Two-dimensional APDs and SPADs and related methods
| Patent Number: | 9,391,225 |
| Issued: | 7/12/2016 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | Avalanche photodiodes (APDs) and single photon avalanche detectors (SPADs) are provided with a lateral multiplication region that provides improved amplification through increased impact ionization. |
| Filed: | 6/11/2013 |
| Application Number: | 13/915,369 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |