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Abstract | ||
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A Macropixel for photon counting integrated streak camera has been developed in a 180nm standard CMOS process. It includes a 4×4 array of Single Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPAD) acting as a small and smart SiPM (Silicon Photo Multiplier), a unique quenching circuit and a 16 bits memory for smart pixel operation. The total Macropixel size is 32×314 μm2, with a sensitive area size of 32×32 μm2. The SPAD pitch of 8 μm makes possible to use the standard micro-lens option proposed by the image sensor process and thus to increase the fill factor from the actual 7% up to nearly 100%. Thanks to the embedded memory, each SPAD can be individually enabled or disabled in order to reduce the dark count rate and consequently improve the signal to noise ratio. |
Year | Venue | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
2013 | Design and Architectures for Signal and Image Processing | CMOS image sensors,avalanche photodiodes,photomultipliers,streak cameras,CMOS process,SPAD pitch,SiPM based smart pixel,image sensor,photon counting integrated streak camera,silicon photomultiplier,single photon avalanche diode,size 180 nm,standard microlens option,streak camera macropixel,SPAD,SiPM,Smart sensor,Streak camera |
Field | DocType | Citations |
Photon counting,Avalanche photodiode,Image sensor,Streak camera,Computer science,Signal-to-noise ratio,Optics,Real-time computing,Silicon photomultiplier,Pixel,Photomultiplier | Conference | 0 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.34 | 0 | 7 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imane Malass | 1 | 4 | 2.49 |
| Wilfried Uhring | 2 | 4 | 5.19 |
| Jean-Pierre Le Normand | 3 | 4 | 3.16 |
| Norbert Dumas | 4 | 4 | 3.16 |
| Virginie Zint | 5 | 0 | 0.68 |
| Foudil Dadouche | 6 | 4 | 2.15 |
| Le Normand, J.-P. | 7 | 1 | 1.30 |