US Patent Issued to GlobalFoundries Singapore on Nov. 4 for "Avalanche photodetectors with a combined lateral and vertical arrangement" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,833, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to GlobalFoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Avalanche photodetectors with a combined lateral and vertical arrangement" was invented by Khee Yong Lim (Singapore), Kian Ming Tan (Singapore) and Kiok Boone Elgin Quek (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Structures for an avalanche photodetector and methods of forming a structure for an avalanche photodetector. The structure comprises a substrate having a first conductivity type, a first semiconductor layer that defines an absorption region of the avalanche photodetector, a dielectric layer between the first semiconductor layer and the sub...