avalanche photodiode
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avalanche photodiode
[′av·ə‚lanch ‚fōd·ō′dī‚ōd] (electronics)
A photodiode operated in the avalanche breakdown region to achieve internal photocurrent multiplication, thereby providing rapid light-controlled switching operation.
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The
avalanche photodiode is more complex, consisting of more layers of silicon material than the pin photodiode.
They are: resistor thermal noise,
avalanche photodiode noise and voltage amplifier noise.
This monolithic 16 element linear silicon
avalanche photodiode array, based on a NearIR enhanced APD processing design, has a spectral response range of 400-1100 am.
MPPCs, otherwise known as SiPMs, are a semiconductor photon counting device made up of multiple APD (
avalanche photodiode) pixels operated in Geiger mode.
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