SPICE modeling of single photon avalanche diodes

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-204

  Zappa, F ^a   Tosi, A ^a   Dalla Mora, A ^a   Tisa, S ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active quenching circuit; Avalanche process; Single photon avalanche diode (SPAD); SPICE modeling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE-QUENCHING CIRCUIT; ACTIVE-QUENCHING CIRCUITS; AVALANCHE CURRENTS; AVALANCHE PROCESS; CIRCUIT MODELS; CIRCUIT SIMULATORS; GEIGER MODES; MODEL PARAMETERS; OPERATING REGIMES; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; SELF-QUENCHING; SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE (SPAD); SPICE MODELING;

AVALANCHE DIODES; CIRCUIT SIMULATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DETECTORS; DIODES; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; QUENCHING; SIMULATORS;

SPICE;

EID: 67649443020     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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