Abstract: A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)-based planar type avalanche photo diode (APD) using a silicon epitaxial layer and a method of manufacturing the APD, the photo diode including: a substrate; a well layer of a first conductivity type formed in the substrate; an avalanche embedded junction formed in the well layer of the first conductivity type by low energy ion implantation; the silicon epitaxial layer formed in the avalanche embedded junction; a doping area of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductive type, formed from a portion of a surface of the well layer of the first conductivity type in the avalanche embedded junction and forming a p-n junction; positive and negative electrodes formed on the doping area of the second conductivity type and the well layer of the first conductivity type separated from the doping area of the second conductivity type, respectively; and an oxide layer formed on an overall surface excluding a window where the positive and negative electrodes ar

Abstract: A BJT (bipolar junction transistor)-based uncooled IR sensor and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The BJT-based uncooled IR sensor includes: a substrate; at least one BJT which is formed to be floated apart from the substrate; and a heat absorption layer which is formed on an upper surface of the at least one BJT, wherein the BJT changes an output value according heat absorbed through the heat absorption layer. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a BJT-based uncooled IR sensor capable of being implemented through a CMOS compatible process and obtaining more excellent temperature change detection characteristics.

Abstract: A photo-detector, in which metal wiring for connecting electrodes is arranged on a planarized surface and thus the metal wiring arrangement is simplified, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The photo-detector includes a multi-layer compound semiconductor layer formed on a compound semiconductor substrate. A number of p-n junction diodes are arranged in a regular order in a selected region of the compound semiconductor layer, and an isolation region for individually isolating the p-n junction diodes is formed by implanting impurity ions in the multi-layer compound semiconductor layer. The isolation region and the surface of the compound semiconductor layer are positioned on the same level. The isolation region may be a Fe-impurity region.

Abstract: A BJT (bipolar junction transistor)-based uncooled IR sensor and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The BJT-based uncooled IR sensor includes: a substrate; at least one BJT which is formed to be floated apart from the substrate; and a heat absorption layer which is formed on an upper surface of the at least one BJT, wherein the BJT changes an output value according heat absorbed through the heat absorption layer. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a BJT-based uncooled IR sensor capable of being implemented through a CMOS compatible process and obtaining more excellent temperature change detection characteristics.

Abstract: Provided are an optoelectronic (OE) transmitter integrated circuit (IC) and method of fabricating the same using a selective growth process. In the OE transmitter IC, a driving circuit, which includes a double heterojunction bipolar transistor (DHBT) and amplifies received electric signals to drive an electroabsorption (EA) modulator, and the EA modulator with a multi-quantum well (MQW) absorption layer are integrated as a single chip on a semi-insulating substrate. The MQW absorption layer of the EA modulator and an MQW insertion layer of the DHBT are formed to different thicknesses from each other using a selective MOCVD growth process.

Abstract: A photo-detector, in which metal wiring for connecting electrodes is arranged on a planarized surface and thus the metal wiring arrangement is simplified, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The photo-detector includes a multi-layer compound semiconductor layer formed on a compound semiconductor substrate. A number of p-n junction diodes are arranged in a regular order in a selected region of the compound semiconductor layer, and an isolation region for individually isolating the p-n junction diodes is formed by implanting impurity ions in the multi-layer compound semiconductor layer. The isolation region and the surface of the compound semiconductor layer are positioned on the same level. The isolation region may be a Fe-impurity region.

Abstract: A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)-based planar type avalanche photo diode (APD) using a silicon epitaxial layer and a method of manufacturing the APD, the photo diode including: a substrate; a well layer of a first conductivity type formed in the substrate; an avalanche embedded junction formed in the well layer of the first conductivity type by low energy ion implantation; the silicon epitaxial layer formed in the avalanche embedded junction; a doping area of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductive type, formed from a portion of a surface of the well layer of the first conductivity type in the avalanche embedded junction and forming a p-n junction; positive and negative electrodes formed on the doping area of the second conductivity type and the well layer of the first conductivity type separated from the doping area of the second conductivity type, respectively; and an oxide layer formed on an overall surface excluding a window where the positive and negative electrodes ar

Abstract: A photo-detector, in which metal wiring for connecting electrodes is arranged on a planarized surface and thus the metal wiring arrangement is simplified, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The photo-detector includes a multi-layer compound semiconductor layer formed on a compound semiconductor substrate. A number of p-n junction diodes are arranged in a regular order in a selected region of the compound semiconductor layer, and an isolation region for individually isolating the p-n junction diodes is formed by implanting impurity ions in the multi-layer compound semiconductor layer. The isolation region and the surface of the compound semiconductor layer are positioned on the same level. The isolation region may be a Fe-impurity region.

Abstract: A photo-detector, in which metal wiring for connecting electrodes is arranged on a planarized surface and thus the metal wiring arrangement is simplified, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The photo-detector includes a multi-layer compound semiconductor layer formed on a compound semiconductor substrate. A number of p-n junction diodes are arranged in a regular order in a selected region of the compound semiconductor layer, and an isolation region for individually isolated the p-n junction diodes is formed by implanting impurity ions in the multi-layer compound semiconductor layer. The isolation region and the surface of the compound semiconductor layer are positioned on the same level. The isolation region may be a Fe-impurity region.

Abstract: Provided is a millimeter-wave band frequency optical oscillator that can be used as an oscillation frequency signal source for a millimeter-wave forwarded to wireless subscribers from a base station of a millimeter-wave wireless subscriber communication system for a next generation (e.g., fifth generation) ultra-high speed wireless internet service. A pair of an optical fiber amplifier and an optical fiber grating mirror is connected to each of input/output ports of a loop mirror in parallel, so that a dual mode laser resonator is formed which can make simultaneous oscillation in two laser modes suitable for each wavelength. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain a light source that is modulated to a ultra-high frequency (over 60 GHz) by a beat phenomenon between the two laser modes.

Abstract: Provided are an optoelectronic (OE) transmitter integrated circuit (IC) and method of fabricating the same using a selective growth process. In the OE transmitter IC, a driving circuit, which includes a double heterojunction bipolar transistor (DHBT) and amplifies received electric signals to drive an electroabsorption (EA) modulator, and the EA modulator with a multi-quantum well (MQW) absorption layer are integrated as a single chip on a semi-insulating substrate. The MQW absorption layer of the EA modulator and an MQW insertion layer of the DHBT are formed to different thicknesses from each other using a selective MOCVD growth process.

Abstract: Provided is a photodetector in which a transparent nonconductive material having an interface charge and a trapped charge is deposited on a semiconductor surface so as to form a depletion region on the surface of the semiconductor, and the depletion region is employed as an optical detecting region, thereby not only improving detection with respect to light having a wavelength of ultraviolet and blue ranges but also filtering light having a wavelength of visible and infrared ranges, and in which a fabricating process thereof is compatible with a universal silicon CMOS process.

Abstract: Provided is a method of fabricating a T-type gate including the steps of: forming a first photoresist layer, a blocking layer and a second photoresist layer to a predetermined thickness on a substrate, respectively; forming a body pattern of a T-type gate on the second photoresist layer and the blocking layer; exposing a predetermined portion of the second photoresist layer to form a head pattern of the T-type gate, and performing a heat treatment process to generate cross linking at a predetermined region of the second photoresist layer except for the head pattern of the T-type gate; performing an exposure process on an entire surface of the resultant structure, and then removing the exposed portion; and forming a metal layer of a predetermined thickness on an entire surface of the resultant structure, and then removing the first photoresist layer, the blocking layer, the predetermined region of the second photoresist layer in which the cross linking are generated, and the metal layer, whereby it is possible

Abstract: Provided are an optoelectronic (OE) transmitter integrated circuit (IC) and method of fabricating the same using a selective growth process. In the OE transmitter IC, a driving circuit, which includes a double heterojunction bipolar transistor (DHBT) and amplifies received electric signals to drive an electroabsorption (EA) modulator, and the EA modulator with a multi-quantum well (MQW) absorption layer are integrated as a single chip on a semi-insulating substrate. The MQW absorption layer of the EA modulator and an MQW insertion layer of the DHBT are formed to different thicknesses from each other using a selective MOCVD growth process.

Abstract: Provided is a method of fabricating a T-type gate including the steps of: forming a first photoresist layer, a blocking layer and a second photoresist layer to a predetermined thickness on a substrate, respectively; forming a body pattern of a T-type gate on the second photoresist layer and the blocking layer; exposing a predetermined portion of the second photoresist layer to form a head pattern of the T-type gate, and performing a heat treatment process to generate cross linking at a predetermined region of the second photoresist layer except for the head pattern of the T-type gate; performing an exposure process on an entire surface of the resultant structure, and then removing the exposed portion; and forming a metal layer of a predetermined thickness on an entire surface of the resultant structure, and then removing the first photoresist layer, the blocking layer, the predetermined region of the second photoresist layer in which the cross linking are generated, and the metal layer, whereby it is possible

Abstract: The present invention relates to a on silicon substrate, specifically to an inductor device and manufacturing method thereof for enhancing the quality factor of the inductor by disposing trenches on a silicon substratre, and by filling the inside of the trenches with polycrystalline polysilicon not doped with impurities. The present invention provides an inductor device and a manufacturing method thereof which can improve the quality factor by increasing resistance of the substrate by forming deep trenches disposed in specific patterns on a low-resistance silicon substrate and filling polycrystalline silicon not doped with impurities, and by reducing parasitic capacitance between the inductor and the silicon substrate.

Abstract: This invention discloses a programmable mask for exposure apparatus which is formed by an integrated pixels of a micro-devices which shut or open a light by an electrical signal. This invention provides a photolithography method by projecting on a silicon wafer a directly designed circuit pattern which is made on a programmable mask fabricated by an integration of many a micro optical shutter devices as a pixels.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for forming fine patterns in semiconductor devices, display devices and micro-electro-mechanical systems and more particularly to an image projecting system using an optical component, which is made of birefringent material, in the lithography techniques. The lithography apparatus according to the present invention comprises an optical lens system in which an image of a photomask is transferred to an object by a light source, wherein said optical lens system comprises a plurality of isotropic optical unit and at least one birefringent optical unit, said birefringent optical unit including at least one of said birefringent optical components.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) device formed in an epitaxial silicon layer on insulator substrate comprising the steps of forming a field oxide layer defined an active region of the MOS device in the silicon layer and forming a gate oxide on the silicon layer; forming a gate electrode on the gate oxide, and self-aligned implanting a dopant of low concentration to form a lightly doped drain region; forming an oxide spacer in both sides of the gate electrode; growing a SiGe epitaxial layer having a lower bandgap than the silicon layer on the portion of the exposed silicon layer; and implanting a dopant of high concentration over the SiGe epitaxial layer to form a highly doped source/drain region. This invention can easily manufacture an SOI MOS device having a low source/drain series resistance and a high breakdown voltage without additional complex processes.

Abstract: An X-ray mask, which is used in transferring an image formed on a patterned mask to a wafer by exposing the mask with an X-ray, comprises a supplementary substrate attached to the back side of a support ring for preventing a thermal distortion of the X-ray mask due to the difference of thermal coefficient of expansion between a mask substrate and the support ring and for improving the resistance to the external mechanical stress, the supplementary substrate being made of the same material as the mask substrate and obtained through the same processing steps as the mask substrate.