A single-photon-avalanche-diode 3D imager

Proceedings of ESSCIRC 2005: 31st European Solid-State Circuits Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 487-490

  Stoppa, David ^a   Pancheri, Lucio ^b   Scandiuzzo, Mauro ^a   Malfatti, Mattia ^a   Pedretti, Gianmaria ^a   Gonzo, Lorenzo ^a  

^a ITC IRST   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHOTONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

INCIDENT LIGHT SIGNALS; PIXEL ARRAY; SINGLE PHOTON; TIME OF FLIGHT TECHNIQUE;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 33749188378     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ESSCIR.2005.1541666     Document Type: Conference Paper

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