Electromagnetic Or Particle Radiation Patents (Class 257/428)
- With optical element (Class 257/432)
- With housing or encapsulation (Class 257/433)
- With optical shield or mask means (Class 257/435)
- With means for increasing light absorption (e.g., redirection of unabsorbed light) (Class 257/436)
- Avalanche junction (Class 257/438)
- Containing dopant adapted for photoionization (Class 257/439)
- With different sensor portions responsive to different wavelengths (e.g., color imager) (Class 257/440)
- Narrow band gap semiconductor (<<1eV) (e.g., PbSnTe) (Class 257/441)
- Matrix or array (e.g., single line arrays) (Class 257/443)
- Schottky barrier (e.g., a transparent Schottky metallic layer or a Schottky barrier containing at least one of indium or tin (e.g., SnO 2 , indium tin oxide)) (Class 257/449)
- PIN detector, including combinations with non-light responsive active devices (Class 257/458)
- With particular contact geometry (e.g., ring or grid, or bonding pad arrangement) (Class 257/459)
- With backside illumination (e.g., with a thinned central area or non-absorbing substrate) (Class 257/460)
- Light responsive pn junction (Class 257/461)
- External physical configuration of semiconductor (e.g., mesas, grooves) (Class 257/466)