SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTOR AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240234620A9

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18499141

    申请日:2023-10-31

    摘要: The present disclosure describes a detector used in critical dimension scanning electron microscopes (CD-SEM) and review SEM systems. In one embodiment, the detector includes a semiconductor structure having a p-n junction and a hole through which a scanning beam is passed to a target. The detector also includes a top electrode for the p-n junction (e.g., anode or cathode) that provides an active area for detecting electrons or electromagnetic radiation (e.g., backscattering from the target). The top electrode has a doped layer and can also have a buried portion beneath the doped layer to reduce a series resistance of the top electrode without changing the active area. In another embodiment, an isolation structure can be formed in the semiconductor structure near sidewalls of the hole to electrically isolate the active area from the sidewalls. A method for forming the buried portion of the top electrode is also described.

    Ultra-compact, passive, wireless sensor using quantum capacitance effect in graphene

    公开(公告)号:US11561192B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-24

    申请号:US17249213

    申请日:2021-02-24

    发明人: Steven J. Koester

    摘要: An electrical device includes at least one graphene quantum capacitance varactor. In some examples, the graphene quantum capacitance varactor includes an insulator layer, a graphene layer disposed on the insulator layer, a dielectric layer disposed on the graphene layer, a gate electrode formed on the dielectric layer, and at least one contact electrode disposed on the graphene layer and making electrical contact with the graphene layer. In other examples, the graphene quantum capacitance varactor includes an insulator layer, a gate electrode recessed in the insulator layer, a dielectric layer formed on the gate electrode, a graphene layer formed on the dielectric layer, wherein the graphene layer comprises an exposed surface opposite the dielectric layer, and at least one contact electrode formed on the graphene layer and making electrical contact with the graphene layer.

    DEEP JUNCTION LOW-GAIN AVALANCHE DETECTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220352400A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17772310

    申请日:2020-10-30

    摘要: An avalanche diode including a gain region and a readout structure including an n-type (p-type) region having electrically isolated segments each including implanted regions; a p-type (n-type) region; and a first electrode on each of the segments. The gain region includes a p-n junction buried between the n-type region and the p-type region: an n+-type region having a higher n-type dopant density than the n-type region; a p+-type region having a higher p-type dopant density than the p-type region; and the p-n junction between the n+-type region and the p+-type region. A bias between the first electrodes and a second electrode (ohmically contacting the p-type (n-type) region) reverse biases the p-n junction. Electrons generated in response to electromagnetic radiation or charged particles generate additional electrons m the gain region through impact ionization but the segmented region comprises a low field region isolating the gain region from the first electrodes.

    Radiation detector, radiographic imaging apparatus, and manufacturing method

    公开(公告)号:US11428827B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-30

    申请号:US17320241

    申请日:2021-05-14

    IPC分类号: H01L31/115 G01T1/29 G01T1/161

    摘要: Provided are a radiation detector, a radiographic imaging apparatus, and a manufacturing method that include a TFT substrate in which a plurality of pixels that accumulate electric charges generated depending on light converted from radiation are formed in a pixel region of a first surface of a flexible base material and a terminal region of the first surface is provided with a terminal for electrically connecting a flexible cable; a conversion layer that is provided outside the terminal region on the first surface of the base material to convert the radiation into light; a first reinforcing substrate that is provided on a surface of the conversion layer opposite to a surface on a TFT substrate side and has a higher stiffness than the base material; and a second reinforcing substrate that is provided on a second surface of the base material opposite to the first surface to cover a surface larger than the first reinforcing substrate, and that are capable of suppressing that a defect occurs in the substrate and have an excellent peeling property in a reworking process.

    Packaging of Semiconductor X-Ray Detectors

    公开(公告)号:US20220268949A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-25

    申请号:US17736436

    申请日:2022-05-04

    发明人: Peiyan CAO Yurun LIU

    摘要: Disclosed herein is an apparatus suitable for detecting x-ray, comprising: an X-ray absorption layer configured to generate an electrical signal from an X-ray photon incident on the X-ray absorption layer; an electronics layer comprising an electronics system configured to process or interpret the electrical signal; and an interposer chip embedded in a board of an electrically insulating material; wherein the X-ray absorption layer is bonded to the electronics layer; wherein the electronics layer is bonded to the interposer chip.