| US 7,482,667 B2 | ||
| Edge viewing photodetecter | ||
| Daniel Guidotti, Atlanta, Ga. (US); Gee-Kung Chang, Smyrna, Ga. (US); Jae-Hyun Ryou, Smyrna, Ga. (US); and Russell Dean Dupuis, Atlanta, Ga. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, Ga. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 22, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/359,793. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/655623, filed on Feb. 23, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0186503 A1, Aug. 24, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01L 31/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 257—458 [257/461; 257/466; 257/E31.061] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A system for providing light detection, the system comprising:
a contiguous semiconductor volume;
a plurality of surface area segments on the contiguous semiconductor volume, at least one of the plurality of surface area
segments being an optically active surface area segment comprising at least one optically active area and at least one of
the plurality of surface area segments being adjacent to the at least one of the plurality of optically active surface area
segments;
at least one intersection angle between the at least one of the plurality of optically active surface area segments and the
at least one of the plurality of adjacent surface area segments respectively, none of the at least one intersection angle
being substantially equal to one of the following: 0 degrees, 90 degrees, and 180 degrees; and
at least one electrically conductive line being connected to at least one optically active area on at least one of the plurality
of optically active surface area segments and extending to the at least one of the plurality of surface area segments being
adjacent to the at least one of the plurality of optically active surface area segments.
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