Patent ID: 8932894
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: H01L,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A curved solid-state imaging device having a curved substrate surface, the curved solid-state imaging device comprising: a curved radiation detector having a semiconducting substrate having a dry etched structured required curved shape and having a dry etched structured required radius, wherein the dry etched structured required curved shape of the curved substrate surface of the curved radiation detector is free of mechanically induced curvature; a plurality of electrical junctions, having implanted ions in active regions on the semiconducting substrate of the curved radiation detector; and a plurality of electrical contacts on the curved solid-state imaging device's semiconducting substrate, wherein the semiconducting substrate of the curved radiation detector is composed of one of a silicon substrate and a compound substrate including one or more of Gallium arsenide (GaAs), indium phosphate (InP) and silicon carbide (SiC), wherein the curved radiation detector can be a vertex detector element, and can be a photoelectric conversion element, and can be an X-ray detector element, and can be a nuclear radiation detector element and wherein the dry etched structured required shape includes a range of required radii of curvature associated with a range of curvatures.