Yun I. (Ed.) Photodiodes: From Fundamentals to Applications

InTech, 2012, 368 pages, ISBN: 9535108955 9789535108955This book represents recent progress and development of the photodiodes including the fundamental reviews and the specific applications developed by the authors themselves. The key idea of this book is that it allows authors to deal with a wide range of backgrounds and research progresses in photodiode-related areas.This book contains several improvements and new problems and related solutions are also discussed in the areas from fundamental physics and design to device and circuit applications.
The book is intended for graduate students, engineers, and researchers who are especially interested in the area of optoelectronic device applications, including photodiodes, solar cells, CMOS image sensors, Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits, etc.Fundamental Physics and Physical Design
Two-Photon Absorption in Photodiodes
Physical Design Fundamentals of High-Performance Avalanche Heterophotodiodes with Separate Absorption and Multiplication RegionsFabrication and Measurements
Fabrication of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell with Emitter Diffusion, SiNx Surface Passivation and Screen Printing of Electrode
LWIR Photodiodes and Focal Plane Arrays Based on Novel HgCdTe/CdZnTe/GaAs Heterostructures Grown by MBE Technique
Photodiodes as Optical Radiation Measurement StandardsDevice Applications
Si-Based ZnO Ultraviolet Photodiodes
Infrared Photodiodes on ll-VI and lll-V Narrow-Gap Semiconductors
AI(Ga)lnP-GaAs Photodiodes Tailored for Specific Wavelength Range
Single- and Multiple^Junction p-i-n Type Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells with p-a-Si1-xCx:H and nc-Si:H FilmsCircuit Applications
Noise Performance of Time-Domain CMOS Image Sensors
Design of Multi Gb/s Monolithically Integrated Photodiodes and Multi-Stage Transimpedance Amplifiers in Thin-Film SOI CMOS Technology