PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE

To resolve a problem that a breakdown voltage changes with time due to increase of hot carriers trapped in the vicinity of a cathode region with time.SOLUTION: In a photoelectric conversion device that has an avalanche diode arranged on a semiconductor layer having a first surface and a second surfa...

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Main Authors MORIMOTO KAZUHIRO, KANO TAIKAN, IWATA JUNJI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published 03.04.2023
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Summary:To resolve a problem that a breakdown voltage changes with time due to increase of hot carriers trapped in the vicinity of a cathode region with time.SOLUTION: In a photoelectric conversion device that has an avalanche diode arranged on a semiconductor layer having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface, the avalanche diode has: a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type arranged at a first depth; and a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type arranged at a second depth deeper than the first depth to the second surface. On the second surface of the semiconductor layer, an oxide film and a protection film laminated on the oxide film are arranged. When thicknesses and relative dielectric constants of the oxide film and the protection film are defined as dsio, dprot, εsio, and εprot, respectively, there is a position where dsio>(εsio/εprot)×dprot/2 is satisfied.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6 【課題】 カソード領域付近にトラップされるホットキャリアが経時的に増加することで降伏電圧が経時変化する。【解決手段】 第1の面と、前記第1の面に対向する第2の面と、を有する半導体層に配されたアバランシェダイオードを有する光電変換装置であって、前記アバランシェダイオードは、第1の深さに配された第1の導電型の第1の半導体領域と、前記第1の深さよりも前記第2の面に対して深い第2の深さに配された第2の導電型の第2の半導体領域と、を有し、前記半導体層の前記第2の面に、酸化膜と、前記酸化膜に積層された保護膜と、が配され、前記酸化膜と前記保護膜との厚さと比誘電率とをそれぞれdsio、dprot、εsio、εprotとしたときに、dsio>(εsio/εprot)×dprot/2を満たす箇所があることを特徴とする光電変換装置。【選択図】 図6
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20210154431