IP Library Granted Patent US 11,469,336
Granted Patent B2
US 11,469,336 · App. 16/958,120 · Granted Oct 11, 2022

Photodiode, method for preparing the same, and electronic device

Inventors: Jianhua Du (Beijing, CN); Chao Li (Beijing, CN); Zhaohui Qiang (Beijing, CN); Yupeng Gao (Beijing, CN); Feng Guan (Beijing, CN); Rui Huang (Beijing, CN); Zhi Wang (Beijing, CN); Yang Lv (Beijing, CN); Chao Luo (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
H01L31/022466H01L31/03762H01L31/1884H01L31/202
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Patent No.
US 11,469,336
App. No.
16/958,120
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a photodiode, a method for preparing the same, and an electronic device. The photodiode includes: a first electrode layer and a semiconductor structure that are stacked, a surface of the semiconductor structure away from the first electrode layer having a first concave-convex structure; and a second electrode layer arranged on a surface of the semiconductor structure away from the first electrode layer, a surface of the second electrode layer away from the first electrode layer having a second concave-convex structure.

Claims (16)

1. A photodiode, comprising:

a first electrode layer and a semiconductor structure that are stacked, wherein a surface of the semiconductor structure away from the first electrode layer has a first concave-convex structure, wherein the first concave-convex structure is crystallized; and

a second electrode layer arranged on the surface of the semiconductor structure away from the first electrode layer, wherein a surface of the second electrode layer away from the first electrode layer has a second concave-convex structure,

wherein the semiconductor structure comprises:

a first semiconductor layer arranged on a surface of the first electrode layer; and

a second semiconductor layer arranged on a face of the first semiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer, wherein a surface of the second semiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer has the first concave-convex structure,

wherein the semiconductor structure further comprises an intrinsic amorphous silicon layer; wherein the first semiconductor layer comprises a P-type amorphous silicon layer, the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer is located on a surface of the P-type amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer, and a surface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer has a third concave-convex structure formed by crystallizing amorphous silicon in its surface; and wherein the second semiconductor layer comprises an N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer arranged on a surface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer, and a surface of the N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer has the first concave-convex structure,

or

wherein the semiconductor structure further comprises an intrinsic amorphous silicon layer; wherein the first semiconductor layer comprises an N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer, the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer is located on a surface of the N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer, and the surface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer has a third concave-convex structure formed by crystallizing amorphous silicon in its surface; and wherein the second semiconductor layer comprises a P-type amorphous silicon layer arranged on a surface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer, and a surface of the P-type amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer has the first concave-convex structure.

2. The photodiode of claim 1 , wherein the first concave-convex structure, the second concave-convex structure, and the third concave-convex structure have substantially the same profile.

3. The photodiode of claim 1 , wherein the convexes in the first concave-convex structure, the second concave-convex structure, and the third concave-convex structure have a height in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the first electrode layer in contact with the semiconductor structure in a range from 30 nm to 80 nm, a maximum width in the direction parallel to the surface of the first electrode layer in contact with the semiconductor structure in a range from 0.1 μm to 0.5 μm, and a pitch between adjacent convexes in a range from 0.1 μm to 0.4 μm.

4. The photodiode of claim 1 , wherein the second electrode layer is a transparent electrode layer.

5. An electronic device comprising the photodiode of claim 1 .

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the first concave-convex structure, the second concave-convex structure, and the third concave-convex structure have substantially the same profile.

7. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the convexes in the first concave-convex structure, the second concave-convex structure, and the third concave-convex structure have a height in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the first electrode layer in contact with the semiconductor structure in a range from 30 nm to 80 nm, a maximum width in the direction parallel to the surface of the first electrode layer in contact with the semiconductor structure in a range from 0.1 μm to 0.5 μm, and a pitch between adjacent convexes in a range from 0.1 μm to 0.4 μm.

8. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the second electrode layer is a transparent electrode layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2022
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060688/0887 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2020
From: DU, JIANHUA; LI, CHAO; QIANG, ZHAOHUI; GAO, YUPENG; GUAN, FENG; HUANG, RUI; WANG, ZHI; LV, YANG; LUO, CHAO
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053057/0801 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910108010.X · Feb 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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