Patent ID: 11923471
Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. The avalanche diode of claim 9 further comprising:
a first surface of the n-type (p-type) region,
an electrostatic isolation barrier, comprising p-type (n-type) dopants, between adjacent segments, wherein:
the electrostatic isolation barriers electrically isolate the first electrodes from each other, and
the electrostatic isolation barriers extend to a depth that does not reach the p-n junction, and
the dopant densities in the semiconductor structure are tuned so that the gain of the diode, as a function of position along a length of the segment, in any direction parallel to the first surface, does not vary by more than +/−10%.