Patent ID: 7868408

Claim:
A photodetector device comprising: a multilayer structure including a plurality of compound semiconductor layers laminated and having first and second main faces opposing each other; a photodetecting region formed near the first main face within the multilayer structure; a first electrode arranged on the first main face of the multilayer structure and electrically connected to the photodetecting region; a second electrode arranged on the second main face of the multilayer structure and electrically connected to the first electrode; a third electrode arranged on the second main face of the multilayer structure and electrically connected to a part near the second main face in the multilayer structure; and a light-transmitting layer, optically transparent to incident light and arranged on the first main face of the multilayer structure, covering the photodetecting region and the first electrode, wherein the light-transmitting layer includes a film made of silicon oxide and a glass substrate, wherein the glass substrate is secured to the multilayer structure through the film made of silicon oxide, wherein the first electrode includes a contact electrode and an electrode part, the contact electrode is formed on a front face of the photodetecting region and is electrically connected to the photodetecting region, wherein the film made of silicon oxide covers the first electrode and makes the first main face of the multilayer structure flattened, wherein the plurality of compound semiconductor layers include a high-concentration carrier layer of a first conductive type, a light-absorbing layer of the first conductive type, and a cap layer of the first conductive type, wherein the photodetecting region is a region of a second conductive type including at least a part of the cap layer, wherein the multilayer structure further comprises a depression formed so as to surround the photodetecting region, and a wiring electrode arranged within the depression, wherein the electrode part of the first electrode electrically connects the first electrode to the second electrode through the wiring electrode arranged within the depression, and wherein the third electrode is electrically connected to a part positioned near the photodetecting region in the high-concentration carrier layer.