Semiconductor optical receiver device, optical receiver module, and method for manufacturing semiconductor optical receiver device
View Patent ↗A semiconductor optical receiver device is provided, which a mesa comprising a plurality of semiconductor crystal layers formed on a semiconductor substrate including a pn junction having a first conductive semiconductor crystal layer and a second conductive semiconductor crystal layer and including a first contact layer on the semiconductor substrate, a plurality of electrodes to apply electric field to the pn junction are coupled on the semiconductor substrate, a second contact layer is formed on a buried layer in which the mesa is buried, and the electric field is applied to the pn junction through the first and second contact layers.
1. A semiconductor optical receiver device comprising:
a semiconductor substrate;
a mesa formed on the semiconductor substrate, including a plurality of semiconductor crystal layers, the plurality of semiconductor crystal layers including a pn junction having a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer; and
a first electrode disposed with regard to the mesa and a second electrode disposed with regard to the semiconductor substrate, the first and second electrodes configured to apply an electric field to the pn junction, wherein:
a contact portion of the first electrode disposed with regard to the mesa has an annular shape,
an inner diameter of the first electrode disposed with regard to the mesa is larger than or equal to a diameter of the mesa, and
the first electrode disposed with regard to the mesa has an annular shape, and in an inner side of the first electrode disposed with regard to the mesa, an anti-reflective portion is provided to transmit light entered from a surface of the device.
2. A semiconductor optical receiver device comprising:
a semiconductor substrate;
a mesa formed on the semiconductor substrate, including a plurality of semiconductor crystal layers, the plurality of semiconductor crystal layers including a pn junction having a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer;
a first electrode disposed with regard to the mesa and a second electrode disposed with regard to the semiconductor substrate, the first and second electrodes configured to apply an electric field to the pn junction; and
a transparent protective film formed between the mesa and the first electrode disposed with regard to the mesa, wherein:
a contact portion of the first electrode disposed with regard to the mesa has an annular shape,
an inner diameter of the first electrode disposed with regard to the mesa is larger than or equal to a diameter of the mesa, and
the first electrode disposed with regard to the mesa reflects light entered from a backside of the device by a mirror being made up of the transparent protective film and the first electrode disposed with regard to the mesa.