High-voltage integrated active quenching circuit for single photon count rate up to 80 Mcounts/s

被引:31
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作者
Acconcia, Giulia [1 ]
Rech, Ivan [1 ]
Gulinatti, Angelo [1 ]
Ghioni, Massimo [1 ]
机构
[1] Politecn Milan, DEIB, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milan, Italy
来源
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2016年 / 24卷 / 16期
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
AVALANCHE-DIODE; RESOLUTION; SENSITIVITY; TECHNOLOGY;
D O I
10.1364/OE.24.017819
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) have been subject to a fast improvement in recent years. In particular, custom technologies specifically developed to fabricate SPAD devices give the designer the freedom to pursue the best detector performance required by applications. A significant breakthrough in this field is represented by the recent introduction of a red enhanced SPAD (RE-SPAD) technology, capable of attaining a good photon detection efficiency in the near infrared range (e.g. 40% at a wavelength of 800 nm) while maintaining a remarkable timing resolution of about 100ps full width at half maximum. Being planar, the RE-SPAD custom technology opened the way to the development of SPAD arrays particularly suited for demanding applications in the field of life sciences. However, to achieve such excellent performance custom SPAD detectors must be operated with an external active quenching circuit (AQC) designed on purpose. Next steps toward the development of compact and practical multichannel systems will require a new generation of monolithically integrated AQC arrays. In this paper we present a new, fully integrated AQC fabricated in a high-voltage 0.18 mu m CMOS technology able to provide quenching pulses up to 50 Volts with fast leading and trailing edges. Although specifically designed for optimal operation of RE-SPAD devices, the new AQC is quite versatile: it can be used with any SPAD detector, regardless its fabrication technology, reaching remarkable count rates up to 80 Mcounts/s and generating a photon detection pulse with a timing jitter as low as 119 ps full width at half maximum. The compact design of our circuit has been specifically laid out to make this IC a suitable building block for monolithically integrated AQC arrays. (C) 2016 Optical Society of America
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页码:17819 / 17831
页数:13
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