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US 2022/0102561 A1Published application
Photodetector
AssigneeNippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
InventorKotaro Takeda
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Abstract
A photodetector having a sufficient ESD withstand voltage is provided. An embodiment of a photodetector includes a plurality of photodiodes including germanium or a germanium compound in a light absorption layer, and a plurality of heaters configured to apply heat to the light absorption layer of each of the plurality of photodiodes, in which the plurality of heaters are connected in series, the plurality of heaters are connected in parallel, or a plurality of sets of the plurality of heaters serially connected are connected in parallel.
Claims14
A photodetector comprising:
- a plurality of photodiodes including germanium or a germanium compound in a light absorption layer;
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- a plurality of heaters configured to apply heat to the light absorption layer of each of the plurality of photodiodes,
- wherein the plurality of heaters are connected in series, the plurality of heaters are connected in parallel, or a plurality of sets of the plurality of heaters serially connected are connected in parallel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.