Sony semiconductor solutions corporation (20250015104). SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PHOTODETECTOR

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PHOTODETECTOR

Organization Name

sony semiconductor solutions corporation

Inventor(s)

HIROYUKI Ohri of KANAGAWA (JP)

HIROYUKI Hattori of KANAGAWA (JP)

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PHOTODETECTOR

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250015104 titled 'SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PHOTODETECTOR

Original Abstract Submitted

[solution] a semiconductor device includes: a pn junction diode including an n-type first semiconductor region and a p-type second semiconductor region that are disposed in contact with each other at a pn junction surface, a third semiconductor region that is separated from the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region and is provided for discharge in a depletion layer formed around the pn junction surface when a reverse bias voltage is applied to the pn junction diode, a first electrode connected to the first semiconductor region, a second electrode connected to the second semiconductor region, and a third electrode connected to the third semiconductor region.