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region
Photodiodes are specially designed to operate in
P-N junction
reverse bias condition. Reverse bias means that the
diode
Forward p-side of the photodiode is connected to the negative
4. High gain
8. Low cost
9. Small size
Types of photodiodes
PN junction photodiode
PIN photodiode
Avalanche photodiode
PN junction photodiode
PIN photodiode
P-type semiconductor
N-type semiconductor
Intrinsic semiconductor
1. Wide bandwidth
2. High quantum efficiency
3. High response speed
Avalanche photodiode
1. High sensitivity
2. Larger gain
Photovoltaic mode