A Compact High-Speed Active Quenching and Recharging Circuit for SPAD Detectors

被引：16
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作者：
Xu, Yue [1 ,2 ]
Lu, Jiyuan [1 ,2 ]
Wu, Zhong [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Nanjing Univ Posts & Telecommun, Coll Elect & Opt Engn, Nanjing 210023, Peoples R China
[2] Nanjing Univ Posts & Telecommun, Coll Microelect, Nanjing 210023, Peoples R China
来源：
IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL | 2020年 / 12卷 / 05期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
Single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD); active quenching and recharging circuit (AQRC); photon-counting rate; afterpulsing probability; RESET CIRCUIT; AVALANCHE;
D O I：
10.1109/JPHOT.2020.3015872
中图分类号：
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号：
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
A compact high-speed active quenching and recharging circuit (AQRC) is proposed for single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) detectors fabricated in standard 0.18 mu m CMOS technology. A novel sensing and quenching scheme is employed to speed up the process of avalanche detection, enabling a low afterpulsing probability and a high photon-counting rate. The simulation and experimental results indicate that the sensing and quenching time is reduced down to 0.7 ns and the maximum photon-counting rate is close to 200 Mcps (counts per second), meanwhile the afterpulsing probability as low as 0.75% is obtained. Due to the compact configuration, the area occupation of the AQRC is only 306 mu m(2). Such outstanding advantages suggest that the proposed AQRC is very suitable for the miniaturized and high-speed SPAD-array detectors.
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