Actively recharged single photon counting avalanche photodiode integrated in an industrial CMOS process

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 110, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 124-129

  Rochas, Alexis ^a   Besse, Pierre André ^a   Popovic, Radivoje S ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Active recharging; Avalanche photodiode; CMOS technology; Photon counting

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY; QUENCHING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACTIVE RECHARGING; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY; SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING AVLANCHE PHOTODIODES (SPAD);

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 1642525706     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2003.08.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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