IP Library Granted Patent US 7,906,360
Granted Patent B2
US 7,906,360 · App. 11/900,969 · Granted Mar 15, 2011

Manufacturing process for a photodetector

Assignee: National Taiwan University
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Patent No.
US 7,906,360
App. No.
11/900,969
Granted
Mar 15, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A manufacturing process for a photo-detector is provided. The present manufacturing process for a photo-detector comprises the steps of: (a) providing a thin-film Ge on a cheap substrate including a first processing area and a second processing area; (b) performing a defect-reduction processing to at least one of the first processing area and the second processing area; and (c) forming a photo-detector element on the Ge.

Claims (25)

1. A manufacturing process for a photo-detector, comprising:

(a) providing a germanium substrate with a plane including a first processing area and a second processing area which are both on the plane;

(b) defect-reduction processing only one of the first processing area and the second processing area; and

(c) forming metal-insulator-semiconductor photo-detector elements on the germanium substrate to achieve a multi-wavelength photo-detection on a single chip.

2. A manufacturing process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the metal-insulator-semiconductor photo-detector element comprises a first metal electrode and a second metal electrode and the manufacturing process further comprises a step of:

providing a bias through a power source including a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode is connected to the first metal electrode and the second electrode is connected to the second metal electrode for generating a quantum tunneling effect, so that the photo-detector generates a light current upon being illuminated.

3. A manufacturing process as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising steps of:

forming two metal-insulator-semiconductor photo-detector elements on the germanium substrate; and

switching the second electrode into connecting one of the two second metal electrodes.

4. A manufacturing process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the step (a) further comprises steps of:

(a1) implanting hydrogen ions into the germanium substrate to form an implanting layer;

(a2) providing a carrier substrate and bonding the germanium substrate thereto; and

(a3) heating the germanium substrate at a temperature ranged from 100° C.˜600° C., wherein the carrier substrate is a glass substrate.

5. A manufacturing process as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the germanium substrate is one selected from a group consisting of a mono-crystalline germanium substrate, a poly-crystalline germanium substrate, a non-crystalline germanium substrate, a non-doping germanium substrate, a P-type doping germanium substrate and an N-type doping germanium substrate.

6. A manufacturing process as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the germanium substrate is one selected from a group consisting of a [100] germanium substrate, a [110] germanium substrate and a [111] germanium substrate.

7. A manufacturing process as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the step (a2) further comprises steps of:

providing a Si substrate; and

forming an insulating layer onto the Si substrate to form the carrier substrate.

8. A manufacturing process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the defect-reduction processing step (b) is performed by one a dry etching and a wet etching.

9. A manufacturing process as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the germanium substrate comprises a first area, a second area and a third area and the manufacturing process further comprises steps of:

(c11) forming an insulating layer on the first, the second and the third areas;

(c12) forming the second metal electrode on the insulating layer above the second area;

(c13) removing the insulating layer on the first and third areas; and

(c14) forming the first metal electrode on the first and third areas.

10. A manufacturing process as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the insulating layer in the step (c11) is formed by one selected from a group consisting of a low temperature liquid phase deposition, a chemical vapor deposition, a physical vapor deposition, a silicon dioxide deposition and a high-dielectric material deposition.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2007
From: LIU, CHEE-WEE; LIN, CHU-HSUAN; CHIANG, YING-TE; HSU, CHIN-CHANG
To: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 019882/0442 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 96121235 A · Jun 12, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080311696A1 · Dec 18, 2008