Electronics for single photon avalanche diode arrays

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-122

  Tisa, S ^a   Zappa, F ^a   Tosi, A ^a   Cova, S ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active quenching circuit (AQC); Single photon avalanche diode (SPAD)

Indexed keywords

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PHOTONS; PIXELS; SENSOR ARRAYS;

2D COUNTING; ACTIVE-QUENCHING CIRCUITS (AQC); ARRAY CHIPS; COMPACT SYSTEMS; MONOLITHIC ARRAY SENSORS; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE (SPAD) ARRAYS; TIME-TAGGING;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 34548488004     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.06.022     Document Type: Article

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