• DocumentCode
    1064213
  • Title

    Silicon p-i-n photodetectors with integrated transistor amplifiers

  • Author

    Hata, Susumu ; Sugeta, Takayuki ; Mizushima, Yoshihiko ; Asatani, Koichi ; Nawata, Kiyoshi

  • Author_Institution
    Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1979
  • fDate
    6/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    989
  • Lastpage
    991
  • Abstract
    A novel silicon photodetector is presented, incorporating transistor gain in a p-i-n photodiode and its performance is analyzed. Gain and noise power frequency characteristics are analytically derived in terms of an equivalent circuit. These analytical results are in good agreement with experimental results. Noise power is estimated and it is shown that, in the video frequency range, the S/N ratio is far superior to that of APD for relatively large signal levels. Detector operational features are described.
  • Keywords
    Circuit analysis; Equivalent circuits; Frequency estimation; Noise level; PIN photodiodes; Performance analysis; Performance gain; Photodetectors; Signal to noise ratio; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-ED.1979.19531
  • Filename
    1480109