Patent ID: 9240407
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: G01J,H01L

Claim Text:
1. An integrated diode array, comprising: a substrate having an upper side; and a plurality of blocks each having a plurality of diodes, which are positioned in a planar manner and are suspended at the substrate above a cavity situated below the blocks in the substrate; wherein the blocks are separated from one another by respective gaps and wherein individual blocks include a first well of a first conduction type and a second well of a second conduction type inside the first well; and wherein individual diodes inside a respective block are electrically insulated from one another by first STI trenches situated between the individual diodes, and wherein the plurality of diodes positioned in a planar manner are formed inside the second well by first and second doping regions of the first and second conduction types, respectively, and wherein the first STI trenches extend into the first well.