A 128 × 128 single-photon image sensor with column-level 10-bit time-to-digital converter array

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2977-2989

  Niclass, Cristiano ^a   Favi, Claudio ^a   Kluter, Theo ^a   Gersbach, Marek ^a   Charbon, Edoardo ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3 D image sensor; Depth sensor; F rster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET); FCS; Flash laser camera; Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM); Geiger mode avalanche photodiode; Range imaging; Rangefinder; Single photon avalanche diode

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); CAMERAS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; DIODES; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; GEIGER COUNTERS; IMAGE SENSORS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LASERS; LIGHT; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; RANGE FINDERS; RESONANCE; SENSORS; SNOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3-D IMAGE SENSOR; DEPTH SENSOR; FCS; FLASH LASER CAMERA; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING MICROSCOPY (FLIM); GEIGER-MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; RANGE IMAGING; RANGEFINDER; SINGLE-PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 57849131329     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.2006445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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