Semiconductor light receiving element and method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeSumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc.
InventorYuji Koyama
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Abstract
A semiconductor light receiving element includes a first semiconductor layer having a first conduction type, a second semiconductor layer that is provided on the first semiconductor layer and has a light receiving area, the second semiconductor layer having a second conduction type opposite to the first conduction type, an insulation film provided on the second semiconductor layer, and an electrode provided on the insulation film, the insulation film having a plurality of windows in an area in which the electrode overlaps the plurality of windows, the electrode being electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer via the plurality of windows.
Claims12
A semiconductor light receiving element comprising:
- a first semiconductor layer having a first conduction type;
- a second semiconductor layer that is provided on the first semiconductor layer and has a light receiving area, the second semiconductor layer having a second conduction type opposite to the first conduction type;
- an insulation film provided on the second semiconductor layer;
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- an electrode provided on the insulation film,
- the insulation film having a plurality of windows in an area in which the electrode overlaps the plurality of windows, the electrode being electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer via the plurality of windows.
A semiconductor light receiving element comprising:
- a first semiconductor layer having a first conduction type;
- a second semiconductor layer that is provided on the first semiconductor layer and has a light receiving area, the second semiconductor layer having a second conduction type opposite to the first conduction type;
- an insulation film provided on the second semiconductor layer;
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- an electrode provided on the insulation film,
- the insulation film having a window in an area in which the electrode overlaps the window, the electrode being electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer in the window,
- the window having a shape formed by removing a portion of a closed loop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.