A CMOS SPAD Sensor With a Multi-Event Folded Flash Time-to-Digital Converter for Ultra-Fast Optical Transient Capture

被引：36

作者：

Al Abbas, Tarek ^{[1
]}

Dutton, Neale A. W. ^{[2
]}

Almer, Oscar ^{[1
]}

Finlayson, Neil ^{[1
]}

Della Rocca, Francescopaolo Mattioli ^{[1
]}

Henderson, Robert ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Engn, Edinburgh EH9 3JL, Midlothian, Scotland

[2] STMicroelectronics, Imaging Div, Edinburgh EH12 7BF, Midlothian, Scotland

来源：

IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL | 2018年 / 18卷 / 08期

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;

关键词：

Time to digital converter; single photon avalanche diode; optical sensor; CMOS; silicon photomultiplier; FLIGHT DEPTH SENSOR; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; 0.18-MU-M CMOS; ARRAY;

D O I：

10.1109/JSEN.2018.2803087

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 digital silicon photomultiplier in 130-nm CMOS imaging technology implements time-correlated single photon counting at an order of magnitude beyond the conventional pile-up limit. The sensor comprises a 32 x 32 43% fill-factor single photon avalanche diode array with a multi-event folded-flash time-to-digital converter architecture operating at 10 GS/s. 264 bins x 16 bit histograms are generated and read out from the chip at a maximal 188 kHz enabling fast time resolved scanning or ultrafast low-light event capture. Full optical and electrical characterization results are presented.

引用

页码：3163 / 3173

页数：11

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Ben Attouch, Mohamed Walid
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