Abstract: A photodiode device includes a layer of semiconductor material, a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including a diode structure on a first side of the layer of semiconductor material and a conductive layer on a second side of the layer of semiconductor material, deep trench isolation (DTI) structures isolating adjacent pixels from one another, a first vertical conductive layer over a first side of each DTI structure, and a second vertical conductive layer over a second side of each DTI structure. The first vertical conductive layer extends from the conductive layer to a first contact on the first side of each DTI structure, and the second vertical conductive layer extends from the conductive layer to a second contact on the second side of each DTI structure.

Abstract: A structure includes a photodetector including alternating p-type semiconductor layers and n-type semiconductor layers in contact with each other in a stack. Each semiconductor layer includes an extension extending beyond an end of an adjacent semiconductor layer of the alternating p-type semiconductor layers and n-type semiconductor layers. The extensions provide an area for operative coupling to a contact. The extensions can be arranged in a cascading, staircase arrangement, or may extend from n-type semiconductor layers on one side of the stack and from p-type semiconductor layers on another side of the stack. The photodetector can be on a substrate in a first region, and a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device may be on the substrate on a second region separated from the first region by a trench isolation. The photodetector is capable of detecting and converting near-infrared (NIR) light, e.g., having wavelengths of greater than 0.75 micrometers.

Abstract: A photodiode device includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including a diode structure on a first side of the substrate and a conductive layer on a second side of the substrate, and DTI structures isolating adjacent pixels from one another, the DTI structures including a conductive material that electrically couples the conductive layer on the second side of the substrate and a metal line on the first side of the substrate. The conductive material in the DTI structures is part of an electrode circuit for the pixels.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor devices for use in optoelectronic/photonic applications and integrated circuit (IC) chips. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to photodiodes such as avalanche photodiodes (APDs) and single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs).

Abstract: A structure includes a photodetector including alternating p-type semiconductor layers and n-type semiconductor layers in contact with each other in a stack. Each semiconductor layer includes an extension extending beyond an end of an adjacent semiconductor layer of the alternating p-type semiconductor layers and n-type semiconductor layers. The extensions provide an area for operative coupling to a contact. The extensions can be arranged in a cascading, staircase arrangement, or may extend from n-type semiconductor layers on one side of the stack and from p-type semiconductor layers on another side of the stack. The photodetector can be on a substrate in a first region, and a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device may be on the substrate on a second region separated from the first region by a trench isolation. The photodetector is capable of detecting and converting near-infrared (NIR) light, e.g., having wavelengths of greater than 0.75 micrometers.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor devices for use in optoelectronic/photonic applications and integrated circuit (IC) chips. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to photodiodes such as avalanche photodiodes (APDs) and single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs).