having a transistor formed on a semiconductor base and a charge release portion which stores a signal charge which is generated by light incident on the transistor and outputs a change of an electrical signal in accordance with the stored charge. The transistor includes: a first gate region including a portion for storing the signal charge therein and a first gate electrode formed on the semiconductor base surface; and a source and a drain formed of impurity layers of a higher concentration than the semiconductor base concentration. The charge release portion includes: a second gate region including a portion in the vicinity of the semiconductor base surface, and a second gate electrode formed via an insulating film on the semiconductor base surface; and a drain for charge discharge formed of an impurity layer of a higher concentration than the semiconductor base concentration. The stored signal charge is released to the drain for charge discharge of the charge release portion.
摘要:
A quantum wire structure includes a first layer having a thickness sufficiently smaller than a de Broglie wavelength of an electron wave in a medium, a second layer and a third layer which are disposed on and under the first layer and respectively have a forbidden band width larger than that of the first layer, wherein the first layer has a region with a relatively small curvature and a region with a relatively large curvature in its cross-section, and a width of the region with a relatively small curvature is 50 nm or less.
摘要:
A semiconductor laser device having a mesa stripe whose side faces are facets of {111} planes is disclosed. In the laser device, a current blocking layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate whose main surface is a (100) plane, and a channel which is oriented along the direction is formed in the current blocking layer. The mesa stripe is formed on the substrate within the channel by a selective growth technique. The mesa stripe has a multilayer structure including an active layer and is covered by a burying layer.
摘要:
A semiconductor laser device with a resonator containing an active region for laser oscillating operation is disclosed which comprises a third-order diffraction grating with a periodic corrugation for producing feedback of laser light, the corrugation being of substantially rectangular shape, wherein the ratio of the width of each convex portion of the corrugation to the periodicity of the corrugation is in the range of 0.20 to 0.25, 0.40 to 0.60, or 0.70 to 0.95.
摘要:
A semiconductor laser device comprising a double-heterostructure that is composed of an active layer and a pair of cladding layers sandwiching the active layer therebetween, and a stripe structure that is disposed on the double-heterostructure, the stripe structure being composed of a current blocking layer with a conductive type different from that of the adjacent cladding layer, and the current blocking layer having a striped groove constituting a current path, wherein the cladding layer that contacts the current blocking layer is composed of an In.sub.1-s Ga.sub.s P.sub.1-t As.sub.t crystal material (wherein 0.51.ltoreq.s.ltoreq.1, 0.ltoreq.t.ltoreq.1 and s=2.04t-1.04).
摘要:
An integrated optical disc pickup comprising an optical waveguide in the form of a insulation layer provided on the surface of a substrate, a semiconductor laser disposed outside the waveguide, a beam splitter of the transmission type and a Luneburg lens provided on the path of propagation of a laser beam from the semiconductor laser through the waveguide and arranged in the order mentioned in a direction away from the laser, a transmission grating provided on the path through the waveguide to be followed by the laser beam upon having its direction changed by the beam splitter after emanating from the laser, passing through the beam splitter and the Luneburg lens, being reflected from an optical disc disposed outside the waveguide and passing through the Luneburg lens, and first and second photodetectors disposed on the paths of propagation through the waveguide of two portions of the laser beam divided by the diffraction grating.
摘要:
A distributed feedback semiconductor laser device comprising a laser oscillation region and a distributed reflector which are provided in a laminated crystal structure, and comprising facets at both the ends, wherein a light emitting face is disposed at one or both ends of the laser oscillation region, the face being parallel to the lamination direction and intersecting with the light emitting direction at an angle which is 90 degrees minus the Bresster angle.
摘要:
A molding device for molding or shaping a plastically moldable sheet includes a lower mold having a recess which extends along an inner wall of the lower mold, an upper mold having a raised portion which is neatly received in the recess of the lower mold when the upper mold is properly seated on the lower mold to press the sheet, and a sheet mover including a rotatable member which is rotatably arranged on the outer wall of the lower mold and partially exposed to the recess of the lower mold.
摘要:
The amplification type solid-state imaging device of this invention includes amplification type photoelectric converting elements arranged in a matrix. Each of the amplification type photoelectric converting elements includes: a transistor formed at a surface of a semiconductor substrate, for accumulating signal charge generated from incident light on a portion of the transistor at the surface of the semiconductor substrate and outputting an output signal comprising a change in an electric signal corresponding to the accumulated signal charge; a gate region formed adjacent to the transistor, including a portion of the semiconductor substrate, an insulating film formed on the portion of the semiconductor substrate, and a gate electrode formed on the insulating film, the gate region allowing the accumulated signal charge to move from the surface of the semiconductor substrate to the inside of the semiconductor substrate; and an output impedance converting section connected to the photoelectric converting elements which sequentially receives the output signals from the amplification type photoelectric converting elements, the output impedance converting section including a driving transistor driven with the output signals and a load transistor.