US Patent Issued to PixArt Imaging Incorporation on Nov. 3 for "Silicon ultraviolet photodiode and manufacturing method thereof" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,458, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to PixArt Imaging Incorporation (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Silicon ultraviolet photodiode and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Hsin-Hui Hsu (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Chen-Chung Chou (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a silicon ultraviolet photodiode and a manufacturing method thereof. The silicon ultraviolet photodiode includes: an N-type region formed beneath and in contact with an upper surface of a silicon substrate; a P+ region formed beneath and in contact with the N-type region; a deep N-well region formed beneath and in contact with the P+ region;...