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Discrete Photodiodes

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Low production costs are important for large volume production. For POF communications large-area PDs are needed which will increase the chip costs if integrated in the same expensive nanometer CMOS technology.

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Atef, M., Zimmermann, H. (2016). Discrete Photodiodes. In: Optoelectronic Circuits in Nanometer CMOS Technology. Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics, vol 55. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27338-9_4

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