Thin Film MIS Photovoltaic Detector.

Abstract

The patent application concerns a thin film infrared photovoltaic detector and a technique for making a discrete detector and imaging arrays from polycrystalline semiconducting InSb films deposited on amorphous insulating substrates. The film is oxidized to provide an oxide layer over which semitransparent nickel counter-electrodes are then evaporated through a suitable aperture mask followed by a thick aluminum evaporation over the nickel in the region near the edge of the semiconductor to form a continuous metallic bridge between the active area and the area to which a lead is to be attached.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 19, 1973
Accession Number
ADD000441

Entities

People

  • D. L. Lile

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Detectors
  • Electrodes
  • Electronics
  • Evaporation
  • Films
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents
  • Photoelectrochemical Cells
  • Polycrystals
  • Semiconductors
  • Solid State Electronics
  • Substrates
  • Thin Films

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Semiconductor Device Technology
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene