Wavelength extension for backthinned silicon image arrays

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6943425
APP PUB NO 20050161703A1
SERIAL NO

10764049

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There is described a back thinned sensor in which a material is added on the front surface to extend the wavelength of the sensor into wavelengths it normally does not reach. In the preferred embodiment, the back-thinned layer comprises silicon and is the base for a CMOS device or a CCD. The photocathode in a night vision device comprises in the preferred unit GaAs.

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PHOTONICS WEST LLC905 WEST MAPLE ROAD CLAWSON MI 48017

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Costello, Kenneth A Union City, CA 25 652

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