GlobalSpec has asked its users about the latest design trends and features related to Photodiodes. They have also shared their product applications and tips on how to buy and use these products.
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What new technologies are influencing photodiode design?
13 answers
High Precision, High frame rate need will be influencing photodiode design.
~Research & Development, Shanghai, China
Silicon Photomultipliers also called Multi Pixel Photon Counters
~Catania, Italy
Avalanche photodiodes development. Multi-detectors photodiodes.
~Research & Development, Moscov, Russia
Passive alignment and bigger active area size
~Design Engineer, Cornate d'adda, Italy
Going into deep infrared. New materials.
~Research & Development, Sao Carlos, Brazil
The capacity of making larger diodes.
~Engineering, Faculty/Staff/Student, Florianópolis, Brazil
APD,CCD and Nanotechnology
~Rama Raj, Research & Development, Marcoussis, FRANCE
Smaller dimensions/Si P M
~Prabhakara Rao Y, Additional General Manager Semiconductors, Bangalore, India
Better cooling methods
~Kevin Lehmann, Faculty/Staff, Crozet, VA
Material science
~Wolfgang P, Design Engineer, Berlin, Germany
Cannot answer
~Engineering, Design, Bucharest, Romania
Arc coating
~Engineering, Process/Production, Bangalore, India
Laser
~Babar H, Research & Development, Islamabad, Pakistan
From your perspective, which companies are creating the most innovative photodiodes?
17 answers
Hamamatsu, UDT. but most volume applications cannot afford these. Tend to go for generic low cost parts from companies like Vishay etc
~Research & Development, Mt. Waverley, Australia
Hamamatsu, New Focus, Thorlabs...
~Rama Raj, Research & Development, Marcoussis, FRANCE
Vishay, Honeywell, Hamamatsu
~Research & Development, Moscov, Russia
I have no opinion about it.
~Research & Development, Sao Carlos, Brazil
Hitachi, U2T Photonics
~Wolfgang P, Design Engineer, Berlin, Germany
National Instruments
~Babar H, Research & Development, Islamabad, Pakistan
Hamamatsu,QPhotonics
~Shaofeng Wang, Design Engineer, Beijing, China
Hamamatsu Photonics
~Research & Development, Shanghai, China
Hamamatsu, Micron
~Prabhakara Rao Y, Additional General Manager Semiconductors, Bangalore, India
Philips Digital
~Catania, Italy
U2T, Enablence
~Design Engineer, Cornate d'adda, Italy
Silicon-sensor
~Engineering, Faculty/Staff/Student, Florianópolis, Brazil
Cannot answer
~Engineering, Design, Bucharest, Romania
Hamamatsu
~Engineering, Design, São José dos Campos, Brazil
Hamamatsu
~Research & Development, Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Hamamtsu
~Engineering, Process/Production, Bangalore, India
Hamamutsu
~Kevin Lehmann, Faculty/Staff, Crozet, VA
